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Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 220 - REMOVAL OF PROVIDER OF LAST RESORT SERVICE OBLIGATION › Section 407-220-4 - REMOVAL OF POLR SERVICE OBLIGATIONS IN NON-DESIGNATED MUNICIPALITIES

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Six months after a Price Cap ILEC has been relieved of the
				  obligation to provide POLR service in all Designated Municipalities, a Price
				  Cap ILEC may petition the Commission to be relieved of its POLR service
				  obligation in Non-Designated Municipalities, pursuant to the provisions of this
				  Section.
A.
Required
				Findings.
The Commission will approve a petition filed under this
				section if it finds the following:
1. That
				sufficient competition exists within a municipality to ensure access to
				affordable telephone service by households in the municipality, pursuant to the
				following standards:
a. That 95% of the
				households within the municipality are able to obtain service from at least one
				wireline facilities-based voice network service provider other than a Price Cap
				ILEC; and
b. There are one or more
				mobile telecommunications services providers that offer, on a combined basis,
				mobile telecommunications service to at least 97% of the households in the
				municipality; and
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 220 - REMOVAL OF PROVIDER OF LAST RESORT SERVICE OBLIGATION › Section 407-220-5 - PROVISION OF SERVICE AFTER REMOVAL OF POLR SERVICE OBLIGATION

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
For one year from the date on which a Price Cap ILEC is
				  relieved of the obligation to provide POLR service in any municipality, the
				  Price Cap ILEC shall continue to offer to each customer who was receiving POLR
				  service on the date the obligation ceased a telephone service with the same
				  rates, terms and conditions as it provides to POLR service customers to whom it
				  maintains its obligation to provide POLR service in other
				  municipalities.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 220 - REMOVAL OF PROVIDER OF LAST RESORT SERVICE OBLIGATION › Section 407-220-7 - WAIVER OR EXEMPTION

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Upon request of any person subject to the provisions of this
				  Chapter, or upon its own motion, the Commission may, for good cause, waive any
				  requirement of this Chapter that is not required by statute. The waiver may not
				  be inconsistent with the purposes of this Chapter or Title 35-A. The
				  Commission, the Director of Telephone and Water Utilities, or the presiding
				  officer assigned to a proceeding related to this Chapter may grant the
				  waiver.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 230 - INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND OWNERSHIP OF CUSTOMER PREMISES WIRE › Section 407-230-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Customer Premises Wire.
Customer premises wire is wire at a customer's premises that is connected to
				the local exchange carrier's communication facilities. It is located on the
				customer's side of the demarcation point.
B.
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier;
				Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier.
A local exchange carrier is a local
				exchange carrier, as defined herein, that is not an incumbent local exchange
				carrier. An incumbent local exchange carrier is a local exchange carrier or its
				successor that provided local exchange service in a defined service territory
				in Maine on February 6, 1996.
C.
Demarcation Point.
The point of demarcation and/or interconnection
				between local exchange carrier communication facilities and customer premises
				wire, protective apparatus or terminal equipment at a subscriber's premises.
				The demarcation point shall be located as provided in section
				3 of this rule.
D.
Local Exchange Carrier.
As
				used in this rule, a local exchange carrier is any telephone utility that
				provides local exchange services.
E.
Minimum Point of Entry.
The minimum point of entry is either the
				closest practicable point to where the wiring crosses a property line or the
				closest practicable point to where the wiring enters a multi-unit building or
				buildings. A local exchange carrier's reasonable and nondiscriminatory standard
				operating practices shall be stated in its terms and conditions and shall
				determine which shall apply.
F.
Network Interface Device.
A device that includes a jack and plug
				conforming to Part 68, subpart F of the rules of the Federal Communications
				Commission, and that permits disconnection of the customer premises wire from
				the local exchange carrier's communication facilities. When installed it shall
				serve as the demarcation point, provided that it is located in compliance with
				the requirements of Section
				3. The network interface device shall
				function as a point that allows testing of whether a malfunction is in the
				local exchange carrier's communications facilities or is in the customer
				premises wiring or terminal equipment. The network interface device may be
				contained in the same unit as a protector, but shall always be on the
				customer's side of the protector.
G.
Optional Wire Maintenance Plan.
A plan under which a local
				exchange carrier, for a monthly or other periodic charge, will maintain
				customer premises wire without further fee or charge.
H.
Premises.
Premises as used in
				this rule means a dwelling unit, other building or legal unit of real property
				such as a lot on which a dwelling unit is located, as determined by the local
				exchange carrier's reasonable and nondiscriminatory standard operating
				practices which shall be stated in its terms and
				conditions.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 230 - INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND OWNERSHIP OF CUSTOMER PREMISES WIRE › Section 407-230-2 - Applicability

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
This Chapter applies to one and two line business and
				  residential telephone customer premises wiring. Sections
				  4,
				  5, and
				  8 of this Chapter apply to one and two
				  line businesses and residential telephone customer premises wire installation
				  and maintenance services provided by local exchange carriers, unless the
				  customer premises wire services of a local exchange carrier have been
				  deregulated pursuant to
				   35-A M.R.S.A.
				  §7306.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 230 - INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND OWNERSHIP OF CUSTOMER PREMISES WIRE › Section 407-230-3 - Location of the Demarcation Point

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Single
				Unit Installations.
For single unit installations the demarcation point,
				if it consists of a jack and plug conforming to Part 68, subpart F of the rules
				of the Federal Communications Commission or is a network interface device as
				defined in this rule, shall be located within 30 cm (12 inches) of the
				protector or, where there is no protector, within 30 cm (12 inches) of where
				the telephone wire enters the customer's premises. If there is no jack and plug
				or network interface device, the demarcation point shall be at the customer's
				side of the protector. If there is no protector, the demarcation point shall be
				at the location that the telephone wire enters the customer's
				premises.
B.
Multi-unit
				Premises Existing as of August 13, 1990.
For multi-unit premises
				existing as of August 13, 1990, the demarcation point shall be determined in
				accordance with the local exchange carrier's reasonable and non-discriminatory
				standard operating practices which shall be stated in its terms and conditions.
				Provided, however, that where there are multiple demarcation points within the
				multi-unit premises, a demarcation point for a customer shall not be further
				inside the customer's premises than a point 30 cm (12 inches) from where the
				wiring enters the customer's premises. Facilities installed by a local exchange
				carrier or other person at, or constituting, the demarcation point, including
				any network interface devise, shall consist of a jack and plug conforming to
				Part 68, subpart F of the rules of the Federal Communications
				Commission.
C.
Multi-unit
				Installations after August 13, 1990.
For multi-unit premises in which
				wiring is installed after August 13, 1990, the local exchange carrier may
				establish in its terms and conditions a reasonable and non-discriminatory
				practice of placing the demarcation point at the minimum point of entry. if the
				local exchange carrier does not elect to establish such a practice, the
				multi-unit premises owner shall determine the location of the demarcation point
				or points. The multi-unit premises owner shall determine whether there shall be
				a single demarcation point for all customers or. separate such locations for
				each customer. Provided, however, that where there are multiple demarcation
				points within the multi-unit premises, a demarcation point for a customer shall
				not be further inside the customer's premises than a point 30 cm (12 inches)
				from where the wiring enters the customer's premises. Facilities installed by a
				local exchange carrier or other person at, or. constituting, the demarcation
				point, including any network interface device, shall consist of a jack and plug
				conforming to Part 68, subpart F of the rules of the Federal Communications
				Commission.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 230 - INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND OWNERSHIP OF CUSTOMER PREMISES WIRE › Section 407-230-4 - Installation of Customer Premises Wire

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Installation by Customers and Premises Owners.
The subscriber
				and/or premises owner, or a third party hired by such person, may install
				wiring on the subscriber's side of the demarcation point, and may remove,
				reconfigure, and rearrange wiring on that side of the demarcation point
				including wiring that may have been installed by the local exchange carrier.
				The customer or premises owner may not access carrier wiring and facilities on
				the carrier's side of the demarcation point. All plugs and jacks used in
				connection with inside wiring shall conform to Part 68, subpart F of the rules
				of the Federal Communications Commission. Installation performed by the
				customer shall also comply with any reasonable notice to the carrier and
				testing requirements and with all applicable technical specifications.
				Customers shall not be permitted access to the protector.
B.
Installation by Local Exchange
				Carriers.
Each local exchange carrier that offers services for
				installation of customer premises at a per visit or time and materials rate
				shall include those rates in its schedule of rates and terms and conditions.
				The rate may be the same as that provided in its schedule of rates for other
				premises work. The rate established by an incumbent local exchange carrier that
				is subject to rate-of-return regulation shall be based on cost. The rate
				established by an incumbent local exchange carrier that is subject to an
				alternative form of regulation (as defined in 35-A M.R.S.A. §§9101-03
				) or by a competitive local exchange carrier shall be set at no less than cost.
				When a local exchange carrier installs, modifies or adds to wiring at a
				customer premises, it shall install a network interface device without charge
				to the customer at any customer premises that does not have a network interface
				device. The network interface device shall be installed at the demarcation
				point as required by Section
				3.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 230 - INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND OWNERSHIP OF CUSTOMER PREMISES WIRE › Section 407-230-6 - Installation of Network Interface Device by Customers or Premises Owners

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Customers, premises owners, or third parties hired by a
				  customer or premises owner, may install a standard jack and plug or a network
				  interface device at the demarcation point, provided that the jack and plug
				  comply with Part 64, subpart F of the rules of the Federal Communications
				  Commission and that the location complies with Section
				  3 of this rule. The jack and plug or
				  network interface device shall be accessible to the customer. Customers shall
				  not be permitted access to the protector.
A local exchange carrier may state in its terms and
				  conditions that it has undertaken a program to install network interface
				  devices or combined network interface-protector units that are weatherproofed
				  or have special testing abilities or other features at demarcation points as
				  provided in Section
				  3 and that are outside buildings or
				  otherwise accessible to the carrier at convenient times. Local exchange carrier
				  engaged in a program as described may provide in its terms and conditions that
				  combination network interface-protector units must be installed by the local
				  exchange carrier or that customers who install a network interface device that
				  is not combined with a protector shall install a type approved by the carrier
				  and in a location approved by the carrier. A local exchange carrier engaged in
				  a program as described may also provide in its terms and conditions that in the
				  event that both the carrier and the customer install devices that are capable
				  of serving as the network interface device and as the demarcation point in
				  accordance with Section
				  3, the carrier-installed network
				  interface device shall be the demarcation point.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 230 - INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND OWNERSHIP OF CUSTOMER PREMISES WIRE › Section 407-230-7 - Ownership of Customer Premises Wire

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Customer premises wire shall be owned by the customer or
				  premises owner, as determined by law or contract, whether it is installed by a
				  telephone utility or by another person.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 230 - INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND OWNERSHIP OF CUSTOMER PREMISES WIRE › Section 407-230-8 - Inconsistent Rate Schedules and Terms and Conditions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
This Chapter supersedes any inconsistent rate schedules and
				  terms and conditions of a local exchange carrier. All local exchange carriers
				  shall revise their terms and conditions or schedule of rates to implement and
				  to be consistent with this chapter, including the 1997 amendments to this
				  chapter, and shall file revisions that comply with the 1997 amendments by
				  September 1, 1997.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 230 - INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND OWNERSHIP OF CUSTOMER PREMISES WIRE › Section 407-230-9 - Waiver

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Any provider of telecommunications services subject to the
				  provisions of this Chapter may request that the Commission waive some or all of
				  its requirements of this Chapter. Where good cause exists, the Commission may
				  grant the requested waiver, provided that the granting of the waiver would not
				  be inconsistent with the policies and intent of this Chapter.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 252 - PUBLIC INTEREST PAYPHONE PROGRAM › Section 407-252-1 - PURPOSE

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The purpose of this Chapter is to implement
				   35-A M.R.S.A.
				  §§7104(6) and
				  7508
				  by establishing the criteria the Commission will use to approve requests for
				  Public Interest Payphones. It also defines the requirements that must be met
				  for a telephone to be considered a Public Interest Payphone, the procedures for
				  applicants to request a Public Interest Payphone, and the means by which Public
				  Interest Payphone Providers and local exchange carriers will be compensated for
				  their costs associated with Public Interest Payphones.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 252 - PUBLIC INTEREST PAYPHONE PROGRAM › Section 407-252-2 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms have
				  the following meanings:
A.
800-style call
. "800-style call" means a telephone call to a
				toll-free NPA (Numbering Plan Area) code such as 800, 877, and other numbers
				established as widespread toll-free numbers.
B.
n11 call
. "n11 call" means a
				telephone call to a 211, 311, 411, 511, 611, 711, 811, or 911 number or
				successor numbers used for similar purposes.
C.
Applicant.
"Applicant" means
				a person, business, organization, agency, or any other entity that submits an
				application to obtain a Public Interest Payphone pursuant to this
				Chapter.
D.
Commission.
"Commission" means the Maine Public Utilities
				Commission.
E.
LEC
.
"LEC" means a local exchange carrier.
F.
Public Interest Payphone
				(PIP).
"Public Interest Payphone" means a publicly available telephone
				installed and funded pursuant to authority granted under
				 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§§7104(6) and
				7508.
G.
PIP instrument.
"PIP
				instrument" means the apparatus and station equipment associated with a
				PIP.
H.
PIP access
				line.
(PAL) "PIP access line" means the loop, switching and other
				equipment necessary to provide a connection from the PIP apparatus to the
				public switched network.
I.
PIP Free Calling Area.
"PIP Free Calling Area" means wire centers within
				the Basic Service Calling Area of the exchange where the PIP is
				located.
J.
PIP
				Provider.
"PIP Provider" means an entity chosen pursuant to Subsection
				4(C) to provide PIP
				service in Maine.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 252 - PUBLIC INTEREST PAYPHONE PROGRAM › Section 407-252-3 - PIP REQUIREMENTS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A PIP must conform to the following requirements:
A. Type of Telephone.
1. A PIP instrument located inside a building
				shall be a standard tone dial telephone (wall or desk type) that is capable of
				being used to make or receive telephone calls. All inside PIP instruments shall
				be of a uniform appearance, as determined by the Commission, that renders the
				PIPs easily distinguishable from other telephones. A standard distinctive sign
				shall be installed within reasonable proximity of the PIP.
2. A PIP instrument located outside a
				building shall be a metal enclosed telephone instrument with an armored head
				set cord that is capable of being used to make or receive telephone calls. All
				outside PIP instruments shall be of a uniform appearance, as determined by the
				Commission, that renders the PIPs easily distinguishable from other telephones.
				A standard distinctive sign shall be installed within reasonable proximity of
				the PIP.
3. A PIP instrument shall
				be coinless.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 252 - PUBLIC INTEREST PAYPHONE PROGRAM › Section 407-252-4 - RESPONSIBILITIES

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Responsibilities of the Local
				Exchange Carrier
1. The LEC shall
				provide a PIP Access Line at its tariffed PAL rate applicable to PIP access
				lines.
2. A PIP Access Line tariff
				must be a fixed, per-month rate, without any usage or per-call
				charges.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 252 - PUBLIC INTEREST PAYPHONE PROGRAM › Section 407-252-5 - APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
PIP
				Application Form.
The Commission shall establish and make available on
				its web page a standard PIP application form. The form shall include:
1. Name or names of applicant;
2. Location of the requested PIP;
3. Whether the PIP will be inside or
				outside;
4. A narrative stating the
				reasons why a PIP is desirable at the requested location;
5. All information necessary for the
				Commission to evaluate and rank the application pursuant to Section 6;
				and
6. Any other information the
				Commission determines is necessary to administer the PIP program.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 252 - PUBLIC INTEREST PAYPHONE PROGRAM › Section 407-252-6 - PIP SELECTION

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Ranking
				Criteria.
The Commission may consider, but shall not be limited by, the
				following criteria when approving and ranking PIP requests.
1. Public welfare, health and safety
				considerations;
2. Cost of
				providing the requested PIP service;
3. Availability of wireless service in the
				area;
4. Residential telephone
				service penetration in the area;
5.
				Average income of the area; and
6.
				Financial ability of the applicant to provide public telephone
				Service.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 252 - PUBLIC INTEREST PAYPHONE PROGRAM › Section 407-252-7 - WAIVER OR EXEMPTION

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Upon the request of any person subject to this Chapter or
				  upon its own motion, the Commission may, for good cause, waive any requirement
				  of this Chapter that is not required by statute. The waiver may not be
				  inconsistent with the purposes of this Chapter or Title 35-A. The Commission,
				  the Director of Finance, or the presiding officer assigned to a proceeding
				  related to this Chapter may grant the waiver.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 280 - PROVISION OF COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 407-280-I - PURPOSE

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The purposes of this Chapter are to establish economically
				  efficient and equitable access charges for the provision of
				  competitive-services and to describe the process for intrastate competitive
				  telecommunications carriers to obtain authority from the Commission to provide
				  service.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 280 - PROVISION OF COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 407-280-3 - APPLICABILITY

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
General Applicability
. This
				Chapter applies to the provision of all interexchange and local competitive
				telecommunications services, except as provided in subsection B.
B.
Exception: Inapplicability to Pay
				Telephone Service Providers
. Nothing in this Chapter will apply to the
				certification or provision of local service by pay telephone service providers,
				which are governed by Chapter 250 of the Commission's rules, 65-407 C.M.R.
				250.
C.
Exception:
				Inapplicability to CMRS Providers for
Intrastate Traffic Within a
				Single MTA
. This Chapter shall not apply to Commercial Mobile Radio
				Service (CMRS) providers, as defined by Federal law, to the extent their
				intrastate Maine traffic is contained entirely within a single Major Trading
				Area (MTA), as established by Federal Communications Commission
				regulation.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 280 - PROVISION OF COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 407-280-4 - APPROVAL REQUIRED

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Public
				Convenience and Necessity; Required Findings
. No telecommunications
				carrier that is a telephone utility, as defined by
				 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§102(19), shall provide
				competitive local exchange or interexchange telecommunications service in or to
				a municipality in which another telephone utility is furnishing or is
				authorized to provide telephone service unless the Commission has first
				approved the furnishing of that service pursuant to
				 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§§2102 and
				2105
				by making a declaration that the public convenience and necessity require an
				additional public utility. Approval to provide any service shall not be issued
				unless the applicant has presented sufficient evidence for the Commission to
				make the following findings:
(1) The
				applicant has adequate financial ability and willingness to cover any customer
				advances and deposits; and to pay intrastate access charges and interconnection
				charges on all intrastate telecommunications services;
(2) The applicant (other than a interexchange
				carrier that is a reseller or A local exchange carrier that provides service
				solely through resale of local service purchased from a wholesale schedule of
				another LEC) has the technical ability to measure and record intrastate traffic
				information and billing amounts that may be necessary for the calculation of
				access and interconnection charges; and
(3) The applicant is willing and able to
				comply with State law and Public Utilities Commission rules, including, but not
				limited to, this Chapter.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 280 - PROVISION OF COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 407-280-5 - AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Requests
. Any person may make a
bona fide
request
				to a local exchange carrier (LEC) for a specific service, using the LEC's
				network not available in the requester's area or for access to its network,
				facilities. The request shall specify particular locations, times, and
				quantities desired by the requester. A request that is made to managerial,
				marketing or business office personnel shall constitute a bona fide request if
				it complies with the requirements of this subsection.
B.
Responses
. the local exchange
				carrier shall respond to a bona fide request. Responses shall take one of the
				following forms:
(1)
Request
				Satisfied
. The request will be considered satisfied if within 2 months
				of the request the telecommunications local exchange carrier has provided the
				requested service or facilities, or has agreed to provide it within 3 months of
				the request pursuant to special contract or rate schedules approved by the
				Commission.
(2)
Request Not
				Satisfied
. Within 2 months after receipt of a request for service or
				facilities if the local exchange carrier has not provided the requested service
				or facilities, and has determined that it will not provide it, or will not seek
				Commission approval of schedules or contracts governing such provision, it
				shall notify the Commission and the requester in accordance with the
				requirements in subsection C(1) below.
(3)
Disposition of Request Not
				Resolved
. Within 2 months after receipt of a request for service or
				facilities or if the local exchange carrier has not determined whether the
				requested service or facilities will be provided, it shall notify the
				Commission and the requester in accordance with the requirements of subsection
				C(2) below.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 280 - PROVISION OF COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 407-280-6 - PROVISION OF FACILITIES BY LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS TO OTHER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
General
				Obligation of LECS
. Upon request by an interexchange carrier, a local
				exchange carrier LEC shall provide access services and facilities in those
				areas where it provides service and where that provision is technically
				feasible, by using its own facilities or by obtaining them from another
				telecommunications carrier. Access facilities should be provided in a timely
				manner and in a quantity sufficient to accommodate the traffic expected to be
				generated by the interexchange carrier.
B.
Excessive Traffic
.
1.
Limitation or Delay
. If the
				provision of the access services or facilities will cause substantial
				concentration, redirection, or other change to traffic volumes carried on the
				public switched network that may result in a degradation of service to the
				LEC's other customers, the LEC shall apply to the Commission for a waiver of
				these provisions to allow it to terminate, limit, or delay temporarily the
				provision of service to the requesting interexchange carrier until sufficient
				facilities can be made available.
2.
Capital Additions; Payment
.
				If an interexchange carrier wishes to offer competitive services from an
				exchange which has Extended Area Service (EAS) calling to another exchange, it
				must obtain Feature Group D (FGD) type access from the affected local exchange
				carrier(s) at each of the exchanges in which the IXC competitive
				telecommunications services are to be provided. If FGD is unavailable, the IXC
				shall pay the affected local exchange carrier all the capital and other costs
				it incurs that are reasonably necessary to ensure that the access provided to
				the competitive carrier will not significantly degrade the service to the
				affected local exchange carrier's own end-users. A reasonable portion of those
				costs shall be collected in the form of an installation charge to the IXC at
				the time the capital additions are required.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 280 - PROVISION OF COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 407-280-7 - UNAUTHORIZED INTEREXCHANGE SERVICE; BLOCKING OF UNAUTHORIZED TRAFFIC

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All interexchange carriers shall pay access charges as
				  required by section
				  8 of this Chapter, and their continued
				  authorization to provide service is contingent upon such payment. Where it is
				  technically possible to distinguish and separate intrastate from interstate
				  traffic, LECs shall deny intrastate access to interexchange carriers (IXCS)
				  that are telephone utilities as defined in
				   35-A M.R.S.A.
				  §102(19) but are not
				  authorized to provide intrastate telecommunications services. Where the LEC or
				  LECs cannot deny access and the unauthorized IXC can block unauthorized
				  traffic, the IXC shall block all such intrastate traffic. For unauthorized
				  intrastate interexchange traffic that cannot be blocked, the unauthorized IXC
				  shall pay a charge that is equal to the undiscounted Message Telecommunications
				  Service (MTS) of the local exchange carrier.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 280 - PROVISION OF COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 407-280-8 - ACCESS RATES

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A.
Rate
				Schedules
. Each local exchange carrier authorized to provide local
				exchange service in the State of Maine shall file and maintain rate schedules
				establishing that carrier's access rates pursuant to
				 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§307.
B.
Rates for All LECs Effective June 1,
				2003 and Thereafter
. No later than June 1, 2003 (or such later date as
				may be established by statute), all local exchange carriers shall establish
				intrastate access rates that are less than or equal to the interstate access
				rates for that carrier that are in effect on June 1, 2003 (or such other date
				as may be established by statute). On or before June 1 of every two years
				thereafter (all odd-numbered years), except to the extent that the need for
				subsequent changes is modified by statute, all local exchange carriers shall
				reestablish intrastate access rates that are less than or equal to the
				interstate rates for that carrier that are in effect on June 1 of that year. If
				a date later than June 1, 2003, is established by statute for the
				implementation of intrastate access rates that are less than or equal to
				specified interstate access rates, the Commission, by order issued in a rate
				proceeding or in a proceeding under Chapter 288, §
									3, may require a LEC to change its
				access rates to a level specified by the Commission prior to the final date
				established by statute, provided such an order is not precluded by
				statute.
C.
Direct End-User
				Access Charges Prohibited
. All access charges imposed by LECs shall be
				charged directly to interexchange carriers and no component of an access charge
				shall be charged by an local exchange carrier directly to an
				end-user.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 280 - PROVISION OF COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 407-280-9 - SCHEDULE FILINGS BY INTEREXCHANGE CARRIERS; CHANGES IN RATES

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Rate Schedules
. Interexchange
				carriers subject to the authority of the Commission shall file schedules of
				rates, terms and conditions as provided in
				 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§307. Those rates, terms and conditions
				shall be subject to provisions of all applicable statues, including
				 35-A
				M.R.S.A. §§309 and
				701-703.
B.
Telecommunication
				services for the deaf, hearing
impaired, and speech
				impaired
. Interexchange carriers are required to provide a 70% rate
				reduction for intrastate toll calls for deaf, hard-of-hearing or
				speech-impaired persons as required by
				
				35-A M.R.S.A. §7302.
C .
Exemption from Filing
				Requirements
. Interexchange carriers other than ILECs shall be exempt
				from those provisions of Chapters 110 and 120 that require notice to customers
				and to the Commission and the filing of specified information at the time a
				utility files a "general increase in rates" as defined in
				 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§307, unless the Commission orders
				otherwise in a particular case.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 280 - PROVISION OF COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 407-280-10 - NOTICE BY ALL INTEREXCHANGE CARRIERS PRIOR TO EFFECTIVE DATE OF RATE INCREASES

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
General
				Requirement
. At least 15 days prior to the effective date of a rate
				increase of 20% or more in the rate for any individual interexchange service
				offered by any interexchange carrier (IXC) (including LECs offering
				interexchange service) that is subject to the authority of the Commission, the
				IXC shall send notice by a bill insert or by separate mailing to all affected
				customers, as defined in subsection C. For the purpose of this section, a rate
				shall be considered to be increased by 20% if rate increases for the service,
				including the current increase, cumulatively amount to 20% or more over the
				year prior to the current increase. For the purpose of this section, a "rate
				increase" shall include any term and condition that has the effect of raising a
				rate for one or more customers.
B.
Cancellation Period Added to Notice Period
. If a rate (including a
				rate pursuant to special contract) contains a term and condition stating that
				cancellation of a service by a customer will not be effective until a stated
				time period following notice given by the customer to the interexchange
				carrier, the notice period applicable to the interexchange carrier required by
				subsection A of this section shall equal 15 days plus the length of the period
				required for the customer to provide notice of cancellation.
C.
Affected Customer:
				Definition
. A customer is affected by a rate if the customer has used
				the service that is subject to the rate increase of 20% or greater and has
				incurred total charges for the service of $5 or more, during either the month
				prior to or after the filing of the proposed increase, or has incurred charges
				for the service that total $15 or more for the 3 month period prior to the
				filing of the proposed increase.
D.
Alternative Compliance
. An interexchange carrier may satisfy this
				requirement by sending notice of all increases of 20% or more to all its
				customers.
E.
Exemption.
An incumbent local exchange carrier or any other interexchange carrier
				that-has complied with the notice requirements of Chapter 110, §718
				following a general rate case is not required to comply with this
				subsection.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 280 - PROVISION OF COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 407-280-11 - REPORTS AND RECORDS

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A.
Annual
				Reports
. All interexchange carriers subject to the authority of the
				Commission are exempt from the annual report and other requirements of Chapter
				210 (Uniform System of Accounts for Telephone Utilities) of the Commission's
				Rules. They shall, however, annually provide the Commission, in a manner
				prescribed and on forms specified by the Commission, with a report of its
				annual revenues, total minutes of use sold, the annual revenues derived from
				sales for resale and the number of minutes of use sold to resellers.
B.
Records
. All
				telecommunications carriers subject to the provisions of this Chapter shall
				maintain records sufficient to identify and to allow auditing of traffic
				volumes, intrastate interexchange billings for both retail and wholesale
				services, and all information that is necessary to calculate access or
				interconnection charges in accordance with this Chapter. Those records shall be
				maintained for a minimum of 2 calendar years.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 280 - PROVISION OF COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 407-280-12 - WAIVER OF 35-A M.R.S.A. SECTIONS 707 AND 708; NOTICE REQUIREMENT

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Waiver
. Subject to the
				conditions described in subsections B and C below, interexchange carriers
				subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission shall be exempt from the
				requirement of 3 5 -A M.R.S.A. §708(2) that each reorganization (defined
				in
				 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§708(1) ) of a public
				utility be approved by the Commission.
B.
Notice Requirement
. Each
				telephone utility that is exempt pursuant to subsection Afrom the requirement
				that reorganizations be approved shall file notice with the Commission of a
				reorganization if that reorganization results in a merger, sale or transfer of
				a controlling interest of the public utility or of any entity that owns more
				than 50% of the public utility. The notice required by this subsection shall be
				filed within 10 days following any reorganization described herein.
C.
Changes of Name, Business office and
				Contact Person;
Notice
. Each public utility subject to the
				exemption contained in subsection Athat has changed its name, the name under
				which it does business (d/b/a), the location of its business office, and its
				contact person shall provide the Administrative Director of the Commission with
				notice of that change within 30 days following the change.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 280 - PROVISION OF COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 407-280-14 - COMMISSION REVIEW

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Any person aggrieved may obtain review of decisions by any
				  local exchange carrier that has not provided a retail service, wholesale access
				  services or any telecommunications facilities requested by that person,
				  following the process described in section
				  5. The aggrieved person may refer the
				  matter to the Commission for Staff resolution. The matter will be treated as an
				  informal complaint submitted for resolution by the Staff under section 1102 of
				  Chapter 110 of the Commission's rules. If a party is not satisfied with the
				  Staff's resolution, it must file a written request for Commission review within
				  7 business days following the issuance of the resolution by the Staff. Failure
				  to file a timely request for Commission review of the Staff's resolution shall
				  constitute acceptance of the resolution and waiver of further opportunity to be
				  heard with respect to the matter.
Receipt of a request for Commission review shall be treated
				  as a request for investigation pursuant to
				   35-A M.R.S.A.
				  §1303. A summary investigation shall be
				  conducted, after which the Commission shall determine whether a formal
				  investigation is warranted. If it decides to commence a formal investigation,
				  the Commission shall may affirm, reverse, or modify the Staff's resolution. If
				  the Commission decides not to commence a formal investigation, failure to act
				  in accordance with the Staff's resolution shall constitute grounds to commence
				  a formal investigation pursuant to section 1303 and the initiation of a
				  proceeding to issue a temporary order pursuant to
				   35-A M.R.S.A.
				  §1322.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 280 - PROVISION OF COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 407-280-15 - WAIVER OF PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER

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Any telecommunications carrier subject to the provisions of
				  this Chapter may request that the Commission waive some or all of the
				  requirements of this Chapter. Where good cause exists, the Commission, the
				  Administrative Director, the Director of Technical Analysis, or the Hearing
				  Examiner assigned to a proceeding involving the subject matter of the waiver
				  may grant the requested waiver, provided that the granting of the waiver would
				  not be inconsistent with the intent of this Chapter. The waiver shall be
				  applicable only to the specific application under consideration.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 284 - PREPAID WIRELESS FEE › Section 407-284-1 - PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Purpose.
The purpose of this Chapter is to establish the fee on prepaid
				wireless telecommunications service that is required to be contributed to the
				Maine Universal Service Fund (MUSF) and the Maine Telecommunications Access
				Fund (MTEAF) by prepaid wireless consumers. This Chapter also describes the
				requirements and procedures for the collection, remittance and periodic
				adjustments of the Prepaid Wireless Telecommunications Service Fee (Prepaid
				Wireless Fee), which consists of the MUSF and MTEAF contributions and the
				E-9-1-1 prepaid wireless surcharge set by statute.
B.
Applicability.
This Chapter
				applies to all retail sales of prepaid wireless services in Maine. The
				requirements of Chapter 285, the Maine Telecommunications Education Access
				Fund, and Chapter 288, Maine Universal Service Fund, of the Commission's rules
				do not apply to providers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service except
				as specifically provided for in this rule.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 284 - PREPAID WIRELESS FEE › Section 407-284-2 - DEFINITIONS

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A.
Prepaid wireless telecommunications
				service.
"Prepaid wirelesstele communications service" has the same
				meaning as in
				25 M.R.S.
				§2921(13).
B.
Prepaid wireless telecommunications
				service consumer or prepaid wireless consumer.
"Prepaid wireless
				telecommunications service consumer" or "prepaid wireless consumer" has the
				same meaning as in
				25 M.R.S.
				§2921(13-A).
C.
Prepaid wireless telecommunications
				service provider.
"Prepaid wireless telecommunications service provider"
				has the same meaning as in
				25 M.R.S.
				§2921(14).
D.
Retail Transaction.
"Retail
				transaction" has the same meaning as in
				25 M.R.S.
				§2921(15).
E.
Seller.
"Seller" has the same
				meaning as in
				25 M.R.S.
				§2921(16).
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 284 - PREPAID WIRELESS FEE › Section 407-284-3 - DETERMINATION OF THE PREPAID WIRELESS FEE AMOUNT

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Determination of the Total Fee Amount.
The amount of the Prepaid
				Wireless Fee is the sum of the following fees effective January 1, 2013 and as
				thereafter adjusted pursuant to Section
				4 below:
1. The amount of the fee that is required to
				be contributed to the MUSF as determined pursuant to
				35-A M.R.S.
				§7104(3-A) and Chapter
				288 of the Commission's rules;
2.
				The amount of the fee that is required to be contributed to the MTEAF pursuant
				to
				35-A M.R.S.
				§7104-B(2-A) and
				Chapter 285 of the Commission's rules; and
3. The statewide prepaid wireless
				telecommunications service E-9-1-1 surcharge levied on prepaid wireless
				telecommunications service consumers pursuant to
				25 M.R.S.
				§2927(1-F).
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 284 - PREPAID WIRELESS FEE › Section 407-284-4 - ESTABLISHING AND CHANGING THE FEE AMOUNT

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Fee Amount.
The Commission shall issue an order
				  establishing the amount of the Prepaid Wireless Fee, pursuant to the provisions
				  contained in Section
				  3 of this Chapter. For the fee amount
				  initially adopted by the Commission pursuant to this Chapter, and for the
				  adoption of any subsequent change to the amount of the Prepaid Wireless Fee,
				  the Commission shall provide not less than 30 days' advance notice of its
				  intent to adopt or to change the amount on the publicly accessible websites of
				  both the Commission and the State Tax Assessor. The establishment of or any
				  change in the amount of the Prepaid Wireless Fee shall take effect at the
				  beginning of the next calendar quarter that is at least 60 days after the
				  adoption or enactment of the change. The Commission shall not adjust the MUSF
				  and MTEAF contribution amounts of the Prepaid Wireless Fee more frequently than
				  once every 24 months, unless explicitly permitted by statute.
Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 284 - PREPAID WIRELESS FEE › Section 407-284-6 - WAIVER OR EXEMPTION

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Upon request of any person subject to the provisions of this
				  Chapter or upon its own motion, the Commission may, for good cause, waive any
				  requirement of this Chapter that is not required by statute. The waiver may not
				  be inconsistent with the purposes of this Chapter or Title 35-A. The
				  Commission, the Director of Telephone and Water Utilities, or the presiding
				  officer assigned to a proceeding related to this Chapter may grant the
				  waiver.