Show long distance rates reduced reductions in long distance telephone day rates which it Is estimated will save the public annually will be in eff effect act january 1 1930 according to carl L powell local manager lor for the mountain states telephone and telegraph tolef f company it ili is the fourth such buch reduction re in little more than three years word of 0 this reduction which mill aply throughout the mountain states territory and generally throughout the ell ail system was received by the local manager lanager na nager irom from P F H neld areld denver preal tent lent of the company the new rates affect station to station calls that is calls on which you are arc willing to talk to anyone at the called telephone this latest cut Is in line with the bell system policy to provide the best possible service at the least possible co cost at the last long distance rate reduction reductio n was effective february 1 1029 1920 and similarly meant an annual saving or of about to the tha p public u bile this was preceded by another re reduction on december r 1 1027 1927 which meant a saving ot of about abou t and one on october 1 1920 1 saving raving while it has been possible to reduce the cli charges arges the tha service has hag been extended thus making it more valuable to the user because ot of progress toward the ultimate goal of 0 enabling anyone anywhere w to talk with anyone else anywhere a at t any time some idea of the improvement in quality of service may be had from the fact that the average time now required in tho the mountain states state territory to complete a long distance connection Is two minutes as compared to almost six min 1 utes in 1920 at the present time about 93 per cent of all long distance connections aro are completed while the calling party holds tho the line I 1 |