Alabama Administrative Code
Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Chapter 770-X-5 - TELEPHONE RULES
Section 770-X-5-.20 - Area Calling Service
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 5, February 29, 2024
(1) Area Calling Service is a type of telephone service which allows subscribers in a given exchange to place calls to one or more exchanges and to receive a specified discount from long distance message telecommunications service rates.
(2) Area Calling Service traffic will be considered local rather than toll. The originating traffic will not be considered in the calculation of revenue due to or access charges due from the primary carrier or terminating local exchange carrier. The revenue received will be retained by the local exchange carrier in whose exchange the traffic originates. That company will be responsible for the compensation to carriers completing the call.
(3) Local exchange companies shall file their plans for this service with the Commission at such time when it is feasible for each company to provide this service. Plans can be filed on a company basis or intercompany basis when networking problems and compensation arrangements can be addressed or have been settled. Filed plans should provide the following information:
Author: Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 37-1-57, 37-2-3, 37-2-10.