Section 772.90  Blocking

a)         A local exchange carrier shall provide blocking, where technically feasible, at no charge for each type of dialing arrangement permitted by Section 772.50(a) on a one-time basis to all telephone subscribers.

b)         The local exchange carrier may charge a non-recurring fee for each subsequent request for blocking or unblocking pay-per-call service.  These charges shall be filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission pursuant to Section 9-201 of the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5/9-201].

c)         A subscriber who transfers service to a new location and is served by the same local exchange carrier shall be able to maintain blocking of pay-per-call service without any additional charge to establish blocking at the new location.

d)         Requests by subscribers to remove pay-per-call blocking must be in writing to the local exchange carrier.

(Source:  Amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 1192, effective January 1, 1998)