[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR69.307]

[Page 428-429]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 69_ACCESS CHARGES--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart D_Apportionment of Net Investment
 
Sec. 69.307  General support facilities.

    (a) General purpose computer investment used in the provision of the 
Line Information Database sub-element at Sec. 69.120(b) shall be 
assigned to that sub-element.

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    (b) General purpose computer investment used in the provision of the 
billing name and address element at Sec. 69.128 shall be assigned to 
that element.
    (c)(1) Until June 30, 2002, for all local exchange carriers not 
subject to price cap regulation and for other carriers that acquire all 
of the billing and collection services that they provide to 
interexchange carriers from unregulated affiliates through affiliate 
transactions, from unaffiliated third parties, or from both of these 
sources, all other General Support Facilities investments shall be 
apportioned among the interexchange category, the billing and collection 
category, and Common Line, Local Switching, Information, Transport, and 
Special Access elements on the basis of Central Office Equipment, 
Information Origination/Termination Equipment, and Cable and Wire 
Facilities, combined.
    (2) Beginning July 1, 2002, for all local exchange carriers that 
acquire all of the billing and collection services that they provide to 
interexchange carriers from unregulated affiliates through affiliate 
transactions, from unaffiliated third parties, or from both of these 
sources, all other General Support Facilities investments shall be 
apportioned among the interexchange category, the billing and collection 
category, and Common Line, Local Switching, Information, Transport, and 
Special Access elements on the basis of Central Office Equipment, 
Information Origination/Termination Equipment, and Cable and Wire 
Facilities, combined.
    (d) For local exchange carriers subject to price cap regulation and 
not covered by Section 69.307(c), a portion of General purpose computer 
investment (Account 2124), investment in Land (Account 2111), Buildings 
(Account 2121), and Office equipment (Account 2123) shall be apportioned 
to the billing and collection category on the basis of the Big Three 
Expense Factors allocator, defined in Section 69.2 of this Part, 
modified to exclude expenses that are apportioned on the basis of 
allocators that include General Support Facilities investment. The 
remaining portion of investment in these four accounts together with all 
other General Support Facilities investments shall be apportioned among 
the interexchange category, the billing and collection category, and 
Common Line, Local Switching, Information, Transport, and Special Access 
Elements on the basis of Central Office Equipment, Information 
Origination/Termination Equipment, and Cable and Wire Facilities, 
combined.
    (e) Beginning July 1, 2002, for non-price cap local exchange 
carriers not covered by Sec. 69.307(c)(2), a portion of General purpose 
computer investment shall be apportioned to the billing and collection 
category on the basis of the Big Three Expense Factors allocator, 
defined in Sec. 69.2, modified to exclude expenses that are apportioned 
on the basis of allocators that include General Support Facilities 
investment. The remaining General Support Facilities investments shall 
be apportioned among the interexchange category, the billing and 
collection category, and Common Line, Local Switching, Information, 
Transport, and Special Access Elements on the basis of Central Office 
Equipment, Information Origination/Termination Equipment, and Cable and 
Wire Facilities, combined.

[58 FR 30995, May 28, 1993, as amended at 58 FR 36145, July 6, 1993; 62 
FR 31939, June 11, 1997; 62 FR 40464, July 29, 1997; 62 FR 65622, Dec. 
15, 1997; 66 FR 59732, Nov. 30, 2001]