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For purposes of this section:
Terms Used In Utah Code 54-8b-18- Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corporation: includes an association and a joint stock company having any powers or privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships. See Utah Code 54-2-1
- Division: means the Division of Public Utilities established in Section 54-4a-1. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Local exchange service: means the provision of telephone lines to customers with the associated transmission of two-way interactive, switched voice communication within the geographic area encompassing one or more local communities as described in maps, tariffs, or rate schedules filed with and approved by the commission. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Public telecommunications service: means the two-way transmission of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, messages, data, or other information of any nature by wire, radio, lightwaves, or other electromagnetic means offered to the public generally. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
- Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Telecommunications corporation: means any corporation or person, and their lessees, trustees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating, managing, or reselling a public telecommunications service. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
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“Agents” includes any person, firm, or corporation representing a telecommunications corporation for purposes of requesting a change in a subscriber’s telecommunications provider, but does not include a local service provider when executing a request submitted by another service provider or its agents. |
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“Freeze” means a directive from a subscriber to retain the provider of public telecommunications services selected by the subscriber until the subscriber provides authorization for a change to another provider of public telecommunications services through any means by which a freeze is implemented. |
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“Small commercial subscriber” is a person or entity conducting a business, agriculture, or other enterprise in the state having less than five telecommunications lines. |
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“Subscriber” means a corporation, person, or government, or a person acting legally on behalf of a corporation, person, or government who has purchased public telecommunications services from a telecommunications corporation. |
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