Federal Communications Commission
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Connect America Fund
A National Broadband Plan for Our Future
Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local 
Exchange Carriers
High-Cost Universal Service Support
Developing an Unified Intercarrier Compensation 
Regime
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service
Lifeline and Link-Up
Universal Service Reform – Mobility Fund
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WC Docket No. 10-90
GN Docket No. 09-51
WC Docket No. 07-135
WC Docket No. 05-337
CC Docket No. 01-92
CC Docket No. 96-45
WC Docket No. 03-109
WT Docket No. 10-208
ERRATUM
Released:  June 12, 2012
By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:
On June 5, 2012, the Wireline Competition Bureau released an Order, DA 12-870, in the above-
captioned proceeding.  This Erratum replaces the Appendix of that Order.  See new Appendix attached.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Sharon E. Gillett
Chief
Wireline Competition Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
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APPENDIX
Final Rules
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission revises Part 51 of its 
rules to read as follows: 
PART 51-INTERCONNECTION
The authority citation for part 51 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sections 1–5, 7, 201–05, 207–09, 218, 220, 225–27, 251–54, 256, 271, 303(r), and 332, of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and section 706 of the Telecommunication Act of 1996, as 
amended; 47 U.S.C. 151–55, 157, 201–05, 207–09, 218, 220, 225–227, 251–254, 256, 271, 303(r), 332, 
1302, 47 U.S.C. 157 note, unless otherwise noted.
Revise § 51.907 (b)(2)(v) and (b)(2)(vi), add (b)(3), revise (c)(1), remove and reserve (c)(3), and add 
(c)(4), as follows:
§ 51.907 Transition of price cap carrier access charges. 
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(b) * * * 
(2) * * * 
(v) A Price Cap Carrier may elect to apply its interstate access rate structure and 
interstate rates to Transitional Intrastate Access Service.  In addition to applicable 
interstate access rates, the carrier may, between July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2013, assess a 
transitional per-minute charge on Transitional Intrastate Access Service end office 
switching minutes (previously billed as intrastate access).  The transitional per-minute 
charge shall be no greater than the Step 1 Access Revenue Reduction divided by Fiscal 
Year 2011 Transitional Intrastate Access Service end office switching minutes.  Carriers 
electing to establish rates for Transitional Intrastate Access Service in this manner shall 
notify the appropriate state regulatory authority of their election in the filing required by 
§ 51.907(b)(1).
(vi) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this section, nothing in this section 
obligates or allows a Price Cap Carrier that has intrastate rates lower than its functionally 
equivalent interstate rates to make any intrastate tariff filing or intrastate tariff revisions 
to increase such rates.
(3) If a Price Cap Carrier must make an intrastate switched access rate reduction pursuant 
to paragraph (b)(2) of this section, and that Price Cap Carrier has an intrastate rate for a 
rate element that is below the comparable interstate rate for that element, the Price Cap 
Carrier shall:  
(i)  Increase the rate for any intrastate rate element that is below the comparable 
interstate rate for that element to the interstate rate no later than July 1, 2013;
(ii) Include any increases made pursuant to paragraph (b)(3)(i) of this section in 
the calculation of its eligible recovery for 2012.
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(c) * * * 
(1)  Transitional Intrastate Access Service rates shall be no higher than the Price Cap 
Carrier’s interstate access rates. Once the Price Cap Carrier’s Transitional Intrastate 
Access Service rates are equal to its functionally equivalent interstate access rates, they 
shall be subject to the same rate structure and all subsequent rate and rate structure 
modifications.  Except as provided in paragraph (c)(4) of this section, nothing in this 
section obligates or allows a Price Cap Carrier that has intrastate rates lower than its
functionally equivalent interstate rates to make any intrastate tariff filing or intrastate 
tariff revisions to increase such rates.
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(4)  If a Price Cap Carrier made an intrastate switched access rate reduction in 2012 
pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section, and that Price Cap Carrier has an intrastate 
rate for a rate element that is below the comparable interstate rate for that element, the 
Price Cap Carrier shall:  
(i)  Increase the rate for any intrastate rate element that is below the comparable 
interstate rate for that element to the interstate rate on July 1, 2013; and
(ii) Include any increases made pursuant to paragraph (4)(i) of this section in the 
calculation of its eligible recovery for 2013.
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Revise § 51.909 (a)(3), (b)(2)(v), (b)(3), add (b)(4), revise (c), as follows:
§ 51.909 Transition of rate-of-return carrier access charges. 
(a)  * * * 
(3) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(4) of this section, nothing in this section 
obligates or allows a Rate-of-Return Carrier that has intrastate rates lower than its 
functionally equivalent interstate rates to make any intrastate tariff filing or intrastate 
tariff revisions raising such rates.
(b)  * * * 
(2) * * * 
(v) A Rate-of–Return Carrier may elect to apply its interstate access rate structure 
and interstate rates to Transitional Intrastate Access Service.  In addition to 
applicable interstate access rates, the carrier may, between July 1, 2012 and July 
1, 2013, assess a transitional per-minute charge on Transitional Intrastate Access 
Service end office switching minutes (previously billed as intrastate access).  The 
transitional per-minute charge shall be no greater than the Step 1 Access Revenue 
Reduction divided by Fiscal Year 2011 Transitional Intrastate Access Service 
end office switching minutes.  Carriers electing to establish rates for Transitional 
Intrastate Access Service in this manner shall notify the appropriate state 
regulatory authority of their election in the filing required by § 51.907(b)(1).
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(3) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(4), nothing in this section obligates or allows a 
Rate-of-Return carrier that has intrastate rates lower than its functionally equivalent 
interstate rates to make any intrastate tariff filing or intrastate tariff revisions raising such 
rates.
(4) If a Rate-of-Return Carrier must make an intrastate switched access rate reduction 
pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section, and that Rate-of-Return Carrier has an 
intrastate rate for a rate element that is below the comparable interstate rate for that 
element, the Rate-of-Return Carrier shall:  
(i)  Increase the rate for any intrastate rate element that is below the comparable 
interstate rate for that element to the interstate rate no later than July 1, 2013;
(ii)  Include any increases made pursuant to paragraph (b)(4)(i) in the calculation 
of its eligible recovery for 2012.
(c) Step 2. Beginning July 1, 2013, notwithstanding any other provision of the Commission’s rules:
(1) Transitional Intrastate Access Service rates shall be no higher than the Rate-of-Return 
Carrier’s interstate Terminating End Office Access Service and Terminating Tandem-Switched 
Transport Access Service rates and subject to the same rate structure and all subsequent rate and 
rate structure modifications.  Except as provided in paragraph (c)(2), nothing in this section 
obligates or allows a Rate-of-Return Carrier that has intrastate rates lower than its functionally 
equivalent interstate rates to make any intrastate tariff filing or intrastate tariff revisions to 
increase such rates.
(2) If a Rate-of-Return Carrier made an intrastate switched access rate reduction in 2012 pursuant 
to paragraph (b)(2) of this section, and that Rate-of-Return Carrier has an intrastate rate for a rate 
element that is below the comparable interstate rate for that element, the Rate-of-Return Carrier 
shall:  
(i)  Increase any intrastate rate element that is below the comparable interstate rate to the 
interstate rate by July 1, 2013; and
(ii) Include any increases made pursuant to paragraph (c)(2)(i) of this section in the 
calculation of its eligible recovery for 2013.  
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Revise §51.911 (b), (b)(6), add (b)(7) as follows:
§ 51.911 Access reciprocal compensation rates for competitive LECs.
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(b)  Except as provided in paragraph (b)(7) of this section, beginning July 3, 2012, notwithstanding any 
other provision of the Commission’s rules, each Competitive LEC that has tariffs on file with state 
regulatory authorities shall file intrastate access tariff provisions, in accordance with §51.505(b)(2), that 
set forth the rates applicable to Transitional Intrastate Access Service in each state in which it provides 
Transitional Intrastate Access Service.  Each Competitive Local Exchange Carrier shall establish the rates 
for Transitional Intrastate Access Service using the following methodology.
(6) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(7) of this section, nothing in this section obligates or 
allows a Competitive LEC that has intrastate rates lower than its functionally equivalent interstate 
rates to make any intrastate tariff filing or intrastate tariff revisions raising such rates.
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(7) If a Competitive LEC must make an intrastate switched access rate reduction pursuant to 
paragraph (b) of this section, and that Competitive LEC has an intrastate rate for a rate element 
that is below the comparable interstate rate for that element, the Competitive LEC may increase 
the rate for any intrastate rate element that is below the comparable interstate rate for that element 
to the interstate rate no later than July 1, 2013;
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Revise § 51.915(d)(1)(i)(C)(2)(i), (d)(1)(ii)(C)(2)(i), (d)(1)(iii)(3)(E)(2)(i), (d)(1)(iv)(E)(2)(i), 
(d)(1)(v)(E)(2)(i), (d)(1)(vi)(F)(2)(i), (d)(1)(vii)(G)(2)(i), as follows:
§ 51.915 Recovery mechanism for price cap carriers.
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(d) * * * 
(1) * * * 
(i) * * * 
(C) * * * 
(2) * * * 
(i) Establish a composite reciprocal compensation rate for its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and its Fiscal 
Year 2011 reciprocal compensation payments by dividing its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and payments 
by its respective Fiscal Year 2011 demand excluding demand for 
traffic exchanged pursuant to a bill-and-keep arrangement; 
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(ii) * * * 
(C) * * * 
(2) * * * 
(i) Establish a composite reciprocal compensation rate for its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and its Fiscal 
Year 2011 reciprocal compensation payments by dividing its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and payments 
by its respective Fiscal Year 2011 demand excluding demand for 
traffic exchanged pursuant to a bill-and-keep arrangement; 
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(iii) * * * 
(E) * * * 
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(2) * * * 
(i) Establish a composite reciprocal compensation rate for its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and its Fiscal 
Year 2011 reciprocal compensation payments by dividing its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and payments 
by its respective Fiscal Year 2011 demand excluding demand for 
traffic exchanged pursuant to a bill-and-keep arrangement; 
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(iv) * * * 
(E) * * * 
(2) * * * 
(i) Establish a composite reciprocal compensation rate for its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and its Fiscal 
Year 2011 reciprocal compensation payments by dividing its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and payments 
by its respective Fiscal Year 2011 demand excluding demand for 
traffic exchanged pursuant to a bill-and-keep arrangement; 
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(v) * * * 
(E) * * * 
(2) * * * 
(i) Establish a composite reciprocal compensation rate for its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and its Fiscal 
Year 2011 reciprocal compensation payments by dividing its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and payments 
by its respective Fiscal Year 2011 demand excluding demand for 
traffic exchanged pursuant to a bill-and-keep arrangement; 
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(vi) * * * 
(F) * * * 
(2) * * * 
(i) Establish a composite reciprocal compensation rate for its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and its Fiscal 
Year 2011 reciprocal compensation payments by dividing its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and payments 
by its respective Fiscal Year 2011 demand excluding demand for 
traffic exchanged pursuant to a bill-and-keep arrangement; 
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(vii) * * * 
(G) * * * 
(2) * *  * 
(i) Establish a composite reciprocal compensation rate for its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and its Fiscal 
Year 2011 reciprocal compensation payments by dividing its 
Fiscal Year 2011 reciprocal compensation receipts and payments 
by its respective Fiscal Year 2011 demand excluding demand for 
traffic exchanged pursuant to a bill-and-keep arrangement; 
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