Utah Admin. Code R746-356-1 - Purpose and Authority

A. Purpose --

1. These rules establish procedures and methods by which all Commission certified local exchange carrier telecommunications corporations (LECs) will provide and maintain equal access, and customer dialing parity, to intrastate (intraLATA) toll services when requested by one or more Commission or Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certified telecommunications corporations or common carriers.

2. The costs of the equal access implementation and continuing service shall be fairly and reasonably distributed based on the future toll service market share achieved by the LEC and all certified telecommunications carriers requesting equal access service.

3. The provisioning of interLATA interstate toll services by a subsidiary, or an affiliate, of a LEC will be considered to be the same as those services being provided by the LEC itself for implementation of intrastate equal access.

B. Authority --

1. Section 54-8b-2.2(3) requires that the Commission establish these rules.

2. Title 47 U.S.C. Section 271(e)(2) requires implementation of intraLATA equal access for Bell Operating Company interLATA service offerings.

3. Title 47 U.S.C. Section 251(b)(3), requires all LECs to provide intraLATA equal access when requested by a commission or FCC certified telecommunications corporation or common carrier, or when the LEC commences providing in-region or interstate interLATA toll service to its customers, with some exceptions as defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 251(f)(2).

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