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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 5 - Universal Service Fund › 3 AAC 53.310 - Approval of administrator; withdrawal of approval; bonding

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To serve as an
				  administrator of the AUSF, the applicant must be approved by the commission.
				  The commission will approve the selection of an administrator of the AUSF, if
				  the applicant meets the requirements of this section.
(b) To be approved under this section, an
				  applicant for the administrator must
(1) be
				  able to operate the AUSF in a neutral and impartial manner;
(2) have the skills to bill, collect, and
				  distribute large financial sums on a monthly basis; and
(3) provide documentation of the ability to
				  obtain and maintain a bond in the amount ordered by the commission in an amount
				  equal to three months of estimated payments into the AUSF.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 5 - Universal Service Fund › 3 AAC 53.320 - Budget approval; administrative costs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In order to
				  meet the requirements of
				  AS
				  42.05.800 -
				  AS
				  42.05.890, the budget for administrative
				  costs, including compensation of the administrator, must be approved by the
				  commission.
(b) No later than
				  October 1 of each year, in accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.095, the administrator shall submit the
				  proposed budget described in (a) of this section to the commission for approval
				  for the following year.
(c) The
				  commission will only approve the proposed budget described in (a) of this
				  section, if the commission finds that the proposed budget is reasonable and in
				  the public interest.
(d) To
				  maintain approval of the budget by the commission, payment for the
				  administrator's compensation may not exceed the amount specified in the budget
				  approved by the commission.
(e) The
				  administrative costs approved by the commission shall be included, along with
				  the estimated amount of universal service support disbursement from the AUSF,
				  in the calculation of the universal service surcharge factor described in
				  3 AAC 53.340.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.431
AS 42.05.711
AS 42.05.800
AS
						42.05.840
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 5 - Universal Service Fund › 3 AAC 53.330 - Reports, audits, and separation of money

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To maintain
				  approval under
				  3 AAC 53.310,
(1) the
				  administrator shall keep the amount allocated for universal service support in
				  the AUSF in an account separate from other money under the control of the
				  administrator;
(2) the AUSF and the
				  accounting practices of the administrator are subject to a yearly audit by an
				  independent accounting firm and may be subject to an additional audit during
				  the year by the commission, if ordered by the commission; the AUSF and the
				  accounting practices of the administrator are subject to a close-out audit at
				  the end of the administrator's term;
(3) the administrator shall report annually
				  to the commission, in accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.095, an itemization of monthly administrative
				  costs, including expenses, receipts, and payments associated with the
				  administration of the AUSF; the administrator shall provide the commission full
				  access to the data collected under or prepared through the administration of
				  the AUSF;
(4) the administrator
				  shall report quarterly to the commission, in accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.095, on the disbursement of money from the AUSF
				  along with any recommended changes to the universal service surcharge factor;
				  the administrator shall keep separate accounts for the universal service
				  surcharge collected and universal service support disbursed; and
(5) at the request of the commission, the
				  administrator may audit one or more public utilities required to pay the
				  universal service surcharge and one or more public utilities that have received
				  disbursements from the AUSF; the administrator shall establish procedures to
				  verify universal service surcharge payments in to the AUSF and universal
				  service support disbursed from the AUSF; the administrator may suspend or delay
				  disbursements for universal service support to a public utility if that utility
				  fails to adequately verify the amount of universal service support claimed, or
				  if the commission issues an order to suspend or delay disbursement.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 5 - Universal Service Fund › 3 AAC 53.340 - Universal service surcharge

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A public
				  utility that provides intrastate telecommunications service to the public, or
				  to those classes of users as to be effectively available to the public for a
				  fee, shall pay a universal service surcharge to the AUSF. The public utility
				  must pay the surcharge on its annual gross revenues that are generated from end
				  users on the following intrastate telecommunications services and charges:
(1) cellular telephone and paging
				  services;
(2) mobile radio
				  services;
(3) operator
				  services;
(4) personal
				  communications services (PCS);
(5)
				  special access service;
(6) wide
				  area telecommunications service (WATS);
(7) toll-free service;
(8) 900 service;
(9) message telephone service
				  (MTS);
(10) private line
				  service;
(11) telex;
(12) telegraph;
(13) video services;
(14) satellite service;
(15) resale of intrastate services;
(16) pay phone services;
(17) local exchange services;
(18) the network access fee assessed on end
				  users in accordance with section 109 of the
Alaska Intrastate
				  Interexchange Access Charge Manual
, adopted by reference in
				  3 AAC 48.440;
(19) interconnected Voice over Internet
				  Protocol (VoIP).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 5 - Universal Service Fund › 3 AAC 53.346 - Essential network support for local exchange carriers

Current through May 31, 2024
Effective January 1, 2019, carrier of last resort support
					 and carrier common line support are eliminated. As of that date, carriers that
					 previously received carrier of last resort support or carrier common line
					 support shall receive support, designated essential network support, as
					 follows:
(1) a carrier that previously
				  received carrier common line support but not carrier of last resort support
				  shall receive, on an annual basis. essential network support in an amount equal
				  to the amount of carrier common line support received for the year ended
				  December 31, 2016, essential network support is frozen at that level and the
				  amount payable is subject to
				  3 AAC 53.350(e)
(2) a carrier that provides service in a
				  study area that is entirely a remote area and that previously received both
				  carrier common line support and carrier of last resort support shall receive,
				  on an annual basis, essential network support in an amount equal to
(A) the amount of carrier common line support
				  received for the year ended December 31,2016, plus
(B) the amount of carrier of last resort
				  support received for the year ended December 31, 2016, essential network
				  support for both is frozen at those levels and both are subject to reduction
				  under the 10 percent rate cap provided for under
				  3 AAC 53.340(d).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 5 - Universal Service Fund › 3 AAC 53.350 - Disbursements of the AUSF

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  administrator shall disburse on a monthly basis money approved by the
				  commission from the AUSF for universal service support eligible in the current
				  month for
(1) dial equipment minute (DEM)
				  weighting;
(2) essential network
				  support.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 5 - Universal Service Fund › 3 AAC 53.399 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in
					 3 AAC 53.300 - 3 AAC 53.399
(1) "administrator" means the applicant
				  approved by the commission under
				  3 AAC 53.310 to serve as administrator of
				  AUSF;
(2) "AUSF" means the Alaska
				  Universal Service Fund;
(3)
				  "eligible telecommunications carrier" means a telecommunications utility
				  eligible under
				  47
				  U.S.C. 214(e) of the Federal
				  Communications Act, as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (P.L.
				  104-104);
(4) repealed 12/20/2018;
(5) "nonpooling company" means a company that
				  is not a participant in the access charge pool established by the Alaska
				  Intrastate Interexchange Access Charge Manual adopted by reference in
				  3 AAC 48.440;
(6) "pooling company" means a company that is
				  a participant in the access charge pool established by the Alaska Intrastate
				  Interexchange Access Charge Manual adopted by reference in
				  3 AAC 48.440;
(7) "universal service surcharge" or
				  "surcharge" means a rate paid by a public utility for the use of the public
				  telecommunications network;
(8)
				  repealed 12/20/2018;
(9) "exchange"
				  or "local exchange" has the same meaning given in
				  3 AAC 48.820;
(10) "local exchange carrier" has the meaning
				  given in 3 AAC 53.299;
(11) "study area" has the meaning given in
				  3 AAC 53.499;
(12) "Interconnected Voice over Internet
				  Protocol" has the same meaning as set out in
				  47
				  C.F.R. 9.3.
(13) "remote areas" means all areas of the
				  state except the ACS-Anchorage incumbent study area; the ACS-Juneau incumbent
				  study area; the Fairbanks zonel disaggregation zone in the ACS-Fairbanks
				  incumbent study area; and the Chugiak 1 and 2 and Eagle River 1 and 2
				  disaggregation zones of the Matanuska Telephone Association incumbent study
				  area.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS
						42.05.145
AS
						42.05.151
AS
						42.05.431
AS
						42.05.711
AS
						42.05.800
AS
						42.05.840
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 6 - Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation › 3 AAC 53.400 - Applicability, finding, purpose, and waiver

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions
				  of 3 AAC 53.400 -
				  3 AAC 53.499 apply to a common carrier seeking to obtain
				  or maintain designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier under
				  47 U.S.C.
				  214(e)(2).
(b) The purpose of
				  3 AAC 53.400 -
				  3 AAC 53.499 is to establish requirements for a common
				  carrier requesting or seeking to maintain designation as an eligible
				  telecommunications carrier in the state.
(c) For good cause shown, the commission by
				  order may waive any portion of
				  3 AAC 53.400 -
				  3 AAC 53.499 for a common carrier requesting or seeking
				  to maintain designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier. A waiver
				  granted under this subsection may be conditioned upon the common carrier
				  fulfilling requirements not stated in
				  3 AAC 53.400 -
				  3 AAC 53.499.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS
						42.05.151
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 6 - Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation › 3 AAC 53.420 - Deployment plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A common carrier seeking designation as
				  an eligible telecommunications carrier must file a network deployment plan
				  explaining its plans to provide service throughout the proposed eligible
				  telecommunications service area. The network deployment plan must include
(1) an explanation of how service
				  availability, service quality, coverage, or capacity will improve over the
				  duration of the deployment plan with the receipt of universal service support
				  for high-cost areas;
(2) the
				  projected start and completion date for each major expansion of the network
				  deployment plan;
(3) the total
				  estimated investment for each planned major expansion of the network and the
				  estimated amount of universal service support for high-cost areas that is
				  available to fund the investment;
(4) specific geographic locations for each
				  major expansion;
(5) areas
				  receiving facilities-based coverage as a result of network expansion;
				  and
(6) specific areas where resale
				  will be the primary means of providing service.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 6 - Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation › 3 AAC 53.430 - Request to redefine service area

Current through May 31, 2024
If a common carrier proposes an eligible telecommunications
					 carrier service area that differs from the study area of the incumbent local
					 exchange carrier, the requesting carrier must provide
(1) the population, square miles, and road
				  miles of each wire center area where the common carrier seeks eligible
				  telecommunications carrier designation;
(2) the population, square miles, and road
				  miles of each wire center area where the common carrier does not seek eligible
				  telecommunications carrier designation;
(3) the source of the information provided in
				  (1) and (2) of this section;
(4)
				  information on the approved plan for disaggregation of support by the incumbent
				  local exchange carrier under 47 C.F.R. 54.315;
(5) if the study area is the area served by a
				  rural telephone company, an acknowledgement that commission approval of a
				  proposed rural service area is conditioned upon approval by the Federal
				  Communications Commission after taking into account the recommendations of the
				  Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service in accordance with
				  47 U.S.C.
				  214(e)(5);
(6) a demonstration that the proposed
				  eligible telecommunications carrier service area is in the public interest;
				  and
(7) a discussion of
				  creamskimming that includes
(A) a
				  demonstration that the proposed redefinition of a service area does not result
				  in an opportunity for creamskimming; or
(B) if the opportunity for creamskimming does
				  exist, an explanation of how
(i) the public
				  interest would be served by designating the common carrier as an eligible
				  telecommunications carrier for an area other than the incumbent local exchange
				  carrier study area; and
(ii)
				  disaggregation of the incumbent local exchange carrier's universal service
				  support under 47 C.F.R.
				  54.315 would affect the opportunity for
				  creamskimming.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 6 - Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation › 3 AAC 53.440 - Procedural requirements for requests for eligible telecommunications carrier designation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A request for designation as an eligible
				  telecommunications carrier must be in writing, must be verified by an
				  authorized officer of the requesting common carrier, and must conform to the
				  general requirements of pleadings set out in
				  3 AAC 48.100. A request for designation as an eligible
				  telecommunications carrier will be considered a petition as defined in
				  3 AAC 48.820.
(b) The requesting common carrier shall serve
				  a copy of its petition, in accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.090, on any common carrier that has been
				  designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier in any part of the
				  proposed eligible telecommunications carrier service area.
(c) The commission will publicly notice a
				  request for designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier and invite
				  comment on the request, providing a comment period of at least 21
				  days.
(d) If the request for
				  designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier does not contain all
				  information required by
				  3 AAC 53.410,
				  3 AAC 53.420, and
				  3 AAC 53.430, the commission will require the requesting
				  carrier to submit the missing information within five business days after the
				  commission requests the missing information.
(e) If the commission needs information that
				  is not required by
				  3 AAC 53.410,
				  3 AAC 53.420, or
				  3 AAC 53.430 to determine whether to grant a request for
				  eligible telecommunications carrier designation, the commission will require
				  the requesting carrier to submit further information within five business days
				  after the commission requests further information.
(f) The requesting carrier bears the burden
				  of proof with respect to all issues raised by its petition for designation as
				  an eligible telecommunications carrier.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS
						42.05.151
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 6 - Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation › 3 AAC 53.450 - Consumer protection and service quality

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An eligible
				  telecommunications carrier shall maintain at least one business office, with
				  toll-free calling if necessary, staffed during commission business hours, to
				  provide customers with access to personnel who can timely provide information
				  on services and rates, accept and process service applications, explain and
				  adjust bills, and generally represent the carrier.
(b) A wireless carrier that is designated as
				  an eligible telecommunications carrier shall comply with the Cellular
				  Telecommunications and Internet Association's
Consumer Code for
				  Wireless Service
by
(1) disclosing
				  rates and terms of service to customers;
(2) making available maps showing where
				  service is generally available;
(3)
				  providing contract terms to customers and confirming changes in
				  service;
(4) allowing a trial
				  period for new service;
(5)
				  providing specific disclosures in advertising;
(6) separately identifying carrier charges
				  from taxes on billing statements;
(7) providing customers the right to
				  terminate service for changes to contract terms;
(8) providing ready access to customer
				  service;
(9) promptly responding to
				  consumer inquiries and complaints received from government agencies;
				  and
(10) abiding by policies for
				  protection of consumer privacy.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 6 - Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation › 3 AAC 53.460 - Reporting requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A common carrier designated as an
				  eligible telecommunications carrier in this state and that files a report with
				  the Federal Communications Commission under
				  47 C.F.R.
				  54.313 shall provide a copy of that report to
				  the commission on or before July 1 of each year, in accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.095. The filing must be supplemented with
(1) a report identifying any designated areas
				  that remain unserved;
(2) a report
				  of the common carrier's non-compliance with the requirements set out
				  3 AAC 53.410(a)(12), with a detailed
				  explanation of the steps being taken to achieve compliance; and
(3) a certification that the common carrier
				  advertised the availability of supported services throughout the eligible
				  telecommunications carrier service area in the prior calendar year.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 6 - Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation › 3 AAC 53.470 - Audits

Current through May 31, 2024
The commission may, on its own motion or in response to a
					 petition from an interested entity, request the Alaska Universal Service Fund
					 administrator approved under
					 3 AAC 53.310 or an appropriate entity to perform an
					 audit of a designated eligible telecommunications carrier's compliance with
					 eligible telecommunications carrier requirements.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.05.291
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 6 - Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation › 3 AAC 53.480 - Revocation, suspension, or modification of designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier

Current through May 31, 2024
If the commission determines that an eligible
					 telecommunications carrier failed to comply with the requirements of
					 47 U.S.C.
					 214(e), 3 AAC 53.400 -
					 3 AAC 53.499, commission orders, or other applicable
					 law, or failed to fulfill commitments made in filings with the commission
					 regarding eligible telecommunications carrier status, the commission, after
					 notice and opportunity to be heard, may revoke, suspend or modify the carrier's
					 eligible telecommunications carrier designation.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS
						42.05.151
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 6 - Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation › 3 AAC 53.499 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
					 3 AAC 53.400 -
					 3 AAC 53.499, unless the context requires
					 otherwise,
(1) "business day" means a
				  day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday;
(2) "common carrier" has the meaning given in
				  47 U.S.C.
				  153(11);
(3) "coverage area" means one or more
				  locations where the common carrier is capable of providing the supported
				  services;
(4) "creamskimming" means
				  the practice of targeting the customers that are the least expensive or the
				  most profitable for the incumbent local exchange carrier to serve, thereby
				  undercutting the incumbent local exchange carrier's ability to provide service
				  throughout its study area;
(5)
				  "eligible telecommunications carrier service area" or "service area" means the
				  geographical boundaries specified in an common carrier's request for
				  designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier;
(6) "exchange" or "local exchange" has the
				  meaning given in
				  3 AAC 48.820;
(7) "facilities" means any physical
				  components of the telecommunications network that are used in the transmission
				  or routing of the services that are designated for support;
(8) "lifeline" has the meaning given in
				  47 C.F.R.
				  54.401;
(9) "link up" has the meaning given in
				  47 C.F.R.
				  54.411;
(10) "rural telephone company" has the
				  meaning given in 47 U.S.C.
				  153(44);
(11) "service area redefinition" means a
				  change to an eligible telecommunications carrier service area that would cause
				  the area to differ from the incumbent local exchange carrier study
				  area;
(12) "study area" means the
				  geographic area over which the incumbent local exchange carrier calculates its
				  costs and performs jurisdictional separations, and is generally composed of the
				  exchanges in the state served by that incumbent local exchange carrier; "study
				  area" does not include areas outside the incumbent local exchange carrier's
				  certificated service area;
(13)
				  "supported services" means the basic services supported by the federal
				  universal service fund in accordance with
				  47 C.F.R.
				  54.101(a), including
(A) voice grade access;
(B) local usage;
(C) dual-tone multi-frequency
				  signaling;
(D) single-party
				  service;
(E) access to emergency
				  services;
(F) access to operator
				  services;
(G) access to
				  interexchange service;
(H) access
				  to directory assistance; and
(I)
				  toll limitation or a similar service for low-income customers;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 7 - Criteria for the Provision of Pay-Per-Call Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.500 - Applicability, purpose, and waiver

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions
				  of 3 AAC 53.500 -
				  3 AAC 53.530 and
				  3 AAC 53.599 apply to a local exchange carrier or an
				  intrastate interexchange carrier that provides billing and collection services
				  to a pay-per-call information provider either directly or on behalf of an
				  interexchange carrier.
(b) The
				  provisions of
				  3 AAC 53.500,
				  3 AAC 53.540 -
				  3 AAC 53.570, and
				  3 AAC 53.599 apply to a local exchange carrier or an
				  intrastate interexchange carrier that provides transmission services to a
				  pay-per-call information provider.
(c) The purpose of
				  3 AAC 53.500 -
				  3 AAC 53.599 is to establish criteria for the provision
				  of intrastate pay-per-call telephone service.
(d) Unless otherwise required under AS 42.05,
				  any requirement in
				  3 AAC 53.500 -
				  3 AAC 53.599 may be modified or waived, in whole or in
				  part, by order of the commission upon application and a showing of good cause
				  or on the commission's own motion under procedures set out in
				  3 AAC 48.805.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.221
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.311
AS 42.05.321
AS 42.05.361
AS 42.05.371
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 7 - Criteria for the Provision of Pay-Per-Call Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.510 - Prohibition against disconnection of service

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A local
				  exchange carrier may not disconnect a customer's basic local telephone service
				  for nonpayment of pay-per call telephone service charges.
(b) An interexchange carrier may not
				  disconnect a customer's interexchange telephone service for nonpayment of
				  pay-per-call telephone service charges.
(c) A local exchange carrier or an
				  interexchange carrier may not threaten to disconnect basic local or
				  interexchange telephone service or imply that service may be disconnected due
				  to nonpayment of pay-per-call telephone service charges.
(d) Pay-per-call telephone service charges
				  may not be included in the amount that must be paid to avoid disconnection of
				  basic local or interexchange telephone service.
(e) Pay-per-call telephone service charges
				  may not be included in the calculation of deposits to establish or reconnect
				  basic local or interexchange telephone service.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.221
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.311
AS 42.05.321
AS 42.05.361
AS 42.05.371
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 7 - Criteria for the Provision of Pay-Per-Call Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.520 - Billing requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) On a billing statement, charges for
				  pay-per-call telephone service must be segregated from charges for basic local
				  or interexchange telephone service charges and be listed in a clear and
				  conspicuous manner under a separate heading that reads "Pay-Per-Call Telephone
				  Service Charges."
(b) A billing
				  statement that includes charges for pay-per-call telephone services must
				  include a clear and conspicuous notice that states: "Your telephone service may
				  not be disconnected for failure to pay for Pay-Per-Call Telephone Service
				  Charges." "Pay-Per-Call Telephone Charges" may be disputed if you believe the
				  charges are unauthorized, fraudulent, or illegal.
(c) A billing statement must provide a local
				  or toll-free telephone number that a customer may call with inquiries or
				  disputes regarding pay-per-call telephone service charges.
(d) The name, address, and business telephone
				  number of the information service provider must be provided at a customer's
				  oral or written request in a reasonable amount of time and free of
				  charge.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.221
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.311
AS 42.05.321
AS 42.05.361
AS 42.05.371
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 7 - Criteria for the Provision of Pay-Per-Call Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.530 - Complaint procedure and adjustment policy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) When a customer
				  questions or disputes a pay-per-call telephone service charge, the billing
				  agent shall inform the customer of the blocking options that are
				  available.
(b) The billing agent
				  shall waive pay-per-call telephone service charges for the period of time from
				  a customer's first inadvertent, mistaken, or unauthorized call to the date on
				  which the customer notifies the billing agent that the charges are
				  disputed.
(c) A customer may be
				  blocked from access to pay-per-call telephone service, but not basic local
				  telephone or interexchange telephone service, if inadvertent, mistaken, or
				  unauthorized use occurs after the first waiver under (b) of this section and
				  the customer refuses to pay the charges.
(d) In exchanges where customer-specific
				  blocking of pay-per-call services is available, the billing agent shall provide
				  adjustments for pay-per-call telephone service charges for reasonably disputed
				  charges. The basis for a reasonably disputed charge includes
(1) the customer did not receive a price
				  advertisement in the preamble, the price of the call was misrepresented to the
				  customer in the preamble, or the price advertisement received by the customer
				  in the preamble was false, misleading, or deceptive;
(2) the customer was misled, deceived, or
				  confused by the preamble;
(3) the
				  pay-per-call telephone service program was incomplete, garbled, inaudible, or
				  unintelligible;
(4) the customer
				  was disconnected or cut off from the pay-per-call telephone service;
(5) the pay-per-call telephone service
				  provided out-of-date information;
(6) the customer terminated the call during
				  the preamble described in
				  3 AAC 53.560(c) but was charged for the
				  pay-per-call telephone service; or
(7) the customer did not take affirmative
				  action to accept a collect pay-per-call telephone service.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 7 - Criteria for the Provision of Pay-Per-Call Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.540 - Blocking requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Where technically feasible, a local
				  exchange carrier shall provide free, first-time, customer-specific blocking of
				  pay-per-call telephone service and annually notify its customers that initial
				  blocking is available free of charge.
(b) A local exchange carrier may charge
				  customers an appropriate tariffed fee for customer-specific reconnection to
				  pay-per-call telephone service.
(c)
				  A local exchange carrier may charge customers an appropriate tariffed fee for
				  customer-specific blocking after having provided that customer initial blocking
				  and reconnection to pay-per-call telephone service.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.221
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.311
AS 42.05.321
AS 42.05.361
AS 42.05.371
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 7 - Criteria for the Provision of Pay-Per-Call Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.550 - Prohibition against automated collect calls or the broadcasting of tones

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A
				  local exchange carrier or interexchange carrier may not provide transmission
				  services for pay-per-call telephone service originated by an information
				  service provider and charged to a customer unless the called party has taken
				  affirmative action clearly indicating that it accepts the charges for collect
				  pay-per-call telephone service.
(b)
				  A local exchange carrier or interexchange carrier may not provide transmission
				  services for a pay-per-call telephone service that uses the broadcasting of
				  tones to dial a pay-per-call telephone service number.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.221
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.311
AS 42.05.321
AS 42.05.361
AS 42.05.371
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 7 - Criteria for the Provision of Pay-Per-Call Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.560 - Preamble requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At the beginning of each pay-per-call
				  telephone service, a preamble is required that provides disclosure information
				  pertaining to the specific service provided.
(b) The preamble must be clearly
				  understandable and audible.
(c) The
				  disclosure information contained in the preamble must include
(1) the name of the pay-per-call telephone
				  service provider;
(2) the nature of
				  the pay-per-call telephone service provided; and
(3) the maximum charge per initial and
				  subsequent minute and per call.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 7 - Criteria for the Provision of Pay-Per-Call Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.570 - Enforcement

Current through May 31, 2024
Local exchange carriers and interexchange carriers are
					 prohibited from providing transmission services for pay-per-call telephone
					 service that does not comply with
					 3 AAC 53.500 -
					 3 AAC 53.599.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.221
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.311
AS 42.05.321
AS 42.05.361
AS 42.05.371
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 7 - Criteria for the Provision of Pay-Per-Call Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.599 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless the context indicates otherwise,
				  in 3 AAC 53.500 -
				  3 AAC 53.570
(1)
				  "billing agent" means the local exchange carrier or the intrastate
				  interexchange carrier doing billing and collection on behalf of the information
				  provider;
(2) "blocking" means the
				  denial of customer access to certain telephone services;
(3) "children" means persons under the age of
				  18;
(4) "information provider"
				  means a person who furnishes, conducts, or offers a pay-per-call telephone
				  service or who holds itself out as engaged in the business of furnishing,
				  conducting, or offering pay-per-call telephone service;
(5) "pay-per-call telephone service" means a
				  service that permits simultaneous calling by a number of callers to a single
				  telephone number and for which the customer is assessed, on a per-call or a
				  per-time-interval basis, a charge that is greater than or in addition to the
				  charge for the transmission of the call; "pay-per-call telephone service"
				  excludes directory assistance or conference call services that are offered by a
				  telecommunications utility and excludes services for which the charge is
				  dependent upon a presubscription relationship between the customer and a
				  service provider; and
(6)
				  "preamble" means an initial, free-of-charge disclosure message preceding the
				  pay-per-call telephone service that informs the customer about the information
				  service provider, the program being purchased, and all charges related to the
				  program.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 8 - Criteria for the Provision of Statewide Directory Assistance › 3 AAC 53.610 - Applicability and waiver

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions
				  of 3 AAC 53.610 -
				  3 AAC 53.660 apply to all local exchange carriers,
				  interexchange carriers, alternate operator service providers, pay telephone
				  providers, and directory assistance providers.
(b) Unless otherwise required under AS 42.05,
				  a requirement in
				  3 AAC 53.610 -
				  3 AAC 53.660 may be modified or waived, in whole or in
				  part, by order of the commission and a showing of good cause or on the
				  commission's own motion. An applicant shall file and the commission will
				  consider an application in accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.805.
(c) Nothing in
				  3 AAC 53.610 -
				  3 AAC 53.660 precludes or otherwise limits a directory
				  assistance provider from using partially or fully automated technologies in the
				  provision of directory assistance services.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.311
AS
						42.05.321
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 8 - Criteria for the Provision of Statewide Directory Assistance › 3 AAC 53.620 - Provision of intrastate directory assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A local
				  exchange carrier shall provide 411 dialed intrastate directory assistance to
				  its local subscribers either through an internal directory assistance bureau or
				  through a directory assistance agent. On or before December 1, 2004, each local
				  exchange carrier must notify the commission of the name and address of the
				  carrier's directory assistance provider. Within seven days after any change in
				  the name or address of its directory assistance provider, a local exchange
				  carrier must notify the commission of that change. A local exchange carrier
				  shall include in its tariff its rates for 411 dialed intrastate directory
				  assistance, unless the carrier is exempt from tariff filing requirements under
				  AS
				  42.05.711. A local exchange carrier shall
				  ensure that subscriber listings obtained by its subscribers through 411 dialed
				  intrastate directory assistance are current within five business days after a
				  change in subscriber status.
(b) An
				  interexchange carrier may provide 907-555-1212 dialed intrastate directory
				  assistance to its customers. On or before December 1, 2004, each interexchange
				  carrier that provides 907-555-1212 dialed intrastate directory assistance must
				  notify the commission of the name and address of the carrier's directory
				  assistance provider. Within seven days after any change in the name or address
				  of its directory assistance provider, an interexchange carrier must notify the
				  commission of that change. Except for intrastate directory assistance provided
				  through a prepaid calling card service subject to
				  3 AAC 52.377, an interexchange carrier shall include in
				  its tariff its rates for 907-555-1212 dialed intrastate directory assistance.
				  An interexchange carrier shall ensure that subscriber listings obtained by its
				  subscribers through 907-555-1212 dialed intrastate directory assistance are
				  current within five days after a change in subscriber status.
(c) Only a local exchange carrier may provide
				  411 dialed intrastate directory assistance. Only an interexchange carrier may
				  provide 907-555-1212 dialed intrastate directory assistance. Charges for
				  intrastate directory assistance provided through other numbers are not required
				  to be included in a tariff or approved in advance by the commission.
(d) The rates for 411 dialed and 907-555-1212
				  dialed intrastate directory assistance from a pay telephone must be clearly
				  posted.
(e) The answering time
				  objective set out in
				  3 AAC 52.300(b) applies to all 411
				  dialed and 907-555-1212 dialed intrastate directory assistance.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.311
AS
						42.05.321
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 8 - Criteria for the Provision of Statewide Directory Assistance › 3 AAC 53.625 - Directory assistance providers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Upon petition
				  or on its own motion, the commission may investigate the wholesale rates a
				  directory assistance provider charges to local exchange carriers for 411 dialed
				  intrastate directory assistance or to intrastate interexchange carriers for
				  907-555-1212 dialed intrastate directory assistance.
(b) A directory assistance provider may not
				  charge unjust or unreasonable rates for 411 dialed or 907-555-1212 dialed
				  intrastate directory assistance, grant an unreasonable preference or advantage,
				  or subject a customer to an unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS
						42.05.151
AS
						42.05.145
AS
						42.05.291
AS
						42.05.361
AS
						42.05.381
AS
						42.05.391
AS
						42.05.411
AS
						42.05.421
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 8 - Criteria for the Provision of Statewide Directory Assistance › 3 AAC 53.645 - Discontinuance of service

Current through May 31, 2024
A directory assistance agent may discontinue, suspend, or
					 abandon service only after six months' notice to its customers and to the
					 commission. The commission may require a directory assistance agent to continue
					 providing service until another available directory assistance agent is capable
					 of providing all services needed for the public convenience and
					 necessity.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.05.261
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 8 - Criteria for the Provision of Statewide Directory Assistance › 3 AAC 53.650 - Provision and use of subscriber data

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A local
				  exchange carrier shall provide directory assistance, directory listings, and
				  directory assistance databases to a competing provider of telephone exchange
				  service, a competing provider of telephone toll service, or a directory
				  assistance agent in a nondiscriminatory manner as required by
				  47 C.F.R.
				  51.217, revised as of October 1, 2003 and
				  adopted by reference. The subscriber data that a local exchange carrier must
				  provide under this subsection includes the directory listings and directory
				  assistance databases of any total service reseller for which the provisioning
				  local exchange carrier is the underlying carrier, unless the total service
				  reseller undertakes the obligation to provide the data for its customers and
				  requests the underlying carrier not to provide the data.
(b) A local exchange carrier shall ensure
				  that the information provided to its own directory assistance provider, and to
				  any competitive directory assistance provider, is accurate and updated within
				  five business days after a change in subscriber status. A local exchange
				  carrier shall make initial and updated subscriber listings available to each
				  directory assistance provider within the same period.
(c) Unless it is exempt under
				  AS
				  42.05.711 from tariff filing requirements, a
				  local exchange carrier shall include charges for the directory listings and
				  directory databases provided under (a) of this section in its tariff. Those
				  charges must be a rate
(1) not to exceed $.04
				  per listing for an initial list, and $.06 per listing for a list of updates;
				  or
(2) based on the following
				  direct costs of producing a directory list:
(A) processing of the list or database
				  request, including order-taking and invoicing;
(B) production of the list or
				  database;
(C) cost of the
				  distribution format such as diskette, compact disc, or paper;
(D) amortized programming costs necessary to
				  set up the list or database.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 8 - Criteria for the Provision of Statewide Directory Assistance › 3 AAC 53.660 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in
					 3 AAC 53.610 -
					 3 AAC 53.660,
(1) "affiliated interest" has the meaning
				  given in AS 42.05.990;
(2) "alternate operator service" has the
				  meaning given in
				  AS
				  42.05.325(c);
(3) "business day" means each day of a
				  calendar week except a Saturday, a Sunday, and each holiday that is observed by
				  a local exchange carrier or interexchange carrier;
(4) "commission" means the Regulatory
				  Commission of Alaska;
(5) "direct
				  cost" means a cost specifically attributed to the production of an individual
				  service or product without requiring the use of allocations to separate it from
				  costs incurred in the production of other services or products;
(6) "directory assistance agent" means an
				  entity that operates as an agent of a local exchange carrier or an
				  interexchange carrier to maintain a database and provide operator services for
				  the provision of intrastate directory assistance to end users;
(7) "directory assistance provider" means an
				  entity that maintains a database and provides operator services for the
				  provision of intrastate directory assistance to end users;
(8) "interexchange carrier" means a carrier
				  certificated or registered to provide intrastate interexchange telephone
				  service;
(9) "intrastate directory
				  assistance" means the audio provision of statewide directory information to a
				  customer calling from the 907 area code;
(10) "local exchange carrier" means a carrier
				  certificated to provide local exchange telephone service;
(11) "total service reseller" means a local
				  exchange carrier that purchases local service on a wholesale basis from a
				  facilities-based local exchange carrier for resale to local
				  customers;
(12) "underlying
				  carrier" means a facilities-based local exchange carrier that provides local
				  services to another local exchange carrier for resale to end users.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.05.291