You don't need a cell phone, most if not all FSS locations have a direct
toll-free number. AOPA's airport directory lists them. Actually, they were
put in place because of cell phones.
If you are from eastern New York, and you have a cell phone, and you fly to
southwest Pennsylvania and call 1-800-WX-BRIEF you will get Buffalo, or
whatever the closest FSS is in your home area code, not Altoona. (You
probably figured that out.)
I program all the FSS numbers that I use into my cell phone so I can cancel
or file with the correct one.

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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I'm almost tempted to get a cell phone in a different state so when I call
800-WX-BRIEF I get a better AFSS.

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