FCC Record, Volume 2, No. 1, Pages 1 to 409, January 5 - January 16, 1987 Page: 313
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Federal Communications Commission Record
SUBJECT: Bill Verification; Reporting Requirements
TARIFF SECTION: Section 6.7.1(D)(3)b(ii)
SNET.
TARIFF SUMMARY:
The ratio used to calculate the premium usage . . . will
be determined on at least a quarterly basis and provided
to the customer with the last bill rendered for the preceding
quarter or mailed separately within five working days
after the first day of the new quarter.
SNET 6.7.1(D)(3)(b)(ii).
ISSUES: MCI contends that SNET proposes to determine
premium usage under the BOC Waiver Formula4
on "at least" a quarterly basis, but proposes to report the
ratio to the access customer only on a quarterly basis.
MCI recommends that the Commission require SNET to
update the ratio only on a quarterly basis so that the ratio
used is the one that is reported on a quarterly basis. MCI
Petition at Appendix A, p. 28.
SNET replies that it proposed to update the subscriber
line ratio "on no less than a quarterly basis" in an effort
to provide carriers with the most current available data.
The Commission's June 9 Designation Order, it observes.
made it clear that this information should appear in the
tariff to guarantee the ICs a timely update to this information.
SNET adds that the proposed modification reflects
the current SNET procedures and will benefit the carriers'
billing verification. SNET Reply Comments at B-6.
MCI does not believe that SNET's "clarification" resolves
this issue because it remains unclear from the tariff
what SNET's "current reporting procedures" are. MCI
recommends that the Commission direct SNET to clearly
state in its tariff the regular intervals for which the ratio
revisions will be reported. MCI Supplemental Comments
at Appendix A, p. 24.
DISCUSSION: We acknowledge that SNET intended to
propose modifications that would benefit customers by
ensuring that charges are based on the latest information
available. Although we would normally find such revisions
reasonable because they establish rates that more
accurately reflect costs, SNET apparently overlooked the
fact that this information must be provided to its customers
so that they may properly review and verify their
bills. We therefore direct SNET to delete the pertinent
revisions proposed in its October 3 filing.
We encourage SNET, if it so chooses, to file amended
revisions that propose to update the subscriber line ratio
more frequently than on a quarterly basis. We suggest,
however, that it include in the provision cited above a
statement indicating that "in those cases in which the
ratio is updated more frequently than on a quarterly basis,
customers will be notified in the last bill rendered for the
preceding billing period or mailed separately within five
working days after the first day of the new billing period."
SUBJECT: Presubscription Charges; Presubscription
Provisions
TARIFF SECTION: Section 13.3.3(B)(5)(c)
US West;
Section 13.3.3(B)(5)(d)
BellSouth; Section 13.3.3(F) -Cincinnati
Bell.TARIFF SUMMARY:
When an interexchange carrier submits a change to the
Telephone Company in an order affirming that a customer
wishes to be presubscribed to it, any applicable
nonrecurring charges for presubscription will be billed to
the interexchange carrier per line submitted.
If within 120 days, the customer states that the interexchange
carrier was never authorized to be the presubscribed
carrier, the Telephone Company will issue service
orders to return the customer to its original condition
and the change charge will be billed to the carrier that
initiated the unauthorized change ....
US West 13.3.3(B)(5)(c).
If an IC requests the CIC to be changed due to merger,
acquisition, consolidation, etc., the IC will pay the
presubscription change charge ....
BellSouth 13.3.3(B)(5)(d).
Only one presubscribed IC may be selected per line.
The Telephone Company will confirm verbal selection by
written notice included in the first bill.
Cincinnati Bell 13.3.3(F).
ISSUES: Several petitioners object to US West's proposal
to impose presubscription change charges upon an
1C when it submits a presubscription change order on an
end user's behalf. US Sprint Petition at 47-50; ALC Petition
at 38-42; MCI Petition at Appendix A, p. 43. ALC
states that this provision is inconsistent with Commission
balloting and allocation requirements to charge end users.
It adds that the provision is also inconsistent with US
West's own provisions that indicate that the LEC will
charge the IC "if. at its option. the IC elects to pay the
charge." ALC Petition at 38-42 (citing US West
13.6.2.3). MCI argues that it should only be held liable
for the errors it makes in carrying out the end user's
request. MCI Petition at Appendix A, p. 43. US Sprint
admits that errors do occur, but alleges that sometimes a
customer will rescind its verbal commitment to change. If
the IC, in good faith reliance upon that commitment,
submits a change order, it would be assessed two presubscription
change charges under the US West proposal if
the customer disputes the presubscription. The 120-day
grace period aggravates this problem, it continues, because
the customer is able to "sample" an IC's services
and convert to the original IC before paying. In this
situation, the IC would not only lose revenues, but would
also be required to pay two presubscription change
charges. US Sprint Petition at 47-50.
ALC and MCI also oppose revisions that would assess
presubscription change charges against an 1C when it
requests a change to its Customer Identification Code
(CIC) because of company mergers, acquisitions or consolidations.
ALC Petition at 38-42; MCI Petition at Appendix
A, pp. 43-44. ALC argues that these charges are
unreasonable because Bell Communications Research,
Inc. (BellCore) limits the number of CIC codes that ICs
may maintain and can force a reduction in CIC codes
when a combined entity possesses more than the allowa313
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