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BELLSOUTH

GENERAL EXCHANGE GUIDEBOOK

Original Page 6.1

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 (Cont'd)

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

F.Automated Collect Station to Station Calls

Station to station calls generated by automated collect devices provided by PSPs which are placed and billed to a called number without the assistance or intervention of a human operator will be allowed under the following requirements:

1.The name and number of the PSP is required to appear on the end user's bill. The Company will provide billing and collection services for rates and charges associated with automated collect calls as specified in this Tariff and under the provisions set forth in Section E8. of the Access Service Tariff. The billing authority granted in association with automatic collect calling and under the rules and regulations as set forth by the North Carolina Utilities Commission may be exercised only in connection with such calls;

2.The PSP instrument is arranged or programmed to require a positive response from the called party indicating willingness to pay for the call before completing the call, and to terminate the call without charge in the absence of a positive response;

3.Except in the case of a call originating from a confinement facility, if the recipient of an automated collect call does not act either to accept or reject the call, the call must be terminated and a call must be initiated to an operator of certified carrier or instructions must be provided on how to complete the call using an operator of a certified carrier. In the case of a call originated from a confinement facility, the call must be terminated;

4.The PSP must use a local or certified interexchange carrier to transmit all communications involved in the call;

5. The PSP shall block or arrange for blocking of automated collect calls to 900, 950, 700 101XXXX codes;

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6.Authorization to employ automated collect capability (outside of confinement facilities) must not be taken to allow restriction of the end user's ability to make other types of calls, such as customer-dialed credit card or sent-paid coin calls, however, sent-paid international calling capability may be blocked;

7.Every holder of a COCOT or PSP certificate wishing to offer automated collect service shall first obtain specific additional authority from the North Carolina Utilities Commission to do so. Application for additional authority shall be made on a form specified by the Commission. PSPs making initial application for PSP certification may request authority to offer automated collect service on the initial application; and

8.Recipients of automated collect calls must not be charged more for such calls than would have been charged by the local exchange company for a local or intraLATA collect call or by AT&T Communications for an interLATA collect call.

G.PSPs may not contract with, or arrange for his PSP instruments to automatically access, any non-certified carrier for completion of intrastate calls.

H.The PSP may not contract with, or arrange for his PSP instruments to automatically access, any carrier to carry local intrastate calls originated from his PSP instruments, unless that carrier has been certified by the North Carolina Utilities Commission to complete and bill local calls.

I.Use of collect, third number, calling card or auto-collect calling is prohibited to those PSP lines which connect public facsimile and related services.

J.Notwithstanding any other rules, a PSP may restrict incoming and/or outgoing calls at any specific PSP instrument in the interest of public safety and welfare under the following conditions:

1.Such restrictions have been requested in writing as to the specific PSP instrument from the chief local law enforcement officer acting within his apparent jurisdiction stating that the specific restrictions requested are needed in the interest of public safety and welfare. The PSP shall keep a copy of such requests from the chief local law enforcement officer on file for inspection and upon request by the Commission or the Public Staff shall provide copies of the requests for restrictions. The PSP shall retain copies of the requests for restrictions so long as the pay phones remain restricted.

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BellSouth 17 manual A7.4 Access Line Service For Payphone Service Provider Contd

17 specifications

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