Thank you for choosing BellSouth as your telecommunications provider. Your first BellSouth bill is important because it contains a welcome message describing items such as your bill date, how to establish a good credit record with BellSouth, and useful wiring information. If you subscribe to the BellSouth Maintenance Plan, your first bill also contains the terms and conditions of this plan.

Your first BellSouth bill differs slightly from your subsequent bills because your local service is billed one month in advance. This means your first bill contains charges for a full month in the Basic Services and Optional Services sections of your bill.

In addition, the Other Charges and Credits section of your first bill could contain fractional charges for products and services billed from your connection date up to your bill date.