Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 55 - Telecommunications Services › Subchapter 13 - Operating and Maintenance Requirements › Part 3 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 165:55-13-12 - Extension of facilities

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
				  Each incumbent LEC serving fewer than seventy-five thousand access lines is
				  designated as a Carrier of Last Resort for the territory for which it was
				  certified on the date of the adoption of the Federal Telecommunications Act of
				  1996.
(b) A Carrier of Last Resort
				  will extend its distribution plant to furnish permanent service to any
				  applicant located within one-quarter (1/4) mile of its existing facilities
				  without requiring a construction charge, provided that the amount of plant to
				  be constructed does not exceed that amount deemed necessary to serve the
				  end-user's location. When an end-user requests services requiring an excessive
				  quantity of facilities which will have extremely little potential for reuse,
				  should that end-user move or otherwise discontinue service, a construction
				  charge based on the cost of the facilities would apply.
(c) A Carrier of Last Resort shall extend its
				  distribution plant to applicants in an area located more than one-quarter (1/4)
				  mile from its existing facilities under the following conditions:
(1) New extensions or reinforcement of
				  existing line facilities required for furnishing access lines associated with
				  the service offered by a Carrier of Last Resort shall be constructed under the
				  following conditions, when application is by an individual end-user or a
				  developer for service of a permanent nature:
(A) An allowance of a one-quarter (1/4) mile,
				  route measurement, per applicant will be made for such extensions without the
				  application of a construction charge.
(B) Where construction is required in excess
				  of the allowance stated in subparagraph (b)(1)(A) of this Section, applicants
				  for service may be required to pay a construction charge for all reasonable
				  costs in excess of the free allowance.
(C) A Carrier of Last Resort may make, at its
				  option, an extension of its facilities above the free limit upon receipt of a
				  lesser payment, or no payment, when the gross anticipated revenue from the
				  extension will provide a Carrier of Last Resort with adequate return upon its
				  investment pursuant to a formula approved by the Commission or contained in its
				  approved terms and conditions of service.
(D) Additional charges may be applicable
				  where natural or other barriers are encountered which require undue circuitous
				  routing or abnormal costs to be incurred by a Carrier of Last Resort.
(E) When a Carrier of Last Resort requires a
				  charge for the extension of facilities into an area more than one-quarter (1/4)
				  mile from its existing facilities, the end-user(s) may apply to be provided
				  telecommunications services by a Carrier of Last Resort providing service an
				  adjacent certified area, if the Commission so orders. This subparagraph shall
				  be limited to situations where a Carrier of Last Resort will not provide
				  service to an area located within its service territory without the payment of
				  construction charges.