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- Referred to energy and telecommunications
- Referred to energy and telecommunications
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Requires charges for telephone calls based on duration, whether over lines or by cellular, to be charged and prorated by the second basis
In Assembly Committee · Corporations, Authorities And Commissions · Sponsor Aravella Simotas
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BILL NUMBER:S2511
Title of bill
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to charges for telephone service on a by the second basis
Summary of specific provisions
Amends subdivision 1 of section 91 of the public service law.
Justification
In this day of computer automated phone systems, there is no identifiable reason why phone companies cannot charge their customers by the second instead of by the minute.
Many smaller long-distance companies already provide this service. However, the biggest long-distance companies do not. A phone call for one minute and ten seconds should be charged as that, and not as two minutes. Phone companies reap huge profits from this billing system and are reluctant to change the way they do business. The consequence of this is that New York phone customers are overcharged every time they make a long-distance call.
This legislation will force these companies to charge by the second, rather than by the minute, here in New York State.
Prior legislative history
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Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law; provided that the public service commission is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective date on or before such date.
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