Goto Section: 64.1301 | 64.1320 | Table of Contents
FCC 64.1310
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 64.1310 Payphone compensation procedures.
(a) Unless the payphone service provider consents to an alternative
compensation arrangement, each Completing Carrier identified in § 64.1300(a)
shall compensate the payphone service provider in accordance with paragraphs
(a)(1) through (a)(4) of this section. A payphone service provider may not
unreasonably withhold its consent to an alternative compensation
arrangement.
(1) Each Completing Carrier shall establish a call tracking system that
accurately tracks coinless access code or subscriber toll-free payphone
calls to completion.
(2) Each Completing Carrier shall pay compensation to payphone service
providers on a quarterly basis for each completed payphone call identified
in the Completing Carrier's quarterly report required by paragraph (a)(4) of
this section.
(3) When payphone compensation is tendered for a quarter, the chief
financial officer of the Completing Carrier shall submit to each payphone
service provider to which compensation is tendered a sworn statement that
the payment amount for that quarter is accurate and is based on 100% of all
completed calls that originated from that payphone service provider's
payphones. Instead of transmitting individualized statements to each
payphone service provider, a Completing Carrier may provide a single,
blanket sworn statement addressed to all payphone service providers to which
compensation is tendered for that quarter and may notify the payphone
service providers of the sworn statement through any electronic method,
including transmitting the sworn statement with the § 64.1310(a)(4) quarterly
report, or posting the sworn statement on the Completing Carrier or
clearinghouse website. If a Completing Carrier chooses to post the sworn
statement on its website, the Completing Carrier shall state in its
§ 64.1310(a)(4) quarterly report the web address of the sworn statement.
(4) At the conclusion of each quarter, the Completing Carrier shall submit
to the payphone service provider, in computer readable format, a report on
that quarter that includes:
(i) A list of the toll-free and access numbers dialed and completed by the
Completing Carrier from each of that payphone service provider's payphones
and the ANI for each payphone;
(ii) The volume of calls for each number identified in paragraph (a)(4)(i)
of this section that were completed by the Completing Carrier;
(iii) The name, address, and phone number of the person or persons
responsible for handling the Completing Carrier's payphone compensation; and
(iv) The carrier identification code (“CIC”) of all facilities-based long
distance carriers that routed calls to the Completing Carrier, categorized
according to the list of toll-free and access code numbers identified in
paragraph (a)(4)(i) of this section.
(b) For purposes of this subpart, an Intermediate Carrier is a
facilities-based long distance carrier that switches payphone calls to other
facilities-based long distance carriers.
(c) Unless the payphone service provider agrees to other reporting
arrangements, each Intermediate Carrier shall provide the payphone service
provider with quarterly reports, in computer readable format, that include:
(1) A list of all the facilities-based long distance carriers to which the
Intermediate Carrier switched toll-free and access code calls dialed from
each of that payphone service provider's payphones;
(2) For each facilities-based long distance carrier identified in paragraph
(c)(1) of this section, a list of the toll-free and access code numbers
dialed from each of that payphone service provider's payphones that all
local exchange carriers have delivered to the Intermediate Carrier and that
the Intermediate Carrier switched to the identified facilities-based long
distance carrier;
(3) The volume of calls for each number identified in paragraph (c)(2) of
this section that the Intermediate Carrier has received from each of that
payphone service provider's payphones, identified by their ANIs, and
switched to each facilities-based long distance carrier identified in
paragraph (c)(1) of this section; and
(4) The name, address and telephone number and other identifying information
of the person or persons for each facilities-based long distance carrier
identified in paragraph (c)(1) of this section who serves as the
Intermediate Carrier's contact at each identified facilities-based long
distance carrier.
(d) Local Exchange Carriers must provide to carriers required to pay
compensation pursuant to § 64.1300(a) a list of payphone numbers in their
service areas. The list must be provided on a quarterly basis. Local
Exchange Carriers must verify disputed numbers in a timely manner, and must
maintain verification data for 18 months after close of the compensation
period.
(e) Local Exchange Carriers must respond to all carrier requests for
payphone number verification in connection with the compensation
requirements herein, even if such verification is a negative response.
(f) A payphone service provider that seeks compensation for payphones that
are not included on the Local Exchange Carrier's list satisfies its
obligation to provide alternative reasonable verification to a payor carrier
if it provides to that carrier:
(1) A notarized affidavit attesting that each of the payphones for which the
payphone service provider seeks compensation is a payphone that was in
working order as of the last day of the compensation period; and
(2) Corroborating evidence that each such payphone is owned by the payphone
service provider seeking compensation and was in working order on the last
day of the compensation period. Corroborating evidence shall include, at a
minimum, the telephone bill for the last month of the billing quarter
indicating use of a line screening service.
(g) Each Completing Carrier and each Intermediate Carrier must maintain
verification data to support the quarterly reports submitted pursuant to
paragraphs (a)(4) and (c) of this section for 27 months after the close of
that quarter. This data must include the time and date that each call
identified in paragraphs (a)(4) and (c) of this section was made. This data
must be provided to the payphone service provider upon request.
[ 68 FR 62755 , Nov. 6, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 722 , Jan. 5, 2005]
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Goto Section: 64.1301 | 64.1320
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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