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Here's what they mean to you:

The B.C. Telephone Company has proposed a new
long-distance rate structure designed to encourage
customers to dial their own long-distance calls

THE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

This would mean, In most cases, that calls of two
minutes or less in duration would cost less than
they do under the existing rates.

within the company’s operating
territory.

The rate structure has been
proposed In an application to the

Canadian Transport Commission,
which regulates the company. :

Member companies of the Trans-
Canada Telephone System pian
to Introduce a similar pricing
formula for long-distance calls
across Canada.

Within the B.C. Tel operating territory, the proposals
would increase the cost of some long-distance calis
and decrease the cost of others. It is expected that
the increases would offset the decreases, so that

You would pay a lower
rate If you dialed your own
calls enstead of placing
calls through an dperater.

no net increase in B.C, Tel’s long-distance revenue —

would result.

In some cases — particularly in the |
case of calls over short distances — {
a three-minute call at the proposed
rates would cost more than the

same call costs now,

The three-minute minimum charge
would remain in effect on calls ed calls by the min
placed through an operator. minimum charge.

Another major difference in the proposed rates Is
that customers who dial their own long-distance
calis would pay a lower rate than customers who
place their calls through an operator.

Most calls placed through an operator would cost
more than they do under the

existing schedule. The new rate

structure also proposes changes

in the special rates that apply

You would pay for customer
dialed calis by the minute

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on Sunday, customers would get a 25 per cent |
discount on the total cost of each call.

Customers who chose to dial their calls between ;
11 p.m. and 8 a.m. any day would get a.discount of
50 per cent on each call. During those hours you
could call anywhere In the province at a maximum |
cost of 23 cents a minute. And this discount period

Most calls placed

through an operator would

cost more.

would apply for three hours .
more than the late-night rate

under the existing schedule. —

The new rates would not provide .
any discount on the first three
minutes of night and Sunday calls
placed through an operator.
A 25 per cent discount would be
applied to the cost of additional
minutes only. The discount would

be in effect from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. -

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for night and Sunday calls. weekdays and all day Sunday.
By dialing their own calls between
6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weekdays,
and between 8.a.m. and 11 p.m.

Under the proposed rate structure, customers who
‘dial their own calls would not pay a three-minute
minimum charge. They would pay only for each
minute they talked* .

—

The following tables illustrate the effect on charges
for typical long-distance calls if the proposals. are. .
approved by the Canadian Transport Commission:

=

You would save from 25
to 50 per cent on night and
Sunday calls you dialed

yourself, ; 1

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Abbotsford Vancouver
Vancouver Victoria

Nanaimo "Campbell River
Vancouver Kamloops = == 164

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35 35 35 47 59
45 #45 45 60 .75

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85 85 85 1.13 141
95 95 95 1.27 1.59

140 140 1,40 1.87 2.34

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19 33 47 61 75
36.52 6B 84
48 70 92 1.14
58 £841.10 1.36
G5 95 1.25 1.55
B7 1.80 1.73 2.16

Vancouver
Vancouver —

56 E12 1.68 2.24 2.80
95 1.90 2.85 3.80 4.75

Prince George 925 2.75 1.75 1.75 2.33 2.91
Montreal 2312 3.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 5.00

$ $ $ §. ' $ $ § $
“Cranbrook Kimberley 16 35 35 35
New Westminster Aldergrove 24 45 45 60 75 55 65 55°
Abbotsford Vancouver 43 65 65 87 1.09 75° 75° .75 1.00 1.25
Vancouver Victoria 64.85 «85 85 1.13 2.41 45 85 95 1.26 1.57
Nanalmo Campbell River 85 95 95 1.27 1.59
Vancouver Kamionps = «164 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.87 2.34
Vancouver Prince George 325 4.75 1.75 175 2.33 2.91
Vancouver Montrea! 2312 3.00 3.00 3.00 4.00-5.00

150 1.50 1.50 2.00 2.50
190 1,90 190-253 3.16
*. 315-315 3.15 4.10 5.05

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Vancouver
Nanaimo
Vancouver

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New Westminster Aldergrove *

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Victorla

Kamloops

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43 .95°..95 .95 117 1.39
64 4.25 1.25 1.26 153 Lal

Campbell River - 35 1.45 1.45 £45 1,772.09

164 2.15 2.15°2.15 2.62 3,09

16.60.60 60 72.84 |

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1,05 1.05 1.05 1.23 141
1.40 1.40 1.40 1.65 1.90
1.60 1.60 1.60 1.91 2.22
1,70 1,701.70 2.05 2.40
2.35 2.95 2.35 2.85 3.35

1,00 1.00 1.00°1.16 1.32 |

Vancouver
Vancouver

Prince George 325. 2.75 2,75 2.75 3.33 391 .
_ Montreal. 2312 5.60 5.60 5.60 660 7.60 _

2.85 2.85 2.85 3.48 411
6,30 6.30 6.30 7.25 8.20

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ON NIGHT CUSTOMER DIALED

EXISTING PROPOSED

I 2 3 4 1 2.3 4 §&
Min Min Mia Min Min Min Min Min Min

STATION NIGHT OPERATOR HANDLED |

EXISTING PROPOSED

123 4 6 © 2a 4. 5
TO Min Min Min Win Min Min Min. Min Min Min

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Min Min Min” Min Min

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Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver

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New Westminster Aldergrove 24. 53. A5 39 «SL 63
Abbotsford
Vancouver

Vancouver 43 50 67 | 20 69 86
Victoria 64 87 1.09 24 83 1.02
CimpbellRiver 85 70 .70 93 116 26 94 1.16
Kamtoops 164 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.40 1.75 a3 68 1,30 1.62
Prince George 925 1.35 135 1.35 1.80 2.25 42 84 1.26 1.68 2.10
Montreal 2312° 1,95 L95 1.95 2.60. 3.25 67 1.33 2.00 2.66 3.33

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Cranbrook
New Westminster Aldergrove ' 24 (40
Abbotsford
Vancouver
Nanaimo
Vancouver
Vancouver

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Vancower” = 43-5050 S67 4S. SS 841.19
Victoria 64 65 65 87109 -°-.95 95 95 118 142
CampballRiver 85 .70 . "939146 1.05 105 1.05 1.31 2.58
Kamloops 164 1.05 1.05 105-140 175 1.50 1.50 150 188 225
Prince George 325 1.35 1.95 1.35 1.90 .2.25

Vancouver Montreal. 2412 1.95 1.95 1.95 2.60 3.25 315 3.15 3.15 3.82 4.48

Kimberley 16° 30°30 30 40 50 50 50 50 62 74°

1.90 1.90:1.90 2,37 2.85

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Cranbrook =. «Kimberley.
New Westminster Aldergrove
‘Abbotsford’. |
Vancouver *
Nanaimo
Vancouver:
Vancouver
Vancouver”

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Victoria

$$ $$ 5 $ $-8 $ $F)
55 55 55
£5.65 05 78°81
BO 80 80-97 114
é 1.05 1.08 1.05 1271.49
“; Campbell River BS 1.20 1.20 2.20 1.43 1.66
Kamloops 164 1,80. 1,80°1.80 2.15 2.50
Prince George 325 2.35 2.95.2.95 280 3.25
Montreal. 2912 4.70 4°70 4.70 5.38 6.00:

65 75 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.12 1.24
1.05 105-105 1.19 1.32
140 140 1.40 1.89 1.78

1,601.60 1,60 1.83 2.07
1,70: 1,70 2,70-1.96 2.23

: 6.30 6.30 6.30 7.25 4.20

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2,952.38 2.35 2.73 310°
2.85 285 2.85 9.92 3.80.

STATION LATE NIGHT CUSTOMER DIALED

EXISTING ‘PROPOSED

1 2°3. 4 12.3 4.8)
Min Min’ Min Min

Min Min Min Min Min

‘Cranbrook ins
New Westminster Adergrve A . ‘ 59- HB 26 (34
- Abbotsford . ,
. Vancouver

Nanaimo
Vancouver
_ Vancouver -
- _Nanearver.

= $$ § $$
_ Kimbertey 25 25. . AQ 17° 24 31 88

Vancouver 2495 46 5
Vietoia 50 50 | . iG 29.42 55 |
Campbell River 85. 55.59 55.473 4 33 48 63
Kamioops = 16465 871.09 - 22 44 55.
Prince Georg. 925 .70 70 93116. - 23 48 69
Montreal 2312 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.30 1.60 30 60°

‘92 145

‘87 1.08

(NOTE: In

in exchanges where Direct Distance Diallng equipment la, ‘not now W inotaltea,

patomer-daled rates, ore

*The three-minute charge,. and the, existing rates, would be fetained for
customer-dialed calls between the following communitias:

.- Bowen Island - West. Vancouver, Haney ~ Port Coquitlam, ‘North Vancouver «=
: Whalley, Port Coquitlam —Whalley, Agassiz~- Chilliwack, Bowen Island -Deep

Cave, Whalley - Whylecliff, Bowen Island —Narth Vancouver, Bowen Island —
_. Vancouver, Christina Lake — Grand Forks, Grand: Forks — Greanwood, Whatley ~
|. West Vancouver, Castlegar —Trall. :

all operator-handled calls batween these ‘points, Including person-to-person.

calls, would be charged for at the rales proposed under the new schedule,

MISCELLANEOUS

: Under the. existing rate schedule. for long-distance calls within, -
. the ‘operating. teritory of B.C. Tel, a surcharge of 25 cents is.
! + charged“for collect calls, calls charged to a third number, and -.
90.120 1.50,)..

calle where the operator is asked to _report.back with tlme.and
“¢harges.-Under.the new rate schedule there would be no addi-
tional chargé for these:’services, because the new operator-
‘handled rate would reflect:the cost‘of the operator time involved.

nder:.the: propo hedule,, calls made: from. hotel t ”
‘Calls. that could otherwise ‘ba dialed direct would be handled by. the operator at the “ ononder cole ‘BfoRosed, sohedute, calls ‘and toll stations, nalts Oh
. Shh ; made to Zenith numbers and calls charged to credit « card numbers coe

, Would be rated as operator-handled calls.

CALLS OUTSIDE B. C.

The Canadian Transport. Commise
slon. has also been asked to +
“approve a new rate structure for
calls between British Columbia
- and- most: other pointe In Canada.

. The new rate system would be’
. similar to that planned within B.C.
-. Tel's operating territory. The only
‘ differences:

A 30 per cant discount would be
appliad ta:the total-cost of cus-
‘jomear-dialed calls placed between

:-6 p.m, and midnight, Monday:

~ through Saturday, and trom a.m:
fo midnight on Sunday. From”

; "midnight to! a.m.ayery day, a-
‘ 80 per Gent discount would: be.

7

sto B am. avery

applied io. the cost of such calls. .

A 30 per cent discount ‘would be” ;

applied to. the overilme portion

nly. of operator-handied atation-
tovclatlon calls:placad trom 6 p.m.
to midnight, Monday through
Saturday, and from 6 a.m. to mld
night on Sunday, From midnight ,
day,.a 50 per cant |
discount.would be appliedto the: *

1

“cost of overtime minutes.

Reguiar day rates would'apply at’

“ali timas for the flret ttirsa minutes”

of operator-handlad station-to--

“statlon‘catts. No-djecount would °
‘be appiloable at any time on
- Rereorrte- Person valle. 7

my ‘No CHANGE is. PROPOSED AT THIS TIME IN. RATES FOR CALLS

vo POINTS” OUTSIDE CANADA.

iF YOU REQUIRE FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL YOUR NEAREST B.C TEL OFF

- AND ASK FOR YOUR CU

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