Mo. Code Regs. tit. 20 § 4240-29.030

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 20 CSR 4240-29.030 - General Provisions

PURPOSE: This rule describes, in general terms, the provisions of this chapter.

(1) Telecommunications companies may orig-inate, transit, and terminate telecommunications traffic utilizing the Local Exchange Carrier-to-Local Exchange Carrier (LEC-to-LEC) network only upon compliance with the rules set forth in this chapter. Any request for variance from the rules set forth in this chapter must be made to the Missouri Public Service commission pursuant to 4 CSR 240-2.060(4).

(2) No originating wireline carrier shall place interLATA traffic on the LEC-to-LEC network. This section shall not apply to calls delivered from local exchange carriers to Internet Service Providers. Nothing in this section shall preclude a tandem carrier from routing interLATA wireline traffic to a non-affiliated terminating carrier over the LEC-to-LEC network, provided such terminating carrier has agreed to accept such traffic from the tandem carrier and such acceptance is contained in a commission-approved interconnection agreement.

(3) No carrier shall terminate traffic on the LEC-to-LEC network, when such traffic was originated by or with the use of feature group A, B or D protocol trunking arrangements.

(4) No traffic aggregator shall place traffic on the LEC-to-LEC network, except as permitted in this chapter.

(5) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to alter, or otherwise change, the record creation, record exchange, or billing processes currently in place for traffic carried by interexchange carriers using feature groups A, B, or D protocols.

(6) All carriers with existing interconnection agreements allowing for the exchange of traffic placed on the LEC-to-LEC network shall take appropriate action to ensure compliance with this chapter unless the commission has granted a variance from the requirements of this chapter.

20 CSR 4240-29.030

AUTHORITY: sections 386.040 and 386.250, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 240-29.030. Original rule filed Nov. 30, 2004, effective July 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 4240-29.030, effective Aug. 28, 2019.

*Original authority: 386.040, RSMo 1939 and 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996.