Fwd: [42] ADVISORY

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  ADVISORY/Statement: Pacific Bell FasTrak ISDN Pricing Modification Business,
  News & Assignment Editors/Telecommunications Writers AD
  ADVISORY/Statement: Pacific Bell FasTrak ISDN Pricing Modification Business,
  News & Assignment Editors/Telecommunications Writers ADVISORY ...
  
  --(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following statement is attributable to Tom Bayless,
  Director, Switched Digital Services for Pacific Bell: -0-
  
  A media conference call to answer questions regarding the amendment has been
  scheduled for Tuesday, April 9 at 10:00 a.m., PDT. To access the conference,
  please dial 1-800-259-6654 and ask to be connected to the Tom Bayless
  conference call.
  
  As a result of the California Public Utilities Commissions' March 13 order
  and related pricing rules that provide guidelines on how Pacific Bell will
  resell its products and services, we have modified our December filing on
  ISDN pricing. Under the amendment, we will raise the monthly fee for ISDN by
  $8, rather than increasing the per-minute usage charge.
  
  The CPUC's order moved ISDN into a competitive product category. In this
  category, the rules for how the product should be priced require that each
  component of ISDN (i.e., usage, monthly fee and installation) be priced
  separately, and that each component be priced to enable us to recover our
  costs. As a result, the various components can no longer subsidize each
  other. Under this scenario, our December request proposing an increase in
  usage to help us cover our cost of providing the service is no longer viable.
  
  Our amended proposal will enable us to provide the service at a monthly rate
  that is still among the lowest in the nation, and with usage charges that are
  among the most reasonable in the U.S. It also reflects concerns we've heard
  that raising the per-minute charges would have a significant impact on our
  heavy ISDN users.
  
  --30--ahc/sf..
  
  CONTACT: Pacific Telesis Group
  
  Mary Hancock, 415/394-3620
  
  mghancolegsf.pacbell.com
  
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