Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Basic Local Exchange Service Customer Migration › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 484.83 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3.
(1) As
				  used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means the
				  Michigan telecommunications act, 1991 PA 179, MCL 484.2101 to
				  484.2603.
(b) "Basic local exchange
				  service" or "local exchange service" or "service" means the provision of an
				  access line and usage within a local calling area for the transmission of
				  high-quality 2-way interactive switched voice or data communication.
(c) "Business day" means a day on which a
				  provider's office is scheduled to be open for business.
(d) "Business hours" means the times that a
				  provider's office is scheduled to be open for business. As scheduled business
				  days and hours may vary, the schedule to be followed by each provider is the
				  one posted on its website.
(e)
				  "Commission" means the Michigan public service commission.
(f) "Customer service record" or "customer
				  service information" means account information including, but not limited to,
				  the customer's address, features, services, equipment, directory listings, and
				  network information, as appropriate.
(g) "Directory service provider" means the
				  entity that receives or implements the local service provider's directory
				  service requirements for the end user, including white page listings, and may
				  also include providing end user directory assistance.
(h) "End user" means the retail subscriber of
				  a telecommunication service.
(i)
				  "End user's authorization" means the data or record indicating that the end
				  user has authorized a new local service provider to change the end user's
				  service provider or view the end user's customer service record.
(j) "Federal act" means the
				  Telecommunications Act of 1996,
				  Public
				  Law 104-104.
(k) "Interconnection agreement" means an
				  agreement between 2 or more providers entered into under sections 251 and 252
				  of the federal act,
				  47 USC 251 and
				  252.
(l) "Line level" means features or activities
				  associated with a specific line.
(m) "Local service provider" means the
				  provider that administers and bills local exchange and related services for the
				  end user, and includes both of the following:
(i) A new local service provider.
(ii) An old local service provider.
(n) "Local service request" means
				  an industry standard document used among providers to request installation,
				  changes, or disconnections of local services.
(o) "Loop" or "Unbundled loop" means the
				  transmission facility between the network interface on a subscriber's premises
				  and the main distribution frame in the servicing central office.
(p) "Loss notification" means provider
				  notification initiated by the underlying network service provider at the
				  completion of a service migration to notify the old local service provider of
				  the loss of end user facilities.
(q) "New local service provider" means the
				  planned or actual provider of record following the completion of the migration
				  process.
(r) "New underlying
				  network service provider" means a provider that provides some or all of the
				  facilities and equipment components used to make up an end user's local
				  telecommunications service following the completion of the migration process or
				  the potential network service provider prior to service migration.
(s) "Number portability" means the ability of
				  users of telecommunications services to retain, at the same location, existing
				  telecommunications numbers without impairment of quality, reliability, or
				  convenience when switching from 1 telecommunications provider to another.
(t) "Old local service provider"
				  means the provider of record prior to the migration process or the current
				  local service provider prior to service migration.
(u) "Old underlying network service provider"
				  means a provider that provides some or all of the facilities and equipment
				  components used to make up an end user's local telecommunications service prior
				  to the migration process or the current network service provider prior to
				  service migration.
(v) "Plain old
				  telephone service" means the provision of a standard telephone line and
				  telephone number, as subscribed to by a residential or small business end
				  user.
(w) "Primary interexchange
				  carrier" or "primary interexchange carriers" means the provider or providers
				  designated by a wire line end user to carry intraLATA and/or interLATA long
				  distance traffic.
(x) "Provider"
				  means a person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity that provides
				  basic local exchange service as defined by section 102(b) of the act, MCL
				  484.2102.
(y) "Service
				  configuration" means identification of the type of serving arrangement used by
				  the local service provider to provide service to the end user, including
				  resale, facility-based service, and other arrangements.
(z) "Service provider" means each provider
				  involved in supplying service to an end user, including local service providers
				  or underlying network service providers, or both.
(aa) "Underlying network service provider"
				  means a provider that provides some or all of the facilities and equipment
				  components used to make up an end user's local telecommunications service,
				  including both of the following:
(i) A new
				  underlying network service provider.
(ii) An old underlying network service
				  provider.