CHAPTER VI
UTILITY RATES AND FEES

SECTION 6.10 – Telephone Services.

6.10.1 Basic Service
a. Residential: $11.05
b. Business Single-Line: $26.65
c. Business Multi-Line: $26.05
6.10.2 Long Distance
a. Residential
Option 1
Base Rate .15/minute
Rate if monthly bill is over $25 .13/minute
Option 2
Weekday Rate* .15/minute
Evening and weekend .10/minute
Option 3
24 hours/day .10/minute
Access Fee 2.95/month
Option 4
Interstate 24 hours/day .08/minute
Intrastate 24 hours/day .11/minute
Access Fee $4.95/month

b. Business

Weekday Rates apply Monday though Friday, 7AM - 7PM
Option 1 (Business Programs include 30-second minimum billing; 6-second increments thereafter.)
Base Rate .15/minute
Rate if monthly bill is over $250 .13/minute
Option 2 (Business Programs include 30-second minimum billing; 6-second increments thereafter.)
Weekday Rate* .15/minute
Evening and weekend .10/minute
Option 3 (Business Programs include 30-second minimum billing; 6-second increments thereafter.)
24 hours/day .10/minute
Access Fee 5.95/month
Option 4 (Business Programs include 30-second minimum billing; 6-second increments thereafter.)
Interstate 24 hours/day .08/minute
Intrastate 24 hours/day .11/minute
Access Fee 7.95/month
6.10.3 Internation Long Distance Rates
Rate listed BELOW country. Counties are listed alphabetically
Afghanistan Albania Alberia
$3.02 $0.98 $0.96
American Somoa Andorra Angola
$1.04 $0.72 $1.46
Anguilla Antarctica Antarctica/Scott
$1.32 $1.16 $1.16
Antigua Argentina Armenia
$1.04 $1.12 $1.78
Aruba Ascension Island Australia
$0.92 $1.88 $0.44
Austria Azerbaijan Azores
$1.16 $2.18 $0.10
Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh
$0.54 $1.66 $2.36
Barbados Belarus Belgium
$1.24 $1.04 $0.44
Belize Benin Bermuda
$1.50 $1.52 $0.60
Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina
$1.66 $1.36 $1.18
Botswana Brazil Britsh Virgin Islands
$1.06 $1.00 $0.92
Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso
$1.36 $0.94 $1.62
Burundi Cambodia
$1.74 $2.52
Canada
204 Manitoba 306 Saskatchewan 403 Alberta
$0.26 $0.26 $0.26
416 Ontario/Toronto 418 Quebec 506 New Brunswick
$0.26 $0.26 $0.26
514 Quebec/Montreal 519 Ontario 604 British Columbia
$0.26 $0.26 $0.26
613 Ontario 706 Ontario 709 Newfoundland
$0.26 $0.26 $0.26
807 & 905 Ontario 819 Quebec 902 Nova Scotia
$0.26 $0.26 $0.26
Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central Africa Republic
$1.48 $0.82 $2.34
Chad Chile China
$2.36 $0.74 $1.58
Christmas/Cocos Islands Colombia Comoros
$1.16 $1.24 $1.96
Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica
$1.72 $2.44 $1.16
Croatia Republic Cuba Cyprus
$0.88 $1.72 $0.92
Czech Republic Denmark Diego Garcia
$0.74 $0.44 $1.72
Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic
$2.04 $1.30 $0.60
Ecuador Egypt El Salvador
$1.48 $1.62 $1.18
Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia
$1.92 $2.76 $0.74
Ethiopia Faeroe Islands Falkland Islands
$2.44 $0.84 $1.82
Fiji Islands Finland France
$2.02 $0.48 $0.42
French Antilles French Guiana French Polynesia
$0.84 $1.04 $1.62
Gabon Gambia Georgia
$1.68 $1.46 $1.78
Germany Ghana Gibraltar
$0.42 $1.46 $0.98
Greece Greenland Grenada
$0.90 $1.06 $1.30
Guadeloupe Guam Guantanamo Bay
$1.12 $0.54 $1.60
Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau
$1.12 $1.56 $2.32
Guyana Haiti Honduras
$1.94 $1.58 $1.48
Hong Kong Hungary Iceland
$1.08 $0.66 $0.76
India Indonesia Iran
$1.92 $1.40 $2.28
Iraq Ireland Israel
$2.86 $0.60 $0.58
Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica
$0.54 $2.24 $1.56
Japan Jordan Kazakhstan
$0.90 $2.06 $1.80
Kenya Kirghiz Kiribati
$1.80 $0.10 $2.48
"Korea, North" "Korea, South" Kuwait
$2.22 $0.86 $1.96
Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia
$2.14 $1.82 $0.92
Lebanon Lesotho Liberia
$1.82 $1.34 $1.24
Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania
$1.10 $0.48 $0.96
Luxembourg Macao Macedonia
$0.44 $1.32 $1.26
Madagascar Malawi Malaysia
$2.14 $1.36 $0.68
Maldives Mali Republic Malta
$1.56 $2.18 $0.76
Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania
$1.38 $0.10 $2.02
Mauritius Mayotte Islands
$1.80 $2.22
Mexico
2-Jan 5-Mar 8-Jun
$0.50 $0.66 $1.04
Micronesia Moldova Monaco
$1.52 $1.30 $0.58
Mongolia Montserrat Morroco
$2.42 $1.44 $1.06
Mozambique Mustique Myanmar (Burma)
$1.58 $0.10 $2.64
Nakhodka Namibia Nauru Islands
$1.34 $1.44 $2.12
Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Ant
$2.02 $0.42 $1.00
Nevis New Caledonia New Zealand
$0.10 $1.64 $0.50
Nicaragua Niger Republic Nigeria
$1.20 $1.96 $1.92
Niue Norfolk Island Norway
$2.48 $1.16 $0.38
Oman Pakistan Palau
$1.90 $2.04 $1.96
Palm Island Panama Papua New Guinea
$0.10 $1.30 $1.14
Paraguay Peru Philippines
$1.52 $1.30 $1.16
Poland Portugal Qatar
$0.82 $0.70 $1.94
Reunion Island Romania Russia
$1.40 $1.12 $1.28
Rwanda Saipan Sakhalin
$1.81 $0.88 $1.34
San Marino Sao Tome Saudi Arabia
$1.08 $2.92 $2.02
Senegal Republic Seychelles Sierra Leone
$2.38 $2.76 $1.90
Singapore Slovakia Slovenia
$0.94 $0.78 $0.84
Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa
$2.18 $4.02 $1.20
Spain Sri Lanka St. Helena
$0.56 $1.96 $2.10
St. Kitts St. Lucia St. Pierre/Miquelon
$1.02 $1.24 $0.86
St. Vincent/Grenadines Sudan Suriname
$1.34 $1.48 $2.35
Swaziland Sweden Switzerland
$0.94 $0.36 $0.46
Syria Taiwan Tanzania
$1.96 $1.06 $1.60
Thailand Togo Tonga
$1.48 $2.00 $2.07
Trinidad/Tobago Tunisia Turkey
$1.40 $1.06 $0.98
Turkmenistan Turks/Caico Tuvalu
$2.06 $1.24 $1.94
Uganda Ukraine Union Island
$1.64 $1.02 $0.10
United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay
$1.34 $0.24 $1.52
Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City
$1.62 $2.58 $0.60
Venezuela Vietnam Wallis/Futunia
$1.00 $2.36 $1.34
West Samoa Yemen Arab Republic Yemen Peoples Republic
$1.82 $1.76 $0.10
Yugoslavia Zaire Zanbia
$1.04 $1.44 $1.72
Zimbabwe
$1.06
6.10.4 Calling Features
a. All Call Forwarding $1.50
b. Call Forwarding-No Answer $1.50
c. Call Forwarding-Busy $1.50
d. Call Waiting $1.50
e. Cancel Call Waiting $1.50
f. Selective Call Rejection $1.50
g. Speed Calling $1.50
h. Caller ID $4.50
i. Call Name & Number Block $1.50
j. Three-Way Calling $1.50
k. Serial Hunt $5.00
l. Voice Mail $4.75
6.10.5 Calling Feature Packages
a. Call Feature Package #1
Voicemail or Caller ID and three other features
$6.95
b. Call Feature Package #2
Voicemail and Caller ID and five other features
$9.95
6.10.6 Telecommunications Surcharges
a. Customer dialed/automated $0.77
b. Customer dialed calling card station $0.77
c. Customer dialed and operator assisted $1.91
d. Customer dialed/operator must assist $0.77
e. Operator Station $1.91
f. Operator dialed surcharge $0.98
g. Person to Person $4.17
h. Busy line verify $6.75
i. Busy line intercept $6.50
j. Information Service Access Blocking $5.00
k. Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier Charge $5.00
l. E911 Charge $0.50
m. Universal Service Charge $0.30
6.10.7 Miscellaneous Telecommunications Rates
*fees may be waived with verification of a
safety concern from proper law enforcement agency
a. Additional/alternate listings, per listing $0.50
b. Private service, per listing $1.50
c. Foreign/nonsubscriber service, per listing $2.00
Per DID Line $39.00
d. Non-recurring DID charge, per line $65.00
e. Block of 100 reserved numbers $265.00
f. Toll Restriction Service (outgoing calls) $3.00
Non-recurring Toll Restriction charge $5.00
g. Vacation/Suspended Service 50% of regular rate
h. Customized Telephone Number
Non-recurring charge, per line
$25.00
i. Information Service Access Blocking $5.00
j. Telephone number change
First number change
$25.00*
Two or more number changes
$50.00*
k. Reconnect after disconnect for non-payment $15.00
l. Returned Check/Returned ACH Notice Fee $15.00
6.10.8 Mileage Rates
a. Between buildings on same premises Per two wire circuit $8.00
b. Each additional mile or fraction thereof Per two wire circuit $2.00
6.10.9 End User Common Line Charge (Subscriber Line Charge)
a. Residential $5.00
b. Single-Line Business $6.00
c. Multi-Line Business $7.50
6.10.10 ISDN Line Charges
a. Business $90.00
b. Residential $90.00
c. ISDNBRI Line Port $7.00/arrangement
d. ISDN PRI Line Port $46.00/arrangement
6.10.11 Switched Access Service
Non Recurring Charges
a. Local Transport - Installation Entrance Facility
Voice Grade Two Wire
$230.00
Voice Grade Four Wire $230.00
High Capacity DS1 $251.00
b. Interim NXX Translation Per Order Per LATA or Market Area $136.00
c. FGC and FGD Conversion of Multi-Frequency Address Signaling to SS7 Signaling or SS7 Signaling to Multifrequency Address Signaling Per 24 Trunks Activated or Fraction Thereof on a Per Order Basis $321.00
d. Direct Trunked Transport Activation Per 24 Trunks Activated or Fraction Thereof on a Per Order basis $310.00
e. Premium Access
Local Transport Entrance Facility Per Termination
Voice Grade Two Wire $44.79
Voice Grade Four Wire $71.67
High Capacity DS1 $191.82
Direct Trunked Transport
Direct Trunked Facility (Per Mile)
Voice Grade $3.19
High Capacity $20.76
6.10.12 Channel Signaling Network Connection
a. Signaling Network Access Link Signaling Mileage Facility Per Mile ICB
Signaling Mileage Termination Per Termination ICB
Signal Entrance Facility Per Facility ICB
b. STP Port Per Port ICB
6.10.13 Directory Assistance Service
Per Call $2.00
6.10.14 Operator Transfer Service
Per Call Transferred $0.4588
6.10.15 Special Access Service
a. Voice Grade Service
Channel Termination Per Termination
Two Wire Service $44.79
Two Wire Nonrecurring Charge $230.00
Four Wire Service $71.67
Four Wire Nonrecurring Charge $230.00
Channel Mileage
Channel Mileage Facility $3.19/mile
Channel Mileage Termination
Per Termination
$32.07
Optional Features and Functions
Bridging - Voice Bridging
Two Wire $6.50
Four Wire $6.50
Data Bridging - Per Port
Two Wire $6.50
Four Wire $6.50
Telephoto Bridging - Per Port
Two Wire $6.50
Four Wire $6.50
DATAPHONE Select-A-Station Bridging
Sequential Arrangement, Ports Per Channel Connected
Two Wire $22.19
Four Wire $117.70
Addressable Arrangement, Ports PerChannel Connected
Two Wire $23.75
Four Wire $102.80
Telemetry and Alarm Bridging
Active Bridging Channel Connections Per Channel Connected
Split Band $8.89
Summation $3.47
Passive Bridging Channel Connections Per Channel Connected $0.24

b. High Capacity Service

Conditioning Per Termination
C Type $7.20
Improved Attenuation Distortion None
Improved Envelope Delay Distortion None
Data Capability $4.95
Telephoto Capability $9.02
Sealing Current None
Improved Return Loss For Effective Two Wire Or Four Wire Transmission Per Termination
Two Wire $12.80
Four Wire $12.80
Customer Specified Receive Level Per Two Wire Termination $8.80
Multiplexing Per Arrangment Voice To Telegraph Grade $226.19
Signaling Capability Per Termiantion $12.95
Selective Signaling Arrangement Per Arrangement $6.50
Transfer Arrangement (key activated or dial up)
Per four port arrangement including control channel termination $3.13
Per five port arrangement Including control channel Termination $7.14
Public Packet Switching Network Interface Arrangement Per Arrangement ICB
High Capacity Service
Channel Termiantion Per Termiantion DS1, 1.544 Mbps Monthly Rate $191.82
Nonrecurring Charge $251.00
Channel Mileage
Channel Mileage Facility Per Mile $20.76
Channel mileage Termination Per Termination $102.39
Optional Features and Functions
DS1 to Voice $183.12
Automatic Loop Transfer Per Arrangement $158.00
Transfer Arrangement (key activated or dial-up)
Per Four Port Arrangement Including Control Channel Termination
$172.20
Clear Channel Capability Per 1.544 Mbps Transmission path ICB
Network Channel Terminating Equipment Per Termination 1.544 Mbps $89.60
Automatic Loop Transfer $360.00
6.10.16 Other Services
Access Ordering
Access Order Charge Per Order $136.00
Service Date Change Charge Per Order $53.00
Design Change Charge $53.00
Miscellaneous Service Order Charge Per Occurance $53.00
Additional Engineering - Additional Engineering Periods
Basic Time Per Engineer Normally Scheduled Working Hours $25.35/half hour
Overtime Per Engineer $38.02/half hour
Premium Time Outside of Scheduled Work Day, Per Engineer $50.69/half hour
Additional Labor Additional Labor Periods Installation or Repair
Overtime Per Technician $33.03/half hour
Premium Time Per Tech $44.04/half hour
Stand By
Basic Time, Normally Scheduled Working Hours $22.92/half hour
Overtime Per Technician $34.37/half hour
Premium Time, Per Tech $45.83/half hour
6.10.17 Miscellaneous Services
Additional Automatic Testing- Switched Access To First Point of Switching
Additional Tests
Gain-Slope Tests $2.89/Test/Path
C-Notched Noise Tests $2.89/Test/Path
1004 Hz Loss $2.89/Test/Path
C-Message Noice $2.89/Test/Path
Balance (Return Loss) $2.89/Test/Path
Telecommunications Service Priority
Per Service Arranged Nonrecurring Charge
$54.63
Controller Arrangement Per Month, Per Arrangement $100.00
Presubscription Per Telephone Exchange Service Line or Trunk $5.00
Blocking Service Per Exchange Service Line or Trunk
and/or Per Feature Group A Switched Access Line
$11.20
Billing Name and Address Service
Per BNA Order $50.94
Per BNA Record $0.33
Optional Magnetic Tape Per Magnetic Tape $91.44
Optional Format Programming Charge (Per Half Hour or Fraction) $37.20
Originating Line Screening Service (Per Exchange Service Line) $7.95
Coin Supervision Additive Service (Per Exchange Service Line) $2.21/month
6.10.18 Special Federal Government Access Services
a. Voice Grade Secure Communications
Type I, each T-3 Conditioning ICB & Charges
Additional Conditioning, (Per Service Termination) ICB & Charges
Type II, each G-1 Conditioning ICB & Charges
Type III, each G-2 Conditioning ICB & Charges
Additional Conditioning (Per Service Termination) ICB & Charges
Type IV, each G-3 Conditioning ICB & Charges
Additional Conditioning, (Per Service Termination) ICB & Charges
b. Wideband Digital Special Access Service
Type I, each ICB & Charges
Type II, each ICB & Charges
Type III, each ICB & Charges
6.10.19 Special Facilities Routing of Access Services
a. Diversity ICB
b. Avoidance ICB
c. Diversity and Avoidance Combined ICB
d. Cable-Only Facilities ICB
6.10.20 Special Service or Arrangements
Specialized Service or Arrangements ICB
6.10.21 Miscellaneous Charges
2 day posting fee $10
Trip Charge/Disconnect Fee for non-payment $10
Initial Connection/Reconnect Fee $15
Meter Reading Appointment/Estimating Fee $ 5
Standard Service Call $15