STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
505 VAN NESS AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102-3298
November 15, 2007
TO: ALL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS REQUIRED TO FILE TARIFFS
SUBJECT: Annual Tariff Filing on CD-ROM due January 2, 2008
All telecommunications carriers required to file tariffs must submit a copy of their current tariffs at least once a year on CD-ROM. You are requested to submit, by CD-ROM, a copy of your current tariffs in effect as of January 2, 2008. Please send the CD-ROM by January 31, 2008, to
CD-ROM Tariff Administrator
Communications Division Room 3107
California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
Attached you will find specifications for file name conventions and CD-ROM content and format requirements for your CD-ROM tariff submission. This material and a sample CD-ROM tariff disk may be found at the Commission's website, www.cpuc.ca.gov. Please navigate to the following page:
PUC ---·Communications ---·Forms and Notices ---·Info on Filing an Advice Letter
You may label your CD-ROM in any fashion you wish (indelible marker, printed label, etc.), but the label must include your company name, company ID number and the date of your tariff submission. Please also include a letter (hardcopy) with a contact name, mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address to respond to inquiries from staff about your company's CD-ROM tariff filing.
If you have any questions concerning this notice, please call Mr. Richard Fish at (415) 703 1923.
Sincerely,
/S/ Jack Leutza
Jack Leutza, Director
Communications Division
Attachment
Telecommunication utilities submitting tariff CDs to the California Public Utilities Commission are required to submit CDs that conform to the rules included in this document.
Please review this document carefully. The information contained in this document has been provided to ensure that all tariff CDs, independent of the submitting utility, are processed uniformly and efficiently by the CPUC. A sample content file is provided at the end of this document.
1) CD Format
a) Tariffs should be submitted on CD-R or CR-RW media.
b) The CD must be Windows PC compatible.
2) The Content File
a) The information contained in the content file lists and describes each file and directory appearing on the CD. This information allows CPUC staff to efficiently locate applicable tariffs. It is also used to link files on the tariff CD to the CPUC document management system.
b) Every CD must have exactly one content file.
c) The content file must be named: content.txt
d) The content file must appear in the root directory of the CD.
e) The content file must be a text file and must be readable using Microsoft Notepad.
3) Lines in a Content File
a) The content file should contain the following types of lines:
i) File Entries - Every file appearing on the tariff CD must have a line in the content file. If the first non-blank character of the line is a letter (a-z, A-Z), digit (0-9), hyphen (-) or underscore (_), then the line is treated as a file entry.
ii) Directory Entries - Every directory and subdirectory appearing on the tariff CD must have a line in the content file. If the first non-blank character of the line is a back slash (\) or forward slash (/), then the line is treated as a directory entry.
iii) Comment lines - Comment lines improve the readability of the content file. These lines are ignored when linking the files on the tariff CD to the CPUC document management system. If the first non-blank character in the line is an equal sign (=), semicolon (:), double quote (") or single quote (`), then the line is treated as a comment line.
iv) Blank lines - Blank lines improve the readability on the content file. These lines are ignored when linking the files on the tariff CD to the CPUC document management system.
4) File Entries in the Content File
a) Every file that appears on the tariff CD must have a file entry
b) File entries appearing in the content file must have the following format:
File_name Description
c) All file entries are identified according to rule 3.a.i.
d) File_name must conform to the following rules:
i) File_name is required
ii) File_name is the actual name of the file as it appears on the tariff CD.
iii) Each File_name must have one of the following file extensions:
iv) File extensions must be one of the following:
.doc Word document
.txt Text file
.xls Excel Spreadsheet
.csv Comma separated values file
.pdf Adobe acrobat file
.jpg JPEG image file
.gif GIF image file
v) File extensions are not case sensitive.
vi) From 1 to 12 characters must precede the file extension. Only letters (a-z, A-Z), digits (0-9) the hyphen (-) and the underscore (_) are allowed.
vii) Embedded spaces are not allowed in File_name.
e) Description must conform to the following rules:
i) Description is required.
ii) Description is the description of the content of the file.
iii) Description may not exceed 100 characters.
iv) Description may not be continued onto the next line.
5) Directory Entries in the Content File
a) Every directory and subdirectory that contains a file must appear on the tariff CD.
b) Directory entries appearing in the content file must have the following format:
Directory_name Description
c) All directory entries are identified according to rule 3.a.ii.
d) Directory_name must conform to the following rules:
i) Directory_name is required.
ii) Directory_name is the complete path name of the directory that contains tariff files.
iii) Directory_name may not exceed 50 characters.
iv) A back slash (\) appearing in the Directory_name is used to indicate a subdirectory.
v) All other characters appearing in Directory_name must be letters (a-z, A-Z), digits (0-9), the hyphen (-) or the underscore (_).
vi) Embedded spaces are not allowed in Directory_name.
e) Description must conform to the following rules:
i) Description is required.
ii) Description is the description of the content of the directory (or subdirectory).
iii) Description may not exceed 100 characters.
iv) Description may not be continued onto the next line.
6) Relationship Between File Entries and Directory Entries
a) Files appearing at the root level of the tariff CD should appear first in the content file.
b) Files belonging to a specific directory or subdirectory should be listed immediately after the entry for that directory or subdirectory.
i) The file should be listed immediately after the directory entry of the "lowest" directory that the file belongs to. For example, if a file belongs to directory B and B is a subdirectory of A, then the file should be listed immediately after B's directory entry. It should not be listed immediately after A's directory entry.
A Sample Content File
In the following example, please note that the line number is not part of the content file. It appears as reference only.
Line |
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01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 |
content.txt Content file \comp\access Access tariff folder ============ ca-ac-00tc.pdf General Table of Contents - Access Service ca-ac-01.pdf Section 1 - Application of Tariff ca-ac-02.pdf Section 2 - General Regulations ca-ac-03.pdf Section 3 - Carrier Common Line Access Service ca-ac-04.pdf Section 4 - End User Access Service ca-ac-05.pdf Section 5 - Order Option ca-ac-06.pdf Section 6 - Switched Access Service ca-ac-07.pdf Section 7 - Special Access Service ca-ac-08.pdf Section 8 - Billing and Collection Service ca-ac-09.pdf Section 9 - Directory Services ca-ac-10.pdf Section 10 - Special Federal Gov Access Services
\comp\catiii Category III tariff folder ============ ca-c3-00tc.pdf General Table of Contents - Category III Services ca-c3-01.pdf Section D1 - Preliminary Statement ca-c3-02.pdf Section D2 - General Regulations ca-c3-03.pdf Section D3 - Voice-Base Information Services ca-c3-04.pdf Section D4 - Electronic Information Services ca-c3-05.pdf Section D5 - Operator and Directory Services ca-c3-06.pdf Section D6 - Integrated Pathway Service ca-c3-07.pdf Section D7 - Inside Wire Repair Services ca-c3-08.pdf Section D8 - Toll-Free Services ca-c3-09.pdf Section D9 - Comp1/Comp2 Calling Services ca-c3-10.pdf Section D10 - Centrex ca-c3-11.pdf Section D11 - Message Telecommunications Service ca-c3-12.pdf Section D12 - Special Access Service ca-c3-13.pdf Section D13 - Advanced Services |
1. The tariff CD contains 26 files (lines 1, 5-15, 20-33).
2. The tariff CD contains 2 directories (lines 3 and 18).
3. Only one file (line 1, content.txt) appears at the root level of the tariff CD.
4. The files listed in lines 5 - 15 belong to the subdirectory, \comp\access.
5. The files listed in lines 20 - 33 belong to the subdirectory, \comp\catiii.
6. Lines 2, 4, 16, 17 and 19 are blank or comment entries. They appear only to improve readability.
