Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 417 - RULES GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION AND REGULATION OF COMPETITIVE LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS › Section 20VAC5-417-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Attestation" means a written statement regarding compliance
				  with a requirement or condition contained in this chapter, signed by an
				  officer, director, or comparable official of the applicant or new
				  entrant.
"Basic telephone service" means the customer's dial tone line
				  and local usage. Local usage can be purchased on a flat rate, measured, or on a
				  per message basis, or some combination thereof.
"Bundled service" means a designated group of services or
				  products offered to customers at a package or set price. A bundled service may
				  consist of regulated and nonregulated services or products.
"Casual user service" means a local exchange
				  telecommunications service of a competitive local exchange carrier or municipal
				  local exchange carrier that does not require a customer to actively subscribe
				  or contract with the competitive local exchange carrier or municipal local
				  exchange carrier to use the service. For example, these services may require
				  alternate billing arrangements such as a calling card to use the
				  service.
"Commission" means the State Corporation Commission.
"Competitive local exchange carrier" ("CLEC") means an
				  entity, other than a locality, certificated to provide local exchange
				  telecommunications services in Virginia after January 1, 1996, pursuant to §
				  56-265.4:4 of the Code of Virginia. An incumbent local exchange carrier shall
				  be considered a CLEC in any territory that is outside the territory it was
				  certificated to serve as of December 31, 1995, for which it obtains a
				  certificate to provide local exchange telecommunications services on or after
				  January 1, 1996.
"Customer" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation,
				  or lawful entity that purchases local exchange telecommunications
				  services.
"Incumbent local exchange carrier" or "incumbent" ("ILEC")
				  means a public service company providing local exchange telecommunications
				  services in Virginia on December 31, 1995, pursuant to a certificate of public
				  convenience and necessity, or the successors to any such company.
"Individual customer pricing" means the offering of service
				  or services to a specific customer at rates, terms, or conditions provided
				  through an agreement instead of pursuant to tariff.
"Interconnection" means the point of interface between local
				  exchange carriers' networks. Interconnection can be achieved at different
				  points of the network.
"Interstate service" means service that originates in one
				  state and terminates in another state.
"Intrastate service" means service that originates and
				  terminates within a state.
"Local exchange carrier" ("LEC") means a certificated
				  provider of local exchange telecommunications services, whether an incumbent or
				  new entrant.
"Local exchange telecommunications services" means local
				  exchange telephone service as defined by § 56-1 of the Code of Virginia.
"Locality" means a city, town, county, or authority that
				  operates an electric distribution system in Virginia.
"Municipal local exchange carrier" ("MLEC") means a locality
				  certificated to provide local exchange telecommunications services pursuant to
				  § 56-265.4:4 of the Code of Virginia.
"New entrant" means a CLEC or an MLEC.
"Promotion or promotional rates" means an offering of limited
				  duration that reduces, waives, or otherwise modifies applicable tariffed rates,
				  terms, or conditions.
"Retail local exchange telecommunications service or
				  services" means telecommunications service or services that are offered for
				  sale directly to the public.
"Service charges" means charges associated with work
				  activities performed by the LEC in conjunction with providing service. These
				  include, but are not limited to, charges for installation, activation, order
				  processing, line restoration, maintenance visits, or changes in service.
"Switched access charges" means the per minute rates billed
				  by LECs to IXCs or other LECs for the use of the LEC's network when an end user
				  makes or receives a long distance call.
"Tariff" means schedules on file with the commission that are
				  open to public inspection that detail a local exchange carrier's services,
				  rates, charges, terms, and conditions of service.
Statutory Authority
§ 12.1-13 of the Code of Virginia.