Technologie i telekomunikacja · 23/10/1996

Charges for Interstate Operator Services Calls From Payphones, Other Away-from-home Aggregator Locations, and Collect Calls From Prison Inmates

On June 4, 1996 the Commission sought comment on proposals with regard to high charges paid by consumers for interstate operator services from payphones and other aggregator locations and by persons billed for interstate collect calls initiated by inmates of prisons and other correctional institutions. In the Matter of Billed Party Preference for InterLATA 0+ Calls, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, CC Docket No. 92-77, 11 FCC Rcd 7274 (Second Further Notice). The Commission therein authorized its Common Carrier Bureau to obtain additional information if necessary for a more complete record. Comments and reply comments in response to the Second Further Notice were received on July 17, 1996 and August 16, 1996, respectively. In a Public Notice released on October 10, 1996, the Bureau seeks additional comment on a number of specific questions relating to this matter. Additional comment is sought on specific questions in order to supplement the record.