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Reprinted In File Form On March 25, 1990  
  
Orignally Publised In The Montreal Gazette March 23, 1990  
  
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                   Bell Proposes Some Cuts In Long-Distance Rates  
                               By: Carolyn Adolph  
  
   Bell Canada announced plans to cut long-distance rates by an average of  
15 per cent yesterday, (March 22/90), saying new equipment had lowered its  
costs and improved its productivity.  
   Bell said it hoped to put the new rates into effect this fall, after  
winning approval from the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications  
Commision. (CRTC).  
   But the proposal won't be ready for at least two months, and the regu-  
lator has said the rate changes won't be approved outright.  
   "We have to hold public hearings," said CRTC offical Pierre Pontbriand.  
"The public must have a chance to comment on the best way to have these  
reductions."  
   The proposed changes would apply to calls made from Bell teritory in  
Ontario, Quebec and the Northwest Territories to provinces in the rest  
of Canada. Calls made to the U.S. and on many of Bell's specialized ser-  
vices will also recieve rate reductions. Rates for other countries are  
not affected. (Too bad for you non-phreakers calling the UPi node in  
Holland... oh well. -Tomcat).  
   But the cuts would not apply to calls to points within Bell teritory,  
from Montreal to Toronto, for example, Bell official Sylvie Bastien said  
those rates had already declined by 27 per cent since 1987 and were lower  
then rates for calls to other parts of the country.  
   Under the rate-reduction scheme for example, the price of a five-minute  
call made between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. from Montreal to Vancouver would drop  
to $2.40 from $2.85, a 15.8-per-cent decline.  
   The cost of calling the U.S. will be reduced by an average of 6 per-  
cent. For example, a five-minute call from Montreal to Los Angeles will  
cost $2.80, down 11.1 per cent from the present rate of $3.15.  
   Bell said it will also propose reductions for business services such  
as WATS and 800 services and the Between Friends residential service.  
   The telephone company said it can afford to reduce its long-distance  
rates because its new network equipment costs less to operate than the  
old equipment. Lowering rates would also keep it out of trouble with the  
CRTC, which forces the monopoly to limit rate of return to between 12.25  
and 13.25 per cent of revenues.  
   At a news conference, Bell president Jean Monty denied that the rate  
reductions were a bid to improve customer relations ahead of a bid by  
cable-TV mogul Ted Rogers to compete with Bell on long-distance service.  
  
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Hq   416-Upi-Home The Northern Phreaker's Alliance  The Lost Avenger 24  
1    416-Upi-Nde1 The Shining Realm                 FrosT BitE       24  
2    514-Upi-Nde2 The Order Of Kamikaze             Tomcat           96  
3    305-Upi-Nde3 Ferrari                           Mr. Ferrari      38.4  
4    416-Upi-Nde4 Time Zone                         Destoryer        38.4  
5    716-Upi-Nde5 The Knight's Society              Jeff Knight      24  
6    408-Upi-Nde6 The Unholy Temple                 Black Death      24  
7    031-Upi-Nde7 Rebel Box (Netherlands)           Mr.Miracle       24  
8    213-Upi-Nde8 The Drop Site                     N Sult           24  
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