§ 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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