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Show their maintenance, either from the telphone company or an outside supp- liar, said Brotheraon. Bask telephone service continues to be regulated. The local phone company still provides the consumer with access to the telephone network, a telephone number and dial tone. Also maintenance of the telephones if leased-frothe phone company on a monthly basis. Moat everybody in the United States has heard of. AT&T and especially Mountain Bell being deregulated. They have also heard about the rate increases that would be put into effect, the future renting or buying of equipment, and even the homeowner being respon sible for the maintenance and upkeep on their phones. Uintah Basin Telephones manager, For Martin Brotheraon, tawed about how those regulations will affect Uintah Basin Telephone custo mers. The deregulation of some aspects of telephone service will be effective January 1, 1983. More telephone benefit companies will then be permitted to either sell or lease new telephones to customers with one party service. lines will still be regulated. Purchasing phones will be up to the consumer. They may be purchased from the triphone company or from other supMulti-part- y Of course, when pliers. you purchase phones, you become responsible for Basin . trie-phon- e. ' from regulation. Whether a person is moving to a new location and needs new phones, or simply choice with new technology will be the biggest consumer Uintah Telephone subscribers, all new phones installed after January 1 will be removed providing mote detailsd information on the billing sheet to customers. A single monthly fee that included local service for everything from the use of the phone to repairs at no extra charge was listed on the bill Now this charge will be itemized.. These items include foes for access to the network and rental of the If a person buys his own telephone, the bill will be lower as the consumer will be charged only Ax1 services used. "What am I going to pay for this deregulation? is a question asked by many. The competition has been introduced into two areas of the telephone industry in recent years. One area is telephone ownership and the other is long distance service. As a result of this competion, prices for each service and type of equipment are being set to reflect their actual cost. In other words, the cost will be paid by the cost said Brotheraon causer, and this affects low density telephone companies the most. Under deregulation the price of local service will rise while the price of long ., adding an additional extension at home or at work, these phones will be provided in a competitive environment. already in Telephone place will be treated in the traditional manner, at least for now, said He explained the Federal Communications . . Bro-therso- . Commission plans to deregulate them over a time period yet. to be determined. As part of the require- ments of deregulation, local telephone companies are now or soon will be distance service may de- dine. Federal Government studies indicate that local service charges will in-crease throughout the nation an average of 55 to because of competi75 tion and inflation during the next five years. Locally, rates will stay just about the same. In the future, this charge will be broken down as local access charge, telephone station charge and maintenance charge and should total the same or near the S9.00 charge per month now assessed. 200 businesses with phone which have service, 91 . access to a single party line. In July of 1983, the last of the microwave stations will be in service for the company which will connect all major towns and cities of the Basin except 789 and 722 numbers with the Flattop exchange sta- ground wires that connect Fruitland with Duchesne, the telephone company has buried all of their cable and lines while they the new mtao-wavsystem. At that time e rate part if- wires were delivered to each subscriber. Each pair of wires, can handle up to eight single party connections so room - for growth Except for the above. planned for. tion. has Brotherson explained that eventually, with this deregulation of customer premise equipment, they will operate more like the power company that cranes to the meter and the consumer will take care of all the wiring inside of the house or business. He also compared the telephone compnay like the water company that comes to the water meter and from that point on, the consumer is responsible for the rest- - Preparing to depart in his sled, Right on time, he rolled out of bed. Early in the evening he did go Shouting to the wind a hearty . . ho-ho- chimney, down he came. Basin hes Now - Uintah the through Entering and gone nothings the same; Tele- Toys and things are all over the dace. Santas his name, and a smile lights his face. ' now phone Association serves 1968 residential customers of which are on single party lines. 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