Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Chapter 53 - Telecommunications
Article 4 - Local Exchange Competition
3 AAC 53.299 - Definitions

(1) "access to directory assistance" means access to a service that includes making available to customers, upon request, information contained in directory listings;

(2) "access to emergency services" includes access to 911 and enhanced 911 services to the extent that, in a carrier of last resort area, a local government or other public safety organization has implemented 911 or enhanced 911 service; in this paragraph,

(3) "access to interexchange services" means the use of the loop, as well as that portion of the switch that is paid for by the end user, or the functional equivalent of these network elements in the case of a wireless carrier, that are necessary to access an interexchange carrier's network;

(4) "access to operator services" means access to any automatic or live assistance to a consumer to arrange for billing or completion, or both, of a telephone call;

(5) "affiliate" has the meaning given "affiliated interest" in AS 42.05.990;

(6) "bundled service" means an offering combining two or more services, one of which is local service, for a package price that may include a discount or some other benefit; "bundled service" does not include a combination of local service offerings at a package price;

(7) "business day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday;

(8) "carrier of last resort area" means the geographic area for which a local exchange carrier is designated a carrier of last resort;

(9) "commission" means the Regulatory Commission of Alaska;

(10) "control" by a carrier refers to the ability of the carrier or its affiliate to direct the use of facilities regardless of whether the carrier directly owns the facilities;

(11) "customer connection" means any connection used to provide local exchange service; "customer connection"

(12) "dominant carrier" means a local exchange carrier that the commission designates under 3 AAC 53.220 as a dominant carrier for a service;

(13) "dual-tone multi-frequency signaling or its functional equivalent" means a method of signaling that facilitates the transportation of signaling through the network, shortening call set-up time;

(14) "economic regulation" has the meaning given in 3 AAC 48.820;

(15) "eligible telecommunications carrier" means a carrier that is designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier by the commission under 47 U.S.C. 214(e) and 3 AAC 53.400 - 3 AAC 53.499;

(16) "exchange" or "local exchange" has the meaning given in 3 AAC 48.820;

(17) "incumbent carrier" means the telephone utility, or its successor, certificated to provide local exchange telephone service within its service area as of February 8, 1996;

(18) "interexchange carrier" means a carrier certificated by the commission to provide intrastate interexchange telephone service;

(19) "lifeline" has the meaning given in 47 C.F.R. 54.401;

(20) "line extension" has the meaning given in 3 AAC 48.820;

(21) "link up" has the meaning given in 47 C.F.R. 54.411;

(22) "local exchange carrier" means a local exchange telephone utility certificated to provide local exchange telephone service;

(23) "noncompetitive areas" means one or more areas that are not designated as a competitive local exchange market;

(24) "nondominant carrier" means a local exchange carrier other than a dominant carrier;

(25) "private line" means a service that provides dedicated circuits, predefined transmission paths, whether virtual or physical, or equivalent arrangements that allow for the provision of communications between predetermined specific customer locations;

(26) "recorded authorization" means a voice communication that clearly grants the authority to transfer a customer's local exchange service from one local exchange carrier to another and that may be accurately retrieved for later review;

(27) "single-party service or its functional equivalent" means telecommunications service that permits users to have

(28) "special access" has the meaning given in section 801(ff) of the Alaska Intrastate Interexchange Access Charge Manual, adopted by reference in 3 AAC 48.440;

(29) "special construction" means one or more of the following types of construction:

(30) "study area" has the meaning given in 3 AAC 53.499;

(31) "toll-blocking limitation for qualifying low-income customers" has the meaning given "toll limitation for qualifying low-income consumers" in 47 C.F.R. 54.101(a);

(32) "unaffiliated" means not an affiliate;

(33) "voice grade access to the public switched network" means a functionality

(34) "1-plus" has the meaning given in 3 AAC 52.399.