Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 31 - Public Utilities Commission › Rule 31.46.01 - UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND RULES › Section 31.46.01.005 - DEFINITIONS

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Basic Local Exchange
			 Service
. "Basic local exchange service" means the provision of access
			 lines to residential and small business customers with the associated
			 transmission of two-way interactive switched voice communication within a local
			 exchange area. See Section
			 62-603(1), Idaho
			 Code. (3-31-22)
02.
Basic
			 Local Exchange Rate
. "Basic local exchange rate" means the monthly
			 charge imposed by a telephone corporation for basic local exchange service, but
			 does not include any charges resulting from action by a federal agency or taxes
			 or surcharges imposed by a governmental body that are separately itemized and
			 billed by a telephone corporation to its customers. See Section
			 62-603(2), Idaho
			 Code. (3-31-22)
03.
Business
			 Telephone Service
. "Business telephone service" means telecommunication
			 service that is not residential telephone service. (3-31-22)
04.
Local Exchange Company
			 (LEC)
. "Local exchange company" (LEC) is a telephone corporation
			 providing local exchange service to customers in Idaho. (3-31-22)
05.
Local Exchange Service
.
			 "Local exchange service" means the provision of local exchange access lines to
			 residential or business customers with the associated transmission of two-way
			 interactive switched voice-grade transmission within a local exchange area.
			 (3-31-22)
06.
Message
			 Telecommunication Service (MTS)
. "Message telecommunication service
			 (MTS)" means the transmission of two-way interactive switched voice
			 communication between local exchange areas for which charges are made on a
			 per-unit basis, not including wide area telecommunications service (WATS), or
			 its equivalent, or individually negotiated contracts for telecommunication
			 services. See Section
			 62-603(6), Idaho
			 Code. (3-31-22)
07.
MTS/WATS
			 Company
. "MTS/WATS company" means a telephone corporation providing
			 Idaho intrastate MTS or WATS services within the definition of Section
			 62-603(6), Idaho
			 Code. (3-31-22)
08.
Residential Customer
. "Residential customer" means a person to
			 whom telecommunication services are furnished at a dwelling and which are used
			 for personal or domestic purposes and not for business, professional or
			 institutional purposes. See Section
			 62-603(a), Idaho
			 Code. (3-31-22)
09.
Residential Telephone Service
. "Residential telephone service"
			 means telecommunication service furnished and maintained at a dwelling
			 primarily for personal or domestic purposes and not for business, professional
			 or institutional purposes, i.e., service provided to a residential customer as
			 defined in Section
			 62-603(7), Idaho
			 Code. (3-31-22)
10.
Residual
			 Revenue Requirement
. "Residual revenue requirement means a local
			 exchange company's revenue requirement as determined by the Commission less
			 revenue generated by all intrastate telecommunication services, including local
			 exchange services priced at one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) or more of
			 the weighted statewide average and MTS/WATS access services priced at one
			 hundred percent (100%) or more of the statewide average, less contributions
			 from the federal universal service fund. See Section
			 62-610(4), Idaho
			 Code. (3-31-22)
11.
Small
			 Business Customer
. "Small business customer" means a business entity,
			 whether an individual, partnership, corporation or any other business form, to
			 whom telecommunication services are furnished for occupational, professional or
			 institutional purposes, and whose business entity does not subscribe to more
			 than five (5) access lines within a building. See Section
			 62-603(a), Idaho
			 Code. (3-31-22)
12.
Telecommunication Service
. "Telecommunication Service" means the
			 transmission of two-way interactive switched signs, signals, writing, images,
			 sounds, messages, data, or other information of any nature by wire, radio,
			 light waves, or other electromagnetic means (which includes message
			 telecommunication service and access service), which originate and terminate in
			 Idaho, and are offered to or for the public, or some portion thereof, for
			 compensation. "Telecommunication Service" does not include the one-way
			 transmission to subscribers of: (3-31-22)
a.
			 Video programming; or (3-31-22)
b.
			 Other programming service, and subscriber interaction, if any, which is
			 required for the selection of such a video programming or other programming
			 service, surveying, or the provision of radio paging, mobile radio
			 telecommunication services, answering services (including computerized or
			 otherwise automated answering or voice message services), and such services
			 shall not be subject to the provisions of Title 61, Idaho Code, or Title 62,
			 Idaho Code. See Section
			 62-603(9), Idaho
			 Code. (3-31-22)