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 C

PARTIES FILING REPLY COMMENTS

  1. Air Touch Paging ("Air Touch")

  2. American Express Telecommunications, Inc. ("American Express")

  3. Ameritech

  4. American Public Communications Council ("APCC")

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

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

  7. Bell Atlantic

  8. Bell South Corporation ("Bell South")

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

  10. California Payphone Association ("CPA")

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

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

  13. Competitive Telecommunications Association ("CompTel")

  14. Frontier Corporation ("Frontier")

  15. Gateway Technologies, Inc. ("Gateway")

  16. Georgia Public Communications Association ("GPCA")

  17. GTE Service Corporation ("GTE")

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

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

  20. Intellicall Companies ("Intellicall")

  21. International Telecard Association ("ITA")

  22. MCI Telecommunications Corporation ("MCI")

  23. Medeco

  24. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority ("Metropolitan Washington")

  25. Michigan Pay Telephone Association ("MPTA")

  26. Missouri Public Service Commission ("Missouri PSC")

  27. MobileMedia Communications, Inc. ("MobileMedia")

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

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

  30. National Telephone Cooperative Association ("NTCA")

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

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

  33. Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies ("OPASTCO")

  34. Pacific Telesis Group ("PacTel")

  35. Personal Communications Industry Association ("PCIA")

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

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

  38. RBOC Payphone Coalition ("RBOC")

  39. San Diego Payphone Owners Association ("SDPOA")

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

  41. Sprint Corporation ("Sprint")

  42. Telaleasing Enterprises, Inc. ("Telaleasing")

  43. Telecommunications Resellers Association ("TRA")

  44. Tennessee Regulatory Authority

  45. United States Telephone Association ("USTA")

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

  47. Voice Telephone Company ("Voice")

  48. Wisconsin Public Communications Association ("WPCA")

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