Section 62-610E – DESIGNATING SERVICE AND SUPPORT AREAS.
62-610E. DESIGNATING SERVICE AND SUPPORT AREAS. The commission shall designate geographic service areas for the purpose of determining universal service obligations of eligible telecommunications carriers. The commission shall also designate geographic support areas for the purpose of determining areas for which financial assistance shall be made available from the fund to assist eligible telecommunications carriers […]
Section 62-610F – HIGH-COST SUPPORT — ADMINISTRATION — TRANSITION.
62-610F. HIGH-COST SUPPORT — ADMINISTRATION — TRANSITION. (1) The commission shall establish a universal service fund to enable eligible telecommunications carriers to make universal service widely available to all persons within the state of Idaho at reasonable rates. Eligible telecommunication carriers receiving financial support shall use that support only for the provision, maintenance and upgrading […]
Section 62-611 – REGULATORY FEES.
62-611. REGULATORY FEES. Telephone corporations whose services are subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall pay to the commission a special regulatory fee to be determined by the commission, pursuant to procedures set forth in chapter 10, title 61, Idaho Code, in such amount as may be necessary to defray the amount to be […]
Section 62-612 – RESTRICTION ON WITHDRAWAL OR DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE.
62-612. RESTRICTION ON WITHDRAWAL OR DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE. (1) A telephone corporation subject to this chapter which provides basic local exchange or message telecommunication service, may not withdraw or otherwise discontinue such service to a local exchange area unless one or more alternative telephone corporations are furnishing the respective telecommunication service or equivalent service to […]
Section 62-613 – SUBSIDIZATION OF CERTAIN SERVICES NOT ALLOWED.
62-613. SUBSIDIZATION OF CERTAIN SERVICES NOT ALLOWED. A telephone corporation may not subsidize nonprice-regulated telecommunication services with those telecommunication services price-regulated by the commission pursuant to this chapter or to title 61, Idaho Code. The commission shall not require revenues earned from nonprice-regulated services or affiliates to be attributed to basic local exchange services, nor […]
Section 62-614 – RESOLUTION OF INTER-TELEPHONE CORPORATION DISPUTES.
62-614. RESOLUTION OF INTER-TELEPHONE CORPORATION DISPUTES. (1) If a telephone corporation providing basic local exchange service which has exercised the election provided in section 62-604(2)(a), Idaho Code, and any other telephone corporation subject to title 61, Idaho Code, or any mutual, nonprofit or cooperative telephone corporation, are unable to agree on any matter relating to […]
Section 62-615 – AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT — SUSPENSION OF OBLIGATIONS OF RURAL CARRIERS — PROMULGATION OF RULES OR PROCEDURES.
62-615. AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT — SUSPENSION OF OBLIGATIONS OF RURAL CARRIERS — PROMULGATION OF RULES OR PROCEDURES. (1) The commission shall have full power and authority to implement the federal telecommunications act of 1996, including, but not limited to, the power to establish unbundled network element charges in accordance with the act. […]
Section 62-616 – COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE SUBSCRIBER COMPLAINTS.
62-616. COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE SUBSCRIBER COMPLAINTS. The commission shall have the authority to investigate and resolve complaints made by subscribers to telecommunication services which are subject to the provisions of this chapter which concern the quality and availability of local exchange service, or whether price and conditions of service are in conformance with filed […]
Section 62-616A – DUTY OF TELEPHONE COMPANY TO CUSTOMERS RELATING TO UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES BY A THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER.
62-616A. DUTY OF TELEPHONE COMPANY TO CUSTOMERS RELATING TO UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES BY A THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER. If a customer of a telephone corporation, whether subject to the provisions of this chapter or title 61, Idaho Code, notifies the telephone corporation that an unauthorized charge from a third-party service provider has been included on the telephone […]
Section 62-608A – INTERLATA SERVICE RESTRICTIONS.
62-608A. INTERLATA SERVICE RESTRICTIONS. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Dialing parity" means the provision of dialing arrangements and other service characteristics by a telephone corporation subject to interLATA telecommunication service restrictions, to a telephone corporation which is not subject to interLATA telecommunication service restriction, which dialing arrangements and other service characteristics are equivalent […]