Sec. 64.1503  Termination of pay-per-call and other information 
          programs.

    (a) Any common carrier assigning a telephone number to a provider of 
interstate pay-per-call service shall specify by contract or tariff that 
pay-per-call programs not in compliance with Sec. 64.1502 shall be 
terminated following written notice to the information provider. The 
information provider shall be afforded a period of no less than seven 
and no more than 14 days during which a program may be brought into 
compliance. Programs not in compliance at the expiration of such period 
shall be terminated immediately.
    (b) Any common carrier providing transmission or billing and 
collection services to a provider of interstate information service 
through any 800 telephone number, or other telephone number advertised 
or widely understood to be toll-free, shall promptly investigate any 
complaint that such service is not provided in accordance with 
Sec. 64.1504 or Sec. 64.1510(c), and, if the carrier reasonably 
determines that the complaint is valid, may terminate the provision of 
service to an information provider unless the provider supplies evidence 
of a written agreement that meets the requirements of this 
Sec. 64.1504(c)(1).

[61 1997 FR 39087 , July 26, 1996]