TelAlaska
Calling Bundles!
Buy a Bundle Save a Bunch!
TelAlaska’s Interior and Mukluk Telephone Companies are offering bundles
of calling services that include your monthly phone service and calling features
for one low price.
The
features have been significantly reduced, saving you money
each month!
Choose from three different calling bundles:
Basic Bundle
• includes your monthly phone service, Call Waiting, Caller ID and Call
Forwarding
• You’ll save up to $5 each month!
Security Bundle
• includes your monthly phone service, Caller ID and three other security
features that restrict calls to and from your home or office.
• You’ll save up to $8 each month!
Kitchen Sink Bundle
• includes your monthly phone service and all of the calling features available
in your area, such as Three-Way Calling, Speed Dial, a Black Dot Listing and
much more!
•Our best value - monthly savings of over $25!
For more information on our bundle packages, including pricing for your area,
call:
Interior Telephone 1-800-478-3127
Mukluk Telephone 1-800-478-7055
Available features vary by location, call TelAlaska to inquire about features
in your area.
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PHONE RATES
Expanded
Federal Lifeline and Linkup Programs
If
you participate in one of the following programs, you may be
eligible to receive a reduction in your basic local telephone
service charges.
- Supplemental
Security Income (SSI)
- Food
Stamps
- Medicaid
- Federal
Public Housing Assistance
- Low
Income Home Energy Assistance
- Bureau
of Indian Affairs General Assistance
- Tribally
administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
- Head
Start Programs (only those meeting its income qualifying
standard)
- National
School Lunch Program (free meals program only)
The
Expanded Federal Lifeline Program is a reduction in charges
for residential telephone service that could reduce your payments
to just $1 per month. This discount does not apply to additional
features such as custom calling features, CLASS features, or
restriction services, taxes or surcharges. We would like to
encourage you to contact our office to take advantage of this
discount. This new expanded program became effective October
1st, 2000. If you are currently taking advantage of the basic
program you will automatically be enrolled in the new expanded
Lifeline program.
The
Expanded Linkup Program is
a reduction in the initial connection charges to qualifying
low-income customers. The program includes a 50% discount off
the initial connection charges up to $30, and a 100% discount
of the remaining connection charges. The maximum discount amount
is $100. This does not include charges for services or equipment
that fall on the customer's side of the grey protector box
including customer premise equipment and inside wiring.
Download the Lifeline and Linkup
Application here.
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CUSTOM
CALLING FEATURES
Call
Waiting: Tired of missing your calls because someone else
is on your line? Does "teenager" come to mind? If you
answered yes to either of these questions, Call Waiting is for
you. One of our most popular calling features, Call Waiting means
you can answer an incoming call without hanging up on the person
you're speaking to.
Cancel
Call Waiting: Free of charge, Cancel Call Waiting lets
you speak uninterrupted on personal and conference calls.
Call
Forwarding: Are you tired of waiting around for a call
when you have other things to do and places to go? Call Forwarding
is for you; it’s simple and easy to use. Call Forwarding allows
you to forward your calls to any other local phone. (You can
still make outgoing calls from your phone while this feature
is activated.)
Three-way
Calling: Interested in saving time and money? Set up meetings
while participants are in three separate locations and reduce
the chance of miscommunication. You can establish connections
locally or long distance without operator assistance.
WakeUp
Call: The WakeUp Call feature allows you to meet your obligations
on time. This feature can be used to assist in waking you up
or reminding you that you need to be somewhere. You are in
control of setting the time you want to be called.
Speed
Dial: This feature will save you time and it’s easy to
use. Call a telephone number by using a 1 or 2 digit code;
easy for children to use in an emergency.
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RESTRICTION
SERVICES
You
can choose to restrict usage of your phones by purchasing individual
features or save money on package rates.
Directory
Assistance DA Deny: Prevents access to local directory
assistance. Useful for businesses or residents who do not like
DA available to employees, family members or customers.
Originating
Toll Deny: No toll calls can be made from the customers
line. 800 numbers are not restricted. Calling cards that use
800 numbers are allowed, others are not. This is a way for
a customer to maintain his/her budget. It also allows a business
to provide local calling for customers.
Restricted
Sent Paid: All toll calls other than 800 will be routed
for authorization and billing identification. The caller will
need a calling card to make a long distance call. Collect,
third party and calling cards can still be used from the callers
telephone for local calls. Customer has control over how much
he/she spends on long distance.
900
Toll Deny: Restricts 900 toll services from your line.
Eliminates unwanted 900 toll charges that could have been caused
by others using your line.
Black
Dot Listing: At the customer's request, a black dot is
placed next to the customer's name in the directory indicating
they are not to be called by telephone solicitors. Some organizations
are exempt from the ban such as charitable organizations. TelAlaska
has no way of enforcing this service.
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CLASS
FEATURES
For
a low monthly fee you can order a single feature or you can select
one of our economical packages.
Caller
ID: Would you like to know who is calling before you pick
up the phone? Caller ID identifies the caller, allowing you
time to prepare for the call or the option to not take the
call. Service coverage varies by area.
Call
Blocking: Call Blocking prevents
the delivery of your number on the calling party’s Caller ID display
box. Call Blocking per call allows you to block your number on
a per call basis at no charge. Call Blocking per line is a permanent
block of your number from being displayed. There is no charge for
per line blocking if it is done at the initial time of service.
Subsequent changes will be assessed a nonrecurring charge.
Automatic
Redial/Ring Again: Are you tired of getting busy signals?
Automatic Redial will keep calling the number you’re trying
to reach until the line is free. A special ring will notify
you that the line is free. You can continue to use your phone
while this feature is activated.
Anonymous
Call Rejection: This feature
allows you to reject calls from parties who are using a privacy
feature to block the display of their number to you.
Automatic
Call Return: This feature allows you to press a code and
redial the last number that called you. If the number you are
dialing is busy, a distinct ring will notify you when the line
is free.
Distinctive
Ringing/Call Waiting: Choose this new feature when you want
to know if your kids, spouse or the boss is calling. With this
feature all the people you need to talk to will be identified
by the distinctive ring or tone and you will know to answer their
call.
Selective/Special
Call Acceptance: Now you can determine ahead of time whom
you wish to receive calls from. First you create a list of callers
who will be able to ring your line; any caller not on this list
will be routed to an announcement that will notify them that
you are not accepting their call.
Selective/Special
Call Forwarding: Selective
Call Forwarding allows callers who are on a list that you have
created to be forwarded to another number. All other calls
will ring on your line as usual.
Selective
Call Rejection: Do you have a select amount of callers you
do not want to receive calls from anymore? Block these annoying
calls with Selective Call Rejection.
Smart
Ring (Teen Service): Gives you two phone numbers for your single
phone line and each number has its own special ring. You can assign
one number to yourself and the other to your children, spouse,
etc. The special ring will tell you who the call is for before
you answer.
VIP
Alert: automatically gives you a special ring (short-long-short)
when any of the phone numbers you have entered on your VIP Alert
screening list call you. You can enter up to 12 different numbers
on your VIP Alert screening list.
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ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Voice
Mail: No more missed messages! Whether you have a permanent
telephone number or are currently without a telephone, you
can make sure you never miss a message again.
TelAlaska's
Voice Mail Service is the answering machine in your phone and
it works for you 24 hours a day! While you’re away from home
or business, you may retrieve your messages remotely using a
touch tone phone.
Fishing?
Building? Doing seasonal work? "No Phone" Voice Mail
Service will make sure you get your messages even when you don’t
have a permanent address or phone. This
stand-alone voicebox allows you to receive messages even if you
don't have a phone line. Available only in Unalaska, Galena and
King Cove.
Voice
Mail service is currently available in King Cove, Unalaska/Dutch
Harbor, Nome, Galena, Seward and Moose Pass.
Inside
Wire Maintenance: For only $2/month, the Inside Wire
Maintenance program guarantees service at no charge from
the telephone company for problems with wires and jacks on
the customer side of the Interface Box. Maintenance outside
the Customer Interface Box is already the telephone company's
responsibility for all customers. This plan does not cover
telephones or malicious damage-- common example is damage
done by children or pets.
This
program offers peace of mind. No worries about large service
charges should something go wrong with their wiring or jacks.
This is good for those not handy with maintenance problems.
Call customer service to sign up for service.
Black
Dot Listing: As a residential subscriber, you may request
that your listed telephone number be designated with a black
dot to indicate you do not wish to be solicited by telephone.
Certain solicitors such as those from charitable organizations
are exempt. The telephone company does not guarantee this
service as we have no way to enforce the service.
Telephone
solicitors are required by law to obtain a list of all subscribers
who do not wish to be contacted. We provide a list of all Black
Dot subscribers to telemarketers upon request.
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