seanwilliams@attmail.com (02/21/91)
In TELECOM Digest V11 #135, Jack Dominey writes: | That monthly service charge irritates me. Bell is obviously milking | all these features (a.k.a. CLASS?) for every drop of revenue they can | squeeze [. . .] It would be far more appropriate to *require* the service | be available anywhere the Central Office is capable, and charge $4.00 for | EACH trace. This is not necessarily true in all regions. Bell of Pennsylvania, in Harrisburg (Capital LATA), at least, offers it's CLASS services on a charge-per-use basis. Services such as Call*Block, Priority*Call, and Select*Forward are billed at a daily rate for each day that a phone number is programmed into the respective service's list. If you would prefer to subscribe to the services you will use most frequently, the monthly rate is cheaper than the daily/per-use rates. But remember, an advantage to Bell of PA's system is that the services are always available, whether or not customers subscribe to them. Sean E. Williams | attmail.com!seanwilliams 333 Prospect Avenue / PO Box 227 | seanwilliams@attmail.com Duncannon, PA 17020-0227 USA | voicemail: (717)/957-8139