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

Petitions for Reconsideration and Ex Parte Presentations

300. Parties must file any petitions for reconsideration of this Report and Order within 30 days from release of this document. We hereby waive, on our own motion, the requirements of Section 1.4 of our rules to establish this new date of public notice in light of the deadline established in the 1996 Act to complete this proceeding. Parties may file oppositions to the petitions for reconsideration pursuant to Section 1.106(g) of the rules, except that we require that oppositions to the petitions be filed within seven (7) days after the date for filing the petitions for reconsideration. The Commission will not issue a separate notice of any petitions for reconsideration; this paragraph serves as notice to all interested parties of the due dates for petitions and oppositions. In addition, the Commission hereby waives Section 1.106(h) of the rules and will not accept reply comments in response to oppositions. We conclude that these actions are necessary to complete all Commission action in this proceeding, which involves issues concerning the Commission's expedited implementation of the 1996 Act, by the statutory deadline of November 8, 1996. We will consider all relevant and timely petitions and oppositions before final action is taken in this proceeding.

      

301. To file a petition for reconsideration in this proceeding parties must file an original and ten copies of all petitions and oppositions. Petitions and oppositions should be sent to the Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. If parties want each Commissioner to have a personal copy of their documents, an original plus fourteen copies must be filed. In addition, participants should submit two additional copies directly to the Common Carrier Bureau, Enforcement Division, Room 6008, 2025 M Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20554. The petitions and oppositions will be available for public inspection during regular business hours in the Dockets Reference Room (Room 230) of the Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20554. Copies of the petition and any subsequently filed documents in this matter may be obtained from ITS, Inc., 2100 M Street, NW, Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 857-3800.

      

302. Petitions for reconsideration must comply with Sections 1.106 and 1.49 and all other applicable sections of the Commission's rules. Petitions also must clearly identify the specific portion of this Report and Order for which relief is sought. If a portion of a party's arguments does not fall under a particular topic listed in the outline of this Report and Order, such arguments should be included in a clearly labelled section at the beginning or end of the filing. Parties may not file more than a total of ten (10) pages of ex parte submissions, excluding cover letters. This 10 page limit does not include: (1) written ex parte filings made solely to disclose an oral ex parte contact; (2) written material submitted at the time of an oral presentation to Commission staff that provides a brief outline of the presentation; or (3) written material filed in response to direct requests from Commission staff. Ex parte filings in excess of this limit will not be considered as part of the record in this proceeding.