Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities
Article 3 - Telephone Utilities
3 AAC 52.333 - Access to intrastate interexchange carriers
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) As set out in (b) - (c) of this section, a local exchange telephone utility providing service to an exchange shall install and maintain plant, equipment, and facilities necessary to provide 2-PIC dialing in that exchange upon receipt of a bona fide request for interconnection.
(b) If a local exchange telephone utility receives a bona fide request for interconnection in an exchange where interstate equal access is available at the time of the request, that utility shall implement 2-PIC dialing in that exchange within 90 days after receipt of that request. Upon implementation of 2-PIC dialing, the access line or lines of each customer will be presubscribed to the incumbent carrier until the local exchange telephone utility receives a request from an interexchange carrier to change the customer's interexchange carrier.
(c) If a local exchange telephone utility receives a bona fide request for interconnection in an exchange where interstate equal access is not being provided at the time of the request, that utility shall provide 2-PIC dialing at the same time and on the same schedule as required by the Federal Communications Commission for the implementation of interstate equal access. In this event, presubscription balloting for intrastate interexchange carriers shall be conducted by that utility in coordination with balloting for interstate interexchange carriers, as follows:
(d) If a local exchange telephone utility desires a waiver of (b) of this section, that utility must file a motion for that waiver within 30 days after receipt of a bona fide request for interconnection and include a schedule that states when 2-PIC dialing can be provided, the financial and technical basis for the waiver request, and a proposed public notice of the interim dialing arrangements. The proposed public notice must explain the 1-PIC dialing arrangements, list carriers available to provide both intrastate and interstate interexchange services, and describe the actions necessary to change a presubscribed access line to a different interstate interexchange carrier.
(e) If a waiver of (b) of this section is granted, the local exchange telephone utility shall implement 1-PIC dialing for the period prior to 2-PIC implementation in accordance with the following rules:
Authority:AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.311
AS 42.05.321
AS 42.05.800
AS 42.05.810