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From: arnold%audiofax.com@mathcs.emory.edu (Arnold Robbins)
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Subject: Voice / TTD Relay Service Instituted in Georgia
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Date: 30 Jan 91 14:41:54 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 81, Message 3 of 8


There were two inserts in my bill from Southern Bell yesterday. This
note describes one of them.

Transcribed verbatim:

			GEORGIA RELAY SERVICE

		On December 4, 1990, the Georgia Public Service
	Commision gave approval for a Dual Party Relay System.  This
	system provides telephone communications between deaf and
	hearing/speech-impaired customers who use Telecommunications
	Devices for the Deaf (TDD) and all customers who use standard
	voice telephones.  It will begin operation on April 1, 1991.

		To fund the system, the Commision ordered all telephone
	companies in Georgia to collect a monthly surcharge from their
	customers beginning in January, 1991.  This month's bill includes
	a surcharge labeled "Dual Party Relay System for the Hearing/Speech
	Impaired Surcharge."  The amount of the relay surcharge is seven
	cents per line per month.

        	The Georgia Relay Center will be located in Norcross
	and will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  Customers
	can access the relay center using toll-free numbers.

		Toll calls completed thorugh the relay center will be
	billed from originating point to terminating point of the call,
	as though the relay center did not exist, at the intrastate rate
	minus a 25 percent discount.

		For more information on the Georgia Relay Center, please
	call Southern Bell at the following numbers:

			Residence Customers:	780-2355
			Business Customers:	780-2800

The numbers above are in the 404 area code.  I'm posting this just to
provide the information to the Telecom readership.


Arnold Robbins				AudioFAX, Inc. 
2000 Powers Ferry Road, #200 / Marietta, GA. 30067     
INTERNET: arnold@audiofax.com Phone:   +1 404 933 7612 
UUCP:	  emory!audfax!arnold Fax-box: +1 404 618 4581 


[Moderator's Note: The other insert in Mr. Robbins' bill discussed the
introduction of Caller*ID in Georgia next month. This insert will be
printed in the next issue of the Digest.   PAT]