To the extent subject to the public utilities commission’s jurisdiction under this chapter, all of the following shall comply with every order, direction, and requirement of the commission made under authority of this chapter:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 4927.20

  • Internet: means the international computer network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks, including the graphical subnetwork known as the world wide web. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Internet protocol-enabled services: means any services, capabilities, functionalities, or applications that are provided using internet protocol or a successor protocol to enable an end user to send or receive communications in internet protocol format or a successor format, regardless of how any particular such service is classified by the federal communications commission, and includes voice over internet protocol service. See Ohio Code 4927.01
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Telecommunications: means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received. See Ohio Code 4927.01
  • Telephone company: means a company described in division (A) of section 4905. See Ohio Code 4927.01
  • Wireless service: means federally licensed commercial mobile service as defined in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996" 110 Stat. See Ohio Code 4927.01

(A) Every telephone company, including every wireless service provider;

(B) Every telecommunications carrier;

(C) Every provider of internet protocol-enabled services, including voice over internet protocol.

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