Goto Section: 69.109 | 69.111 | Table of Contents
FCC 69.110
Revised as of October 1, 2011
Goto Year:2010 |
2012
§ 69.110 Entrance facilities.
(a) A flat-rated entrance facilities charge expressed in dollars and
cents per unit of capacity shall be assessed upon all interexchange
carriers and other persons that use telephone company facilities
between the interexchange carrier or other person's point of
demarcation and the serving wire center.
(b)(1) For telephone companies subject to price cap regulation, initial
entrance facilities charges based on special access channel termination
rates for equivalent voice grade, DS1, and DS3 services as of September
1, 1992, adjusted for changes in the price cap index calculated for the
July 1, 1993 annual filing for telephone companies subject to price cap
regulation, generally shall be presumed reasonable if the benchmark
defined in § 69.108 is satisfied. Entrance facilities charges may be
distance-sensitive. Distance shall be measured as airline kilometers
between the point of demarcation and the serving wire center.
(2) For telephone companies not subject to price cap regulation,
entrance facilities charges based on special access channel termination
rates for equivalent voice grade, DS1, and DS3 services generally shall
be presumed reasonable if the benchmark defined in § 69.108 is
satisfied. Entrance facilities charges may be distance-sensitive.
Distance shall be measured as airline kilometers between the point of
demarcation and the serving wire center.
(c) If the telephone company employs distance-sensitive rates:
(1) A distance-sensitive component shall be assessed for use of the
transmission facilities, including any intermediate transmission
circuit equipment between the end points of the entrance facilities;
and
(2) A nondistance-sensitive component shall be assessed for use of the
circuit equipment at the ends of the transmission links.
(d) Telephone companies shall apply only their shortest term special
access rates in setting entrance facilities charges.
(e) Except as provided in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section,
and subpart H of this part, telephone companies shall not offer
entrance facilities based on term discounts or volume discounts for
multiple DS3s or any other service with higher volume than DS3.
(f) Except in the situations set forth in paragraphs (g) and (h) of
this section, telephone companies may offer term and volume discounts
in entrance facilities charges within each study area used for the
purpose of jurisdictional separations, in which interconnectors have
taken either:
(1) At least 100 DS1-equivalent cross-connects for the transmission of
switched traffic (as described in § 69.121(a)(1) of this chapter) in
offices in the study area that the telephone company has assigned to
the lowest priced density pricing zone (zone 1) under an approved
density pricing zone plan as described in § § 61.38(b)(4) and 61.49(k)
of this chapter; or
(2) An average of at least 25 DS1-equivalent cross-connects for the
transmission of switched traffic per office assigned to the lowest
priced density pricing zone (zone 1).
(g) In study areas in which the telephone company has implemented
density zone pricing, but no offices have been assigned to the lowest
price density pricing zone (zone 1), telephone companies may offer term
and volume discounts in entrance facilities charges within the study
area when interconnectors have taken at least 5 DS1-equivalent
cross-connects for the transmission of switched traffic (as described
in § 69.121(a)(1) of this chapter) in offices in the study area.
(h) In study areas in which the telephone company has not implemented
density zone pricing, telephone companies may offer term and volume
discounts in entrance facilities charges when interconnectors have
taken at least 100 DS1-equivalent cross-connects for the transmission
of switched traffic (as described in § 69.121(a)(1) of this chapter) in
offices in the study area.
[ 57 FR 54720 , Nov. 20, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 41190 and 41191, Aug.
3, 1993; 58 FR 44950 , Aug. 25, 1993; 58 FR 48763 , Sept. 17, 1993; 59 FR 10304 , Mar. 4, 1994; 60 FR 50121 , Sept. 28, 1995; 64 FR 51267 , Sept.
22, 1999]
Goto Section: 69.109 | 69.111
Goto Year: 2010 |
2012
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