Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation

On April 4, 1997, the Common Carrier Bureau (``Bureau'') clarified and granted a limited waiver of the Commission's interstate tariffing requirements for unbundled features and functions, as set forth in the Payphone Reclassification Proceeding, CC Docket No. 96-128 [``Payphone Order'' 61 FR 52307 (October 7, 1997); ``Order on Reconsideration'' 61 FR 65341 (December 12, 1996)]. Local exchange carriers (``LECs'') must comply with these requirements, among others, before they are eligible to receive the compensation from interexchange carriers (``IXCs'') that is mandated in that proceeding. Because some LECs are not in full compliance with the Commission's federal tariffing requirements for unbundled features and functions under the Payphone Order and Order on Reconsideration, the Bureau granted all LECs a limited waiver of the deadline for filing the federal tariffs for unbundled features and functions, to the extent necessary, to enable LECs to file the required federal tariffs within 45 days after the release of the Bureau's order, with a scheduled effective date no later than 15 days after the date of filing.