Ohio Administrative Code

11.15 PDF: (A) Except for notices for abandonment or withdrawal of telecommunications service pursuant to rules 4901:1-6-26 and 4901:1-6-25 of the Administrative Code, respectively, and upward alterations of basic local exchange service (BLES) rates pursuant to rule 4901:1-6-14 o…

11.15 PDF: (A) Any telephone company desiring to offer telecommunication services in Ohio shall file an application for certification (ACE) with the commission using the most up-to-date telecommunications filing form available from the commission's web site. The form serves to id…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the code of federal regulations see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Competitive eligible telecommunication carrier (CETC)Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 214(e), u…

11.15 PDF: (A) No person may be authorized as a competitive emergency services telecommunications carrier (CESTC) in the state of Ohio, unless it submits an application for certification (ACE) with the items set forth in paragraph (E) of rule 4901:1-6-08 of the Administrative Cod…

11.15 PDF: (A) Services required to be tariffed(1) The rates, terms, and conditions for 9-1-1 service provided in this state by a telephone company or a telecommunications carrier, and for each of the following provided by a telephone company, shall be tariffed and approved by th…

11.15 PDF: (A) A local exchange carrier (LEC) providing basic local exchange service (BLES) shall conduct its operations so as to ensure that the service is available, adequate, and reliable consistent with sections 4927.07, 4927.10 and 4927.11 of the Revised Code.(B) The fact th…

11.15 PDF: Every telephone company providing telephone exchange service shall maintain access to 9-1-1 service on a residential customer's line for a minimum of fourteen consecutive days immediately following any disconnection for nonpayment of a customer's telephone exchange ser…

11.15 PDF: (A) Rates for basic local exchange service (BLES) offered by a local exchange company (LEC) are subject to the tariff requirements and pricing constraints set forth in this rule.(B) BLES regulatory framework(1) BLES can only be offered by LECs pursuant to approved tari…

11.15 PDF: A local exchange carrier providing basic local exchange service shall make available to its customers a telephone directory or directory information pursuant to the requirements set forth in division (A)(1)(b)(vi) of section 4927.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated Oc…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the code of federal regulations see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) Any communication by a telephone company, including but not limited, to solicitations…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the code of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) Providers of telecommunications service, in the course of submitting or executing a …

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the code of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) An incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) that is an eligible telecommunications ca…

11.15 PDF: (A) In accordance with section 4927.14 of the Revised Code, telephone companies that provide toll service will, upon written application and certification of their disabled status by a residential disabled customer or a disabled member of a customer's household, offer …

11.15 PDF: (A) The collaborative process established under section 749.10 of Amended Substitute House Bill 64 of the 131st General Assembly will review the number and characteristics of basic local exchange service customers, evaluate what alternative reasonable and comparatively…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the code of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) All IOS providers will, on intrastate IOS calls upon request, immediately disclose t…

11.15 PDF: (A) Upon request, an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) must provide a pay telephone access line and local usage on the pay telephone access line to payphone service providers, within the ILEC's normal installation intervals if it offers such services to payphone …

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the code of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) The commission has authority over wireless service and facilities-based wireless ser…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the code of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) Notice, consistent with rule 4901:1-6-07 of the Administrative Code, is to be provid…

11.15 PDF: (A) A telephone company seeking to abandon entirely telecommunications service in this state, including its tariff and certificate of public convenience and necessity, may only abandon the service(s) it provides under a certificate by filing an abandonment application …

11.15 PDF: (A) Except as otherwise provided in this rule, or rule 4901:1-6-21 of the Administrative Code, an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) shall provide basic local exchange service (BLES) to all persons or entities in its service area requesting that service on a reaso…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the code of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.]A telephone company seeking bankruptcy protection from any jurisdiction under Chapter 7 …

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the code of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) Every telephone company shall update its certification authority if there is any cha…

11.15 PDF: (A) In accordance with this chapter and the rules and procedures prescribed by the federal communications commission.(1) A telephone company shall retain for eighteen months, unless otherwise specified by the commission, sufficient books, records, contracts, documents …

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the code of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) Each facilities-based local exchange carrier (LEC) should design, operate, and maint…

11.15 PDF: This rule applies to all incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs).(A) Commission-maintained telephone exchange boundary maps will be the official source/documentation of ILEC service areas and boundaries.(B) Whenever an ILEC proposes to change the boundary of an excha…

11.15 PDF: (A) An incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) shall provide basic local exchange service (BLES) in its traditional service area to all persons or entities in its service area requesting that service except as otherwise provided in section 4927.11 of the Revised Code.(…

11.15 PDF: When necessary for the commission to carry out sections 4927.01 to 4927.21 of the Revised Code, and only as required by the commission, a telephone company shall file with the commission a copy of any contract, agreement, or arrangement, in writing, with any other publ…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the code of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.]Upon request, each telephone company operating within the state of Ohio should submit to…

11.15 PDF: (A) This rule is limited to the commission's administration and enforcement of the assessment for the intrastate telecommunications relay service (TRS) in accordance with section 4905.84 of the Revised Code.(B) For the purpose of funding the TRS, the commission will co…

11.15 PDF: (A) Every telephone company or competitive eligible telecommunications carrier (CETC) and wireless service provider are to file the annual report for fiscal assessment, consistent with section 4905.10 of the Revised Code, and as required by the commission and in the fo…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.]As used within this chapter, these terms denote the following:(A) "Affiliate" means a pe…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) The obligations found in rules 4901:1-7-03 to 4901:1-7-26 of the Administrative Code…

11.15 PDF: (A) All local exchange carriers (LEC) will charge intrastate intraLATA toll service providers or customers no more than five dollars and fifty cents for a manual, local presubscribed interexchange carrier (LPIC) change or no more than one dollar and twenty-five cents f…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) A rural telephone company is subject to the provisional rural telephone exemption re…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) If an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), serving fewer than two per cent of th…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.]The term interconnection as used in this chapter refers to the facilities and equipment …

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) Processing requests for interconnection(1) Any request for an interconnection arrang…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.]Interconnection agreements pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 252, shall be negotiated, mediated, and…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) Arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution process whereby parties present evi…

11.15 PDF: (A) The mediation procedure in this rule is available for pending formal complaints between telephone companies. Any telephone company involved in a pending formal carrier-to-carrier complaint may ask the commission to mediate that matter. This rule is not intended to …

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) If collocation is the requested method of interconnection, the incumbent local excha…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) Compensation principles(1) Reciprocal compensation(a) All telephone companies have t…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) Transit traffic is traffic that originates on one telephone company(s) network, term…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) For purposes of this rule:(1) "Nonrural incumbent local exchange carrier" (nonrural …

11.15 PDF: (A) MPB arrangements are to be used in billing for compensation for jointly provisioned switched access service to another carrier by more than one local exchange carrier (LEC), similar to MPB arrangements currently used by the incumbent local exchange carriers.(B) LEC…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.]General unbundling requirements(A) Each incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) shall ha…

11.15 PDF: [Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) General principles(1) These standards apply to pricing of interconnection, unbundled…