Regulation .03 Intrastate Switch Access Rates.
Regulation .03 Intrastate Switch Access Rates.LinkCopy Citation
A.
The provisions of this regulation are subject to the requirements of federal law.
B.
A local exchange company’s intrastate originating switched access rates may not exceed its interstate originating access rates, as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission. In mirroring its interstate originating access rates, a local exchange company shall:
(1)
Eliminate or zero-rate any intrastate rate element that does not exist in the interstate jurisdiction;
(2)
Decrease any intrastate rate element that is higher than its corresponding interstate rate element to equal the interstate rate; and
(3)
Increase any intrastate rate element that is lower than its corresponding interstate rate element to equal the interstate rate.
C.
Notwithstanding §B of this regulation, a local exchange company’s intrastate per-query rate for use of an 8YY database may not exceed the rate of the incumbent local exchange telephone company having the largest number of access lines in Maryland.