Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 26 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter J - COSTS, RATES AND TARIFFS › Section 26.225 - Requirements Applicable to Nonbasic Services for Chapter 58 Electing Companies

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Application.
				  This section applies to any electing company as the term is defined in the
				  Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §58.002. Other sections applicable to
				  an electing company include, but are not limited to, §
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				  26.224 of this title (relating to
				  Requirements Applicable to Basic Network Services for Chapter 58 Electing
				  Companies), §
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				  26.226 of this title (relating to
				  Requirements Applicable to Pricing Flexibility for Chapter 58 Electing
				  Companies), and §
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				  26.227 of this title (relating to Procedures
				  Applicable to Nonbasic Services and Pricing Flexibility for Basic and Nonbasic
				  Services for Chapter 58 Electing Companies). PURA §55.003 and §55.004
				  do not apply to the retail services offered by an electing company, or to the
				  retail nonbasic services offered by a transitioning company, as defined by PURA
				  §65.002.
(b) Purpose. The
				  purpose of this section is to establish requirements for nonbasic
				  services.
(c) Nonbasic services.
(1) Consistent with PURA §58.151 and
				  §58.024, these services are nonbasic services:
(A) flat rate business local exchange
				  telephone service, including primary directory listings and the receipt of a
				  directory, and any applicable mileage or zone;
(B) business tone dialing service;
(C) service connection for all business
				  services;
(D) direct inward dialing
				  (DID) for basic business services;
(E) public pay telephone services, 0+ and 0-
				  operator services and directory assistance services;
(F) call forwarding, call return, caller
				  identification, call waiting and other custom calling services and call control
				  options, except that residential call waiting is a basic network service until
				  July 1, 2006;
(G) speed dialing and
				  three-way calling;
(H) central
				  office based PBX-type services;
(I)
				  billing and collection services, including installment billing and late payment
				  plans for electing company customers;
(J) integrated services digital network
				  (ISDN) services;
(K) new
				  services;
(L) 1-plus intraLATA
				  message toll service (MTS);
(M)
				  services described in the WATS tariff of an electing company as the tariff
				  existed on January 1, 1995;
(N) 800
				  service and foreign exchange service;
(O) private line services and special access
				  services;
(P) paging services and
				  mobile services (IMTS);
(Q) 911
				  service provided to a local authority, if the service is available from a
				  provider other than the electing company;
(R) all other services subject to the
				  commission's jurisdiction that are not specifically classified as basic network
				  services in PURA §58.051;
(S)
				  any basic network service reclassified by the commission as a nonbasic service
				  pursuant to PURA §58.024.