Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: msa3b!kevin@gatech.edu (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Touch-tone charges going away? Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 89 16:04:21 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Management Science America, Inc., Atlanta, GA Lines: 15 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 192, message 8 of 9 In article , langz@asylum.sf.ca.us (Lang Zerner) writes: > I have always felt that tone "service" charges were one of the most > irrational BOC charges. There is no extra cost to the BOC, and in some > cases it results in *lower* operating costs. I am very interested to learn > if there is any truth to the rumor that the charge may be removed. Absolutely NO chance that the charge may be removed. What they will do is simply add the same charge to pulse-dialed lines, and tell you that they have removed the surcharge. [ 1/2 :-) ] -- Kevin Kleinfelter @ Management Science America, Inc (404) 239-2347 gatech!nanovx!msa3b!kevin