Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 28 - Communications › Section 20 CSR 4240-28.010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule defines various terms used in this
				  chapter, which are not defined in sections
				  386.020 or
				  67.2677,
				  RSMo.
(1) Access line-A line
				connected to the customer's premises used to provide basic local
				telecommunications service or used to provide IVoIP service.
(2) Certificate of service
				authority-Authorization granted by the commission or charter by the state of
				Missouri to provide basic local telecommunications service, nonswitched local
				telecommunications service, interex-change telecommunications service,
				pay-phone service, or shared tenant service.
(3) Commission-The Missouri Public Service
				Commission.
(4) Commission's
				website-
www.psc.mo.gov
.
(5) EFIS-The commission's Electronic Filing
				and Information System (EFIS). EFIS may be accessed through the commission's
				website.
(6) Interconnection
				agreement-An agreement filed with a state commission pursuant to
				47
				U.S.C. 252 containing the terms, conditions,
				and rates associated with interconnection services pursuant to
				47 U.S.C.
				251.
(7) Interconnected voice over internet
				protocol service (IVoIP)-A communications service as defined by section
				386.020,
				RSMo.
(8) Intrastate-A
				telecommunications or IVoIP service originating and terminating within Missouri
				regardless of how the service is routed.
(9) Missouri jurisdictional revenue-A
				company's total revenue associated with the provisioning of intrastate
				telecommunications and IVoIP services. This revenue includes a company's net
				jurisdictional revenue, wholesale revenues, and any revenue received from the
				Missouri Universal Service Fund minus wholesale uncollectibles. Total Missouri
				jurisdictional operating revenue is annually reported and is used for the
				commission assessment.
(10)
				Non-switched local exchange telecommunications service-Service connecting
				customer locations within an exchange to other points within the exchange
				provisioned by facilities dedicated to these locations and points, and which
				facilities do not switch the service to other locations and points.
(11) Payphone service-Service providing two-
				(2-) way voice service for a fee to the general public using a privately owned
				device.
(12) Registration-The
				granting of a registration to provide interconnected voice over Internet
				protocol service or video service by the commission.
(13) Shared tenant service-The provisioning
				of a commercially shared telecommunications service provided to residents in a
				building or a common limited geographic area.
(14) Tariff-A document submitted to the
				commission identifying the telecommunications services offered by a company and
				also identifying the rates, terms, and conditions for the use of such
				services.
*Original authority: 386.040, RSMo 1939; 386.250, RSMo
					 1939, amended 1963, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996;
					 386.310, RSMo 1939, amended 1979, 1989, 1996; 392.450, RSMo 1987, amended 1996,
					 2008; and 392.461, RSMo 2011, amended 2013,
					 2014.