SBC to raise INternet fees

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SBC Seeks to Levy Higher Fees
  On Internet Phone Companies
Plan Aims to Raise Charges
  On Local-Network Calls;
  Bell to Tap Web Market, Too

By ANNE MARIE SQUEO
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
November 17, 2004; Page B10

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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110065122384576170,00.html


Even as SBC Communications Inc. announced the broad rollout of its
Internet-based phone service, the telecom giant appears to be attempting a
regulatory maneuver that would let it levy higher fees on rival Internet
phone companies.

SBC plans to file a new tariff with the Federal Communications Commission
that potentially increases the fees paid by Internet service providers for
calls completed on the company's local-phone network. While Internet calls
largely avoid the traditional public-telephone network, they do connect to
it when the recipient of the call isn't an Internet phone user. The tariff
would go into effect immediately, and according to an earlier SBC filing,
the company plans to have it in place as soon as tomorrow.

The move could mark the first time a regional Bell phone giant has tried to
assess higher fees -- traditionally levied on long-distance phone calls --
on Internet phone technologies.

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