You are correct, you must have the phone company breakdown the bill for you
which they are not interested in doing.
The psc today does not allow new
customers to now remove that charge anylonger!
Mark
On 1999-07-24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
no>CC: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
no>Mike & Mark:
no>If a local USA telephone company is charging for "tone dialing" I am
no>willing to bet that is a charge that would not show up if you were
no>a new customer. Many phone companies have left charges on their
no>billing system to gain revenue. This often happens to senior
no>citizens.
no>Many phone companies charge $1 to $4 "wiring insurance". The claim
no>they make when you phone their billing department is "we charge $38
no>to show up and $25 for every quarter hour to fix your premises
no>phone wiring". However, in our local area you have about 25
no>independent phone people who will diagnose senior citizens premise
no>wiring at no charge.
no>Mark, I bet that "tome dialing charge" is another benefit of your
no>local monopoly phone company - which would disappear if they are
no>asked about it :)
no>John O
no>-------------------- 1 --------------------
no>Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 01:08:23 -0500
no>Many telephone companies that used to charge extra for touch
no>tone have dropped the charge. It actually is cheaper for them to
no>have you use tone dialling because it is faster and allows the
no>switching equipment to handle more calls. Try tone dialling and see
no>what happens.
no>On 22 Jul 99, at 14:46, Nettamer List wrote:
no>> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 15:19:38 +0400
no>> Hello again,
no>> On 1999-07-21 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
no>> >Both you and the other person for whom you've relayed
no>> >information are using Net-Tamer in the Detroit area? Out of
no>> >curiosity, why are you pulse dialing instead of using
no>>touchtone? I have had this phoneline since before touchtone and
no>>when touchtone came to my area I refused to pay the $3 a month
no>>for something I can get by flipping a switch on the phone after
no>it dials!
