[Federal Register: January 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 12)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[WC Docket No. 03-225; FCC 04-182]

 
Request To Update Default Compensation Rate for Dial-Around Calls 
From Payphones

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final regulations in 
FCC 04-182, which were published in the Federal Register in August 
2004. The regulations are related to part 64 of the Commission's rules.

DATES: The rules became effective September 27, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynne Hewitt Engledow, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, 
(202) 418-1520 or via the Internet at lynne.engledow@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Erratum makes corrections to the Report 
and Order in the above-captioned proceeding released on August 12, 2004 
(69 FR 52444, August 26, 2004). As published, the final regulations 
contain errors which may prove to be misleading and need to be 
clarified.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64

    Communications common carriers, Telecommunications, Telephones.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.

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Accordingly, 47 CFR part 64 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 64--MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS

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1. The authority for part 64 continues to read:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 254(k); secs. 403(b)(2)(B), (c), Pub. 
L. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56. Interpret or apply 47 U.S.C. 201, 218, 
222, 225, 226, 228, and 254(k) unless otherwise noted.
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2. Section 64.1300 is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  64.1300  Payphone compensation obligation.

    (a) For purposes of this subpart, a Completing Carrier is a long 
distance carrier or switch-based long distance reseller that completes 
a coinless access code or subscriber toll-free payphone call or a local 
exchange carrier that completes a local, coinless access code or 
subscriber toll-free payphone call.
    (b) Except as provided herein, a Completing Carrier that completes 
a coinless access code or subscriber toll-free payphone call from a 
switch that the Completing Carrier either owns or leases shall 
compensate the payphone service provider for that call at a rate agreed 
upon by the parties by contract.
    (c) The compensation obligation set forth herein shall not apply to 
calls to emergency numbers, calls by hearing disabled persons to a 
telecommunications relay service or local calls for which the caller 
has made the required coin deposit.

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    (d) In the absence of an agreement as required by paragraph (b) of 
this section, the carrier is obligated to compensate the payphone 
service provider at a per-call rate of $.494.

[FR Doc. 06-478 Filed 1-18-06; 8:45 am]

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