Trends in Telephone Service Industry Analysis and Technology Division Wireline Competition Bureau August 2008 This report is available for reference in the FCC’s Information Center at 445 12th Street, S.W., Courtyard Level. Copies may be purchased by calling Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street S.W., Room CY-B402, Washington DC 20554 at 800-378-3160, facsimile 202-488-5563, or via e-mail
[email protected]. The report can also be downloaded from the Wireline Competition Bureau Statistical Reports Internet site at: www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/trends.html. Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………….……………………………………………… 1-1 Access Charges…………………………………………………………………………………… 1-1 Table 1.1 Interstate Per-Line Access Charges……………………………………………………… 1-3 Table 1.2 Interstate Per-Minute Access Charges…………………………………………………… 1-4 Table 1.3 Interstate Per-Line Access Charges by Carrier…………...……………………………… 1-5 Table 1.4 Interstate Per-Minute Access Charges by Carrier……………………………… ……… 1-6 Advanced Telecommunications…………………………………………………………………… 2-1 Table 2.1 High-Speed Lines………………………………………………………………………… 2-3 Chart 2.1 Total High-Speed Lines…………………………………………………………………… 2-3 Chart 2.2 High-Speed Lines by Technology………………………………………………………… 2-3 Table 2.2 Advanced Services Lines………………………………………………………………… 2-4 Chart 2.3 Advanced Services Lines………………………………………………………………… 2-4 Chart 2.4 Advanced Services Lines by Technology………………………………………………… 2-4 Table 2.3 Residential High-Speed Lines…………………………………………………………… 2-5 Chart 2.5 Residential High-Speed Lines……………………………………………………………