§ 32.5100   Long distance message revenue.

   This account shall include revenue derived from message services that
   terminate beyond the basic service area of the originating wire center
   and are individually priced. This includes those message services which
   utilize the public long distance switching network and the basic
   subscriber access line. It also includes those long distance calls
   placed from mobile and public telephones, as well as any charges for
   operator assistance or special billing directly related to the
   completion of a specific call. This account shall also include revenue
   derived from individually priced message services offered under calling
   plans (discounted long distance) which do not utilize dedicated access
   lines, as well as those priced at the basic long distance rates where a
   discounted toll charge is on a per message basis. Any revenue derived
   from monthly or one-time charges for obtaining calling plan services
   shall be included in this account. This account includes revenue
   derived from the following services:

   (a) Long distance services which permit unidirectional calls to a
   subscriber from specified services areas (multipoint-to-point service).
   These calls require the use of dedicated access lines connecting a
   subscriber's premises and a designated central office. These dedicated
   access lines are generally separate from those required for the
   subscriber to place outward calls. The call is billed to the subscriber
   even though it is generally initiated by the subscriber's customer or
   correspondent.

   (b) Long distance services which permit the subscriber to place
   telephone calls from one location to other specified service areas
   (point-to-multipoint service). These calls are completed without
   operator assistance and require the use of a dedicated access line. The
   dedicated access line is generally separate from those required for
   inward message services and cannot be used to place calls within the
   basic service area or calls outside the selected service areas. Outward
   calls are screened and blocked to determine whether the calls are
   within an authorized service area.

   (c) Services extending beyond the basic service area that involve
   dedicated circuits, private switching arrangements, and/or predefined
   transmission paths, whether virtual or physical, which provide
   communications between specific locations (e.g., point-to-point
   communications). Service connection charges, termination charges,
   rearrangements and changes, etc., shall be included in this account.
   Revenue derived from associated administrative and operational support
   services shall also be included in this account.

   (1) Narrow-band analog private network circuits and facilities
   furnished exclusively for record forms of communications, such as
   teletypewriter, teletypesetter, telewriter, ticker, Morse, signaling,
   remote metering, and supervisory services.

   (2) Private network circuits and facilities (including multipurpose
   wide-band) which provide voice grade services for the transmission of
   analog signals. It includes revenue from services such as voice, data
   and telephoto communication, as well as remote metering, supervisory
   control, miscellaneous signaling and channels furnished for the purpose
   of extending customer--provided communications systems. It includes
   revenue from the provision of facilities between customer premises and
   a serving office, a carrier distribution point, or an extension
   distribution channel.

   (3) Private network circuits and facilities furnished for audio program
   transmission purposes, such as radio broadcasting, sound recording
   (wired music) and loud speaker services. It includes revenue from the
   provision of facilities for the transmission of analog signals between
   customer premises and a serving office, a carrier distribution point,
   or an extension distribution channel furnished in connection with such
   services. It also includes revenue from facilities furnished to carry
   the audio portion of a television program if furnished under separate
   audio rates. If the rate for television program services includes both
   the picture and sound portion of the transmission, the revenue shall
   also be included in this account.

   (4) Private network circuits and facilities furnished for television
   program transmission purposes, such as commercial broadcast and
   educational or private television services. It includes revenue from
   the provision of facilities for the transmission of analog signals
   between customer premises and a serving office, a carrier distribution
   point, or an extension distribution channel furnished in connection
   with such services. It also includes revenue from both the picture and
   sound portions of transmission for television program service when
   provided under a combined rate schedule.

   (5) The provision of circuits and facilities for the transmission of
   digital signals only.

   (6) The provision of common user channels and switching capabilities
   used for the transmission of telecommunication signals between three
   (3) or more points in the network. Also included is revenue derived
   from the provision of basic switching and transfer arrangements used to
   connect private line channels.

   (7) Charges and credits resulting from contractual revenue pooling
   and/or sharing agreements for tariffed long distance public network
   services and for tariffed long distance private network services.

   [ 67 FR 5692 , Feb. 6, 2002]

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