SECTION 165:55-17-15. Reciprocal compensation

(a)   Local telecommunications traffic shall be terminated on a nondiscriminatory basis for reciprocal compensation. The Commission will not consider the terms and conditions for reciprocal compensation to be just and reasonable unless:

(1)   Such terms and conditions provide for the mutual and reciprocal recovery by each telecommunications service provider of the costs associated with the transport and termination on each telecommunications service provider's network facilities related to traffic that originates on the network facilities of the other telecommunications service provider; and,

(2)   Such terms and conditions determine said costs on the basis of a reasonable approximation of the additional costs of terminating said traffic.

(b)   This Section shall not be construed:

(1)   To preclude arrangements that afford the mutual recovery of costs through the offsetting of reciprocal obligations, including arrangements that waive mutual recovery (such as bill-and-keep arrangements); or,

(2)   To require telecommunications service providers to maintain records with respect to the additional costs of said traffic.

[Source: Added at 13 Ok Reg 2437, eff 7-1-96]