Federal rules define supported universal services. Toll limitation consists of both toll control and toll blocking. Toll blocking prevents toll calls from being made from a telephone line. Toll control allows consumers to specify a certain amount of toll usage that may be incurred on their telecommunications channels per billing cycle. The federal rules allow state commissions to grant waivers from certain requirements, including toll limitation and single-party service.
All applicants request a temporary waiver of the requirement to provide toll control service.
The Commission's Staff analyzed the petitions and prepared a Staff Report for the Commission. The Commission considered the petitions and the Staff Report at its Public Meeting on December 2, 1997. The Commission adopted the Staff Report, attached as Appendix A to this order, at that public meeting. We have decided to grant the requests for temporary waivers of the requirements to provide single-party service and toll control service. Currently, the petitioners do not have the technical capability to provide toll control service.