**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

In the Matter of )

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Implementation of the Subscriber Carrier )

Selection Changes Provisions of the )

Telecommunications Act of 1996 )

) CC Docket No. 94-129

Policies and Rules Concerning )

Unauthorized Changes of Consumers )

Long Distance Carriers )

# ERRATA

# Released: September 25, 2000

By the Associate Chief, Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier
Bureau:

On August 15, 2000, the Commission released the Third Report and Order
and Second Order on Reconsideration (FCC 00-255) in the above-captioned
proceeding. This errata corrects the following error in the released
text prior to publication of the summary of this item in the Federal
Register:

1\. On page 31, paragraph 63, the text "The next scheduled filing of the
Form 499-A is April 1, 2001, at which time carriers will file the
revised form containing the additional information described above with
the Commission's Office of the Secretary" is replaced with "The next
scheduled filing of the Form 499-A is April 1, 2001, at which time
carriers will file the revised version of the form containing the
additional information described above in accordance with the
Instructions to FCC Form 499-A."

2\. In Appendix A, on page 57, the subsection labeled "Section
64.1120(c)(2)" is redesignated as "Section 64.1120(c)(3)" and subpart
(iii) of that subsection is revised to read as follows: "All third party
verification methods shall elicit, at a minimum, the identity of the
subscriber; confirmation that the person on the call is authorized to
make the carrier change; confirmation that the person on the call wants
to make the carrier change; the names of the carriers affected by the
change; the telephone numbers to be switched; and the types of service
involved. Third party verifiers may not market the carrier's services by
providing additional information, including information regarding
preferred carrier freeze procedures.

3\. In Appendix A, on page 57, Section 64.1120(c)(2) is inserted along
with the following text: " \* \* \*."

4\. In Appendix A, on page 58, the text of subsection (5) of Section
64.1130(e) is revised to read as follows: "That the subscriber may
consult with the carrier as to whether a fee will apply to the change in
the subscriber's preferred carrier."

5\. In Appendix A, on page 60, Section 64.1190(d)(1)(i) is inserted
along with the following text: " \* \* \*."

6\. In Appendix A, on page 60, Section 64.1190(d)(1)(ii) is inserted
along with the following text: "A description of the specific procedures
necessary to lift a preferred carrier freeze; an explanation that these
steps are in addition to the Commission's verification rules in §§
64.1120 and 64.1130 for changing a subscriber's preferred carrier
selections; and an explanation that the subscriber will be unable to
make a change in carrier selection unless he or she lifts the freeze."

7\. In Appendix A, on page 60, the text of Section 64.1190(d)(2)(ii) is
revised to read as follows: " \* \* \*."

8\. In Appendix A, on page 60, the text of Section 64.1195(a) is revised
to read as follows: "*Applicability.* A telecommunications carrier that
will provide interstate interexchange telecommunications service shall
file the registration information described in subsection (b) of this
section in accordance with the procedures described in subsections (c)
and (g) of this section. Any telecommunications carrier already
providing interstate interexchange telecommunications service on the
effective date of these rules shall submit the relevant portion of its
FCC Form 499-A in accordance with subsections (b) and (c)."

9\. In Appendix A, on page 61, the text of the first sentence in Section
64.1195(c) is revised to read as follows: "A carrier that is subject to
the registration requirement pursuant to subsection (a) of this section
shall submit the information described in subsection (b) of this section
in accordance with the Instructions to FCC Form 499-A."

10\. In Appendix A, on page 61, the text of Section 64.1195(g) is
revised to read as follows: "*Changes in Information*. A carrier must
notify the Commission of any changes to the information provided
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section within no more than one week
of the change. Carriers may satisfy this requirement by filing the
relevant portion of FCC Form 499-A in accordance with the Instructions
to such form."

> FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
>
> K. Michele Walters
>
> Associate Chief, Accounting Policy Division
>
> Common Carrier Bureau