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FCC 69.4
Revised as of October 1, 2006
Goto Year:2005 | 2007
Sec.  69.4   Charges to be filed.

   (a) The end user charges for access service filed with this Commission shall
   include charges for the End User Common Line element, and for line port
   costs in excess of basic, analog service.

   (b) Except as provided in paragraphs (c), (e), and (h) of this section, and
   in  Sec. 69.118, the carrier's carrier charges for access service filed with this
   Commission shall include charges for each of the following elements:

   (1) [Reserved]

   (2) Carrier common line, provided that after June 30, 2003, non-price cap
   local exchange carriers may not assess a carrier common line charge;

   (3) Local switching;

   (4) Information;

   (5) Tandem-switched transport;

   (6) Direct-trunked transport;

   (7) Special access; and

   (8) Line information database;

   (9) Entrance facilities.

   (c) [Reserved]

   (d) Recovery of Contributions to the Universal Service Support Mechanisms by
   Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers.

   (1) [Reserved]

   (2)(i)  Local exchange carriers may recover their contributions to the
   universal service support mechanisms only through explicit, interstate,
   end-user charges assessed pursuant to either  Sec. 69.131 or  Sec. 69.158 that are
   equitable and nondiscriminatory.

   (ii) Local exchange carriers may not recover any of their contributions to
   the universal service support mechanisms through access charges imposed on
   interexchange carriers.

   (e)  The  carrier's carrier charges for access service filed with this
   Commission by the telephone companies specified in  Sec. 64.1401(a) of this
   chapter  shall  include an element for connection charges for expanded
   interconnection. The carrier's carrier charges for access service filed with
   this Commission by the telephone companies not specified in  Sec. 64.1401(a) of
   this chapter may include an element for connection charges for expanded
   interconnection.

   (f) [Reserved]

   (g) Local exchange carriers may establish appropriate rate elements for a
   new service, within the meaning of  Sec. 61.3(x) of this chapter, in any tariff
   filing.

   (h) In addition to the charges specified in paragraph (b) of this section,
   the carrier's carrier charges for access service filed with this Commission
   by price cap local exchange carriers shall include charges for each of the
   following elements:

   (1) Presubscribed interexchange carrier;

   (2) Per-minute residual interconnection;

   (3) Dedicated local switching trunk port;

   (4) Shared local switching trunk pork;

   (5) Dedicated tandem switching trunk port;

   (6) [Reserved]

   (7) Multiplexers associated with tandem switching.

   (i) Paragraphs (b) and (h) of this section are not applicable to a price cap
   local exchange carrier to the extent that it has been granted the pricing
   flexibility in  Sec. 69.727(b)(1).

   (j) In addition to the charges specified in paragraph (b) of this section,
   the carrier's carrier charges for access service filed with this Commission
   by non-price cap local exchange carriers may include charges for each of the
   following elements:

   (1) Dedicated local switching trunk port;

   (2) Shared local switching trunk port;

   (3) Dedicated tandem switching trunk port;

   (4) Multiplexers associated with tandem switching;

   (5) DS1/voice grade multiplexers associated with analog switches; and

   (6) Per-message call setup.

   [ 48 FR 43017 , Sept. 21, 1983, as amended at  52 FR 21540 , June 8, 1987;  52 FR 37310 , Oct. 6, 1987;  54 FR 11718 , Mar. 22, 1989;  56 FR 33880 , July 24, 1991;
    57 FR 24380 , June 9, 1992;  57 FR 54332 , Nov. 18, 1993;  57 FR 54719 , Nov. 20,
   1993;  58 FR 30995 , May 28, 1993;  62 FR 4660 , Jan. 31, 1997;  62 FR 31932 ,
   June 11, 1997;  62 FR 56132 , Oct. 29, 1997;  64 FR 51266 , Sept. 22, 1999;  64 FR 60359 , Nov. 5, 1999;  65 FR 38701 , June 21, 2000;  65 FR 57743 , Sept. 26,
   2000;  66 FR 59730 , Nov. 30, 2001]


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Goto Year: 2005 | 2007
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