Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!andante!princeton!udel!rochester!cornell!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!ihlpf.UUCP!lyourk From: lyourk@ihlpf.UUCP.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: TT charges dropped. Message-ID: <4946@ihlpf.ATT.COM> Date: 3 Jun 88 23:14:51 GMT References: <792@shuksan.UUCP> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 27 Approved: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu Posted: Fri Jun 3 19:14:51 1988 ] ] ] 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. ...... ] ] The notice also inferred that it was the BOC that instigated the ] change, but I wonder if it wasn't really the state Utilities ] Commission that forced the new tariff? TT service costs the TELCOs less than pulse dialing. The main reason for this is the time to dial is less with TT and less dialing times means less digit receivers meaning less cost. Nearly all of the digit receivers purchased by the TELCOs the past few years have the capability to receive both TT & pulse digits; the TELCOs have to restrict a line from being able to take advantage of TT. (this applies to non electro-mechanical central offices). How long it takes other TELCOs to do drop charges for TT remains to be seen. ] Roger Swann uucp: uw-beaver!ssc-vax!clark Loran Yourk ihnp4!ihlpf!lyourk