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From: wiener@idacrd.UUCP (Matthew P Wiener)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Long Distance
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Date: Sun, 12-Jan-86 15:41:10 EST
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> 
> If you think you have problems consider the plight of the Colorado
> subscriber.  Mountain Bell has petitioned the Colorado PUC for
> permission to collect a surcharge from all residential subscribers
> for the creation of a fund to provide free service for the poor!
> This is in addition to a recent request for a 39% rate increase.
> (Action on this has been delayed, but for how long?)
> 
> When I think of the present ripoffs like $1.27/m for an unlisted
> number to prevent them from publishing what I consider no one
> elses business but my own and $1.00/m for long distance services
> that I don't use and then add the coming rate increases for my
> basic service and for *forced* charity I begin to wonder if I
> really need a telephone.

Sounds right, but if you want to complain honestly, return
to the phone company all the money you have saved over the
past ?? years by having long distance subsidize your local
phone bill.  It's easy to complain about being forced to be
charitable, but not so easy to complain about being forced
to benefit from charity.  Until then, no sympathy from this
corner.

berkeley!brahms!weemba
Matthew P Wiener
Math Dept UCB
Berkeley CA 94720