Section 378:14-a – Emergency Calls.
378:14-a Emergency Calls. – Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 378:14, telephone companies authorized by the commission to do business in any town shall, at the customer’s request, adjust the charges for tolls to such customer so that no toll charges shall be imposed for any call from any point within the geographical boundaries of […]
Section 378:15 – Service to Officers, Etc.
378:15 Service to Officers, Etc. – I. Nothing herein shall prevent any public utility from granting free or reduced rate service to its officers and employees, nor any telephone or telegraph utility from granting franks for free service to the officials of other utilities engaged in the operation of telephone or telegraph properties, nor […]
Section 378:16 – Statements of Service at Less Than Schedule Rates.
378:16 Statements of Service at Less Than Schedule Rates. – Statements shall be filed with the commission, in such form as the commission shall require, showing all service of any kind granted at less than the regular schedule rates. Source. 1913, 99:2. PL 242:17. RL 292:17. 1951, 203:46 par. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.
Section 378:17 – Discontinuance, Etc., of Free or Reduced Rate Service.
378:17 Discontinuance, Etc., of Free or Reduced Rate Service. – In any case where the commission shall investigate the rates, charges or prices of any public utility in any town or city, if it shall be of the opinion that the furnishing of free or reduced rate service under the authority hereof operates unreasonably […]
Section 378:17-a – Local Telephone Calling Areas and Intrastate Access Charges.
378:17-a Local Telephone Calling Areas and Intrastate Access Charges. – I. In this section, " local calling area " means the area which may be called from a telephone calling exchange without paying toll charges or access charges. II. If the commission uses a community of interest standard to limit requests to add additional […]
Section 378:17-b – Competitive Telephone Services Information.
378:17-b Competitive Telephone Services Information. – I. The commission is authorized to require telephone utilities that are also providers of competitive telephone services within New Hampshire or outside of New Hampshire to provide information to the commission concerning potential separation or divestiture. The information shall include the costs and other adverse consequences of requiring […]
Section 378:17-c – Requirements for Nonpublic Utility Providers of Telephone Services.
378:17-c Requirements for Nonpublic Utility Providers of Telephone Services. – I. In this section, "nonpublic utility provider of telephone services" includes, but is not limited to, a hotel, motel, hospital, university, or similar place of temporary accommodation. II. Every nonpublic utility provider of telephone services shall display or post on or near the telephone […]
Section 378:18 – Special Contracts for Service.
378:18 Special Contracts for Service. – Nothing herein shall prevent a public utility from making a contract for service at rates other than those fixed by its schedules of general application, if special circumstances exist which render such departure from the general schedules just and consistent with the public interest and, except as provided […]
Section 378:10 – Preferences.
378:10 Preferences. – No public utility shall make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any person or corporation, or to any locality, or to any particular description of service in any respect whatever or subject any particular person or corporation or locality, or any particular description of service, to any […]
Section 378:11 – Exceptions.
378:11 Exceptions. – The provisions of RSA 378:10 shall not require absolute uniformity in the charges made and demanded by public utilities when the circumstances render any lack of uniformity reasonable, nor prevent telephone, telegraph and cable companies from entering into contracts, subject to the approval of the commission, with common carriers for the […]