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Show Page 8 Wednesday, May 24, 1995 Scandinavian Special Edition Petitions being circulated to promote county-wid- e phone service regulation progresses, compared Long distance becoming obsolete in Sanpete County? The to the rates presented by the Pubpossibility exists, if the residents lic Service Commission in the pein the individual communities detition shown below, dated July 13, 1994. cide theyve had enough of outdated telephone service at a preFor Sanpete County, having a local access could aid mium price. county-wid- e d in employers encouraging Long distance currently dithe as vides the communities of Sanpete employment option who may only be 10 to 15 miles costs for computer and fax linkapart. With the present system of up from homes to the business oftelephone service, 70 of the fice would be minimal compared county residents must pay long to the long distance system in distance fees to call: place now. Future rises in transportation costs would have a lesser county offices, including agriculture agents, home economists, impact if the electronic infrastrucand youth agents, legal, tax, zonture were put in place now where and other home office settings are possible. services ing, health, Also, having upgraded equipgarbage collectionlandfill state government offices, inment, lines and switching stations would make the county more atcluding welfare and medicaid, social workers, insectweed control, tractive to businesses who rely on the telephone as their main link to etc. national government offices, transacting business. This would mean jobs for our existing unemincluding medicare and social services ployed, as well as for our children as they come of age and would like legislative representatives, to stay here in Sanpete County to and national state county, medical providers, including raise their children. So what can an individual in hospitals our small rural county do to reschool board move this divisive obstacle? emergency service personFirst become educated about nel in situations current county area long distance employers home-base- .' - 1 l. f"V -- V -" -- i i fS I M ,- - f' C.LJ . f:' -- ; IS n& i Vi ' i r- w rJ i ? - ' I ,'4 Jr t , i ; ) .J V-- ., :)r'Tn?YC i i i if ,J - ' ' V Vi' t , ,.r c I ,.-- -ri r i nlTllir HT ,r w. C. v, I i- ' V. 'ITIhins SeasflDim , J 4 ... ) f - .. i j-:- wnitlh ) cy family friends Cache Valley converted to HocaH jpurclhiases at the Facility Nuato-Munllcl- hi North o Chester on Hwy 132 43GP"05: To Sind a distributor in your area, please call CA division o Moroni Feed) -S- gq-74S'C??q m Enterprise. County wide extended area telephone service is an essential first step to bringing communities together economically, civically, and socially. ' Petitioning Exchanges Timing is a critical aspect of the costs involved in removing this barrier. Presently rural counties telephone services are subsidized by charging urban areas in the state more so that rural citizens dont have to bear the enormous cost of installing and powering phone lines over miles of undeveloped rural terrain. Deregulation of state phone services will occur in phases over the next five years. The cost of adding the equipment, relays, switches and lines in Sanpete County could increase dramatically down the road as de Your results may vary Srom the illustrations above! Messenger-Ephrai- high school (Sky View) were -- bag or by the truckload by contacting KMTIKMXU or the Manti Ephraim. Fairview. Fountain Green. Gunnison. Manti. Moroni. Mt Pleasant ing line for both sides of the county - they could call Logan, but towns on either side could not cross without a toll. Utah County is close to overcoming the central city barrier as petitions and plans are in process to eliminate this problem within the next two years. Salt Lake County enjoys not only county wide service, but local service also extends into Davis County communities to Centerville. By the money with extended area service. Second, petitions like the one printed below are available in merchants and service offices throughout the county. The Public Service Commission will only allow one signature per residential phone number. Petitions will be available for residents to sign at business and service locations throughout the county. Please ask merchants to make one available if one cannot be found in their location, and these can be obtained PETITION FORM FOR COUNTY WIDE EXTENDED AREA SERVICE (EAS) Petition (or local calling between telephone customers in e implemented. At that time, Logan City was the long distance divid- .. chants, physicians, employment opportunities, others if it was a local call rather than a long distance call? Estimate on the basis of $.25minute the cost of those calls in long distance terms. If total current spending combined with cost of potential calls is over $10.00, a household would save service 30 years ago as plans to build a single county county-wid- Begone BItmttirS RMdhi! habits. Is $10 or more spent each calls? How month on be made to merwould calls many We, the undersigned telephone customers in the avobe listed exchanges are presently provided local Petitioning Exchanges calling from Communications. Gunnison. Manti. and Skyline US West Telephone Companies petition, we are requesting that a study be assessed to provide local or toll free calling to With this Ephraim. Fairview. Fountain Green. Gunnison. Manti. Moroni. Mt Pleasant We, Petitioning Exchanges with a following prefixes, are willing to pay an additional EAS charge per month, (see chart below) telephone consumers and hereby petition the Utah Public Service Commission to include the Ephraim. Fairview. Fountain Green. Gunnison. Manti. Moroni. Mt. Pleasant Petitioning Exchange Dated 13th day of July. 1 994 in our local calling area ONLY ONE SIGNATURE NAME PER RESIDENTIAL LINE TELEPHONE 1. (25 SIGNATURES PER PAGE ON ACTUAL PETITION) Dont Go Away Thirsty! Buy Any Mediuim Pizza and And Get a 2 Liter |