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BELLSOUTH

GENERAL EXCHANGE GUIDEBOOK

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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)

A7.4.1 General (Cont'd)

G.Subscribers to Access Line Service for PSPs are subject to the rates, rules, and regulations as specified for Business Individual Access Lines in this Tariff unless otherwise stated in this section.

H.This service may not be suspended at a reduced rate.

I.Providers of public facsimile or related services which are transmitted over the public switched network are required to obtain a PSP access line for connection to the network. Provision for such services is subject to the rates and regulations set forth herein for Access Line Service for PSP Telephones.

J.All PSP instruments and all voiceless facsimile devices operated for compensation, other than those located in detention areas of confinement facilities and connected through line concentrators as specified in K.1.g. following, must be connected to the telephone network through PSP access lines furnished by the access line provider. Except as specified in K.1.g. following, connection through other facilities or systems is prohibited.

K.All PSP instruments and all voiceless facsimile devices connected to the network through line concentrators require the use of PSP trunks furnished by the access line provider for connection of the line concentrator to the network.

L.Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary and subject to all other applicable provisions of this Tariff, including but not limited to restrictions on the charges that may be made, the following provisions shall apply to all PSP telephones located in the detention areas of confinement facilities.

1.Such telephones:

a.May, if specifically requested by the administration of the confinement facility, be arranged or programmed to allow outward-only calling;

b.May, if specifically requested by the administration of the confinement facility and if the access line provider and presubscribed interexchange carrier are notified by the PSP, be arranged or programmed to terminate calls after ten minutes of conversation time;

c.Shall be arranged or programmed to block directory assistance (411) calls, provided that a copy of a current local telephone directory, including white and yellow pages, must be available for inmate access;

d. Shall be arranged or programmed to allow only 0+ collect calls for local, intraLATA toll, and interLATA toll calls

(C)

and to block all other calls including, but not limited to, local direct calls, credit card calls, third number calls, 1+

 

sent-paid calls, 0+ sent-paid calls, 0- sent-paid calls, 0- calls, toll free 8XX calls, 900 calls, 950 calls, 911 calls, and

 

101XXXX calls. Provided, however, that if specifically requested by the administration of the confinement facility,

 

1+ toll and seven-digit local dialing may be permitted if the access line provider or the PSP instrument can block

 

additional digit dialing after initial call set-up;

 

e.May, if specifically requested by the administration of the confinement facility, be arranged to block access to certain specific numbers identified by the administration or to allow access to only certain specific numbers identified by the administration; and

f.Shall, at the request of the administration of the confinement facility, provide for the cutoff of designated PSP instruments through the use of cutoff keys or switches placed on the PSP's side of the network interface.

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BellSouth 17 manual A7.4.1 General Contd

17 specifications

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