83 lines
4.9 KiB
Plaintext
83 lines
4.9 KiB
Plaintext
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
|
|
< >
|
|
< The United Phreaker's Incorporated Proudly Presents >
|
|
< >
|
|
< Bell Proposes Some Cuts In Long Distance Rates >
|
|
< >
|
|
< By: Tomcat >
|
|
< >
|
|
< An Upi Production 1990 >
|
|
< >
|
|
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
|
|
|
|
Reprinted In File Form On March 25, 1990
|
|
|
|
Orignally Publised In The Montreal Gazette March 23, 1990
|
|
|
|
===============================================================================
|
|
|
|
Bell Proposes Some Cuts In Long-Distance Rates
|
|
By: Carolyn Adolph
|
|
|
|
Bell Canada announced plans to cut long-distance rates by an average of
|
|
15 per cent yesterday, (March 22/90), saying new equipment had lowered its
|
|
costs and improved its productivity.
|
|
Bell said it hoped to put the new rates into effect this fall, after
|
|
winning approval from the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications
|
|
Commision. (CRTC).
|
|
But the proposal won't be ready for at least two months, and the regu-
|
|
lator has said the rate changes won't be approved outright.
|
|
"We have to hold public hearings," said CRTC offical Pierre Pontbriand.
|
|
"The public must have a chance to comment on the best way to have these
|
|
reductions."
|
|
The proposed changes would apply to calls made from Bell teritory in
|
|
Ontario, Quebec and the Northwest Territories to provinces in the rest
|
|
of Canada. Calls made to the U.S. and on many of Bell's specialized ser-
|
|
vices will also recieve rate reductions. Rates for other countries are
|
|
not affected. (Too bad for you non-phreakers calling the UPi node in
|
|
Holland... oh well. -Tomcat).
|
|
But the cuts would not apply to calls to points within Bell teritory,
|
|
from Montreal to Toronto, for example, Bell official Sylvie Bastien said
|
|
those rates had already declined by 27 per cent since 1987 and were lower
|
|
then rates for calls to other parts of the country.
|
|
Under the rate-reduction scheme for example, the price of a five-minute
|
|
call made between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. from Montreal to Vancouver would drop
|
|
to $2.40 from $2.85, a 15.8-per-cent decline.
|
|
The cost of calling the U.S. will be reduced by an average of 6 per-
|
|
cent. For example, a five-minute call from Montreal to Los Angeles will
|
|
cost $2.80, down 11.1 per cent from the present rate of $3.15.
|
|
Bell said it will also propose reductions for business services such
|
|
as WATS and 800 services and the Between Friends residential service.
|
|
The telephone company said it can afford to reduce its long-distance
|
|
rates because its new network equipment costs less to operate than the
|
|
old equipment. Lowering rates would also keep it out of trouble with the
|
|
CRTC, which forces the monopoly to limit rate of return to between 12.25
|
|
and 13.25 per cent of revenues.
|
|
At a news conference, Bell president Jean Monty denied that the rate
|
|
reductions were a bid to improve customer relations ahead of a bid by
|
|
cable-TV mogul Ted Rogers to compete with Bell on long-distance service.
|
|
|
|
You may distrubute this file freely but may not change any part of this file in
|
|
whole or part without the written or verbal concent of the author.
|
|
|
|
===============================================================================
|
|
Call These Great Upi Boards!
|
|
===============================================================================
|
|
Node Number Board Name Sysop Baud
|
|
===============================================================================
|
|
Hq 416-Upi-Home The Northern Phreaker's Alliance The Lost Avenger 24
|
|
1 416-Upi-Nde1 The Shining Realm FrosT BitE 24
|
|
2 514-Upi-Nde2 The Order Of Kamikaze Tomcat 96
|
|
3 305-Upi-Nde3 Ferrari Mr. Ferrari 38.4
|
|
4 416-Upi-Nde4 Time Zone Destoryer 38.4
|
|
5 716-Upi-Nde5 The Knight's Society Jeff Knight 24
|
|
6 408-Upi-Nde6 The Unholy Temple Black Death 24
|
|
7 031-Upi-Nde7 Rebel Box (Netherlands) Mr.Miracle 24
|
|
8 213-Upi-Nde8 The Drop Site N Sult 24
|
|
===============================================================================
|
|
03-29-89/008 Copywrite 1990 By The Lost Avenger-All Rights Reserved
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253 12yrs+
|