12—The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1982 Bell offers new By MARY STEPHENS Collegian Staff Writer As part of a rate hike 'approved by the state Public Utilities Commission, Bell of PennsylVania is offering a new measured local calls service. Instead of paying a flat rate monthly fee, Bell customers can opt to pay for each local call they make. The measure is part of a $255 million rate increase that was recently approved by the PUC, said James C. Walck, manager for residence serv ice center for Centre, Huntingdon and Mifflin counties. Bell had requested a S4(A) million in crease. Bell customers will be able to choose among three billing options: • The flat rate option will cost $7.20 and will include all local calls. • The standard measured option will cost $5 with $3 in local calls without extra charges. • The basic measured option will cost $3.80 with no allowance for local calls. The cost of local calls will be determined based on the time of day. Calls will cost 6 cents between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., 3 cents between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. and midnight, and 1 cent between midnight and 7 a.m. State College and Bellefonte customers will be offered the options immediately. However, Boals burg, Centre Hall, Millheim, Pleasant Gap, Snow Shoe and Spring Mills will be charged the flat rate until Jan. 1 when they also will be offered the options, he said. Jeffrey Kuhns, manager of telecommunications for the University, said the University is waiting to Dear Beta,. "We rocked all day and canned all night With never a pause or a bit of respite Good times were had from finish to start And you rocked your way right into our hearts!" Love, U. 154 The Dee Cees wc444*** 0144 *4 44. 01c4 40 * *44 44 4P. * * HISTORY ROU HDTADLE * * • Is Holding Its Fall * Organizational Meeting 1: ' • Wed. Sept. 29th 7:30 p:m. * 4 605 Liberal Arts Tower , * * Everyone Welcome/Refreshments Served *. U.NIVERSITY CALENDAR Tuesday, September 28 Museum of Art, gallery talk, 10:30 a.m. Jeanne Chenault Porter, art history, on "The Baroque Phenomenon: Searching for a Definition." Life on Earth Series, The First Forests, noon, Kern Lobby. Comp. Lit. Luncheon, 12:15 p.m., Room 204 HUB. Cornelia Comorovski, Univ. of Angers, France, on "The Basic Metaphor of the Theatre of the ' Absurd." CDPC seminar, "Resume Preparation," sth period; "Interview Skills," 6th period, Conference Room, Walnut Bldg. Penn State Singers meeting, 7 p.m., Room 111 Chambers. Penn State Science Fiction Society meeting, 7 p.m., Room 307 Boucke. Circle-K xrideting, 7 p.m., Rooms 318-319 HUB. Real Estate/Insurance Club meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 217 Willard. Model Railroad Club meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 304 Willard. College Republicans meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 151 Willard. The Women's Collective meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 204 Boucke. College Democrats meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 318 Willard. 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Open 2411 ours /2311ege Ave. billing options with rate hike hear from Bell how measured service will affect the residence halls and campus phones. And Walck said Bell is awaiting word from the PUC as to what it can do concerning the University. Customers' bills will not reflect the changes until Oct. 15, Walck said, because the computer needs time to make the adjustments in billing. The flat rate for a private line was $5.18 before the increases, Walck said. However, it is difficult to compare that price with the new price because of the new options. "For people who' choose either the standard measured or basic measured option the new prices will be cheaper," Walck said. "However, for those choosing the flat rate option there will be an increase of about $2," he said. Bell is offering the new service because it thinks it is more fair, Walck said. Measured service charges those people actually using the system, he. said. "The important thing to stress is that customers watch their calling patterns and choose an option that best fits them," Walck said. Dan Clearfield, assistant state consumer advo cate, said measured service would allow people to affect the amount of their bills more. "It does provide people who make fewer local calls a break," Clearfield said. Customers will be able to change from one class of billing to another without additional charge. However, a customer can only change once in a billing period to prevent people from changing billing classes when they expect they'll be making a lot of calls. "We were very pleased with the measured serv- *************,.****************** * A, i * * * . &c: The PENN STATE JAZZ CLUB • cordially invites you to attend our organizational * * * * meeting * * * * WED. SEPT. 29 7:00 P.M. 306 BOUCKE * * * * Musicians and non-musicians alike will enjoy our * * extensive JAZZ ALBUM COLLECTION and * * have the opportunity to participate in our many * * active functions. * * - * * * SEE YOU THERE!! . * (or stop by our office at 224 HUB) * * * *ic*******44********************** ice decision," Walck said Clearfield said the consumer advocate's office did not support the increase. "We also did not think it was good idea to extend measured service," Clearfield said. "Mea sured service has more negative aspects than positive." Included is the cost of the changeover, which will be about $3O million or $ll million per year, Clearfield said. Revenues will produce $2 million to $3 million, and the other $7 million will have paid by mostly customers with the basic rate service. A survey taken by Bell last year showed that.only 25 to 30 percent of those surveyed preferred the measured service, he said. Also, with the new service Bell would not provide a record of the. local calls made in the billing period. But Walck said Bell would give customers a record of the number of calls they made during the set time periods. • Under the rate increase, phone rentals will also increase in price depending on the model. Phone rental increases are: rotary Princess style, $l.BO to $2.75; Trimline rotary, $2.10 to $3; Touchtone $1.60 to $2.50; Princess Touchtone $2.20 to $3.50; and trimline Touchtone $2.80 to $4. The rental cost of the traditional rotary model phone will remain at 80 cents. Directory assistance calls will increase from 10 cents to 20 cents, Walck said, but customers will still be able to use directory assistance for three calls free of charge. Private number service will cost 75 cents per_ month, an increase from 62 cents per month. IFC marathon to aid Four Diamonds Money raised by the 1983 Interf raternity Dance Marathon will again be donated to the Four Di amonds Fund at the University's Hershey Medical Center, the In terfraternity Council decided at last night's meeting. IFC President Luke Taiclet said he took 33 proposals this year because other philanthropies wanted the chance to receive the funds. "I had several people go through the whole stack of proposals and rank them and grade them," Tai clet said. Everyone who went through the proposalp decided Four Diamonds should be the beneficiary, he said. "Four Diamonds offered us two things that make it potentially the most accommodating philanthro py group to work with," Taiclet said. "First, it has the potential to keep 1,004 feet (502 people) danc ing for 48 hours because of the kids. Second, it keeps the money in the Penn State system." e_9 BITE MY PEli BURRITO! 0; moo® BEEF $1.09 reg. $1.25 PHONE FOR TAKE-OUT 234-4725 BEAN,S .99 reg. $1.15131 S. Garner St. • OPEN: COMBINATION $1.25 reg. $1.39 Mon-Thurs. 11 a.m.-12 mid Fri-Sat 11 a.m.-2:30 a.m Every Tuesday is BURRITO TUESDAY! Sun 11 a.m.-12 mid In other business, the overall winner of the Omega Epsilon award is Acacia fraternity, not Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, as an nounced last • Spring Term, aca demic chairman Tom Foster said. The mistake was recognized at the end of Spring Term but only resolved last week, Foster said. The Omega Epsilon award is given out by the Pennsylvania Lambda Education foundation, which is an alumni organization of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, he said. "The award is given out for excellence in scholarship, lead erghip and activities," he said. The mistake that put Phi Kappa Psi in first place for the overall award was in the activities area. Both fraternities heard rumors that the other was not really the winner of the award,' Foster said: "Neither knew what was going on. "We got everyone together last week to rectify the problem," he said. "(Acacia) simply had more points." —by Patricia Hungerford
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