ggr@pyuxbb.UUCP (10/24/83)
/***** whuxh:pr.presstp / mhwpd!prnews / 10:45 am Oct 20, 1983*/ PHONE SERVICE; THE ILLOGIC OF AN ACCESS CHARGE, N.Y. Times, l0/20,p.A26. This letter to the ed- itor from an emeritus professor of economics at Columbia University says that "access charge is a gross misnomer for a flat monthly fee paid by people regardless of their use of long dis- tance service to companies not rendering much service." The writer says that both past and proposed telephone charge plans "fail to promote an efficient pattern and level of usage." /* ---------- */