Local Measured Service pricing taps long distance model
U S telephone firms push Local Measured Service LMS for local calls arguing fairness and usage-based charges. Regulators like Florida’s PSC rejected LMS as too complex amid debates on Bell breakup and cross-subsidies. critics warn of consumer confusion and uneven impact on households and businesses.
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Florida Public Service Commission
Southern Bell
Susan W. Leisner
Southern
Leisner
New York
Chicago
Bell System
Pic Wagner
At&t
Joseph R. Fogarty
Federal Communications Commission
Patricia Montgomery
Illinois Bell
Montgomery
Wagner
Bell
District of Columbia
Lee Richardson
University of Baltimore
Consumer Federation of America
Samuel Simon
Telecommunications Research and Action Wentee
Pappas
New York Telephone
IRS Eyes Ending Toll Free Tax Help Line
Washington AP report notes Reagan plan to cut IRS telephone tax help, shifting to clerical calls and expanded walk in services. Budget for 1985 at 3.3 billion, with 1309 more employees focused on audits. Tele tax urged as alternative while Congress debates impact on savers.
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TRS
Reagan Says Video Games Improve Youth Pilot Skills
In Orlando AP report President Reagan tells teenagers that video games boost hand eye and brain coordination and that the Air Force believes such skills will produce outstanding jet pilots. He cites 12 year olds taking evasive actions in Space Invaders as a comparison to cockpit radar screens.
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Orlando
Fila
Reagan
Air Force
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