TPOC 2006 Annual Report
Telecommunications Planning and Oversight Council
November 1, 2006
Rate Information
Through its competitive pricing structure, DIR has
established cost-effective rates for telecommunications services that are lower
than published state industry averages (See Cost
Savings). DIR will continue to review its pricing to ensure that CCTS
and TEX-AN customers receive unparalleled savings and services.
CCTS Rates for Fiscal 2006
CCTS offers local, long distance, teleconferencing, and
other services. Current rates are included in Appendix
B. Complete CCTS pricing information is available on the DIR Web site at
<http://www.dir.state.tx.us/ccts/cctspricing.htm>.
TEX-AN 2000 Rates for Fiscal 2006
TEX-AN 2000 carries voice, data, Internet, and video
communications to serve all state agencies and other eligible organizations
such as cities, municipalities, counties, education service centers,
independent school districts, and institutions of higher education. A selection of TEX-AN 2000 rates is listed in Appendix
C. Complete TEX-AN 2000 pricing information is available on the
DIR Web site at <http://www.dir.state.tx.us/store/tsd/rates/index.htm>.
DIR WAN Rates for fiscal 2006
The WAN services once offered exclusively to health and
human services customers are now available and offered to all eligible DIR
customers. Samples of DIR WAN rates are listed in Appendix
D. Additional pricing information for the DIR WAN is available on the
DIR Web site at <http://www.dir.state.tx.us/hhscn/pricing.htm>.
Rate Structure
Across its wide array of telecommunications services, DIR
employs various independent rate-setting methodologies to ensure it provides
cost-effective services to its customers. To continue providing the
cost-effective services its customers have come to expect, DIR recognizes the
need to develop a fully inclusive and standard methodology for establishing
rates for its telecommunications services.
DIR plans to conduct a comprehensive review of the
Telecommunications Division’s rate methodology. This review will evaluate the
operational structure and processes and establish a full accounting of costs
and expenditures for the division. The results of this review will be the
development of a rate-setting methodology and a pricing model for all
telecommunications services that are justifiable and adjustable.
DIR anticipates soliciting the assistance of an outside
vendor to perform this review and to assist DIR in establishing a rate-setting
methodology and pricing model.
