Idaho Code 62-608A – Interlata Service Restrictions
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(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Dialing parity" means the provision of dialing arrangements and other service characteristics by a telephone corporation subject to interLATA telecommunication service restrictions, to a telephone corporation which is not subject to interLATA telecommunication service restriction, which dialing arrangements and other service characteristics are equivalent in type and quality to those provided by the telephone corporation subject to interLATA telecommunication service restrictions in its provision of message telecommunication services to its subscribers;
(b) "InterLATA telecommunication service restrictions" means the restrictions upon interexchange telecommunication services contained in section II(D)(1) of the Modification of Final Judgment entered in the case of the United States v. Western Electric Co., 552 F. Supp. 131 (D.D.C. 1982), and section V(C)(1) of the Final Judgment entered in the case of the United States v. GTE Corporation, 1985-1 Trade Cs. (CCH) P66, 355 (D.D.C. Dec. 21, 1984).
(c) "LATA" (Local Access and Transport Area), means the geographical area within which a telephone corporation may provide message telecommunication services without violating interLATA telecommunication service restrictions.
(2) A telephone corporation providing basic local exchange service, which also provides message telecommunication services and is subject to interLATA telecommunication service restrictions, shall not be required to provide dialing parity to other telephone corporations for the provision of intraLATA message telecommunication services until such telephone corporation is also permitted to provide interstate and intrastate interLATA and intraLATA message telecommunication services on an integrated basis, and is not subject to interLATA telecommunication service restrictions.
Terms Used In Idaho Code 62-608A
- Basic local exchange service: means the provision of access lines to residential and small business customers with the associated transmission of two-way interactive switched voice communication within a local exchange calling area. See Idaho Code 62-603
- 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.
- Telecommunication service: means the transmission of two-way interactive switched signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, messages, data, or other information of any nature by wire, radio, lightwaves, or other electromagnetic means (which includes message telecommunication service and access service), which originate and terminate in this state, and are offered to or for the public, or some portion thereof, for compensation. See Idaho Code 62-603
- Telephone corporation: means every corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, providing telecommunication services for compensation within this state, provided that municipal, cooperative, or mutual nonprofit telephone companies shall be included in this definition only for the purposes of sections 62-610 and 62-617 through 62-620, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 62-603