3 AAC 53.705 - Modernization requirements
Current through April 6, 2022
(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 medical links and distance learning services, provided that they comply
with AS
42.05.361-42.05.421.
(c) A telephone company shall provide
reliable powering of ordinary voice telephone service operating over those
portions of the telecommunications network that are not network
powered.
(d) After February 13,
1997, a telephone company shall only place
(1) new wireline facilities into service that
can provide
(A) every subscriber with
one-party service; and,
(B)
as-built or with additional equipment, transmission and reception of data at a
rate no lower than one megabit per second; and
(2) switching equipment into service that can
provide
(A) custom-calling features that, at a
minimum, include call waiting, call forwarding, abbreviated dialing, and
three-way calling; and
(B) enhanced
911 service (E911 service) for areas served by the telephone company when
requested by the governmental agency responsible for that service.
(e) After February 13,
2003, a telephone company shall only place new wireline facilities into service
that can provide, as-built or with additional equipment, the ability to
transmit video capable of depicting a reasonable representation of
motion.
(f) By February 13, 2003, a
(1) telephone company shall provide
(A) service using switching equipment that
can provide E911 service if requested by the governmental agency responsible
for that service;
(B) one-party
service upon demand to subscribers; and
(C) an end-to-end data transfer rate of no
less that 28.8 kilobits per second; and
(2) telecommunications provider shall provide
switched digital service that operates at a rate of at least 56 kilobits per
second to any customer upon request.
(g) A telecommunications provider shall work
towards
(1) elimination of party-line service;
and
(2) universal availability,
upon request, of
(A) digital voice and data
service of at least 56 - 164 kilobits per second;
(B) transmission and reception of
high-bit-rate data at no less than 1 megabit per second; and
(C) reception of video as described in (e) of
this section.
(h) Compliance with the requirements of
3
AAC 53.700 -
3
AAC 53.720 may not be used to justify unreasonable or
imprudent construction of facilities.
Notes
Authority:AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.221
AS 42.05.241
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.311
AS 42.05.321
AS 42.05.800
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