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B-180444 1 (1974-03-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaemi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RELEASED RESTRtCTbD ---ot to b_1 t M k.Accounting OffIce excePt th e hz -A 0 UNITED STtPE~~ ffWWC WASHINGTON,. D.C. 20548 LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION Cj- -The Honorable Sam Steiger . House of Representatives Dear Mr. Steiger: This is in response to your inquiry of January 15, 1974, relative to a constituent's proposal for a resea( hg . The grant is to be used to develop aX2Lotabj p.ter-= cord..troaffi.inf9.rnation for verifying the accuracy of charges for toleco p ,up4c-ions service and also to provide a means for reviewing and controlling the use of this service to hold down annual cost increases. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) al-( 7-' -ready has equipment that performs the functions intended for the equipment proposed for development by your constituent, with the exception of the one-way tone at 1- to 5-minute in- tervals to remind users of the elapsed time during a tele- phone call. AT&T representatives advised us that such a tone could be provided at additional cost; however, they did not have any plans for adding a tone option to the services they offer. These representatives told us that other companies also had equipment that records traffic information. We could not, however, evaluate the relative effectiveness of existing equipment and that proposed by the constituent. It should be noted that the equipment discussed above is either built in or of a more permanent-type fixture as op- posed to the portable equipment proposed to be developed by your constituent. An AT&T representative said that, because of the extensive wiring connections to a switchboard that would be required, he would question the cost effectiveness of such equipment. It could be cost effective if the switch- boards were designed to accept a plug-in of such equipment, which they are not. Various means of controlling the use of telecommunica- tions service are available, including administrative ao ffq

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