I. Introduction

II. Background

III. Issues
The Payphone Marketplace
Compensation for Each and Every Completed Intrastate and Interstate Call Originated by Payphones
1. Payphone Calls Subject to this Rulemaking and Compensation Amount
2. Entities Required to Pay Compensation
3. Ability of Carriers to Track Calls from Payphones
4. Administration of Per-Call Compensation
5. Interim Compensation Mechanism

Reclassification of LEC-Owned Payphones
1. Classification of LEC Payphones as CPE
2. Transfer of Payphone Equipment to Unregulated Status
3. Termination of Access Charge Compensation and Other Subsidies
4. Deregulation of AT&T Payphones

Nonstructural Safeguards for BOC Provision of Payphone Service

Ability of BOCs to Negotiate with Location Providers on the Presubscribed InterLATA Carrier

Ability of Payphone Service Providers to Negotiate with Location Providers on the Presubscribed IntraLATA Carrier

Establishment of Public Interest Payphones

Other Issues
1. Dialing Parity
2. Letterless Keypads on Payphones
3. Oncor Petition

IV. Procedural Matters
1. Petitions for Reconsideration
2. Paperwork Reduction Act Analysis
3. Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis

Conclusion

Ordering Clauses

Appendix A
Text of Section 276
Appendix B
List of Parties Filing Comments
Appendix C
List of Parties Filing Replies
Appendix D
Immediate Rules Adopted by This Order
Appendix E
Rules Adopted by This Order
Appendix F
Interim Compensation Obligations


APPENDIX B

PARTIES FILING COMMENTS

  1. American Association of Airport Executives ("AAAE")

  2. ACTEL, Inc. ("ACTEL")

  3. Admiral's Club

  4. AHA TelePLAN

  5. Aid Association for Lutherans

  6. Air Touch Paging ("Air Touch")

  7. Airports Council International - North America ("ACI-NA")

  8. American Hotel & Motel Association ("AHMA")

  9. Ameritech

  10. Anchorage Telephone Utility ("Anchorage Telephone")

  11. American Public Communications Council ("APCC")

  12. Arch Communications Group, Inc. ("Arch")

  13. AT&T Corp. ("AT&T")

  14. Bell Atlantic

  15. Bell South Corporation ("Bell South")

  16. Robert M. Brill, Esquire ("Brill")

  17. Cable and Wireless, Inc. ("Cable & Wireless")

  18. California Association of Long Distance Telephone Companies ("CALTEL")

  19. California Payphone Association ("CPA")

  20. People of the State of California and the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California ("California PUC")

  21. Call West Communications, Inc. ("Call West")

  22. Cleveland Clinic Foundation ("Cleveland Clinic")

  23. Communications Central, Inc. ("Communications Central")

  24. Competitive Telecommunications Association ("CompTel")

  25. ConQuest Long Distance Corp. ("ConQuest")

  26. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport ("DFW")

  27. Excel Telecommunications, Inc. ("Excel")

  28. Florida Public Service Commission ("Florida PSC")

  29. Florida Public Telecommunications Association, Inc. ("FPTA")

  30. Flying J Inc. ("Flying J")

  31. Frontier Corporation ("Frontier")

  32. Georgia Public Communications Association ("GPCA")

  33. Greyhound Lines, Inc. ("Greyhound")

  34. GTE Service Corporation ("GTE")

  35. GVNW Inc./Management ("GVNW")

  36. Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Idaho PUC")

  37. Illinois Public Telecommunications Association ("IPTA")

  38. Independent Technologies, Inc. ("Independent Technologies")

  39. Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission ("Indiana URC")

  40. Inmate Calling Services Providers Coalition ("Inmate")

  41. Intellicall Companies ("Intellicall")

  42. International Telecard Association ("ITA")

  43. InVision Telecom, Inc. ("InVision")

  44. Iowa Utilities Board

  45. City of Kansas City, Missouri ("Kansas City")

  46. Kampgrounds Of America, Inc. ("KOA")

  47. Lubbock County Sheriff's Office ("Lubbock County Sheriff")

  48. State of Maine Public Utilities Commission, State of New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, State of New Mexico State Corporation Commission, State of Vermont Public Service Board and Department of Public Service ("Maine PUC")

  49. MCI Telecommunications Corporation ("MCI")

  50. Michigan Pay Telephone Association ("MPTA")

  51. Midwest Independent Coin Payphone Association ("MICPA")

  52. National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds ("ARVC")

  53. National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. ("NECA")

  54. NATSO, Inc. ("NATSO")

  55. New Jersey Payphone Association ("NJPA")

  56. New Jersey Division of the Ratepayer Advocate ("New Jersey DRA")

  57. New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications ("New York City")

  58. New York State Department of Public Service ("New York DPS")

  59. National Telephone Cooperative Association ("NTCA")

  60. Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ("Ohio PUC")

  61. Oklahoma Corporation Commission ("Oklahoma CC)

  62. Oncor Communications, Inc. ("Oncor")

  63. One Call Communications, Inc. d/b/a Opticom ("One Call")

  64. Paging Network, Inc. ("PageNet")

  65. Personal Communications Industry Association ("PCIA")

  66. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ("Pennsylvania PUC")

  67. Peoples Telephone Company, Inc. ("Peoples")

  68. Promus Hotel Corporation ("Promus")

  69. Puerto Rico Telephone Company ("Puerto Rico Telephone")

  70. RBOC Payphone Coalition ("RBOC")

  71. Scherers Communications Group, Inc. ("Scherers")

  72. SDN Users Association, Inc. ("SDN Users")

  73. South Carolina Public Communications Association ("SCPCA")

  74. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company ("SW Bell")

  75. Sprint Corporation ("Sprint")

  76. Tarrant County, Texas ("Tarrant County")

  77. Telecommunications Resellers Association ("TRA")

  78. Teleport Communications Group Inc. ("Teleport")

  79. Public Utility Commission of Texas ("Texas PUC")

  80. Truckstops of America

  81. United States Telephone Association ("USTA")

  82. US Satellite Corp. ("US Satellite")

  83. US WEST, Inc. ("US WEST")

  84. Virginia State Corporation Commission ("Virginia SCC")

  85. Wisconsin Public Communications Association ("WPCA")

  86. WorldCom, Inc. d/b/a LDDS WorldCom ("WorldCom")

  87. Yuma County Airport Authority, Inc. ("Yuma County Airport")

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