No telecommunications company shall be required to deaverage its wholesale basic local exchange rates to reflect the differences in the costs of providing basic local exchange service in the various exchanges that the telecommunications company serves until the retail basic local exchange rates for those exchanges are also deaveraged or until funds are disbursed to such telecommunications company from federal or state universal service or high-cost funds to offset the higher-than-average costs which such telecommunications company incurs in serving high-cost exchanges.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 86-150

  • Basic local exchange service: means the access and transmission of two-way switched voice communications within a local exchange area. See Nebraska Statutes 86-105
  • Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Company shall: include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Telecommunications: means the transmission, between or among points specified by the subscriber, of information of the subscriber's choosing, without a change in the form or content of the information as sent or received. See Nebraska Statutes 86-117
  • Telecommunications company: means any person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, or governmental entity offering telecommunications service in Nebraska intrastate commerce. See Nebraska Statutes 86-119
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