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1 <br />O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: NOVEMBER 5, 1990 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # a;)(- <br />SUBJECT: TELEPHONE - --EXTENDED AREA SERVICE <br />DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _X —No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />MANAGER'S OFFICE - EXTENSION 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 - 9251/968 -4501 <br />PURPOSE: To consider petitioning the N. C. Utilities Commission <br />for toll -free County -wide Extended Area Telephone <br />Service for Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: At the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners <br />on August 6, 1990, the Board affirmed its position to <br />seek toll -free EAS for orange County. In response to <br />comments from representatives of Southern Bell, it was <br />agreed that the Manager, staff, Dick Helwig, Chair of <br />TJCOG EAS Committee, and Vic Knight, Co -Chair of the <br />Orange County Citizens Committee "EAS Yes" would meet <br />with representatives of the phone companies and <br />determine if an approach agreeable to both the County <br />and phone companies could be reached. <br />For the past several weeks we have met, and Southern <br />Bell and Centel have jointly responded with proposals <br />as cited below. <br />(1) Southern Sell has proposed two options. The <br />first., referred.to as the Community Calling Plan, <br />would offer measured service at a 75% reduction <br />from current toll rates. The second option is <br />for flat -rate Orange County EAS with approximate <br />monthly rates of 73 cents for residence lines and <br />$2.01 for business lines. <br />(2) Centel has proposed a similar Intra Orange Plan <br />to provide measured service at a 75% discount <br />from current rates. Centel's Countywide EAS <br />