FCC 36.126 Revised as of October 1, 2007
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Sec. 36.126 Circuit equipment—Category 4.
(a) For the purpose of this section, the term “Circuit Equipment”
encompasses the Radio Systems and Circuit Equipment contained in Accounts
2230 through 2232 respectively. It includes central office equipment, other
than switching equipment and automatic message recording equipment, which is
used to derive communications transmission channels or which is used for the
amplification, modulation, regeneration, testing, balancing or control of
signals transmitted over communications transmission channels. Examples of
circuit equipment in general use include:
(1) Carrier telephone and telegraph system terminals.
(2) Telephone and telegraph repeaters, termination sets, impedance
compensators, pulse link repeaters, echo suppressors and other intermediate
transmission amplification and balancing equipment except that included in
switchboards.
(3) Radio transmitters, receivers, repeaters and other radio central office
equipment except message switching equipment associated with radio systems.
(4) Composite ringers, line signaling and switching pad circuits.
(5) Concentration equipment.
(6) Composite sets and repeating coils.
(7) Program transmission amplifiers, monitoring devices and volume
indicators.
(8) Testboards, test desks, repair desks and patch bays, including those
provided for test and control, and for telegraph and transmission testing.
(b) For apportionment among the operations, the cost of circuit equiment is
assigned to the following subsidiary categories:
(1) Exchange Circuit Equipment—Category 4.1. (i) Wideband Exchange Line
Circuit Equipment—Category 4.11.
(ii) Exchange Trunk Circuit Equipment (Wideband and Non-Wideband)—Category
4.12.
(iii) Exchange Line Circuit Equipment Excluding Wideband—Category 4.13.
(2) Interexchange Circuit Equipment—Category 4.2. (i) Interexchange Circuit
Equipment Furnished to Another Company for Interstate Use—Category 4.21.
(ii) Interexchange Circuit Equipment Used for Wideband Services including
Satellite and Earth Station Equipment used for Wideband Service—Category
4.22.
(iii) All Other Interexchange Circuit Equipment—Category 4.23.
(3) Host/Remote Message Circuit Equipment—Category 4.3. (4) In addition, for
the purpose of identifying and separating property associated with special
services, circuit equipment included in Categories 4.12 (other than wideband
equipment) 4.13 and 4.23 is identified as either basic circuit equipment,
i.e., equipment that performs functions necessary to provide and operate
channels suitable for voice transmission (telephone grade channels), or
special circuit equipment, i.e., equipment that is peculiar to special
service circuits. Carrier telephone terminals and carrier telephone
repeaters are examples of basic circuit equipment is general use, while
audio program transmission amplifiers, bridges, monitoring devices and
volume indicators, telegraph carrier terminals and telegraph repeaters are
examples of special circuit equipment in general use. Cost of exchange
circuit equipment included in Categories 4.12 and 4.13 and the interexchange
circuit equipment in Categories 4.21, 4.22 and 4.23 are segregated between
basic circuit equipment and special circuit equipment only at those
locations where amounts of interexchange and exchange special circuit
equipment are significant. Where such segregation is not made, the total
costs in these categories are classified as basic circuit equipment.
(5) Effective July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2006, study areas subject to
price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec. 61.41, shall assign the average balances
of Accounts 2230 through 2232 to the categories/subcategories as specified
in Sec. Sec. 36.126(b)(1) through (b)(4) based on the relative percentage assignment
of the average balances of Accounts 2230 through 2232 costs to these
categories/subcategories during the twelve month period ending December 31,
2000.
(c) Apportionment of Exchange Circuit Equipment Among the Operations:
(1) Wideband Exchange Line Circuit Equipment—Category 4.11—The cost of
exchange circuit equipment in this category is determined separately for
each wideband facility. The respective costs are allocated to the
appropriate operation in the same manner as the related exchange line cable
and wire facilities described in Sec. 36.155.
(2) Exchange Trunk Circuit Equipment (Wideband and Non-Wideband)—Category
4.12—The cost of exchange circuit equipment associated with this category
for the study area is allocated to the appropriate operation in the same
manner as the related exchange trunk cable and wire facilities as described
in Sec. 36.155.
(3) Exchange Line Circuit Equipment Excluding Wideband—Category 4.13—The
cost of Circuit Equipment associated with exchange line plant excluding
wideband for the study area is assigned to subcategories and is allocated to
the appropriate operation in the same manner as the related exchange line
cable and wire facilities for non-wideband service as described in Sec. 36.154.
(4) Effective July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2006, all study areas shall
apportion costs in the categories/subcategories, as specified in
Sec. Sec. 36.126(b)(1) through (b)(4), among the jurisdictions using the relative
use measurements or factors, as specified in Sec. Sec. 36.126(c)(1) through (c)(3)
for the twelve month period ending December 31, 2000. Direct assignment of
any subcategory of Category 4.1 Exchange Circuit Equipment to the
jurisdictions shall be updated annually.
(d) Apportionment of Interexchange Circuit Equipment among the Operations:
Procedures to be Used by Interexchange Carriers. (1) Interexchange Circuit
Equipment Furnished to Another Company for Interstate Use—Category 4.21—This
category comprises that circuit equipment provided for the use of another
company as an integral part of its interexchange circuit facilities used
wholly for interstate services. This category includes such circuit
equipment as telephone carrier, terminals telegraph carrier terminals, and
microwave systems used wholly for interstate services. The total cost of the
circuit equipment in this category for the study area is assigned to the
interstate operation.
(2) Interexchange Circuit Equipment Used for Wideband Service—Category
4.22—This category includes the circuit equipment portion of interexchange
channels used for wideband services. The cost of interexchange circuit
equipment in this category is determined separately for each wideband
channel and is segregated between message and private line services on the
basis of the use of the channels provided. The respective costs are
allocated to the appropriate operation in the same manner as the related
interexchange cable and wire facilities as described in Sec. 36.156.
(3) All Other Interexchange Circuit Equipment—Category 4.23—This category
includes the cost of all interexchange circuit equipment not assigned to
Categories 4.21 and 4.22. Interexchange carriers shall freeze the allocation
factors for Category 4.23 investment at levels reached on December 31, 1985,
derived by using the procedures in effect at that time. On January 1, 1988,
and thereafter, that frozen allocation factor shall be applied to each
interexchange carrier's Category 4.23 investment to derive the interstate
allocation. On January 1, 1988, and thereafter, the amount of investment
allocated to the interstate jurisdiction will vary but the relative
proportion of the total investment that is allocated to the interstate
jurisdiction will remain frozen at 1985 levels.
(e) Apportionment of Interexchange Circuit Equipment among the Operations:
Procedures To Be Used by Exchange Carriers. (1) Interexchange Circuit
Equipment Furnished to Another Company for Interstate Use—Category 4.21—This
category comprises that circuit equipment provided for the use of another
company as an integral part of its interexchange circuit facilities used
wholly for interstate services. This category includes such circuit
equipment as telephone carrier terminals telegraph carrier terminals, and
microwave systems used wholly for interstate services. The total cost of the
circuit equipment in this category for the study area is assigned to the
interstate operation.
(2) Interexchange Circuit Equipment Used for Wideband Service—Category
4.22—This category includes the circuit equipment portion of interexchange
channels used for wideband services. The cost of interexchange circuit
equipment in this category is determined separately for each wideband
channel and is segregated between message and private line services on the
basis of the use of the channels provided. The respective costs are
allocated to the appropriate operation in the same manner as the related
interexchange cable and wire facilities described in Sec. 36.156.
(3) All Other Interexchange Circuit Equipment—Category 4.23—This category
includes the cost of all interexchange circuit equipment not assigned to
Categories 4.21 and 4.22. The cost of interexchange basic circuit equipment
used for the following classes of circuits is included in this category:
Jointly used message circuits, i.e. , message switching plant circuits
carrying messages from the state and interstate operations; circuits used
for state private line service; and circuits used for state private line
services.
(i) An average interexchange circuit equipment cost per equivalent
interexchange telephone termination for all circuits is determined and
applied to the equivalent interexchange telephone termination counts of each
of the following classes of circuits: Private Line, State Private Line,
Message. The cost of interstate private line circuits is assigned directly
to the interstate operation. The cost of state private line circuits is
assigned directly to the state operation. The cost of message circuits is
apportioned between the state and interstate operations on the basis of the
relative number of study area conversation-minutes applicable to such
facilities.
(ii) [Reserved]
(iii) The cost of special circuit equipment is segregated among telegraph
grade private line services and other private line services based on an
analysis of the use of the equipment and in accordance with Sec. 36.126(b)(4).
The special circuit equipment cost assigned to telegraph grade and other
private line services is directly assigned to the appropriate operations.
(4) Effective July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2006, all study areas shall
apportion costs in the categories/subcategories specified in Sec. Sec. 36.126(e)(1)
through (e)(3) among the jurisdictions using relative use measurements or
factors, as specified in Sec. Sec. 36.126(e)(1) through (e)(3) for the twelve month
period ending December 31, 2000. Direct assignment of any subcategory of
Category 4.2 Interexchange Circuit Equipment to the jurisdictions shall be
updated annually.
(f) Apportionment of Host/Remote Message Circuit Equipment Among the
Operations.
(1) Host/Remote Message Circuit Equipment—Category 4.3. This category
includes message host/remote location circuit equipment for which a message
circuit switching function is performed at the host central office
associated with cable and wire facilities as described in Sec. 36.152(c).
(i) The category 4.3 cost of host/remote circuit equipment assigned to
message services for the study area is apportioned among the exchange,
intrastate toll, and interstate toll operations on the basis of the
assignment of host/remote message cable and wire facilities as described in
Sec. 36.157.
(ii) [Reserved]
(2) Effective July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2006, all study areas shall
apportion costs in the subcategory specified in Sec. 36.126(f)(1) among the
jurisdictions using the allocation factor, as specified in Sec. 36.126(f)(1)(i),
for this subcategory for the twelve month period ending December 31, 2000.
Direct assignment of any Category 4.3 Host/Remote Message Circuit Equipment
to the jurisdictions shall be updated annually.
[ 52 FR 17229 , May 6, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 33012 Aug. 29, 1988; 66 FR 33205 , June 21, 2001; 69 FR 12550 , Mar. 17, 2004; 71 FR 65745 , Nov. 9, 2006]
Information Origination/Termination (IOT) Equipment
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