Guam Administrative Code

§4123. Same: Maintenance and Repairs. All ordinary expense of maintenance and repair unless otherwise specified in the Authority's Telephone Exchange Tariff, is borne by the Authority. In case of loss of, damage to or destruction of, any of the Authority's instruments or accessor…

§4124. Same: Transmitting Messages. The Authority does not transmit messages but offers the use of its facilities when available for communications between parties, each of whom is present at the telephone.

§4125. Arrangements With Other Systems. When suitable arrangements can be made, lines of the military system may be used in establishing connections to points not reached by the lines of the Authority. In establishing connection with the lines of the military system, the Authorit…

§4126. Special Regulations: Contract Periods. (a) Except as otherwise provided, the initial (or minimum) ART. 1 - TELEPHONE EXCHANGE TARIFF - 1997 - P. 13 period for all services and facilities is one (1) month at the same location. (b) The length of the contract period for direc…

§4127. Same: Establishment and Re-establishment of Credit. (a) The Authority is not obligated to furnish telephone service to any individual or firm that owes the Authority for service previously rendered at the same or a different address, until arrangements have been made to li…

§4128. Same: Complaints. (a) A customer who in good faith believes that he has been incorrectly billed for services may provide a complaint to the Authority. Upon receipt of such a customer complaint and the proper deposit, the Authority shall undertake an investigation into the …

§4129. Same: Priorities. (a) The following system establishes priorities by which telephone services are established, restored and/or repaired if limited resources, disasters or other conditions require a choice as to scheduling of work: Category I - Public Health and Safety. (Go…

§4130. Local Exchange Services: General. (a) The Authority's obligation to furnish exchange service is dependent upon its ability to secure and retain, without unreasonable expense, suitable facilities and rights for the construction and maintenance of the necessary right-of- way…

§4131. Same: Rates. The following basic monthly rates are applicable to business and residence primary (main) telephone service. The Authority provides one standard ART. 1 - TELEPHONE EXCHANGE TARIFF - 1997 - P. 18 instrument per service. All special or supplementary equipment an…

§4132. Extension Services. (a) General: (1) Extension services are provided in connection with any grade or class of primary telephone service, including semi-public pay station service. (2) Extension lines may terminate either in telephone instruments or in switching keys used i…

§4133. Service Connection and Move and Change Charges: General - Service Connection Charges. (a) The term Service Connection Charge is used to define the charge made at the time of the establishment of a class of telephone service or subsequent additions to that service. The char…

§4134. Same: Application of Service Connection Charges. (a) Service Connection Charges apply as follows: ART. 1 - TELEPHONE EXCHANGE TARIFF - 1997 - P. 20 (1) Main stations, PBX trunks, central office lines terminating in key equipment, long distance terminals, private line termi…

§4135. Same: Supersedure of Service. (a) Supersedure of service is defined as service previously furnished one subscriber which is assumed by a second subscriber upon due notice of cancellation by the first subscriber or in case of abandonment, provided there be no lapse in the r…

§4136. Same: Instances Where Service Connection Charges Do Not Apply. (a) "Public Paystations" established for the use of the general public (but not including Coin Box Service at locations which are classed as semi-public). (b) Operators' Sets. (c) Battery or Ringing Supply Circ…

§4137. Same: General - Inside Moves and Changes. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the charges for Inside Moves and Changes are in no case to exceed the sum of the Termination Charges (if any) for the existing service at the old location and the Service Connection Charges …

§4138. Same: Application of Charges for Inside Moves and Changes. (a) Inside Moves: (1) An inside move is a transfer of telephone service or equipment from one location to another location within the same building or that portion of the same building occupied by the same subscrib…

§4139. Same: Changes of Telephone Numbers. (a) When a telephone number is changed at the request of the subscriber and is not required by the Authority "for the good of the service", the following change charge is applicable: (1) Business number change, each $15.00 (2) Residence …

§4140. Same: Instances Where Charges for Inside Moves and Changes Do Not Apply. (a) Inside moves or changes required for the proper maintenance of the equipment or service. ART. 1 - TELEPHONE EXCHANGE TARIFF - 1997 - P. 24 (b) Inside moves or changes made at the time of a change …

§4141. Non-Payment Suspension and Restoral of Service. (a) General: (1) In the event that any sum due the Guam Telephone Authority (except as provided in §4141(a)(3) below) is not paid on or before the 14th day after the issuance of the bill, a written notice will be sent to the …

§4142. Public Telephone Service. (a) General. A public telephone is an exchange station installed at the initiative of the Authority or at its option, at a location chosen or accepted by the Authority as suitable and necessary for furnishing service to the general public. (b) Pur…

§4143. Semi-Public Telephone Service (a) General: (1) Semi-public service is in general designed to meet telephone service requirements at the following types of locations: (A) Where there is an appreciable demand for service on the part of transients but where the installation o…

§4144. Joint User Service. (a) General: (1) Joint user service is an arrangement whereby a non-subscriber (an individual, firm or corporation) whose telephone needs are not such as to justify the ART. 1 - TELEPHONE EXCHANGE TARIFF - 1997 - P. 27 provision of separate subscriber s…

§4145. Directory Listings. (a) General Regulations: (1) The regulations for directory listings, shown in this Section, apply only to the information records and the alphabetical directory or that section of the directory containing the regular alphabetical list of names of subscr…

§4146. Mileage Charges: General. (a) The mileage charges shown herein apply separately for each circuit except that, when the number and location of circuits on private property warrant the provision of cable, the following regulations and charges shall apply at the option of the…

§4147. Same: Extra Exchange Line Mileage. (a) General: (1) Where exchange telephone service other than rural line service is furnished outside the Base Rate Area, mileage charges apply for each main station or PBX trunk. Mileage charges are based on the airline distance from the …

§4148. Same: Extension Lines, Tie Lines, Private Lines and PBX Station Lines. (a) General: (1) Extension lines are furnished in connection with main station service, to locations of different individuals, firms or corporations who have and continue to have direct central office s…

§4149. Same: Channels for Signaling, Metering, Control and Other Special Purposes. (a) General: (1) Cable conductors will be provided where facilities are available to be used as channels for ART. 1 - TELEPHONE EXCHANGE TARIFF - 1997 - P. 34 remote metering, supervisory control, …

§4150. Same: Telex or Teletypewriter Loops and Teletypewriter Private Lines. (a) General: (1) Telex or teletypewriter loops and private lines are circuits or channels furnished by the Authority for use in connection with teletype instruments. ART. 1 - TELEPHONE EXCHANGE TARIFF - …

§4151. Same: Customer Created Channels. (a) In addition to applicable mileage charges for the basic channel, the following rate applies to any additional channels created by the customer: Monthly Rate (1) Additional channel created, each $ 3.00…

§4152. Grants in Aid of Construction: General. (a) All rates and charges quoted in other sections of this Tariff provide for the furnishing of service or channels when suitable facilities are available or where the construction of the necessary facilities does not involve unusual…

§4153. Same: Construction on Private Property. (a) Poles and fixtures or underground conduit on private property must be furnished and maintained by the customer unless furnished as a part of the Authority distributing plant for serving subscribers in general. (b) Labor and mater…

§4154. Same: Special Types of Outside Construction. (a) When underground construction is desired by the customer where aerial facilities ordinarily would be provided without a construction charge to the customer, the following regulations apply: (1) Where cable is laid in conduit…

§4155. Same: Changes from Aerial to Underground Facilities. (a) Where aerial facilities are used to provide service or channels to a customer and subsequently the customer desires that such facilities be placed underground, the change from aerial to underground is made subject to…

§4156. Push Button Telephone Systems: General. (a) Push Button Telephone Systems (sometimes referred to as key telephone systems) are arrangements of wiring and equipment which, by means of push buttons or keys either in the base of the telephone set or separately mounted, provid…

§4157. Same: Subsequent Termination of Lines. (a) The termination of additional central office lines or PBX station lines in a Push Button telephone system will be charged for in addition to regular service connection charges for the line. (b) After the initial installation, if a…

§4158. Same: Extension of Lines Between Systems. (a) Lines of one Push Button telephone system may be extended to another Push Button telephone system of the same customer on the same premises. The established extension rate and charge for each central office line or PBX station …

§4159. Same: Power Supply. The usual source of power or Push Button telephone system installations will be from locally installed rectifiers or power units. The customer will be required to furnish suitably located commercial power outlets and furnish the necessary power for the …

§4160. Same: Two and Three-Line Systems. These systems consist of two-line or three-line telephone instruments which employ self-contained turn keys or push buttons and which may be operated without the use of external switching equipment. Certain of the telephone instruments are…

§4161. Same: Multi-Line Systems. These systems include the use of 4-button and 6-button telephone sets, 6 and 12-button adapter units and large capacity telephone sets variously referred to as Call Directors or Call Commanders. Each system is dependent on related Type 1A or equiv…

§4162. Private Branch Exchange Service: General. (a) Sections 4162 through 4165 contains the regulations and rates applicable to Private Branch Exchange Service furnished by the Authority. (b) The term Private Branch Exchange, referred to hereinafter as PBX, is defined in §4104, …

§4163. Same: Regulations. The following regulations apply in addition to the General Regulations set forth in §4105, et. seq. of this Tariff: (a) Availability of Service: (1) PBX service is available for use as the primary business exchange service for business customers to serve…

§4164. Same: Rates. (a) Manual PBX Systems: ART. 1 - TELEPHONE EXCHANGE TARIFF - 1997 - P. 51 Installation Monthly Charge Rate (1) Switchboards Includes an operator's telephone and a dial per position plus a power supply: (A) Cordless type, up to 20 station lines $ 50.00 $ 35.00 …

§4165. Same: Agreement. (a) The agreement form set forth herein is for use in those cases where equipment and/or service listings detailed in §§4162 through 4165 do not accommodate the equipment or services ordered (see §4162(d)). AGREEMENT ART. 1 - TELEPHONE EXCHANGE TARIFF - 19…

§4166. Miscellaneous and Special Equipment and Service: Special Equipment. If a customer requests some special type of equipment, or a special type of service for which provision is not otherwise made, and when in the judgment of the Authority it is feasible to comply with such r…

§4167. Same: Jack and Plug Equipment. (a) Regulations: (1) Jack and plug equipment will be furnished in connection with individual and party line service (except public, semi-public or other coin box service), PBX station lines and private lines. (2) The right is reserved to rest…

§4168. Same: Long Cords. (a) The standard cord furnished between the instrument and its handset (receiver cord) is approximately four (4) feet in length and normally retractable. The standard cord between the instrument and connecting block (line cord) is a straight cord approxim…

§4169. Station Auxiliary Signals. (a) General: (1) Station Auxiliary Signals are designed to supplement or replace the usual station ringers where such ringers do not furnish a sufficient volume of sound, or where a visual signal is desired in addition to or in place of an audibl…

§4170. Same: Push Button and Buzzer Circuits. (a) The charges listed herein for button and buzzer circuits apply to those circuits that are confined to locations within the same building on continuous ART. 1 - TELEPHONE EXCHANGE TARIFF - 1997 - P. 66 property. All other button an…

§4171. Same: Excess Wiring for Signal Circuits. (a) The wiring referred to herein is that wiring which is installed at the time the signaling equipment is installed. It does not refer to cable conductors covered in §4149. (b) The following installation charges for signal circuit …

§4172. Same: Operators' Headsets. (a) One standard operator headset is furnished as a part of each switchboard position or attendant's cabinet without additional charge. (b) Rates: (1) Extra operator headsets in addition to those regularly provided and special operator headset ar…