3 AAC 53.820 - Limits on rates and charges
Current through April 6, 2022
(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(1) repealed 7/15/98;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 charges for intrastate
interexchange calls placed from a private or public pay telephone through the
presubscribed operator-service provider may not exceed the per-minute rates and
surcharges of the interexchange carrier of last resort serving the exchange
where the private or public pay telephone is located.
(d) A private pay telephone service provider
may not require a deposit of coins in the telephone that results in the
caller's paying a higher rate for a call that is advertised by the private pay
telephone service provider.
(e)
Except as provided in (b) of this section, a private pay telephone service
provider shall charge only for completed calls. A completed call is one that
reaches an individual or answering device. A private pay telephone must return
all coins or other payment used to make uncompleted calls.
Notes
Authority:AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.381
AS 42.05.391
AS 42.05.431
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