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MUNICIPAL OFFICE
PHONE 767-2647 5806 BEACH AVENUE,
PLEASE ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO THE P.O. BOX 390.

MUNICIPAL CLERK PEACHLAND, B.C. VOH 1X0

June 24th, 1987.

Mr. Ron Freeman,

City Clerk,

City of Port Coquitlam,
2272 McAllister Avenue,
Port Coquitlam, B. C.
V3C 2A8.

Dear Mr. Freeman:

The Corporation of the District of Peachland has
been attempting to get two way toll free telephone service
to Kelowna and Westbank for many years now. We have been
offered one way service to four Kelowna exchanges on three
occasions by the B.C. Telephone Company, but this was turned
down by the subscribers as not being adequate. B.C.
Telephone Company has advised that this is all that will be
offered. Appeals to the C.R.T.C. for fair and equitable
telephone service at a reasonable cost have only resulted in
the C.R.T.C. advising the Municipality that the &8.C.
Telephone Company‘s position on this matter would not avpear
to be unreasonable.

Discussions with elected officials of other
Municipalities have indicated that Peachland is not alone in
feeling that the present E.A.S. (Extended Area Service)
offered by the B.C. Telephone Company does not
satisfactorily meet the needs of the smaller communities.
One way service places a hardship on both individuals and
businesses. Subscribers are not given. the choice of
exchanges they would like. The weighting factors used to
establish rate groups for Extended Area Service are
extremely high and the long distance charges paid by the
residents in small communities subsidize the local rates
paid by residents in larger cities, placing an unfair burden
on the small town user.