OFFICIAL APPROVED VERSION, RELEASED BY BSTHQ
BELLSOUTH GENERAL EXCHANGE GUIDEBOOK Original Page 9.1
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
NORTH CAROLINA
ISSUED: December 1, 2005 EFFECTIVE: December 1, 2005
BY: President - North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
A7. COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE
A7.4 Access Line Service For Payphone Service Provider Telephones (Cont'd)
A7.4.5 Rates and Charges (Cont'd)
B. (DELETED) (Cont'd)
A7.4.6 Charges to Payphone Service Provider End User
A. Pursuant to Federal Communications Commission preemption of state authority over local coin rates, PSPs are permitted to
charge market-based rates for local coin calls.
B. The end user of a PSP instrument may not be charged more than .2427 cents for the carriage and completion of a local
non-sent paid call plus the appropriate operator assisted service charge.
C. Pursuant to Federal Communications Commission preemption of state authority over intrastate directory assistance charges,
PSPs are permitted to charge market-based rates for intrastate directory assistance calls.
D. The end user of a PSP instrument may not be charged a rate higher than the rate that could be charged by AT&T for the
carriage and completion of an intrastate, interLATA toll call of the same type.
E. The end user of a PSP instrument may not be charged at a rate higher than the rate that could be charged by the Company for
the carriage and completion of an intrastate, intraLATA toll call of the same type.
F. The end user of a PSP instrument may not be charged by the PSP for a 0+, 101XXXX-0+ or 950 local or toll call billed to a
calling card, to a third number, or to the called party (collect).
G. The recipient of an automated collect station to station call may not be charged more for the call than would have been charged
by the Company for a local or intraLATA collect station to station call or by AT&T Communications for an interLATA collect
station to station call.
H. All PSP instruments outside of confinement facilities must allow access to the access line provider operator at no charge. The
PSP may not impose a charge on the end user for completion of 0- local and toll calls billed to a calling card, a third number,
or the called number (collect).
I. The end user of a PSP instrument may not be charged for the carriage and completion of any 8XX (toll free number) call.
A7.5 Reserved For Future Use
A7.6 Reserved For Future Use
A7.7 Reserved For Future Use
(D)