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i 1 ` U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ANtpationalWOcleeanic and Atmospheric Administration �•.. •1 � �aT DA-ur isi irf oRr ERVICE 9 Post Office hi 165 Norrisrille, NC 27560 December 30, 1983 Mr. Jere A. Drummond • Vice President for North Carolina, Southern Bell Telephone Co. 1010 Southern National Center Charlotte, NC 28202 Dear Mr. Drummond, The National Weather Service is a service oriented government organization. As such, we provide information in response to public telephone cells. We are located at Raleigh—Durham Airport, midway between Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. Yet because we are in the Raleigh telephone exchange area, we are unable to provide the same degree of service to the other two communities. Residents of Durham and Chapel Hill must call long distance to request the same information that is available to the residents of Raleigh with a local call The existence of a central telephone exchange such as is operated within the Research Triangle Park would rectify this situation. This service would be of major benefit to the public as well as providing better service for us to contact these communities for the rapid dissemination of warnings and advisories. It is my understanding that in the Dallas—Fort Worth Area, GTE of the Southwest and Southwestern Bell have arranged for a central exchange to serve the airport from both cities. This also allows calls from the airport to both cities on the same phone lines. This type of agreement in the RDU area would greatly benefit our services to the public and would probably be cost effective to the telephone companies involved. We would appreciate your favorable consideration of this request. We are directing a similar correspondence to GTE and the NC Utilities Commission- Sincerely, 6".7.0eAvp., Robert E. Muller, - North Carolina Area Manager, National Weather Service �+ F r{ N (N4 �MP