NEWSReport No. CC 95-70    COMMON CARRIER ACTION            December 7, 1995

             FCC AFFIRMS ITS 800 DATABASE RATE STRUCTURE ORDER

     The FCC affirmed its 800 Database Rate Structure Order, denying all petitions for
reconsideration of the Order.  In that Order, the FCC adopted rate structure and pricing rules
for 800 database access services provided by local exchange carriers (LECs).  The
Commission required LECs to charge interexchange carriers (IXCs) a basic 800 database
charge for each 800 database query and permitted them to provide related optional "vertical"
features.

     With regard to the Commission's price cap rules, the Commission recognized that
vertical features of 800 database service should be treated as "new" services.  The
Commission also held that, while basic 800 database service did not fit squarely within the
definitions of either a "new" or "restructured" service, that the arguments favoring treating it
as a restructured service where stronger.  The Commission also concluded that, based on a
record indicating a highly unusual set of circumstances, it was appropriate to permit the
LECs to treat certain specified costs associated with investments for 800 database service as
exogenous costs under price caps.

     The Commission finds that none of the petitions for reconsideration raise any issues
that the Commission did not already address in the initial Order and therefore it denies them
all.

     Action by the Commission December 4, 1995 by MO&O (FCC 95-487).  Chairman
Hundt and Commissioners Quello, Barrett, Ness and Chong.

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