. Bell telephone magazine . t within the scope of thispaper to discuss either the necessityfor adequate revenues or the meansof determining the amounts must be emphasized, however, thatthe telephone company has no pass-key to Fort Knox. It has no meansof obtaining revenues except throughthe charges paid by customers, and itsdollars, like everyone elses, areworth only half what they used to the rate engineers must be sure,first of all, that the new rates appliedto the telephones in service and thechargeable local and toll messageswill, in fact, produce the requiredamount of mo
. Bell telephone magazine . t within the scope of thispaper to discuss either the necessityfor adequate revenues or the meansof determining the amounts must be emphasized, however, thatthe telephone company has no pass-key to Fort Knox. It has no meansof obtaining revenues except throughthe charges paid by customers, and itsdollars, like everyone elses, areworth only half what they used to the rate engineers must be sure,first of all, that the new rates appliedto the telephones in service and thechargeable local and toll messageswill, in fact, produce the requiredamount of money—neither more norless—as nearly as can be estimated. The rate engineers also know thatrevenues from some types of serv-ices are more stable than from traffic, for example, is greatlystimulated by such occurrences as thewar in Korea and the consequent de-fense activities. Consequently, tolltraffic and toll revenues may be ex-pected to level ofi^ when these activ- 1952-53 Design for a Good Rate Schedule ^33. ^ UNITED STATES AND CANADA28 telephones per 100 people i^i 1^1 ^K] ^Ka«
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