Message Area:This section of the bill will contain a monthly billing message. Messages may include important information regarding your telephone, cable tv, or internet service.

Line Information:This section contains features on your telephone line for which there are not any charges.

Other Charges and Credits:This section will only print on a subscriber’s bill that has some partial charges or credits since the last billing date. The total amount of these charges and credits will be carried over to the activity summary section on the right side of the bill and will be included in Total New Charges for the month.

Activity Summary:The activity summary section contains charges from the previous month’s bill and any payments applied to the account since the last billing cycle. The Monthly Charges subsection lists your current charges by type and amount due. Local service, cable tv, internet, and any telephone features will be included. The Toll Charges subsection lists all long distance charges by carrier. Taxes are not included in the listed amounts. The federal subscriber line charge, 911 charges, and federal, state, and local taxes are included in the Government Charges. Total New Charges shows the amount due for the current month but will not include any previous balances.

Long Distance Carrier:This area contains your current interlata and intralata long distance carriers and the date those carriers where selected.

Return Stub:Please detach this section of the bill along the perforation and return it to our office with your payment. This stub includes information needed to post your payment properly. This section includes the payment delinquent date, billing date, subscriber telephone number, amount due, subscriber name and billing address, along with the Griswold Telephone Company’s return address for mailing of payment.

Toll:All long distance calls will be listed by carrier, date, and time on the remaining pages of the bill. Griswold Telephone Company bills toll calls for AT&T, Iowa Network Services, and Nishna Valley Toll. If you have chosen a different carrier, you may get a separate bill for any long distance charges incurred.

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