| Show Mountain Bell rates reduced Most basic residential and business telephone rates are being reduced as a result of Public Ser- vice Commission authorization of Mountain Bell's rate re- distribution The order follows a public hearing earlier this month in which Mountain Bell presented testimony on the value of service and the need for rate The new rates are effective August According to Mountain the latest Commis- order revises rates based on the authorization of an minion increase in July At that time rates were ap- plied to basic exchange service and Company of- by increasing costs on some specialized business such as more fully reflect the cost of providing these ser- The revised rate ture includes an ed Area Residence and 1 business customers iH n 25 u tad change or Mountain Bell's Utah Rate and Tariff Supervisor Bruce R. Knight explains that U of st associated with rate over a wide geographical Even with the Com- pany officials point out that private residence and business rates will be lower in most According to the Z cost of private residential phone service Vernal is being reduced from to The individual business line rate in Ver- nal is reduced from to The authorization in- eludes a companion line charge which applies to each individual line ser vice where telephone numbers are arranged so if one number is the central office equipment will automatically select an idle number to ordered another hearing to be held on October 2 to consider Mountain Mountain lull's s measured service pro- Under this pro- customers would have the alternative of obtaining service at a low entry level with ad- calling charges based on actual telephone The order on rate re-distribution does not for |
