[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR69.4]

[Page 395-396]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 69_ACCESS CHARGES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  69.4  Charges to be filed.

    (a) The end user charges for access service filed with this 
Commission shall include charges for the End User Common Line element, 
and for line port costs in excess of basic, analog service.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraphs (c), (e), and (h) of this 
section, and in Sec.  69.118, the carrier's carrier charges for access 
service filed with this Commission shall include charges for each of the 
following elements:
    (1) [Reserved]
    (2) Carrier common line, provided that after June 30, 2003, non-
price cap local exchange carriers may not assess a carrier common line 
charge;
    (3) Local switching;
    (4) Information;
    (5) Tandem-switched transport;
    (6) Direct-trunked transport;
    (7) Special access; and
    (8) Line information database;
    (9) Entrance facilities.
    (c) [Reserved]
    (d) Recovery of Contributions to the Universal Service Support 
Mechanisms by Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers.
    (1) [Reserved]

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    (2)(i) Local exchange carriers may recover their contributions to 
the universal service support mechanisms only through explicit, 
interstate, end-user charges assessed pursuant to either Sec.  69.131 or 
Sec.  69.158 that are equitable and nondiscriminatory.
    (ii) Local exchange carriers may not recover any of their 
contributions to the universal service support mechanisms through access 
charges imposed on interexchange carriers.
    (e) The carrier's carrier charges for access service filed with this 
Commission by the telephone companies specified in Sec.  64.1401(a) of 
this chapter shall include an element for connection charges for 
expanded interconnection. The carrier's carrier charges for access 
service filed with this Commission by the telephone companies not 
specified in Sec.  64.1401(a) of this chapter may include an element for 
connection charges for expanded interconnection.
    (f) [Reserved]
    (g) Local exchange carriers may establish appropriate rate elements 
for a new service, within the meaning of Sec.  61.3(x) of this chapter, 
in any tariff filing.
    (h) In addition to the charges specified in paragraph (b) of this 
section, the carrier's carrier charges for access service filed with 
this Commission by price cap local exchange carriers shall include 
charges for each of the following elements:
    (1) Presubscribed interexchange carrier;
    (2) Per-minute residual interconnection;
    (3) Dedicated local switching trunk port;
    (4) Shared local switching trunk pork;
    (5) Dedicated tandem switching trunk port;
    (6) [Reserved]
    (7) Multiplexers associated with tandem switching.
    (i) Paragraphs (b) and (h) of this section are not applicable to a 
price cap local exchange carrier to the extent that it has been granted 
the pricing flexibility in Sec.  69.727(b)(1).
    (j) In addition to the charges specified in paragraph (b) of this 
section, the carrier's carrier charges for access service filed with 
this Commission by non-price cap local exchange carriers may include 
charges for each of the following elements:
    (1) Dedicated local switching trunk port;
    (2) Shared local switching trunk port;
    (3) Dedicated tandem switching trunk port;
    (4) Multiplexers associated with tandem switching;
    (5) DS1/voice grade multiplexers associated with analog switches; 
and
    (6) Per-message call setup.

[48 FR 43017, Sept. 21, 1983, as amended at 52 FR 21540, June 8, 1987; 
52 FR 37310, Oct. 6, 1987; 54 FR 11718, Mar. 22, 1989; 56 FR 33880, July 
24, 1991; 57 FR 24380, June 9, 1992; 57 FR 54332, Nov. 18, 1993; 57 FR 
54719, Nov. 20, 1993; 58 FR 30995, May 28, 1993; 62 FR 4660, Jan. 31, 
1997; 62 FR 31932, June 11, 1997; 62 FR 56132, Oct. 29, 1997; 64 FR 
51266, Sept. 22, 1999; 64 FR 60359, Nov. 5, 1999; 65 FR 38701, June 21, 
2000; 65 FR 57743, Sept. 26, 2000; 66 FR 59730, Nov. 30, 2001]