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  2.  
  3. Date: 24 Aug 91 00:33:31 GMT
  4. From: eff@org
  5. Subject: File 3--How BellSouth Calculated $79,000
  6.  
  7. (Moderators' note: The following article appeared in EFF 10 and
  8. explains how those infamous E911 documents wound up with a value of
  9. over $79,000. Guess it shows how figures lie and......)
  10.  
  11.           WHY THE BELLSOUTH E911 DOCUMENT COST $79,000 TO PRODUCE
  12.  
  13.                         -==--==--==-<>-==--==--==-
  14.  
  15.                             IN OVER THEIR HEADS
  16.                                    --OR--
  17.                 WHY THE 911 DOCUMENT COST $79,449 TO PRODUCE
  18.                                 AT BELLSOUTH
  19.  
  20. Over the months since it first came to light, many have wondered how
  21. BellSouth could spend the immense amount of money that it claimed it
  22. spent on producing the brochure known as the E911 document.
  23.  
  24. Now it can be told!
  25.  
  26. The following is BellSouth's actual estimate of its production costs
  27. as sent to Bill Cook in January of 1990.  We were amazed that the
  28. company felt it necessary to add in the entire cost of a major
  29. computer system, printer and software.
  30.  
  31.           [Text of letter from K. Megahee to Bill Cook]
  32.  
  33.                                                BellSouth
  34.                               1155 Peachtree Street. N E
  35.                             Atlanta, Georgia 30367 -6000
  36. January 10, 1990
  37.  
  38. Bill Cook - Assistant United States Attorney
  39. United States Attorney's Office
  40. Chicago, Illinois
  41.  
  42. Dear Mr. Cook:
  43.      Per your request, I have attached a breakdown of the costs
  44. associated with the production of the BellSouth Standard Practice
  45. (BSP) numbered 660-225-104SV. That practice is BellSouth
  46. Proprietary Information and is not for disclosure outside
  47. BellSouth.
  48.     Should you require more information or clarification, please
  49. contact my office at XXX-XXX-XXXX.         FAX: XXX-XXX-XXXX
  50.  
  51. Sincerely,
  52. Kimberly Megahee
  53. Staff Manager - Security, Southern Bell
  54.  
  55.                    [Handwritten total]
  56.                                17,099
  57.                                37,850
  58.                                24,500
  59.                                ------
  60.                                79,449
  61.  
  62.           [Attachment to letter itemizing expenses]
  63.  
  64.            DOCUMENTATION MANAGEMENT
  65.  
  66. 1. Technical Writer To Write/Research Document
  67. -200 hrs x 35 = $7,000 (Contract Writer)
  68. -200 hrs x 31 = $6,200 (Paygrade 3 Project Mgr)
  69.  
  70. 2. Formatting/Typing Time
  71. -Typing WS14 = 1 week = $721.00
  72. -Formatting WS 14 = 1 week = $721.00
  73. -Formatting Graphics WS16 = 1 week = $742.00
  74.  
  75. 3. Editing Time
  76. -PG2 = 2 days x $24.46 = $367
  77.  
  78. 4. Order Labels (Cost) = $5.00
  79.  
  80. 5. Prepare Purchase Order
  81. -Blue Number Practice WS14 x 1 hr = $18.00
  82. -Type PO WS10 x 1 hr = $17.00
  83. -Get Signature (PG2 x 1 hr = $25.00)
  84. (PG3 x lhr = $31.00)
  85. (PG5 x 1 hr = $38.00)
  86.  
  87. 6. Printing and Mailing Costs
  88. Printing= $313.00
  89. Mailing WS10 x 50 hrs = $858.00
  90. (Minimum of 50 locations/ 1 hr per location/ 115 copies
  91.  
  92. 7. Place Document on Index
  93. -PG2 x 1 hr = $25.00
  94. -WS14 x 1 hr = $18.00
  95.  
  96. Total Costs for involvement = $17,099.
  97.  
  98.           HARDWARE EXPENSES
  99.  
  100. VT220                        $850
  101. Vaxstation II             $31,000
  102. Printer                    $6,000
  103. Maintenance                10% of costs
  104.  
  105.           SOFTWARE EXPENSES
  106.  
  107. Interleaf Software        $22,000
  108. VMS Software               $2,500
  109.  
  110.  
  111.                          //End of Document//
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