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- Date: 24 Aug 91 00:33:31 GMT
- From: eff@org
- Subject: File 3--How BellSouth Calculated $79,000
-
- (Moderators' note: The following article appeared in EFF 10 and
- explains how those infamous E911 documents wound up with a value of
- over $79,000. Guess it shows how figures lie and......)
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- WHY THE BELLSOUTH E911 DOCUMENT COST $79,000 TO PRODUCE
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- IN OVER THEIR HEADS
- --OR--
- WHY THE 911 DOCUMENT COST $79,449 TO PRODUCE
- AT BELLSOUTH
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- Over the months since it first came to light, many have wondered how
- BellSouth could spend the immense amount of money that it claimed it
- spent on producing the brochure known as the E911 document.
-
- Now it can be told!
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- The following is BellSouth's actual estimate of its production costs
- as sent to Bill Cook in January of 1990. We were amazed that the
- company felt it necessary to add in the entire cost of a major
- computer system, printer and software.
-
- [Text of letter from K. Megahee to Bill Cook]
-
- BellSouth
- 1155 Peachtree Street. N E
- Atlanta, Georgia 30367 -6000
- January 10, 1990
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- Bill Cook - Assistant United States Attorney
- United States Attorney's Office
- Chicago, Illinois
-
- Dear Mr. Cook:
- Per your request, I have attached a breakdown of the costs
- associated with the production of the BellSouth Standard Practice
- (BSP) numbered 660-225-104SV. That practice is BellSouth
- Proprietary Information and is not for disclosure outside
- BellSouth.
- Should you require more information or clarification, please
- contact my office at XXX-XXX-XXXX. FAX: XXX-XXX-XXXX
-
- Sincerely,
- Kimberly Megahee
- Staff Manager - Security, Southern Bell
-
- [Handwritten total]
- 17,099
- 37,850
- 24,500
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- 79,449
-
- [Attachment to letter itemizing expenses]
-
- DOCUMENTATION MANAGEMENT
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- 1. Technical Writer To Write/Research Document
- -200 hrs x 35 = $7,000 (Contract Writer)
- -200 hrs x 31 = $6,200 (Paygrade 3 Project Mgr)
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- 2. Formatting/Typing Time
- -Typing WS14 = 1 week = $721.00
- -Formatting WS 14 = 1 week = $721.00
- -Formatting Graphics WS16 = 1 week = $742.00
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- 3. Editing Time
- -PG2 = 2 days x $24.46 = $367
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- 4. Order Labels (Cost) = $5.00
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- 5. Prepare Purchase Order
- -Blue Number Practice WS14 x 1 hr = $18.00
- -Type PO WS10 x 1 hr = $17.00
- -Get Signature (PG2 x 1 hr = $25.00)
- (PG3 x lhr = $31.00)
- (PG5 x 1 hr = $38.00)
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- 6. Printing and Mailing Costs
- Printing= $313.00
- Mailing WS10 x 50 hrs = $858.00
- (Minimum of 50 locations/ 1 hr per location/ 115 copies
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- 7. Place Document on Index
- -PG2 x 1 hr = $25.00
- -WS14 x 1 hr = $18.00
-
- Total Costs for involvement = $17,099.
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- HARDWARE EXPENSES
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- VT220 $850
- Vaxstation II $31,000
- Printer $6,000
- Maintenance 10% of costs
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- SOFTWARE EXPENSES
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- Interleaf Software $22,000
- VMS Software $2,500
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