.12 Option J (University WATS)
Beginning September 1, 1993, Option J (University WATS) will not be available to new subscribers.
Option J, is available to customers whose distribution of total monthly traffic for a service group is such that not more than 55% of the traffic occurs within the Business Day rate period. With Option J, calls may terminate in any service area and are rated according to the service area in which the call terminates. If the percent for the Business Day rate period exceeds 55%, usage charges are calculated using the rates associated with Area 5 (see Section C‑3.041121) and a special service charge of $100 per access line will be applied. The Company will waive this special service charge if the subscriber fails to meet the off‑peak traffic requirement (at least 45%) for up to four months during the months of May through September, inclusive.
Option J, involves the provision of intercity communications channels. Option J is a one‑way, multipoint service requiring the customer to originate calls via dedicated facilities between his premises and The Companys terminal location and allowing the termination of calls via a combination of Company‑provided intercity facilities and local business telephone lines, and the resold facilities of other carriers. All Option J calls are subject to a one minute average connect time (i.e. total monthly minutes of use divided by total monthly calls must equal at least one minute). All Option J calls, with the exception of those calls placed to international locations, are rounded to the next higher 6‑second increment. Option J calls terminating to the international locations listed in Part E of Table V are calculated on a 30‑second duration basis, with additional 6‑second increments. If the computed charge includes a fraction of a cent, the fraction is rounded to the nearest whole cent.
In addition to other service-related charges under this option, FUSF, CAC, Administrative Expense Fee and CCRC apply.
.121 Monthly Recurring Charges
.1211 Intercity Facilities Usage Charges: Option J is available on the basis of usage charges and is subject to a monthly Minimum Charge.
.12111 Minimum Charge: $75 for all usage
.12112 Usage Charges: Usage Charges are determined by such variables as Rate Periods, Rate Schedules and Service Area. The charges are billed according to the average monthly use for each rate period of each dedicated access line within a service group.2 (See definition of "Service Group" in Section A preceding.) The rate period is determined by the day and time at the Option J dedicated access line location.
a) RATE PERIODS:
Business Day Period
8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
Evening Period
5:00 p.m. through 11:00 p.m. Sunday through Friday
Night and Weekend Period
11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. all days
8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday
b) RATE SCHEDULES:
The hourly Usage Charges as set forth below under Section C‑3.121122 shall apply to all calls terminating via Company‑provided intercity facilities, or via the resold facilities of other carriers, in all cities within the contiguous U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Calls terminating in the international locations set forth in Part E of Table V will be billed as specified in Section C‑3.121123.
2 The average monthly minutes of use for each rate period per access line will be deemed to be the same as the average monthly minutes of total traffic (including international traffic) for each rate period. The resulting effective per minute rate will then be applied to the customers total usage. The international traffic will be billed under Section C‑3.0711.
c) SERVICE AREAS
Service Areas (S.A's) represent broad geographical areas which are specific to the originating location of the Option J customer. Five Service Areas (SA1 through SA5) are defined for every state or state subdivision. The rate at which an Option J call is charged is determined by the originating location and the terminating Service Area. Service to the international locations listed in Part E of Table V is also available with Option J. See Table V, Part C‑3, for complete geographical coverage of Service Areas. All Option J usage charges are calculated using the rates associated with Area 5.
.121121 Rate Step Table:
The Rate Step Table set forth in Section C‑3.041121 is used to determine the usage rates that apply to Option J. To use the table, first locate the appropriate Originating State. Then locate the number in the column under the terminating Service Area. This number is referred to as a Rate Step. Locate the same Rate Step number on the Monthly Usage Table below. The rates listed on that line apply to the service provided for that Originating State and terminating Service Area.
.121122 Monthly Usage Table:
The following hourly rates apply to the average use for each rate period, for each Option J access line within a service area group.
PER HOUR OF USE, PER RATE PERIOD, PER ACCESS LINE
RATE First 15 Hours Next 25 Hours Next 40 Hours Over 80 Hours All Hours
STEPSBusiness Evening Business Evening Business Evening Business Evening Night/Weekend
Day Day Day Day
1 $13.80 $8.64 $11.89 $7.96 $10.54 $6.65 $9.83 $6.58 $5.69
2 14.53 9.07 12.50 8.37 11.08 6.99 10.35 6.94 5.98
3 14.86 9.29 12.77 8.56 11.34 7.18 10.58 7.07 6.13
4 15.15 9.45 12.99 8.72 11.56 7.28 10.77 7.22 6.21
5 15.36 9.61 13.21 8.83 11.72 7.40 10.92 7.33 6.31
6 15.58 9.68 13.42 8.93 11.91 7.49 11.11 7.39 6.32
7 15.83 9.85 13.63 9.05 12.08 7.59 11.27 7.52 6.41
8 16.13 10.03 13.86 9.22 12.29 7.73 11.47 7.65 6.54
9 16.37 10.19 14.09 9.39 12.49 7.83 11.65 7.79 6.65
10 16.56 10.25 14.26 9.44 12.64 7.91 11.80 7.83 6.81
11 16.75 10.36 14.41 9.56 12.79 8.02 11.93 7.95 6.88
12 16.94 10.47 14.56 9.67 12.92 8.08 12.04 8.01 6.96
13 17.10 10.60 14.71 9.77 13.06 8.16 12.19 8.09 6.99
14 17.57 11.21 14.86 10.42 13.79 8.83 12.97 8.51 7.65
15 17.79 11.37 15.08 10.57 13.96 8.98 13.14 8.87 7.72
16 18.00 11.48 15.23 10.67 14.10 9.05 13.28 8.99 7.79
17 18.19 11.61 15.40 10.83 14.28 9.17 13.45 9.12 7.88
18 18.54 11.86 15.68 11.01 14.56 9.35 13.68 9.28 8.05
.121123 From U.S. Mainland to International Locations Per Minute Usage Charges: For calls terminating to those locations listed in Part E of Table V the usage charges and time periods set forth in Sections C‑3.073 and C-3.072 respectively.
.121124 From the U.S. Mainland and Hawaii to Guam and CNMI:
RANGE BUSINESS DAY EVENING NIGHT & WEEKEND
6 $19.47 $19.47 $19.47
7 $19.47 $19.47 $19.47
Method of Determining Usage Charges
Based upon the hourly rates set forth in Section C‑3.121122, Option J usage charges are calculated as described below:
a) Determine the total minutes of monthly usage for each rate period over all dedicated access lines in a service group. For International calls, Standard, Discount and Economy rate periods correspond to Business Day, Evening and Night/Weekend rate periods respectively.
b) Calculate the percent of total traffic for each rate period. If the percent for the Business Day rate period exceeds 55%, usage charges are calculated using the rates associated with University WATS Service Area 5 (see Sections C‑3.041121 and C‑3.121122) and a special service charge of $100 per access line will be applied.
c) Assuming appropriate traffic distribution, determine the total number of access lines in service during the month (access lines in service for a partial month will be pro‑rated).
d) Determine the average usage for each rate period per access line by dividing the minutes for each rate period from (a) above by the number of lines from (c) above.
e) Determine the associated rate steps for each of the five terminating service areas from the appropriate originating state or state subdivision using the Rate Step Table located in Section C‑3.041121.
f) For each of the five associated rate steps (see (e) above), perform the following three steps:
(1) Determine the effective hourly rate for each rate period by 1) multiplying the total hours in each rate period by the associated hourly rate for that rate step and tapered usage increment; 2) totaling these charges for each rate period; and 3) dividing the total by the average usage for each rate period per access line from (d) above.
(2) Determine the total usage for each rate period by (a) identifying all calls made in the month that terminate within each of the service areas; (b) grouping those calls according to the rate period in which the call was placed; and (c) summing these calls to determine the number of hours per rate period for each service area.
(3) Determine the usage charge for each rate period by multiplying the effective hourly rate per rate period from (f‑1) above by the total hours of monthly usage for each rate period for a given service area from (f‑2) above respectively and summing those charges.
g) Determine the total usage charges for the Service Group by adding the results of (f‑3) above for each of the five
associated Rate Steps.
.1212 Access Line Charges
.12121 Company‑provided Dedicated Access Line
$115 each*
.121211 Special Access Surcharge
(1) $36.25 each per voice grade equivalent channel for customers using analog access
.12122 Customer‑provided Dedicated Access Line
$ 50 each
.1213 Directory Assistance: An undiscountable charge of $1.40 per call will be applied to each call requesting Directory Assistance for a number in the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and CNMI; an undiscountable charge of $1.40 per call will be applied to each call requesting Directory Assistance for a number in Canada; and an undiscountable charge of $6.94 per call will be applied to each other international Directory Assistance. Except as otherwise noted herein, all other provisions of Directory Assistance apply.
.1214 Optional Features
.12141 Accounting Codes (2‑Digit) $15/99 Codes
From 1 to 99 codes per customer
per originating location.
Charges for accounting codes will not be prorated.
.12142 Call Records on Magnetic Tape $0/Account
.122 Non‑Recurring Charges Per Access Line Per Order
.1221 Installation $250 $ 50
.1222 Physical Change $100 $ 50
.1223 Administrative Change ‑0‑ $ 20
.1224 Expedite ‑0‑ $600
.1225 Cancellation of Order $130 ‑0‑
.1226 Service Conversion ‑0‑ $ 50
.1227 Other Non‑Recurring Charges:
.12271 Set‑up Charges: Call Records on Magnetic Tape $75/Account
.123 Service Availability
Option J is available as follows:
A. Between the metropolitan areas set forth in Part C‑1 of Table V and from them to all cities within the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and CNMI, except where such cities are located in the same state.
B. From the metropolitan areas set forth in Part C‑1 of Table V to the international locations set forth in Part E of Table V.
C. From the metropolitan areas set forth in Part C‑1 of Table V to Alaska, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
1 A $36.25 Special Access Surcharge is applicable to each access line provided by a Local Exchange Company.
The Surcharge, imposed by the Local Exchange Carrier will not apply to those customers who furnish the Company with an Exemption Certificate) as defined herein).
* At a customer's option, T‑1 Digital Access (as found in Section C‑2.0221) is available as an alternative for this service, from the locations listed in Section C‑12, Table IV.