Residents of Pennsylvania’s fifth-class Mercer County will continue to pay...
Residents of Pennsylvania’s fifth-class Mercer County will continue to pay a fee of $1.25 per telephone line for their 911 service, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ruled Thursday. “Local phone companies collect the fee for the counties,” the PUC explained…
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(http://xrl.us/bnnraw). “The maximum fee that can be collected per telephone line is $1 for first- and second-class counties; $1.25 for third- through fifth-class counties; and $1.50 for sixth- through eighth-class counties.” The commission reviews the rates to ensure they're appropriate, it said. Pennsylvania counties are classified based on population. The first-class counties are the largest.