§ 23-17-120. Establishment of calling plans
(a) (1) The Arkansas Public Service Commission by rule shall establish calling plans in telephone exchanges in the state. (2) The commission shall determine the size of exchanges that will be eligible for the calling plan. (b) (1) The commission may establish end-user charges for the plan in an amount not to exceed two dollars […]
§ 23-17-121. Agreements for special terminating access rates or plans
(a) Two (2) or more eligible telecommunications carriers may enter into an agreement under this section for special terminating access rates or plans between exchanges of the parties to the agreement. The agreement is conditioned upon the approval of the Arkansas Public Service Commission. (b) The commission may approve the agreement only if the commission […]
§ 23-17-122. Annual certification — Definition
(a) As used in this section, “provider” means an entity that provides a telecommunications service, a Voice over Internet Protocol, commonly known as “VoIP”, service, a commercial radio service, or a similar service. (b) Beginning July 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, a provider shall file with the Arkansas Public Service Commission documentation demonstrating that the […]
§ 23-17-108. Refusal to transmit message — Penalty
Every telegraph and telephone company doing business in this state, under a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each and every refusal to do so, must transmit over its wires to localities on its lines for any individual, corporation, or other telegraph or telephone company such messages, dispatches, or correspondence as may be tendered […]
§ 23-17-110. Telegraph companies — Schedule of rates
In order to ascertain what the regular charges of such companies are, all telegraph companies doing business in this state are required to keep in all their offices in this state a schedule of the regular rates charged by them, which shall be open to the inspection of any person interested therein.
§ 23-17-112. Damages for mental anguish
(a) All telegraph companies doing business in this state shall be liable in damages for mental anguish or suffering even in the absence of bodily injury or pecuniary loss for negligence in receiving, transmitting, or delivering messages. (b) In all actions under this section, the jury may award such damages as it concludes resulted from […]
§ 23-17-113. Telephone service to be supplied without discrimination — Complaint to commission
(a) (1) Every telephone company doing business in this state and engaged in a general telephone business shall supply all applicants for telephone connection and facilities without discrimination or partiality, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, if the applicants comply or offer to comply with the reasonable rules of the company. (2) No […]
§ 23-17-116. Fee for initiation of residential telephone service to be payable in installments
(a) The fee or charge imposed by any telephone company doing business in this state for the initiation of local telephone service at a residential location, but not including contributions in aid of construction, if any, shall be billed to the residential customer in equal monthly installments over a period of six (6) months at […]
§ 23-17-119. Surcharges to provide telecommunications for deaf and hearing impaired — Definitions
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Commercial mobile radio service” means the same as defined at § 12-10-303; and (2) “Prepaid wireless telephone service” means the same as defined at § 12-10-303. (b) (1) To fund the equipment distribution program established by § 20-79-401 et seq., the Arkansas Public Service Commission may impose a […]
§ 23-17-101. Right to construct, operate, and maintain lines — Damages for occupation of property
(a) (1) Any person or corporation organized by virtue of the laws of this state or of any other state of the United States or by virtue of the laws of the United States, for the purpose of transmitting intelligence by magnetic telegraph or telephone, or other system of transmitting intelligence which is the equivalent […]