911 Needs More Money
Beginning in March, Costa Ricans may be
paying an additional ˘85 colones on their
telephone bills - fixed line and cellular -
that will go towards financing the costs of
the 911 emergency services.
Currenlty the Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) applies a ˘79.56 colones
charge on all telephone bills. If the
request by 911 is approved by the
Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (Sutel),
the charge will increase to ˘166.49.
The director of the 911 emergency service,
Rodolfo Jugo, says the increase will allow
the service to have an additional ˘2.5
billion colones for operating cost for 2010.
Jugo says the increase is necessary to cover
the costs of providing adequate emeregency
response services due to an increase in
calls. |
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