ATIS OBF-MECAB-008

This document contains the recommended guidelines for the billing of access and interconnection services provided to a customer by two or more providers or by one provider in two or more states within a single LATA. Access and interconnection services may be billed as usage-sensitive and flat rated charges, which may include intraLATA non-subscribed toll, wireless and local services. Examples of Usage-Sensitive Services are Feature Group B (FGB), Feature Group C (FGC), Feature Group D (FGD), Wireless Services [Type 1 (Line Side Service), Type 2A (Trunk Side Tandem Service) and Type 2B (Trunk Side End Office Service)], trunk side connections (e.g., BSA), and Directory Assistance (DA) Transport. Examples of Flat-Rated Services are WATS Access Lines (WALs), Dedicated Access Lines (DALs), Hicap, two-point, multi-point services, direct/local transport and DA transport. This document also addresses the billing of jointly provided Feature Group A (FGA) line side BSA services in Section 9 of this document.