(a) These expenses are divided into two categories:
(1) Extended Area Services (EAS).
(2) All other.
(b) Extended Area Services (EAS) settlements are directly assigned to the exchange operation.
(c) The expenses in this account are apportioned among the operations on the basis of the separation of the cost of the combined Big Three Expenses which include the following accounts:
Plant Specific Expenses Central Office Switching Expenses--Account 6210 (Class B Telephone Companies); Accounts 6211 and 6212 (Class A Telephone Companies)Operators Systems Expenses--Account 6220Central Office Transmission Expenses--Account 6230 (Class B Telephone Companies); Accounts 6231 and 6232 (Class A Telephone Companies)Information Origination/Termination Expenses--Account 6310 (Class B Telephone Companies); Accounts 6311, 6341, 6351, and 6362 (Class A Telephone Companies)Cable and Wire Facilities Expense--Account 6410 (Class B Telephone Companies); Accounts 6411, 6421, 6422, 6423, 6424, 6426, 6431, and 6441 (Class A Telephone Companies)
Plant Non-Specific Expenses Network Operations Expenses--Account 6530 (Class B Telephone Companies); Accounts 6531, 6532, 6533, 6534, and 6535 (Class A Telephone Companies)
Customer Operations Expenses Marketing--Account 6610 (Class B Telephone Companies); Accounts 6611 and 6613 (Class A Telephone Companies)Services--Account 6620 [52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 69 FR 12552, Mar. 17, 2004]
Operating Taxes