What revenues are excluded from the OUS surcharge application?
1. Wholesale revenues are not subject to OUS surcharges. Wholesale revenues are revenues derived from services provided to other TSPs that in turn contribute to the OUS fund (lines 1 through 11 of the OUS 2 Worksheet). These include revenues derived from access services purchased by interexchange carriers (IXCs), interconnection and UNEs purchased by competitive LECs, and finished services sold to resellers. Revenues derived from telecommunications services sold to radio common carriers (RCCs), enhanced service providers (ESPs), information or Internet service providers (ISPs), and payphone providers are generally considered retail and are subject to OUS surcharges. This is because these providers are considered end-users for purposes of OUS funding. See Questions 12, 13, and 14 for further explanation. 2. Other revenues, as identified on the OUS 2 Worksheet lines 21-30, are not subject to OUS surcharges. These include information and enhanced service revenues; local coin revenues; cer
