FCC Web Documents citing 69.111

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  • 202 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and protect consumers by preventing the exercise of market power by incumbent LECs by ensuring that rates are just, reasonable, and not unjustly or unreasonably discriminatory. Need: Sections 69.110(f)-(h) were adopted to allow telephone companies to offer term and volume discounts for entrance facilities charges after certain conditions are met. Sections 69.111(i)-(k) were adopted to grant LECs additional flexibility in the form of density zone pricing, and volume and term discounts. Section 69.112(e) was adopted to provide LECs that did not have DS3 or DS1 special access rates in effect a means to determine appropriate rates. Sections 69.112(f)-(h) were adopted to allow telephone companies to offer term and volume discounts in direct-trunked
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  • their own Common Line access rates, establish initial price cap indexes, actual price indexes, and service band indexes, and make other tariff changes to reflect requirements imposed on price cap LECs. As part of that authorization, the Bureau required the carriers to move marketing expenses from the Traffic-sensitive and Trunking Baskets to the Common Line Basket. Furthermore, sections 69.106 and 69.111 of the Commission's rules require a degree of unbundling for price cap LECs that is not required of rate-of-return LECs. A review of the initial tariff filings of the two carriers reveals that Puerto Rico did not properly move marketing expenses from the Traffic-sensitive and Trunking Baskets to the Common Line Basket. Furthermore, neither Consolidated nor Puerto Rico established the
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  • provisions of sections 201 and 202 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and protect consumers by preventing the exercise of market power by incumbent LECs. Need: Section 69.106 permits, but does not require, price cap LECs to establish a separate per-call setup charge assessed on IXCs for all calls handed off to the IXC's point of presence. Section 69.111 lays out a clear transport rate structure transition plan that describes all the steps necessary to achieve cost-based transport rates. Section 69.123 to ensure that access charges more closely reflect the costs imposed by individual access customers. These rules help to ensure that rates are just, reasonable, and not unjustly or unreasonably discriminatory. Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 154, 201-203, 205,
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  • 69.611. The removal of the following sections is effective January 1, 1998: 47 CFR §§ 69.201, 69.203, 69.204, 69.205, and 69.209. The following rules, which impose new or modified information or collection requirements, shall become effective upon approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), but no sooner than January 1, 1998: 47 CFR §§ 61.42, 61.48, 69.4, 69.106, 69.111, 69.153, 69.156. Unless otherwise stated herein, all remaining provisions of this Order are effective June 15, 1997." 462. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the waiver petitions of Bell Atlantic, Pacific Bell, GTE, Cincinnati Bell, U S West, and BellSouth discussed in Section III.A.5., regarding Section 69.104 as applied to ISDN service ARE DISMISSED. 463. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the
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  • paragraph (h)(1) of this section through charges assessed upon purchasers of shared transport. This charge shall be expressed in dollars and cents per access minute of use. The charge shall be computed by dividing the projected costs of the shared ports by the historical annual access minutes of use calculated for purposes of recovery of common transport costs in § 69.111(c). Non-price cap local exchange carriers shall recover the projected annual revenue requirement for the Local Switching element that are not recovered in paragraph (h)(1) of this section through charges that are expressed in dollars and cents per access minute of use and assessed upon all interexchange carriers that use local exchange switching facilities for the provision of interstate or foreign
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  • at 14234-35. 47 C.F.R. § 69.727(a)(2). 47 C.F.R. § 69.713(a) (The relevant services are: (1) common line services, as described in Sections 69.152, 69.153, and 69.154 of the Commission's rules; (2) services in the traffic-sensitive basket, as described in Section 61.42(d)(2) of the Commission's rules; and (3) the traffic sensitive components of tandem switched transport services, as described in Sections 69.111(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of the Commission's rules). The ten MSAs are: Atlanta, GA; Augusta, GA; Charleston-North Charleston, SC; Columbus, GA; Jacksonville, FL; Lafayette, LA; Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL; Montgomery, AL; Orlando, FL; and Panama City, FL Access Reform Fifth Report and Order, 14 FCC Rcd at 14309. Access Reform Fifth Report and Order, 14 FCC Rcd at 14287. Access Reform Fifth Report
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  • § 208. See NTCA Reply at 9. 47 C.F.R. § 69.123(a)(1). GCI Comments at 14. We note that, because we retain the cross-connect trigger for the offering of volume and term discounts for transport services, rate-of-return carriers will be subject to a similar requirement in offering volume or term discounts for transport services. GCI Reply at 23. 47 C.F.R. § 69.111(j) and (k); 47 C.F.R. §69.112(g) and (h). The Commission first sought comment on a "road map" for increasing pricing flexibility in response to increased competition in the Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, CC Docket No. 94-1, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 11 FCC Rcd 858 (1995). Pricing Flexibility Order, 14 FCC Rcd at 14263, para. 79.
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  • have filed tariff revisions that address the concerns with the suspended tariffs. Therefore, we conclude that these access rates are lawful. Discussion As part of their conversion from rate-of-return regulation to price cap regulation, Puerto Rico and Consolidated were required to move marketing expenses from the Traffic-sensitive and Trunking Baskets to the Common Line Basket. In addition, sections 69.106 and 69.111 of the Commission's rules require a greater degree of rate element unbundling for price cap LECs than is required of rate-of-return LECs. Upon review of the initial tariff filings of the two carriers, the Bureau found that neither Consolidated nor Puerto Rico established the unbundled rate elements and associated rates, terms, and conditions required of price cap LECs by sections
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  • or other customer provided by an incumbent local exchange carrier or any functional equivalent of the incumbent local exchange carrier access service provided by a non-incumbent local exchange carrier. Dedicated Transport Access Service rate elements for an incumbent local exchange carrier include the entrance facility rate elements specified in §69.110 of this chapter, the dedicated transport rate elements specified in §69.111 of this chapter, the direct-trunked transport rate elements specified in §69.112 of this chapter, and the intrastate rate elements for functionally equivalent access services. Dedicated Transport Access Service rate elements for a non-incumbent local exchange carrier include any functionally equivalent access services. (d) End Office Access Service. End Office Access Service means: (1) The switching of access traffic at the
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  • levels of tandem-switched 1949 transmission rates were presumed reasonable if they were based on a weighted per-minute equivalent of direct- trunked transport DS1 and DS3 rates that reflects the relative number of DS1 and DS3 circuits used in the tandem to end office links, calculated using a loading factor of 9000 minutes per month per voice-grade circuit. 47 C.F.R. § 69.111. First Transport Order, 7 FCC Rcd at 7018-19. Interstate access rates for tandem-switched transport vary by 1950 region and mileage. The average charge by RBOCs in Density Zone 1 for transport termination and one mile of switched common transport facility between a tandem switching office and end office equals 0.033 cents ($0.000331) per minute. For a five-mile facility, the average
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  • called the serving wire center, or Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-206 12 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.110 (requiring LECs to impose flat-rated charges on IXCs to recover the costs of entrance facilities). 13 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.112 (requiring LECs to impose a flat-rated charge on IXCs to recover the costs of direct- trunked transport). 14 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.111 (prescribing a three-part rate structure for LEC recovery from IXCs of tandem- switched transport costs: a flat-rated charge for the dedicated facility from the LEC serving wire center to the tandem switch, a per-minute tandem switching charge, and a per-minute charge for common transport from the tandem switch to the LEC end office). 15 Price Cap Performance Review for Local
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  • services into the affected indexes as required by § 61.49 of this chapter. (i) The following rules apply to the withdrawal from Association tariffs under the provision of paragraph (e)(6) or (e)(9) of this section or both by telephone companies electing to file price cap tariffs pursuant to paragraph (h) of this section. * * * (j) [deleted] 96.Revise Section 69.111(g)(4) to replace the terms "§ 61.43(e)(2)(v)" and "§ 61.43(e)(2)(vi)" with "§ 61.42(e)(2)(v)" and "§ 61.42(e)(2)(vi)", respectively. 97. Revise Section 69.113(c) to replace the term "§ 61.3(v)" with "§ 61.3(x)". 98. Revise Section 69.114(a) to replace the term "§ 61.3(v)" with "§ 61.3(x)". Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-164 39 Separate Statement of Commissioner Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth In re: Notice of Proposed
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  • of Use Rather than Assumed 9,000 Minutes of Use Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-106 Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-106 Access Charge Reform Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 16071-72. 216 See Competitive Telecommunications Ass's v. FCC, 87 F.3d 522 (D.C. Cir. 1996) ("CompTel"). 217 Access Charge Reform Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 16070-71. 218 Id. 219 Id. 220 47 C.F.R. § 69.111(c) (emphasis added). 221 51 1. Background 127. The Access Charge Reform Order directed all incumbent LECs, both price cap carriers and rate-of-return carriers, to use actual MOU per circuit rather than an assumed 9,000 MOU to develop their tandem-switched transport rates. In reviewing the interim rate structure for tandem-switched transport 216 rates in accordance with the CompTel remand, the Commission
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  • called the serving wire center, or Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-206 12 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.110 (requiring LECs to impose flat-rated charges on IXCs to recover the costs of entrance facilities). 13 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.112 (requiring LECs to impose a flat-rated charge on IXCs to recover the costs of direct- trunked transport). 14 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.111 (prescribing a three-part rate structure for LEC recovery from IXCs of tandem- switched transport costs: a flat-rated charge for the dedicated facility from the LEC serving wire center to the tandem switch, a per-minute tandem switching charge, and a per-minute charge for common transport from the tandem switch to the LEC end office). 15 Price Cap Performance Review for Local
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  • of this chapter. For purposes of §§ 61.41 through 61.49, this basket shall be referred to as the "CMT basket." A basket for traffic sensitive switched interstate access elements. For purposes of §§ 61.41 through 61.49 of this chapter, this basket shall be referred to as the "traffic sensitive basket." A basket for trunking services as described in §§ 69.110, 69.111, 69.112, 69.125(b), 69.129, and 69.155 of this chapter. For purposes of §§ 61.41 through 61.49, this basket shall be referred to as the "trunking basket." To the extent that a local exchange carrier specified in § 61.41(a) (2) or (3) offers interstate interexchange services that are not classified as access services for the purpose of part 69 of this chapter,
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  • to be extensively used for broadcasting throughout the transition.110 38. New licensees will also need to take into account the large number of digital broadcasters who will operate in the Lower 700 MHz Band during the transition. On average, there are slightly more than ten times the number of digital stations per channel on Channels 52-59 as compared to Channels 60-69.111 While the planning for the DTV Table of Allotments sought to minimize use of out-of-core channels, the 107 Notice, 16 FCC Rcd at 7289 ¶ 19. 108 Qwest Comments at 6. 109 See supra para. 15. 110 See APTS Comments at 3. 111 There are 166 DTV assignments on the eight television channels in the Lower 700 MHz Band (this
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  • services into the affected indexes as required by § 61.49 of this chapter. (i) The following rules apply to the withdrawal from Association tariffs under the provision of paragraph (e)(6) or (e)(9) of this section or both by telephone companies electing to file price cap tariffs pursuant to paragraph (h) of this section. * * * (j) [deleted] 96.Revise Section 69.111(g)(4) to replace the terms "§ 61.43(e)(2)(v)" and "§ 61.43(e)(2)(vi)" with "§ 61.42(e)(2)(v)" and "§ 61.42(e)(2)(vi)", respectively. 97. Revise Section 69.113(c) to replace the term "§ 61.3(v)" with "§ 61.3(x)". 98. Revise Section 69.114(a) to replace the term "§ 61.3(v)" with "§ 61.3(x)". Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-164 39 Separate Statement of Commissioner Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth In re: Notice of Proposed
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  • common line interstate access elements as described in §§ 69.115, 69.152, 69.154, and 69.157 of this chapter, and that portion of the interstate access element described in § 69.153 of this chapter that recovers common line interstate access revenues; (2) A basket for traffic sensitive switched interstate access elements; (3) A basket for trunking services as described in §§ 69.110, 69.111, 69.112, 69.114, 69.125(b), and 69.155 of this chapter, and that portion of the interstate access element described in § 69.153 of this chapter that recovers residual interconnection charge revenues; (4) To the extent that a local exchange carrier specified in § 61.41(a)(2) or (3) offers interstate interexchange services that are not classified as access services for the purpose of part
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  • levels of tandem-switched 1949 transmission rates were presumed reasonable if they were based on a weighted per-minute equivalent of direct- trunked transport DS1 and DS3 rates that reflects the relative number of DS1 and DS3 circuits used in the tandem to end office links, calculated using a loading factor of 9000 minutes per month per voice-grade circuit. 47 C.F.R. § 69.111. First Transport Order, 7 FCC Rcd at 7018-19. Interstate access rates for tandem-switched transport vary by 1950 region and mileage. The average charge by RBOCs in Density Zone 1 for transport termination and one mile of switched common transport facility between a tandem switching office and end office equals 0.033 cents ($0.000331) per minute. For a five-mile facility, the average
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  • 1998: 47 CFR 61.3, 61.46, 69.1, 69.2, 69.105, 69.123, 69.124, 69.125, 69.154, 69.155, 69.157, 69.305, 69.306, 69.309, 69.401, 69.411, 69.502, and 69.611. The following rules, which impose new or modified information or collection requirements, shall become effective upon approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), but no sooner than January 1, 1998: 47 CFR 61.42, 61.48, 69.4, 69.106, 69.111, 69.153, 69.156. Unless otherwise stated herein, all remaining provisions of this Order are effective June 15, 1997." 5. These errata amend "Appendix C Final Rules" of the First Report and Order as follows: Amend paragraph 2 by adding "the introductory text of" after "revising". Amend the introductory text of paragraph 3 by removing "(d) and (e)" and replacing with "(d)(1),
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  • 51.509(d). We note, however, that we are not addressing the issue of whether both cost recovery methods that Ameritech offers represent efficient rate structures for the recovery of the costs of dedicated facilities. For example, our access charge rules estimate a "loading factor of 9,000 minutes per month per voice- 792 grade circuit" for certain transport facilities. 47 C.F.R. § 69.111. Ameritech Application, Vol. 2.3, Edwards Aff. at 47-48. (emphasis added). 793 See supra para. 305. 794 Ameritech states that, "as originally proposed, any sharing would have been between other carriers, but 795 not with Ameritech." Ameritech Application, Vol. 2.3, Edwards Aff. at 47-48 (emphasis added). The original proposal referenced is presented as a comparison to Ameritech's Shared Company Transport option.
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  • new entrants, and would further delay the public interest benefits of competition. Thus, we conclude that the petitioners have failed to satisfy either of the last two factors we must consider in evaluating their stay petitions. Accordingly, we deny the stay petitions. B. Deaveraged Tandem-Switched Transport Transmission Rates 82. We also take this opportunity to amend the language of section 69.111(c)(1) to specify the manner in which minutes are to be determined through June 30, 1998, in calculating tandem-switched transport transmission rates when an incumbent LEC has deaveraged rates by density zone. Section 69.111(c)(2), which applies after July 1, 1998, includes such language. The First Report and Order did not intend to take away the ability of incumbent LECs to deaverage
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  • of Use Rather than Assumed 9,000 Minutes of Use Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-106 Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-106 Access Charge Reform Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 16071-72. 216 See Competitive Telecommunications Ass's v. FCC, 87 F.3d 522 (D.C. Cir. 1996) ("CompTel"). 217 Access Charge Reform Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 16070-71. 218 Id. 219 Id. 220 47 C.F.R. § 69.111(c) (emphasis added). 221 51 1. Background 127. The Access Charge Reform Order directed all incumbent LECs, both price cap carriers and rate-of-return carriers, to use actual MOU per circuit rather than an assumed 9,000 MOU to develop their tandem-switched transport rates. In reviewing the interim rate structure for tandem-switched transport 216 rates in accordance with the CompTel remand, the Commission
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  • called the serving wire center, or Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-206 12 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.110 (requiring LECs to impose flat-rated charges on IXCs to recover the costs of entrance facilities). 13 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.112 (requiring LECs to impose a flat-rated charge on IXCs to recover the costs of direct- trunked transport). 14 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.111 (prescribing a three-part rate structure for LEC recovery from IXCs of tandem- switched transport costs: a flat-rated charge for the dedicated facility from the LEC serving wire center to the tandem switch, a per-minute tandem switching charge, and a per-minute charge for common transport from the tandem switch to the LEC end office). 15 Price Cap Performance Review for Local
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  • of this chapter. For purposes of §§ 61.41 through 61.49, this basket shall be referred to as the "CMT basket." A basket for traffic sensitive switched interstate access elements. For purposes of §§ 61.41 through 61.49 of this chapter, this basket shall be referred to as the "traffic sensitive basket." A basket for trunking services as described in §§ 69.110, 69.111, 69.112, 69.125(b), 69.129, and 69.155 of this chapter. For purposes of §§ 61.41 through 61.49, this basket shall be referred to as the "trunking basket." To the extent that a local exchange carrier specified in § 61.41(a) (2) or (3) offers interstate interexchange services that are not classified as access services for the purpose of part 69 of this chapter,
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  • Company Facilities, Report and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 7 FCC Rcd 7369, 7454 (1992). Access Charge Reform, Fifth Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 14 FCC Rcd 14221, 14234 (1999) (Pricing Flexibility Order). Id. 47 C.F.R. § 69.713(b). Rate-of-return LECs can offer volume and term discounts on transport services under specified conditions, 47 C.F.R. § 69.111(i) and 69.112(f). Pricing Flexibility Order, 14 FCC Rcd at 14264; see also Incumbent LEC Regulatory Treatment Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 15818-19 (even if a BOC interLATA affiliate could drive one of the three large IXCs from the market, that IXC's fiber-optic transmission capacity would remain intact, and another firm could buy that capacity at a distress sale and immediately
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  • DOMINANT CARRIER #PAGESNTC61.38 PUSPETN-DUE 61.49 #DISK#CD EFFDATE ISSUED FILING#TRANS# FCC# S.P.# 12/17/98 VJ 1 15 0 0 1/1/99 12/23/98 ALIANT COMMUNICATIONS CO. 1 24 1 S Y N O P S I S Filing is made in compliance with Part 69.152 of the Commission's Rules which requires an increase in the End User Common Line (EUCL) price ceilings & Part 69.111(g)(1), and new USF Factors. CARRIER #PAGESNTC61.38 PUSPETN-DUE 61.49 #DISK#CD EFFDATE ISSUED FILING#TRANS# FCC# S.P.# 12/17/98 JWL 1 15 Y 0 0 1/1/99 12/23/98 ALLTEL TELEPHONE 1 66 1 S Y N O P S I S Access and reform and/or USF filing. CARRIER #PAGESNTC61.38 PUSPETN-DUE 61.49 #DISK#CD EFFDATE ISSUED FILING#TRANS# FCC# S.P.# 12/17/98 RLS 1 15 0 0 1/1/99 12/23/98
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  • NOTICES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Report No: N-34-A. Released: August 19, 1997. COMMON CARRIER NETWORK SERVICES APPLICATIONS. Report No: 24058A. Released: August 19, 1997. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: [15]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applica tions/ap970819.txt Report No: 1950. Released: August 19, 1997. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU WEEKLY RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- TEXTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- PACIFIC BELL. Granted a request by Pacific Bell for waiver of Parts 69.110, 69.111, and 69.112 of the Commission's rules to establish new rate elements for provision of Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) Ring and Access Service. Action by Deputy Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau. Adopted: August 19, 1997. by MO&O. (DA No. 97-1766). CCB LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS' PAYPHONE FUNCTIONS AND FEATURES; BELL ATLANTIC TELEPHONE COMPANIES, ET. AL. The Commission designated the following
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  • 1997. CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE REGISTRATIONS; SPECIAL RELIEF AND OTHER FILINGS. Report No: 44111. Released: November 4, 1997. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Internet URL: [12]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions /ac971104.txt Report No: 24111. Released: November 4, 1997. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: [13]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applica tions/ap971104.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- TEXTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- GTE. Granted request by the GTE Operating Companies and the GTE System Telephone Companies for waiver of Sections 69.110, 69.111, and 69.112 of the Commissin's rules to permit it to establish new rate elements for provision of Synchronous Optical Network Ring and Accesss Service. Action by Chief, Competitive Pricing Division. Adopted: November 4, 1997. by MO&O. (DA No. 97-2322). CCB [14][icon bar] References 1. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1997/pnin7240.txt 2. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1997/pnin7239.txt 3. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1997/pnin7242.txt 4. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1997/pnin7243.txt 5. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions/ac971105.txt 6. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applications/ap971105.txt 7. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/ITFS_Notices/pnmm7221.txt 8. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/Exparte/ex971105.html 9.
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  • Released: February 20, 1998. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Internet URL: [11]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions /ac980220.txt Report No: 24182. Released: February 20, 1998. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: [12]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applica tions/ap980220.txt Report No: 325. Released: February 20, 1998. MASS MEDIA BUREAU CALL SIGN ACTIONS. Internet URL: [13]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Call_Sign_Chan ges/pnmm8024.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- TEXTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Granted U S West's petition for waiver of sections 69.110, 69.111, and 69.112 of the Commission's Rules to permit it to introduce two new rate elements in connection with the use of its Synchronous Service Transport (SST) for switched service. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: February 19, 1998. by MO&O. (DA No. 98-330). CCB Internet URL: [14]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1998/da980330.txt BEEHIVE TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. Approved the modified refund plan submitted by Beehive Telephone Company,
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  • 202 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and protect consumers by preventing the exercise of market power by incumbent LECs by ensuring that rates are just, reasonable, and not unjustly or unreasonably discriminatory. Need: Sections 69.110(f)-(h) were adopted to allow telephone companies to offer term and volume discounts for entrance facilities charges after certain conditions are met. Sections 69.111(i)-(k) were adopted to grant LECs additional flexibility in the form of density zone pricing, and volume and term discounts. Section 69.112(e) was adopted to provide LECs that did not have DS3 or DS1 special access rates in effect a means to determine appropriate rates. Sections 69.112(f)-(h) were adopted to allow telephone companies to offer term and volume discounts in direct-trunked
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  • their own Common Line access rates, establish initial price cap indexes, actual price indexes, and service band indexes, and make other tariff changes to reflect requirements imposed on price cap LECs. As part of that authorization, the Bureau required the carriers to move marketing expenses from the Traffic-sensitive and Trunking Baskets to the Common Line Basket. Furthermore, sections 69.106 and 69.111 of the Commission's rules require a degree of unbundling for price cap LECs that is not required of rate-of-return LECs. A review of the initial tariff filings of the two carriers reveals that Puerto Rico did not properly move marketing expenses from the Traffic-sensitive and Trunking Baskets to the Common Line Basket. Furthermore, neither Consolidated nor Puerto Rico established the
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  • provisions of sections 201 and 202 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and protect consumers by preventing the exercise of market power by incumbent LECs. Need: Section 69.106 permits, but does not require, price cap LECs to establish a separate per-call setup charge assessed on IXCs for all calls handed off to the IXC's point of presence. Section 69.111 lays out a clear transport rate structure transition plan that describes all the steps necessary to achieve cost-based transport rates. Section 69.123 to ensure that access charges more closely reflect the costs imposed by individual access customers. These rules help to ensure that rates are just, reasonable, and not unjustly or unreasonably discriminatory. Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 154, 201-203, 205,
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  • 69.611. The removal of the following sections is effective January 1, 1998: 47 CFR §§ 69.201, 69.203, 69.204, 69.205, and 69.209. The following rules, which impose new or modified information or collection requirements, shall become effective upon approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), but no sooner than January 1, 1998: 47 CFR §§ 61.42, 61.48, 69.4, 69.106, 69.111, 69.153, 69.156. Unless otherwise stated herein, all remaining provisions of this Order are effective June 15, 1997." 462. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the waiver petitions of Bell Atlantic, Pacific Bell, GTE, Cincinnati Bell, U S West, and BellSouth discussed in Section III.A.5., regarding Section 69.104 as applied to ISDN service ARE DISMISSED. 463. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the
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  • paragraph (h)(1) of this section through charges assessed upon purchasers of shared transport. This charge shall be expressed in dollars and cents per access minute of use. The charge shall be computed by dividing the projected costs of the shared ports by the historical annual access minutes of use calculated for purposes of recovery of common transport costs in § 69.111(c). Non-price cap local exchange carriers shall recover the projected annual revenue requirement for the Local Switching element that are not recovered in paragraph (h)(1) of this section through charges that are expressed in dollars and cents per access minute of use and assessed upon all interexchange carriers that use local exchange switching facilities for the provision of interstate or foreign
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  • at 14234-35. 47 C.F.R. § 69.727(a)(2). 47 C.F.R. § 69.713(a) (The relevant services are: (1) common line services, as described in Sections 69.152, 69.153, and 69.154 of the Commission's rules; (2) services in the traffic-sensitive basket, as described in Section 61.42(d)(2) of the Commission's rules; and (3) the traffic sensitive components of tandem switched transport services, as described in Sections 69.111(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of the Commission's rules). The ten MSAs are: Atlanta, GA; Augusta, GA; Charleston-North Charleston, SC; Columbus, GA; Jacksonville, FL; Lafayette, LA; Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL; Montgomery, AL; Orlando, FL; and Panama City, FL Access Reform Fifth Report and Order, 14 FCC Rcd at 14309. Access Reform Fifth Report and Order, 14 FCC Rcd at 14287. Access Reform Fifth Report
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  • § 208. See NTCA Reply at 9. 47 C.F.R. § 69.123(a)(1). GCI Comments at 14. We note that, because we retain the cross-connect trigger for the offering of volume and term discounts for transport services, rate-of-return carriers will be subject to a similar requirement in offering volume or term discounts for transport services. GCI Reply at 23. 47 C.F.R. § 69.111(j) and (k); 47 C.F.R. §69.112(g) and (h). The Commission first sought comment on a "road map" for increasing pricing flexibility in response to increased competition in the Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, CC Docket No. 94-1, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 11 FCC Rcd 858 (1995). Pricing Flexibility Order, 14 FCC Rcd at 14263, para. 79.
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  • have filed tariff revisions that address the concerns with the suspended tariffs. Therefore, we conclude that these access rates are lawful. Discussion As part of their conversion from rate-of-return regulation to price cap regulation, Puerto Rico and Consolidated were required to move marketing expenses from the Traffic-sensitive and Trunking Baskets to the Common Line Basket. In addition, sections 69.106 and 69.111 of the Commission's rules require a greater degree of rate element unbundling for price cap LECs than is required of rate-of-return LECs. Upon review of the initial tariff filings of the two carriers, the Bureau found that neither Consolidated nor Puerto Rico established the unbundled rate elements and associated rates, terms, and conditions required of price cap LECs by sections
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  • or other customer provided by an incumbent local exchange carrier or any functional equivalent of the incumbent local exchange carrier access service provided by a non-incumbent local exchange carrier. Dedicated Transport Access Service rate elements for an incumbent local exchange carrier include the entrance facility rate elements specified in §69.110 of this chapter, the dedicated transport rate elements specified in §69.111 of this chapter, the direct-trunked transport rate elements specified in §69.112 of this chapter, and the intrastate rate elements for functionally equivalent access services. Dedicated Transport Access Service rate elements for a non-incumbent local exchange carrier include any functionally equivalent access services. (d) End Office Access Service. End Office Access Service means: (1) The switching of access traffic at the
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  • levels of tandem-switched 1949 transmission rates were presumed reasonable if they were based on a weighted per-minute equivalent of direct- trunked transport DS1 and DS3 rates that reflects the relative number of DS1 and DS3 circuits used in the tandem to end office links, calculated using a loading factor of 9000 minutes per month per voice-grade circuit. 47 C.F.R. § 69.111. First Transport Order, 7 FCC Rcd at 7018-19. Interstate access rates for tandem-switched transport vary by 1950 region and mileage. The average charge by RBOCs in Density Zone 1 for transport termination and one mile of switched common transport facility between a tandem switching office and end office equals 0.033 cents ($0.000331) per minute. For a five-mile facility, the average
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  • called the serving wire center, or Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-206 12 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.110 (requiring LECs to impose flat-rated charges on IXCs to recover the costs of entrance facilities). 13 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.112 (requiring LECs to impose a flat-rated charge on IXCs to recover the costs of direct- trunked transport). 14 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.111 (prescribing a three-part rate structure for LEC recovery from IXCs of tandem- switched transport costs: a flat-rated charge for the dedicated facility from the LEC serving wire center to the tandem switch, a per-minute tandem switching charge, and a per-minute charge for common transport from the tandem switch to the LEC end office). 15 Price Cap Performance Review for Local
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  • services into the affected indexes as required by § 61.49 of this chapter. (i) The following rules apply to the withdrawal from Association tariffs under the provision of paragraph (e)(6) or (e)(9) of this section or both by telephone companies electing to file price cap tariffs pursuant to paragraph (h) of this section. * * * (j) [deleted] 96.Revise Section 69.111(g)(4) to replace the terms "§ 61.43(e)(2)(v)" and "§ 61.43(e)(2)(vi)" with "§ 61.42(e)(2)(v)" and "§ 61.42(e)(2)(vi)", respectively. 97. Revise Section 69.113(c) to replace the term "§ 61.3(v)" with "§ 61.3(x)". 98. Revise Section 69.114(a) to replace the term "§ 61.3(v)" with "§ 61.3(x)". Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-164 39 Separate Statement of Commissioner Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth In re: Notice of Proposed
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  • of Use Rather than Assumed 9,000 Minutes of Use Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-106 Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-106 Access Charge Reform Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 16071-72. 216 See Competitive Telecommunications Ass's v. FCC, 87 F.3d 522 (D.C. Cir. 1996) ("CompTel"). 217 Access Charge Reform Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 16070-71. 218 Id. 219 Id. 220 47 C.F.R. § 69.111(c) (emphasis added). 221 51 1. Background 127. The Access Charge Reform Order directed all incumbent LECs, both price cap carriers and rate-of-return carriers, to use actual MOU per circuit rather than an assumed 9,000 MOU to develop their tandem-switched transport rates. In reviewing the interim rate structure for tandem-switched transport 216 rates in accordance with the CompTel remand, the Commission
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  • called the serving wire center, or Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-206 12 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.110 (requiring LECs to impose flat-rated charges on IXCs to recover the costs of entrance facilities). 13 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.112 (requiring LECs to impose a flat-rated charge on IXCs to recover the costs of direct- trunked transport). 14 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.111 (prescribing a three-part rate structure for LEC recovery from IXCs of tandem- switched transport costs: a flat-rated charge for the dedicated facility from the LEC serving wire center to the tandem switch, a per-minute tandem switching charge, and a per-minute charge for common transport from the tandem switch to the LEC end office). 15 Price Cap Performance Review for Local
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  • of this chapter. For purposes of §§ 61.41 through 61.49, this basket shall be referred to as the "CMT basket." A basket for traffic sensitive switched interstate access elements. For purposes of §§ 61.41 through 61.49 of this chapter, this basket shall be referred to as the "traffic sensitive basket." A basket for trunking services as described in §§ 69.110, 69.111, 69.112, 69.125(b), 69.129, and 69.155 of this chapter. For purposes of §§ 61.41 through 61.49, this basket shall be referred to as the "trunking basket." To the extent that a local exchange carrier specified in § 61.41(a) (2) or (3) offers interstate interexchange services that are not classified as access services for the purpose of part 69 of this chapter,
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  • to be extensively used for broadcasting throughout the transition.110 38. New licensees will also need to take into account the large number of digital broadcasters who will operate in the Lower 700 MHz Band during the transition. On average, there are slightly more than ten times the number of digital stations per channel on Channels 52-59 as compared to Channels 60-69.111 While the planning for the DTV Table of Allotments sought to minimize use of out-of-core channels, the 107 Notice, 16 FCC Rcd at 7289 ¶ 19. 108 Qwest Comments at 6. 109 See supra para. 15. 110 See APTS Comments at 3. 111 There are 166 DTV assignments on the eight television channels in the Lower 700 MHz Band (this
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  • services into the affected indexes as required by § 61.49 of this chapter. (i) The following rules apply to the withdrawal from Association tariffs under the provision of paragraph (e)(6) or (e)(9) of this section or both by telephone companies electing to file price cap tariffs pursuant to paragraph (h) of this section. * * * (j) [deleted] 96.Revise Section 69.111(g)(4) to replace the terms "§ 61.43(e)(2)(v)" and "§ 61.43(e)(2)(vi)" with "§ 61.42(e)(2)(v)" and "§ 61.42(e)(2)(vi)", respectively. 97. Revise Section 69.113(c) to replace the term "§ 61.3(v)" with "§ 61.3(x)". 98. Revise Section 69.114(a) to replace the term "§ 61.3(v)" with "§ 61.3(x)". Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-164 39 Separate Statement of Commissioner Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth In re: Notice of Proposed
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  • common line interstate access elements as described in §§ 69.115, 69.152, 69.154, and 69.157 of this chapter, and that portion of the interstate access element described in § 69.153 of this chapter that recovers common line interstate access revenues; (2) A basket for traffic sensitive switched interstate access elements; (3) A basket for trunking services as described in §§ 69.110, 69.111, 69.112, 69.114, 69.125(b), and 69.155 of this chapter, and that portion of the interstate access element described in § 69.153 of this chapter that recovers residual interconnection charge revenues; (4) To the extent that a local exchange carrier specified in § 61.41(a)(2) or (3) offers interstate interexchange services that are not classified as access services for the purpose of part
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  • levels of tandem-switched 1949 transmission rates were presumed reasonable if they were based on a weighted per-minute equivalent of direct- trunked transport DS1 and DS3 rates that reflects the relative number of DS1 and DS3 circuits used in the tandem to end office links, calculated using a loading factor of 9000 minutes per month per voice-grade circuit. 47 C.F.R. § 69.111. First Transport Order, 7 FCC Rcd at 7018-19. Interstate access rates for tandem-switched transport vary by 1950 region and mileage. The average charge by RBOCs in Density Zone 1 for transport termination and one mile of switched common transport facility between a tandem switching office and end office equals 0.033 cents ($0.000331) per minute. For a five-mile facility, the average
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  • 1998: 47 CFR 61.3, 61.46, 69.1, 69.2, 69.105, 69.123, 69.124, 69.125, 69.154, 69.155, 69.157, 69.305, 69.306, 69.309, 69.401, 69.411, 69.502, and 69.611. The following rules, which impose new or modified information or collection requirements, shall become effective upon approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), but no sooner than January 1, 1998: 47 CFR 61.42, 61.48, 69.4, 69.106, 69.111, 69.153, 69.156. Unless otherwise stated herein, all remaining provisions of this Order are effective June 15, 1997." 5. These errata amend "Appendix C Final Rules" of the First Report and Order as follows: Amend paragraph 2 by adding "the introductory text of" after "revising". Amend the introductory text of paragraph 3 by removing "(d) and (e)" and replacing with "(d)(1),
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  • 51.509(d). We note, however, that we are not addressing the issue of whether both cost recovery methods that Ameritech offers represent efficient rate structures for the recovery of the costs of dedicated facilities. For example, our access charge rules estimate a "loading factor of 9,000 minutes per month per voice- 792 grade circuit" for certain transport facilities. 47 C.F.R. § 69.111. Ameritech Application, Vol. 2.3, Edwards Aff. at 47-48. (emphasis added). 793 See supra para. 305. 794 Ameritech states that, "as originally proposed, any sharing would have been between other carriers, but 795 not with Ameritech." Ameritech Application, Vol. 2.3, Edwards Aff. at 47-48 (emphasis added). The original proposal referenced is presented as a comparison to Ameritech's Shared Company Transport option.
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  • new entrants, and would further delay the public interest benefits of competition. Thus, we conclude that the petitioners have failed to satisfy either of the last two factors we must consider in evaluating their stay petitions. Accordingly, we deny the stay petitions. B. Deaveraged Tandem-Switched Transport Transmission Rates 82. We also take this opportunity to amend the language of section 69.111(c)(1) to specify the manner in which minutes are to be determined through June 30, 1998, in calculating tandem-switched transport transmission rates when an incumbent LEC has deaveraged rates by density zone. Section 69.111(c)(2), which applies after July 1, 1998, includes such language. The First Report and Order did not intend to take away the ability of incumbent LECs to deaverage
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  • of Use Rather than Assumed 9,000 Minutes of Use Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-106 Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-106 Access Charge Reform Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 16071-72. 216 See Competitive Telecommunications Ass's v. FCC, 87 F.3d 522 (D.C. Cir. 1996) ("CompTel"). 217 Access Charge Reform Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 16070-71. 218 Id. 219 Id. 220 47 C.F.R. § 69.111(c) (emphasis added). 221 51 1. Background 127. The Access Charge Reform Order directed all incumbent LECs, both price cap carriers and rate-of-return carriers, to use actual MOU per circuit rather than an assumed 9,000 MOU to develop their tandem-switched transport rates. In reviewing the interim rate structure for tandem-switched transport 216 rates in accordance with the CompTel remand, the Commission
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  • called the serving wire center, or Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-206 12 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.110 (requiring LECs to impose flat-rated charges on IXCs to recover the costs of entrance facilities). 13 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.112 (requiring LECs to impose a flat-rated charge on IXCs to recover the costs of direct- trunked transport). 14 See 47 C.F.R. § 69.111 (prescribing a three-part rate structure for LEC recovery from IXCs of tandem- switched transport costs: a flat-rated charge for the dedicated facility from the LEC serving wire center to the tandem switch, a per-minute tandem switching charge, and a per-minute charge for common transport from the tandem switch to the LEC end office). 15 Price Cap Performance Review for Local
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  • of this chapter. For purposes of §§ 61.41 through 61.49, this basket shall be referred to as the "CMT basket." A basket for traffic sensitive switched interstate access elements. For purposes of §§ 61.41 through 61.49 of this chapter, this basket shall be referred to as the "traffic sensitive basket." A basket for trunking services as described in §§ 69.110, 69.111, 69.112, 69.125(b), 69.129, and 69.155 of this chapter. For purposes of §§ 61.41 through 61.49, this basket shall be referred to as the "trunking basket." To the extent that a local exchange carrier specified in § 61.41(a) (2) or (3) offers interstate interexchange services that are not classified as access services for the purpose of part 69 of this chapter,
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  • Company Facilities, Report and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 7 FCC Rcd 7369, 7454 (1992). Access Charge Reform, Fifth Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 14 FCC Rcd 14221, 14234 (1999) (Pricing Flexibility Order). Id. 47 C.F.R. § 69.713(b). Rate-of-return LECs can offer volume and term discounts on transport services under specified conditions, 47 C.F.R. § 69.111(i) and 69.112(f). Pricing Flexibility Order, 14 FCC Rcd at 14264; see also Incumbent LEC Regulatory Treatment Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 15818-19 (even if a BOC interLATA affiliate could drive one of the three large IXCs from the market, that IXC's fiber-optic transmission capacity would remain intact, and another firm could buy that capacity at a distress sale and immediately
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  • DOMINANT CARRIER #PAGESNTC61.38 PUSPETN-DUE 61.49 #DISK#CD EFFDATE ISSUED FILING#TRANS# FCC# S.P.# 12/17/98 VJ 1 15 0 0 1/1/99 12/23/98 ALIANT COMMUNICATIONS CO. 1 24 1 S Y N O P S I S Filing is made in compliance with Part 69.152 of the Commission's Rules which requires an increase in the End User Common Line (EUCL) price ceilings & Part 69.111(g)(1), and new USF Factors. CARRIER #PAGESNTC61.38 PUSPETN-DUE 61.49 #DISK#CD EFFDATE ISSUED FILING#TRANS# FCC# S.P.# 12/17/98 JWL 1 15 Y 0 0 1/1/99 12/23/98 ALLTEL TELEPHONE 1 66 1 S Y N O P S I S Access and reform and/or USF filing. CARRIER #PAGESNTC61.38 PUSPETN-DUE 61.49 #DISK#CD EFFDATE ISSUED FILING#TRANS# FCC# S.P.# 12/17/98 RLS 1 15 0 0 1/1/99 12/23/98
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  • NOTICES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Report No: N-34-A. Released: August 19, 1997. COMMON CARRIER NETWORK SERVICES APPLICATIONS. Report No: 24058A. Released: August 19, 1997. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: [15]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applica tions/ap970819.txt Report No: 1950. Released: August 19, 1997. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU WEEKLY RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- TEXTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- PACIFIC BELL. Granted a request by Pacific Bell for waiver of Parts 69.110, 69.111, and 69.112 of the Commission's rules to establish new rate elements for provision of Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) Ring and Access Service. Action by Deputy Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau. Adopted: August 19, 1997. by MO&O. (DA No. 97-1766). CCB LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS' PAYPHONE FUNCTIONS AND FEATURES; BELL ATLANTIC TELEPHONE COMPANIES, ET. AL. The Commission designated the following
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  • 1997. CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE REGISTRATIONS; SPECIAL RELIEF AND OTHER FILINGS. Report No: 44111. Released: November 4, 1997. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Internet URL: [12]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions /ac971104.txt Report No: 24111. Released: November 4, 1997. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: [13]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applica tions/ap971104.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- TEXTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- GTE. Granted request by the GTE Operating Companies and the GTE System Telephone Companies for waiver of Sections 69.110, 69.111, and 69.112 of the Commissin's rules to permit it to establish new rate elements for provision of Synchronous Optical Network Ring and Accesss Service. Action by Chief, Competitive Pricing Division. Adopted: November 4, 1997. by MO&O. (DA No. 97-2322). CCB [14][icon bar] References 1. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1997/pnin7240.txt 2. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1997/pnin7239.txt 3. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1997/pnin7242.txt 4. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1997/pnin7243.txt 5. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions/ac971105.txt 6. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applications/ap971105.txt 7. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/ITFS_Notices/pnmm7221.txt 8. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/Exparte/ex971105.html 9.
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  • Released: February 20, 1998. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Internet URL: [11]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions /ac980220.txt Report No: 24182. Released: February 20, 1998. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: [12]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applica tions/ap980220.txt Report No: 325. Released: February 20, 1998. MASS MEDIA BUREAU CALL SIGN ACTIONS. Internet URL: [13]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Call_Sign_Chan ges/pnmm8024.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- TEXTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Granted U S West's petition for waiver of sections 69.110, 69.111, and 69.112 of the Commission's Rules to permit it to introduce two new rate elements in connection with the use of its Synchronous Service Transport (SST) for switched service. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: February 19, 1998. by MO&O. (DA No. 98-330). CCB Internet URL: [14]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1998/da980330.txt BEEHIVE TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. Approved the modified refund plan submitted by Beehive Telephone Company,