FCC Web Documents citing 51.909

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  • call signaling, and requires intermediate carriers to pass this signaling information, unaltered, to the next provider in a call path. See ICC/USF Transformation Order at paras. 719-720; see also47 C.F.R. §64.1601(a). 33The transition to a bill-and-keep methodology for most terminating charges is nine years for rate-of-return carriers. See ICC/USF Transformation Orderat para. 801 & Figure 9. See also47 C.F.R. §§51.907, 51.909. 34September 2011NARUC Letterat 2. 35This could include, inter alia, unreasonable delay to connect a call, as manifested by prolonged silence ("dead air") and/or prolonged ringing in advance of the called phone being alerted. Prolonged ringing occurs when callers are provided with prolonged audible ringing well before the called party's phone has even been alerted. This causes a caller to hang
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  • had developed to complete the calculations required by the USF/ICC Transformation Order did not comply with the Commission's rules. On June 1, 2012, NECA filed a petition seeking a temporary expedited waiver of the Commission's rules and related orders governing the calculation of ARC rates and reporting of initial estimated Eligible Recovery amounts. Specifically, NECA requested a waiver of section 51.909(b)(2)(ii) of the Commission's rules for purposes of calculating ARCs under section 51.917(e) of the Commission's rules and for reporting initial estimated Eligible Recovery amounts for NECA pool members to the Universal Service Administrative Company. The Commission did not act on the pending NECA waiver request and NECA has not altered its proposed methodologies. NECA, therefore, filed a TRP that requires
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  • * * Beginning July 1, 2012, a Rate-of-Return Carrier's eligible recovery will be equal to the 2011 Rate-of-Return Carrier Base Period Revenue multiplied by the Rate-of-Return Carrier Baseline Adjustment Factor less: The Expected Revenues from Transitional Intrastate Access Service for the year beginning July 1, 2012, reflecting forecasted demand multiplied by the rates in the rate transition contained in § 51.909; The Expected Revenues from interstate switched access for the year beginning July 1, 2012, reflecting forecasted demand multiplied by the rates in the rate transition contained in § 51.909; and Expected Net Reciprocal Compensation Revenues for the year beginning July 1, 2012 using the target methodology required by § 51.705. Beginning July 1, 2013, a Rate-of-Return Carrier's eligible recovery will
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  • carriers to pass this signaling information, unaltered, to the next provider in a call path. See ICC/USF Transformation Order at paras. 719-720; see also 47 C.F.R. § 64.1601(a). The transition to a bill-and-keep methodology for most terminating charges is nine years for rate-of-return carriers. See ICC/USF Transformation Order at para. 801 & Figure 9. See also 47 C.F.R. §§ 51.907, 51.909. September 2011 NARUC Letter at 2. This could include, inter alia, unreasonable delay to connect a call, as manifested by prolonged silence (``dead air'') and/or prolonged ringing in advance of the called phone being alerted. Prolonged ringing occurs when callers are provided with prolonged audible ringing well before the called party's phone has even been alerted. This causes a caller
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  • and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, this order IS HEREBY ADOPTED as described above. 15. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to section 1.3 of the Commissions rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.3, and pursuant to authority delegated in sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, sections 69.3(a), 51.907(b), and 51.909(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 69.3(a), , 51.907(b), 51.909(b), ARE WAIVED for the limited purpose specified in paragraph 2 supra. 16. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to section 1.3 of the Commissions rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.3, and pursuant to authority delegated in sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, section
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  • ARC), an Access Reduction spreadsheet and a Reciprocal Compensation spreadsheet. The ARC spreadsheet will be the same as the spreadsheet filed by the price cap ILECs described in paragraph 12 above. The Access Reduction spreadsheets and the Reciprocal Compensation spreadsheet will be different than the price cap Access Reduction spreadsheet, in order for the rate-of-return carriers to comply with sections 51.909(b)-(g) of the Commission's rules. Similarly, the Reciprocal Compensation spreadsheet will be different than the price cap Reciprocal Compensation spreadsheet in order for rate-of-return carriers to comply with section 51.705 of the Commission's rules and to calculate eligible recovery for reciprocal compensation rate reductions pursuant to section 51.917(d) of the Commission's rules. B. General Guidelines Applicable to NECA We have not
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  • approaches that can be used to transition intrastate switched access rates to interstate switched access rates. In considering alternative rate and rate structure approaches to reducing intrastate switched access rates, the overarching principle is compliance with the requirement that a carrier reduce its overall intrastate switched access rates by the amount calculated in section 51.907(b)(2) (for price cap carriers) or 51.909(b)(2) (for rate-of-return carriers) of the Commission's rules. Thus, we now clarify that a carrier required to make intrastate rate reductions in 2012 may increase individual intrastate switched access rate element levels to levels above comparable interstate rate element levels in 2012 without violating the prohibition on raising intrastate switched access rates as long as the overall reduction principle is satisfied.
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  • June 8, 2012 REPLY COMMENTS DUE: June 11, 2012 On June 1, 2012, the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., (NECA) filed a petition seeking a temporary expedited waiver of the Commission's ``rules and related orders governing the calculation of Interstate Access Recovery Charge (ARC) rates and reporting of initial estimated Eligible Recovery amounts.'' Specifically, NECA seeks a waiver of section 51.909(b)(2)(ii) of the Commission's rules for purposes of calculating ARCs under section 51.917(e) of the Commission's rules and for reporting initial estimated Eligible Recovery amounts for NECA pool members to the Universal Service Administrative Company. , 80 South Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ 07981. . Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and one copy of
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  • have reviewed the NECA filings and find that the proposed formulas in its May 25, 2012, filing are reasonable. We note that NECA must reflect the shift of CABS costs from the average schedule baseline revenue requirement in its 2012 switched access rates, and that such revised rates will become the new cap on its switched access rates under section 51.909 (a) of the Commission's rules. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to section 69.606(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 69.606(b), and pursuant to the authority delegated under sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, that the average schedule formulas proposed by the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., on May 25, 2012, SHALL BECOME
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  • Price Cap Carrier shall: (i) Increase the rate for any intrastate rate element that is below the comparable interstate rate for that element to the interstate rate on July 1, 2013; and (ii) Include any increases made pursuant to paragraph (4)(i) of this section in the calculation of its eligible recovery for 2013. * * * * * Revise § 51.909 (a)(3), (b)(2)(v), (b)(3), add (b)(4), revise (c), as follows: § 51.909 Transition of rate-of-return carrier access charges. (a) * * * (3) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(4) of this section, nothing in this section obligates or allows a Rate-of-Return Carrier that has intrastate rates lower than its functionally equivalent interstate rates to make any intrastate tariff filing or intrastate
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  • commission shall require carriers to make adjustments to past compensation. * * * §51.717 [Removed and Reserved] Remove and reserve §51.717. Add new subpart J to part 51 to read as follows: Subpart J-Transitional Access Service Pricing Sec. 51.901 Purpose and Scope of transitional access service pricing rules. 51.903 Definitions. 51.905 Implementation. 51.907 Transition of Price Cap Carrier access charges. 51.909 Transition of Rate-of-Return carrier access charges. 51.911 Reciprocal compensation rates for CLECs. 51.913 Transition for VoIP-PSTN traffic. 51.915 Revenue recovery for Price Cap carriers 51.917 Revenue recovery for Rate of Return carriers 51.919 Reporting and Monitoring § 51.901 Purpose and scope of transitional access service pricing rules. (a) The purpose of this section is to establish rules governing the transition