47 CFR § 69.604 - Billing and collection of access charges.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s69.604"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 69.604 - Billing and collection of access charges."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "69.604"
section_name: "Billing and collection of access charges."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "COMMON CARRIER SERVICES"
part_number: "69"
part_name: "ACCESS CHARGES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 154, 201, 202, 203, 205, 218, 220, 254, 403."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 10358, Mar. 11, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "69"
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# 69.604 Billing and collection of access charges.

(a) Telephone companies shall bill and collect all access charges except those charges specified in §§ 69.116 and 69.117.

(b) All access charges shall be billed monthly.

[51 FR 9012, Mar. 17, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 21543, June 8, 1987]