CFR > Title 47 - Telecommunication > CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION > SUBCHAPTER B—COMMON CARRIER SERVICES (Parts 20–69) > PART 51—INTERCONNECTION > SUBPART H—Reciprocal Compensation for Transport and Termination of Telecommunications Traffic (§51.701 to §51.717) > 51.705—Incumbent LECs' rates for transport and termination.

51.705—Incumbent LECs' rates for transport and termination.

(a) An incumbent LEC's rates for transport and termination of telecommunications traffic shall be established, at the election of the state commission, on the basis of:
(1) The forward-looking economic costs of such offerings, using a cost study pursuant to §§ 51.505 and 51.511 ;
(2) Default proxies, as provided in § 51.707; or
(3) A bill-and-keep arrangement, as provided in § 51.713.
(b) In cases where both carriers in a reciprocal compensation arrangement are incumbent LECs, state commissions shall establish the rates of the smaller carrier on the basis of the larger carrier's forward-looking costs, pursuant to § 51.711.