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If you need the complete document, download the WordPerfect version or Adobe Acrobat version, if available. ***************************************************************** Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Revision of ARMIS Annual Summary Report ) (FCC Report 43-01), ARMIS USOA Report ) (FCC Report 43-02), ARMIS Joint Cost Report ) AAD 95-91 (FCC Report 43-03), ARMIS Access Report ) (FCC Report 43-04), ARMIS Service Quality ) Report (FCC Report 43-05), ARMIS Customer ) Satisfaction Report (FCC Report 43-06), ) ARMIS Infrastructure Report (FCC Report 43-07), ) and ARMIS Operating Data Report (FCC Report 43-08) ) for Certain Class A and Tier 1 Telephone Companies ) ORDER Adopted: December 16, 1997 Released: December 16, 1997 By the Chief, Accounting and Audits Division: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Order, we revise several of the Automated Reporting Management Information System (ARMIS) Reports to implement recent Commission Orders. In addition, we clarify definitions and descriptions in these reports to ensure consistency among reports and to improve understanding of existing requirements. 2. Finally, we adopt other minor, technical changes in the ARMIS Reports pursuant to the authority delegated to the Bureau in the ARMIS Order and Section 0.291 of the Commission's rules. Because these changes are minor, and, in most cases, made pursuant to the recommendations of the carriers filing the reports, we find for good cause that compliance with the notice and comment procedures of the Administrative Procedure Act is unnecessary. 3. The ARMIS reporting requirements were established by the Commission in 1987 to facilitate the timely and efficient analysis of carrier operating costs and rates of return, to provide an improved basis for audits and other oversight functions, and to enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of alternative policy proposals. Additional ARMIS Reports were added in 1991 and 1992. In this Order, we revise or clarify the following eight ARMIS Reports: FCC Report 43-01, the Annual Summary Report, FCC Report 43-02, the USOA Report, FCC Report 43-03, the Joint Cost Report, FCC Report 43-04, the Access Report, FCC Report 43-05, the Service Quality Report, FCC Report 43-06, the Customer Satisfaction Report, FCC Report 43-07, the Infrastructure Report, FCC Report 43-08, the Operating Data Report. All incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) with operating revenues exceeding the indexed revenue threshold must file ARMIS Reports 43-01, 43-02, 43-03, 43-04, and 43-08. In addition, all ILECs under price cap regulation (mandatory and elective) must file ARMIS Report 43-05. ARMIS Reports 43-06 and 43-07 are also required for all ILECs for which price cap regulation is mandatory. ILECs must submit the ARMIS Reports to the Commission annually on or before April 1. II. DISCUSSION A. General 4. This order includes improved definitions, descriptions, and instructions that we believe will lead to clarity and consistency in the ILECs' reporting. In the following sections, we discuss the more important modifications. The Appendix contains all of the revisions that we make to the eight ARMIS Reports. B. FCC Report 43-01 - The Annual Summary Report 5. FCC Report 43-01, the Annual Summary Report, summarizes the carriers' accounting, rate base, and cost allocation data prescribed in Parts 32, 36, 64, 65, and 69 of the Commission's rules. In Table I, Cost and Revenue, we revise the general instructions for the Plant-In-Service section (Rows 1610 - 1690) to require that the averaging method used for reporting plant investment be consistent with the method utilized in ARMIS Report 43-03, the Joint Cost Report. We do this to insure comparability between ARMIS Report 43-01 and ARMIS Report 43-03. Further, we modify the definitions for Row 2090 (Single line business access lines) and Row 2120 (Multiline business access lines) to reflect the requirement in the Pay Phone Order that pay phone lines be treated as multiline business access lines. Part I of the Appendix to this Order contains all revisions to this report. C. FCC Report 43-02 - The USOA Report 6. FCC Report 43-02, the USOA Report, provides the annual operating results of the carriers' activities for every account in the Uniform System of Accounts (USOA). In Table B-6, Summary of Investment and Accumulated Depreciation by Jurisdiction, we add language to the general instructions to specify that amortizable assets are excluded from this table. Instructions are also added to Table B-6 to specify that Columns (b) and (g), must agree with Columns (ab) and (af) of Row 240, Table B-1 and Column (m) must agree with Table B-1, Row 3100, column (b); Table B-5, Row 0490, Column (j); and ARMIS Report 43-03, Table I, Row 3100, Column (b). In Table B-14, Capital Stock, we provide additional instructions on how preferred stock is reported in Column (b). Part II of the Appendix contains all revisions to this report. D. FCC Report 43-03 - The Joint Cost Report 7. FCC Report 43-03, the Joint Cost Report, details the ILEC's regulated and nonregulated cost and revenue allocations by study area, pursuant to Section 64.901 of the Commission's rules. In this Order, we specify the averaging methods that can be used to report plant investment in Column (m). We also specify that carriers must use consistent averaging methods to insure comparability between the ARMIS Report 43-01 and ARMIS Report 43-03 reports. Part III of the Appendix contains all revisions to this report. E. FCC Report 43-04 - The Access Report 8. FCC Report 43-04, the Access Report, provides jurisdictional separations and access charge data by Part 36 category at the study area level. In this Order, we implement one aspect of the Commission's OB&C Order released February 3, 1997. The OB&C Order changed the method of separating other billing and collection ( OB&C ) expenses for ILECs performing end user billing and/or collection for interexchange carriers, effective May 1, 1997. To accommodate this change for the 1997 transition filing period, carriers must report the results of both the new and the old methods of separation for the appropriate period within the year. OB&C expenses for the period January 1 through April 30 must be reported using the old method (i.e., the user count methodology ) on Rows 7240 to 7244 and 7251 to 7257. OB&C expenses for the period May 1 to December 31 must be reported using the new method on Row 7248 and Row 7250. Row 7246 will be used to record OB&C expenses that have been directly assigned pursuant to Section 36.2(e) of the Commission's rules. We modify the row instructions for Row 7259, Total Other Billing and Collecting Expenses, to include Rows 7246 and 7250 in the equation for separating access charges. Beginning with the 1998 reports (filed in April, 1999) only Rows 7248 and 7259 will be used. We further revise Row 1272, COE Category 4.13 exchange circuit equipment - subscriber loops, to clarify that ILECs must report the working loops that are jointly used for local exchange service and exchange access. 9. Row 9002, the universal service fund (USF) allocation, is amended to instruct carriers that qualify for USF support to report the USF funds received during the reporting period. Further, we provide more concise definitions for Rows 9003, 9004, and 9005. We also add an instruction indicating that all carriers, whether or not they received USF support during the reporting period, must complete Rows 9003, 9004, and 9005 using data they supplied the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) for computing the nationwide average cost per loop for the reporting year. Under the Commission's USF rules, USF support levels in a given year are based upon cost and loop data for the second prior year. For example, if an ILEC received $2 million in USF support in 1997, it would report $2 million in Row 9002 of its 1997 ARMIS Report 43-04. In addition, it would report its 1995 USF loop cost, working loop count, and USF cost per loop in Rows 9003, 9004, and 9005, respectively. If an ILEC received no USF support during 1997, it would report $0 on Row 9002 of its 1997 ARMIS Report 43-04; however, it would still have to provide its 1995 USF data in Rows 9003, 9004, and 9005. In addition, Row 9010, Total billable access lines, is amended to clarify and better define the term Total Billable Access Lines and to remove the reference to the exclusion of public telephones. Part IV of the Appendix contains all revisions to this report. F. FCC Report 43-05 - The Service Quality Report 10. FCC Report 43-05, the Service Quality Report, provides service quality information for interexchange access service installation and repair intervals, local service installation and repair intervals, trunk blockage, and total switch downtime for price cap companies. In this Order, we implement the changes in service quality reporting required by the Commission's Service Quality Order. We revise Table I, Installation and Repair Intervals (Interexchange Access), Row 0110, Total Number of Orders or Circuits, to specify that this row includes the number of orders or circuits completed during the period. Additionally, rows entitled Average Interval (Row 0114 in Table I and Row 0134 in Table II, Installation and Repair Intervals (Local Service)), are amended to include only those orders that were completed during the reporting period. Further, we add to Table II, under the category Initial Trouble Reports, a new Row 0160, Subsequent Reports Related to Initial Trouble Reports. Likewise, in Table II, under the category Repeat Trouble Reports, we add a new Row 0170, Subsequent Reports Related to Repeat Trouble Reports. The Service Quality Order also requires that additional data be provided in Tables I and II to reflect installation delays caused by customers. We therefore add two rows titled Missed for Customer Reasons (MCR) to both Tables I and II to report installation orders not completed by the commitment date because the customer was not prepared to receive service on that date. Carriers must file this data beginning with their 1998 reports (i.e., due on April 1, 1999). They also have the option of filing this data in their 1997 reports (i.e., due on April 1, 1998). Part V of the Appendix contains all revisions to this report. G. FCC Report 43-06 - The Customer Satisfaction Report 11. FCC Report 43-06, the Customer Satisfaction Report, reflects the results of customer satisfaction surveys conducted by carriers to capture trends in service quality. The Service Quality Order eliminates the overall customer satisfaction category contained in ILEC customer satisfaction survey data. We therefore revise ARMIS Report 43-06 to reflect this change. Part VI of the Appendix contains all revisions to this report. III. PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT 12. The modifications to the information collections contained herein are contingent upon approval of the Office of Management and Budget. IV. ORDERING CLAUSE 13. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to the authority contained in Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 201-205, 215, 218, 219, and 220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  151, 154(i), 154(j), 201-205, 215, 218, 219, and 220, and Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91 and 0.291, that, FCC Report 43-01, the Annual Summary Report, FCC Report 43-02, the USOA Report, FCC Report 43-03, the Joint Cost Report, FCC Report 43-04, the Access Report, FCC Report 43-05, the Service Quality Report, FCC Report 43-06, the Customer Satisfaction Report, FCC Report 43-07, the Infrastructure Report, and FCC 43-08, the Operating Data Report, ARE REVISED, as set forth above and in the Appendix to this Order, effective for filings due April 1, 1998. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kenneth P. Moran Chief, Accounting and Audits Division Attachment PART I - Summary of changes to FCC Report 43-01 (the Annual Summary Report) A. Table I - Cost and Revenue Table Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. Row 1110, Equal Access Expenses, columns (c), Nonregulated, and (d), SNFA and Intra-Company Adjustments, will be N/A filled. b. The General Instructions for the Plant-In-Service section (Rows 1610 - 1690) are revised to read: "All investment data reported in columns (f) through (v) must be calculated by one of two methods: (1) divide the sum of average monthly investments by the number of months in the reporting period; (2) divide the sum of the investment balance for the end of the previous year and the end of the month investment balances for each month in the current reporting period by the number of months in the reporting period plus 1. Investment data reported in columns (b), (c) and (d) are reported as booked. The averaging method used must be consistent with the ARMIS Report 43-03." B. Table II - Demand Analysis Table Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. The section heading for Rows 2090 through 2150 is revised to read "Common Line Demand - Billable Access Lines." b. Row 2090 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "Single Line Business Access Lines subject to the single line business interstate end user common line charge, pursuant to Section 69.104(h), excluding company official, mobile telephone/pagers, off-premises extensions, and special access. Enter end- of-year, in-service amounts." c. Row 2100 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "Residence Lifeline Access Lines for which the interstate end user common line charge is reduced or waived. The decision to implement a lifeline plan is left to the individual state commission. Enter end-of-year, in-service amounts." d. Row 2110 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "Residence Non-Lifeline Access Lines subject to the residence interstate end user common line charge. This count will include employee concession lines. Enter end-of-year, in-service amounts." e. Row 2120 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "Multiline Business Access Lines subject to the multiline business interstate end user common line charge including payphone lines, PBX trunks, Centrex CU trunks, hotel/motel LD trunks and Centrex CO lines. Enter end-of-year, in- service amounts." f. Row 2140 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "Access Lines Subject To A Special Access Surcharge are the number of lines subject to the special access surcharge pursuant to Sections 69.5(c) and 69.115. Enter end-of-year, in-service amounts." g. Row 2150 - The definition of this row is revised to read "Total Billable Access Lines are lines billed the end user common line charge or the special access surcharge. Enter the sum of Rows 2090 through 2140. (Row 2150 should be the same as Row 9010 in ARMIS Report 43-04.)" PART II - Summary of changes to FCC Report 43-02 (the USOA Report) A. Table B-1 - Balance Sheet Accounts Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. Columns (ba) and (bb) are redesignated as "(a)" and "(b)," respectively. b. Column (ac), Additions - The definition of this column is revised to read "Enter the amount representing plant added to each account during the current reporting period. Transfers of and adjustments to plant made between accounts for additions that occurred during the current reporting period are included in this column. All adjustments made to plant that was placed in service or was retired in prior reporting periods are included in column (ae)." c. Column (ad), Retirements - The definition of this column is revised to read "Enter the amount representing plant retired from each account during the current reporting period. Transfers of and adjustments to plant made between accounts for retirements that occurred during the current reporting period are included in this column. All adjustments made to plant that was placed in service or was retired in prior reporting periods are included in column (ae)." d. Column (ae), Transfers/Adjustments - The definition of this column is revised to read "Enter the amount representing transfers of or adjustments to plant that was placed in service or was retired in prior reporting periods." B. Table B-6 - Summary of Investment and Accumulated Depreciation By Jurisdiction Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. The heading "Telephone Plant Before Amortizable Assets (Accounts 2110 through 2441)" is added over columns (b) through (g). b. The heading "Accumulated Depreciation (Account 3100)" is added over columns (h) through (o). c. The General Instructions are revised to read "This table displays the plant investment for the current reporting period and its associated accumulated depreciation by jurisdiction. This does not include amortizable assets, amortized tangibles or intangibles. All amounts must be rounded to the nearest thousand, except ratios which are rounded to two decimal places." d. This note is added after column (g): "Note: columns (b) and (g) above, must agree with columns (ab) and (af) of Table B-1, Row 240." e. This note is added to column (m): "Note: column (m) must agree with Table B- 1, Row 3100, column (b); Table B-5, Row 0490, column (j); and 43-03, Table I, Row 3100, column (b)." C. Table B-14, Capital Stock Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. This note is added to column (b) "Note: If the identity of the class of stock is Preferred, and it is a percent, explain what the percent is being applied to for the purpose of computing the dividend per share. For example: If the percent is 5.00% of Par, then enter "5.00% of Par." b. Column (f), Amount of Stock Issued and Outstanding - The definition of this column is revised to read "Enter the dollar amount of stock issued and outstanding for each class of stock reported in column (b)." D. Table I -1 - Income Statement Accounts Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. Columns (ba) and (bb) are redesignated as "(a)" and "(b)," respectively. PART III - Summary of changes to FCC Report 43-03 (the Joint Cost Report) A. Table I - Regulated/Unregulated Data Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. The following paragraph is added to the Row Instructions: All investment data reported in column (m) must be calculated by one of two methods: (1) divide the sum of average monthly investments by the number of months in the reporting period; (2) divide the sum of the investment balance for the end of the previous year and the end of the month investment balances for each month in the current reporting period by the number of months in the reporting period plus 1. The averaging method used in this report must also be used in ARMIS Report 43-01. b. Row 2004 - The description of this row is revised to read "Reserved" and all columns are N/A filled. PART IV - Summary of changes to FCC Report 43-04 (the Access Report) A. Table I - Separations and Access Table Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. The following typographical errors are corrected on the form: the row between Rows 1523 and 1530 should be 1524, not 1224, the row between Rows 3131 and 3141 should be 3140, not 3040 and the row between Rows 6220 and 6230 should be 6221, not 6321. b. Row 1272, # COE CAT. 4.13 EXC.CKT.EQPT. - SUBS. LOOPS - The definition of this row is revised to read "Number of working loops that are associated with subscriber or common lines that are jointly used for local exchange service and exchange access for state and interstate interexchange services pursuant to Sections 36.126(c)(3) and 36.154(a)." c. This note is added before Row 7240 "Note - Effective May 1, 1997, for local exchange carriers that perform end user billing and/or collection on behalf of interexchange carriers, the OB&C Order (CC Docket 80-286) changes the method of separating the OB&C portion of Account 6620 Service Expenses among the operations. Therefore, to accommodate this change for the 1997 transition filing period, carriers must report the results of both methods for the appropriate periods within the year. OB&C expenses for the period January 1 through April 30 must be reported using the user methodology on rows 7240 to 7244, and 7251 to 7257. OB&C expenses for the period May 1 to December 31 must be reported using row 7248 (fixed allocators per 47 C.F.R.  36.380) and row 7250 (K$ OB&C Expenses). Row 7246 is to be used to record OB&C expenses that have been directly assigned pursuant to Section 36.2(e)." d. Row 7246 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "K$ OB&C EXPENSES - DIRECTLY ASSIGNED - Other Billing and Collecting Expenses that are directly assigned pursuant to Section 36.2(e)." e. Row 7248 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "# Cat.2-REV.ACCT. - OB&C EXP. - ALLOCATOR - Fixed allocator used to determine the allocation of Other Billing and Collecting Expenses pursuant to Section 36.380. (Use beginning May 1, 1997.)" f. Row 7250 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "K$ OB&C EXPENSES TO BE ALLOCATED - Other Billing and Collecting Expenses to be allocated. (Use beginning May 1, 1997.)" g. Row 7259, K$ TOT. CAT. 2 REV ACCT. OB&C EXPENSES - The definition of this row is revised to read "Total Other Billing and Collecting Expenses, the total of rows 7246, 7250, 7251, 7253, 7255, 7256 and 7258." h. This note is added above Row 9002: NOTE: Rows 9002 - 9005 are to reflect (1) the amount of universal service fund support received during the reporting period (row 9002), and (2) the elements from the second annual period prior to the reporting period used by the USF administrator to calculate the aforementioned amount of universal service support (rows 9003 - 9005). For example, if the reporting period is the year 1997, the following data shall be reported: (reporting period - 1997) Row 9002 (Univ. Serv. Fund Alloc.) = the total amount of universal service fund (USF) support received during 1997. (second annual period prior to the reporting period - 1995) Row 9003 (Unsep. USF Loop Cost) = the study area total unseparated USF loop cost as calculated for the year 1995 (per 36.621). Row 9004 (No. of Working USF Loops) = the study area total working USF loops as of December 31, 1995 (per 36.611(h)). Row 9005 (Unsep. USF Cost per Loop) = the study area total unseparated USF loop cost (row 9003) ö the study area total working USF loops (row 9004) (per 36.622(b)). Additionally, for example, if the reporting carrier did not qualify for USF support during 1997, row 9002 would be reported as zero. However, rows 9003, 9004, and 9005 must still be completed with the appropriate data for the year 1995. i. Row 9002, K$ UNIV. SERV. FUND ALLOC. - The definition of this row is revised to read "Universal Service Fund (USF) support received for the reporting period as calculated by the Universal Service Fund administrator pursuant to Sections 36.601-641." j. Row 9003 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "K$ USEP. USF LOOP COST - Study area total unseparated loop cost, as calculated by the Universal Service Fund administrator pursuant to Section 36.621, used to determine the Universal Service Fund support received during the reporting period as reported on row 9002. Carriers not qualifying for USF support are still required to report the unseparated USF loop cost in this row." k. Row 9004 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "# NO. OF WORKING USF LOOPS - Study area universal service working loops used to calculate the Universal Service Fund support received during the reporting period as reported on row 9002. Carriers not qualifying for USF support are still required to report the number of working USF loops in this row." l. Row 9005 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "$ UNSEP. USF COST PER LOOP - Study area average unseparated loop cost per working loop, as calculated by the Universal Service Fund administrator pursuant to Section 36.622(b), used to determine the Universal Service Fund support received during the reporting period as reported on row 9002. Carriers not qualifying for USF expense allocation are still required to report the USF cost per loop in this row." m. Row 9007 - The description of this row is revised to read "# HOUSEHOLDS RECV. LIFELINE CONN. ASSIST." n. Row 9010, # TOTAL BILLABLE ACCESS LINES - The definition of this row is revised to read: Total billable access lines are lines billed the end user common line charge or the special access surcharge including the following. (Row 9010 should be the same as row 2150 on Report 43-01.) Enter end-of-year, in-service amounts: (1) the number of single line business access lines subject to the single line business interstate end user common line charge, pursuant to Section 69.104(h), excluding company official, mobile telephone/pagers, off- premises extensions, and special access; plus (2) the number of residence lifeline access lines for which the interstate end user common line charge is reduced or waived. The decision to implement a lifeline plan is left to the individual state commission; plus (3) the number of residence non-lifeline access lines subject to the residence interstate end user common line charge. This count will include employee concession lines; plus (4) the number of multiline business access lines subject to the multiline business interstate end user common line charge including payphone lines, PBX trunks, Centrex CU trunks, hotel/motel LD trunks and Centrex CO lines; plus (5) the number of access lines that are subject to the special access surcharge, pursuant to Sections 69.5(c) and 69.115. PART V - Summary of changes to FCC Report 43-05 (the Service Quality Report) A. Table I - Installation and Repair Intervals (Interexchange Access) Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. Row 0110, # Total Number of Orders or Circuits - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the total number of installation orders or circuits from Interexchange carriers/customers that were completed during the current reporting period on this row. This amount excludes installation orders not completed by the commitment date because the customer was not prepared to receive service on that date. Enter in whole numbers. The reporting carrier must include a footnote to indicate whether it is counting orders or circuits. This footnote is mandatory and must be entered in the Footnote Table." b. Row 0111 - Is added and the description and definition read "# Missed for Customer Reasons (MCR) - Enter the number of completed circuits or installation orders that were not completed by the commitment date because the customer was not prepared to receive service on that date. (Examples of MCR include, but are not limited to, the following situations: 1) customer not ready, 2) customer requested later date, 3) premises not ready, 4) customer not prepared to test, 5) no access to premises. Enter in whole numbers." c. Row 0114, Average Interval - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the average interval, expressed in business days, between the date the service order for Interexchange carriers/customers was placed and the date the service order was completed, for orders completed during the current reporting period. This amount excludes orders having commitment dates set by customers. Round to the nearest tenth." B. Table II - Installation and Repair Intervals (Local Service) Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. Row 0131 - Is added and the description and definition read "# Missed for Customer Reasons (MCR) - Enter the number of completed installation orders that were not completed by the commitment date because the customer was not prepared to receive service on that date. (Examples of MCR include, but are not limited to, the following situations: 1) customer not ready, 2) customer requested later date, 3) premises not ready, 4) customer not prepared to test, 5) no access to premises. Enter in whole numbers." b. Row 0134, Average Interval - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the average interval, expressed in business days, between the date the service order was placed and the date the service order was completed, during the current reporting period. This amount excludes orders having commitment dates set by customers. Round to the nearest tenth." c. Row 0140 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "# Total Access Lines - Total end-of-year, in-service access lines in the study area. Access lines include all classifications of local exchange telephone service including, but not limited to, individual lines, party line access, PBX access, Centrex access, Coin access, Foreign Exchange access and WATS access. Access lines, as defined herein, is a more inclusive term than billable access lines as defined in the ARMIS 43-01 and 43-04 reports. See row instructions for Rows 2090 through 2140 of the ARMIS 43-01 Report and Row 9010 of the ARMIS 43- 04 Report for the definition of billable access lines. Enter in whole numbers." d. The definition of Subsequent Trouble Reports is added above Row 0141 and reads "Subsequent Trouble Reports - These are customer trouble reports made to the ILEC on service quality problems, after the initial trouble report, but before the ILEC has resolved the initial trouble report. A trouble report may be 'resolved' by closing it to 'no trouble found'." e. Row 0141, # Total Initial Trouble Reports - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the total number of initial trouble reports. This amount equals the total of Rows 0144 and 0146. Subsequent trouble reports are not included. Enter in whole numbers." f. Row 0160 - Is added and the description and definition read "# Subsequent Reports Related to Initial Trouble Reports. Enter the total number of initial subsequent trouble reports. Enter in whole numbers." g. The definition of Repeat Trouble Report, above Row 0142, is revised to read "These are customer trouble reports concerning service quality that are received within thirty days after the resolution of an initial trouble report on the same line." h. The definition of Subsequent Trouble Reports is added above Row 0142 and reads "Subsequent Trouble Reports - These are customer trouble reports made to the ILEC on service quality problems, after the repeat trouble report, but before the ILEC has resolved the repeat trouble report. A trouble report may be 'resolved' by closing it to 'no trouble found'." i. Row 0142, # Total Repeat Trouble Reports - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the total number of repeat trouble reports. This amount equals the total of Rows 0148 and 0150. Subsequent trouble reports are not included. Enter in whole numbers." j. Row 0170 - Is added and the description and definition read "# Subsequent Reports Related to Repeat Trouble Reports. Enter the total number of repeat subsequent trouble reports. Enter in whole numbers." C. Table IV - Total Switch Downtime Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. Column (ao) - The description this column is revised to read "Number of Switches With Downtime." b. The heading "Incidents Under 2 Minutes" is added over Columns (aq), (ar) and (as). c. Column (aq) - The description of this column is revised to read "Total." d. Column (ar) - The description of this column is revised to read "Unscheduled." e. Column (as) - The description of this column is revised to read "% Unscheduled." D. Table IV.A - Occurrences of Two Minutes or More Duration Downtime Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. Column (u), CLLI Code - The definition of this column is revised to read "Enter the eleven-character CLLI (Common Language Location Identifier) code which identifies the switch that experienced downtime of two minutes or more in duration. Enter data for only one switch s outage incident on a row." b. Column (v), Access Lines - The definition of this column is revised to read "Total in-service access lines served by the switch. Enter in whole numbers." c. Column (y), Date - The definition of this column is revised to read "Enter the date of the outage in this column using the format; mmddyyyy." E. Table V - Service Quality Complaints Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. Row 0320 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "# Business Access Lines - Enter the total number of business access lines as of December 31 of the calendar year being reported in the study area on this row. The data should agree with data reported on Row 0140, Table II. Enter in whole numbers." b. Row 0321 - The description of this row is revised to read "# Federal Complaints- Business." c. Row 0322 - The description of this row is revised to read "# State Complaints- Business." d. Row 0330 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "# Residential Access Lines - Enter the total number of residential access lines as of December 31 of the calendar year being reported in the study area on this row. The data should agree with data reported on Row 0140, Table II. Enter in whole numbers." e. Row 0331 - The description of this row is revised to read "# Federal Complaints- Residence." f. Row 0332 - The description of this row is revised to read "# State Complaints- Residence." PART VI - Summary of changes to FCC Report 43-06 (the Customer Satisfaction Report) A. Table I - Summary Customer Satisfaction Survey Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. Row 0020 - The description of this row is revised to read "Reserved" and all columns are N/A filled. PART VII - Summary of changes to FCC Report 43-07 (the Infrastructure Report) A. General Instructions are revised to read "For the purposes of this report, the terms access lines, lines and lines in service are used interchangeably." B. Table I - Switching Equipment Form Descriptions and Row Instructions: a. A "General Instructions" section is inserted below the heading, Table I, and reads as follows: General Instructions Data for InterLATA and IntraLATA Signalling System 7 switches are shown separately. InterLATA switches are designated SS7-394, and IntraLATA switches are designated SS7-317. Since a switch may provide both InterLATA and IntraLATA services, a switch could be counted in both categories. b. The first paragraph is revised to read: For the purposes of this table, the following definitions apply: Switch - Switches are assemblies of equipment and software designed to establish connections among lines and between lines and trunks. Switches include tandems, local, class 5 switching machines and any associated remote switching machines; e.g., a host end office and its three associated remotes will be reported as four switches. There may be more than one switch per central office or wire center. c. Row 0110 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read: Row 0110 - Total Switches - Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of local and tandem switches on this row. This amount is equal to the sum of rows 0130, 0150 and 0170. Remotes to be included in the total switch count are those described in the general definition of remote. A remote can generally be described as a switch that has no connection to the facilities network except through its host switch. The host provides the processing capabilities and certain control functions for the remote under the direction of the host central processor, and controls the remote over a pair of dedicated data links. Note: Since some switches are used for both local and tandem switching, the sum of rows 0111 and 0112 may be greater than the amount entered on this row. For example, if there are 6 local switches, 4 tandem switches and 5 switches that are used for both local and tandem switching, row 0111 would equal 11 local switches, row 0112 would equal 9 switches, and row 0110 would equal 15 switches. In this case, the sum of rows 0111 and 0112 (20) would be greater than the amount of total switches (15). Since we are asking only for the number of remotes with stand-alone capability, the total of rows 0113 and 0114 will be less than the total of the amount entered on this row. For example, if there are 16 total switches, and there are 3 hosts and 7 remotes that have stand-alone capability, the sum of rows 0113 and 0114 (10) would be less than the amount of total switches (16). d. Row 0111, Local Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of switches used as local switches on this row. This amount is equal to the sum of rows 0132, 0152 and 0172." e. Row 0112, Tandems - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of switches with tandem capability on this row. This amount is equal to the sum of rows 0134, 0154 and 0174." f. Row 0113, Hosts - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of hosts. A host is a switch serving one or more remotes." g. Row 0114, Remotes (Stand-Alone Only) - The definition of this row is revised to read: Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of remotes. Include on this row, only those remote switches that are equipped to operate in a stand- alone fashion (i.e., able to operate if the host fails, or if the data links to the host fail) to be able to provide more limited service. Remote switches that are not within this description should not be included on this row. Note: A remote can generally be described as a switch that has no connection to the facilities network except through its host switch. The host provides the processing capabilities and certain control functions for the remote under the direction of the host central processor and controls the remote over a pair of dedicated data links. All types of remote switches are included with the switch counts in row 0110. However, row 0114 excludes remotes that are incapable of providing stand-alone operation when the host switch fails. h. Row 0130, Total E/M Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of local and tandem Electromechanical switches on this row. Since some switches are used for both local and tandem switching, the sum of rows 0132 and 0134 may be greater than the amounts entered on this row (see example, row 0110)." i. Row 0131, Percent Total Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the ratio of Electromechanical switches to total switches (row 0130 divided by row 0110, times 100). Round to 2 decimal places." j. Row 0132, E/M Local Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of Electromechanical local switches on this row." k. Row 0133, Percent Local Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the ratio of Electromechanical local switches to total local switches, (row 0132 divided by row 0111, times 100). Round to 2 decimal places." l. Row 0134, E/M Tandems - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of Electromechanical switches with tandem capability on this row." m. Row 0135, Percent Total Tandems - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the ratio of Electromechanical tandems to total tandems (row 0134 divided by row 0112, times 100). Round to 2 decimal places." n. Row 0150, Total ASPC Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of local and tandem Analog Stored Program Controlled switches. Since some switches are used for both local and tandem switching, the sum of rows 0152 and 0154 may be greater than the amounts entered on this row (see example, row 0110)." o. Row 0152, ASPC Local Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of Analog Stored Program Controlled switches used as local switches on this row." p. Row 0154, ASPC Tandem Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of Analog Stored Program Controlled switches with tandem capability on this row." q. Row 0170, Total DSPC Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of local and tandem Digital Stored Program Controlled switches on this row. Since some switches are used for both local and tandem switching, the sum of rows 0172 and 0174 may be greater than the amounts entered on this row (see example, row 0110)." r. Row 0172 - DSPC Local Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of Digital Stored Program Controlled switches used as local switches on this row." s. Row 0174, DSPC Tandems - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of Digital Stored Program Controlled switches with tandem capability on this row." t. Row 0190, Switches Equipped for Equal Access - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the total quantity of switches equipped for equal access, Feature Group D service." u. Row 0210, Touch-Tone Capable Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the quantity of switches equipped for Touch-Tone." v. Row 0230 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "Total Switches Equipped with SS7-394 (InterLATA) Service - Enter in whole numbers the total quantity of local and tandem switches equipped with SS7-394 (InterLATA) Service." w. Row 0231, Percent Total Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the ratio of switches equipped with SS7-394 (InterLATA) Service to total switches (row 0230 divided by row 0110, times 100). Round to 2 decimal places." x. Row 0232 - The description of this row is revised to read "Lines with SS7-394 (InterLATA) Service." y. Row 0234 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "Total Switches Equipped with SS7-317 (IntraLATA) Service - Enter in whole numbers the total quantity of switches equipped with SS7-317 (IntraLATA) Service on this row." z. Row 0235, Percent Total Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the ratio of switches equipped with SS7-317 (IntraLATA) Service to total switches, (row 0234 divided by row 0110, times 100). Round to 2 decimal places." aa. Row 0236 - The description of this row is revised to read "Lines with SS7-317 (IntraLATA) Service." ab. Row 0240 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "Local Switches Equipped with SS7-394 (InterLATA) Service - Enter in whole numbers the quantity of switches used as local switches that are equipped with SS7-394 (InterLATA) Service." ac. Row 0241, Percent Total Local Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the ratio of switches equipped with SS7-394 (InterLATA) Service to total switches (row 0240 divided by row 0111, times 100). Round to 2 decimal places." ad. Row 0246 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "Local Switches Equipped with SS7-317 (IntraLATA) Service - Enter in whole numbers the total quantity of switches used as local switches that are equipped with SS7-317 (IntraLATA) Service." ae. Row 0247, Percent Total Local Switches - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the ratio of switches equipped with SS7-317 (IntraLATA) Service to total switches, (row 0246 divided by row 0111, times 100). Round to 2 decimal places." af. Row 0250 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "Tandems Equipped with SS7-394 (InterLATA) Service - Enter in whole numbers the total quantity of switches with tandem capability that are equipped with SS7-394 (InterLATA) Service." ag. Row 0251, Percent Total Tandems - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the ratio of switches equipped with SS7-394 (InterLATA) Service to total tandems (row 0250 divided by row 0112, times 100). Round to 2 decimal places." ah. Row 0256 -The description and definition of this row are revised to read "Tandems Equipped with SS7-317 (IntraLATA) Service - Enter in whole numbers the total quantity of switches with tandem capability that are equipped with SS7-317 (IntraLATA) Service." ai. Row 0257, Percent Total Tandems - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the ratio of switches equipped with SS7-317 (IntraLATA) Service to total tandems (row 0256 divided by row 0112, times 100). Round to 2 decimal places." aj. Row 0270, Total Switches Equipped with ISDN - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers the total quantity of local and tandem switches that are equipped with ISDN. Since some switches are used for both local and tandem switching, the sum of rows 0280 and 0290 may be greater than the amounts entered on this row (see example, row 0110)." ak. Row 0280, Local Switches Equipped with ISDN - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers the quantity of local switches that are equipped with ISDN." al. Row 0290, Tandems Equipped with ISDN - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers the quantity of switches with tandem capability that are equipped with ISDN." am. Columns (f) and (h) are revised to read "SS7-394 (InterLATA)." C. Table II - Transmission Facilities Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. Row 0320, Total Sheath Kilometers - The definition of this row is revised to read "The total length in kilometers of all loop and interoffice cables (Plant in Service - Account 2410) without regard to the number of pairs. Round to 1 decimal place. Row 0320 shall equal the sum of rows 0321, 0322 and 0323." b. Row 0330, Total Circuit Links - The definition of this row is revised to read "A circuit link is that link that exists between points A and B where voice frequency/DS0 cross-connects and/or analog/digital conversion (collectively referenced here as conversion) occurs. Circuit links are counted as follows: If there is a circuit between A and B with no intermediate conversions, count one circuit link for each voice frequency equivalent channel. If there is a circuit between A and B with one intermediate conversion, count two circuit links for each voice frequency equivalent channel. Similarly, two intermediate conversions between A and B would result in three circuit links per voice equivalent channel. Enter in whole numbers." c. Row 0481 - The description and definition of this row are revised to read "Fiber Terminated at Customer's Premises at the DS0 Rate - Enter the number of individual customer services provided over fiber strands terminated at the customer s premises, other than trials, at the DS0 rate on this row." d. Row 0490 is added and the description and definition reads "Subscriber lines capable of ISDN - Enter in whole numbers the quantity of working subscriber lines (loop plant between customer locations and their serving central offices) that meet all current transmission parameters for basic rate (2B+D) ISDN without additional engineering. (Transmission parameters include resistance, attenuation, absence of loading coils, bridged taps, etc.) This quantity shall include all lines currently providing ISDN, and shall also include lines served by all wire centers in the study area, including those from switches not capable of providing ISDN. The number must reflect operations as of the end of the reporting period (December 31, XXXX)." D. Table III - LEC Call Set-Up Time Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. Column (e), End Offices - The definition of this column is revised to read "In rows 0510 through 0513, enter the total number of end offices appropriate for each row. In rows 0520 through 0523, enter the percent of the network represented, consistent with the line data provided in Table I of the Infrastructure Report. Footnote the number of end offices used in the Bellcore studies that developed the underlying data. b. Column (f) - The description and definition of this column are revised to read "SS7-394 (InterLATA) - Enter the average call set-up time (rows 0510 through 0513), and the percent of network represented (rows 0520 through 0523), for direct access from end offices using SS7-394." c. Column (g), MF - The definition of this column is revised to read "Enter the average call set-up time (rows 0510 through 0513), and the percent of network represented (rows 0520 through 0523), for direct access from end offices using multifrequency signaling." d. Column (h) - The description and definition of this column are revised to read "SS7-394 (InterLATA) - Enter the average call set-up time (rows 0510 through 0513), and the percent of network represented (rows 0520 through 0523), for end offices routing calls through tandem switches using SS7-394." e. Column (i), MF - The definition of this column is revised to read "Enter the average call set-up time (rows 0510 through 0513), and the percent of network represented (rows 0520 through 0523), for end offices routing calls through tandem switches using multifrequency signaling." f. Column (j), Mixed - The definition of this column is revised to read "Enter the average call set-up time (rows 0510 through 0513), and the percent of network represented (rows 0520 through 0523), for end offices using multifrequency signaling, routing calls through a tandem switch using SS7-394 signaling." E. Table IV - Additions And Book Costs Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. Rows 0531, Access Line Gain - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter in whole numbers, the amount calculated by subtracting the amount reported in row 0530 for the previous reporting period from the amount reported in row 0530 for the current reporting period." b. Row 0540: Total TPIS Gross Additions (000) - The definition of this row is revised to read "Enter the dollar amount of gross additions to accounts 2110, 2210, 2220, 2230, 2310, 2410, 2680 and 2690 during the current period. This amount should be consistent with ARMIS Report 43-02, Table B-1, row 0260, column (ac). Round to the nearest thousand." PART VIII - Summary of changes to FCC Report 43-08 (the Operating Data Report) A. Table I.A - Outside Plant Statistics Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. The General Instructions are revised to read: To convert miles to kilometers, compute total miles, multiply by 1.6093 and then round to the nearest whole number. Internal calculations should retain, where applicable, at least 4 decimal places of accuracy; compute totals and then round to the nearest whole number before applying weighting factors. Round final results to the nearest whole number, but report any non-zero entry that is less than 1 kilometer as 1 kilometer. Include footnotes in the Footnote Table liberally, especially where the reporting company perceives any ambiguities in the data provided, where procedures or internal sources associated with data preparation have changed (including data filed in compliance with revised definitions), or where required data are available only in part or on an estimated basis. b. The Column Descriptions general section is revised to read "Each column represents a category of cable and wire facilities. In columns (d) through (q) classify a cable containing only copper, coaxial, or other metallic conductors as metallic, but classify a cable containing both fiber and copper, coaxial, or other metallic conductors as fiber. In all columns include both local loop and interoffice facilities where applicable." c. Column (b), State or Territory Code - The definition of this column is revised to read "The two-letter Postal Abbreviation for the state or territory. Use "MC" for Northern Mariana Islands, "OC" for Ocean Cable and "TO" for Total Company." d. Column (c), Kilometers of Aerial Wire - The definition of this column is revised to read "Bare line wire and rural and urban distribution wire included in the Aerial Wire account (Account 2431), pursuant to FCC R.A.O. Letter 6. Where applicable, multiply the distance by 2 to account for wire pairs. Include both local loop and interoffice facilities." e. Aerial Cable - The definition of this section is devised to read "Cables in the Aerial Cable account (Account 2421). These cables are attached to utility poles. The cables in this environment can have metallic conductors or non-metallic fibers. Include both local loop and interoffice facilities." f. Column (d) - The description of this column is revised to read "Sheath Kilometers of Metallic Aerial Cable." g. Underground Cable - The definition of this section is revised to read "Cables in the Underground Cable account (Account 2422). These cables are located in conduit and manholes. The cables in this environment can have metallic conductors or non-metallic optical fibers. Include both local loop and interoffice facilities." h. Column (f) - The description of this column is revised to read "Sheath Kilometers of Metallic Underground Cable." i. Buried Cable - The definition of this section is revised to read "Cables in the Buried Cable account (Account 2423). These cables are buried directly below the ground and not placed in conduit structure. The cables in this environment can have metallic conductors or non-metallic optical fibers. Include both local loop and interoffice facilities." j. Column (h) - The description of this column is revised to read "Sheath Kilometers of Metallic Buried Cable." k. Submarine Cable - The definition of this section is revised to read "Cables in the Submarine Cable account (Account 2424). These cables are submerged and cross large bodies of water. Cables in this environment are laid directly on the bottom and not enclosed within a protective cover such as conduit. The cables in this environment can have transmission paths comprised of either metallic conductors or non-metallic optical fibers. Include both local loop and interoffice facilities." l. Column (j) - The description of this column is revised to read "Sheath Kilometers of Metallic Submarine Cable." m. Deep Sea Cable - The definition of this section is revised to read "Cables in the Deep Sea Cable account (Account 2425). These cables are designed for use in deep sea water such as the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean. Include both local loop and interoffice facilities." n. Column (l) - The description of this column is revised to read "Sheath Kilometers of Metallic Deep Sea Cable." o. Intrabuilding Network Cable - The description of this section is revised to read "Cables in the Intrabuilding Network Cable account (Account 2426). These cables are located on the carrier's side of the demarcation point or standard network interface inside subscribers' buildings or between buildings on one customer's same premises. Include both local loop and interoffice facilities." p. Column (n) - The description of this section is revised to read "Sheath Kilometers of Metallic Intrabuilding Network Cable." q. Total Cable - The definition of this section is revised to read "All cables, including wire, coaxial cables, and fiber. Include both local loop and interoffice facilities." r. Column (p) - The description of this column is revised to read "Sheath Kilometers of Total Metallic Cable." s. Kilometers of Fiber in Cable - The definition of this section is revised to read "Fiber optic cables contain thin filaments of glass or other transparent material enclosed in a protective sheath through which light beams may be transmitted. Include both local loop and interoffice facilities." t. Column (r), Fiber Kilometers Equipped with Electronics (Lit) - The definition of this column is revised to read "The number of kilometers of fiber that are equipped by the reporting company with electronics and ready for analog or digital transmission use (not total sheath kilometers)." u. Column (s), Total Fiber Kilometers Deployed (Lit and Dark) - The definition of this column is revised to read "Total deployed fiber measurement calculated as the sum of the products of the numbers of optical fibers in the sheath for each cable times the associated sheath kilometers. Provide the total deployed fiber kilometers, not just the portion in service or equipped with carrier equipment." v. Column (t) - The description and definition of this column are revised to read "Kilometers of Metallic Wire in Cable - The sum of the products of the numbers of copper or other metallic wires (pairs multiplied by 2) in each cable times the associated sheath kilometers. The wires must be capable of supporting telecommunications traffic (i.e., not defective). Do not include in this column any kilometers of tube in coaxial cable, which are reported instead in column (u). Include both local loop and interoffice facilities." w. Column (u), Equipped Kilometers of Tube in Coaxial Cable - The definition of this column is revised to read "The sum of the products of the numbers of tubes equipped with electronics in each cable times the associated coaxial sheath kilometers. Provide only the number of tube kilometers of coaxial equipped with electronics, not total sheath kilometers. Include both local loop and interoffice facilities." x. Column (v) - The description and definition of this column are revised to read: Equivalent Number of Poles - The number of solely owned poles plus the sum of the products of the numbers of jointly owned poles times their ownership percentages. Where the ownership percentage is unknown, assume 50%. Do not include leased poles. Include poles used to support both local loop and interoffice facilities. Round to the nearest whole number. Example: No. of Poles % Ownership Equivalent No. of Poles 4 10% 0.4 8 30% 2.4 20 50% 10.0 12.8 (rounded to 13) y. Conduit System - The definition of this section is revised to read "Pipes in the Conduit Systems account (Account 2441). This includes conduit, whether underground, in tunnels or on bridges (which is reusable in place), through which cables are pulled. Include both local loop and interoffice facilities." z. Column (w), Trench Kilometers - The definition of this column is revised to read "Total length of the trenches that contain the ducts." B. Table I.B - Outside Plant Stat istics - Other Form Descriptions and Row/Colu mn Instructions: a. The second and third paragraphs of the General Instructions are revised to read: To convert miles to kilometers, compute total miles, multiply by 1.6093 and then round to the nearest whole number. Internal calculations should retain, where applicable, at least 4 decimal places of accuracy; compute totals and then round to the nearest whole number before applying weighting factors. Round final results to the nearest whole number, but report any non-zero entry that is less than 1 kilometer as 1 kilometer. Include footnotes in the Footnote Table liberally, especially where the reporting company perceives any ambiguities in the data provided, where procedures or internal sources associated with data preparation have changed (including data filed in compliance with revised definitions), or where required data are available only in part or on an estimated basis. b. Column (bb), State or Territory Code - The definition for this column is revised to read "The two-letter Postal Abbreviation for the state or territory. Use "MC" for Northern Mariana Islands, "OC" for Ocean Cable and "TO" for Total Company." c. Column (bf), Kilometers of Analog Telephone channel (4 kHz or Equivalent) - The definition for this column is revised to read "Number of 4 kHz or equivalent analog telephone circuit kilometers that are equipped and on radio systems above 890 mHz. This value is the sum of the products of the number of equivalent analog circuits on each link times the length of the link." d. Column (bg), Kilometers of Digital Telephone channel (64 kbps or Equivalent) - The definition for this column is revised to read "Number of 64 kbps or equivalent digital telephone circuit kilometers that are equipped and on radio systems above 890 mHz. This value is the sum of the products of the number of equivalent digital circuits on each link times the length of the link. In the case of radio systems carrying DS-1 channels for which DS-1 utilization is not known, calculate the sum of the products of the number of DS-1's on each link times the length of the link, round the result to the nearest whole kilometer, and multiply by 24." e. Total Equipped Local Loop Circuit Kilometers (Cable and Microwave Systems) - The definition of this section is revised to read "Total equivalent voice-grade or video circuit kilometers in local loop plant. Include both cable and microwave facilities." f. Column (bh), Equipped Local Loop Analog (4 kHz or Equivalent) Circuit Kilometers - The definition for this column is revised to read "Includes analog baseband, lightguide (fiber) cables, open wire, paired cable (K, N1, N2, N3, N4, ON, ON/K), microwave radio (TL, TM, TD2, TD3), and other analog microwave in local loop plant. Report in equivalent 4 kHz circuit kilometers." g. Column (bi), Equipped Local Loop Digital (64 kbps or Equivalent) Circuit Kilometers - The definition for this column is revised to read "Includes digital baseband, lightguide (fiber) cables, digital carrier (T1, T1C, T1D, T2), and microwave radio (DR11-40, other digital microwave) in local loop plant. Report as equivalent 64 kbps circuit kilometers. This may be calculated by summing unrounded DS-1 kilometers, rounding the total to the nearest kilometer, and multiplying the result by 24." h. Column (bj), Equipped Local Loop Video Circuit Kilometers - The definition of this row is revised to read "Kilometers of derived video channel in local loop plant." i. Total Equipped Interoffice Circuit Kilometers (Cable and Microwave Systems) - The definition for this section is revised to read "Total equivalent voice-grade or video circuit kilometers in interoffice plant. Include both cable and microwave facilities." j. Column (bk), Equipped Interoffice Analog (4 kHz or Equivalent) Circuit Kilometers - The definition for this column is revised to read "Includes analog baseband, lightguide (fiber) cables, open wire, paired cable (K, N1, N2, N3, N4, ON, ON/K), microwave radio (TL, TM, TD2, TD3), and other analog microwave in interoffice plant. Report in equivalent 4 kHz circuit kilometers." k. Column (bl), Equipped Interoffice Digital (64 kbps or Equivalent) Circuit Kilometers - The definition for this column is revised to read "Includes digital baseband, lightguide (fiber) cables, digital carrier (T1, T1C, T1D, T2), and microwave radio (DR11-40, other digital microwave) in interoffice plant. Report as equivalent 64 kbps circuit kilometers. This may be calculated by summing unrounded DS-1 kilometers, rounding the total to the nearest kilometer, and multiplying the result by 24." l. Column (bm), Equipped Interoffice Video Circuit Kilometers - The definition of this row is revised to read "Kilometers of derived video channel in interoffice plant." C. Table II - Switched Access Lines In Service By Technology Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. The second and third paragraphs of the General Instructions are revised to read: Report in Table II only those access lines connecting end-user customers with their end offices for switched services. Access lines are classified as analog or digital based on the type of service provided. Include 800 and 800-like access lines and employee concession lines but do NOT include official/company circuits in the access line counts. Provide a footnote if this has been done differently in the past. Do not include in Table II circuits that provide access to an interexchange carrier. Do not include in Table II any special access lines, including the closed end of WATS and FX; all special access lines or lines associated with non-switched services should be included in Table III, column (dk) or (dl). Include footnotes in the Footnote Table liberally, especially where the reporting company perceives any ambiguities in the data provided, where procedures or internal sources associated with data preparation have changed (including data filed in compliance with revised definitions), or where required data are available only in part or on an estimated basis. b. Column (cb), State or Territory Code - The definition of this column is revised to read "The two-letter Postal Abbreviation for the state or territory. Use "MC" for Northern Mariana Islands and "TO" for Total Company." c. Column (cd), Analog PBX and Centrex Trunks (4 kHz or Equivalent) - The definition of this column is revised to read "Equivalent 4 kHz analog circuits or trunks between the central office and a customer location PBX or Centrex, including Centrex-CU Trunks, PBX Trunks, Hotel/Motel LD Trunks, and Multiline Semi-Public Lines. Service is provided by equipment located on customer-controlled space." d. Column (ce), Analog Centrex Extensions (4 kHz or Equivalent) - The definition of this column is revised to read "Equivalent 4 kHz analog circuits connecting a Centrex-CO on telephone company premises to station equipment on the customer's premises. Service is provided by equipment on telephone company owned or leased space. Note that if a digital Centrex provides service to analog station equipment, the extensions should be classified as analog and reported in this column." e. Column (cg) - The description of this column is revised to read "Digital PBX and Centrex Trunks (64 kbps or Equivalent)." f. Column (ch), Digital Centrex Extensions (64 kbps or Equivalent) - The definition of this column is revised to read "The number of 64 kbps or equivalent digital circuits connecting a Centrex-CO on telephone company premises to station equipment on the customer's premises, including ISDN based Centrex-CO Lines. Service is provided by equipment on telephone company owned or leased space. Note that if the Centrex provides service to analog station equipment, the extensions should be classified as analog and reported instead in column (ce)." g. Column (cj), Total Switched Access Lines - The definition of this column is revised to read "The sum of columns (cc) through (ci). This shall equal the amount reported in Table III column (dj)." h. Central Office Switches - The definition of this section is revised to read "Assemblies of equipment and software designed to establish connections among lines and between lines and trunks, including tandems, local, class 5 switching machines, and any associated remote switching machines. There may be more than one switch per central office or wire center. If more than one switch is housed in a single building or structure, be sure to count each switch separately. Do not separately count each three-digit telephone number prefix as a separate switch." i. Column (cl), Remote Switches - The definition of this column is revised to read "Generally described as a switch that has no connection to the facilities network except through its host switch. The host provides the processing capabilities and certain control functions for the remote under the direction of the host central processor and controls the remote over a pair of dedicated data links. Include not only those remote switches that are equipped to operate in a stand alone fashion to be able to provide more limited service, but also those that are not so equipped." j. Column (cm), Total Central Office Switches - The definition of this column is revised to read "The total number of local and tandem switches. Tandem switches are used to connect local switches with local switches in other central offices, including those tandems that are designed exclusively to establish connections between trunks. This column is consistent with Row 0110, Total Switching Entities, in Table I of FCC Report 43-07, the ARMIS Infrastructure Report." D. Table III - Access Lines In Service By Customer Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. The General Instructions are revised to read: Report in Table III columns (dc) through (dj) only those access lines connecting end-user customers with their end offices for switched services, i.e., all equivalent 4 kHz or 64 kbps access lines included in Table II columns (cc) through (cj). Report special access lines, including the closed end of WATS and FX, that provide access to an interexchange carrier in Table III column (dk) or column (dl). Include 800 and 800-like access lines and employee concession lines but do NOT include official/company circuits in the access line counts. Provide a footnote if this has been done differently in the past. Analog access lines should be reported as 4 kHz equivalents. ISDN and other digital access lines should be reported as 64 kbps equivalents. A fully equipped DS-1 line, for example, corresponds to 24 64 kbps equivalents. Include footnotes in the Footnote Table liberally, especially where the reporting company perceives any ambiguities in the data provided, where procedures or internal sources associated with data preparation have changed (including data filed in compliance with revised definitions), or where required data are available only in part or on an estimated basis. b. Column (db), State or Territory Code - The Definition of this column is revised to read "The two-letter Postal Abbreviation for the state or territory. Use "MC" for Northern Mariana Islands and "TO" for Total Company." c. Business Access Lines - The definition of this section is revised to read "Total voice-grade equivalent analog or digital switched access lines to business customers." d. Column (dc), Analog Single Line Business Access Lines (4 kHz or Equiv.) - The definition of this column is revised to read "Includes single line business access lines subject to the single line business interstate end user common line charge, pursuant to 69.104(h), excluding company official, mobile telephone/pagers and payphone lines. Payphone lines are to be reported in column (df) - Payphone lines. Do not include in this column any equivalent 64 kbps digital access lines reported in Table II. The ratio of single line business access lines to total business access lines, as calculated from the data reported in Table III (i.e. col. (dc) divided by the sum of cols. (dc), (dd), and (de)), should be consistent with the same ratio as calculated from the data reported in ARMIS Report 43-01, Table II." e. Column (dd), - The description and definition of this column are revised to read "Analog Multiline Business Access Lines (4 kHz or Equiv.) - Include the total of analog multiline business access lines subject to the multiline business interstate end user common line charge including PBX trunks, Centrex-CU trunks, hotel/motel LD trunks and Centrex-CO lines. Payphone lines are to be reported in column (df) - Payphone Lines. Do not include in this column any equivalent 64 kbps digital access lines reported in Table II. The ratio of multiline business access lines to total business access lines, as calculated from the data reported in Table III, (i.e. the sum of cols. (dd) and (de) divided by the sum of cols. (dc), (dd), and (de)), should be consistent with the same ratio as calculated from the data reported in ARMIS Report 43-01, Table II." f. Column (de) - The description and definition of this column are revised to read "Digital Business Access Lines (64 kbps or Equiv.) - Include in this column all equivalent 64 kbps digital business access lines as reported in Table II. Payphone lines are to be reported in column (df) - Payphone Lines." g. Column (df) - The description and definition of this column are revised to read "Payphone Lines - Lines that provide payphone service, i.e., total coin (public and semi-public) lines, including customer owned pay telephones (COPT)." h. Residential Access Lines - The definition of this section is revised to read "Total equivalent analog or digital switched access lines to residential customers. The total residential access lines reported in columns (dg) and (dh) should be consistent with the total of the data reported for residence lifeline and non-lifeline access lines in the ARMIS Annual Summary Report (43-01), Table II, column (bb), row 2100 plus row 2110." i. Column (dg) - The description of this column is revised to read "Analog Residential Access Lines (4 kHz or Equiv.)" j. Column (dh) - The description of this column is revised to read "Digital Residential Access Lines (64 kbps or Equiv.)" k. Column (dj), Total Switched Access Lines - The definition of this column is revised to read "The sum of Columns (dc) through (di). This shall equal the amount reported in Table II, Column (cj)." l. Column (dk) - The description of this column is revised to read "Analog Special Access Lines (Non-Switched) (4 kHz or Equiv.)" m. Column (dl) - The description and definition of this column are revised to read "Digital Special Access Lines (Non-Switched) (64 kbps or Equiv.) - The number of 64 kbps or equivalent digital special access lines terminated at the customer location. Where DS-3 or DS-1 service is provided without individual 64 kbps circuit terminations, multiply the number of DS-3 terminations by 672 and the number of DS-1 terminations by 24 when calculating the value for this column. In the above calculation, only use those DS-1's and DS-3's for which the customer is billed. Do not double count 64 kbps circuits associated with DS-1 service where the 64 kbps circuits are customer-derived." E. Table IV - Telephone Calls Form Descriptions and Row/Column Instructions: a. The first and third paragraphs of the General Instructions are revised to read: Table IV requires the annual reporting of telephone call statistics by state for the calendar year covered by the report. Round all amounts to the nearest thousand, but report any non-zero entry that is less than 1 (thousand) as 1 (thousand). Include footnotes in the Footnote Table liberally, especially where the reporting company perceives any ambiguities in the data provided, where procedures or internal sources associated with data preparation have changed (including data filed in compliance with revised definitions), or where required data are available only in part or on an estimated basis. b. Column (eb), State or Territory Code - The definition of this column is revised to read "The two-letter Postal Abbreviation for the state or territory. Use "MC" for Northern Mariana Islands and "TO" for Total Company." c. Column (ec), Local Calls - The definition of this column is revised to read "The number of calls between points both of which are within the local service area of the calling telephone, or total calls minus total toll calls. Include local message unit calls and local extended area service (EAS) calls."