Central Texas TeleCommunications

YOUR RIGHTS AS A CUSTOMER 28. PREPAID LOCAL TELEPHONE SERVICE INFORMATION

PLTS RATES A subscription to PLTS provides these services at the monthly rate listed below. If you are eligible for Lifeline, your rates may be lower. PLTS Services Monthly Charge * Residential Basic Local Telephone Service $ 22.28 White Pages Directory Listing $ 0 Toll Blocking/Restriction $ 1.75 Non-Published Number Service (if requested) $ 1.00 Access to 9-1-1, dual party relay services and No charge Cooperative's business office No charge * Rates subject to change In addition to the charges for services listed above, customers will be responsible for paying surcharges or fees required by law or ordinance, including, but not limited to: 9-1-1 charges, subscriber line charges, sales tax, Universal Service Fund charges and municipal fee. Customers are also expected to pay for Extended Area Service (EAS), Expanded Local Calling (ELC) if those services are required in the area. A customer has the right to receive basic local telephone service without entering PLTS if the customer does not owe for basic local telephone charges. If you have any questions, please call the CTTC business office at 325-648-2237 or 1-800-535-8904. STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident. (continued on next page)

CTTC is pleased to notify you of Prepaid Local Telephone Service or "PLTS", a program that helps customers manage outstanding telephone balances and retain basic local telephone service. The Public Utility Commission of Texas has directed that we provide this service. PLTS gives eligible customers a one-time opportunity to retain their local service if they are at risk of disconnection of their local service for nonpayment of telephone bills. It also allows residential customers who have been disconnected because of delinquent or unpaid bills to be reconnected. PLTS is not available to business customers. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY To receive this service, you must agree to receive Toll Blocking/ Restriction Service, which will prevent you from making long distance telephone calls or usage-sensitive calls, which include directory assistance, call return, call trace and auto redial. In subscribing to PLTS, you agree not to incur additional charges for long distance or usage-sensitive services. In addition, you agree not to request additional services from your local telephone carrier other than those included in their PLTS subscription. If you violate the terms of this agreement, you can be disconnected immediately and will not be eligible to receive PLTS service again from CTTC. To subscribe to PLTS, you must also pay up to two months of local charges up front. You may be required to arrange a deferred payment plan with CTTC for your outstanding local telephone charges. Payments for these charges will begin with the third billing cycle after you subscribe to PLTS. The monthly payments on this plan may not exceed $10 per month or one twelfth of the outstanding local debt, whichever is larger. You must pay your PLTS bill by the due date, which is the 16th of each month. TO SUBSCRIBE Please contact CTTC at 325-648-2237 or 1-800-535-8904 during normal business hours and request PLTS. If your telephone service has been suspended and you apply for PLTS within 10 days of receiving notice, you will not be required to pay the reconnection charge for reconnecting service at this time. You will be required to pay that charge when you return to basic local telephone service.

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