Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 2000 — Page 29
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Telephone rate-cut proposal hits snag By Associated Press tion, a longtime critic of Ameritech,
said the company used the Sept. 15
A settlement that would cut deadline to try to prevent oppoAmeritech customers’ monthly nents from speaking against the phone bills as early as October has settlement.
been thrown off schedule by a state
regulatory agency.
The settlement signed by
“I don’t think there’s any doubt they were trying to rush this thing through to prevent us from saying
AmeHtech, AT&T, the Indiana our piece,” said Mike Mullet, atIntelenet Commission and the of- tomey for the coalition.
fice of the Utility Consumer Counselbf heeds the approval of the Indialrta“Utility Regulatory Commis-
sion.
Opportunity Indiana 2000, as the plan is called, would cut consumer’s phone bills by $ 12 per year and business’ phone bills by
Rut the commission has sajd it about $43 per year. It also would wo'ri i < rule in time for a Sept. 15 require Ameritech to pay penalties deadline provided for in the settle- of up to $20 million a year for not memt because it needs more time to meeting its service quality stanhear testimony from businesses and dards. That money would be given consumer groups opposed to the in credits to residential customers, settlement. The settlement also would: proThe commission has scheduled vide two free directory-assistance the last witness cross-examination calls a month for consumers; elimi-
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for Slept. 7, meaning there won’t be enough time to decide by Sept. 15 if the settlement is in the best interests of customers and competing
businesses.
nate the extended area service surcharge; and make high-speed Internet connections available in
most areas.
Still, the companies and coali-
Opponents include the tions that oppose Opportunity In-Bleomington-based Smithville diana 2000 say the plan doesn’t Telephone Co., McLeod USA and fully compensate for Ameritech’s
Time Warner.
Ameritech and the other nego-
Shown at the presentation are from left to right: Ronald E. Harrison, PepsiCo vice president of community affairs; Hugh Price, president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League; Lionel L. Nowell III, PepsiCo senior vice president and controller; and Jonathan S. Linen, chairman of the National Urban League and vice chairman of American Express Co. PepsiCo Foundation Binds skill-building program for urban and low-income youth
poor service.
They’re asking that Ameritech
tiators set the early deadline to increase its rate cuts, reimburseimplement the plan as soon as pos- ments and infrastructure investsibl^ said Ameritech spokesman ments by another $200 million. David Bear. Ameritech provides local phone Bui the Citizens Action Coali- service to two-thirds of the state.
PepsiCo representatives presented a leadership gift of $500,000 to the National Urban League at its 2000 Conference. The funds from the PepsiCo Foundation are earmarked for the National Urban Leagues’ Breakthrough! Campaign. Revenue from this en-
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David E. Corbitt joined Barnes & Thornburg as an associate in the business, tax and real estate department. His primary areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, and securities. In 1997 Corbitt graduated cum laude from Indiana University School of LawBloomington. He earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn. Corbitt is a native of Indianapolis. Bames & Thornburg has offices in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Elkhart, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
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