From: Cary Howell <chowell@comstar.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 20:44:26 -0400 (EDT)
To: efg-action@ninja.techwood.org
Subject: [EFG] ISDN Rates Going Up 600%

I first want to thank Robert for putting the ISDN Tariff alert up on the
EFG page.  I think everyone is entitled to know that BellSouth is out to
change the tariff with as little warning or notice to either the PSC or
the public as possible.

URL:
http://www.intergate.net/uhtml/rcostner/efg/telecom/telecom.htm

The impact on the Internet community will be the gravest.  As a Network
Service Provider to major companies in the United States, I think the
outcome will be catestrophic.

Most companies utilize ISDN as a less expensive alternative to Frame
Relay and Point-to-Point services, and the bottom line is that BellSouth
(within weeks of announcing they are entering the ISP business) are also
in the clutches of putting the small business in a position of having to
pay more for the same or less service.

I am asking everyone, whether you have an ISDN circuit or not, to contact
the Public Service Commission of Georgia and The Consumers' utility
Council and voice STRONG opposition to this new tariff.

Contacts:

     PSC-Georgia	   -	(404) 656.4501	- Ms. Terri Lyndall
     Consumers' Council    -	(404) 656.3982  - Ms. Nancy Gibson

Although email addresses are available, they are not taken as seriously
(yet) as a voice telephone call.  Please take the time out of your
schedules to call BOTH OFFICES and inform them of your opposition to this
new tariff.

WHY:

Quite simply BellSouth is claiming that the delivery of ISDN services was
not intended to be used for connectivity of services on a 24x7 basis. Why
does Tennessee (the only state not affected by this new tariff increase)
not have an increase in price?

Are there no ISP's in Tennessee?

Do people not use ISDN in Tennessee as they do in Georiga, Alabama,
Kentuky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Louisianna?

No.  Quite simply, the PSC is strong and wouldn't allow BellSouth to
enter such a tariff change.  Not only that, the residential ISDN price is
about 1/2 of that of Georgia.  Go figure?

PLEASE:

Stand up and be counted.  We must inform everyone we can to voice their
opinion to the PSC and Consumers' Utility Council.  They need to hear
your voice.


Respectfully,

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   Cary Howell
   ComStar Communications Corp.				 WEBPRO
   Phone: 770-333-8779					 member