Word: fcc
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...FCC last year ordered the fees, ranging from $2 a month for individuals to $6 for businesses with only one phone line, as part of the restructuring of phone charges taking place in conjunction with the breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph. Until now, revenues from long-distance charges have been used to subsidize local service. The new fees were to help replace that subsidy. But the House last November passed a bill striking down most access charges, and the Senate was preparing to pass its version of the bill. Before the Senate got around to voting, the FCC announced...
Access charges could save AT&T $3.3 billion a year in subsidies to local phone companies. But because of other costs, the company had proposed cutting long-distance rates by only $1.75 billion. As expected, AT&T was unhappy with the FCC action. Said Executive Vice President Kenneth Whalen: "We find any delay by the FCC extremely troublesome. It's a disservice to customers because it could prevent the sizable long-distance reductions we had planned...
...there was some satisfaction among other phone companies over the FCC decision. As part of its ruling, the agency also allowed MCI Communications, Sprint and other long-distance competitors of A T & T to offer a deep discount, at least until the time when it is just as easy to use the new services as those of AT&T. Currently, MCI customers must punch in up to twelve extra numbers to make a long-distance call. The net effect of last week's action, said MCI Chairman William McGowan, "will be healthy competition in the long-distance market...
Ross seemed to have sandbagged Murdoch. But then the press lord asked the FCC last week to review the partnership proposed by Warner and Chris-Craft, arguing that if the two companies joined forces, they would illegally own both cable-TV networks and direct-broadcast stations in some cities...
...industry was a well-written piece about a very complex subject. However, your article implied that I oppose phased-in access charges applied to end users, which reflects neither my position nor that of GTE. I did say (in remarks you took out of context) that the FCC had recognized that it would be a hardship on those who make minimum use of long-distance service if a flat-rate charge were instituted immediately. Taking that into account, I further said that "the FCC order represents a reasonable and, in fact, the only manageable response suggested thus...