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April 24, 2009
Max Your Factor
Filing proper jurisdictional factors is important for any carrier. The main ones that are currently used include PIU (Percent Interstate Usage), PML (Percent Mobile to Land), and PLU (Percent Local Usage). There are others that, while not always applicable, are nonetheless important. One of those factors is the PCL or Percent Common Line.
The PCL factor denotes what percent of a carrier’s 800 traffic terminates on common business lines. Typically originating 800 traffic is rated at the terminating rate. When a PCL is filed, the percentage of MOUs that the carrier files are rated at the originating rate on a going-forward basis.
If the rates between originating and terminating are the same then there is no impact. However, if the rate between originating and terminating is different then this could have impact.
Example: In the state of Florida for Bell South the current originating CCL rate is 0, but the terminating rate is .006. As a result, overall terminating access charges are higher than originating.
If a carrier filed a PCL of 75% then the majority of their intrastate FL access cost would suddenly decrease by .006.
A carrier could be missing an opportunity to legitimately reduce costs if it failed to file this factor or failed to ensure that the vendor was applying it correctly.
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