Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Pac*Bell Delivers (Well, Almost) Message-ID: <15442@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 15 Dec 90 20:05:42 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 22 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 884, Message 4 of 10 Remember back around August of 1989 when Pac*Bell hustled its new "regulatory" package through the CPUC? Among other things, in exchange for what is euphamistically described as "streamlined regulation" the company promised a wider local calling area and the elimination of touch tone charges. Oh, you notice that you are STILL paying for touch tone? And you notice that you STILL pay through the nose for calls in the 9-12 mile department? That's not a mistake; you are still paying. And you will continue to pay for touch tone until February of 1991. And you will still continue to pay for "Zone 2" calls until June of 1991, nearly two years after Pac*Bell got what it wanted from the PUC. Just keep all this in mind the next time Pac*Bell wants something from the PUC and promises something in return. Except for the billing department, things have a tendancy to move quite slowly at the living telephone museum. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !