HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5481 ORDINANCE NO._.TiZE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH PRESCRIBING
RATES AND CHARGES FOR LOCAL EXCHANGE TELEPHONE SERVICE
FURNISHED BY SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY AND
REPEALING ALL PREVIOUS ORDINANCES PRESCRIBING RATES,
CHARGES, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR TELEPHONE SERVICE.
WHEREAS, the telephone service needs of the citizens of Fort Worth
can best be served by the elimination of interzone message charges throughout
the Fort Worth Metropolitan Exchange, which includes the Fort Worth zone, and
WHEREAS, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company has expressed its
willingness to make this change in its service arrangement,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH:
I.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company shall place in effect the following
schedule of rates for local exchange telephone service in the Fort Worth
Zone and in the first tier zones of the Fort Worth Metropolitan Exchange
when the aforesaid service arrangement is established:
Class of Service Monthly Rate
One Party Business - Flat Rate $ 16.50
Business Extension —Flat Rate 2. 00
One Party Business - Measured Rate 8. 50 (a)
Business Extension - Measured Rate 1. 00
One Party Residence - Flat Rate 5. 80
Two Party Residence - Flat Rate 4. 70
Residence Extension - Flat Rate 1. 25
Commercial PBX Trunks - Flat Rate (b)
Commercial PBX Station - Flat Rate 2. 00
Residence PBX Trunks - Flat Rate (c)
Residence PBX Stations - Flat Rate 1. 25
Measured Hotel PBX Trunks (Guarantee) (d)
Measured Hotel PBX Station 1. 00
Semi-Public (Guarantee) .45 per day
Local Messages under guarantee, each . 10
Local Messages over guarantee, each . 08 3/4
Extension Semi-Public - Coin 1.50
Extension Semi-Public - Non-Coin 1. 00
(a) Includes 100 outgoing local messages, others 5¢ each.
(b) The rate for a flat rate PBX trunk is one and one-half
times the rate for one-party business flat rate service.
(c) The rate for a flat rate PBX trunk is one and one-half
times the rate for one-party residence flat rate service.
(d) Minimum local message revenue guarantee equal to one-
party business flat rate service.
Rates and charges for miscellaneous services and equipment shall remain as
heretofore established provided, however, that Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company shall have the right to file from time to time with the City Secretary
different rates and charges for such miscellaneous services and equipment,
such different rates and charges to become effective 30 days after filing unless
otherwise ordered by the City Council.
II.
All ordinances heretofore passed by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth
establishing rates and charges for telephone service are hereby repealed
effective with the establishment of the rates authorized in Section I above.
III.
Nothing in this ordinance contained shall be construed now or hereafter as
limiting or modifying, in any manner, the right and power of the City under
the law to regulate the rates and charges of Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
this the2Aday of /zema"W 1965.
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