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FCC 36.123
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 36.123 Operator systems equipment—Category 1.
(a) Operator systems equipment is contained in Account 2220. It includes all
types of manual telephone switchboards except tandem switchboards and those
used solely for recording of calling telephone numbers in connection with
customer dialed charge traffic. It includes all face equipment, terminating
relay circuits of trunk and toll line circuits, cord circuits, cable turning
sections, subscriber line equipment, associated toll connecting trunk
equipment, number checking facilities, ticket distributing systems,
calculagraphs, chief operator and other desks, operator chairs, and other
such equipment.
(1) Operator systems equipment is generally classified according to
operating arrangements of which the following are typical:
(i) Separate toll boards
(ii) Separate local manual boards
(iii) Combined local manual and toll boards
(iv) Combined toll and DSA boards
(v) Separate DSA and DSB boards
(vi) Service observing boards
(vii) Auxiliary service boards
(viii) Traffic service positions
(2) If switchboards as set forth in Sec. 36.123(a) are of the key pulsing type,
the cost of the key pulsing senders, link and trunk finder equipment is
included with the switchboards.
(3) DSB boards include the associated DSB dial equipment, such as link and
sender equipment.
(4) Traffic service position systems include the common control and trunk
equipment in addition to the associated groups of positions wherever
located.
(5) Effective July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2006, study areas subject to
price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec. 61.41 of this chapter, shall assign the
average balance of Account 2220, Operator Systems, to the
categories/subcategories, as specified in Sec. 36.123(a)(1), based on the
relative percentage assignment of the average balance of Account 2220 to
these categories/subcategories during the twelve month period ending
December 31, 2000.
(6) Effective July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2006, all study areas shall
apportion the costs assigned to the categories/subcategories, as specified
in Sec. 36.123(a)(1), among the jurisdictions using the relative use
measurements for the twelve month period ending December 31, 2000 for each
of the categories/subcategories specified in Sec. Sec. 36.123 (b) through 36.123(e).
(b) The cost of the following operator systems equipment is apportioned
among the operations on the basis of the relative number of weighted
standard work seconds handled at the switchboards under consideration.
(1) The following types of switchboards at toll centers are generally
apportioned individually:
(i) Separate toll boards. These usually include outward, through and inward
positions in separate lines and associated inward toll switchboard positions
in line.
(ii) Switchboards handling both local and toll, either combined or having
segregated local and toll positions in the same line.
(iii) Switchboards handling both toll and DSA, either combined or having
segregated toll and DSA positions in the same line.
(iv) Traffic service positions, including separately located groups of these
positions when associated with a common basic control unit.
(2) The following types of switchboards at toll centers are apportioned
individually, or by groups of comparable types of boards for each exchange:
(i) Separate local manual boards. This includes the local positions of
manual boards where inward toll positions are in the same line.
(ii) Separate DSA boards.
(iii) Separate DSB boards.
(3) Tributary boards may be treated individually if warranted or they may be
treated on a group basis.
(c) Auxiliary service boards generally handle rate and route, information,
and intercept service at individual or joint positions. The cost of these
boards is apportioned as follows:
(1) The cost of separate directory assistance boards is apportioned among
the operations on the basis of the relative number of weighted standard work
seconds handled at the boards under consideration. Directory assistance
weighted standard work seconds are apportioned among the operations on the
basis of the classification of these weighted standard work seconds as
follows:
(i) Directory assistance weighted standard work seconds first are classified
between calls received over toll directory assistance trunks from operators
or customers and all other directory assistance calls.
(ii) The directory assistance weighted standard work seconds of each type
further are classified separately among the operations on the basis of an
analysis of a representative sample of directory assistance calls of each
type with reference to the locations of the calling and called stations for
each call.
(2) The cost of separate intercept boards and automated intercept systems in
the study area is appportioned among the operations on the basis of the
relative number of subscriber line minutes of use.
(3) The cost of separate rate and route boards is generally included with
the cost of the toll boards served and is apportioned with those boards.
(4) Where more than one auxiliary service is handled at an auxiliary board,
the cost of the board is apportioned among the auxiliary services on the
basis of the relative number of weighted standard work seconds for each
service. The cost of that part of the board allocated to each auxiliary
service is apportioned among the operations in the same manner as for a
separate auxiliary board.
(d) The cost of joint exchange and toll service observing boards is first
apportioned between exchange and toll use on the basis of the relative
number of exchange and toll service observing units at these boards. The
cost of separate toll service observing boards and the toll portion of joint
service observing boards is apportioned between state and interstate
operations on the basis of the relative number of toll minutes of use
associated with the toll messages originating in the offices observed.
(e) Traffic Service Position System (TSPS) investments are apportioned as
follows:
(1) Operator position investments are apportioned on the basis of the
relative weighted standard work seconds for the entire TSPS complex.
(2) Remote trunk arrangement (RTA) investments are apportioned on the basis
of the relative processor real time (i.e., actual seconds) required to
process TSPS traffic originating from the end offices served by each RTA.
(3) The remaining investments at the central control location, such as the
stored program control and memory, is apportioned on the basis of the
relative processor real time (i.e., actual seconds) for the entire TSPS
complex.
[ 52 FR 17229 , May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33205 , June 21, 2001]
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