[ale] Bellsouth's POTS fees...

[Alan Dobkin]

FYI, this service is known as Message Rate - Georgia Community Calling
(as opposed to Flat Rate) and is no longer available.  I had it on my
phone line for several years, but once we moved and got a new line,
they wouldn't allow me to sign up for it again.  My understanding is
that if your line is already provisioned that way, you can keep it
(for now), but they will not convert any new or existing lines to it.

For those who want to read all about the official details, see:

http://CPR.BellSouth.com/pdf/ga/a103.pdf

Here is an excerpt:

Georgia Community Calling (Message Rate/Measured Service)

(Obsoleted 08/25/2001 Type 4 for Residence customers. GCC is not
available for new installations or transfers of service to new
locations.)
(Obsoleted 10/13/2002 Type 4 for Business customers. GCC is not
available for new installations or transfers of service to new
locations. Business customers may add lines at present locations.)

Alan

--On Friday, August 20, 2004 7:45 PM -0400 Robert Heaven 
<robertheaven at earthlink.net> wrote:

> If you change the basic service to their usage based service (max 30
> outgoing calls per month) you can drop that total bottom line to $20 per
> month.
>
>
> On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 19:00, Jay Finch wrote:
>
>
> Interesting aside here...
>
> FYI - I just called Bellsouth and dropped my "Complete Choice" plan down
> to
> "nothing but a dial-tone" and my cost is $17.95 + FCC fees + Taxes + Junk
> fees ... After it's all said and done, my cost (for just a Land Line, NO
> FRILLS) is a little more than $30 (Like $30.51)
>
> FYI - This is in Atlanta, GA.
>
> Wow... I just dropped $25 off my monthly phone bill by doing this (which
> is
> good, since I'm budgeting), but JIMINY CRICKETS... $13 in FCC Fees and
> taxes?!?!?!?
>
> $6.50 = FCC CHarge for Network Access
> $0.35 - FCC Local Number Portability Line Charge (per line)
> $0.61 = Federal Universal Service Charge
> $1.33 = Federal Excise Tax
> $2.59 = GA State/Local Tax
> $1.35 = Emergency 911 Charge
> $0.15 = Telecommunications Relay Service Fund
>
> Hokey Smokes Batman! I can't wait until "Dry Copper" can be used for DSL.
> (Especially since my local Cable Monopoly refuses to wire my subdivision.
> (The builder didn't have them do it when they built the houses, and they
> refuse to do it without getting paid by the HOA.))
>
> Sorry.. Little rant there.
>
> Cheers!
> Jay
>
>
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