Section 3.53.499. Definitions.

In 3 AAC 53.400 - 3 AAC 53.499, unless the context requires otherwise,  
		(1) "business day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday;  
		(2) "common carrier" has the meaning given in 47 U.S.C. 153(11);  
		(3) "coverage area" means one or more locations where the common carrier is capable of providing the supported services;  
		(4) "creamskimming" means the practice of targeting the customers that are the least expensive or the most profitable for the incumbent local exchange carrier to serve, thereby undercutting the incumbent local exchange carrier's ability to provide service throughout its study area;  
		(5) "eligible telecommunications carrier service area" or "service area" means the geographical boundaries specified in an common carrier's request for designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier;  
		(6) "exchange" or "local exchange" has the meaning given in 3 AAC 48.820;  
		(7) "facilities" means any physical components of the telecommunications network that are used in the transmission or routing of the services that are designated for support;  
		(8) "lifeline" has the meaning given in 47 C.F.R. 54.401;  
		(9) "link up" has the meaning given in 47 C.F.R. 54.411;  
		(10) "rural telephone company" has the meaning given in 47 U.S.C. 153(44);  
		(11) "service area redefinition" means a change to an eligible telecommunications carrier service area that would cause the area to differ from the incumbent local exchange carrier study area;  
		(12) "study area" means the geographic area over which the incumbent local exchange carrier calculates its costs and performs jurisdictional separations, and is generally composed of the exchanges in the state served by that incumbent local exchange carrier; "study area" does not include areas outside the incumbent local exchange carrier's certificated service area;  
		(13) "supported services" means the basic services supported by the federal universal service fund in accordance with 47 C.F.R. 54.101(a), including  
			(A) voice grade access;  
			(B) local usage;  
			(C) dual-tone multi-frequency signaling;  
			(D) single-party service;  
			(E) access to emergency services;  
			(F) access to operator services;  
			(G) access to interexchange service;  
			(H) access to directory assistance; and  
			(I) toll limitation or a similar service for low-income customers;  
		(14) "wire center" means the location of a local switching facility containing one or more central offices;  
		(15) "wire center area" means the area within which all customers served by a given wire center are located.  

Authorities

42.05.141;42.05.145;42.05.151;42.05.291;44.62.125

Notes

Reference

3 AAC 48.656
3 AAC 53.299
3 AAC 53.399
3 AAC 53.400
3 AAC 53.480
3 AAC 53.499

Authority

AS 42.05.141 AS 42.05.145 AS 42.05.151 AS 42.05.291 Editor's note: As of Register 202 (July 2012), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the definitions of "common carrier" and "rural telephone company" in 3 AAC 53.499. ________________________

History

Eff. 7/12/2009, Register 191

References

3.53.499