Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) The provisions of this subchapter shall
apply to all operator service providers which provide intrastate "regulated
telecommunications services" in Montana as defined in the Montana
Telecommunications Act,
69-3-801,
et seq., MCA. Operator service providers must comply with all provisions of
these rules on all intrastate telephone calls. Federal laws are applicable to
interstate calls.
(2) Except as
context may otherwise demand, terms used in these rules have the following
meanings:
(a) "Call blocking" means
prohibiting or restricting a consumer's access to a carrier which offers
service in the same local exchange area by means of equal access or an access
code, including but not limited to 1-800, 950-XXXX, and 10-10XXX-0 + dialing
sequences.
(b) "Call splashing"
means the transfer of a telephone call from an operator service provider to
another operator service provider or carrier in such a manner that the
subsequent provider or carrier is unable or unwilling to determine the location
of the origination of the call and, because of such inability or unwillingness
is prevented from billing the call on the basis of such location.
(c) "Inmate operator service provider" means
a carrier or operator service provider that provides regulated
telecommunications services for the use of inmates in correctional
facilities.
(d) "Operator service
provider" means any person, company, or entity that provides automated or live
assistance to a customer to arrange for billing or completion, or both, of an
intrastate telephone call through a method other than:
(i) automatic completion with billing to the
telephone from which the call originated; or
(ii) completion through an access code used
by the customer, with billing to an account previously established with a
telecommunications carrier by the customer.
69-3-103,
69-3-822 and
69-3-1103,
MCA; IMP,
69-3-102,
69-3-201,
69-3-802,
69-3-1102
and
69-3-1103,
MCA;
