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> First Report & Order In the Matter of
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> Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers
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> Usage of the Public Switched Network by Information Service and
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> I. Introduction 1
> A. Background 17
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> 1. The Existing Rate System 17
> 2. Implicit Subsidies in the Existing System 28
> 3. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 32
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> B. Access Charge Reform 35
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> 1. Rationalizing the Rate Structure 36
> 2. Baseline Rate Level Reductions 42
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> II. Summary of Rate Structure Changes and Transitions 53
> A. Common Line Rate Structure Changes 54
> B. Other Rate Structure Changes 61
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> III. Rate Structure Modifications 67
> A. Common Line 67
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> 1. Overview 67
> 2. Subscriber Line Charge 72
> 3. Carrier Common Line Charge 88
> 4. Common Line PCI Formula 106
> 5. Assessment of SLCs and PICCs on Derived Channels 111
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> B. Local Switching 123
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> 1. Non-Traffic Sensitive Charges 123
> 2. Traffic Sensitive Charges 136
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> C. Transport 150
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> 1. Entrance Facilities and Direct-Trunked Transport 152
> 2. Tandem-Switched Transport 158
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> D. Transport Interconnection Charge (TIC) 210
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> 1. Background 210
> 2. Discussion 212
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> E. SS7 Signalling 244
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> 1. Background 244
> 2. Discussion 252
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> F. Impact of New Technologies 256
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> IV. Baseline Rate Levels 258
> A. Primary Reliance on a Market-Based Approach With A
> Prescriptive Backdrop and the Adoption of Several Initial
> Prescriptive Measures 258
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> 1. Background 258
> 2. Discussion 262
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> B. Prescriptive Approaches 285
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> 1. Prescription of a New X-Factor 285
> 2. Rejection of Certain Prescriptive Approaches 287
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> C. Equal Access Costs 299
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> 1. Background 299
> 2. Discussion 302
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> D. Correction of Improper Cost Allocations 315
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> 1. Marketing Expenses 315
> 2. General Support Facilities 326
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> V. Access Reform For Incumbent Rate-of-Return Local Exchange Carriers
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> A. Background 329
> B. Discussion 330
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> VI. Other Issues 336
> A. Applicability of Part 69 to Unbundled Elements 336
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> 1. Background 336
> 2. Discussion 337
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> B. Treatment of Interstate Information Services 341
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> 1. Background 341
> 2. Discussion 344
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> C. Terminating Access 349
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> 1. Price Cap Incumbent LECs 350
> 2. Non-Incumbent LECs 358
> 3. "Open End" Services 365
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> D. Universal Service-Related Part 69 Changes 367
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> 1. Background 368
> 2. Discussion 372
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> E. Part 69 Allocation Rules 388
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> 1. Background 388
> 2. Discussion 389
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> F. Other Proposed Part 69 Changes 390
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> 1. Background 390
> 2. Discussion 391
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> VII. Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 397
> A. PICCs for Special Access Lines 397
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> 1. Background 398
> 2. Proposal 403
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> B. General Support Facilities Costs 407
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> 1. Background 408
> 2. Proposal 412
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> VIII. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 419
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> IX. Procedural Issues 441
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> X. Ordering Clauses 459
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> Appendix A List of Commenters
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> Appendix B Comment Summary
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> Appendix C Final Rules
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