Govt abandons new phone bill rates<\/p>\n
BANDUNG, West Java (JP): The government has canceled the new
\ntariff structure for telephone calls made within the area-codes
\nof Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Medan and Ujungpandang.<\/p>\n
\"We return to the system in which all calls made within the
\nsame area code are classified as local calls,\" the service
\ndirector of the state-owned domestic telecommunications firm PT
\nTelkom, H. Soeratno, said yesterday.<\/p>\n
The return to the old system begins today. The official stated
\nthat payments of phone bills made prior to the yesterday's
\nannouncement could not be refunded.<\/p>\n
The announcement means that all phone calls made within the
\ngreater Jakarta area, provided they are within the 021 area code,
\nwill be registered as local calls.<\/p>\n
Under the newly-abandoned system, all calls covering a
\ndistance between 30 kilometers and 200 kilometers were considered
\nlong distance calls and billed accordingly, even where a caller
\nhad not dialed any area code.<\/p>\n
The abandoned system, which was introduced at the beginning of
\nthis month, immediately caused a public outcry. That system
\nremains in use, however, in areas outside the six big cities.<\/p>\n
Soeratno gave detailed explanation of the tariff system which
\nhas been reintroduced for the six big cities.<\/p>\n
For the greater metropolitan area, for all local calls made
\nwithin a 20-kilometer range and made during busy hours -- from 9
\na.m. to 3 p.m. -- each pulse will last for two minutes. A pulse
\nis priced at Rp 110 (about five U.S. cents).<\/p>\n
For all calls made within a distance of 20 kilometers during
\noff-peak hours -- from 3 p.m. to 9 a.m. -- each pulse will last
\nfor three minutes.<\/p>\n
For calls made within busy hours and over a distance greater
\nthan 20 kilometers, each pulse will last for 1.5 minutes.<\/p>\n
For calls made during off-peak hours and over a distance
\ngreater than 20 kilometers, each pulse will last for two minutes.
\n(hdj\/pet\/icn)<\/p>",
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