Alaska Administrative Code

(a) To maintain approval under 3 AAC 53.310, (1) the administrator shall keep the amount allocated for universal service support in the AUSF in an account separate from other money under the control of the administrator; (2) the AUSF and the accounting practices of the administra…

(a) A public utility that provides intrastate telecommunications service to the public, or to those classes of users as to be effectively available to the public for a fee, shall pay a universal service surcharge to the AUSF. The public utility must pay the surcharge on its annua…

Notes 3 AAC 53.345 Eff. 7/31/2011, Register 199; am 10/27/2017,Register 224, January 2018; repealed 12/20/2018,Register 228, January 2019 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and t…

Effective January 1, 2019, carrier of last resort support and carrier common line support are eliminated. As of that date, carriers that previously received carrier of last resort support or carrier common line support shall receive support, designated essential network support, …

(a) The administrator shall disburse on a monthly basis money approved by the commission from the AUSF for universal service support eligible in the current month for (1) dial equipment minute (DEM) weighting; (2) essential network support. (b) Beginning January 1, 2019, the admi…

Notes 3 AAC 53.390 Eff. 1/28/2005, Register 173; repealed 12/20/2018,Register 228, January 2019 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More compariso…

Unless the context indicates otherwise, in 3 AAC 53.300 - 3 AAC 53.399 (1) "administrator" means the applicant approved by the commission under 3 AAC 53.310 to serve as administrator of AUSF; (2) "AUSF" means the Alaska Universal Service Fund; (3) "eligible telecommunications car…

(a) The provisions of 3 AAC 53.400 - 3 AAC 53.499 apply to a common carrier seeking to obtain or maintain designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier under 47 U.S.C. 214(e)(2). (b) The purpose of 3 AAC 53.400 - 3 AAC 53.499 is to establish requirements for a common carr…

(a) A common carrier seeking designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier must file, for each study area or portion of a study area where eligible telecommunications carrier designation is sought, a request, in accordance with 3 AAC 48.095, that includes (1) the common c…

(a) A common carrier seeking designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier must file a network deployment plan explaining its plans to provide service throughout the proposed eligible telecommunications service area. The network deployment plan must include (1) an explana…

If a common carrier proposes an eligible telecommunications carrier service area that differs from the study area of the incumbent local exchange carrier, the requesting carrier must provide (1) the population, square miles, and road miles of each wire center area where the commo…

(a) A request for designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier must be in writing, must be verified by an authorized officer of the requesting common carrier, and must conform to the general requirements of pleadings set out in 3 AAC 48.100. A request for designation as …

(a) An eligible telecommunications carrier shall maintain at least one business office, with toll-free calling if necessary, staffed during commission business hours, to provide customers with access to personnel who can timely provide information on services and rates, accept an…

(a) A common carrier designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier in this state and that files a report with the Federal Communications Commission under 47 C.F.R. 54.313 shall provide a copy of that report to the commission on or before July 1 of each year, in accordance …

The commission may, on its own motion or in response to a petition from an interested entity, request the Alaska Universal Service Fund administrator approved under 3 AAC 53.310 or an appropriate entity to perform an audit of a designated eligible telecommunications carrier's com…

If the commission determines that an eligible telecommunications carrier failed to comply with the requirements of 47 U.S.C. 214(e), 3 AAC 53.400 - 3 AAC 53.499, commission orders, or other applicable law, or failed to fulfill commitments made in filings with the commission regar…

In 3 AAC 53.400 - 3 AAC 53.499, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) "business day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday; (2) "common carrier" has the meaning given in 47 U.S.C. 153(11); (3) "coverage area" means one or more locations where the common…

(a) The provisions of 3 AAC 53.500 - 3 AAC 53.530 and 3 AAC 53.599 apply to a local exchange carrier or an intrastate interexchange carrier that provides billing and collection services to a pay-per-call information provider either directly or on behalf of an interexchange carrie…

(a) A local exchange carrier may not disconnect a customer's basic local telephone service for nonpayment of pay-per call telephone service charges. (b) An interexchange carrier may not disconnect a customer's interexchange telephone service for nonpayment of pay-per-call telepho…

(a) On a billing statement, charges for pay-per-call telephone service must be segregated from charges for basic local or interexchange telephone service charges and be listed in a clear and conspicuous manner under a separate heading that reads "Pay-Per-Call Telephone Service Ch…

(a) When a customer questions or disputes a pay-per-call telephone service charge, the billing agent shall inform the customer of the blocking options that are available. (b) The billing agent shall waive pay-per-call telephone service charges for the period of time from a custom…

(a) Where technically feasible, a local exchange carrier shall provide free, first-time, customer-specific blocking of pay-per-call telephone service and annually notify its customers that initial blocking is available free of charge. (b) A local exchange carrier may charge custo…

(a) A local exchange carrier or interexchange carrier may not provide transmission services for pay-per-call telephone service originated by an information service provider and charged to a customer unless the called party has taken affirmative action clearly indicating that it a…

(a) At the beginning of each pay-per-call telephone service, a preamble is required that provides disclosure information pertaining to the specific service provided. (b) The preamble must be clearly understandable and audible. (c) The disclosure information contained in the pream…

Local exchange carriers and interexchange carriers are prohibited from providing transmission services for pay-per-call telephone service that does not comply with 3 AAC 53.500 - 3 AAC 53.599. Notes 3 AAC 53.570 Eff. 9/25/93, Register 127 Authority:AS 42.05.141 AS 42.05.145 AS 42…

(a) Unless the context indicates otherwise, in 3 AAC 53.500 - 3 AAC 53.570 (1) "billing agent" means the local exchange carrier or the intrastate interexchange carrier doing billing and collection on behalf of the information provider; (2) "blocking" means the denial of customer …

(a) The provisions of 3 AAC 53.610 - 3 AAC 53.660 apply to all local exchange carriers, interexchange carriers, alternate operator service providers, pay telephone providers, and directory assistance providers. (b) Unless otherwise required under AS 42.05, a requirement in 3 AAC …

(a) A local exchange carrier shall provide 411 dialed intrastate directory assistance to its local subscribers either through an internal directory assistance bureau or through a directory assistance agent. On or before December 1, 2004, each local exchange carrier must notify th…

(a) Upon petition or on its own motion, the commission may investigate the wholesale rates a directory assistance provider charges to local exchange carriers for 411 dialed intrastate directory assistance or to intrastate interexchange carriers for 907-555-1212 dialed intrastate …

Notes 3 AAC 53.630 Eff. 5/24/95, Register 134; repealed 11/24/2004, Register 172 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will…

Notes 3 AAC 53.640 Eff. 5/24/95, Register 134; repealed 11/24/2004, Register 172 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will…

A directory assistance agent may discontinue, suspend, or abandon service only after six months' notice to its customers and to the commission. The commission may require a directory assistance agent to continue providing service until another available directory assistance agent…

(a) A local exchange carrier shall provide directory assistance, directory listings, and directory assistance databases to a competing provider of telephone exchange service, a competing provider of telephone toll service, or a directory assistance agent in a nondiscriminatory ma…

Unless the context indicates otherwise, in 3 AAC 53.610 - 3 AAC 53.660, (1) "affiliated interest" has the meaning given in AS 42.05.990; (2) "alternate operator service" has the meaning given in AS 42.05.325(c); (3) "business day" means each day of a calendar week except a Saturd…

(a) The provisions of 3 AAC 53.700 - 3 AAC 53.720 apply to all local exchange carriers and facilities-based intrastate interchange carriers certificated by the commission. (b) The purpose of 3 AAC 53.700 - 3 AAC 53.720 is to (1) establish a plan defining requirements for the mode…

(a) A telecommunications provider shall design its telephone network to allow for the expeditious deployment and integration of emerging technologies as they become commercially feasible. (b) A telecommunications provider may develop affordable tariff rates specifically for medic…

Notes 3 AAC 53.710 Eff. 3/15/96, Register 137; repealed 11/22/2017,Register 224, January 2018 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison …

(a) Unless the context indicates otherwise, in 3 AAC 53.700 - 3 AAC 53.720, (1) "bit rate" means the rate of transmission of telecommunications signals or intelligence in binary (two-state) form in bits per unit of time; for example, megabits per second (Mb/sec), kilobits per sec…

Notes 3 AAC 53.740 Eff. 1/11/2001, Register 157; repealed 12/20/2018,Register 228, January 2019 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More compariso…

Notes 3 AAC 53.745 Eff. 1/11/2001, Register 157; repealed 12/20/2018,Register 228, January 2019 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More compariso…

Notes 3 AAC 53.750 Eff. 1/11/2001, Register 157; am 11/6/2016, Register 220, January 2017; repealed 12/20/2018,Register 228, January 2019 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and t…

Notes 3 AAC 53.755 Eff. 1/11/2001, Register 157; repealed 12/20/2018,Register 228, January 2019 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More compariso…

Notes 3 AAC 53.760 Eff. 1/11/2001, Register 157; repealed 12/20/2018,Register 228, January 2019 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More compariso…

Notes 3 AAC 53.765 Eff. 1/11/2001, Register 157; repealed 12/20/2018,Register 228, January 2019 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More compariso…

Notes 3 AAC 53.770 Eff. 1/11/2001, Register 157; repealed 12/20/2018,Register 228, January 2019 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More compariso…

Notes 3 AAC 53.775 Eff. 1/11/2001, Register 157; repealed 12/20/2018,Register 228, January 2019 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More compariso…

Notes 3 AAC 53.799 Eff. 1/11/2001, Register 157; repealed 12/20/2018,Register 228, January 2019 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More compariso…

(a) The provisions of 3 AAC 53.810 - 3 AAC 53.899 apply to private pay telephone service. However, the provisions of 3 AAC 52.200 - 3 AAC 52.340, which set out service standards for the furnishing of telecommunications services and facilities to the public, do not apply to privat…

(a) A person may not provide private pay telephone service without obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the commission. (b) To obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide private pay telephone service, the person shall file the …

(a) A private pay telephone service provider may not charge more than $.25 for each local call. (b) A private pay telephone must provide access free of charge and without the use of a coin to (1) repealed 7/15/98; (2) the 911 emergency number; and (3) the operator. (c) End-user c…