Goto Section: 69.105 | 69.108 | Table of Contents
FCC 69.106
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 69.106 Local switching.
(a) Except as provided in Sec. 69.118, charges that are expressed in dollars and
cents per access minute of use shall be assessed by local exchange carriers
that are not subject to price cap regulation upon all interexchange carriers
that use local exchange switching facilities for the provision of interstate
or foreign services.
(b) The per minute charge described in paragraph (a) of this section shall
be computed by dividing the projected annual revenue requirement for the
Local Switching element, excluding any local switching support received by
the carrier pursuant to Sec. 54.301 of this chapter, by the projected annual
access minutes of use for all interstate or foreign services that use local
exchange switching facilities.
(c) If end users of an interstate or foreign service that uses local
switching facilities pay message unit charges for such calls in a particular
exchange, a credit shall be deducted from the Local Switching element
charges to such carrier for access service in such exchange. The per minute
credit for each such exchange shall be multiplied by the monthly access
minutes for such service to compute the monthly credit to such a carrier.
(d) If all local exchange subscribers in such exchange pay message unit
charges, the per minute credit described in paragraph (c) of this section
shall be computed by dividing total message unit charges to all subscribers
in a particular exchange in a representative month by the total minutes of
use that were measured for purposes of computing message unit charges in
such month.
(e) If some local exchange subscribers pay message unit charges and some do
not, a per minute credit described in paragraph (c) of this section shall be
computed by multiplying a credit computed pursuant to paragraph (d) of this
section by a factor that is equal to total minutes measured in such month
for purposes of computing message unit charges divided by the total local
exchange minutes in such month.
(f) Except as provided in Sec. 69.118, price cap local exchange carriers shall
establish rate elements for local switching as follows:
(1) Price cap local exchange carriers shall separate from the projected
annual revenues for the Local Switching element those costs projected to be
incurred for ports (including cards and DS1/voice-grade multiplexers
required to access end offices equipped with analog switches) on the trunk
side of the local switch. Price cap local exchange carriers shall further
identify costs incurred for dedicated trunk ports separately from costs
incurred for shared trunk ports.
(i) Price cap local exchange carriers shall recover dedicated trunk port
costs identified pursuant to paragraph (f)(1) of this section through
flat-rated charges expressed in dollars and cents per trunk port and
assessed upon the purchaser of the dedicated trunk terminating at the port.
(ii) Price cap local exchange carriers shall recover shared trunk port costs
identified pursuant to paragraph (f)(1) of this section through charges
assessed upon purchasers of shared transport. This charge shall be expressed
in dollars and cents per access minute of use. The charge shall be computed
by dividing the projected costs of the shared ports by the historical annual
access minutes of use calculated for purposes of recovery of common
transport costs in Sec. 69.111(c).
(2) Price cap local exchange carriers shall recover the projected annual
revenues for the Local Switching element that are not recovered in paragraph
(f)(1) of this section through charges that are expressed in dollars and
cents per access minute of use and assessed upon all interexchange carriers
that use local exchange switching facilities for the provision of interstate
or foreign services. The maximum charge shall be computed by dividing the
projected remainder of the annual revenues for the Local Switching element
by the historical annual access minutes of use for all interstate or foreign
services that use local exchange switching facilities.
(g) A local exchange carrier may recover signaling costs associated with
call setup through a call setup charge imposed upon all interstate
interexchange carriers that use that local exchange carrier's facilities to
originate or terminate interstate interexchange or foreign services. This
charge must be expressed as dollars and cents per call attempt and may be
assessed on originating calls handed off to the interexchange carrier's
point of presence and on terminating calls received from an interexchange
carrier's point of presence, whether or not that call is completed at the
called location. Local exchange carriers may not recover through this charge
any costs recovered through other rate elements.
(h) Except as provided in Sec. 69.118, non-price cap local exchange carriers may
establish rate elements for local switching as follows:
(1) Non-price cap local exchange carriers may separate from the projected
annual revenue requirement for the Local Switching element those costs
projected to be incurred for ports (including cards and DS1/voice-grade
multiplexers required to access end offices equipped with analog switches)
on the trunk side of the local switch. Non-price cap local exchange carriers
electing to assess these charges shall further identify costs incurred for
dedicated trunk ports separately from costs incurred for shared trunk ports.
(i) Non-price cap local exchange carriers electing to assess trunk port
charges shall recover dedicated trunk port costs identified pursuant to
paragraph (h)(1) of this section through flat-rated charges expressed in
dollars and cents per trunk port and assessed upon the purchaser of the
dedicated trunk terminating at the port.
(ii) Non-price cap local exchange carriers electing to assess trunk port
charges shall recover shared trunk port costs identified pursuant to
paragraph (h)(1) of this section through charges assessed upon purchasers of
shared transport. This charge shall be expressed in dollars and cents per
access minute of use. The charge shall be computed by dividing the projected
costs of the shared ports by the historical annual access minutes of use
calculated for purposes of recovery of common transport costs in Sec. 69.111(c).
(2) Non-price cap local exchange carriers shall recover the projected annual
revenue requirement for the Local Switching element that are not recovered
in paragraph (h)(1) of this section through charges that are expressed in
dollars and cents per access minute of use and assessed upon all
interexchange carriers that use local exchange switching facilities for the
provision of interstate or foreign services. The maximum charge shall be
computed by dividing the projected remainder of the annual revenue
requirement for the Local Switching element by the historical annual access
minutes of use for all interstate or foreign services that use local
exchange switching facilities.
[ 52 FR 37310 , Oct. 6, 1987, as amended at 56 FR 33881 , July 24, 1991; 62 FR 31933 , June 11, 1997; 62 FR 40463 , July 29, 1997; 66 FR 59731 , Nov. 30,
2001]
Goto Section: 69.105 | 69.108
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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