Selected ISDN Tariffs
Selected ISDN Tariffs

Version 2.0

November 24, 1996

James Love , Director

Consumer Project on Technology
http://www.cptech.org
love@tap.org, / 202/387-8030


Summary

This is a list of selected residential ISDN tariffs. The list compares tariffs among various local exchange telephone companies, based upon three different usage levels, plus the cost of a nailed up line. All tariffs are reported before the Subscriber Line Charge (SLC).
Company/State50 2b

/100 b

100 2b

/ 200 b

200 2b

/ 400 b

Nailed Up
Bell Atlantic
Delaware (under appeal)25 252525
Maryland4874 106236
Washington, DC (Recommendation of the OPC) 32323232
New Jersey (Recommendation of the Division of Ratepayer Advocate) 203049 144
NATCO
Arkansas1818 1818
Roseville
California2929 2929
Ameritech
Michigan3336 4430
Ohio2929 2929
Wisconsin3338 4527
Illinois A2729 3424
Illinois B3032 3727
Illinois C3336 4131
Indiana195298 5051,651
PacBell
California (Present tariff, 30 percent of usage during peak hours) 436198 283
California (Proposed tariff, all usage in off peak hours, half at each off peak rate) 252593 NA
SBC
Texas (Tariff was contested by PUC Staff) 464646 46
Arkansas (Tariff wasn't contested by PUC Staff) 889393 93
US West
New Mexico (on appeal)41 414141
Washington (Rate hike was opposed) 63636363
Bell South
Alabama6969 6969
Florida5757 5757
Georgia6363 6363
Kentucky6060 6060
Louisiana7575 7575
Mississippi7070 7070
North Carolina7979 7979
South Carolina6767 6767
Tennessee (Rates were contested) 303030 30
NYNEX
Connecticut161301 5812,104
Maine181332 6332,198
Mass, 617-508 124221 4141,415
Mass, 41391154 280928
New Hampshire - A207 3897532,625
New Hampshire - B267 5109953,492
New York161301 5812,104
Rhode Island123221 4171,412
Vermont114171 285887
* Usage is based upon the following assumptions. Except for the nailed up lines, time online is divided as follows: from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. 30 percent, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. 10 percent, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. 35 percent and fr om 11 p.m. to 7 am and weekends, 25 percent. When there are per call charges, we assumed 1 call per hour. A month is 4.3 weeks, or 722.4 hours.