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  02-30499. Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996  

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    AGENCY:

    Federal Communications Commission.

    ACTION:

    Final rule.

    SUMMARY:

    In this document, the Commission implemented certain aspects of per-payphone compensation pursuant to a 1997 remand by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. To implement the remand, the Commission established a new default compensation amount per payphone per month for access code and subscriber toll-free calls, allocated this monthly amount among the designated payors of per-payphone compensation, resolved some compensation offset issues, determined issues regarding the valuation of payphone assets transferred by local exchange carriers to a separate affiliate or division, and resolved a number of issues raised in petitions for reconsideration.

    DATES:

    Effective January 2, 2003.

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    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

    Lynne Milne, Wireline Competition Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, (202) 418-1520.

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    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    This is a summary of the Commission's Fifth Order on Reconsideration and Order on Remand (Order) in CC Docket No. 96-128, adopted on October 17, 2002, and released on October 23, 2002. The complete text of this Order is available for public inspection Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center, Room CY-A257, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The complete text is available also on the Commission's Internet site at www.fcc.gov. Alternative formats are available to persons with disabilities by contacting Brian Millin at (202) 418-7426 or TTY (202) 418-7365. The complete text of the Order may be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Qualex International, Room CY-B402, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, telephone 202-863-2893, facsimile 202-863-2898, or e-mail at qualexint@aol.com.

    Synopsis of Fifth Order on Reconsideration and Order on Remand

    1. Instead of revising its approach to estimating monthly call volumes at the average payphone, the Commission retained the estimate of 148 monthly compensable calls as determined in the Fourth Reconsideration Order, 67 FR 9610, March 4, 2002. In this regard, the Commission explicitly rejected the reconsideration arguments of: (1) Sprint and WorldCom that per-payphone compensation should be based on the 131 monthly compensable calls estimated by the Commission in 1996, (2) Sprint that the underlying call volumes were unreliable, (3) WorldCom that the Commission should reduce the monthly estimate by a set factor each year after the Interim Period, and (4) Sprint that the Commission should use a weighted averaged, instead of a straight average as used in the Fourth Reconsideration Order.

    2. The Commission's calculation of a per-call compensation rate in the Third Report and Order, 64 FR 13701, March 22, 1999, included a component of $0.009 to reflect an assumed average delay in the rendering of payphone compensation according to the quarterly system established by industry consensus and endorsed by the Commission in the First Report and Order, 61 FR 52307, October 7, 1996. APCC requested that the Commission reconsider its deduction in the Fourth Reconsideration Order of this $0.009 from the per-call compensation rate. The Commission in this Order granted APCC's request and reinstated this $0.009 component for the purpose of calculating per-payphone compensation. Granting APCC's reconsideration petition on this issue effectively mooted Sprint's request for clarification that the 22.9 cent rate adopted in the Fourth Reconsideration Order be applied to all true-ups for the Intermediate Period, whether a carrier paid on a per-payphone or per-call basis. It also mooted WorldCom's request to clarify that the rate of 22.9 cents applies to payments for payphones that do not transmit payphone-specific coding digits, even if the carrier has compensated on a per-call, rather than per-payphone basis, for those payphones. The same 23.8 cent rate that applied to per-call compensation during the Intermediate Period applies to determine per-payphone compensation.

    3. The Colorado Payphone Association (CPA) asked the Commission to reconsider the 24-cent compensation rate established in the Third Report and Order arguing that the Commission inappropriately used a “stripped down” coinless phone model for the purpose of calculating payphone capital costs, inappropriately used 11.25% as the interest rate, and Start Printed Page 71862incorrectly calculated maintenance costs. The Commission denied CPA's reconsideration petition with respect to each of these factors.

    4. The Commission denied the RBOC Coalition's reconsideration petition request to add some amount of additional compensation to the per-payphone compensation required in this Order as compensation for 1+ calls originated during the Interim Period for which the payphone service providers (PSPs) were not otherwise compensated. The definition provided of a 1+ call was an interLATA toll call originating at a payphone and carried by an interexchange carrier (IXC), where the IXC's operator or its automated rating system directs that calling party to deposit coins for the call.

    5. After considering reconsideration requests regarding the per-payphone compensation calculation, the Commission recalculated a per-payphone compensation amount based on a per-call rate of $0.238 cents. The per-call rate of $0.238 multiplied by the call estimate of 148 calls per month equals a compensation amount of $35.224 per payphone per month for the Interim Period (November 7, 1996, through October 6, 1997) and the Intermediate Period (October 7, 1997, through April 20, 1999). The compensation obligations as shown at Appendices A, B and C are calculated using this increased amount.

    6. After determining the amount of compensation to be paid per payphone per month, the Commission next allocated this monthly payphone compensation obligation among the payors of per-payphone compensation, to implement the remand by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Illinois Pub. Telecomm. Ass'n v. FCC, 117 F.3d 555 (D.C. Cir. 1997), clarified on reh'g, 123 F.3d 693 (D.C. Cir. 1997), cert. denied sub nom. Virginia State Corp. Comm'n v. FCC, 523 U.S. 1046 (1998) (hereinafter Illinois). See Remand Public Notice, 62 FR 43686, August 15, 1997. During the first four months of 2002, the four Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) provided the Wireline Competition Bureau with aggregate call data listing the next destination past the RBOC switch of payphone calls placed during 1997, 1998, and October 1, 2000, through September 30, 2001. From that data set, the Commission aggregated the numbers to determine the total number of payphone calls received by each carrier in each of the three time periods, as well as the total number of calls placed in the time period. From there, each carrier's share of the total was calculated, and thus the proportion of the monthly $35.224 per-payphone compensation that each identified carrier should rightfully bear.

    7. Once the basic aggregation was completed, the Commission adjusted the data in various ways in order to obtain a reasonable allocation. For example, the Commission excluded unusable data from the final data set, such as, calls routed to destinations not identified in the RBOC data. Another exclusion concerned some RBOC data submitted for payphone calls routed to destinations that were not IXCs or other carriers, including entities with dedicated private line service assigned a carrier identification code (CIC), a four digit number that uniquely identifies the destination of the call, even though they are not “communications carriers.” The Commission also excused governmental entities, such as, the Internal Revenue Service, and various state governments, that were in the RBOC data. Because such non-carrier entities had no notice that they could be responsible for payphone compensation, the Commission decided not to hold them liable and removed those calls from the data set. The non-carrier CIC holders eliminated from consideration are: AmVox, Arco Paypoint, Arthur Anderson & Co., Buypass Corp., California State Lottery, Cam-Net, Card Establishment, Compuserve, Contact America, Dean Witter, Department of Treasury (IRS), Discover & Co., EDS, Envoy Corporation, ETSC, First USA, Full Service Computing, Harmonic Systems, HUB Distributing, Idaho State Government, JC Penney Business Services, Landmark Communications, Legal Aid Society of Orange County, MAG Card, MasterCard International, MCSC Access in Canada, Merchant Link, Mobile Oil Credit Corp., Morgan Stanley, National Data Corp., Nexus Communications, Paradise Communications, PaymentTech, Professional Fusion Enterprises, PSA, Inc., Public Service Company of New Mexico and Gas Company of New Mexico, Resource Technology, Southeast Switch, State of California, Stone & Co., Telemoney Services, Transaction Network Services, United Refining, Vacation Villages of America, Visa USA, Vital Processing Services, VoiceCom Systems, VTA, Inc., and Weeks Communications.

    8. The Commission may not have identified all of them; thus, some entities in the Tables of Allocations in Appendices A, B, or C may not in fact be carriers. The Commission made the following provision for entities that are not “communications carriers” and thus not responsible for per-payphone compensation. Any entity named in the Commission's allocation in this Order that then receives a request for per-payphone compensation from a PSP or other entity may, within 90 days of receiving such a request, file a waiver request with the Wireline Competition Bureau for exclusion from the per-payphone allocation, with a demonstration that the entity provides no communications service to others.

    9. In the First Report and Order, the Commission decided that local exchange carriers (LECs) must pay payphone compensation to the extent that they carry compensable payphone calls. The Commission in this Order allocated to both RBOC and non-RBOC incumbent LECs 2.19% of the calls originating from payphones within their own service territories because it reflects the fact that an incumbent LEC does receive and carry compensable payphone calls originated within its territory. This percentage and the appropriate compensation amount were listed in Appendices A, B and C. Rather than making each incumbent LEC remit payment to each PSP in the nation the Commission required each incumbent LEC to remit the 2.19% payment to PSPs for each payphone located in its service territory, even if the PSP had/has its payphones connected to a competitive LEC.

    10. After an examination of the RBOC data showed that the RBOCs themselves sometimes behaved as IXCs, the Commission concluded that incumbent LECs owe compensation for calls where the incumbent LEC performed the function of an IXC. This compensation obligation was allocated in a manner consistent with other payors of per-payphone compensation. The Allocation Tables reflect compensable payphone calls routed to identified incumbent LECs acting in an IXC capacity, and specify the amount of per-payphone compensation to be paid by that incumbent LEC to all PSPs nationwide.

    11. In Appendices A, B and C, the Commission identified payors obligated to pay per-payphone compensation by the names of payors and CICs provided by the RBOCs in the payphone call data. The Commission explained in this Order that given consolidation and change in the telecommunications industry over the last several years, the payor names may fail to accurately identify current per-payphone obligations imposed by this Order. Any failure on the Commission's part in the name identification in Appendices A, B and C does not excuse full payment by any entity of its compensation obligation. According to the Commission, the per-payphone Start Printed Page 71863obligation must be paid by each listed entity, or by its successors in interest, assigns, transferees or their entity legally responsible for the listed entity's obligations under this Order.

    12. The Commission noted, moreover, that this name identification was provided for the convenience of carriers and PSPs alike, and was not intended to impose a modification to otherwise appropriate intracorporate relationships. If an entity listed in Appendices A, B or C has provided for payment of its payphone compensation allocations through separate subsidiaries or otherwise, it may, absent some other resolution agreeable to the PSPs to which it owes payment, ask for clarification from the Wireline Competition Bureau, which will promptly provide the appropriate attribution of allocation amounts among subsidiaries or other entities, or otherwise provide clarification of the per-payphone compensation obligation required by this Order. An entity listed in Appendices A, B, or C may not, however, avoid its obligation to pay per-payphone compensation by requesting such clarification.

    13. KTNT Communications is an exception in the Commission's listing of entities in Appendices A, B, and C according to the RBOC data. The Commission identified KTNT Communications as the company obligated to pay the per-payphone compensation required by this Order for 39 operator service providers. In explaining this decision, the Commission noted that KTNT Communications filed a notice with the Public Utility Commission of Texas on April 18, 1997 that it was the management company responsible for these other operator service providers. In addition, KTNT Communications and each of the 38 other operator service providers submitted “concurring carrier” documentation to qualify to use KTNT Communications tariff submissions. The 38 other operator service providers with payphone call data aggregated with data for KTNT Communications are: Bay TNT Network, Who Ever, U Speak Long Distance, It Doesn't Matter, Zimmer Way, I Don't Care, I Don't Know, Riverbend Communications, Minh Long Distance, Viva Tel L.D., Bryant Service, Rea Long Distance, Signature Network Service, Brown Service Co., Exco Long Distance, Mustang Operators, Far Point, Knox Service Group, Sandell Operator Service, Christine LD Service, Vera Long Distance, Old Laredo Service, Old Home Operator, Andril Service Group, Any One Is Okay, MCV, Brahms Communications, Forest Pine Telcom, Amadeus, Dvorak, KBTN, Callum Long Distance, Sunrise Operator, Wisteria LD Service, World Window, Hickory Grover Group, Alert Operators, and Friendly Voice Network. While KTNT Communications must pay all of the per-payphone compensation required in this Order for itself and each of the 38 entities listed in this paragraph, KTNT Communications has a right of recovery from these listed 38 entities if such recovery does not lead to double recovery by KTNT Communications.

    14. In this Order, the Commission granted Sprint's petition for reconsideration regarding the obligation of resellers to pay per-payphone compensation to the following extent. The RBOC call data listed carriers receiving calls by name and by CIC. Because many resellers have their own CICs, numerous resellers are included on these lists, and hence included in the allocation delineated at Appendices A, B and C. Accordingly, the Commission addressed at least part of Sprint's concern by including resellers as well as “first switch” carriers, without regard to the label borne by the carrier. Further, the Commission explicitly held that allocating compensation obligations among carriers through the use of this methodology replaces the more general statements made in the Fourth Reconsideration Order about requiring first facilities-based carriers to bear the entire burden of per-payphone compensation. Moreover, the Commission reconsidered its decision to use Carrier Locator Reports to distinguish IXCs from resellers and instead made the allocation without regard to whether a company considers itself to be an IXC, a reseller, or some other type of provider of telecommunications services.

    15. In contrast, the Commission recognized in this Order that calls routed to facilities-based carriers' CICs may in fact have been ultimately routed to resellers. Given the inclusion of a significant number of resellers in the allocation methodology, the Commission decided that the ultimate impact on the compensation paid by other carriers will most likely not be significant. Sprint's proposed alternative method for allocating per-payphone compensation proposal effectively would have excluded all resellers from compensation and the Commission did not consider it to be fair compensation to PSPs. The Commission stipulated explicitly that, if a carrier has data that payphone calls allocated to them (i.e., routed to its CIC) were actually carried by resellers, nothing in this Order prevents carriers from seeking reimbursement of the cost of these calls from resellers. The Commission added that carriers may in no way delay payment of compensation to PSPs on account of seeking such reimbursement.

    16. In adopting its allocation methodology, the Commission explicitly denied reconsideration petitions asking the Commission to establish alternative ways of calculating compensation for the Interim and Intermediate Periods. The Commission also rejected ITC⁁DeltaCom's reconsideration petition request to exempt from Interim Period compensation obligations those carriers with revenues below $100 million. In addition, APCC, Sprint Corporation, MCI and Frontier Corporation filed petitions for reconsideration or review of a Bureau-level decision and a Division-level decision, each related to per-payphone compensation for the Intermediate Period. See Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-128, Memorandum Opinion & Order, 63 FR 26497, May 13, 1998; Order, 63 FR 26495, May 13, 1998. These petitions attack various aspects of the waiver process by which per-payphone compensation was paid during the Intermediate Period. After establishing in the Fourth Reconsideration Order and this Order the methodology for calculating and apportioning per-payphone compensation for the Interim and Intermediate Periods, and allocating the responsibility for per-payphone compensation to as large a group of carriers as possible, the Commission dismissed these petitions as moot.

    17. In its reconsideration petition, Sprint Corporation asserted that it did not believe the obligation created in the Fourth Reconsideration Order regarding per-payphone compensation for the Intermediate Period was intended to force carriers that previously paid on a per-call basis to now conduct true ups on a per-payphone basis for the Intermediate Period. The Commission declared in this Order that if carriers have already paid per-call compensation on payphones for which they received coding digits in the Interim, Intermediate or any other period, nothing in the Fourth Reconsideration Order or this Order requires carriers to now go back and apply per-payphone compensation to these payphones.

    18. CPA requested reconsideration of the decision that PSPs must pay refunds for the Intermediate Period. In this Order, the Commission affirmed its decision in the Third Report and Order that PSPs must refund the difference Start Printed Page 71864between payments they received at the 28.4 cent rate established in the Second Report and Order, 62 FR 58659, October 30, 1997, and payments recalculated at a 23.8 cent rate.

    19. The Commission affirmed in this Order the decisions in the Third Report and Order and the Fourth Reconsideration Order that obligations for payment of outstanding compensation for the Interim and Intermediate Periods, and payment of refunds and any adjustments, shall run from specific carriers to specific PSPs. The Commission declined to adopt APCC's reconsideration petition to the extent it asked for the establishment of a carrier-to-carrier mechanism for resolving payments and refunds. The Commission, however, reiterated its conclusion in the Fourth Reconsideration Order that alternative arrangements between or among carriers, with the agreement of the PSP, are not prohibited.

    20. The Commission explained how carriers and PSPs should handle the compensation and refund process by providing the following guidelines to clarify the requirements of the Third Report and Order. After the effective date of this Order, PSPs and carriers may render bills to one another or otherwise arrange for payment of outstanding Interim and Intermediate Period compensation obligations or refunds. They may use whatever commercially reasonable payment or dispute resolution processes to handle this process they may currently use in their dealings with one another or to which they may otherwise mutually agree, including clearinghouse processes. In accordance with the Third Report and Order determination that “IXCs may recover their overpayments to the PSPs at the same time as the PSPs receive payment from the IXCs for the Interim Period,” the Commission clarified in this Order that this means IXCs (or other carriers rendering payment) shall initially claim an offset for refunds of overpayments only against amounts claimed by the PSP for Interim and Intermediate Period compensation. Only after the carrier and the PSP have resolved the offset against this amount may the IXC “deduct the remaining overpayment from future payments to PSPs” as stipulated in the Third Report and Order. The Commission clarified that IXCs (or other carriers claiming refunds) may only withhold undisputed amounts from future payments. Thus, any carrier wishing to deduct a refund out of future payments to PSPs may only do so after providing that specific PSP notice of the refund claimed, and allowing the PSP adequate time to dispute the claim. To the extent a PSP disputes any portion of the refund claimed, the carrier may not deduct that portion from any future payment until it resolves the dispute with the PSP. Again, carriers and PSPs may use existing commercially reasonable processes to handle these disputes and arrange for payment. The only requirement the Commission placed on these processes is that if a carrier is able to apply undisputed amounts against future payments, the carriers must allow PSPs to make payments of refunds over a reasonable number of future payments, subject to ongoing accrual of interest, if reasonably requested by the PSP.

    21. The Commission in this Order rejected reconsideration requests and affirmed its decision in the Fourth Reconsideration Order to apply the IRS-prescribed interest rate to payments of Interim and Intermediate Period compensation, as well as to refunds owed by PSPs to carriers. The Commission specified, however, that because it had reinstated the $0.009 interest rate component as described above, the IRS-prescribed interest rate will only begin to accrue after the date payment normally would have been rendered under the quarterly payment system applicable to payphone compensation. Consistent with the Commission's assumptions under prior orders in this proceeding, the IRS-prescribed interest rate for payments that should have been made for the first quarter of the year will begin accruing on July 2 of that same year, for the second quarter of the year on October 2 of that same year, for the third quarter on January 2 of the next year, and for the fourth quarter on April 2 of the next year.

    22. WorldCom asked the Commission to clarify that, with the exception of Interim Period inmate calls not otherwise compensated, PSPs may not now submit any new claims for any other type of coinless payphone call after the one year deadline for submitting calls for compensation. The Commission decided it was not necessary to further clarify its holding and rejected WorldCom's clarification request.

    23. In this Order, the Commission denied CPA's reconsideration petition asking the Commission to require carriers to implement targeted call blocking, the technological ability of an IXC to not accept (or “block”) a dial-around access code call from one payphone while accepting calls from another payphone.

    24. The Commission decided in this Order that it is constrained by the court's holding in Illinois to allow LECs to use net book value when valuing payphone assets transferred to a separate affiliate or operating division. The Commission noted that the court's holding, however, was enunciated in the specific context of the transfers at issue in Illinois. Thus, to avoid confusion as to the reach of the Commission's implementation of the court's decision, the Commission provided in this Order clarification as follows. If a LEC chooses to retain payphone assets, reclassification of these assets from regulated to nonregulated status must be consistent with § 32.32 and the Commission's part 64 cost allocation rules. If a LEC chooses to make a one-time transfer of payphone assets to a nonregulated affiliate or operating division, then such a transfer would be recorded at net book value. The Commission expressly limited this treatment to only such transfers as may be made pursuant to Commission implementation of section 276(b)(1)(B), as it is only these types of transfers that could reasonably be considered the kind of one-time industry reform contemplated by the court in Illinois. The Commission also explained that, to the extent a transfer of payphone assets does not meet these requirements, the Commission's affiliate transaction rules would apply. In this event, carriers were reminded that they must include in fair market valuations of payphone assets the going concern value associated with location contracts supporting the payphone assets.

    25. The Commission also clarified that the effective date of the Fourth Reconsideration Order and this Order shall be 30 days after the date that this Order is published in the Federal Register. The Commission specifically declined, however, to require compensation payment to be made within thirty days after release of this Order, as the RBOC Coalition requested. According to the Commission, once any PSP or carrier has performed the tasks necessary to render bills for compensation or refunds in accordance with this Order, the PSP or carrier may render such bills as soon as practicable after this Order's effective date, provided that they observe the offset resolution guidelines described in the Order.

    26. The Commission delineated the results of its allocations, showing each carrier's pro rata share of the per-payphone payment, in Tables of Allocation located in Appendices A, B and C. In Appendix A, the Commission identified the payors and designated the monthly per-payphone compensation amounts for the Interim Period, Start Printed Page 71865beginning November 7, 1996 through October 6, 1997.

    Appendix A.—Interim Period Allocation List

    No.NamePercentageAmount
    1AT&T Communications35.6752385$12.56624601
    2MCI27.10121549.54613210
    3Sprint11.82356364.16473205
    4WorldCom11.77925974.14912643
    5LCI International2.53850890.89416436
    6Frontier Communications Services2.36349420.83251720
    7ILEC 2.192.19000000.77140560
    8Cable & Wireless0.93576540.32961401
    9Global Crossing Telecommunications0.67941390.23931675
    10Switched Service Communications0.50088470.17643164
    11U.S. Long Distance0.42863150.15098115
    12Tel America0.32278130.11369647
    13WorldCom Technologies0.28152050.09916277
    14Qwest0.28014390.09867788
    15Long Distance Savers0.15059640.05304608
    16Frontier Communications-North Central Region0.14469700.05096805
    17Pac-West Telecomm dba AmeriCall0.14252080.05020151
    18Frontier Communications Int'l, Inc.0.13908500.04899130
    19Telco Communications Group dba Dial & Save0.13601300.04790920
    20Bell Atlantic Communications0.13463970.04742549
    21Brooks Fiber Communications0.11348050.03997236
    22Business Telecom, Inc. (BTI)0.11011380.03878650
    23NETECH Comm. (US West)0.09893910.03485029
    24One Call Communications0.09867070.03475578
    25ATX Telecommunications Services0.09410000.03314579
    26McLeodUSA0.09381460.03304526
    27WorldXChange0.08449560.02976272
    28American Network Exchange (AMNEX)0.06667300.02348490
    29Broadwing Communications Services Inc.0.05514090.01942282
    30American Telco0.05344540.01882561
    31WesTel0.05176180.01823259
    32West Coast Telecommunications0.05130340.01807112
    33OCI0.05030720.01772023
    34Access Long Distance0.04489410.01581348
    35Total-Tel USA0.04421170.01557311
    36GST Call America0.04295950.01513205
    37NYNEX—Corridor0.04040280.01423148
    38US Long Distance0.03842860.01353608
    39Eastern Telecom International0.03622420.01275963
    40Network Operator Services0.03518310.01239290
    41GTE Communications Corp.0.03443610.01212976
    42Shared Communications Services0.03296380.01161116
    43Long Distance/USA (Sprint)0.03211990.01131393
    44DeltaCom L.D.S.0.02996280.01055411
    45Tandem Access for Database Query0.02609480.00919165
    46The CommuniGroup Of KC0.02453380.00864178
    47Ameritel0.02447190.00861997
    48U.S. WATS0.02376620.00837141
    49LONG DISTANCE OF MICHIGAN0.02314630.00815304
    50Consolidated Network0.02231810.00786132
    51Westinghouse Electric Corp.0.02109790.00743153
    52ICON Communications0.02052240.00722881
    53T-NETIX, Inc.0.02016310.00710224
    54Telecom*USA (MCI)0.01868330.00658099
    55Teltrust0.01787320.00629566
    56EconoPhone0.01765990.00622051
    57Switch 20000.01586450.00558811
    58VarTec Telecom0.01530270.00539021
    59Chadwick Telephone0.01499910.00528328
    60One Star Long Distance0.01429730.00503608
    61Capital Telecommunications0.01420910.00500501
    62BN1 Telecommunications0.01415150.00498473
    63I-Link Communications0.01384050.00487516
    64American Telecommunications Enterprises0.01378920.00485709
    65Touch America, Inc.0.01373390.00483762
    66U.S. Link0.01342880.00473015
    67Nationwide Communications0.01337760.00471211
    68Deluxe Data Systems0.01320890.00465272
    69Long Distance Management0.01290850.00454690
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    70Intermedia Communications0.01276630.00449680
    71XO Communications0.01273280.00448501
    72NATIONAL Telecom of Florida0.01222820.00430726
    73Feist Long Distance0.01222520.00430620
    74Intercontinental Communications Group (ICG)0.01192960.00420207
    75American Long Lines0.01143260.00402701
    76Call America Business Comm. Corp.0.00951680.00335218
    77IBM (Advantis)0.00911830.00321183
    78Valu-Line of Kansas0.00814100.00286759
    79General Communication0.00791240.00278708
    80North American Communications0.00777790.00273969
    81Eastern Telephone Systems0.00775520.00273169
    82MFS Intelnet0.00772670.00272166
    83Fox Communications0.00765540.00269654
    84Global Crossing Telemanagement0.00739300.00260412
    85ATI Telecom0.00735580.00259101
    86Hedges & Associates0.00731880.00257797
    87Cincinnati Bell Long Distance0.00609720.00214766
    88Telemanagement Consultants Corp.0.00603990.00212750
    89U.S. Communications0.00598060.00210660
    90Network Plus0.00571860.00201433
    91Action Telcom Co.0.00560860.00197558
    92GST Telecom0.00557540.00196386
    93Ciera Network Systems0.00533580.00187949
    94Long Distance Discount0.00498960.00175754
    95Frontier Communications of the Great Lakes0.00496380.00174843
    96Electric Lightwave0.00483390.00170270
    97Long Distance Wholesale Club (Excel)0.00473780.00166884
    98Eclipse Communications0.00470490.00165727
    99ConQuest0.00456620.00160842
    100CUSTOMER TELECOM NET dba CTN0.00455810.00160555
    101POPP Telcom0.00450460.00158671
    102Off Campus Telecommunications0.00433160.00152577
    103Long Distance Telephone Savers0.00431640.00152041
    104PSP Marketing Group0.00426060.00150076
    105Telephone Assoc. Long Distance Svcs.0.00385940.00135945
    106Broadwing Telecommunications Inc.0.00381490.00134377
    107Cooperative Communications0.00375330.00132206
    108Cleartel Communications0.00362030.00127523
    109Austin Bestline0.00348010.00122582
    110KLP, Inc. dba Call-America0.00338580.00119262
    111United Communications0.00323970.00114116
    112Cherry Communications0.00323140.00113822
    113South Carolina Network0.00319700.00112610
    114The CommuniGroup0.00312610.00110112
    115Digital Network, Inc.0.00283770.00099956
    116IDS Long Distance0.00283300.00099791
    117Citizens Communications0.00259950.00091563
    118TCG0.00249810.00087993
    119Arcada Communications0.00235500.00082953
    120American Tel Group0.00229400.00080805
    121Countdown Communications0.00227440.00080114
    122Long Distance USA0.00223340.00078671
    123MRC Telecommunications0.00220970.00077833
    124TCA Long Distance0.00213710.00075277
    125Norlight Telecommunications0.00208360.00073392
    126Global Crossing Bandwidth0.00178340.00062817
    127Capital Network Systems (AMNEX)0.00169960.00059868
    128TransNet0.00168560.00059372
    129LCC0.00166520.00058656
    130Iowa Communications Network0.00162430.00057216
    131Parkway Communications0.00162070.00057087
    132TresCom U.S.A.0.00154960.00054582
    133Convergent Communications0.00151350.00053311
    134NEXTLINK0.00139100.00048996
    135Cypress Telecommunications Corp. (Cytel)0.00130870.00046097
    136Yavapai Telephone Exchange0.00129030.00045451
    137MVP Communications0.00111850.00039398
    138C-COM0.00110210.00038821
    139United Telephone Co.0.00103140.00036331
    140US Comm. dba Southwest L.D.N.0.00101740.00035838
    141CTS Telcom of Florida0.00101570.00035776
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    142Telescan0.00101140.00035625
    143Ionex Telecommunications0.00100130.00035269
    144Logix Communications0.00094040.00033124
    145Phonetel Technologies0.00092460.00032569
    146AT&T Canada Long Distance Services Co.0.00092230.00032489
    147Mon-Cre Long Distance0.00091460.00032217
    148Connect America Communications0.00087740.00030905
    149Concord Telephone Long Distance0.00087350.00030770
    150WATS/8000.00085870.00030248
    151Athena International0.00085160.00029998
    152First Financial Management Corp.0.00084810.00029873
    153International Telcom, Ltd0.00084410.00029734
    154Sunshine Telephone Inc. dba SUNTEL0.00083240.00029319
    155Keystone Telecom0.00082130.00028929
    156Powercom Corp.0.00081870.00028838
    157Midco Communications0.00077700.00027368
    158T-One Communications0.00076310.00026880
    159Star Tel, Inc.0.00075530.00026604
    160Eastern Telecom dba InterQuest0.00074790.00026343
    161American Telesource International0.00074130.00026112
    162Econo. Call Long Distance Services0.00071500.00025186
    163TELUS Communications (Edmonton)0.00069840.00024599
    164Telehop Communications0.00068400.00024092
    165KTNT Communications0.00067570.00023802
    166AT&T EasyLink Services0.00066010.00023251
    167Valuline Long Distance0.00063990.00022538
    168American Express Travel Related Services0.00062700.00022086
    169Interlink Telecommunications0.00057250.00020165
    170US Link Long Distance0.00054060.00019041
    171Americall Communications0.00053470.00018836
    172Intl.800 Telecom dba Telecall Long Dist. (EGLOBE)0.00052930.00018645
    173Union Telephone Co.0.00048030.00016918
    174Western Telecom, Inc.0.00045680.00016092
    175Uni-Tel of Farmington0.00045030.00015860
    176Euronet Communications Corp.0.00044370.00015629
    177Show-Me Long Distance0.00042210.00014869
    178North American Telephone0.00041390.00014579
    179Dial-Net, Inc.0.00041320.00014553
    180USLINK0.00041200.00014512
    181First Communications0.00040570.00014292
    182TelaMarketing Communications0.00039220.00013815
    183TXU Communications0.00034810.00012261
    184Shoreham Telephone0.00033530.00011809
    185U.S. Connect Corp.0.00033130.00011669
    186AT&T Global Network Services (AGNS)0.00031610.00011133
    187Telephone Communications Corp.0.00030800.00010850
    188Alternate Communications Technology0.00030710.00010817
    189Baystar Satellite Paging0.00030000.00010568
    190JSM Tele-Page0.00029890.00010527
    191Systems 10000.00028800.00010145
    192Operator Service Co.0.00025390.00008944
    193Autumn Communications0.00022910.00008070
    194Call America/Palm Desert0.00022260.00007842
    195NACT0.00022220.00007827
    196ACC Long Distance Corp.0.00018730.00006597
    197NTS Communications0.00018630.00006564
    198TTI Telecommunications0.00018300.00006446
    199Sound Communications West0.00018280.00006439
    200National Network Corp.0.00018260.00006432
    201ARCADA0.00017980.00006332
    202PT-1 Communications0.00017980.00006332
    203LCI0.00016580.00005840
    204TresCom U.S.A., Inc./TresCom Caribbean0.00015240.00005366
    205Execulines of Sacramento0.00015210.00005359
    206Dancris Comm.0.00014410.00005076
    207Midcom of Arizona, Inc0.00014320.00005043
    208Digital Technologies0.00013970.00004922
    209Connect Americom Corp.0.00013590.00004786
    210Communications Options0.00013290.00004680
    211KRB Telecom0.00013010.00004584
    212Connect America Corp.0.00011990.00004224
    213Oncor Communications0.00011950.00004209
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    214Tele Tech0.00011770.00004147
    215ECI Communications0.00011610.00004088
    216NTS Communications/GMW Co.0.00011160.00003930
    217Ameritech0.00011100.00003908
    218Capsule Communications0.00010630.00003743
    219Telenet Comm. Corp.0.00010550.00003717
    220American Telecommunications Holding0.00010380.00003655
    221Citilink of UT0.00010350.00003647
    222NTI0.00010300.00003629
    223Business Discount Plan dba LD Discount Plan0.00010070.00003548
    224Home Owners L.D. dba HOLD Billing Svcs.0.00009930.00003497
    225QCC, Inc.0.00009640.00003394
    226Tele-Sys., Inc.0.00009530.00003357
    227Telecom Affiliates0.00008940.00003148
    228USLink Long Distance0.00008710.00003067
    229Americom Communications0.00008590.00003027
    230L.D. Services0.00008390.00002957
    231Telecommunications Service Center0.00008240.00002902
    232SWITCHED SERVICE0.00008200.00002887
    233Nuestra Telefonica0.00007150.00002520
    234Alternative Long Distance dba Money $avers0.00006360.00002241
    235Call Savers0.00005920.00002086
    236Excel Telecommunications0.00005540.00001950
    237Asia International Services Corp.0.00005540.00001950
    238WestCom Inc. (Western Telecom, Inc.)0.00005010.00001763
    239ComCentral dba Southnet Services0.00004670.00001646
    240ABC Telecom0.00004650.00001638
    241Gulf Long Distance0.00004630.00001631
    242SouthTel Corp.0.00004610.00001624
    243Valu-Line of Amarillo0.00004560.00001605
    244TELECOM WEST0.00004410.00001554
    245Sound Communication0.00004390.00001546
    246DeltaCom Long Distance Services0.00004290.00001510
    247Hi-Rim Communications0.00004280.00001506
    248RSL COM U.S.A.0.00004210.00001484
    249Olympic Telecommunications0.00004190.00001477
    250Communication Cable Laying Co.0.00004040.00001421
    251Atlantic Telephone Co.0.00003930.00001385
    252Integrated Systems Corp.0.00003730.00001315
    253FIRSTEL, INC0.00003710.00001308
    254Access Services dba Pacific NW Telecom0.00003650.00001286
    255Amerinet Communications0.00003480.00001227
    256International Cellular0.00003480.00001227
    257NYNEX0.00003150.00001109
    258Coast to Coast Telecommunications0.00002930.00001032
    259VarTec Telecom dba Clear Choice Communicat0.00002770.00000977
    260CCC Communications Corp. (Z-TEL, Inc.)0.00002670.00000940
    261International Telephone Corp.0.00002640.00000929
    262Light Link Inc dba Taylor Comm. Grp.0.00002600.00000915
    263R,D,&J Communications Mgmt.0.00002540.00000896
    264Sprint Canada, Inc.0.00002420.00000852
    265TEL-SPAN COMMUNICATIONS0.00002350.00000826
    266DeltaCom, Inc.0.00002350.00000826
    267BMG/TELEMANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (BMG)0.00002300.00000812
    268Long Distance International0.00002210.00000779
    269Eclipse Telecommunications0.00002210.00000779
    270Telephone Assoc. dba Thief River Falls LD0.00002170.00000764
    271Tel Serv0.00002150.00000757
    272Roseville Telephone Co.0.00002100.00000738
    273Valu-Line of Longview0.00002080.00000731
    274Working Assets0.00001910.00000672
    275Souris River Telecommunications0.00001880.00000661
    276EGLOBE INC dba INTL.800 TELECOM dba TELECAL0.00001860.00000654
    277Call America of Riverside0.00001840.00000646
    278Independent Network Services0.00001730.00000610
    279TSC Communications0.00001720.00000606
    280Fone America0.00001720.00000606
    281Primus0.00001650.00000580
    282Commonwealth Telecom Services0.00001640.00000577
    283WCS Operators0.00001630.00000573
    284WinStar0.00001590.00000558
    285Hertz Technologies0.00001560.00000551
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    286Iowa Network Services0.00001510.00000533
    287A & N Telecom0.00001470.00000518
    288Matrix Telecom0.00001460.00000514
    289Fones West Digital Systems0.00001410.00000496
    290Data & Electronic Services0.00001310.00000463
    291Payline Systems0.00001190.00000419
    292MIDCOM Communications0.00001090.00000386
    293Nationwide Emergency Telecomm. System0.00001080.00000382
    294GST Net0.00001070.00000378
    295Hi-Plains NTS Communications0.00001030.00000364
    296North County Communications Corp.0.00001000.00000353
    297Intel Communications0.00000980.00000345
    298Coast International0.00000950.00000334
    299fONOROLA0.00000930.00000327
    300ITC Networks0.00000910.00000320
    301PDQ Communications Source0.00000860.00000301
    302Teleport Communications Group0.00000840.00000298
    303Value Tel0.00000800.00000283
    304The Furst Group0.00000780.00000275
    305NexGen 5110.00000780.00000275
    306Telephone Express0.00000740.00000261
    307U S West Long Distance0.00000730.00000257
    308AUC Communications0.00000720.00000253
    309B.R. Communications0.00000720.00000253
    310U.S. Fibercom0.00000660.00000231
    311MetroLink0.00000650.00000228
    312Budget Call Long Distance0.00000630.00000220
    313DTG Communications0.00000590.00000209
    314American Discount Telecommunications0.00000570.00000202
    315U.S. Communications0.00000570.00000202
    316CEO Telecommunications0.00000550.00000195
    317NET-tel Corp.0.00000550.00000195
    318USN Communications0.00000520.00000184
    319EMI Communications Corp.0.00000510.00000180
    320Pacific Gateway Exchange0.00000510.00000180
    321Extelcom dba Express Tel0.00000500.00000176
    322Premier Long Distance Svcs.0.00000490.00000173
    323National Fibernet, Inc.0.00000490.00000173
    324ADDTEL Communications (SA Tel)0.00000480.00000169
    325Affiliated Telecom Svcs.0.00000450.00000158
    326Comwest Communications0.00000450.00000158
    327TTE OF CHARLESTON0.00000440.00000154
    328CoreComm0.00000440.00000154
    329Priority One Long Distance0.00000430.00000151
    330Digital Network Services0.00000430.00000151
    331Econ-A-Call Inc. of Hays0.00000430.00000151
    332National Telephone Communications0.00000420.00000147
    333Manitoba Telephone System0.00000410.00000143
    334ALLTEL Communications, Inc.0.00000390.00000136
    335AmeriVision Communications0.00000390.00000136
    336Interstate Telecom Svcs.0.00000390.00000136
    337SBS/MCI0.00000380.00000132
    338Call Technology Corp. of Philadelphia0.00000350.00000125
    339METRONET Long Distance Communications0.00000340.00000121
    340Tel-One0.00000260.00000092
    341Century Telecommunications0.00000250.00000088
    342USP Communications0.00000250.00000088
    343Fibernet Telecommunications0.00000240.00000084
    344TelVue Corp.0.00000240.00000084
    345Public Phone0.00000230.00000081
    346Touch 1 Communications0.00000220.00000077
    347Trinet0.00000220.00000077
    348ILD Telecommunications0.00000200.00000070
    349Global Tone Communications0.00000190.00000066
    350HOTEL CONNECT0.00000190.00000066
    351ONE-2-ONE Communications0.00000180.00000062
    352United Telephone Co. dba TELAMERICA L.D.0.00000180.00000062
    353Telco Holdings0.00000160.00000055
    354Caribbean Telecommunications Consortium0.00000160.00000055
    355Axces0.00000160.00000055
    356Fiberline Network Communications0.00000160.00000055
    357WorldCom dba Touch One Long Distance0.00000160.00000055
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    358Tel-Optic, Inc. dba Universal Network Services0.00000160.00000055
    359MEANS Telcom0.00000160.00000055
    360United Telephone Long Distance0.00000160.00000055
    361LA CONEXION FAMILIAR, INC.0.00000140.00000048
    362Economy Telephone0.00000140.00000048
    363FiberNet Telemanagement0.00000130.00000044
    364Telecom One0.00000110.00000040
    365National Brands dba Sharenet Communications0.00000110.00000040
    366Empire One Telecommunications0.00000110.00000040
    367American Long Distance Corp.0.00000100.00000037
    368T-NET (Cable & Wireless)0.00000100.00000037
    369North American Telephone Network, Inc.0.00000100.00000037
    370Advanced Telecommunications Network0.00000100.00000037
    371Blue Mountain Cellular dba CellularOne0.00000100.00000037
    372American Long Distance Exchange0.00000100.00000037
    373SB Communications0.00000100.00000037
    374MCI/1-800-COLLECT0.00000100.00000037
    375Telec Inc.0.00000090.00000033
    376LECNet, Inc.0.00000090.00000033
    377L.D. Network, Inc.0.00000080.00000029
    378Aliant Systems0.00000080.00000029
    379EATELNET0.00000080.00000029
    380Trans National Communications0.00000080.00000029
    381Preferred Telecom0.00000080.00000029
    382Star Tel of Abilene0.00000080.00000029
    383First Data Resources, Inc.0.00000080.00000029
    384Central Telephone Co.0.00000070.00000026
    385INFO-TEL, Inc.0.00000070.00000026
    386Commonwealth Telecom, Inc.0.00000070.00000026
    387Phoenix Network0.00000070.00000026
    388Vista Group International0.00000060.00000022
    389VALU-LINE OF ANGLETON0.00000060.00000022
    390Standard Long Distance0.00000060.00000022
    391EqualNet Corp.0.00000050.00000018
    392Farmers Long Distance0.00000050.00000018
    393Select Communications0.00000050.00000018
    394American Fiber Com0.00000050.00000018
    395REAMS COMMUNICATIONS dba VALULINE0.00000050.00000018
    396U.S. Republic Communications0.00000050.00000018
    397The Switchboard0.00000050.00000018
    398Regency Long Distance0.00000050.00000018
    399Future Connect0.00000050.00000018
    400Xtracom0.00000050.00000018
    401TresCom Puerto Rico0.00000050.00000018
    402U.S. Net0.00000040.00000015
    403Thrifty Call0.00000040.00000015
    404KDD America, Inc.0.00000040.00000015
    405ARC Networks0.00000040.00000015
    406Interstate Operators0.00000040.00000015
    407J B Operators0.00000040.00000015
    408Metro One Telecommunications0.00000040.00000015
    409Comtel Tech0.00000040.00000015
    410Telephone Support Systems0.00000040.00000015
    411Century Communications0.00000040.00000015
    412Group Long Distance0.00000040.00000015
    413Call America0.00000040.00000015
    414BC Tel0.00000040.00000015
    415The Phone Co.0.00000030.00000011
    416Century Long Distance0.00000030.00000011
    417STARTEC0.00000030.00000011
    418Friendship Long Distance0.00000030.00000011
    419National Fiber Com0.00000030.00000011
    420Associated Network Partners0.00000030.00000011
    421Northern Arizona Communications Corp.0.00000030.00000011
    422Northwest Telecom0.00000030.00000011
    423Progressive National Telephone Co.0.00000030.00000011
    424World Wide Connect0.00000030.00000011
    425Digital Communications0.00000030.00000011
    426Gala Communications0.00000030.00000011
    427TeleHub Communications Corp.0.00000030.00000011
    428Fastline Communication Network0.00000030.00000011
    429West River Long Distance0.00000030.00000011
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    430Cable & Wireless (TDX)0.00000030.00000011
    431Fibernet, Inc.0.00000030.00000011
    432Incomnet Communications Corp.0.00000020.00000007
    433Tel-Share0.00000020.00000007
    434Coastal Long Distance Services0.00000020.00000007
    435Colorado River Communications0.00000020.00000007
    436TMC Long Distance dba Cherry Communications0.00000020.00000007
    437Nationwide Long Distance0.00000020.00000007
    438Heritage Communications0.00000020.00000007
    439Savemore Network0.00000020.00000007
    440OPTICOM ONE CALL0.00000020.00000007
    441Alascom0.00000020.00000007
    442BKC Telecommunications0.00000020.00000007
    443Network Billing & Collection0.00000020.00000007
    444Vortel Communications0.00000020.00000007
    445Rainier Cable0.00000020.00000007
    446St. Pierre Communication Network0.00000020.00000007
    447PNG Telecomms. dba PowerNet Global Commu0.00000020.00000007
    448BellSouth Long Distance0.00000020.00000007
    449Americatel0.00000020.00000007
    450Basico Group0.00000020.00000007
    451United Communications Assn., Inc.0.00000020.00000007
    452Telamerica Communications0.00000010.00000004
    453Cellnet0.00000010.00000004
    454CapRock Telemanagement0.00000010.00000004
    455Advanced Telecom, Inc.0.00000010.00000004
    456US TeleServices0.00000010.00000004
    457Execulines of North Central Region0.00000010.00000004
    458National Telephone Exchange (PA)0.00000010.00000004
    459SouthWest United Communication0.00000010.00000004
    460National Tele-Sav Inc.0.00000010.00000004
    461Discount Long Distance of America0.00000010.00000004
    462Sprint Local Telecommunications Division0.00000010.00000004
    463Sam's Discount Long Distance0.00000010.00000004
    464Scherers Communications Group0.00000010.00000004
    465BT North America0.00000010.00000004
    466Mountainview Communications0.00000010.00000004
    467TELCO0.00000010.00000004
    468OCOM Long Distance0.00000010.00000004
    469STANDARD TELCOM0.00000010.00000004
    470OmniCall0.00000010.00000004
    471RANGER TELECOMMUNICATIONS0.00000010.00000004
    472Long Distance Assistance0.00000010.00000004
    473Roanoke & Botetourt Telephone Co.0.00000010.00000004
    474Fairview Telecom0.00000010.00000004
    475Bluegrass Long Distance0.00000010.00000004
    476Valu-Line of St. Joseph0.00000010.00000004
    477Telelink0.00000010.00000004
    478TeleCable Corp.0.00000010.00000004
    479Federal TransTel, Inc. (FTT)0.00000010.00000004
    480UI Long Distance0.00000010.00000004
    481Texustel0.00000010.00000004
    482Continental Long Distance0.00000010.00000004
    483Marathon Communications0.00000010.00000004
    484Pioneer Telecom0.00000010.00000004
    485Starcom International Optics Corp.0.00000010.00000004
    486TeleData International0.00000010.00000004
    487ZEPTEL0.00000010.00000004
    488SouthEast Telephone, LTD.0.00000010.00000004
    489TRT Telecommunications Corp.0.00000010.00000004
    490Access-Plus0.00000010.00000004
    491Apple Communications0.00000010.00000004
    492Allgood Taylor Telephone0.00000010.00000004
    493Guide Network International0.00000010.00000004
    494Xnet, Inc.0.00000010.00000004
    495LDI Solutions0.00000010.00000004
    496Teleglobe USA0.00000010.00000004
    497Caribsat Telecommunications0.00000010.00000004
    498Innovative Telecom0.00000010.00000004
    499Bethany Telecom0.00000010.00000004
    500Westel Telecommunications, Ltd.0.00000010.00000004
    501Cincinnati Bell Telephone0.00000010.00000004
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    502World Access Communications Corp.(WACC)0.00000010.00000004
    503BELL SOUTH BUSINESS SYSTEMS0.00000010.00000004

    27. In Appendix B, the Commission identified the payors and designated the monthly per-payphone compensation amounts for the Intermediate Period, beginning October 7, 1997, through April 20, 1999.

    Appendix B.—Intermediate Period Allocation List

    No.NamePercentageAmount
    1AT&T Communications35.24391644$12.41431713
    2MCI23.611611558.31695405
    3WorldCom12.966948604.56747797
    4Sprint12.518998104.40969189
    5Frontier Communications Services3.921495991.38130775
    6LCI International2.376735300.83718124
    7ILEC 2.19%2.190000010.77140560
    8Cable & Wireless0.979172730.34490380
    9Switched Service Communications0.490975500.17294121
    10Global Crossing Telecommunications0.429839110.15140653
    11U.S Long Distance0.425618470.14991985
    12LCI0.333359110.11742241
    13Telco Communications Group dba Dial & Save0.313071650.11027636
    14PT-1 Communications0.253842980.08941365
    15Business Telecom, Inc (BTI)0.234966870.08276473
    16Long Distance Savers0.215861120.07603492
    17Qwest0.203729640.07176173
    18IXC Communication Services0.190609040.06714013
    19Teltrust0.187611250.06608419
    20One Call Communications0.145470010.05124036
    21EconoPhone0.141884110.04997726
    22ATX Telecommunications Services0.128964130.04542633
    23WorldXChange0.108136300.03808993
    24Tel America0.106734130.03759603
    25American Network Exchange (AMNEX)0.103261890.03637297
    26Bell Atlantic Communications0.099860970.03517503
    27American Telco0.082605080.02909681
    28US Long Distance0.080484810.02834997
    29Total-Tel USA0.076008480.02677323
    30Cincinnati Bell Long Distance0.062373900.02197058
    31WesTel0.061913580.02180844
    32DeltaCom L.D.S0.061059900.02150774
    33Consolidated Network0.059018590.02078871
    34OCI0.058894800.02074511
    35Broadwing Communications Services Inc0.054193530.01908913
    36Network Operator Services0.051754700.01823007
    37NETECH Comm (US West)0.050222770.01769047
    38Pac-West Telecomm dba AmeriCall0.048307600.01701587
    39Tandem Access for Database Query0.047187560.01662135
    40GTE Communications Corp0.047161240.01661208
    41Frontier Communications of the Great Lakes0.046873230.01651063
    42NYNEX—Corridor0.046805530.01648678
    43McLeodUSA0.043425550.01529621
    44LONG DISTANCE OF MICHIGAN0.042190190.01486107
    45The CommuniGroup Of KC0.040496470.01426448
    46Telecom*USA (MCI)0.038355220.01351024
    47ACC Long Distance Corp0.029882010.01052564
    48Network Plus0.029150110.01026784
    49Brooks Fiber Communications0.028611860.01007824
    50U.S WATS0.027828310.00980224
    51American Long Lines0.027356060.00963590
    52Access Long Distance0.025538870.00899581
    53Eclipse Communications0.023371350.00823232
    54VarTec Telecom0.022924360.00807488
    55One Star Long Distance0.022371600.00788017
    56American Telecommunications Enterprises0.022233500.00783153
    57Long Distance/USA (Sprint)0.021339060.00751647
    58T-NETIX, Inc0.020824890.00733536
    59Nationwide Communications0.020714950.00729663
    60Intercontinental Communications Group (ICG)0.020053490.00706364
    61Westinghouse Electric Corp0.019843650.00698973
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    62Capital Telecommunications0.019173890.00675381
    63NATIONAL Telecom of Florida0.018337030.00645903
    64GST Call America0.017075550.00601469
    65Feist Long Distance0.016955840.00597252
    66Frontier Communications-North Central Region0.016785450.00591251
    67Intermedia Communications0.016763330.00590472
    68WorldCom Technologies0.016251950.00572459
    69Cooperative Communications0.015984410.00563035
    70Chadwick Telephone0.015170260.00534357
    71ATI Telecom0.015156220.00533863
    72BN1 Telecommunications0.014297010.00503598
    73Shared Communications Services0.014034920.00494366
    74Long Distance Management0.013646850.00480697
    75Valu-Line of Kansas0.013528520.00476528
    76ConQuest0.012241070.00431179
    77ICON Communications Corp0.011711250.00412517
    78Long Distance International0.011709910.00412470
    79South Carolina Network0.011224260.00395363
    80Frontier Communications Int'l, Inc0.009983600.00351662
    81Eastern Telephone Systems0.009668090.00340549
    82Electric Lightwave0.009481980.00333993
    83North American Communications0.009277360.00326786
    84Telemanagement Consultants Corp0.009212370.00324496
    85I-Link Communications0.008926080.00314412
    86Action Telcom Co0.008880230.00312797
    87Citizens Telecom0.008573540.00301995
    88Deluxe Data Systems0.008416460.00296461
    89Hedges & Associates0.008348720.00294075
    90PSP Marketing Group0.008266510.00291180
    91Cleartel Communications0.007889660.00277905
    92Telebeam0.007690370.00270885
    93Long Distance Discount0.007346810.00258784
    94Touch America, Inc0.006944620.00244617
    95Cellnet0.006544830.00230535
    96US Link Long Distance0.006263990.00220643
    97XO Communications0.006085060.00214340
    98West Coast Telecommunications0.005787940.00203875
    99LCC0.005172700.00182203
    100The CommuniGroup0.004711440.00165956
    101Austin Bestline0.004706260.00165773
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    144Parkway Communications0.001567690.00055220
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    149CCC GlobalCom Corp.0.001367580.00048172
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    152POPP Telcom0.001232420.00043411
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    156WATS/8000.001039130.00036602
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    164T-One Communications0.000867530.00030558
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    166First Financial Management Corp.0.000841480.00029640
    167U.S. Connect Corp.0.000819990.00028883
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    170Telescan0.000779790.00027467
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    179Ameritech0.000631170.00022232
    180TRESCOM0.000607170.00021387
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    182Shoreham Telephone0.000586030.00020642
    183TransNet0.000574380.00020232
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    185Star Tel, Inc.0.000568300.00020018
    186U.S. Link0.000546330.00019244
    187Dancris Comm.0.000543200.00019134
    188ATLANTIC CONNECTIONS0.000520020.00018317
    189Kelhorn Comm Inc.0.000507500.00017876
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    217Cherry Communications0.000219770.00007741
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    235DeltaCom, Inc.0.000110530.00003893
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    237TSC Communications0.000104880.00003694
    238QCC, Inc.0.000102760.00003620
    239Independence Telephone Co.0.000100290.00003533
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    243Systems 10000.000081860.00002883
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    264NTI0.000047220.00001663
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    267Premier Long Distance Svcs.0.000046170.00001626
    268Time Warner0.000046130.00001625
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    270Tel Serv0.000042830.00001509
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    272Axces0.000036050.00001270
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    281NYNEX0.000027930.00000984
    282RCC Network0.000026320.00000927
    283NET-tel Corp.0.000024400.00000859
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    286GST Net0.000021850.00000770
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    288Matrix Telecom0.000020200.00000712
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    290Working Assets0.000018470.00000651
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    311The Phone Co.0.000010590.00000373
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    313Roseville Telephone Co.0.000010470.00000369
    314Tel-Share0.000009920.00000350
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    322A & N Telecom0.000009060.00000319
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    326ADDTEL Communications (SA Tel)0.000007650.00000269
    327DTG Communications0.000007410.00000261
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    329Uni Dial0.000007220.00000254
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    338Souris River Telecommunications0.000005770.00000203
    339National Telephone Communications0.000005690.00000200
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    342USN Communications0.000005490.00000193
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    349CoreComm0.000004860.00000171
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    351L.D. Network, Inc.0.000004670.00000164
    352FiberNet Telemanagement0.000004430.00000156
    353Alternative Long Distance dba Money Savers0.000003920.00000138
    354Dial Long Distance Billing Svcs.0.000003880.00000137
    355Interstate Telecom Svcs.0.000003770.00000133
    356MCI/1-800-COLLECT0.000003730.00000131
    357Call Technology Corp. of Philadelphia0.000003650.00000128
    358National Fibernet, Inc.0.000003570.00000126
    359Nuestra Telefonica0.000003530.00000124
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    362WCS Operators0.000003220.00000113
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    365B.R. Communications0.000003100.00000109
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    375Hertz Technologies0.000002630.00000093
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    384Trinet0.000001920.00000068
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    388HOTEL CONNECT0.000001840.00000065
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    393U.S. Communications0.000001490.00000053
    394The Furst Group0.000001410.00000050
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    400Comwest Communications0.000001100.00000039
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    413National Tele-Sav Inc.0.000000900.00000032
    414SouthWest United Communication0.000000900.00000032
    415Central Telephone Co.0.000000900.00000032
    416American Long Distance Corp.0.000000900.00000032
    417Phoenix Network0.000000860.00000030
    418First Data Resources, Inc.0.000000860.00000030
    419Trans National Communications0.000000820.00000029
    420United Telephone Co. dba TELAMERICA L.D.0.000000820.00000029
    421Telaplex Long Distance0.000000820.00000029
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    423People's Telephone0.000000780.00000028
    424LECNet, Inc.0.000000750.00000026
    425NOS Communications0.000000750.00000026
    426Empire One Telecommunications0.000000670.00000023
    427United States Cellular0.000000670.00000023
    428Associated Telenet0.000000670.00000023
    429Innovative Telecom0.000000630.00000022
    430RCN Long Distance0.000000630.00000022
    431North American Digicom Corp.0.000000630.00000022
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    434ARRIVA Communications0.000000590.00000021
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    436American Long Distance Exchange0.000000550.00000019
    437TelVue Corp.0.000000550.00000019
    438Frontier Communications International0.000000550.00000019
    439KDD America, Inc.0.000000510.00000018
    440Preferred Telecom0.000000510.00000018
    441MEANS Telcom0.000000510.00000018
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    443Alo-USA Corp.0.000000510.00000018
    444Nationwide Long Distance0.000000470.00000017
    445U S P & C, Inc.0.000000470.00000017
    446Low Country Carrier dba Hargray L.D. Co.0.000000470.00000017
    447Call America/Palm Desert0.000000430.00000015
    448Select Communications0.000000430.00000015
    449Chautauqua & Erie Communications0.000000430.00000015
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    451Telecare0.000000430.00000015
    452International Telcom, Ltd0.000000390.00000014
    453STARTEC0.000000390.00000014
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    455Ben Lomand Communications0.000000390.00000014
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    457American Fiber Com0.000000350.00000012
    458INFO-TEL, Inc.0.000000350.00000012
    459USP Communications0.000000350.00000012
    460PBC Long Distance0.000000350.00000012
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    462Advanced Telecom, Inc.0.000000310.00000011
    463U.S. Republic Communications0.000000310.00000011
    464REAMS COMMUNICATIONS dba VALULINE LONG D0.000000310.00000011
    465CoServ0.000000310.00000011
    466Sam's Discount Long Distance0.000000270.00000010
    467ARC Networks0.000000270.00000010
    468VALU-LINE OF ANGLETON0.000000270.00000010
    469Michigan Independent Network0.000000270.00000010
    470Valley Telephone Long Distance0.000000270.00000010
    471Scherers Communications Group0.000000240.00000008
    472Heritage Communications0.000000240.00000008
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    474Interstate Operators0.000000240.00000008
    475TELCO0.000000200.00000007
    476Mountainview Communications0.000000200.00000007
    477BT North America0.000000200.00000007
    478The Basico Group0.000000200.00000007
    479Colorado River Communications0.000000200.00000007
    480National Fiber Com0.000000200.00000007
    481J B Operators0.000000200.00000007
    482Westel Telecommunications, Ltd.0.000000200.00000007
    483Atlas Communications & Telephone C.D.0.000000200.00000007
    484Northern Communications0.000000200.00000007
    485Pencor/Palmerton0.000000200.00000007
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    488Standard TelCom0.000000160.00000006
    489Alascom0.000000160.00000006
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    491Savemore Network0.000000160.00000006
    492Northern Arizona Communications Corp.0.000000160.00000006
    493Associated Network Partners0.000000160.00000006
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    496Global Com0.000000160.00000006
    497Oneonta Telephone Co.0.000000160.00000006
    498360° Long Distance0.000000160.00000006
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    502NEXTLINK0.000000120.00000004
    503Texustel0.000000120.00000004
    504Fairview Telecom0.000000120.00000004
    505Long Distance Assistance0.000000120.00000004
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    507Northwest Telecom0.000000120.00000004
    508Comtel Tech0.000000120.00000004
    509Metro One Telecommunications0.000000120.00000004
    510Commonwealth Telecom, Inc.0.000000120.00000004
    511Bethany Telecom0.000000120.00000004
    512Covista, Inc.0.000000120.00000004
    513NetLinx Telecommunications Corp.0.000000120.00000004
    514CFW NETWORK0.000000120.00000004
    515Nextel Communications0.000000120.00000004
    516Mid-Com Communications0.000000120.00000004
    517American Fibernet, Inc.0.000000120.00000004
    518Williams Communications0.000000120.00000004
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    520Telephone Systems of Georgia0.000000120.00000004
    521TeleCable Corp.0.000000080.00000003
    522Telelink0.000000080.00000003
    523Valu-Line of St. Joseph0.000000080.00000003
    524Bluegrass Long Distance0.000000080.00000003
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    530World Wide Connect0.000000080.00000003
    531Telephone Support Systems0.000000080.00000003
    532The Switchboard0.000000080.00000003
    533Econ-A-Call Inc. of Hays0.000000080.00000003
    534Metro Telecomm. Svcs.0.000000080.00000003
    535Diamond Communications0.000000080.00000003
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    537Econocom Long Distance0.000000080.00000003
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    539Infonet Long Distance0.000000080.00000003
    540Tel-Central of Jefferson City0.000000080.00000003
    541Chibardun Telephone Cooperative0.000000080.00000003
    542Guam Telephone Authority0.000000080.00000003
    543International Telemedia Associates0.000000080.00000003
    544Cominex0.000000080.00000003
    545Standard Communications Inc. dba SCI0.000000080.00000003
    546Partners Telecom0.000000080.00000003
    547Sisk Communications0.000000080.00000003
    548Telecommunications Consultants0.000000080.00000003
    549Valley Star-Tel0.000000080.00000003
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    553Communication TeleSystems Intl. (CTS)0.000000080.00000003
    554OCOM Corp.0.000000080.00000003
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    565Firstel0.000000040.00000001
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    566Cincinnati Bell Telephone0.000000040.00000001
    567HTC Communications0.000000040.00000001
    568American Consultants Alliance0.000000040.00000001
    569Branson Telephone0.000000040.00000001
    570Community Long Distance0.000000040.00000001
    571Digi-Cell, Inc.0.000000040.00000001
    572DigiTel0.000000040.00000001
    573Island Tel, PEI0.000000040.00000001
    574London Telecom Network Corp.0.000000040.00000001
    575Meridian Telecom0.000000040.00000001
    576NETWORK ONE0.000000040.00000001
    577Northland Telephone Systems0.000000040.00000001
    578PBT Communications0.000000040.00000001
    579TCAST Communications, Inc.0.000000040.00000001
    580Telecon Communications Corp.0.000000040.00000001
    581TELEFONICA LARGA DISTANCIA0.000000040.00000001
    582TLD DE PUERTO RICO0.000000040.00000001
    583TransWorld Network Corp.0.000000040.00000001
    584U.S.Fiberline Communications0.000000040.00000001
    585WBC Communications, Inc.0.000000040.00000001
    586WORLD-WIDE TELCO0.000000040.00000001
    587American Communications Technology0.000000040.00000001
    588Western Telephone & Television0.000000040.00000001
    589Cimco Communications0.000000040.00000001
    590Cellular XL Associates0.000000040.00000001
    591CityNet Communications0.000000040.00000001
    592Future Telephone Communications0.000000040.00000001
    593Network Technologies0.000000040.00000001
    594Voyager Networks0.000000040.00000001
    595DIGITRAN CORP.0.000000040.00000001
    596CP-Tel Network Services, Inc.0.000000040.00000001
    597CommNet Cellular0.000000040.00000001
    598Carrier Concepts International Corp.0.000000040.00000001
    599Intelenet Commission0.000000040.00000001
    600METRO TELEPHONE0.000000040.00000001
    601U.S. TELE-COMM, INC.0.000000040.00000001
    602Citizens Long Distance0.000000040.00000001
    603TLD, Inc.0.000000040.00000001
    604Ameritech Communications0.000000040.00000001
    605BizTel Long Distance Telephone Co.0.000000040.00000001
    606Redwood Long Distance0.000000040.00000001
    607Contact America0.000000040.00000001
    608MID MCND dba MIDCOM Communications0.000000040.00000001
    609Off Campus Communications0.000000040.00000001
    610Consolidated Comm. Public Services0.000000040.00000001
    611Beehive Telephone Co.0.000000040.00000001
    612Hawaiian Telephone Co. (GTE)0.000000040.00000001
    613Tel Serve0.000000040.00000001
    614Ray-Tel, Inc.0.000000040.00000001

    28. In Appendix C, the Commission identified the payors and designated the monthly per-payphone compensation amounts for the Post-Intermediate Period, beginning April 21, 1999.

    Appendix C.—Post-Intermediate Period Allocation List

    No.NamePercentageAmount
    1AT&T Communications33.69552735$11.96865132
    2MCI17.026397276.04777631
    3Sprint11.114851113.94799511
    4WorldCom10.238521653.63672289
    5Global Crossing Telecommunications7.151069422.54005986
    6Qwest7.128913792.53219018
    7WCOM3.455729761.22747521
    8ILEC 2.192.190000000.77788800
    9Cable & Wireless0.874725810.31070261
    10Global Crossing0.731438400.25980692
    11Frontier Communications Services0.679823110.24147317
    12Broadwing Communications Services Inc.0.605735600.21515729
    13Telco Communications Group dba Dial & Save0.573312180.20364049
    14Touch America, Inc.0.525568460.18668192
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    15IDT Corp.0.464870550.16512202
    16Business Telecom, Inc. (BTI)0.415294920.14751276
    17LCI International0.385085030.13678220
    18WorldXChange0.240049600.08526562
    19PT-1 Communications0.192351820.06832337
    20McLeodUSA0.180147750.06398848
    21One Call Communications0.164356480.05837942
    22ATX Telecommunications Services0.162316520.05765483
    23Excel Telecommunications0.116541720.04139562
    24DeltaCom L.D.S.0.112056940.03980263
    25Network Plus0.092001600.03267897
    26Long Distance of Michigan (LDMI)0.091244660.03241010
    27EconoPhone0.089657300.03184627
    28Switched Service Communications0.082827800.02942043
    29Intermedia Communications0.082021640.02913409
    30VERIZON (not Verizon IntraLATA—LEC)0.075396380.02678080
    31Total-Tel USA0.064606270.02294815
    32Tel America0.052666060.01870698
    33One Star Long Distance0.050751530.01802694
    34The CommuniGroup Of KC0.045476810.01615336
    35Tandem Access for Database Query0.043602700.01548768
    36American Long Lines0.041593770.01477411
    37Logix Communications0.041397430.01470437
    38Bell Atlantic Communications0.041369670.01469451
    39WesTel0.038908620.01382034
    40NETECH Comm. (US West)0.038755920.01376610
    41US WATS0.029900790.01062076
    42Cooperative Communications0.024825440.00881800
    43Pac-West Telecomm dba AmeriCall0.023913890.00849421
    44Global Crossing Telemanagement0.021927010.00778847
    45Capital Telecommunications0.020782090.00738180
    46Broadwing Telecommunications Inc.0.019934130.00708060
    47South Carolina Network0.018291310.00649707
    48ACC Long Distance Corp.0.017413760.00618537
    49Cincinnati Bell Long Distance0.016607660.00589904
    50Long Distance Savers0.016500780.00586108
    51First Communications0.014970190.00531741
    52TXU Communications0.014218000.00505023
    53Southwestern Bell Telephone0.014077120.00500019
    54TCAST Communications, Inc.0.013113370.00465787
    55Shared Communications Services0.013002930.00461864
    56ITC DeltaCom Communications0.012990030.00461406
    57I-Link Communications0.012747030.00452774
    58Birch Telecom0.012290390.00436555
    59Williams Communications0.011972430.00425261
    60CTS Telcom of Florida0.011896640.00422569
    61WinStar0.011437030.00406243
    62US Xchange0.009984480.00354649
    63SBC0.009836830.00349404
    64IDS Long Distance0.009487360.00336991
    65Long Distance Management0.008692850.00308770
    66Long Distance Telephone Savers0.008398790.00298325
    67Long Distance Discount0.007755200.00275465
    68Powercom Corp.0.007556070.00268392
    69GST Telecom0.007368410.00261726
    70Westinghouse Electric Corp.0.007254400.00257676
    71EATELNET0.006834670.00242768
    72Norlight Telecommunications0.006676200.00237138
    73TeleBeam0.006523070.00231700
    74Frontier Communications Int'l, Inc.0.006300400.00223790
    75Austin Bestline0.006179850.00219508
    76Electric Lightwave0.006013770.00213609
    77Eastern Telephone Systems0.005673340.00201517
    78XTEL0.005631970.00200047
    79US Link Long Distance0.005261810.00186900
    80Destia0.005238100.00186057
    81Williams Local Network0.004959010.00176144
    82Southwestern Bell Comms. Svcs. dba Pacific Bell L.D.0.004840960.00171951
    83GCI Globalcom0.004782770.00169884
    84Atlantic Cell. dba Long Distance by Cellular One0.004529780.00160898
    85XO Communications0.004495890.00159694
    86Arcada Communications0.004231730.00150311
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    87C-COM0.003920730.00139264
    88RSL COM U.S.A.0.003793520.00134746
    89The CommuniGroup0.003597060.00127768
    90Chadwick Telephone0.003547780.00126017
    91General Communication0.003525250.00125217
    92CapRock Telemanagement0.003501360.00124368
    93Iowa Communications Network0.003479360.00123587
    94FOX COMMUNICATIONS CORP.0.003055480.00108531
    95Capsule Communications0.002949910.00104781
    96COMMUNICATIONS OPTIONS0.002945030.00104608
    97Coast to Coast Telecommunications0.002791910.00099169
    98Cypress Telecommunications Corp. (Cytel)0.002527270.00089769
    99GST ACTION TELECOM0.002405530.00085444
    100Americall Communications0.002212220.00078578
    101KTNT Communications0.001941400.00068959
    102VarTec Telecom0.001921730.00068260
    103Network One0.001831670.00065061
    104QCC, Inc.0.001737570.00061719
    105Valuline Long Distance0.001715460.00060933
    106Concord Telephone Long Distance0.001552470.00055144
    107INFO-TEL COMMUNICATIONS0.001428830.00050752
    108ProCom, Inc.0.001391910.00049441
    109AT&T EasyLink Services0.001390900.00049405
    110RCC Network0.001362190.00048385
    111Digital Telecommunications0.001111400.00039477
    112Midco Communications0.001111220.00039471
    113United Communications0.001022000.00036301
    114Off Campus Telecommunications0.000965650.00034300
    115WorldCom dba Touch One Long Distance0.000945970.00033601
    116BN1 Telecommunications0.000926590.00032913
    117Ionex Telecommunications0.000854190.00030341
    118TresCom U.S.A.0.000796120.00028278
    119American Telco0.000793920.00028200
    120Feist Long Distance0.000767580.00027265
    121Citizens Communications0.000751590.00026697
    122Atlantic Connections0.000750110.00026644
    123MichTel0.000730910.00025962
    124Sunshine Telephone Inc. dba SUNTEL0.000689830.00024503
    125PaeTec Communications0.000625870.00022231
    126Consolidated Comm. Public Services0.000618380.00021965
    127Voice Technology Corp0.000555140.00019718
    128OCI0.000547350.00019442
    129Ameritech0.000546810.00019423
    130Midcom of Arizona, Inc0.000536470.00019055
    131American Telesource International0.000494500.00017565
    132Telescan0.000481250.00017094
    133Long Distance/USA (Sprint)0.000448560.00015933
    134TCG0.000397610.00014123
    135Mon-Cre Long Distance0.000371930.00013211
    136Global Crossing Bandwidth0.000336860.00011965
    137Uni-Tel of Farmington0.000306900.00010901
    138EMI Communications Corp.0.000305480.00010851
    139Shoreham Telephone0.000302090.00010730
    140First Financial Management Corp.0.000288420.00010245
    141Access Point0.000286630.00010181
    142Questar InfoComm0.000257150.00009134
    143Switch 20000.000252040.00008952
    144Union Telephone Co.0.000237350.00008431
    145Florida Digital Network0.000227070.00008066
    146Motorola Inc.0.000208110.00007392
    147Baystar Satellite Paging0.000191290.00006795
    148NTS Communications/GMW Co.0.000187780.00006670
    149VarTec Telecom dba Clear Choice Communications0.000184810.00006564
    150AT&T Global Network Services (AGNS)0.000177730.00006313
    151NTS Communications0.000168880.00005999
    152Time Warner0.000161510.00005737
    153NACT0.000147420.00005236
    154Full Service Network0.000146700.00005211
    155Primus (Primus Telecommunications)0.000144450.00005131
    156Ameritel0.000143610.00005101
    157ALLTEL Communications, Inc.0.000142370.00005057
    158AT&T Canada Long Distance Services Co.0.000138800.00004930
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    159GTE Communications Corp.0.000126910.00004508
    160TELUS Communications (Edmonton)0.000114960.00004083
    161Telecom*USA (MCI)0.000114490.00004067
    162Axces0.000112290.00003988
    163NATIONAL Telecom of Florida0.000105810.00003758
    164POPP Telcom0.000103730.00003684
    165BC Tel0.000092430.00003283
    166U.S. Long Distance0.000092310.00003279
    167Tel Serve0.000086490.00003072
    168Oncor Communications0.000076380.00002713
    169CEO Telecommunications Star Telecommunica0.000071450.00002538
    170Tele-Sys., Inc.0.000069010.00002451
    171IPS Telecom0.000065090.00002312
    172Teleport Communications Group0.000063900.00002270
    173American Express Travel Related Services0.000052900.00001879
    174POPP Telecom0.000050760.00001803
    175Coastal Long Distance Services0.000047200.00001676
    176Fibernet Telecommunications0.000047020.00001670
    177Yavapai Telephone Exchange0.000043450.00001543
    178Advanced Mkg. Svcs. dba Dial Anywhere0.000041550.00001476
    179American Telecommunications Enterprises0.000040660.00001444
    180Citizens0.000040120.00001425
    181Touch America Services0.000038640.00001372
    182Canby Telephone Association0.000037870.00001345
    183EASTERNTEL0.000033230.00001180
    184STAR TELECOM/ALLSTAR0.000031740.00001127
    185Iowa Network Services0.000030320.00001077
    186Alliance Group Services0.000025920.00000921
    187SBC Long Distance0.000025620.00000910
    188Cleartel Communications0.000025500.00000906
    189Interloop, Inc.0.000025030.00000889
    190Incomnet Communications Corp.0.000023420.00000832
    191PSA, Inc.0.000021280.00000756
    192United Telephone Co.0.000020450.00000726
    193U.S. Net0.000020030.00000712
    194NetLinx Telecommunications Corp.0.000019020.00000676
    195Cherry Communications0.000018070.00000642
    196Systems 10000.000015510.00000551
    197Sprint Canada, Inc.0.000015040.00000534
    198Valu-Line of Longview0.000013910.00000494
    199Baltimore-Washington Telephone0.000013790.00000490
    200Parkway Communications0.000011830.00000420
    201CellToll Corp.0.000010220.00000363
    202MTS Communications0.000009630.00000342
    203Matrix Telecom0.000009150.00000325
    204Eastern Telecom dba InterQuest0.000008980.00000319
    205Century Telecommunications0.000008860.00000315
    206Star Tel, Inc.0.000008620.00000306
    207Trinet0.000008140.00000289
    208Deluxe Data Systems0.000007610.00000270
    209Light Link Inc dba Taylor Comm. Grp.0.000007370.00000262
    210West Coast Telecommunications0.000007130.00000253
    211Pacific Bell Communications0.000006840.00000243
    212Horry Telephone Long Distance0.000006420.00000228
    213Phoenix Network0.000006420.00000228
    214Westcom Long Distance0.000006300.00000224
    215Escondido Telephone Co.0.000006180.00000220
    216WorldCom Technologies0.000005650.00000201
    217Intl.800 Telecom dba Telecall Long Dist. (EGLOBE)0.000005650.00000201
    218NEXTLINK0.000004990.00000177
    219Nationwide Communications0.000004930.00000175
    220Coastal Telephone Co.0.000004930.00000175
    221Access Long Distance0.000004700.00000167
    222Tel-Share0.000004640.00000165
    223Genesis Communications Int'l0.000004640.00000165
    224Gulf Long Distance0.000004400.00000156
    225Hi-Plains NTS Communications0.000004280.00000152
    226ARRIVA Communications0.000004220.00000150
    227Network Operator Services0.000004040.00000144
    228American Network Exchange (AMNEX)0.000003570.00000127
    229Pilgrim Telephone0.000003570.00000127
    230Southern New England Telephone (SNET)0.000003510.00000125
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    231Long Distance Wholesale Club (Excel)0.000003450.00000122
    232Low Country Carrier dba Hargray L.D. Co.0.000003090.00000110
    233People's Telephone0.000002790.00000099
    234NOS Communications0.000002730.00000097
    235North State Telephone Long Distance Co.0.000002620.00000093
    236Star Tel Transmission Co.0.000002560.00000091
    237Frontier Communications-North Central Region0.000002500.00000089
    238Call Savers0.000002500.00000089
    239Century Long Distance0.000002500.00000089
    240Souris River Telecommunications0.000002500.00000089
    241SouthWest United Communication0.000002500.00000089
    242Wholesale Telecom Corp.0.000002500.00000089
    243Uni Dial0.000002320.00000082
    244Texustel0.000002260.00000080
    245ITC Networks0.000002200.00000078
    246Eclipse Communications0.000002080.00000074
    247ConQuest0.000001900.00000068
    248EGLOBE INC dba INTL.800 TELECOM dba TELECAL0.000001780.00000063
    249Telergy0.000001780.00000063
    250Long Distance Network0.000001720.00000061
    251Dial Long Distance Billing Svcs.0.000001660.00000059
    252Fones West Digital Systems0.000001660.00000059
    253Home Long Distance0.000001660.00000059
    254Call America of Riverside0.000001600.00000057
    255Aliant Systems0.000001600.00000057
    256USN Communications0.000001370.00000049
    257HSS Vending Distributors0.000001310.00000046
    258Chautauqua & Erie Communications0.000001310.00000046
    259Star Tel Victoria0.000001310.00000046
    260fONOROLA0.000001190.00000042
    261The Phone Co.0.000001190.00000042
    262REAMS COMMUNICATIONS dba VALULINE LONG D0.000001130.00000040
    263Apple Communications0.000001130.00000040
    264Convergent Communications0.000001070.00000038
    265EqualNet Corp.0.000001070.00000038
    266Central Telephone Co.0.000001010.00000036
    267KRB Telecom0.000000950.00000034
    268Ben Lomand Communications0.000000830.00000030
    269Valu-Line of Amarillo0.000000770.00000027
    270Econo. Call Long Distance Services0.000000650.00000023
    271Public Phone0.000000650.00000023
    272United States Cellular0.000000650.00000023
    273PBC Long Distance0.000000650.00000023
    274Alo-USA Corp.0.000000590.00000021
    275USLink Long Distance0.000000530.00000019
    276Show-Me Long Distance0.000000530.00000019
    277Farmers Long Distance0.000000530.00000019
    278Interlink Telecommunications0.000000480.00000017
    279Fiberline Network Communications0.000000480.00000017
    280TelVue Corp.0.000000480.00000017
    281Association Communications0.000000480.00000017
    282American Tel Enterprises0.000000480.00000017
    283Integrated Systems Corp.0.000000420.00000015
    284L.D. Services0.000000420.00000015
    285United Telephone Co. dba TELAMERICA L.D.0.000000420.00000015
    286Colorado River Communications0.000000420.00000015
    287Metro One Telecommunications0.000000420.00000015
    288Frontier Communications of the Great Lakes0.000000360.00000013
    289Working Assets0.000000360.00000013
    290Brooks Fiber Communications (WorldCom)0.000000300.00000011
    291WATS/8000.000000300.00000011
    292American Tel Group0.000000300.00000011
    293Call America0.000000300.00000011
    294Caribbean Telecommunications Consortium0.000000300.00000011
    295International Telephone Corp.0.000000300.00000011
    296MCI/1-800-COLLECT0.000000300.00000011
    297Verizon Select Services0.000000300.00000011
    298BizTel Long Distance Telephone Co.0.000000300.00000011
    299Cameron Long Distance0.000000300.00000011
    300STARTEC, Inc.0.000000300.00000011
    301Athena International0.000000240.00000008
    302Telephone Assoc. Long Distance Svcs.0.000000240.00000008
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    303Home Owners L.D. dba HOLD Billing Svcs.0.000000240.00000008
    304Extelcom dba Express Tel0.000000240.00000008
    305SBS/MCI0.000000240.00000008
    306Easton Telecom Services0.000000240.00000008
    307National Brands dba Sharenet Communications0.000000240.00000008
    308Heart of Iowa Communications0.000000240.00000008
    309Consolidated Network0.000000180.00000006
    310BMG/TELEMANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (BMG)0.000000180.00000006
    311Telecom Affiliates0.000000180.00000006
    312Vista Group International0.000000180.00000006
    313OCOM Long Distance0.000000180.00000006
    314Marietta Fibernet0.000000180.00000006
    315NYNEX Long Distance0.000000180.00000006
    316Intercontinental Communications Group (ICG)0.000000120.00000004
    317Americatel0.000000120.00000004
    318U. S. Link0.000000120.00000004
    319Tele Tech0.000000120.00000004
    320TCA Long Distance0.000000120.00000004
    321Intel Communications0.000000120.00000004
    322AUC Communications0.000000120.00000004
    323AmeriVision Communications0.000000120.00000004
    324OPTICOM ONE CALL0.000000120.00000004
    325ABCO Communications0.000000120.00000004
    326MID SEA dba MIDCOM COMMUNICATIONS0.000000120.00000004
    327PBT Communications0.000000120.00000004
    328USLINK0.000000120.00000004
    329Hotel America0.000000120.00000004
    330Lexington Telephone Long Distance0.000000120.00000004
    331Worldlink Long Distance0.000000120.00000004
    332CTS dba WorldXChange0.000000120.00000004
    333AirTouch Cellular0.000000120.00000004
    334VTA, Inc.0.000000120.00000004
    335US Long Distance0.000000060.00000002
    336GST Call America0.000000060.00000002
    337Valu-Line of Kansas0.000000060.00000002
    338Action Telcom Co.0.000000060.00000002
    339Amerinet Communications0.000000060.00000002
    340Connect Americom Corp.0.000000060.00000002
    341IntelCom Group0.000000060.00000002
    342DeltaCom Long Distance Services0.000000060.00000002
    343ComCentral dba Southnet Services0.000000060.00000002
    344Lucky Dog Phone Co.0.000000060.00000002
    345Manitoba Telephone System0.000000060.00000002
    346Telephone Communications Corp.0.000000060.00000002
    347Asia International Services Corp.0.000000060.00000002
    348Touch 1 Communications0.000000060.00000002
    349MetroLink0.000000060.00000002
    350LA CONEXION FAMILIAR, INC.0.000000060.00000002
    351TTE OF CHARLESTON0.000000060.00000002
    352Advanced Telecommunications Network0.000000060.00000002
    353American Discount Telecommunications0.000000060.00000002
    354METRONET Long Distance Communications0.000000060.00000002
    355Tel-Optic, Inc. dba Universal Network Services0.000000060.00000002
    356American Long Distance Corp.0.000000060.00000002
    357RCN Long Distance0.000000060.00000002
    358TMC Long Distance dba Cherry Communications0.000000060.00000002
    359KDD America, Inc.0.000000060.00000002
    360Startec Global Operating Co.0.000000060.00000002
    361Westel Telecommunications, Ltd.0.000000060.00000002
    362ITC Networks of Utah0.000000060.00000002
    363Nextel Communications0.000000060.00000002
    364Telelink0.000000060.00000002
    365Communication TeleSystems Intl.0.000000060.00000002
    366TLD DE PUERTO RICO0.000000060.00000002
    367American Communications Technology0.000000060.00000002
    368Hawaiian Telephone Co. (GTE)0.000000060.00000002
    369TRT Telecommunications Corp.0.000000060.00000002
    370Allcomm Long Distance0.000000060.00000002
    371Beauzile Devereux Communications0.000000060.00000002
    372CCT (California Catalog and Technology)0.000000060.00000002
    373H.G. Telecom0.000000060.00000002
    374Long Distance Direct0.000000060.00000002
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    375O.L.C. Co.0.000000060.00000002
    376Plant Long Distance Co.0.000000060.00000002
    377Skycomm Technologies0.000000060.00000002
    378Tri-Rural Independent Operations0.000000060.00000002
    379Quest Telecommunications0.000000060.00000002
    380American Lightwave Communications0.000000060.00000002
    381Diversified Communications0.000000060.00000002
    382Metropolitan Telecommunications0.000000060.00000002
    383Monroe Telephone Co. dba Monroe Area Comm0.000000060.00000002
    384Plains Cooperative Telephone Association0.000000060.00000002
    385VISTA-UNITED TELECOMMUNICATIONS0.000000060.00000002
    386World Pass Communications Corp.0.000000060.00000002
    387Econ-o-Call, Inc.0.000000060.00000002
    388Fiberlink Communications Corp0.000000060.00000002
    389Wisconsin Communications Network0.000000060.00000002
    390JAS Networks0.000000060.00000002
    391LAKES STATES COMM0.000000060.00000002
    392NexBell0.000000060.00000002
    393Opticall Communications Services0.000000060.00000002
    394Bell Canada0.000000060.00000002
    395Enhanced Services Billing0.000000060.00000002
    396Innovative Communications0.000000060.00000002
    397Consolidated Communications Network0.000000060.00000002
    398Southwestern Bell Comms. Svcs. dba Ameritech0.000000060.00000002
    399Viatel, Inc.0.000000060.00000002
    400Nexus Communications0.000000060.00000002
    401Net Communications Corp.0.000000060.00000002
    402Communication Services of Colorado0.000000060.00000002
    403Frontier Local Services0.000000060.00000002
    404Omni Communications0.000000060.00000002
    405Total Media Technologies, Inc.0.000000060.00000002
    406Centennial De Puerto Rico0.000000060.00000002
    407Massena Telephone Co.0.000000060.00000002
    408Paradise Communications0.000000060.00000002
    409LDC Telecommunications Co.0.000000060.00000002

    Paperwork Reduction Act Analysis

    29. This Order was analyzed with respect to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. It contains no new or modified information collections subject to Office of Management and Budget review.

    Supplemental Final Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis

    30. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 603, an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) was provided in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 96-128, 61 FR 31481, June 20, 1996. The Commission sought written public comment on the proposals in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, including comment on the IRFA. A Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) was provided in the First Report and Order, 61 FR 52307, October 7, 1996, the First Reconsideration Order, 61 FR 65341, December 12, 1996, the Second Report and Order, 62 FR 58659, October 30, 1997, the Third Report and Order, 64 FR 13701, March 22, 1999, and the Fourth Reconsideration Order, 67 FR 9610, March 4, 2002.

    31. This present Supplemental FRFA conforms to the RFA, as amended. See 5 U.S.C. 604. The RFA, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., has been amended by the Contract with America Advancement Act of 1996, Public Law No. 104-121, 110 Stat. 847 (1996) (CWAA). Title II of the CWAA is the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA).

    32. To the extent that any statement in this Supplemental FRFA is perceived as creating ambiguity with respect to Commission rules or statements made in the sections of the Order preceding the Supplemental FRFA, the rules and statements set forth in those preceding sections are controlling.

    Need for, and Objectives of, the Rules

    33. In adopting section 276 in 1996, Public Law No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996) (codified at 47 U.S.C. 276), Congress mandated inter alia that the Commission “establish a per call compensation plan to ensure that all payphone service providers are fairly compensated for each and every completed intrastate and interstate call using their payphone. * * *” In this Order, the Commission redetermined certain aspects of the per-payphone compensation to be paid to payphone service providers (PSPs) pursuant to the remand by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Illinois, 117 F.3d. at 555. To implement the remand, the Commission calculated a per-call allocation for each carrier and clarified the manner in which the true up and offset procedures are to be applied to determine refunds and overpayments.

    Summary of Significant Issues Raised by Public Comments in Response to the FRFA

    34. The Commission received no comments in direct response to the FRFA in the Fourth Reconsideration Order. The Commission believes that the rules as adopted in this Order minimize the burdens of the per-payphone compensation procedure to the benefit of all parties, including small entities. See “Steps Taken to Minimize Significant Economic Impact on Small Entities, and Significant Alternatives Considered,” infra. Start Printed Page 71887

    Description and Estimate of the Number of Small Entities to which Rules Will Apply

    35. The RFA directs agencies to provide a description of, and an estimate of, the number of small entities that may be affected by the rules adopted herein, where feasible. 5 U.S.C. 604(a)(3). The RFA generally defines “small entity” as having the same meaning as the terms “small business,” “small organization,” and “small governmental jurisdiction.” 5 U.S.C. 601(6). In addition, the term “small business” has the same meaning as the term “small business concern” under the Small Business Act, unless the Commission has developed one or more definitions that are more appropriate to its activities. 5 U.S.C. 601(3) (incorporating by reference the definition of “small business concern” in 5 U.S.C. 632). Under the Small Business Act, a “small business concern” is one that: (1) Is independently owned and operated; (2) is not dominant in its field of operation; and (3) meets any additional criteria established by the Small Business Administration (SBA). 5 U.S.C. 632. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 601(3), the statutory definition of a small business applies “unless an agency after consultation with the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration and after opportunity for public comment, establishes one or more definitions of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such definition in the Federal Register.”

    36. The Commission included small incumbent LECs in this RFA analysis. As noted above, a “small business” under the RFA is one that, inter alia, meets the pertinent small business size standard (e.g., a telephone communications business having 1,500 or fewer employees), and “is not dominant in its field of operation.” 5 U.S.C. 601(3). The SBA's Office of Advocacy contends that, for RFA purposes, small incumbent LECs are not dominant in their field of operation because any such dominance is not “national” in scope. See letter from Jere W. Glover, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA, to Chairman William E. Kennard, FCC (May 27, 1999). The Small Business Act contains a definition of “small business concern,” which the RFA incorporates into its own definition of “small business.” See 5 U.S.C. 632(a) (Small Business Act); 5 U.S.C. 601(3) (RFA). SBA regulations interpret “small business concern” to include the concept of dominance on a national basis. 13 CFR 121.102(b). The Commission therefore included small incumbent LECs in this RFA analysis, although the Commission emphasizes that this RFA action has no effect on the Commission's analyses and determinations in other, non-RFA contexts.

    37. Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA has developed a specific size standard for small providers of incumbent local exchange services. The closest applicable size standard under the SBA rules is for Wired Telecommunications Carriers. Under that size standard, such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. 13 CFR 121.201, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 513310. According to the most recent Telephone Trends Report data, 1,329 incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) reported that they were engaged in the provision of local exchange services. FCC, Wireline Competition Bureau, Industry Analysis and Technology Division, Trends in Telephone Service (May 2002) (hereinafter Telephone Trends Report), Table 5.3. Of these 1,329 carriers, an estimated 1,024 have 1,500 or fewer employees and 305 have more than 1,500 employees. Id. Consequently, the Commission estimates that most providers of local exchange service are small businesses that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    38. Competitive Local Exchange Carriers or Competitive Access Providers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses specifically applicable to providers of competitive local exchange services or to competitive access providers (CAPs) or to “Other Local Exchange Carriers.” The closest applicable size standard under the SBA rules is for Wired Telecommunications Carriers. Under that SBA standard, such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 513310. According to the Commission's most recent Telephone Trends Report data, 532 companies reported that they were engaged in the provision of either competitive access provider services or competitive local exchange carrier services. Telephone Trends Report, Table 5.3. Of these 532 companies, an estimated 411 have 1,500 or fewer employees and 121 have more than 1,500 employees. Id. In addition, 55 carriers reported that they were “Other Local Exchange Carriers.” Id. Of the 55 “Other Local Exchange Carriers,” an estimated 53 have 1,500 or fewer employees and two have more than 1,500 employees. Id. Consequently, the Commission estimates that most providers of competitive local exchange service, competitive access providers, and “Other Local Exchange Carriers” are small entities that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    39. Local Resellers. The SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses within the category of Telecommunications Resellers. Under that SBA size standard, such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 513330. According to the Commission's most recent Telephone Trends Report data, 134 companies reported that they were engaged in the provision of local resale services. Telephone Trends Report, Table 5.3. Of these 134 companies, an estimated 131 have 1,500 or fewer employees and three have more than 1,500 employees. Id. Consequently, the Commission estimates that the great majority of local resellers are small entities that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    40. Toll Resellers. The SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses within the category of Telecommunications Resellers. Under that SBA size standard, such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 513330. According to the Commission's most recent Telephone Trends Report data, 576 companies reported that they were engaged in the provision of toll resale services. Telephone Trends Report, Table 5.3. Of these 576 companies, an estimated 538 have 1,500 or fewer employees and 38 have more than 1,500 employees. Id. Consequently, the Commission estimates that the great majority of toll resellers are small entities that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    41. Payphone Service Providers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses specifically applicable to payphone service providers (PSPs). The closest applicable size standard under the SBA rules is for Wired Telecommunications Carriers. Under that standard, such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 513310. According to the Commission's most recent Telephone Trends Report data, 936 PSPs reported that they were engaged in the provision of payphone services. Telephone Trends Report, Table 5.3. Of these 936 PSPs, an estimated 933 have 1,500 or fewer employees and three have more than 1,500 employees. Id. Consequently, the Start Printed Page 71888Commission estimates that the great majority of PSPs are small entities that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    42. Interexchange Carriers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses specifically applicable to providers of interexchange services. The closest applicable size standard under the SBA rules is for Wired Telecommunications Carriers. Under that standard, such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 513310. According to the most recent Telephone Trends Report data, 229 carriers reported that their primary telecommunications service activity was the provision of interexchange services. Telephone Trends Report, Table 5.3. Of these 229 carriers, an estimated 181 have 1,500 or fewer employees and 48 have more than 1,500 employees. Id. Consequently, the Commission estimates that the majority of interexchange carriers are small entities that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    43. Operator Service Providers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses specifically applicable to operator service providers. The closest applicable size standard under the SBA rules is for Wired Telecommunications Carriers. Under that standard, such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 513310. According to the Commission's most recent Telephone Trends Report data, 22 companies reported that they were engaged in the provision of operator services. Telephone Trends Report, Table 5.3. Of these 22 companies, an estimated 20 have 1,500 or fewer employees and two have more than 1,500 employees. Id. Consequently, the Commission estimates that the great majority of operator service providers are small entities that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    44. Prepaid Calling Card Providers. The SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses within the category of Telecommunications Resellers. Under that SBA size standard, such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 513330. According to the Commission's most recent Telephone Trends Report data, 32 companies reported that they were engaged in the provision of prepaid calling cards. Telephone Trends Report, Table 5.3. Of these 32 companies, an estimated 31 have 1,500 or fewer employees and one has more than 1,500 employees. Id. Consequently, the Commission estimates that the great majority of prepaid calling card providers are small entities that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    45. Satellite Service Carriers. The SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses within the category of Satellite Telecommunications. Under that SBA size standard, such a business is small if it has $12.5 million or less in average annual receipts. 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 513340. According to the Commission's most recent Telephone Trends Report data, 31 carriers reported that they were engaged in the provision of satellite services. Telephone Trends Report, Table 5.3. Of these 31 carriers, an estimated 25 have 1,500 or fewer employees and six have more than 1,500 employees. Id. Consequently, the Commission estimates that most satellite service carriers are small entities that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    46. Other Toll Carriers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses specifically applicable to “Other Toll Carriers.” This category includes toll carriers that do not fall within the categories of interexchange carriers, operator service providers, prepaid calling card providers, satellite service carriers, or toll resellers. The closest applicable size standard under the SBA rules is for Wired Telecommunications Carriers. Under that standard, such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 513310. According to the Commission's most recent Telephone Trends Report data, 42 carriers reported that they were engaged in the provision of “Other Toll” services. Telephone Trends Report, Table 5.3. Of these 42 carriers, an estimated 37 have 1,500 or fewer employees and five have more than 1,500 employees. Id. Consequently, the Commission estimates that most “Other Toll Carriers” are small entities that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    47. Wireless Service Providers. The SBA has developed a size standard for wireless small businesses within the two separate categories of Paging and of Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications. Under those SBA size standards, such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 513322. According to the Commission's most recent Telephone Trends Report data, 1,761 companies reported that they were engaged in the provision of wireless service. Telephone Trends Report, Table 5.3. Of these 1,761 companies, an estimated 1,175 have 1,500 or fewer employees and 586 have more than 1,500 employees. Id. Consequently, the Commission estimates that most wireless service providers are small entities that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    48. Broadband Personal Communications Service. The broadband personal communications service (PCS) spectrum is divided into six frequency blocks designated A through F, and the Commission has held auctions for each block. The Commission defined “small entity” for Blocks C and F as an entity that has average gross revenues of $40 million or less in the three previous calendar years. See Amendment of Parts 20 and 24 of the Commission's Rules—Broadband PCS Competitive Bidding and the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Spectrum Cap, WT Docket No. 96-59, Report and Order, 61 FR 33859, July 1, 1996; see also 47 CFR 24.720(b). For Block F, an additional classification for “very small business” was added and is defined as an entity that, together with affiliates, has average gross revenues of not more than $15 million for the preceding three calendar years. See Amendment of Parts 20 and 24 of the Commission's Rules—Broadband PCS Competitive Bidding and the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Spectrum Cap, WT Docket No. 96-59, Report and Order, 61 FR 33859, July 1, 1996. These standards defining “small entity” in the context of broadband PCS auctions have been approved by the SBA. See, e.g., Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act—Competitive Bidding, PP Docket No. 93-253, Fifth Report and Order, 59 FR 37566, July 22, 1994. No small businesses within the SBA-approved small business size standards bid successfully for licenses in Blocks A and B. There were 90 winning bidders that qualified as small entities in the Block C auctions. A total of 93 small and very small business bidders won approximately 40 percent of the 1,479 licenses for Blocks D, E, and F. FCC News, Broadband PCS, D, E and F Block Auction Closes, No. 71744 (rel. Jan. 14, 1997); see also Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Installment Payment Financing for Personal Communications Services (PCS) Licensees, WT Docket No. 97-82, Second Report and Order, 62 FR 55348, October 24, 1997. On March 23, 1999, the Commission reauctioned 347 C, D, E, and F Block licenses. There were 48 small business winning bidders. On January 26, 2001, the Commission Start Printed Page 71889completed the auction of 422 C and F Broadband PCS licenses in Auction No. 35. Of the 35 winning bidders in this auction, 29 qualified as “small” or “very small” businesses. Based on this information, the Commission concludes that the number of small broadband PCS licensees will include the 90 winning C Block bidders, the 93 qualifying bidders in the D, E, and F Block auctions, the 48 winning bidders in the 1999 re-auction, and the 29 winning bidders in the 2001 re-auction, for a total of 260 small entity broadband PCS providers, as defined by the SBA small business size standards and the Commission's auction rules. Consequently, the Commission estimates that 260 broadband PCS providers are small entities that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    49. 800 MHz and 900 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio Licensees. The Commission awards “small entity” and “very small entity” bidding credits in auctions for Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) geographic area licenses in the 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands to firms that had revenues of no more than $15 million in each of the three previous calendar years, or that had revenues of no more than $3 million in each of the three previous calendar years, respectively. 47 CFR 90.814. In the context of both the 800 MHz and 900 MHz SMR service, the definitions of “small entity” and “very small entity” have been approved by the SBA. These bidding credits apply to SMR providers in the 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands that either hold geographic area licenses or have obtained extended implementation authorizations. The Commission does not know how many firms provide 800 MHz or 900 MHz geographic area SMR service pursuant to extended implementation authorizations, nor how many of these providers have annual revenues of no more than $15 million. One firm has over $15 million in revenues. The Commission assumes, for its purposes here, that all of the remaining existing extended implementation authorizations are held by small entities, as that term is defined by the SBA. The Commission has held auctions for geographic area licenses in the 800 MHz and 900 MHz SMR bands. There were 60 winning bidders that qualified as small and very small entities in the 900 MHz auctions. Of the 1,020 licenses won in the 900 MHz auction, bidders qualifying as small and very small entities won 263 licenses. In the 800 MHz SMR auction, 38 of the 524 licenses won were won by small and very small entities. Consequently, the Commission estimates that there are 301 or fewer small entity SMR licensees in the 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    50. Rural Radiotelephone Service. The Commission has not adopted a size standard for small businesses specific to the Rural Radiotelephone Service. The service is defined in 47 CFR 22.99. A significant subset of the Rural Radiotelephone Service is the Basic Exchange Telephone Radio Systems (BETRS). BETRS is defined in 47 CFR 22.757, 22.759. For purposes of this Supplemental FRFA, the Commission uses the SBA's size standard applicable to wireless service providers, supra—an entity employing no more than 1,500 persons. 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS codes 513321, 513322. There are approximately 1,000 licensees in the Rural Radiotelephone Service, and the Commission estimates that almost all of them qualify as small entities under the SBA's size standard. Consequently, the Commission estimates that there are 1,000 or fewer small entity licensees in the Rural Radiotelphone Service that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    51. Fixed Microwave Services. Microwave services include common carrier, private-operational fixed, and broadcast auxiliary radio services. For common carrier fixed microwave services (except Multipoint Distribution Service), see 47 CFR part 101 (formerly 47 CFR part 21). Persons eligible under parts 80 and 90 of the Commission's rules can use Private Operational-Fixed Microwave services. See 47 CFR parts 80, 90. Stations in this service are called operational-fixed to distinguish them from common carrier and public fixed stations. Only the licensee may use the operational-fixed station, and only for communications related to the licensee's commercial, industrial, or safety operations. Auxiliary Microwave Service is governed by 47 CFR part 74. The Auxiliary Microwave Service is available to licensees of broadcast stations and to broadcast and cable network entities. Broadcast auxiliary microwave stations are used for relaying broadcast television signals from the studio to the transmitter, or between two points, such as, a main studio and an auxiliary studio. The service also includes mobile TV pickups, which relay signals from a remote location back to the studio.

    52. At present, there are approximately 22,015 common carrier fixed licensees and 61,670 private operational-fixed licensees and broadcast auxiliary radio licensees in the microwave services. The Commission has not created a size standard for a small business specifically with respect to microwave services. For purposes of this Supplemental FRFA, the Commission uses the SBA's size standard applicable to wireless service providers, supra—an entity with no more than 1,500 persons. 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS codes 513321, 513322. The Commission does not have data specifying the number of these licensees that have more than 1,500 employees, and thus is unable at this time to estimate with greater precision the number of fixed microwave service licensees that would qualify as small business concerns under the SBA's definition. Consequently, the Commission estimates that there are 22,015 or fewer small common carrier fixed microwave licensees and 61,670 or fewer small private operational-fixed microwave licensees and small broadcast auxiliary radio licensees in the microwave services that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein. The Commission notes, however, that the common carrier microwave fixed licensee category includes some large entities.

    53. 39 GHz Licensees. The Commission has created a special small business size standard for 39 GHz licenses—an entity that has average gross revenues of $40 million or less in the three previous calendar years. See Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding the 37.0-38.6 GHz and 38.6-40.0 GHz Bands, ET Docket No. 95-183, Report and Order, 63 FR 6079, February 6, 1998. An additional size standard for “very small business” is: An entity that, together with affiliates, has average gross revenues of not more than $15 million for the preceding three calendar years. Id. The SBA has approved these size standards. See Letter to Kathleen O'Brien Ham, Chief, Auctions and Industry Analysis Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, FCC, from Aida Alvarez, Administrator, SBA (Feb. 4, 1998). The auction of the 2,173 39 GHz licenses began on April 12, 2000 and closed on May 8, 2000. The 18 bidders who claimed small business status won 849 licenses. Consequently, the Commission estimates that 18 or fewer 39 GHz licensees are small entities that may be affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.

    Description of Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance Requirements

    54. As mandated by the court in the Illinois decision, the Commission established in this Order a compensation procedure for resolving monthly payments and refunds between PSPs and carriers for the Interim Period, Start Printed Page 71890beginning November 7, 1996, through October 6, 1997, where PSPs and carriers may have been overpaid or underpaid for per-payphone compensation. The Commission also applied the Interim Period procedures to cover the subsequent Intermediate Period, beginning October 7, 1997, through April 20, 1999. With this exception, this Order imposes no new reporting, recordkeeping or other compliance requirements not previously adopted in this or related payphone proceedings.

    Steps Taken To Minimize Significant Economic Impact on Small Entities, and Significant Alternatives Considered

    55. Although the Commission rejected a proposal to establish a carrier-to-carrier payment mechanism for resolving payments and refunds due to the degree of regulatory intervention it would require, the Commission specified carrier-specific per-call costs that can be used by carriers and PSPs to calculate total overpayments or underpayments. The Commission also affirmed the conclusions reached in the Fourth Reconsideration Order that alternative payment arrangements can be made between or among carriers, provided affected PSPs agree. Adoption of this payment scheme will minimize the economic impact and administrative burden for both payors and recipients of per-payphone compensation, including small entities.

    56. The Commission recognized in this Order that small entities such as PSPs would be disadvantaged by true up and offset mechanisms used in the per-call compensation process because carriers could use a self-help remedy of withholding future payments from PSPs and would have no incentive to resolve such disputes in a timely manner. See paragraph 20, supra. The Commission affirmed the conclusion reached in the Third Report and Order that carriers may deduct the remaining overpayments from future payments to PSPs, but clarified that it may only be done as follows: (1) Carriers may only withhold undisputed amounts from future payments; (2) carriers may not withhold any amounts from future payments until PSPs and carriers have had an opportunity to apply the refund against Interim and Intermediate Period compensation claimed by the PSP; and (3) carriers must allow PSPs to make payments of refunds over multiple future payments subject to ongoing accrual of interest, if reasonably requested by the PSP. These procedural safeguards will restore necessary measures of fairness to the process for small entities.

    Report to Congress

    57. The Commission will send a copy of this Order, including this Supplemental FRFA, in a report to Congress pursuant to the Congressional Review Act. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). In addition, the Commission will send a copy of this Order, including this Supplemental FRFA, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. See 5 U.S.C. 604(b).

    Ordering Clauses

    58. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 201-205, 215, 218, 219, 220, 226, 276 and 405, it is ordered that the policies, rules and requirements set forth herein are adopted.

    59. It is further ordered that the Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center, shall send a copy of this Fifth Order on Reconsideration and Order on Remand, including the Supplemental Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration.

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    List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64

    • Communications common carriers
    • Telecommunications
    • Telephone
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    Federal Communications Commission.

    Marlene H. Dortch,

    Secretary.

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    Rules Changes

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    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 64 as follows:

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    PART 64—MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS

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    1. The authority citation for part 64 continues to read as follows:

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    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 47 U.S.C. 225, 47 U.S.C. 251(e)(1), 47 U.S.C. 276. 151, 154, 201, 202, 205, 218-220, 254, 276, 302, 303, and 337 unless otherwise noted. Interpret or apply sections 201, 218, 225, 226, 227, 229, 332, 48 Stat. 1070, as amended. 47 U.S.C. 201-204, 208, 225, 226, 227, 229, 332, 501 and 503 unless otherwise noted.

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    2. Revise § 64.1301 to read as follows:

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    Per-payphone compensation.

    (a) Interim access code and subscriber 800 calls. In the absence of a negotiated agreement to pay a different amount, each entity listed in Appendix A of the Fifth Order on Reconsideration and Order on Remand in CC Docket No. 96-128, FCC 02-292, must pay default compensation to payphone service providers for payphone access code calls and payphone subscriber 800 calls for the period beginning November 7, 1996, and ending October 6, 1997, in the amount listed in Appendix A per payphone per month. A complete copy of Appendix A is available at www.fcc.gov.

    (b) Interim payphone compensation for inmate calls. In the absence of a negotiated agreement to pay a different amount, if a payphone service provider providing inmate service was not compensated for calls originating at an inmate telephone during the period starting on November 7, 1996, and ending on October 6, 1997, an interexchange carrier to which the inmate telephone was presubscribed during this same time period must compensate the payphone service provider providing inmate service at the default rate of $0.238 per inmate call originating during the same time period, except that a payphone service provider that is affiliated with a local exchange carrier is not eligible to receive payphone compensation prior to April 16, 1997, or, in the alternative, the first day following both the termination of subsidies and payphone reclassification and transfer, whichever date is latest.

    (c) Interim compensation for 0+ payphone calls. In the absence of a negotiated agreement to pay a different amount, if a payphone service provider was not compensated for 0+ calls originating during the period starting on November 7, 1996, and ending on October 6, 1997, an interexchange carrier to which the payphone was presubscribed during this same time period must compensate the payphone service provider in the default amount of $4.2747 per payphone per month during the same time period, except that a payphone service provider that is affiliated with a local exchange carrier is not eligible to receive payphone compensation prior to April 16, 1997, or, in the alternative, the first day following both the termination of subsidies and payphone reclassification and transfer, whichever date is latest.

    (d) Intermediate access code and subscriber 800 calls. In the absence of a negotiated agreement to pay a different amount, each entity listed in Appendix B of the Fifth Order on Reconsideration and Order on Remand in CC Docket No. 96-128, FCC 02-292, must pay default compensation to payphone service providers for access code calls and payphone subscriber 800 calls for the period beginning October 7, 1997, and ending April 20, 1999, in the amount listed in Appendix B for any payphone for any month during which per-call compensation for that payphone for that month was not paid by the listed entity. Start Printed Page 71891A complete copy of Appendix B is available at www.fcc.gov.

    (e) Post-intermediate access code and subscriber 800 calls. In the absence of a negotiated agreement to pay a different amount, each entity listed in Appendix C of the Fifth Order on Reconsideration and Order on Remand in CC Docket No. 96-128, FCC 02-292, must pay default compensation to payphone service providers for access code calls and payphone subscriber 800 calls for the period beginning April 21, 1999, in the amount listed in Appendix C for any payphone for any month during which per-call compensation for that payphone for that month was or is not paid by the listed entity. A complete copy of Appendix C is available at www.fcc.gov.

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Effective Date:
1/2/2003
Published:
12/03/2002
Department:
Federal Communications Commission
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
02-30499
Dates:
Effective January 2, 2003.
Pages:
71861-71891 (31 pages)
Docket Numbers:
CC Docket No. 96-128, FCC 02-292
Topics:
Communications common carriers, Telecommunications, Telephone
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47 CFR 64.1301