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From: dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: TT charges dropped.
Message-ID: <198@westmark.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jun 88 04:03:15 GMT
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In article <792@shuksan.UUCP>, evans@shuksan.UUCP (Gary Evans) writes:
> In my latest bill from Pacific Northwest Bell (PNB), there was a note
> explaining a change in the tariffs covering Touch Tone service for
> all customers in Washington State. That being the removal of the 50
> cent charge for Tone service.
...
> I am also waiting for the other shoe to drop. Since this change will
> mean a BIG drop in revenue for PNB, they will surely try to recoup
> it in some other area...

It may, in deed, mean a drop in revenue, but it may not mean a drop
in operating profit.  If everybody uses touchtone, the total
originating register occupancy drops drastically, from ~20 seconds
per call to ~6 seconds per call average.  If they can handle more
calls with the same equipment, or handle the current traffic load
with less equipment, they save.  Encouraging touchtone availability
also encourages the use of value-added services that require
end-to-end signalling, and these services generate revenue.

-- 
Dave Levenson
Westmark, Inc.		The Man in the Mooney
Warren, NJ USA
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