(1) A telephone corporation subject to this chapter which provides basic local exchange or message telecommunication service, may not withdraw or otherwise discontinue such service to a local exchange area unless one or more alternative telephone corporations are furnishing the respective telecommunication service or equivalent service to the customers in such local exchange area at the time such service is withdrawn or otherwise discontinued.
(2)  A telephone corporation proposing to withdraw or otherwise discontinue the services set forth in subsection (1) of this section to a local exchange area shall file a notice of such withdrawal or discontinuance of service with the commission and shall publish a notice of such withdrawal in a legal newspaper circulated within the local exchange area, and provide such other reasonable notice as may be required by the commission.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 62-612

  • Commission: means the Idaho public utilities commission. 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.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
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  • 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
    • (3)  Any person or telephone corporation affected by a withdrawal or discontinuance of such services by a telephone corporation subject to this chapter, may within thirty (30) days from the date of publication of the notice apply to the commission to determine whether such withdrawal or discontinuance of service is authorized pursuant to this section.