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Show BUSINESS BIO THE DAILY HERALD (www.HarkTheHeralJ.com) to boost AT&T each minute. Weekend calls will cost 16 cents per minute up from 14.5 cents. Subscribers who opt for a basic plan that has the same rate all the time will be charged 17.5 cents per minute. The cost was previously 16 cents per minute. The company kept in place its plans allowing consumers to pay 10 cents a minute on either Saturday or Sunday, but they would pay an increased amount the rest of the By KALPANA SRINIVASAN Associated Press Writer AT&T WASHINGTON is increasing its rates for more than 28 million customers who subscribe to the company's basic plan. long-distan- The increase by the nation's biggest carrier, with some 60 million subscribers total, takes effect July 1 and involves basic rate custhose who don't tomers fee for callminimum a pay ing plans. Under the change, basic plan subscribers will pay 25 cents up from 22.5 cents for minute per calls from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weeknights; on weekdays, between 7 a.m. 'and 7 p.m., the rate goes up 'from 29.5 cents to 30 cents per-minu- "It's a other to complete calls. Consumer groups and rivals seized on the increase to accuse the company of failing to follow through on a promise to lower rates. Last year, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a plan by AT&T, Sprint and the nation's local Bell companies to reform the way phone businesses, compensate each other and collect subsidies from consumers. Under the plan, the Bell local phone companies would reduce the amount they charge long-distan- te line-item- called the phone bills "subscriber line charge" go up by 50 cents. That's a of result government approved changes in how phone companies pay each long-distan- Bankruptcy Court in New itself and 24 of its operating subsidiaries in the United States. It said four Canadian subsidiaries filed for protection in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. PSINet's operating subsidiaries in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the company's Metamor consulting business are not involved in the Chapter 11 filings. PSINet Ashburn-base- d provides corporate Internet access and private networks, Web and database hosting and managed Internet security. PSINet has total assets of $2.2 billion and total liabilities of $4.3 billion, of which $2.9 billion is bond debt. The company said it expects to continue to serve customers. "Our existing capital York covered communications provider PSINet Inc. filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy laws, citing liabilities that were nearly double its assets. . PSINet had said in April that it was likely to file for bankruptcy because of a cash shortage. The company said Friday that the filings in U.S. ce carriers like AT&T to complete calls. In turn, that savings was supposed to trickle down to consumers in the form of lower rates. Gene Kimmelman of Consumers Union said the 50 cent increase of the subscriber line charge won't be long-distan- offset by lower rates long-distan- - "It's a for millions of consumers,'' Kimmelman said. "Obviously we don't have a lot of competitive forces at work in the business to pressure AT&T." double-whamm- y long-distan- for Chapter 1 1 bankruptcy FSBNet files ASHBURN, Va. (AP) for millions of y Gene Kimmelman of Consumers Union The AT&T rate increase will come at the same time that Americans see one of s on their local the Internet double-whamm- consumers. week. long-distan- rates ce long-distan- SATURDAY, structure did not permit us to respond to the rapid changes in our markets," said Harry G. Hobbs, president and chief executive officer of PSINet. He said he expects the Chapter 11 g "will provide us with the flexibility and time to explore all strategic alternatives while we continue to deliver the reliable service upon which our customers depend." fiL-in- Utah unemployment fate holding steady SALT LAKE CITY (AP) near-recor- d Unemployment in Utah remained 3.9 percent in May, the second month at that level after the rate had climbed of s seven-tenth- the May figure tied April as the slowest job growth low of 3.2 per- a cent. "Although this is a large increase ... the current levei is not alarming," said Ken Jensen, an economist with the Utah Department of Workforce Services. Jensen said the current rate is not much higher than during the 1990s. Job growth in the state slowed as well. At 2 percent, 1 percent from January to .'March. In May, almost 44,800 people in Utah were unemployed, a 26 percent increase from the same month one year ago, when the rate was month since 1988. 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