97-28759. Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 58686-58687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28759]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CC Docket 96-128; DA 97-2214]


Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice of partial waiver of regulations.

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SUMMARY: On October 7, 1997, the Common Carrier Bureau granted, on its 
own motion, a limited waiver of five months, until March 9, 1998, to 
those local exchange carriers and payphone service providers that 
cannot provide payphone-specific digits as required by orders in this 
proceeding. This limited waiver applied to the requirement that local 
exchange carriers provide payphone-specific coding digits to payphone 
service providers, and that payphone service providers provide coding 
digits from their payphones before they can receive per-call 
compensation from interexchange carriers for subscriber 800 and access 
code calls, and 0+ and inmate calls (47 CFR 64.1300-64.1340). The 
limited waiver recognized that three parties had filed petitions for 
waiver of the payphone-specific coding digit requirements. This 
document seeks comment on those waiver requests.

DATES: The partial waiver of 47 CFR 64.1300-64.1340 is effective 
October 7, 1997 until March 9, 1998. Comments are due on or before 
October 30, 1997, and reply comments are due on or before November 6, 
1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Room 222, 1919 M St., 
Washington, DC 20554.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rose Crellin or Greg Lipscomb, Formal Complaints and Information 
Branch, Enforcement Division, Common Carrier Bureau. [phone].

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-28759 Filed 10-29-97; 8:45 am]
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