FCC Web Documents citing 51.917

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  • 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 further investigation. Accordingly, we conclude that, substantial questions of lawfulness exist that
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  • opportunity for that year. Applying the adjustment factor after reducing a carrier's baseline by its ICC recovery opportunity would increase the carrier's Eligible Recovery, entitling it to increase charges on end-users and/or to increase its claim to CAF funding, and as a result would reduce the effective adjustment below the amount the Commission specified in the Order. As adopted, sections 51.917(d)(1)(i)(3) and (4) address the respective components of eligible recovery (Transitional Intrastate Access Service, interstate switched access, and net reciprocal compensation (including both CMRS and non-CMRS reciprocal compensation)) in terms of reductions rather than recovery opportunity. Accordingly, the rule is corrected and revised as set forth in Appendix B to reflect the carrier's intercarrier compensation recovery opportunity for the relevant year
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  • Commission is officially closed, tariffs submitted after 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday are officially filed on Monday. 47 C.F.R. § 61.43. 47 C.F.R. §§ 61.38, 69.3(f)(1). 47 C.F.R. § 61.39. See USF/ICC Transformation Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 17981-83, paras. 897-899. 47 C.F.R. § 69.3(f)(2). See USF/ICC Transformation Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 17987-94, paras. 906-916; 47 C.F.R. § 51.917(e). 47 C.F.R. § 61.49(k). See, e.g., July 1, 2009 Annual Access Charge Tariff Filings, WCB/Pricing File No. 09-02, Order, 24 FCC Rcd 3664 (Wireline Comp. Bur., 2009). See, e.g., Petition of the United States Telecom Association for Waiver of Rule 61.49(k)'s Non-exogenous Cost Data Requirements for the Short Form Tariff Review Plan and for Waiver of Rule 61.49(k)'s Deadline for
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  • 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 adopted a TRP for the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA), although NECA should refer to the rate-of-return TRP for guidance on the level of support materials to provide in its annual filing. As in the past, NECA should provide: (1) earnings data for special access services using
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  • rules. Such increase will not be considered to violate the prohibition on raising intrastate switched access rates. Accordingly, we revise sections 51.907, 51.909, and 51.911 of the Commission's rules to reflect these clarifications. An incumbent LEC shall reflect any increased revenues from increased intrastate rates made in light of this clarification in calculating its Eligible Recovery under section 51.915(d) or 51.917(d) of the Commission's rules, as appropriate. Moreover, several carriers and state commissions have inquired as to whether the transition rules require a proportionate reduction to each intrastate access rate element or whether the reduction may be targeted to a subset of rate element rates. Consistent with the above clarification, the required reductions to intrastate switched access rates may be made
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  • 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 each filing. If more than one docket or rulemaking number appears in
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  • No. 05-337, CC Docket No. 01-92, CC Docket No. 96-45, WC Docket No. 03-109, WT Docket No. 10-208, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 17663 at 17676-77, para. 35 (2011),(USF/ICC Transformation Order), pets. for review pending, In re FCC 11-161, No. 11-9900 (10th Cir. filed Dec. 8, 2011) (and consolidated cases). 47 C.F.R. § 51.917(c). See infra para. 14. For example, central office equipment (COE) Category 1 is Operator Systems Equipment, Account 2220. The Operator Systems Equipment account is further disaggregated or classified according to the following arrangements: (i) separate toll boards; (ii) separate local manual boards; (iii) combined local manual boards; (iv) combined toll and DSA boards; (v) separate DSA and DSB boards; (vi)
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  • 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 of intercarrier compensation from a calling-party's-network pays system to a default bill-and-keep methodology. Following the transition, the exchange of traffic between and among service providers
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  • December 29, 2011. See 76 FR 73830, 73855 (Nov. 29, 2011). USF/ICC Transformation Order at para. 995. We found for several reasons that this problem was more acute with respect to this traffic than with respect to other LEC traffic. Id. Id. at paras. 996-97. Id. Id. at para 997; see also id. at para. 847; 47 C.F.R. §§ 51.915(d), 51.917(d), 54.1101. See USF/ICC Transformation Order at para. 998-99 & App. A, 47 C.F.R. § 51.709 (c) Commenters interpreting the Commission's rules question the ability to recover through the recovery mechanism lost revenues that occur between December 29, 2011 and June 30, 2012 See, e.g., Letter from Michael R. Romano, Senior Vice President - Policy, NTCA, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary,
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  • above, are decreasing steadily over time as minutes-of-use decrease. 47 C.F.R. § 57.917(c)(ii). Rate-of-return carrier's interstate base period revenue would not be affected because this component is calculated using a carrier's 2011 revenue requirement, rather than actual demand during a specified time period. 47 C.F.R. § 57.917(d). See USF/ICC Transformation Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 17978-79, para. 892; 47 C.F.R. 51.917(b). Rural Associations Petition at 31. Id. at 32. The Commission favors incentive regulation over recovery based on historical costs and our reference to historical costs in this context should not be construed as a general endorsement of the use of historical costs for regulatory purposes. See e.g., USF/ICC Transformation Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 17983-87, paras. 900-05. We note, however,