AT&T wants Texas customers to pay more in 58 of...
AT&T wants Texas customers to pay more in 58 of its recently deregulated markets. Its residential local exchange monthly rates will go up $2 and its Lifeline rates will go up $1.50 in these markets if the Texas Public Utilities…
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Commission grants a petition filed Wednesday (http://xrl.us/bn27bo). AT&T wants the changes to go into effect Jan. 3 and plans to notify customers in “bill messages” starting Dec. 6. The telco included a copy of its proposed customer notice: “The rate increase is primarily a result of a rebalancing between local rates and some reductions in the support from the Texas High Cost Universal Service Plan,” AT&T plans to tell affected customers. “You have the right to cancel service without penalty."