Local call charges based on duration or time of call prohibited

A local exchange company may not charge a residential customer or single line business for basic local exchange service based on the duration Page: 535 Job Path: @mfgmic/west/stcodes/ga/repl/qj04040.63 Date: 06/30/04 Time: 20:57:31 0000 42051-21 (QS) GA 04 RV34 -- 3rd RUN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE of a call or on the time of day that a call is made; provided, however, that such restriction shall not apply in any case where a customer or business requests charges based on the duration of a call or on the time of day that a call is made. This Code section does not prohibit a local exchange company from offering discounts based on the time of day that a call is made if the company also offers basic local exchange service at a rate permitted under Code Section 46-5-166. (Code 1981, § 46-5-171, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 886, § 2.)