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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1979)
Page 12 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1979 GTE of the Southwest offers Wms variety of services, telephones as FREE LARGE COKE WITH ANY FOOD PURCHASEI CULPEPPER PLAZA 693-6948 Hours Open 11:30 Mon.-Sat. Noon Sunday l l l l l By MARK A. BEATTY Special to the Battalion As long as there are people and businesses that need to communi cate, there will be telephone com panies. General Telephone of the South west, a subsidiary of General Tele phone and Electronics Corporation, serves portions of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, providing a mul titude of products and services. At the end of 1978, GTE Corpora tion had served more than 14 mil lion telephones in 31 states, 64,000 of which were operating in the Bryan-College Station area. Within the United States, the corporation s products group pro duces a wide range of communica tions systems equipment and de vices, including electronic office switching equipment, automatic toll ticketing equipment and telephone instruments. According to a report filed with the Securities and Exchange Com mission, the products group also has significant communications equip ment manufacturing, marketing and installations operations outside of the United States. In addition to being a major supplier of communications equip- GTE served more than 14 mil lion telephones in 31 states, 64,00 of which were operating in the Bryan-College Station area. ment to a number of overseas mar kets, the group is also a major man ufacturer and installer of electronic systems for defense and aerospace applications in the United States and overseas. The corporation has received a number of multi-million dollar awards from various domestic and foreign goverent agencies. The phone company, as most people know it, is not nearly this complex. GTE of the Soutwest, the company serving the Bryan-College Station area, is the former Souteast- ern States Telephone Company, a small independent operation. Pur chased in 1964 by GTE, it was housed in a building at the corner of East 26th and Washington streets in Bryan. The plant, business office and all the operators were contained in that building. An equipment building was located on Nagle Street in College Station. The Bryan offices have recently been combined with the College Station offices in a new building lo cated on Industrial Boulevard in Bryan. GTE of the Southwest has 36 Phone Marts similar to the one lo- north of B-CS, cost 35 centsA 25 years ago. "Whether the customertaWi one or two minutes, he pay for the full three minutes,! said.” The present ratefortk call is 10 cents per minute, th ional presi Jnited Lai uesday cal ommissior pologize Monday ab< Attorney owen ougl pologize t( aying lai If the customer has no prj ous credit, parents ar m, else who agree to be liable r, sign a contact of guamttt lieu of deposit. GTE has 36 phone marts simi lar to the one located in Culpep per Plaza, which opened in March, 1976. tomer paying only for the mss, time he was on the line In-state calls are more expei; mm"the'St because more equipment is volved in collecting them, Ink of cable lines, Bill Erwin, manager, compared in-state out-of-state rates to highway city traffic. * & & & Having Problems L. Closed 10:30 Mon.-Th. 11 p.m. Frl.-Saturday Jj J VALID THRU 10-15-79 WITH THIS COUPON & & & & & & & & Restaurant Management Careers Pizza Hut — the world's largest pizza res taurant chain will be on campus Oct 12 to discuss career opportunities with you. For further information contact your placement office. getting your hair done f after work? •t* We are going to take appointments after 6 beginning^ J Oct. 10th. & Vogue Hairstyling Salon 846-8030 cated in Culpepper Plaza, which opened in March, 1976. Gaye Man ning, service office supervisor at the B-CS facility, said most new cus tomers go to the Phone Mart when requesting phone service. “By going to the Phone Mart, the customer c$n actually see the ones, giving them more of a choice in col ors and styles,’ Manning said. Think of out-of-state calls aii (jljnguy] e( ing on a super highway with! congestion and few barrieiij ^rhing a said. “In-state calls could I pared to inner city traffic i oral harriers and much congesla cattered Telephone rates in rural arej; generally higher than thoseiiml areas because there is lessdeis ) ro fessiom & & & & & & & & rfa rfo rfa rfo efa rfa rfr rfa rfa rfa rfo rfa rfa r&y efa rfa JJl. JJw -JJL JJG JJL JJL. LAST CHANCE to join the MSC CAMERA COMMITTEE on Oct. 19. Members are asked to pay dues at this meeting Jor in cubicle. No dues will be taken after the end . ^of the month. “There are about 74 phone var iations available in both rotary and touch tone styles.’’ Deposits are based on estimated usage. Manning said. The deposit will be returned to the customer at end of 12 months provided the cus tomer has paid all bills and has re ceived no more than two notices for any unpaid bills. If the customer has no previous credit, parents or someone else who agrees to he li able may sign a “contract of guaran tee” in lieu of a deposit. Once serv ice has started, a monthly statement is mailed to the customer for the number of phones being used and all long distance calls made for that month. GTE, like other telephone com panies, is a heavily regulated busi ness operation. Rates and tariffs are regulated by the Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Com munications Commission(PUC). The PUC regulates all intrastate rates while the FCC regulates all in terstate rates. All practices and gen eral rules set by the corporation must be approved by the PUC. Rates are higher for operator- handled calls than directly-dialed calls because there is an operator involved to make the call. Long dis tance calls are based on air mileage. Manning said a three-minute call from B-CS to Hearne, a small town making the investment the phone company. “There are also problems* ^ cable damage and weathercti tions’ ’ Erwin said. The most economical make long distance phone dr from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m “During this time the custii takes advantage of the idle fa the circuits,” Erwin said. “The are usually 35 percent lesst!* daytime rates.” The overseas operator in handles 175 to 300 overseascalij day, although not all of tl completed. Presently, the here is not set for direct dii overseas calls but this services peeled to be in operation some! Sre making 01 Unite< CORPUS he home, md not the T can ur ducation) c mrents ar eaders,” Bi ome unde ioner of Ti oncept of < lortunity ir Bowen t dministrat invention hastily” co ducators c The com peech in v too idministrat ig to the p Bowen s< bilingua nderstand loes not d< ilingual e* hat it’s goc “I think 3r us in th< lemand th ipologize t >f Texas, c osition 1 the educati [rowing r state,” Bon The Sp ■percentage next year. If a customer overseas call with the operator late of Te still receives the direct dialingrfi pressive st The nature of the comffE children sti here has made a tremendousimriout rate an t attainment The most economical timi 8 ro ?P’ ii , i schools an llldkc lOIXQ CltStOTlCC phOIWCwfl Iq from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. j , Boni ^ a —j; tomment on GTE’s operations. With L speaking c A&M University, there is mort tivity taking place. Erwin saidltf | is created with several students moving back at thebti •" ning of each semester. Thepk I company is constantly ' said T ai phones in and taking them out * * Members who'd like a locker near the dark- r i rooms, please sign up in cubicle. £ * i ■ ■ Freshmen and Sophomores your LAST CHANCE §AVE ON GSPC’S PORTRAIT PACKAGE to FULL COLOR PORTRAITS PACKAGE INCLUDES SH® 2-8X10’s 2-5X7’s 10-WALLETS 12 95 for the 1980 AGGIELAND Harrington Student Lounge 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. I I I ALL AGES: ADULTS, CHILDREN, BABIES NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR GROUPS TWO POSES (OUR SELECTION) TWO WEEK DELIVERY BONUS SPECIAL 1-11X14 CSS with purchase of package SPECIAL MAKEUP Unit! HOUST ater poll uuld affo |ngs to he] md inflat [ong-term ation’s we he Water ition cont« Martin iewer con ity, : nvironmi idministri ater act l ‘This en :evision oi he clean irgely be uniformly jeverywhei Lang si ■begun to i ■accumulat drivers, lak dtprire h ■facilities fi • wastewate I “Restra: jEPA to c ■energy-in ■vanced w ■selected s 't' ir the i #stream,” ] 9 “I eonfi ■i move tov ment ausl needs of literally s; the useful , Lang si ■ doubted Ideclaratio ■waterway ^complete more real 2000. Monday - Oct. 15 Tuesday - Oct. 16 Wednesday - Oct. 17 I I I Photographers will be located in the HOLIDAY INN BRYAN Available 10/12/79 in Select Locations in t College Station & Bryan t McGann Dist. Houston, TX. WED. & THUR. - OCT. 10 & 11th HOURS 1-9 P.M. Great Southwest Photography Co. THE BATT DOES IT DAILY Monday through Friday Ci P- If ti SEE