S.D. Admin. R. 20:10:29:01

Current through Register Vol. 50, page 159, June 17, 2024

Section 20:10:29:01 - Definitions

Terms defined in SDCL 49-31-1 have the same meaning when used in this chapter. In addition, terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) "Access minutes," usage of exchange facilities in intrastate service for the purpose of calculating chargeable usage;

(2) "Access services," services and facilities provided for the origination or termination of intrastate telecommunications;

(3) "Annual revenue requirements," the sum of the return component and the expense component;

(4) "Big three expenses," the combined expense groups composed of the following: plant-specific operations expense, accounts 6110, 6120, 6210, 6220, 6230, 6310, and 6410; plant-nonspecific operations expenses, accounts 6510, 6530, and 6540; and customer operations expenses, accounts 6610 and 6620;

(5) "Big three expense factors," the ratios of the sum of big three expenses apportioned to each element or category to the combined big three expenses;

(6) "Cable and wire facilities," all equipment or facilities described as cable and wire facilities in chapter 20:10:28 and included in account 2410;

(7) "Carrier cable and wire facilities," all cable and wire facilities that are not subscriber line cable and wire facilities;

(8) "Carrier's carrier," a telecommunications company which provides access services or facilities to another telecommunications company which in turn uses those facilities to provide telecommunications services to the public;

(9) "Central office equipment," all equipment or facilities described as central office equipment in the separations procedures and included in accounts 2210, 2220, and 2230;

(10) "Channel termination," the communications path between customer-designated premises or between a customer-designated premises and the serving wire center of that premises provided as a part of private line transport service;

(11) "Corporate operations expenses," executive and planning expenses, account 6710, and general and administrative expenses, account 6720;

(12) "Customer operations expenses," marketing and services expenses in accounts 6610 and 6620, respectively;

(13) "Dedicated signaling transport," transport of out-of-band signaling information between an interexchange carrier or other person's common channel signaling network and a carrier's carrier's signaling transport point on facilities dedicated to the use of a single customer;

(14) "Direct expenses," expenses attributable to a particular category or categories of tangible investment described in §§ 20:10:29:18 to 20:10:29:31, inclusive, including: plant-specific operations expenses in accounts 6110, 6120, 6210, 6220, 6230, 6310, and 6410 and plant-nonspecific operations expenses in accounts 6510, 6530, 6540, and 6560;

(15) "Direct-trunked transport," transport on circuits dedicated to the use of a single interexchange carrier or other person, without switching at the tandem, between the serving wire center and the end office or between two customer-designated carrier's carrier offices;

(16) "DS1," a high-capacity channel for the transmission of isochronous serial digital data at a rate of 1.544 or 3.152 megabytes per second;

(17) "DS3," a high-capacity channel for the transmission of isochronous serial digital data at a rate of 44.736 megabytes per second;

(18) "End office," the telecommunications company office from which the end user receives exchange service;

(19) "Entrance facilities," transport from the interexchange carrier or other person's point of demarcation to the serving wire center;

(20) "Expanded interconnection," the local exchange company offers expanded interconnection-collocation service which provides for wire center interconnection of the carrier's carrier's switched access DS1 or DS3 capacity services to interconnector-provided or interconnector-designated transmission equipment;

(21) "Expense component," the total expenses and income charges for an annual period that are attributable to a particular element or category;

(22) "Expenses," allowable intrastate expenses and income charges apportioned to intrastate pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Part 36 (October 1, 1993);

(23) "General support facilities," buildings, land, vehicles, aircraft, work equipment, furniture, office equipment, and general purpose computers as described in chapter 20:10:28 and included in account 2110;

(24) "Hub," a carrier's carrier's designated wire center at which bridging, multiplexing, or connections to other services are performed;

(25) "Information origination/termination equipment," equipment or facilities that are described as information origination/termination equipment in chapter 20:10:28 and in account 2310 except information origination/termination equipment used by telecommunications companies in their own operations;

(26) "Interexchange category," all intrastate interexchange services and facilities specifically attributable to such service provided directly to end users by the telecommunications company and not described as access services in this chapter;

(27) "Interoffice charges," charges for the transmission facilities between the serving wire centers associated with two customer-designated premises, between a serving wire center associated with a customer-designated premises and a carrier's carrier's hub, or between two carrier's carrier's hubs;

(28) "Line," transmission media, such as radio, satellite, wire, cable, and fiber optic means of transmission;

(29) "Net investment," allowable original cost investment in accounts 2001 to 2003, inclusive, 1220, and 1402 that has been apportioned to intrastate services from which depreciation, amortization, and other reserves attributable to the investment that has been apportioned to intrastate have been subtracted and to which working capital that is attributable to intrastate has been added;

(30) "Operating taxes," all taxes in account 7200;

(31) "Point of demarcation," a point at or near a customer-designated premises at which the carrier's carrier's responsibility for the provision of access service ends;

(32) "Private line," a line that is used exclusively for an interexchange service other than message toll service (MTS), wide area telephone service (WATS), or an MTS-WATS equivalent service, including a line that is used at the closed end of a foreign exchange, WATS, or common control switching service (CCSA), or any service that is substantially equivalent to a CCSA service;

(33) "Public telephone," a telephone provided by a telecommunications company through which an end user may originate intrastate telecommunications which are paid for with coins or by credit card, collect, or third number billing;

(34) "Return component," net investment attributable to a particular element or category multiplied by the authorized rate of return;

(35) "Serving wire center," a central office designated by the carrier's carrier to serve the geographic area in which the interexchange carrier or other person's point of demarcation is located;

(36) "Subscriber line cable and wire facilities," all lines or trunks on the subscriber side of a class 5 (end office) switch, including lines or trunks that do not terminate in such a switch, except lines or trunks that connect an interexchange carrier;

(37) "Tandem-switched transport," transport of traffic that is switched at a tandem switch between the serving wire center and the end office or between a carrier's carrier's office containing the tandem switching equipment, as described in subdivision 20:10:28:01(66), and the end office;

(38) "Trunk," transmission media, such as radio, satellite, wire, cable, and fiber optic means of transmission;

(39) "Voice grade," a channel for the transmission of analog signals within an approximate bandwidth of 300 to 3,000 hertz;

(40) "Wide area telephone service (WATS) access line," a line or trunk that is used exclusively for WATS service.

S.D. Admin. R. 20:10:29:01

19 SDR 111, effective 1/31/1993; 21 SDR 81, effective 11/3/1994.

General Authority: SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5, 49-31-18.

Law Implemented: SDCL 49-31-18.

Definitions, 47 C.F.R. § 69.2 (1993).