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There are, however, two important
limitations to the Bureau’s conclusion
with respect to free or discount long
distance service to TRS consumers.
First, the Financial Incentives
Declaratory Ruling and this document
apply only with respect to free or
discount interstate long distance
service, not intrastate long distance
service. Second, the Bureau recognizes
that provider have long offered discount
long distance service to TRS consumers
who use a TTY under the rationale that,
given the nature of traditional TRS, it
take substantially longer for parties to a
traditional TRS call to have a
conversation than it would for two
hearing parties to have the same
conversation. Therefore, providers have
been permitted to offer discount long
distance service to TRS consumers so,
long as the discounts reasonably relate,
under the functional equivalency
principle, to equalizing the cost of the
call based on the added length of a TRS
call. The Bureau prohibits only those
long distance discounts for TRS
consumers that go beyond ensuring that
the long distance service cost of the TRS
call is equivalent to what that cost
would have been for hearing parties.
Programs directed at giving the
consumer an incentive to make a TRS
call in the first place, or to place a
longer TRS call than consumer might
otherwise make, are prohibited under
this document.
Nothing in the Financial Incentives
Declaratory Ruling or this document
precludes interstate TRS providers that
also offer long distance service from
offering discounts to all of their
consumer when the same discount
applies to both voice and TRS calls. The
Bureau addresses herein only the
situation where TRS consumers, but not
other consumers, are given free long
distance service (or discount long
distance service) as incentive for the
consumer to use the particular TRS
provider that also offer the long distance
service, or to make more or longer TRS
calls.
Ordering Clauses
Pursuant to the authority contained in
section 225 of the communications Act
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 225, and
§§ 0.141, 0.361, and 1.3 of the
Communication Rules, 47 CFR 0.141,
0.361, 1.3, this document is hereby
adopted.
Any TRS provider offering to TRS
consumers financial incentives relating
to free or discount long distance service,
as set forth above, shall be eligible for
compensation from the Interstate TRS
Fund.
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This document shall be effective
January 12, 2006.
Federal Communications Commission.
Monica Desai,
Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau.
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[CG Docket No. 02–386; FCC 05–29]
Rules and Regulations Implementing
Minimum Customer Account Record
Exchange Obligations on All Local and
Interexchange Carriers; Correction
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On June 2, 2005 (70 FR
32258), the Commission published a
final rule in the Federal Register, which
adopted new rules to facilitate the
exchange of customer account
information between Local Exchange
Carriers (LECs) and Interexchange
Carriers (IXCs) and to establish carriers’
responsibilities with respect to such
exchanges. This document corrects the
instances in the Federal Register which
an IXC-initiated PIC Order is referred to
as a Report and Order.
DATES: The rules in this document
contain information collection
requirements that have not been
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). The Commission
will publish a document in the Federal
Register announcing the effective date
for these rules. Written comments by the
public on the new and modified
information collections are due October
14, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
Boehley, Consumer & Governmental
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–2512
(voice), or e-mail Lisa.Boehley@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Communications Commission
published a document adopting new
rules to facilitate the exchange of
customer account information between
Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) and
Interexchange Carriers (IXCs). In the
Federal Register document 05–10974
published on June 2, 2005 (70 FR 32258)
make the following corrections:
1. On page 32259, under the
Supplementary Information in the first
column on line 30, PIC Report and
Order is corrected to read as PIC Order
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and wherever it appears in the
Supplementary Information.
2. In § 64.4002, the introductory text,
paragraphs (a) introductory text, (b)
introductory text, (b) (6), (c)
introductory text; and (d) introductory
text are corrected to read as follows:
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Notification obligations of LECs.
To the extent that the information is
reasonably available to a LEC, the LEC
shall provide to an IXC the customer
account information described in this
section consistent with § 64.4004.
Nothing in this section shall prevent a
LEC from providing additional customer
account information to an IXC to the
extent that such additional information
is necessary for billing purposes or to
properly execute a customer’s PIC
Order.
(a) Customer-submitted PIC Order.
Upon receiving and processing a PIC
selection submitted by a customer and
placing the customer on the network of
the customer’s preferred interexchange
carrier at the LEC’s local switch, the
LEC must notify the IXC of this event.
The notification provided by the LEC to
the IXC must contain all of the customer
account information necessary to allow
for proper billing of the customer by the
IXC including but not limited to:
*
*
*
*
*
(b) Confirmation of IXC-submitted PIC
Order. When a LEC has placed a
customer on an IXC’s network at the
local switch in response to an IXCsubmitted PIC Order, the LEC must send
a confirmation to the submitting IXC.
The confirmation provided by the LEC
to the IXC must include:
*
*
*
*
*
(6) The carrier identification code of
the submitting LEC. If the PIC Order at
issue originally was submitted by an
underlying IXC on behalf of a toll
reseller, the confirmation provided by
the LEC to the IXC must indicate, to the
extent that this information is known, a
statement indicating that the customer’s
PIC is a toll reseller.
(c) Rejection of IXC-submitted PIC
Order. When a LEC rejects or otherwise
does not act upon a PIC Report and
Order submitted to it by an IXC, the LEC
must notify the IXC and provide the
reason(s) why the PIC Order could not
be processed. The notification provided
by the LEC to the IXC must state that it
has rejected the IXC-submitted PIC
Order and specify the reason(s) for the
rejection (e.g., due to a lack of
information, incorrect information, or a
PIC freeze on the customer’s account).
The notification must contain the
identical data elements that were
provided to the LEC in the original IXC-
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submitted PIC Order (i.e., mirror image
of the original Order), unless otherwise
specified by this subsection. If a LEC
rejects an IXC-submitted PIC Order for
a multi-line account (i.e., the customer
has selected the IXC as his PIC for two
or more lines or terminals associated
with his billing telephone number), the
notification provided by the LEC
rejecting that Order must explain the
effect of the rejection with respect to
each line (working telephone number or
terminal) associated with the customer’s
billing telephone number. A LEC is not
required to generate a line-specific or
terminal-specific response, however,
and may communicate the rejection at
the billing telephone level, when the
LEC is unable to process an entire
Order, including all working telephone
numbers and terminals associated with
a particular billing telephone number.
In addition, the notification must
indicate the jurisdictional scope of the
PIC Order rejection (i.e., intraLATA
and/or interLATA and/or international).
If a LEC rejects a PIC Order because:
*
*
*
*
*
(d) Customer contacts LEC or new IXC
to cancel PIC. When a LEC has removed
at its local switch a presubscribed
customer from an IXC’s network, either
in response to a customer Order or upon
receipt of a properly verified PIC Order
submitted by another IXC, the LEC must
notify the customer’s former IXC of this
event. The LEC must provide to the IXC
the customer account information that is
necessary to allow for proper final
billing of the customer by the IXC
including but not limited to:
*
*
*
*
*
3. In § 64.4003, the introductory text,
(a) introductory text, (a) (2), (a) (3), (b)
introductory text, (b) (2) and (b) (3) are
corrected to read as follows:
§ 64.4003
Notification obligations of IXCs.
To the extent that the information is
reasonably available to an IXC, the IXC
shall provide to a LEC the customer
account information described in this
section consistent with § 64.4004.
Nothing in this section shall prevent an
IXC from providing additional customer
account information to a LEC to the
extent that such additional information
is necessary for billing purposes or to
properly execute a customer’s PIC
Order.
(a) IXC-submitted PIC Order. When a
customer contacts an IXC to establish
interexchange service on a
presubscribed basis, the IXC selected
must submit the customer’s properly
verified PIC Order (see 47 CFR
64.1120(a)) to the customer’s LEC,
instructing the LEC to install or change
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the PIC for the customer’s line(s) to that
IXC. The notification provided by the
IXC to the LEC must contain all of the
information necessary to properly
execute the Order including but not
limited to:
*
*
*
*
*
(2) The date of the IXC-submitted PIC
Order;
(3) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC
Order (i.e, intraLATA and/or interLATA
and/or international); and
*
*
*
*
*
(b) Customer contacts IXC to cancel
PIC and to select no-PIC status. When
an end user customer contacts an IXC to
discontinue interexchange service on a
presubscribed basis, the IXC must
confirm that it is the customer’s desire
to have no PIC and, if that is the case,
the IXC must notify the customer’s LEC.
The IXC also is encouraged to instruct
the customer to notify his LEC. An IXC
may satisfy this requirement by
establishing a three-way call with the
customer and the customer’s LEC to
confirm that it is the customer’s desire
to have no PIC and, where appropriate,
to provide the customer the opportunity
to withdraw any PIC freeze that may be
in place. The notification provided by
the IXC to the LEC must contain the
customer account information necessary
to properly execute the cancellation
Order including but not limited to:
*
*
*
*
*
(2) The date of the IXC-submitted PIC
removal Order;
(3) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC
removal Order (i.e., intraLATA and/or
interLATA and/or international); and
*
*
*
*
*
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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47 CFR Part 73
[DA 05–2338; MB Docket No. 04–408, RM–
11107]
Radio Broadcasting Services; Hawley
and Munday, TX
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
At the request of Charles
Crawford, the Audio Division allots
Channel 269A at Hawley, Texas, as that
community’s first local aural
transmission service. To accommodate
SUMMARY:
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the proposed Hawley allotment,
Petitioner proposes to modify the site
for vacant Channel 270C1 at Munday,
Texas. See 69 FR 67882, November 22,
2004. Channel 269A is allotted at
Hawley at Petitioner’s requested site 9.8
kilometers (6.1 miles) southeast of the
community at coordinates 32–32–30 NL
and 99–45–00 WL. The site for Channel
270C1 at Munday can be modified to a
site 34 kilometers (21.1 miles) north of
the community at coordinates 33–44–53
NL and 99–42–14 WL.
DATES: Effective October 11, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications
Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victoria M. McCauley, Media Bureau,
(202) 418–2180.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
synopsis of the Commission’s Report
and Order, MB Docket No. 04–408
adopted August 24, 2005, and released
August 26, 2005. The full text of this
Commission decision is available for
inspection and copying during regular
business hours at the FCC’s Reference
Information Center, Portals II, 445
Twelfth Street, SW., Room CY–A257,
Washington, DC 20554. The complete
text of this decision may also be
purchased from the Commission’s
duplicating contractor, Best Copy and
Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW.,
Room CY–B402, Washington, DC,
20054, telephone 1–800–378–3160 or
https://www.BCPIWEB.com. The
Commission will send a copy of this
Report and Order in a report to be sent
to Congress and the Government
Accountability Office pursuant to the
Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A).
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Radio, Radio broadcasting.
I 47 CFR part 73 is amended as follows:
PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST
SERVICES
1. The authority citation for part 73
continues to read as follows:
I
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334 and 336.
§ 73.202
[Amended]
2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM
Allotments under Section 73.202(b), the
Table of FM Allotments under Texas is
amended by adding Hawley, Channel
269A.
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Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05–18028 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 64
[CG Docket No. 02-386; FCC 05-29]
Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account
Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers;
Correction
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On June 2, 2005 (70 FR 32258), the Commission published a
final rule in the Federal Register, which adopted new rules to
facilitate the exchange of customer account information between Local
Exchange Carriers (LECs) and Interexchange Carriers (IXCs) and to
establish carriers' responsibilities with respect to such exchanges.
This document corrects the instances in the Federal Register which an
IXC-initiated PIC Order is referred to as a Report and Order.
DATES: The rules in this document contain information collection
requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a document in the Federal
Register announcing the effective date for these rules. Written
comments by the public on the new and modified information collections
are due October 14, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Boehley, Consumer & Governmental
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-2512 (voice), or e-mail
Lisa.Boehley@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Communications Commission
published a document adopting new rules to facilitate the exchange of
customer account information between Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) and
Interexchange Carriers (IXCs). In the Federal Register document 05-
10974 published on June 2, 2005 (70 FR 32258) make the following
corrections:
1. On page 32259, under the Supplementary Information in the first
column on line 30, PIC Report and Order is corrected to read as PIC
Order and wherever it appears in the Supplementary Information.
2. In Sec. 64.4002, the introductory text, paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (b) introductory text, (b) (6), (c) introductory
text; and (d) introductory text are corrected to read as follows:
Sec. 64.4002 Notification obligations of LECs.
To the extent that the information is reasonably available to a
LEC, the LEC shall provide to an IXC the customer account information
described in this section consistent with Sec. 64.4004. Nothing in
this section shall prevent a LEC from providing additional customer
account information to an IXC to the extent that such additional
information is necessary for billing purposes or to properly execute a
customer's PIC Order.
(a) Customer-submitted PIC Order. Upon receiving and processing a
PIC selection submitted by a customer and placing the customer on the
network of the customer's preferred interexchange carrier at the LEC's
local switch, the LEC must notify the IXC of this event. The
notification provided by the LEC to the IXC must contain all of the
customer account information necessary to allow for proper billing of
the customer by the IXC including but not limited to:
* * * * *
(b) Confirmation of IXC-submitted PIC Order. When a LEC has placed
a customer on an IXC's network at the local switch in response to an
IXC-submitted PIC Order, the LEC must send a confirmation to the
submitting IXC. The confirmation provided by the LEC to the IXC must
include:
* * * * *
(6) The carrier identification code of the submitting LEC. If the
PIC Order at issue originally was submitted by an underlying IXC on
behalf of a toll reseller, the confirmation provided by the LEC to the
IXC must indicate, to the extent that this information is known, a
statement indicating that the customer's PIC is a toll reseller.
(c) Rejection of IXC-submitted PIC Order. When a LEC rejects or
otherwise does not act upon a PIC Report and Order submitted to it by
an IXC, the LEC must notify the IXC and provide the reason(s) why the
PIC Order could not be processed. The notification provided by the LEC
to the IXC must state that it has rejected the IXC-submitted PIC Order
and specify the reason(s) for the rejection (e.g., due to a lack of
information, incorrect information, or a PIC freeze on the customer's
account). The notification must contain the identical data elements
that were provided to the LEC in the original IXC-
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submitted PIC Order (i.e., mirror image of the original Order), unless
otherwise specified by this subsection. If a LEC rejects an IXC-
submitted PIC Order for a multi-line account (i.e., the customer has
selected the IXC as his PIC for two or more lines or terminals
associated with his billing telephone number), the notification
provided by the LEC rejecting that Order must explain the effect of the
rejection with respect to each line (working telephone number or
terminal) associated with the customer's billing telephone number. A
LEC is not required to generate a line-specific or terminal-specific
response, however, and may communicate the rejection at the billing
telephone level, when the LEC is unable to process an entire Order,
including all working telephone numbers and terminals associated with a
particular billing telephone number. In addition, the notification must
indicate the jurisdictional scope of the PIC Order rejection (i.e.,
intraLATA and/or interLATA and/or international). If a LEC rejects a
PIC Order because:
* * * * *
(d) Customer contacts LEC or new IXC to cancel PIC. When a LEC has
removed at its local switch a presubscribed customer from an IXC's
network, either in response to a customer Order or upon receipt of a
properly verified PIC Order submitted by another IXC, the LEC must
notify the customer's former IXC of this event. The LEC must provide to
the IXC the customer account information that is necessary to allow for
proper final billing of the customer by the IXC including but not
limited to:
* * * * *
3. In Sec. 64.4003, the introductory text, (a) introductory text,
(a) (2), (a) (3), (b) introductory text, (b) (2) and (b) (3) are
corrected to read as follows:
Sec. 64.4003 Notification obligations of IXCs.
To the extent that the information is reasonably available to an
IXC, the IXC shall provide to a LEC the customer account information
described in this section consistent with Sec. 64.4004. Nothing in
this section shall prevent an IXC from providing additional customer
account information to a LEC to the extent that such additional
information is necessary for billing purposes or to properly execute a
customer's PIC Order.
(a) IXC-submitted PIC Order. When a customer contacts an IXC to
establish interexchange service on a presubscribed basis, the IXC
selected must submit the customer's properly verified PIC Order (see 47
CFR 64.1120(a)) to the customer's LEC, instructing the LEC to install
or change the PIC for the customer's line(s) to that IXC. The
notification provided by the IXC to the LEC must contain all of the
information necessary to properly execute the Order including but not
limited to:
* * * * *
(2) The date of the IXC-submitted PIC Order;
(3) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC Order (i.e, intraLATA and/
or interLATA and/or international); and
* * * * *
(b) Customer contacts IXC to cancel PIC and to select no-PIC
status. When an end user customer contacts an IXC to discontinue
interexchange service on a presubscribed basis, the IXC must confirm
that it is the customer's desire to have no PIC and, if that is the
case, the IXC must notify the customer's LEC. The IXC also is
encouraged to instruct the customer to notify his LEC. An IXC may
satisfy this requirement by establishing a three-way call with the
customer and the customer's LEC to confirm that it is the customer's
desire to have no PIC and, where appropriate, to provide the customer
the opportunity to withdraw any PIC freeze that may be in place. The
notification provided by the IXC to the LEC must contain the customer
account information necessary to properly execute the cancellation
Order including but not limited to:
* * * * *
(2) The date of the IXC-submitted PIC removal Order;
(3) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC removal Order (i.e.,
intraLATA and/or interLATA and/or international); and
* * * * *
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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