Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator instructions) Your first question comes from the line of Barry Sine, Capstone Investments.
Barry Sine – Capstone Investments
Hi, gentlemen. Very nice quarter.
Bob Currey
Thank you, Barry.
Barry Sine – Capstone Investments
Three questions if I might. The first one on two revenue line items, both long-distance and access, I know you talked about them briefly in the prepared remarks, they were a little bit lower than I was looking for and it looked a little bit lower than what we had seen trendwise. Can you give us a little bit more color and flavor of both of those revenue line items?
Steve Childers
Yes, Barry. This is Steve. On network access, for the quarter, it was down roughly 2.4 million and a little bit wider maybe than what the access line loss was, so the combination there was into the second quarter, we had roughly 300,000 to $400,000 in positive carrier settlements. Not only do we not have those same settlements in the third quarter, we actually had a couple of net settlements going the other way and then the rest of it is basically just continued line loss and declining minutes of use.
And then on long-distance, again I think, there's not really been a lot of pricing movement on it. It is just a reflection of the line. Well there's two things, a reflection on the line loss and people moving to, people moving to our more unlimited package and things like that. So the gap is probably a little bit wider quarter over quarter that you might expect. But I also think that with respect to our recent billing integration from our PA system, that we are probably – may be getting a better classification of some things previously classified in long-distance (inaudible) might have a little bit things – little bit of a bucket thing going forward now that we have got the systems integrator.
Barry Sine – Capstone Investments
If somebody is on unlimited package, do you still book a portion of that revenue in the long-distance category?
Steve Childers
Yes.
Barry Sine – Capstone Investments
Okay. And then, my second question in terms of what you're doing with homes passed, the increases there, and what you are expecting to do with pair bonding, it is a pretty significant increase in your addressable market. During the third quarter I think you said about 18,000 new homes came on board. When in the quarter did they come on board, was that early in the quarter, do we get the full impact from a marketing standpoint? And then the same question with respect to the fourth quarter, will it come on early in the quarter, late in the quarter?
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