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FCC 36.126
Revised as of December 4, 2012
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2013
§ 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, 2014, study areas subject
to price cap regulation, pursuant to § 61.41, shall assign the average
balances of Accounts 2230 through 2232 to the categories/subcategories
as specified in § § 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 § 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 § 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 § 36.154.
(4) Effective July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2014, all study areas
shall apportion costs in the categories/subcategories, as specified in
§ § 36.126(b)(1) through (b)(4), among the jurisdictions using the
relative use measurements or factors, as specified in § § 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 § 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 § 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
§ 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, 2014, all study areas
shall apportion costs in the categories/subcategories specified in
§ § 36.126(e)(1) through (e)(3) among the jurisdictions using relative
use measurements or factors, as specified in § § 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
§ 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 § 36.157.
(ii) [Reserved]
(2) Effective July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2014, all study areas
shall apportion costs in the subcategory specified in § 36.126(f)(1)
among the jurisdictions using the allocation factor, as specified in
§ 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; 75 FR 30301 , June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841 , May 27, 2011]
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