Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4901:1 - Utilities
Chapter 4901:1-6 - Retail Telecommunication Services
Section 4901:1-6-32 - Boundary changes, and administration of borderline boundaries

Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 4901:1-6-32

Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024

This rule applies to all incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs).

(A) Commission-maintained telephone exchange boundary maps will be the official source/documentation of ILEC service areas and boundaries.

(B) Whenever an ILEC proposes to change the boundary of an exchange area, the ILEC will file an application seeking to change the boundary. Whenever the exchange area involves the exchange area of two or more ILECs, the application will be filed jointly by the companies involved.

(C) Such application to change boundaries (ACB) is subject to a fourteen-day automatic approval procedure. An ILEC application submitted for approval includes:

(1) A description of the change being made to the boundary. The company will work with staff to ensure that the commission's maps reflect accurately the boundary changes, using the telephone boundary maps as found on the commission's website as a basis for the boundary change.

(2) The reasons for making the change, and one of the following:
(a) A statement explaining the effect of the change, if any, on existing BLES subscribers.

(b) A statement attesting that the change does not adversely affect the service being furnished to any existing BLES subscriber.

(c) A statement attesting that each existing BLES subscriber whose service is adversely affected has consented to the change

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