ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 1, 1995                   TAG: 9502020015
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: GREG EDWARDS STAFF WRITER
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SCC SEEKS COMMENT ON WIDER CALLING AREA

The State Corporation Commission is seeking comment from Bell Atlantic's customers in the Roanoke exchange on a proposal for expanded local calling between the Roanoke and Bedford exchanges.

Bell Atlantic recently completed a study of what the added costs would be to residential and business customers in the Roanoke exchange if the local calling area were expanded to include the Bedford exchange.


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