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By Tim Barmann  Email this author | Email this entry |
Verizon Communications has told state regulators that it will raise the rates of many of its optional calling features, such as caller ID and call waiting, as of June 1.
The increases apply only to residential customers in Rhode Island. Most services are increasing by a total of 50 cents per month.
Here are some of the increases that Verizon has filed with the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission:
| Residential rates as of June 1, 2008 |
| | Current
Rate | New
Rate | Diff | Pct
Change |
| Call Waiting | $5.25 | $5.75 | $0.50 | 9.5% |
| Talking call waiting | $3.00 | $3.50 | $0.50 | 16.7% |
| Call Forwarding | $4.50 | $5.00 | $0.50 | 11.1% |
| Call Forwarding Busy line | $2.00 | $2.50 | $0.50 | 25.0% |
| Call forwarding don't answer | $2.00 | $2.50 | $0.50 | 25.0% |
| Call forwarding busy line don't answer | $2.75 | $3.25 | $0.50 | 18.2% |
| Three way calling | $4.50 | $5.00 | $0.50 | 11.1% |
| Speed dialing - 8 code | $3.50 | $4.00 | $0.50 | 14.3% |
| Speed dialing - 30 code | $4.50 | $5.00 | $0.50 | 11.1% |
| Pkg: call waiting, speed dialing 8 codes | $7.00 | $7.50 | $0.50 | 7.1% |
| Pkg:call waiting, three-way calling | $8.00 | $8.50 | $0.50 | 6.3% |
| Pkg:call waiting, call forwarding | $8.00 | $8.50 | $0.50 | 6.3% |
Pkg:call waiting, call forwarding, three-way calling,
speed dialing 8 codes | $12.50 | $13.00 | $0.50 | 4.0% |
| Distinctive Ring Service Pkg 1 | $4.00 | $4.50 | $0.50 | 12.5% |
| Distinctive Ring Service Pkg 2 | $6.25 | $6.75 | $0.50 | 8.0% |
| Busy redial | $3.00 | $3.50 | $0.50 | 16.7% |
| Caller ID-Number Only | $6.25 | $6.75 | $0.50 | 8.0% |
| Anonymous call rejection | $3.50 | $4.00 | $0.50 | 14.3% |
| Caller ID | $8.25 | $8.75 | $0.50 | 6.1% |
| Call waiting ID Deluxe | $8.25 | $8.75 | $0.50 | 6.1% |
| Call Waiting ID with Name | $8.25 | $8.75 | $0.50 | 6.1% |
| Call intercept | $5.50 | $6.00 | $0.50 | 9.1% |
| *69 | $4.00 | $4.50 | $0.50 | 12.5% |
| *69 and busy redial | $6.00 | $6.50 | $0.50 | 8.3% |
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