I haven't heard of or cared about long distance calls in over 20 years. I also still have the same phone number I had 20 years ago despite moving to six states and overseas once. My kids have the same area code on their phones as I do despite never living in that state and getting their phones over 1000 miles away from that area.

I moved 1300 miles away from where I originally registered my cell phone, and I've never had to deal with long distance fees. I still have that number, in fact.