state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) furnish, improve, and expand telephone or related telecommunications service to its members and to other users not in excess of 10 percent of the number of its members; however, telephone or related telecommunications service may be made available by a cooperative through interconnection of facilities to any number of subscribers of other telephone or related telecommunications systems, and through pay stations to any number of users, and a cooperative that acquires existing telephone facilities or related telecommunications facilities may continue service to persons, not exceeding 40 percent of the number of its members, who are already receiving service from the facilities without requiring them to become members, and these persons may become members on terms as may be prescribed in the bylaws;(2) connect and interconnect its telephone or related telecommunications service lines, facilities, or systems with other telephone or related telecommunications service lines, facilities, or systems;(3) make its facilities available to persons furnishing telephone or related telecommunications service inside or outside the state.(b)[Repealed, Sec. 22 ch 29 SLA 2020.]
