R746-356-2. Definitions

For purposes of these rules, the following terms shall bear the associated meanings. All other terms are as defined in Section 54-8b.

A. "Bona Fide Request" -- A written request submitted by a telecommunications corporation or common carrier certified by the Commission or the FCC for intraLATA or intraLATA equal access service in an exchange or exchanges of a LEC.

B. "CCS" -- Committee of Consumer Services.

C. "Division" -- Division of Public Utilities.

D. "Equal Access" -- Dialing arrangements and other service characteristics provided by a LEC to other carriers that are equivalent in type and quality to that provided by the LEC, or designated contract carrier, for its provision of intraLATA toll service.

E. "Presubscription" -- A process that allows customers to preselect the carrier that has equal access services for providing toll calls through the use of 1+ or 0+ without dialing a multi-digit access code.

F. "Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier"(PIC) -- The certified telecommunications carrier a customer selects to provide 1+ or 0+ toll service, without the use of access codes, following equal access presubscription implementation.

G. "2-PIC" -- The equal access presubscription option that affords customers the opportunity to select one certified telecommunications carrier for all interLATA 1+ or 0+ toll calls and, at the customer's option, to select another certified telecommunications carrier for all intraLATA 1+ or 0+ toll calls.