OFFICIALAPPROVED VERSION, RELEASED BY BSTHQ
BELLSOUTH GENERALEXCHANGE GUIDEBOOK OriginalPage 6
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 ServiceProvider Telephones (Cont'd)
A7.4.2 Responsibility of the Subscriber (Cont'd)
B. All PSP instruments and all other terminal equipment mustbe connected to the telephone network in compliance with Part
68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations as well as the regulatoryand certificationrequirements of the North Carolina Utilities
Commission. PSP subscribers may, upon request, be required to provide the access line provider with t he FCC registration
number of each item of terminal equipment to be connected prior to its connection. Every PSP, before offering any
telephone service other than voiceless-facsimile service, shall obtain a certificate (COCOT or PSP certificate) from the
Commission. Acertificate is n ot required for provision of voiceless facsimile service. Every holder of a COCOT or PSP
certificatewishing to offer automated collect service shall first obtain specific additional authority from the Commission to
do so. Applicationfor additional authority shall be made on a form specified by the Commission. PSPs making initial
application of PSP certificationmay request authority to offer automated collect service on the initial application. Every
PSP is responsible for ensuring that the name which appears on the COCOT or PSP certificat e also appears on all access
line providerbills for lines installed pursuant to that certificate. The PSP is responsiblefor ensuring that the information
which appears on its certificate is kept current. Copies of the COCOT or PSP certificate must be provid ed to the access line
provider prior to the establishment of service. PSPtelephones must have the followingcharacteristics:
1. All PSP instruments outside of confinement facilitiesmust allow access to the Company Operator (0-) and completion
of 0- local and 0- long distance calls billed to a commercial credit card, a third number, or the called number (collect) at
noch arge to the end user;
2. AllPSP instrum entsm ustallow access to 91 1 Emergency Service, where available, at no chargetothe end user;
3. Thefol lowing information must be posted at each PSP instrument other than those located in the detention areas of local,
state,or federal confinement facilities:
a. Theappropriate emergency number (911, operatoror other).
b. Clear operating instructions and procedures for handling repair,refunds and billing disputes.
c. Thecurrent telephone number of the PSP access line and the local address.
d. The name and address, and of the PSP. The name and address shown on the instrument must be the same as those
shownon the COCOT or PSP certificate.
e. Thecharge for a local sent-paid coin call, including notice of any time limits that are imposedon the call.
f. The charge, if any, for directory assistance calls, unless such n otice is given by voice message when the end user
attemptsto place such a call.
g. Thenameofthecarrierto which 0+, 00-, and 00+ calls will be routed. Inthe event that a PSP changes the carrier
towhich 0+, 00-, or 00+ calls will be routed, the name of the new carrier must be posted within 30 days.
h. Whether international calling capability is blocked from the PSP instrument, unless such specific notice is gi ven by
voicemessage when the end user attempts to place such a call.
i. Clear operating instructionsand the charges for any enhanced services offered bythe PSP from the PSP instrument.
4. Thefol lowing information must be posted at each PSP instrument located in the detention areas of local, state, or federal
confinementfacilities. The information must be printed sufficiently large and posted close enough to the telephone to be
easilyreadable from the telephone.
a. Noticethat only collect calls are allowed and that all other calls are prohibited unless the telephone is arranged to
permit1+ toll and seven-digit local dialing. In that case, the notice shall state the types of calls that are permittedand
thatal l other calls are prohibited.
b. Clear operating instructions and procedures for reportingequipment or service problems.
c. The currenttelephone number of the PSP instrument unless the instrument is arranged or programmed to allow
outward-onlycalling.
d. ThenameofthePSP.The name shown at the instrumentmust be the same as the name shown on the COCOT or
PSPcertificate.
e. Thecost of a local collect call.
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