Article: DEATH BELL TOLLED FOR MEASURED SERVICE OPTION

Article: Local measured service revisited: a Southern ...
Atlantic Economic Journal;  June 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... chief complaints against local measured service is that the pricing schemes ... from flat-rate pricing to local measured service results in a significant welfare gain. Local measured service (LMS) is any pricing scheme ...

Article: ILLINOIS DEREGULATES CALLER ID AND BANS LOCAL ...
Post-Tribune (IN);  February 21, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... approved a three-year ban on local measured telephone service and added ... Indiana's lemon law. The local measured service ban will prevent any telephone ... the combined Caller ID-local measured service bill. Supporters said Caller ...

Article: Equity and efficiency through local measured ...
Review of Business;  June 22, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Equity and Efficiency Through Local Measured Service On January 1, 1984, a federal court ordered AT ... the key to removing the subsidy is to substitute local measured service (LMS) for flat rate pricing of local phone calls ...

Article: FPTA LOOKS FOR INCREASE IN NUMBER OF COMPETITIVE PAYPHONES IN ...
PR Newswire;  June 20, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... Florida. The bill provides for the elimination of Local Measured Service (LMS) for pay telephone providers who were previously ... Legislature has finally seen the fairness in eliminating Local Measured Service," stated Norris. As a result of this legislation ...

Article: PHONE BILLS LOCAL MEASURED SERVICE WOULD BE ...
Post-Tribune (IN);  October 1, 1991 ;     393 words ... ... spent on the call and the distance called. If there were a competitive component to local telephone service, local measured service wouldn't be so unpalatable. Dissatisfied customers could look for the company that provides the best cost and ...

Article: Canadian Business Telecom Users Question Local ...
Communications News;  August 1, 1984 ;     700+ words ... ... sectors of communication services. The first point that deserves study is the real reason for the introduction of local measured service (LMS). In reviewing carrier mateial, we see two major reasons put forward for the introduction of LMS. The ...

Article: PREFILED MEASURE WOULD PROHIBIT `LOCAL MEASURED' ...
The Journal Record;  December 19, 1986 ;     588 words ... ... putting into effect ``local measured service'' has been prefiled by ... Corporation Commission approval of local measured service in the state. The comments ... the plan was a step toward local measured service, a system whereby telephone ...