FCC Web Documents citing 64.1510

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  • the provision of pay-per-call services. 64.1503 Termination of pay-per-call and other information programs. 64.1504 Restrictions on the use of toll-free numbers. 64.1505 Restrictions on collect telephone calls. 64.1506 Number designation. 64.1507 Prohibition on disconnection or interruption of service for failure to remit pay-per-call and similar service charges. 64.1508 Blocking access to 900 service. 64.1509 Disclosure and dissemination of pay-per-call information. 64.1510 Billing and collection of pay-per-call and similar service charges. 64.1511 Forgiveness of charges and refunds. 64.1512 Involuntary blocking of pay-per-call services. 64.1513 Verification of charitable status. 64.1514 Generation of signaling tones. 64.1515 Recovery of costs. SUBPART P -- CALLING PARTY TELEPHONE NUMBER; PRIVACY Brief Description: The requirements in part 64, subpart P are based on the Commission's authority under sections
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  • the provision of pay-per-call services. 64.1503 Termination of pay-per-call and other information programs. 64.1504 Restrictions on the use of toll-free numbers. 64.1505 Restrictions on collect telephone calls. 64.1506 Number designation. 64.1507 Prohibition on disconnection or interruption of service for failure to remit pay-per-call and similar service charges. 64.1508 Blocking access to 900 service. 64.1509 Disclosure and dissemination of pay-per-call information. 64.1510 Billing and collection of pay-per-call and similar service charges. 64.1511 Forgiveness of charges and refunds. 64.1512 Involuntary blocking of pay-per-call services. 64.1513 Verification of charitable status. 64.1514 Generation of signaling tones. 64.1515 Recovery of costs. SUBPART Q -- IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 273(d)(5) OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT: DISPUTE RESOLUTION REGARDING EQUIPMENT STANDARDS Brief Description: These rules implement section 273(d) of the
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  • Act of 1996 - CC Docket No. 96-128 01/31/10 3060-0745 Implementation of the Local Exchange Carrier Tariff Streamlining Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-187 11/30/09 3060-0748 Sec. 64.1504 04/30/10 3060-0749 Sec. 64.1509 04/30/10 3060-0750 Secs. 73.671 and 73.673 07/31/08 3060-0751 Reports Concerning International Private Lines Interconnected to the U.S. Public Switched Network 01/31/09 3060-0752 Sec. 64.1510 04/30/10 3060-0754 FCC 398 06/30/09 3060-0755 Secs. 59.1, 59.2, 59.3 and 59.4 03/31/09 3060-0757 FCC Auctions Customer Survey 03/31/10 3060-0758 Amendment of Part 5 of the Commission's Rules to Revise the Experimental Radio Service Regulations, ET Docket No. 96-256 03/31/10 3060-0760 Access Charge Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262 03/31/09 3060-0761 Sec. 79.1 12/31/08 3060-0763 FCC Report 43-06 04/30/09 3060-0767 Auction
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  • Act of 1996 - CC Docket No. 96-128 01/31/10 3060-0745 Implementation of the Local Exchange Carrier Tariff Streamlining Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-187 11/30/09 3060-0748 Sec. 64.1504 04/30/10 3060-0749 Sec. 64.1509 04/30/10 3060-0750 Secs. 73.671 and 73.673 07/31/11 3060-0751 Reports Concerning International Private Lines Interconnected to the U.S. Public Switched Network 01/31/09 3060-0752 Sec. 64.1510 04/30/10 3060-0754 FCC 398 06/30/09 3060-0755 Secs. 59.1, 59.2, 59.3 and 59.4 03/31/09 3060-0757 FCC Auctions Customer Survey 03/31/10 3060-0758 Amendment of Part 5 of the Commission's Rules to Revise the Experimental Radio Service Regulations, ET Docket No. 96-256 03/31/10 3060-0760 Access Charge Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262 Pending OMB Approval 3060-0761 Sec. 79.1 12/31/08 3060-0763 FCC Report 43-06 04/30/09
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  • 52.32, 52.33, 52.34, 52.35, and 52.36; and CC Docket No. 95-116 07/31/13 3060-0743 Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 - CC Docket No. 96-128 02/28/13 3060-0745 Implementation of the Local Exchange Carrier Tariff Streamlining Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-187 10/31/12 3060-0748 Secs. 64.1504, 64.1509, and 64.1510 04/30/13 3060-0750 Secs. 73.671 and 73.673 07/31/11 3060-0751 Sec. 43.51, Reports Concerning International Private Lines Interconnected to the U.S. Public Switched Network 12/31/11 3060-0754 FCC 398 04/30/12 3060-0755 Secs. 59.1, 59.2, 59.3 and 59.4 03/31/12 3060-0757 FCC Auctions Customer Survey 05/31/13 3060-0758 Secs. 5.55, 5.61, 5.75, 5.85, and 5.93, Experimental Radio Service Regulations, ET Docket No. 96-256 04/30/13 3060-0760 Access
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  • Consumers Long Distance Carriers, CC Docket No. 94-129, Third Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 15996, at 16002-03, paras. 12-14 (2000). See 47 U.S.C. § 228(c)(8)(B) and (d)(4); see also 47 C.F.R. § 64.1504, 1509 and 1510. 47 U.S.C. § 228(d)(4); see also 47 C.F. R. § 64.1509(b) and 1510(2). 47 U.S.C. § 228(c)(8)(D); see also 47 C.F. R. § 64.1510(c). See 47 C.F.R. § 64.2400-2401; see also Truth-in-Billing and Billing Format, CC Docket No. 98-170, First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 14 FCC Rcd 7492 (1999) (Truth-in-Billing Order). 47 C.F.R. § 64.2401(b). See also Truth-in-Billing Order. Truth-in-Billing and Billing Format, Order on Reconsideration, 15 FCC Rcd 6023, at 6025, para. 5 (2000) (Truth-in-Billing Reconsideration). We
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  • that the Federal Trade Commission does not have jurisdiction over "common carriers subject to the Acts to regulate commerce, air carriers, and foreign air carriers . . . ."); see also FTC Comments at 7 n.10. Pub. L. No. 102-556, 106 Stat. 4181 (1992) (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1507 et seq. and 47 U.S.C. § 228). 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.1510(a)(2)(ii), (iii). Id. at § 64.1510(b). FTC comments at 7, citing Proposed Rules, Federal Trade Commission, 16 C.F.R. Part 308, Pay-Per-Call Rule, 63 Fed. Reg. 58,524 (1998). FTC comments at 8. Notice, 13 FCC Rcd at 18185-86. 47 U.S.C. §§ 201(b), 258. Notice, 13 FCC Rcd at 18185-18188. See, e.g., Minnesota OAG comments at 13-15; NYDPS comments at 1; NYCPB comments
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  • group of LEC providers of billing and collection services recently developed a set of voluntary guidelines that represent best practices to combat cramming.24 These guidelines primarily address the relationship between LECs and the service providers for whom they provide billing services.25 We applaud these efforts to protect consumers from 20 See 47 U.S.C. §§ 228(c), (i)(2). 21 47 C.F.R. § 64.1510(a)(2)(ii), (iii). 22 15 U.S.C. § 1601. 23 See 12 C.F.R. § 226.7. 24 See generally Cramming Press Release. The voluntary LEC guidelines include procedures for advance screening of products being charged to local telephone bills, telephone company scrutiny of service providers, verification of end user approval of services being charged to their bills, and customer dispute resolution procedures. 25 See
• http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99072.pdf http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99072.txt http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99072.wp
  • Federal Trade Commission does not have jurisdiction over "common carriers subject to the Acts to regulate commerce, air carriers, and foreign air carriers . . . ."); see also FTC Comments at 7 n.10. 63 Pub. L. No. 102-556, 106 Stat. 4181 (1992) (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1507 et seq. and 47 U.S.C. § 228). 64 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.1510(a)(2)(ii), (iii). 65 Id. at § 64.1510(b). 66 FTC comments at 7, citing Proposed Rules, Federal Trade Commission, 16 C.F.R. Part 308, Pay-Per-Call Rule, 63 Fed. Reg. 58,524 (1998). 67 FTC comments at 8. 17 telecommunications-related fraud.61 Through information sharing and dialogue, we intend to work together with the states towards the common objective of truth-in-billing. 27. Finally, we note that
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  • group of LEC providers of billing and collection services recently developed a set of voluntary guidelines that represent best practices to combat cramming.24 These guidelines primarily address the relationship between LECs and the service providers for whom they provide billing services.25 We applaud these efforts to protect consumers from 20 See 47 U.S.C. §§ 228(c), (i)(2). 21 47 C.F.R. § 64.1510(a)(2)(ii), (iii). 22 15 U.S.C. § 1601. 23 See 12 C.F.R. § 226.7. 24 See generally Cramming Press Release. The voluntary LEC guidelines include procedures for advance screening of products being charged to local telephone bills, telephone company scrutiny of service providers, verification of end user approval of services being charged to their bills, and customer dispute resolution procedures. 25 See
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99072.pdf http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99072.txt http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99072.wp
  • Federal Trade Commission does not have jurisdiction over "common carriers subject to the Acts to regulate commerce, air carriers, and foreign air carriers . . . ."); see also FTC Comments at 7 n.10. 63 Pub. L. No. 102-556, 106 Stat. 4181 (1992) (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1507 et seq. and 47 U.S.C. § 228). 64 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.1510(a)(2)(ii), (iii). 65 Id. at § 64.1510(b). 66 FTC comments at 7, citing Proposed Rules, Federal Trade Commission, 16 C.F.R. Part 308, Pay-Per-Call Rule, 63 Fed. Reg. 58,524 (1998). 67 FTC comments at 8. 17 telecommunications-related fraud.61 Through information sharing and dialogue, we intend to work together with the states towards the common objective of truth-in-billing. 27. Finally, we note that
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  • We would expect, of course, that LECs and other billing agents take reasonable steps to ensure good-faith compliance by those entities for which they provide billing services. Letter from Marie Breslin, Bell Atlantic, to Magalie Roman Salas, FCC, dated February 2, 2000 (attaching Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF) Issue Identification Form). See, e.g., MCI Petition at 11. 47 C.F.R. § 64.1510. See, TIB Order at para. 31. 47 C.F.R. § 64.2401(a)(2)(ii). See Appendix A. A "deniable" charge is a charge that, if not paid, may result in the termination -- "denial" -- of the customer's local exchange service. Conversely, a "non-deniable" charge is a charge that will not result in the termination of the customer's basic service for non-payment, even though
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  • the provision of pay-per-call services. 64.1503 Termination of pay-per-call and other information programs. 64.1504 Restrictions on the use of toll-free numbers. 64.1505 Restrictions on collect telephone calls. 64.1506 Number designation. 64.1507 Prohibition on disconnection or interruption of service for failure to remit pay-per-call and similar service charges. 64.1508 Blocking access to 900 service. 64.1509 Disclosure and dissemination of pay-per-call information. 64.1510 Billing and collection of pay-per-call and similar service charges. 64.1511 Forgiveness of charges and refunds. 64.1512 Involuntary blocking of pay-per-call services. 64.1513 Verification of charitable status. 64.1514 Generation of signaling tones. 64.1515 Recovery of costs. SUBPART P -- CALLING PARTY TELEPHONE NUMBER; PRIVACY Brief Description: The requirements in part 64, subpart P are based on the Commission's authority under sections
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  • the provision of pay-per-call services. 64.1503 Termination of pay-per-call and other information programs. 64.1504 Restrictions on the use of toll-free numbers. 64.1505 Restrictions on collect telephone calls. 64.1506 Number designation. 64.1507 Prohibition on disconnection or interruption of service for failure to remit pay-per-call and similar service charges. 64.1508 Blocking access to 900 service. 64.1509 Disclosure and dissemination of pay-per-call information. 64.1510 Billing and collection of pay-per-call and similar service charges. 64.1511 Forgiveness of charges and refunds. 64.1512 Involuntary blocking of pay-per-call services. 64.1513 Verification of charitable status. 64.1514 Generation of signaling tones. 64.1515 Recovery of costs. SUBPART Q -- IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 273(d)(5) OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT: DISPUTE RESOLUTION REGARDING EQUIPMENT STANDARDS Brief Description: These rules implement section 273(d) of the
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  • Act of 1996 - CC Docket No. 96-128 01/31/10 3060-0745 Implementation of the Local Exchange Carrier Tariff Streamlining Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-187 11/30/09 3060-0748 Sec. 64.1504 04/30/10 3060-0749 Sec. 64.1509 04/30/10 3060-0750 Secs. 73.671 and 73.673 07/31/08 3060-0751 Reports Concerning International Private Lines Interconnected to the U.S. Public Switched Network 01/31/09 3060-0752 Sec. 64.1510 04/30/10 3060-0754 FCC 398 06/30/09 3060-0755 Secs. 59.1, 59.2, 59.3 and 59.4 03/31/09 3060-0757 FCC Auctions Customer Survey 03/31/10 3060-0758 Amendment of Part 5 of the Commission's Rules to Revise the Experimental Radio Service Regulations, ET Docket No. 96-256 03/31/10 3060-0760 Access Charge Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262 03/31/09 3060-0761 Sec. 79.1 12/31/08 3060-0763 FCC Report 43-06 04/30/09 3060-0767 Auction
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  • Act of 1996 - CC Docket No. 96-128 01/31/10 3060-0745 Implementation of the Local Exchange Carrier Tariff Streamlining Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-187 11/30/09 3060-0748 Sec. 64.1504 04/30/10 3060-0749 Sec. 64.1509 04/30/10 3060-0750 Secs. 73.671 and 73.673 07/31/11 3060-0751 Reports Concerning International Private Lines Interconnected to the U.S. Public Switched Network 01/31/09 3060-0752 Sec. 64.1510 04/30/10 3060-0754 FCC 398 06/30/09 3060-0755 Secs. 59.1, 59.2, 59.3 and 59.4 03/31/09 3060-0757 FCC Auctions Customer Survey 03/31/10 3060-0758 Amendment of Part 5 of the Commission's Rules to Revise the Experimental Radio Service Regulations, ET Docket No. 96-256 03/31/10 3060-0760 Access Charge Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262 Pending OMB Approval 3060-0761 Sec. 79.1 12/31/08 3060-0763 FCC Report 43-06 04/30/09
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  • 52.32, 52.33, 52.34, 52.35, and 52.36; and CC Docket No. 95-116 07/31/13 3060-0743 Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 - CC Docket No. 96-128 02/28/13 3060-0745 Implementation of the Local Exchange Carrier Tariff Streamlining Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-187 10/31/12 3060-0748 Secs. 64.1504, 64.1509, and 64.1510 04/30/13 3060-0750 Secs. 73.671 and 73.673 07/31/11 3060-0751 Sec. 43.51, Reports Concerning International Private Lines Interconnected to the U.S. Public Switched Network 12/31/11 3060-0754 FCC 398 04/30/12 3060-0755 Secs. 59.1, 59.2, 59.3 and 59.4 03/31/12 3060-0757 FCC Auctions Customer Survey 05/31/13 3060-0758 Secs. 5.55, 5.61, 5.75, 5.85, and 5.93, Experimental Radio Service Regulations, ET Docket No. 96-256 04/30/13 3060-0760 Access
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  • Consumers Long Distance Carriers, CC Docket No. 94-129, Third Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 15996, at 16002-03, paras. 12-14 (2000). See 47 U.S.C. § 228(c)(8)(B) and (d)(4); see also 47 C.F.R. § 64.1504, 1509 and 1510. 47 U.S.C. § 228(d)(4); see also 47 C.F. R. § 64.1509(b) and 1510(2). 47 U.S.C. § 228(c)(8)(D); see also 47 C.F. R. § 64.1510(c). See 47 C.F.R. § 64.2400-2401; see also Truth-in-Billing and Billing Format, CC Docket No. 98-170, First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 14 FCC Rcd 7492 (1999) (Truth-in-Billing Order). 47 C.F.R. § 64.2401(b). See also Truth-in-Billing Order. Truth-in-Billing and Billing Format, Order on Reconsideration, 15 FCC Rcd 6023, at 6025, para. 5 (2000) (Truth-in-Billing Reconsideration). We
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  • that the Federal Trade Commission does not have jurisdiction over "common carriers subject to the Acts to regulate commerce, air carriers, and foreign air carriers . . . ."); see also FTC Comments at 7 n.10. Pub. L. No. 102-556, 106 Stat. 4181 (1992) (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1507 et seq. and 47 U.S.C. § 228). 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.1510(a)(2)(ii), (iii). Id. at § 64.1510(b). FTC comments at 7, citing Proposed Rules, Federal Trade Commission, 16 C.F.R. Part 308, Pay-Per-Call Rule, 63 Fed. Reg. 58,524 (1998). FTC comments at 8. Notice, 13 FCC Rcd at 18185-86. 47 U.S.C. §§ 201(b), 258. Notice, 13 FCC Rcd at 18185-18188. See, e.g., Minnesota OAG comments at 13-15; NYDPS comments at 1; NYCPB comments
• http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Notices/1998/fcc98232.pdf http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Notices/1998/fcc98232.txt http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Notices/1998/fcc98232.wp
  • group of LEC providers of billing and collection services recently developed a set of voluntary guidelines that represent best practices to combat cramming.24 These guidelines primarily address the relationship between LECs and the service providers for whom they provide billing services.25 We applaud these efforts to protect consumers from 20 See 47 U.S.C. §§ 228(c), (i)(2). 21 47 C.F.R. § 64.1510(a)(2)(ii), (iii). 22 15 U.S.C. § 1601. 23 See 12 C.F.R. § 226.7. 24 See generally Cramming Press Release. The voluntary LEC guidelines include procedures for advance screening of products being charged to local telephone bills, telephone company scrutiny of service providers, verification of end user approval of services being charged to their bills, and customer dispute resolution procedures. 25 See
• http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99072.pdf http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99072.txt http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99072.wp
  • Federal Trade Commission does not have jurisdiction over "common carriers subject to the Acts to regulate commerce, air carriers, and foreign air carriers . . . ."); see also FTC Comments at 7 n.10. 63 Pub. L. No. 102-556, 106 Stat. 4181 (1992) (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1507 et seq. and 47 U.S.C. § 228). 64 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.1510(a)(2)(ii), (iii). 65 Id. at § 64.1510(b). 66 FTC comments at 7, citing Proposed Rules, Federal Trade Commission, 16 C.F.R. Part 308, Pay-Per-Call Rule, 63 Fed. Reg. 58,524 (1998). 67 FTC comments at 8. 17 telecommunications-related fraud.61 Through information sharing and dialogue, we intend to work together with the states towards the common objective of truth-in-billing. 27. Finally, we note that
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Notices/1998/fcc98232.pdf http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Notices/1998/fcc98232.txt http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Notices/1998/fcc98232.wp
  • group of LEC providers of billing and collection services recently developed a set of voluntary guidelines that represent best practices to combat cramming.24 These guidelines primarily address the relationship between LECs and the service providers for whom they provide billing services.25 We applaud these efforts to protect consumers from 20 See 47 U.S.C. §§ 228(c), (i)(2). 21 47 C.F.R. § 64.1510(a)(2)(ii), (iii). 22 15 U.S.C. § 1601. 23 See 12 C.F.R. § 226.7. 24 See generally Cramming Press Release. The voluntary LEC guidelines include procedures for advance screening of products being charged to local telephone bills, telephone company scrutiny of service providers, verification of end user approval of services being charged to their bills, and customer dispute resolution procedures. 25 See
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99072.pdf http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99072.txt http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99072.wp
  • Federal Trade Commission does not have jurisdiction over "common carriers subject to the Acts to regulate commerce, air carriers, and foreign air carriers . . . ."); see also FTC Comments at 7 n.10. 63 Pub. L. No. 102-556, 106 Stat. 4181 (1992) (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1507 et seq. and 47 U.S.C. § 228). 64 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.1510(a)(2)(ii), (iii). 65 Id. at § 64.1510(b). 66 FTC comments at 7, citing Proposed Rules, Federal Trade Commission, 16 C.F.R. Part 308, Pay-Per-Call Rule, 63 Fed. Reg. 58,524 (1998). 67 FTC comments at 8. 17 telecommunications-related fraud.61 Through information sharing and dialogue, we intend to work together with the states towards the common objective of truth-in-billing. 27. Finally, we note that
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/2000/fcc00111.doc
  • We would expect, of course, that LECs and other billing agents take reasonable steps to ensure good-faith compliance by those entities for which they provide billing services. Letter from Marie Breslin, Bell Atlantic, to Magalie Roman Salas, FCC, dated February 2, 2000 (attaching Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF) Issue Identification Form). See, e.g., MCI Petition at 11. 47 C.F.R. § 64.1510. See, TIB Order at para. 31. 47 C.F.R. § 64.2401(a)(2)(ii). See Appendix A. A "deniable" charge is a charge that, if not paid, may result in the termination -- "denial" -- of the customer's local exchange service. Conversely, a "non-deniable" charge is a charge that will not result in the termination of the customer's basic service for non-payment, even though