Chapter 09. Intrastate Switched Access and Pay Phone Dial Around Surcharge Rates

“Dial around” means a method used by a pay phone user to purposely bypass a pay phone company's local exchange or interexchange telephone company services.

“Effective rate per switched access minute of use” means a rate that results from dividing the total revenue billed over a specific period of time for all rate elements contained in the intrastate switched access tariff of a facilities-based carrier by the total switched access minutes of use recorded by that carrier for the same time period.

“Facilities-based carrier” means a local exchange telephone company owning or leasing facilities that consists of switching and transmission equipment used to carry voice or data traffic within Maryland.

“Intrastate” means services, traffic, or facilities that originate and terminate within Maryland.

Local Exchange Telephone Company.

“Interexchange telephone company” means a public service company that receives, transmits, or communicates voice or data traffic between telephone exchange areas within Maryland.

“Switched access service” means the service provided by a local exchange telephone company to an interexchange telephone company to originate and terminate in-State long distance calls.

Eliminate or zero-rate any intrastate rate element that does not exist in the interstate jurisdiction;

Decrease any intrastate rate element that is higher than its corresponding interstate rate element to equal the interstate rate; and

Increase any intrastate rate element that is lower than its corresponding interstate rate element to equal the interstate rate.