Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the
United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule
4901:1-7-02 of the
Administrative Code.]
(A) Compensation
principles
(1) Reciprocal compensation
(a) All telephone companies
have the duty to establish reciprocal
compensation arrangements for the transport and termination of
telecommunications traffic pursuant to
47 U.S.C.
251(b)(5), regardless of the
network technology utilized by the telephone company to transport or terminate
that traffic.
(b) Transport is the
transmission, and any necessary tandem switching of telecommunications traffic
subject to 47 U.S.C.
251(b)(5), from the
interconnection point between the two telephone companies to the terminating
telephone company's end office switch that directly serves the called party, or
equivalent facility provided by a telephone company other than an incumbent
local exchange telephone company (ILEC).
(c) Termination is the switching of the
non-access telecommunications traffic at the terminating telephone company's
end office switch, or equivalent facility, and delivery of such traffic to the
called party's premises.
(2) Eligibility
Telephone companies
are entitled to compensation for the
use of network facilities they own or obtain by leasing from an ILEC (i.e.,
through purchasing unbundled network elements) to provide transport and
terminate non-access telecommunications traffic originated on the network
facilities of other telephone companies pursuant to
47 C.F.R.
51.703. Nonfacilities-based, local exchange
carriers (LECs) are not eligible for the transport and termination of
non-access telecommunications traffic compensation.
(B) Traffic measurement and
identification
(1) All telephone companies
exchanging non-access reciprocal compensation traffic and switched access
reciprocal compensation traffic
will measure minutes-of-use for compensation
purposes if technically and economically feasible, unless they mutually agree
to a different arrangement in an interconnection agreement.
(2) All telephone companies exchanging
telecommunications traffic, where technically and economically feasible, as the
provider of originating or transiting intrastate telecommunications traffic
that is transported and/or terminated on the network of another telephone
company, shall comply with the signaling information delivery requirements
outlined in 47 C.F.R.
64.1601(a). This obligation
is applicable to all telephone companies exchanging telecommunications traffic
regardless of the network technology utilized by the telephone company to
transport or terminate that traffic.
(C) The following types of traffic are
subject to non-access reciprocal compensation:
(1) Telecommunications traffic exchanged
between LECs that originates and terminates within the boundary of an ILEC's
local calling area. The local calling area of the ILEC shall include
non-optional extended area service (EAS) approved by the commission while
excluding optional EAS arrangements.
(2) Telecommunications traffic exchanged
between a LEC and a wireless service provider that, at the beginning of the
call, originates and terminates within the same major trading area as defined
in 47 C.F.R.
24.202(a),
is
subject to non-access reciprocal compensation.
(3) Telecommunications traffic exchanged
between a LEC and another telephone company in time division multiplexing (TDM)
format that originates and/or terminates in internet protocol (IP) format and
that otherwise meets the definitions in paragraph (C)(1) or (C)(2) of this
rule. 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.
(D) Non-access reciprocal
compensation arrangements
(1) Rates, terms,
and conditions for the transport and termination of non-access reciprocal
compensation traffic
are subject to a bill
and keep arrangement pursuant to
47 C.F.R.
51.705 and
51.713.
(2) Symmetrical non-access reciprocal
compensation is to be addressed consistent with
47 C.F.R.
51.711.
(3)
Rate structure
(a) Rates for transport and
termination of symmetrical non-access reciprocal
compensation traffic
are to be structured consistent with the manner
that telephone companies incur those costs pursuant to paragraph (B) of rule
4901:1-7-17 of the
Administrative Code.
(b) LECs shall
offer flat-rate compensation to other telephone companies for dedicated
facilities purchased for the transport of non-access reciprocal compensation
traffic.
(c) The rate of a
telephone company providing transmission facilities dedicated to the
transmission of non-access reciprocal compensation traffic between two
telephone companies' networks
may recover only the costs of the portion of that
trunk capacity used by an interconnecting telephone company to send traffic
that will terminate on the providing telephone company's network. Such
proportion may be measured during peak periods.
(d) Non-access reciprocal compensation for
telecommunication traffic exchanged between rate-of-return regulated rural
telephone company as defined in
47 C.F.R.
51.5, and wireless service provider
are to
be set pursuant to 47 C.F.R.
51.709(c).
(E) This section
should
not be construed to preclude telephone companies from negotiating and
voluntarily agreeing to other interconnection and compensation
arrangements.
