Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Chapter 53 - Telecommunications
Article 11 - Criteria for the Provision of Private Pay Telephone Service
3 AAC 53.820 - Limits on rates and charges
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) A private pay telephone service provider may not charge more than $.25 for each local call.
(b) A private pay telephone must provide access free of charge and without the use of a coin to
(c) End-user charges for intrastate interexchange calls placed from a private or public pay telephone through the presubscribed operator-service provider may not exceed the per-minute rates and surcharges of the interexchange carrier of last resort serving the exchange where the private or public pay telephone is located.
(d) A private pay telephone service provider may not require a deposit of coins in the telephone that results in the caller's paying a higher rate for a call that is advertised by the private pay telephone service provider.
(e) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a private pay telephone service provider shall charge only for completed calls. A completed call is one that reaches an individual or answering device. A private pay telephone must return all coins or other payment used to make uncompleted calls.
Authority:AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.381
AS 42.05.391
AS 42.05.431