VIII. Customer Notice

Upon consideration of the parties' positions at the PHC, the ALJ ruled at the PHC that Pacific Bell should provide its customers with notice of its Centrex request. Consistent with this ruling, Pacific Bell sent a bill insert notice to its customers between February 10, 1999 and April 5, 1999. This bill insert notice informed customers of Pacific Bell's request to establish maximum prices for its Centrex services and to obtain flexibility to increase its current prices up to the maximum price or decrease them to meet competition with one day's notice to the Commission. The customer notice was in conformance with Rule 24 of the Commission's Rules.