Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: pf@islington-terrace.csc.ti.com (Paul Fuqua) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Types of Service Message-ID:Date: 11 Aug 89 19:48:44 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 18 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 290, message 4 of 13 I'm moving from one apartment to another this weekend, and called my friendly Southwestern Bell office to arrange for the phone service to be moved. The amusing thing was that the representative offered me my choice of three basic services: unlimited, "economy" (charge-per-call over 25 calls), or two-party (!). This is within the Dallas city limits (although only by 100 yards), and I was and am surprised that two-party service is still offered, much less in an apartment built only three years ago. Are there other major cities still offering party-line service? Here's another question: how come the electric company can switch my service for only $7, while the phone company charges $60? Since all the wiring is in place, about all that's involved is a billing change. Paul Fuqua pf@csc.ti.com {smu,texsun,cs.utexas.edu,rice}!ti-csl!pf Texas Instruments Computer Science Center PO Box 655474 MS 238, Dallas, Texas 75265