End User Common Line Charge

Section 69.104 of the FCC Commission's rules requires local exchange carriers (LECs) to assess a charge on end users that subscribe to local telephone service -- the end user common line (EUCL) charge. The EUCL charge, which is also known as the subscriber line charge, is part of a comprehensive system of tariffed access charges for recovery of LEC costs associated with the origination and termination of interstate calls. Twenty-five percent of the costs of the local loop -- the telephone lines that connect end-users' premises to LEC switches at local central offices -- are assigned to the interstate jurisdiction.

The EUCL charge is a monthly charge intended to recover a major portion of a LEC's interstate loop costs from subscribers on a flat-rate basis. The portion of local loop costs that is assigned to the interstate jurisdiction but not recovered through the EUCL charge is recovered from inter-exchange carriers through the Pre-subscribed Inter-exchange Carrier Charge (PICC).