City Council of Tulsa urged Okla. Corporation Commission to rejec...
City Council of Tulsa urged Okla. Corporation Commission to reject SBC/Southwestern Bell E-911 tariff that would impose 23-cent-per-call charge for providing city’s emergency service dispatchers with exact location of wireless callers who dialed 911 for emergency assistance. Tulsa said…
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its 911 dispatching center received 160,000 wireless calls this year, which would add almost $40,000 in costs, with amount likely to increase as more peopled use wireless phones. City said Southwestern Bell was entitled to recover its costs, but should do so by fixed monthly rate pegged to actual costs. Per-call fee, city said, is invitation for telco to make unfair profits off public safety. Commission is to consider tariff at its Dec. 12 meeting.