ere tee ere rae ret ane mire tteng ap nateesena ee etme oe enna eh int Meee a tana Ane bemeeh SRE ae! “gy Seen } t i Pe an I i. ‘ Phone sex no longer available B.C. TEL has put erotic phone messages permanently on hold. The telepkone company’s public information officer Roger Varley said recently B.C. Tel suspended access to all 900 service numbers, March 21, so as to work out a way to. block the offending messages from reaching B.C. ears. “We did not think they (erotic phone services) were, an ap- propriate use of 900 service.’ ' B.C. Tel is currently offering 900 telephone service as part of a two-year experiment. The- trial period ends in June. Varley said that 900 numbers, From Page 9. in an Oct. 8, 1985 letter: from the VLA. that $0 ndproof, like all wea : ““Toddington. ‘Cable 10's “picduc- _tion coordinator, ‘said last’ week that Soundproof.was never a prof- it-making venture. It was conceiv- ed, he said, as'a casual after-hours way to make: use of music videos "sent to the television station from record companies... :“We did it:in‘our. spare time, : after we signed off for the day. The first night: we did the show, we Tan a telephone: ‘number and asked - for video requests to’ see if anyone . “ spokesman’ Randy: Stark ‘said ‘the “. loss of Soundproof would make it .very difficult for new mus:c to get - the exposure it needs, ‘‘The show. Was very viable. Without it, we will have amuch tougher time break: ng AThe VLA was, formed i in ' Augiss 1984-,by-. record“companies who’ “wanted to fecoup production costs” : a of" music. videos -and-to stem the: s al Mes »¢ a dington. said. “I mean’ we’ re doing : nobody any good but record com- ° panies... We're lielping’:them . sell >: their’, records, ‘and: ‘becaise. we "res, “of. influence we had-in giving ex- posure: to “the smaller: -alternative “bands.” - vious merit.” which originate primarily in the United States, are used to pro- viding a variety of information services to sutscribers. Cost per call to customers works out to 50 cents for the first minute and 35 cents per each additional minute, Varley said. Sponsors of 900 calls, which range from polling services to stock exchange information, were Originally charged a flat fee, regardless of subscriber usage, by 900 service originator AT&T. But when AT&T changed the flat fee system to a system whereby sponsors were given a percentage : ‘Program loss would affect ‘Robertson said cablevision sta- tions had posed the most difficulty for VLA licensing because of their limited “revenues, ‘‘but we are endeavoring to. work things out. " Shows. like Soundproof have ob- Cost of a VLA. licence, he said, was confidential. Stubbs said the ‘uproar’ raised ~ ‘over Soundproof’s . cancellation threw the VLA into a complete of revenue after receiving a certain volume of calls to their particular : information service, sponsors began to make money as well as get their message across. “And that’s when the porn ser- vices got into the act,’’ Varley said. Following public complaints and its own assessment of the five erotic phone message services made available to B.C.,: the tele- phone company pulled the plug on 900 service. After successfully ‘‘code block- ing’’ those five numbers, B.C. Tel resumed 900 service April 4. music scene’ about face in its dealings with Cable 10: ‘I think it was a good. education for them. I’m sure they.” are more aware of Vancouver. © music.now.’ He‘said the return of Sound-: proof. for Expo’ - was especially . ‘good timing because it would give local talent exposure to the mil- lions who will be attending the . world?s fair. ; ZZ uh “Yust come in and fill out a ballot. 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