{"data":{"id":"us/47-cfr-51.700","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"47 CFR 51.700","heading":"Purpose of this subpart.","body":"The purpose of this subpart, as revised in 2011 by FCC 11-161 is to establish rules governing the transition of intercarrier compensation from a calling-party's-network pays system to a default bill-and-keep methodology. Following the transition, the exchange of telecommunications traffic between and among service providers will, by default, be governed by bill-and-keep arrangements.\nNote to § 51.700:\nSee FCC 11-161, figure 9 (chart identifying steps in the transition).","path":["Title 47—Telecommunication","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER B—COMMON CARRIER SERVICES","PART 51—INTERCONNECTION","Subpart H—Reciprocal Compensation for Transport and Termination of Telecommunications Traffic"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-47.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:28Z","sha256":"340d539f69ee63fd600687dd9889b6ac52ce8a19fc41365395c4448d8df5859c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/47-cfr-51.617","next":"us/47-cfr-51.701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}