Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 293 - ABANDONMENT OF SERVICE AND AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND TRANSFER OF CUSTOMERS BY COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNCATIONS CARRIERS › Section 407-293-2 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Abandonment of Service
.
				"Abandonment of Service" means either the abandonment of all service to all
				customers by a competitive telecommunications carrier and the termination of
				the competitive telecommunications carrier's authority to provide service, or
				the abandonment of all service to a specified group of customers. A statement
				by a competitive telecommunications carrier that it is "canceling,"
				"withdrawing," or "revoking" its authority or certificate or intends to do so,
				or that it is "no longer doing business in the state" shall be considered a
				notice, pursuant to
				 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§1104 and this Chapter, to abandon
				service and terminate authority to provide service (see Sections
				4 and
				7 ) or to abandon a portion of the
				competitive telecommunications carrier's service (see Sections
				5,
				6,
				8 and
				9 ).
B.
Acquiring Carrier
. An
				"acquiring carrier" is any telephone utility, whether it is a competitive
				telecommunications carrier or not, that acquires customers from a transferring
				competitive telecommunications carrier.
C.
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
				(CLEC)
. A "competitive local exchange carrier" or "CLEC" is any local
				exchange carrier that is not an incumbent local exchange carrier
				(ILEC).
D.
Competitive
				Interexchange Carrier (Competitive IXC)
. A "competitive interexchange
				carrier" or "competitive IXC" is an interexchange carrier that does not also
				provide local exchange service as an incumbent local exchange carrier
				(ILEC).
E.
Competitive
				Telecommunications Carrier
. A "competitive telecommunications carrier"
				is a telephone utility, as defined in
				 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§102(19), that is
				either a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) that does not receive
				funding from the Maine Universal Service Fund pursuant to Chapter 288 or a
				competitive interexchange carrier (IXC). The terms "competitive local exchange
				carrier" and "competitive interexchange carrier" are defined in this
				section.
F.
Discontinuance of
				a Service Offering
. "Discontinuance of a Service Offering" is the
				discontinuance, pursuant to the provisions of
				 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§307, of a specific service offering in
				the rate schedules of a competitive telecommunications carrier. The
				discontinuance of a specific service offering by a CLEC is not an "abandonment
				of service" for purposes of this Chapter if the CLEC will continue to provide
				other local exchange service offerings to customers that subscribe to the
				discontinued offering. The discontinuance of a specific service offering by a
				competitive IXC is not an "abandonment of service" for the purpose of this
				Chapter if the competitive IXC will continue to provide other interexchange
				service offerings to customers that subscribe to the discontinued
				offering.
G.
Incumbent Local
				Exchange Carrier (ILEC)
. An "incumbent local exchange carrier" or "ILEC"
				is a local exchange carrier that provided local exchange service in a defined
				service territory in Maine on February 8, 1996 or that is designated as an ILEC
				pursuant to 47 U.S.C. §251(h)(2).
H.
Mail.
"Mail" means the
				sending and delivery of a paper copy of any notice or other document required
				by the Chapter using the United States Postal Service or other reliable
				delivery service. "Mail" also includes electronic mail (e-mail) when it is
				permitted by and meets the requirements set forth in Section
				13.
I.
Rate Schedules
. "Rate
				schedules" are the schedules of rates, as described in
				 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§304, that contain a telecommunications
				carrier's rates and all terms and conditions filed with and as part of the
				schedules that in any way affect the rates charged for any telecommunications
				service.