Md. Code Regs. 20.45.09.03

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 22, November 1, 2024

Section 20.45.09.03 - Intrastate Switch Access Rates

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.

Md. Code Regs. 20.45.09.03

Regulation .03 amended effective 47:7 Md. R. 384, eff. 4/6/2020