Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 59 - Oklahoma Universal Service and Oklahoma Lifeline › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 165:59-1-4 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
In addition to terms defined in The Oklahoma
				  Telecommunications Act, 17 O.S. §§
									139.101,
				  et seq., the following words and terms, when used in this Chapter shall have
				  the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Administrator"
or
"OUSF
				  Administrator"
or
"OLF Administrator"
means the same as
				  Administrator, as defined in the Oklahoma Telecommunications Act.
"ALJ"
means Administrative Law Judge.
"Assessed Revenues"
means as that term is
				  defined in 17 O.S. §
									139.107(A).
"Bed"
is a patient care bed or bassinet that is
				  regularly maintained, staffed on a 24-hours basis, and immediately available
				  for the care of patients.
"Carrier of Last Resort"
means a
				  telecommunications service provider as designated by the Commission pursuant to
				  OAC 165:55.
"Commercial mobile radio service provider"
means
				  a carrier who provides wireless telecommunications services.
"Customer"
or
"Subscriber"
means
				  any person, firm, partnership, cooperative corporation, corporation or lawful
				  entity that receives telecommunications services.
"FCC"
means the Federal Communications
				  Commission.
"High-cost
area"
means an area
				  where actual costs exceed Commission- or Legislatively-authorized rates for
				  Primary Universal Services.
"Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol"
or
"VoIP"
includes both fixed and nomadic versions of the service,
				  with fixed Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol service able to be used
				  at only one location, and nomadic Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol
				  service able to be used at multiple locations. Interconnected Voice over
				  Internet Protocol means a service that:
(A) enables real-time, two-way voice communications;
(B) requires a broadband connection from the user's
				  location;
(C) requires Internet protocol-compatible customer premises
				  equipment; and
(D) permits users generally to receive calls that originate
				  on the public switched telephone network and to terminate calls to the public
				  switched telephone network.
"Internet Subscriber Fee"
means any fee that is
				  paid to a telecommunications service provider for internet service that is in
				  addition to the access connection charge.
"Lifeline Service Program"
means the federal and
				  state program designed to keep low-income subscribers on the telecommunications
				  network.
"Network"
includes a telecommunications service
				  provider's or telecommunication carrier's facilities used to originate and
				  terminate traffic.
"Oklahoma Universal Services"
means Primary
				  Universal Service and Special Universal Services as defined in the Oklahoma
				  Telecommunications Act.
"OneNet"
means statewide Internet and technology
				  provider operated by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for the
				  purpose of meeting the mission critical technology needs of Oklahoma's
				  education, research, healthcare and public service communities.
"Reimbursement"
means remuneration from the OUSF
				  for Primary Universal Services and Special Universal Services. Reimbursement
				  also means remuneration from the Oklahoma Lifeline Fund pursuant to OAC
				  165:59-9, for the Lifeline Service Program.
"Service territory"
means a geographic area
				  within which a telecommunications service provider has authority to provide
				  telecommunications services.
"SETDA"
means the State Educational Technology
				  Directors Association.
"Special Construction Cost"
is the FCC's
				  Category One eligible charge necessary to connect public schools and public
				  libraries to broadband networks.
"State"
means the State of Oklahoma.
"Telecommunications Act of 1996"
means the
				  Federal legislation cited as
				  47
				  U.S.C. §§
										151 et. seq.
"USAC"
means the Universal Services
				  Administrative Company.
"U.S.C."
means United States Code.
"Unregulated services"
means telecommunications
				  services not regulated by the Commission.
Added at 14 Ok Reg 2562, eff 7-1-97 ; Amended at 15 Ok Reg
					 1061, eff 1-6-98 (emergency) ; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1901, eff 7-1-98 ; Amended
					 at 18 Ok Reg 2448, eff 7-1-01 ; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2318, eff 7-15-03 ;
					 Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1819, eff 7-1-05 ; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 2255, eff 7-25-11
					 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1581, eff
					 7-11-13