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From: malcolm@apple.com (Malcolm Slaney)
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Subject: Re: Caller ID Hearings in California
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Date: 27 Mar 91 05:28:37 GMT
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In article <telecom11.244.3@eecs.nwu.edu> Robert_Swenson.OSBU_North@
xerox.com:

> Proposed features:

> Caller ID   	 	$5.00 install,	 $6.50 month
> Repeat Dialing 	 5.00 install,	  3.50 month

Just how are these rates determined?  My local phone bill is only
$12.00 a month (for POTS).  I realize that all these new features will
help subsidize POTS but how do they decide how much profit to make?
Certainly the PUCs don't just let the phone companies make a marketing
decision and charge what the market will allow.

Or, do they?


Malcolm