Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-21
NEW TELEPHONE TOLL
RATES ARE IN EFFECT

EfacllcalIy every telephone user
will find something of personal in
terest in the new telephone toll rates
which became effective at 1901 A.
NJ. Tuesday, January Il. The new
rates will particularly interest all ner-
camille and manufacturing enterprises
which avail themselves Of the con-
venlence of the telephone in tran
sacting business affairs between their
nome establishments and their branch
houses and customers in other cities.
In promulgating this order the
! Postmaster General has established
uniformity in telephone toll charges
| throughout the United States. He has
also established certain charges for
| service which have not applied hither-
| to and he has divided telephone toll
| toll service into three periods of the
24-heur day with particular rates to
govern during each period, so far as
number calls are concerned. This
| latter feature Of the order is well
worth close study by those who use
! telephone toll service.
! Within each of the three periods
referred to, there are several classes
Of service created by this order, with
I particular charges for each class. The
class of service to be considered, be-
cause it is that most corarnonly used,
viii be known as the station to sta
! ton service. And the rate for this
class will be known as the station
to station" rate.
The station TO station" rate will
apply when a person makes a toll
call without specifying 4 particular
person to be reached at the called
telephone and when the connection is
established and the conversation held.
This method provides the cheapest
! form Of telephone toll service.
Station TO station calls should be
made by giving the telephone number
of the called TELEPHONE. Where the
telephone number is not known and
telephone directory information is moi
available, the name and address Of the
called subscriber should be given to
the toll operator
Another class of service will be
known as the person to person rate
For toll calls on which the calling
party expresses q desire to talk to
4 particular person and the connection
is established and conversation held
with that person, the person to per-
SON. rate viii apply. AS this service
requires a greater amount of opera
ting effort, the rate for such calls will
be about one-fourtfl greater than the
I
The minimum person to person
trate viii be zoe and no person tt
person" calls will be accepted WHERE
the station 10 station" rate is less
than 15c.
! Another interesting feature Of the
| Postma ster Generals order is the es.
tabnshment of an appointment rate
The appointment rate" will apply tt
, toll calls, made on q "person to per.
son" basis, OH which the calling party
in placing the call, designates a defin.
J tie time at which he will talk with tn,
called party and on which the con,
] versation is held at the specified time
r / Obviously the appointment" servie,
: involves the making Of the appoint
! ment in addition to the operating eff
5 fort necessary to complete ''persol
! to person" call. Consequently the
} appointment rate is about one-hal
} greater than the station to station
' rate which, it must be borne in MIND
S is the base rate upon which all rate
i for various classes of service Offered
q are computed.
+ The minimum appointment rat
$ | will be IS cents and no appointment
s call will be accepted where the "sta
s ton to station" rate is less than /
cents.
a A messenger calf is also provide
7 in the new regulations.
When q toll call is made on per
g son to person basis and nlessengs
q service is required to secure the at
n tendance of the designa ted person a
: the nearst available telephone, tn
: messenger calf rate, which is til
II same as the appointment" rate, wi
i apply An additional charge is mad
4 for the messenger service. The min
: imum messenger CALI rate will b
25c and no messenger CALI will b
= accepted where the station to sta
ton" rate is less than 15c.
Il To provide reasonable compensate
{ for the operating work performed o
I toll calls, other than those made o
E q station to station" basis, where til
! desired connection is established, br
u conversation IS not held because {
any rascn beyond the control of til
! telephone company. a report charge
! will be made. This charge also
: a new feature in telephone practic
The report charge" will be equiva
J lent 70 about one-fourth of the "sta
! ton 10 station day rate. In no cas-
g. will the report charge" be less tina
{ ten cents, nor more than 81 90.
{ course, the maximum report charge
4 will apply only on calls of great dis
4 tances.
q IS stated, the s4-hour day is divid