Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Latest Charge by Southwestern Bell Message-ID: <3792@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 12 Feb 90 17:31:36 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 23 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 96, message 4 of 10 Dewey Henize writes: > First the quote from the flyer included in the bill: > "Beginning this month, a 911 service fee is included in your bill. It > [Moderator's Note: We here in IBT-land got stuck with a 911 surcharge > starting last month. We pay 95 cents per line; it will be used to > improve our existing 911 service, which is about fifteen years old. Sounds like you people need to get with the program! While 911 has only worked from my telephone for about five years (at the most), there has been a "911" surcharge for at least ten years. I remember calling someone early in 1984 and asking when 911 would become available and the answer was, "Sometime after the LA Olympics. We need to get it working there right away for obvious reasons." Pacific Bell: First to charge; last to provide the service. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !