OVE BER 16 - 22, 1983 THE CITIZEN PAG 5
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Starting January 1 1984, whene er
you place a local or long distance call
within the LATA in which you live you
c!'.) will be billed for that call by ichigan
Bell if Michigan Bell is your carrier.
When you place a call from your
LATA to another LATA in ichigan or
elsewhere ou will be billed b
another long distance carrier.
orne carriers may elect to ha e
ichigan Bell include their
charges in the bill ichigan Bell
sends ou. Others rna not and will
bill you directl . 11 be telling ou more
about LA'E and other calling infor­
mation as the details unfold.
o as the expr ion goe - not to
worry. You II till have our phone service­
as good as e er - because ere orking to
make the changes in ur phone compan
better change for ou. After all ...
IT S T&T RE SEPARATI G FRO ...
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You e probably heard
about the eeping changes
taking place in the telephone
industry, and maybe you ve been
ondering just ho they 11 affect the
telephone service in your home or in
ur business.
a matter of fact when . ou -
pick up your phone on January 1, ou
may be very surprised to learn that
your service has changed very little.
For one thing you will be able to dial I.
our local and long di tance call :: "-iI
exactl as you did before. About the _5_. _
onl immediate change will be ho your call
are billed Thats where IATAs come in.
IATA is a new word to all of us. It
stands for Local Access ]'ansport Area. In
ichigan there will be five IATAs which
happen to closely approximate our Area
Codes - see map). For now. the important
thing about IATAs is thi :
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