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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 165. Corporation Commission |
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Chapter 58. Facilitation and Provisioning of Payphone Service |
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Subchapter 1. General Provisions |
SECTION 165:58-1-4. Definitions
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- The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:"Aggregator" means any person or entity that, in the ordinary course of its operations, makes telephones available to the public or to transient users of its premises for intrastate telephone calls including calls using an operator services provider; i.e., customers of an OSP. Aggregators include, but are not limited to, hotels, motels, hospitals, universities, airports, gas stations and payphone service providers. The term "Aggregator" is not applicable to coinless payphones provided for use only by inmates at state, federal, local and county jails and correctional institutions, as provided for by 17 O.S. (1991) §139.1, but shall include payphones provided for public use in visitation or other areas of such jails and correctional institutions."Automatic Number Identification ("ANI")" means the automatic transmission by the local switching system of the originating telephone number to an interexchange telecommunications carrier or other provider of telecommunications service or the operator of a 911 system."Call completion" means a call that is answered by the called party."Certificate of Convenience and Necessity" as used in this Chapter means an order issued by the Commission authorizing a person, firm, partnership, corporation, cooperative corporation, or other lawful entity to provide telecommunications service in the State of Oklahoma, after the filing of an application and approval by the Commission."Commission" means the Oklahoma Corporation Commission."Competitive local exchange carrier ("competitive LEC")" means, with respect to an area or exchange(s), a telecommunications service provider that is certificated by the Commission to provide local exchange service in such area or exchange(s) within the State of Oklahoma after July 1, 1995."Customer trouble report" means any oral or written report given to the payphone service provider's repair department or contact person by an end-user relating to a defect or difficulty or dissatisfaction with the payphone service provider's instrument and/or service(s)."End-user" means a member of the general public who uses a payphone."FCC" means the Federal Communications Commission."Incoming call screening" means a service that identifies the type of incoming calls, such as collect or third-party billed calls, for the purpose of restricting call completion."Incumbent local exchange company ("incumbent LEC")" means, with respect to an area or exchange(s), any telecommunications service provider furnishing local exchange service in such area or exchange(s) within the State of Oklahoma on July 1, 1995, pursuant to its Certificate of Convenience and Necessity or grandfathered authority."Interexchange telecommunications carrier ("IXC")" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity, except incumbent LECs, engaged in furnishing regulated interexchange telecommunications services under the jurisdiction of the Commission."Operator Service Provider ("OSP")" means any common carrier, certificated by the Commission that provides intrastate operator services, or any other person or entity certificated by the Commission to provide operator services."Operator services" means the initiation of any intrastate telecommunications service, including but not limited to, services from an aggregator location, which services include, as a component, any automated or live assistance to an end-user for the purpose of arranging billing or completion, or both, of an intrastate telephone call."Outgoing call screening" means a two-digit code passed by the local switching system with an ANI at the beginning of each call that provides information about the originating line."Payphone service" means the provision of telecommunications service by a payphone service provider through the means of a public or semi-public payphone, which, except for calls to public emergency telephone numbers and other numbers as may be designated by state or federal regulation, is utilized by the use of coins or alternative billing mechanisms, and is accessible by members of the general public. For purposes of this Chapter, coinless telephones provided in guest rooms by a hotel/motel are not payphones."Payphone service instrument" means the equipment placed by a payphone service provider to facilitate the provisioning of payphone services to the end-user at a given location."Payphone service provider" ("PSP") means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, cooperative corporation, or other lawful entity providing payphone service as defined in these rules."Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or private organization of any character."Public interest payphone" means a Commission-designated payphone instrument which is placed, at a location where there would otherwise not be a payphone, in the interest of making available telecommunications service for public welfare, health and/or safety reasons."Public use" means any item available to, or area accessible by the general public for their use."Reseller" means a common carrier offering interexchange telecommunications services to the public that does not own transmission facilities, but obtains telecommunications services from another carrier for resale to the public for profit."Service" means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used. Service shall not include the provision of nontelecommunications services, including but not limited to the printing, distribution, or sale of advertising in telephone directories, maintenance of inside wire, customer premises equipment and billing and collection, nor does it include the provision of mobile telephone service, enhanced services and other unregulated services. (Enhanced services means services that are delivered over communications transmission facilities and that use computer processing applications to: (1) change the content, format, code or protocol of transmitted information; (2) provide the customer new or restructured information; or, (3) involve end-user interaction with information stored in a computer.)"Tariff" means all or any part of the body of rates, tolls, charges, classifications, and terms and conditions of service relating to regulated services offered, the conditions under which services are offered and the charges therefore, which have been filed with and approved by the Commission."Telecommunications" means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of voice or data information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received."Telecommunications service provider ("TSP")" means all authorized providers of local exchange service, whether an incumbent LEC or a competitive LEC."Terms of Service" means rates, charges and terms and conditions for regulated services that a reseller elects to post, in a searchable format, on a publicly available website."Zero minus ("0-") call" means an operator-assisted call where the calling party dials zero ("0") for an operator and waits until an operator comes on the line. The caller then states the telephone number they want to reach and the nature (person-to-person, collect, etc.) of the call."Zero plus ("0+") call" means an operator-assisted call where the calling party dials zero ("0") followed by the number being called, including the area code. This dialing pattern is used mostly for collect, credit card, person-to-person and third-party-billed calls. The caller indicates the type of call after dialing is completed and an operator may come on line.