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Show Phone calls up on Mother's Day CEDAR CITY - Long distance calls made on Mother's Day are expected ex-pected to reach record numbers this year in Utah, according to Mountain Bell estimates. Gary Cartwright, operations s supervisor for AT&T, said Mother's Day has traditionally been one of the most popular long distance calling days second only to Christmas. "Last year, 870,000 calls were placed in Utah on Mother's Day," he said. "This compares to 1.2 million placed on Christmas. This year, Cartwright expects 900,000 Mother's Day calls to be placed in Utah on May 9, with 300,000 of them occurring between 7 and 10:30 p.m. To ensure getting that important call through the first try, Cartwright suggests calling earlier in the day. "The telephone networks net-works are designed lor business calls lasting around three minutes." he said. "Calls made on Mother's Day usually last from 10-15 minutes. This can cause problems lor callers because the lines become tied up." According to Cartwright, Cart-wright, the hours from l to 5 p.m. are good times for calling. The lowest rates are in effect all day Sunday until 5 p.m. For those calling Sunday evening, Cartwright Cart-wright suggests dialing times other than exactly on the hour and half-hour. "Calls placed 10 or 20 minutes after the hour will go through quicker," he said. "Also, people tend to call during television commercials. Those dialing between commercials will have better luck." |