NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF PROPOSED

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF PROPOSED

DECREASE IN FREE CALL ALLOWANCE

FOR TELEPHONE DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE

On May 9.1989, the Virginia Telephone Association (VTA) on behalf of the 20 local exchange telephone companies providing service in Virginia filed an application with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (Commission) to decrease the existing free call allowance for directory assistance from eight per month down to two per month for residential customers and to zero per month for business customers. The charge for each directory assistance call beyond the limit would remain at 29 cents. In other words, ail business subscribers would pay 29 cents for each call to directory assistance and all residential subscribers would pay 29 cents for their third and all subsequent calls to directory assistance within a month. The one exception to the current rates and call allowance is Shenandoah Telephone Company. It charges 20 cents for each call in excess of three per month. If the VTA proposal is adopted, Shenandoah will also implement the 29 cents rate for all business directory assistance calls and for the third and all subsequent residential directory assistance calls.

, The Commission invites comments or requests for a public hearing concerning this proposal to be filed on or before July 31, 1989. Such comments or requests for hearing should refer to Case No. PUC890025 and should be addressed to George W. Bryant, Jr., Clerk, Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23216.

Copies of the proposal are available for public inspection during normal business hours at telephone company offices where bills may be paid and in the Commission’s Document Control Center, located on Floor B-1 of the Jefferson Building, Bank and Governor Streets, Richmond, Virginia, open 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday or may be ordered from the Virginia Telephone Association, 700 Building, Suite 1420, 700 East Main Street. Richmond, Virginia 23219-2662.