NEW ’PHONE RATES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17159, 1 October 1923, Page 7

NEW ’PHONE RATES.

SYSTEM OPERATES TO DAY. I i The new telephone charges came into operation to-dav. Under this system j the different exchanges are classified I according to the number of subscribers. | For each exchange or network there I is defined an area known as the base I rate area, within which telephone ger- ; vice will he furnished on a flat, rate j basis. Exchanges or networks will | bo classified in one or other of the following classes : j Class I.—Exchanges or networks obJ serving continuous attendance and having more than 3500 paying subscribers j and stations connected therewith, j Class 2. -Exchanges or networks ob- ! serving continuous attendance and | having 1001 to 3500 paying subscribers ; and stations connected therewith. Class 3. —Exchanges or networks observing continuous attendance and ! having 201 to 1000 paying subscribers j and stations connected therewith. I Class 4.—Exchanges or networks j where the attendance is restricted, j The base rate area in respect of any j of the exchanges in Classes 1 and 2 j shall not exceed twenty-eight square miles and twenty square miles respectively. At classes 3 and 4 exchanges ! the base rate area shall not exceed ; thirteen square miles and the boundary j shall in each case, unless otherwise deI fined, lie two miles distant by pole line i route measurement from, the telephone 1 exchange. j The following is the new scale

for desk telephones. Extra equipment will lie charged for ajt the following annual rates : £ f. d. Second receiver .026 tnteroominunication extension 2 5 0 Ordinary extension . 1 JO 0 Single switch „ .026 Double switch . . 0 5 0 Extension bell . .076 Battery gong . . 3 10 0 The extra mileage rates for subscribers outside the base rate areas are : —lndividual lines 10s per annum per furlong (or fraction); two party lines 5s per furlong; four party lines 2s Gd per furlong.

rotes:— Class 1. Glass 2. £ p . d. £ s. f]. Individual Line—Business . w » 35 0 0 11 0 0 Residence . .8100 7 10 0 Two Party— Business . .3000 ft o 0 Residence . . . 8 10 0 7 10 0 Four PartyBusiness . * — 7 0 0 Residence . .6 0 0 5 0 0 C lass 3. Class 4. Individual Line— £ h. d. £ s. d. Business . .• . 35 0 0 It 0 0 Residence . .700 600 Two Party— Business . . 700 GOO Residence . . 5 10 0 4 10 0 Four Party— Business . , G 0 0 5 0 0 Residence . A lO 0 3 10 0 An extra fee of Os will be charged