Section 729.APPENDIX A Form of Electronic Carrier Subscriber Information Transmittal

MONTHLY SUBSCRIBER COUNT FILE

Storage Media: file attached to an Email or a CD-ROM

File Format: Text file or Microsoft EXCEL file

Carrier Subscriber Record File Layout

INSTRUCTIONS: This file must be 32 characters in length with a header and trailer record. The header record must have an H indicator in the first position and the carrier name in the remaining 31 positions. The trailer record must have a T in the first position and the total number of records on the file excluding the header and trailer records for 10 positions, followed by the FEIN. If using a Microsoft EXCEL file, the file records shall all be placed in one column of the file.

Each field length must be filled. Example: Subscriber count is a length of 10 and all spaces must be filled with leading zeros (e.g., 0000000999).

Field Name	Starting Position	Length	Data Type
FEIN	1	9	Numeric
Billing Month	10	4	Numeric (YYMM)
US Postal Zip Code	14	5	Numeric
US Postal +4 Code (if available)	19	4	Numeric
Subscriber Count	23	10	Numeric

SAMPLE: Below is an example of the header, trailer and field requirements.

Header:

Hcarriername

Trailer

T99999999990

HCARRIERNAME

99999999904106270412340000000005

99999999904106270400000000000025

T0000000002999999999

Questions concerning the field requirements may be addressed to:

Illinois Commerce Commission

IL WETSA

527 East Capitol Avenue

Springfield IL 62701

Phone: (217) 782-9715

Email LWETSA@icc.state.il.us