clark@beaver.cs.washington.edu> (03/15/90)
Just received my US West bill for March and included is the following
notice regarding rates:
Our Rate Structure is Changing
In accordance with the Washington Utilities and Transportation
Commission Fourth Supplemental Order, US WEST Communications is
simplifying its rate structure as of February 15, 1990. As a result,
most US WEST Communications customers will experience a monthly rate
decrease. No customer will receive an increase.
How Will This Affect You, Our Customers?
_Long_Distance_From_US_WEST_Will_Cost_You_Less_
Effective February 15, 1990, US WEST will temporarily reduce its long
distance rates. That price reduction will be replaced on July 1, 1990,
with a new "call timing method" that will, on average, amount to a
four percent savings. This new call timing will more accurately
reflect your long distance usage. It will reduce the timing of calls
longer than one minute to six-second increaments.
_Local_Service_
The multitiered structure used to calculate monthly rates will be
streamlined. As a result, most residence customers will experience a
decrease in their monthly local service.
[ Do they really mean that service will be decreased? :-) ]
_Suburban_Mileage_
All Suburban Mileage charges will be eliminated.
_Party-Line_Service_Improvement_
US WEST Communications will begin a five-year program to expand
current facilities in order to provide one-party service for all
customers. One-party service enables customers to place long distance
calls without the use of the operator, to choose their long distance
carrier and purchase discounted packages. For customers who currently
have party-line service, they may retain this service at their current
address.
WARES-0290
Roger Swann | uucp: uw-beaver!ssc-vax!clark
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The Boeing Company |rocke@ucbvax.berkeley.edu> (03/20/90)
Hard to understand Roger Swann's 3/15 post on this topic, but notwithstanding absence of a discernible point to the post, seems the topic is the WA PUC's recent approval of a negotiated settlement providing for US West incentive regulation here. More to the point, perhaps is that two intervenors in the case have appealed the WUTC's Order in court, and that the PUC and US West were also in court last week over a little matter of some $8M relative to the tariffs US West filed to implement the Order in question.