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


CONCLUSION

  1. In this Report and Order, we have established procedures that will ensure that all payphone service providers are fairly compensated for every completed intrastate, interstate and international call, except for those calls excepted by statute, and we adopt interim compensation until the new compensation procedures are effective. We have also established procedures that ensure that all subsidies from basic exchange and exchange access revenues are removed simultaneous with the LECs' receipt of compensation for calls from LEC payphones. We require the BOCs to comply with certain nonstructural safeguards for their provision of payphone service, and allow them to negotiate with location providers for selecting and contracting with the carriers that provide interLata service from their phones. We set forth herein guidelines for public interest payphones, and establish guidelines for states to use in their proceedings for funding of such payphones.

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