New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Subchapter 7 - ACCESS TO ADULT-ORIENTED INFORMATION-ACCESS TELEPHONE SERVICE
Section 14:10-7.3 - Restrictions on access to adult-oriented services

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 14:10-7.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) No telephone utility shall provide a subscriber with access to adult-oriented information-access telephone service in the State without written authorization from the subscriber.

(b) LECs offering seven digit adult-oriented information-access telephone service shall assign all lines providing such service to the same Central Office code, or codes (NXX).

(c) LECs and IXCs offering 10 digit adult-oriented information-access telephone service shall assign all lines accessing such service to the same 900-NXX or 700-NXX code or codes.

(d) An LEC or IXC that offers adult-oriented information-access telephone service shall do one or more of the following to ensure that non subscribers do not obtain access to the service:

1. Ensure that all lines used for that service are blocked, except as necessary to provide service to subscribers enrolled pursuant to 14:10-7.4(a);

2. Require as a condition of service that adult-oriented information providers restrict access to the service for all callers except subscribers enrolled pursuant to 14:10-7.4(a). Such LECs or IXCs shall be responsible for assurance that information providers restrict access in accordance with this rule; or

3. Require as a condition of service that an adult-oriented information provider scramble its transmissions, and supply audio descramblers to subscribers, so as to ensure that inadvertent or unauthorized access will not result in intelligent transmission.

(e) No telephone utility offering adult-oriented information-access telephone service originating in the State shall permit access of such service from telephone operators or pay telephones.

(f) Subscribers to local telephone service in the State are to be advised of these rules through inclusion in the informational consumer guide pages in the front of local telephone directories in accordance with 14:10-1A.5.

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