(1) "Alternative telecommunications utility"
has the meaning given in s.
196.01(1d),
Stats.
(2) "Alternative
telecommunications utility reseller" means that category of telecommunications
provider referred to in s.
196.01(1d) (c), Stats.
(3) "Collect call" means a call paid for by
the party receiving the call where the receiving party does not have a standing
arrangement for reversed charge calling.
(4) "Control of transmission facilities"
includes leasing transmission facilities, but does not include the use of
transmission facilities obtained pursuant to tariff filed under any provision
of ch. 196, Stats., or an agreement under
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Note "Dark fiber" leases or rental agreements that
identify specific facilities constitute control of transmission facilities. In
contrast, however, a long-term subscription to, or putative "lease" of, a
transmission service, e.g., a "lease" of DS-3 transmission
capacity, does not constitute control of transmission facilities, even though
the nature of the service is largely defined by reference to the principal
facility involved.
(5)
"Customer dialed calling card call" means a call which is dialed by the
customer, and for which the customer enters a calling card number directly,
without operator intervention.
(6)
"Holding company" has the meaning given in s.
196.795(1) (h), Stats., and includes for purposes of
this chapter only any company which owns, operates, manages or controls a
telecommunications utility.
(7)
"Holding company system" has the meaning given in s.
196.795(1) (i), Stats., and includes for purposes of
this chapter only a telecommunications utility as a public utility.
(8) "Operator assisted calling card call"
means a call which is dialed by the customer and paid for with a calling card,
but which requires operator intervention.
(9) "Pay telephone service provider" means a
person who owns or leases a pay telephone located on property owned or leased
by that person and telecommunications providers furnishing customer-owned,
coin-operated telephones, also commonly known as "COCOTs" or COCOT providers,
but does not include telecommunications utilities or telecommunications
carriers.
(10) "Person to person
call" means a call in which the calling party requests to speak to a particular
person, and the call is put through only if that person comes to the
telephone.
(11) "Telecommunications
provider" has the meaning given in s.
196.01(8p),
Stats.
(12) "Telecommunications
reseller" or "reseller" means a telecommunications provider that resells
message or wide-area telecommunications services or other telecommunications
services approved for resale pursuant to this chapter or commission order, and
includes the following:
(a) Alternative
telecommunications utility resellers.
(b) Alternative telecommunications utilities
authorized to engage in resale.
(c)
Pay telephone service providers, as defined in sub. (9), that provide operator
services, resale of telecommunications services, or both.
(d) For purposes of s.
PSC 168.03 only, telecommunications carriers and
telecommunications utilities certificated pursuant to s.
196.50(2),
Stats., when engaged in reselling services of another telecommunications
provider.
(13)
"Telecommunications service," for purposes of this chapter, means a
telecommunications service, as defined in s.
196.01(9m),
Stats., that must be offered in a tariff pursuant to state or federal statute,
or a rule or order of the commission or the federal communications commission.
Note The Wisconsin statutes requiring tariffs are
ss.
196.19 and
196.194(1),
Stats. The latter permits the execution of individual customer contracts,
provided an authorizing tariff complying with the requirements of s.
196.194(1),
Stats., is filed with the commission.
(14) "0" or "0-" or "0 minus" call means a
call for which the caller only dials "0," and does not dial additional
digits.
(15) "0+" or "0 plus" call
means a call for which the caller dials "0" and additional digits such as on a
calling card call when the caller dials "0" and then the telephone
number.
