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FCC 51.913
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 51.913 Transition for VoIP-PSTN traffic.
(a)(1) Terminating Access Reciprocal Compensation subject to this subpart
exchanged between a local exchange carrier and another telecommunications
carrier in Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) format that originates and/or
terminates in IP format shall be subject to a rate equal to the relevant
interstate terminating access charges specified by this subpart. Interstate
originating Access Reciprocal Compensation subject to this subpart exchanged
between a local exchange carrier and another telecommunications carrier in
Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) format that originates and/or terminates in
IP format shall be subject to a rate equal to the relevant interstate
originating access charges specified by this subpart.
(2) Until June 30, 2014, intrastate originating Access Reciprocal
Compensation subject to this subpart exchanged between a local exchange
carrier and another telecommunications carrier in Time Division Multiplexing
(TDM) format that originates and/or terminates in IP format shall be subject
to a rate equal to the relevant intrastate originating access charges
specified by this subpart. Effective July 1, 2014, originating Access
Reciprocal Compensation subject to this subpart exchanged between a local
exchange carrier and another telecommunications carrier in Time Division
Multiplexing (TDM) format that originates and/or terminates in IP format
shall be subject to a rate equal to the relevant interstate originating
access charges specified by this subpart.
(3) Telecommunications traffic originates and/or terminates in IP format if
it originates from and/or terminates to an end-user customer of a service
that requires Internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Commission's rules, a local
exchange carrier shall be entitled to assess and collect the full Access
Reciprocal Compensation charges prescribed by this subpart that are set
forth in a local exchange carrier's interstate or intrastate tariff for the
access services defined in § 51.903 regardless of whether the local exchange
carrier itself delivers such traffic to the called party's premises or
delivers the call to the called party's premises via contractual or other
arrangements with an affiliated or unaffiliated provider of interconnected
VoIP service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(25), or a non-interconnected VoIP
service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(36), that does not itself seek to
collect Access Reciprocal Compensation charges prescribed by this subpart
for that traffic. This rule does not permit a local exchange carrier to
charge for functions not performed by the local exchange carrier itself or
the affiliated or unaffiliated provider of interconnected VoIP service or
non-interconnected VoIP service. For purposes of this provision, functions
provided by a LEC as part of transmitting telecommunications between
designated points using, in whole or in part, technology other than TDM
transmission in a manner that is comparable to a service offered by a local
exchange carrier constitutes the functional equivalent of the incumbent
local exchange carrier access service.
[ 76 FR 73856 , Nov. 29, 2011, as amended at 77 FR 31536 , May 29, 2012]
(a) Access Reciprocal Compensation subject to this subpart exchanged between
a local exchange carrier and another telecommunications carrier in Time
Division Multiplexing (TDM) format that originates and/or terminates in IP
format shall be subject to a rate equal to the relevant interstate access
charges specified by this subpart. Telecommunications traffic originates
and/or terminates in IP format if it originates from and/or terminates to an
end-user customer of a service that requires Internet protocol-compatible
customer premises equipment.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Commission's rules, a local
exchange carrier shall be entitled to assess and collect the full Access
Reciprocal Compensation charges prescribed by this subpart that are set
forth in a local exchange carrier's interstate or intrastate tariff for the
access services defined in § 51.903 regardless of whether the local exchange
carrier itself delivers such traffic to the called party's premises or
delivers the call to the called party's premises via contractual or other
arrangements with an affiliated or unaffiliated provider of interconnected
VoIP service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(25), or a non-interconnected VoIP
service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(36), that does not itself seek to
collect Access Reciprocal Compensation charges prescribed by this subpart
for that traffic. This rule does not permit a local exchange carrier to
charge for functions not performed by the local exchange carrier itself or
the affiliated or unaffiliated provider of interconnected VoIP service or
non-interconnected VoIP service. For purposes of this provision, functions
provided by a LEC as part of transmitting telecommunications between
designated points using, in whole or in part, technology other than TDM
transmission in a manner that is comparable to a service offered by a local
exchange carrier constitutes the functional equivalent of the incumbent
local exchange carrier access service.
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Goto Section: 51.911 | 51.915
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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