Important Notice for Bellsouth Business Customers

Important Notice for BellSouth Business Customers

Thank you for choosing BellSouth for your business communications needs. As your communications provider, we want to ensure that we keep you informed of changes that may affect your service or billing. This notification is provided to advise you of pending price increases scheduled for the BellSouth services listed below. These rate changes are scheduled to begin with bills dated July 1, 2006.

A complete copy of the proposed tariff changes will be on file with the Tennessee Regulatory Authority or in the BellSouth Service Agreements and Price Lists at http://cpr.bst.bellsouth.com/pdf/tn/product_line.htm

If you have questions regarding these changes, please call your BellSouth Sales Associate at 1 888 757-6500 (Residential), 1 866 620-6000 (Small Business), or 1 800 945-6500 (Large Business).

Product/Service Name

Old Rate

New Rate

/
BellSouth® Analog Private Line Service

· Voice Grade Service, Series 2000, fixed monthly charge, all mileage bands

/ $ 56.00 / $ 67.20

· Voice Grade Service, Series 2000, each mile

/ $ 3.60 / $ 4.32

· Voice Grade Service, each point of termination

§ Types 2463 and 2464
§ Types 2230 and 2231
§ Type 2261
§ Type 2432
§ Type 2434
§ Type 2435
§ Type 2462 / $ 88.00
$ 48.00
$ 44.00
$ 72.00
$ 16.00
$ 66.00
$ 55.00 / $105.60
$ 57.60
$ 52.80
$ 86.40
$ 19.20
$ 79.20
$ 66.00

· Voice Grade Bridges, Series 2000, data bridging, each port

§ Types 2463 and 2464, Four-Wire
§ Type 2230, Two-Wire
§ Type 2435, Four-Wire / $ 37.00
$ 24.00
$ 24.00 / $ 44.40
$ 28.80
$ 28.80
BellSouth® SynchroNet® Service

· Interoffice Channels, each channel

§ Month-to-month service, fixed rate, all mileage bands
· 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 19.2 Kbps
· 56.0 and 64.0 Kbps
§ Each mile or part of a mile
· 0-8 miles
o 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 19.2 Kbps
o 56.0 and 64.0 Kbps
· 9-25 miles
o 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 19.2 Kbps
o 56.0 and 64.0 Kbps
· Over 25 miles
o 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 19.2 Kbps
o 56.0 and 64.0 Kbps / $ 24.00
$ 48.00
$ 2.45
$ 4.80
$ 2.40
$ 4.70
$ 2.30
$ 4.60 / $ 26.40
$ 52.80
$ 2.70
$ 5.28
$ 2.64
$ 5.17
$ 2.53
$ 5.06

· Digital Local Channel

§ Month-to-month service, each channel
· 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 19.2 Kbps
· 56.0 and 64.0 Kbps / $ 55.00
$ 75.00 / $ 60.50
$ 82.50

· Node Channel Termination

§ Month-to-month service, each channel
· 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 19.2 Kbps
· 56.0 and 64.0 Kbps / $ 12.00
$ 35.00 / $ 13.20
$ 38.50

· Multipoint service

§ Month-to-month service, each channel
· 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 19.2, 56.0 Kbps / $ 30.00 / $ 33.00

· Secondary Channel capabilities

§ Month-to-month service, each channel / $ 18.00 / $ 19.80
BellSouth Business Plus® Service
· Option 1 / $ 64.00 / $ 67.00
· Option 2 / $ 45.70 / $ 48.00
Per Use Feature Charges
· Per Use charges for each use of the following features: BellSouth® BusyConnect® service, Call Return, Repeat Dialing, and Three-Way Calling
Note: Per Use charge not applicable if service with unlimited use is purchased for a flat monthly rate / $ .90 / $ 1.25