Summary: Increases the monthly Residential One Party local exchange base rate and rural area rate in the Prescott exchange from $16.50 to $18.00 and the Uniontown and Roslyn exchanges from $16.00 to $18.00. The residential message rate service for the base rate and rural areas for all exchanges will increase from $16.00 to $18.00. All increases are effective May 1, 2016. This filing puts the company in compliance with the “urban rate floor” provision of the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund/Intercarrier Compensation Reform Order 11-161. The annual effect of the filing will increase revenues by approximately $34,400.
