BellSouth 17 manual A7. Coin Telephone Service

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BELLSOUTH	GENERAL EXCHANGE GUIDEBOOK	Original Page 6.0.1
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)

A7.4.2 Responsibility of the Subscriber (Cont'd)

B.(Cont'd)

5.Coin-operated PSP instruments must be equipped to return the coins to the caller in the case of an incomplete call;

6.Coin-operated PSP instruments must be equipped to accept nickels, dimes, and quarters. The coin chute capacity of any PSP instrument must be sufficient to enable an end user to complete any sent-paid call using a single type of coin or any combination of nickels, dimes, and quarters;

7.All PSP instruments must allow receipt of incoming calls at no charge for an initial period of at least ten (10) minutes. After the initial period, PSPs may impose a charge for the continued use of the PSP instrument in an amount equal to the charge for a local call;

8.All PSP instruments must allow completion of local and long distance calls including 0+ local and long distance calls billed to a commercial credit card, a calling card, a third number, or the called number (collect); provided, however, that sent-paid international calling capability may be blocked;

9.PSP telephones may allow completion of 0+ local and intraLATA toll station to station calls billed to the called number (collect) via store and forward technology. 0+ dialed local calls billed to the called number (collect) must be diverted to the Company operator in an appropriate manner for handling if the end user so desires;

10.The PSP shall at all times maintain a current and complete local telephone directory, including white and yellow pages, at each PSP instrument;

11.All PSP instruments must allow access to all available interexchange carriers on a non-discriminatory basis. In an equal access environment, this requires that the end user be allowed to access a chosen carrier by dialing 101XXXX-0+, 101XXXX-0-, toll free 1-8XX numbers, or 950-XXXX. Access through 101XXXX-1+ or 101XXXX-011+ is not required;

12.The PSP is responsible for meeting all federal, state, and local requirements with respect to provision of customer-provided telephone equipment for use by hearing-impaired and handicapped persons; and

13.Subscribers to Access Line Service lines connecting customer-provided devices providing public facsimile and related services may charge unregulated rate for the facsimile portion of the service and shall conspicuously display such rates and charges for the facsimile portion of the service on or near the facsimile device.

C.All PSP instruments and all other terminal equipment must be installed in compliance with the current National Electrical Code and National Electrical Safety Code.

D.The PSP subscriber is responsible for payment of all charges from the telephone company and interexchange carriers including charges for all toll messages originated from or accepted at the pay station locations.

E.All PSP instruments must provide access to local and long distance directory assistance.

(C)

(C)