Technologie i telekomunikacja · 17.06.1996

Billed Party Preference for O+ InterLATA Calls

The Commission adopted a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on tentative conclusions that it should establish benchmarks for the rates that consumers are asked to pay for operator service calls reflecting what consumers expect to pay for those calls and require that, if consumers will be charged rates above the benchmarks, the operator service provider (OSP) offering services through payphones and other aggregator locations disclose the applicable charges for the call to the consumer orally before connecting the call. The NPRM also seeks comment on what benchmark rates the Commission should establish, as well as on an alternative that would require all OSPs to disclose their rates orally on all operator service calls. The NPRM also solicits comment on whether the FCC should forbear from applying informational tariff filing requirements for interstate operator services, and, if not, on proposed rules and a waiver policy with respect to the filing of such tariffs. Finally, the Commission seeks comment on the best means to remedy the problem of high rates charged by some carriers that serve phones in prisons that are used by inmates to make collect cal