Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4927 - Telecommunications - Alternative Regulation

• Section 4927.01 - Definitions.
  (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Basic local exchange service" means residential-end-user access to and usage of telephone-company-provided services over a single line...
• Section 4927.02 - State Policy.
  (A) It is the policy of this state to: (1) Ensure the availability of adequate basic local exchange service or voice service to citizens...
• Section 4927.03 - Authority Over Voip-enabled Service And Other Telecommunications Services.
  (A) Except as provided in divisions (A) and (B) of section 4927.04 of the Revised Code and except to the extent required to exercise...
• Section 4927.04 - Commission's Authority Under Federal Law.
  The public utilities commission has such power and jurisdiction as is reasonably necessary for it to perform the obligations authorized by or delegated to...
• Section 4927.05 - Certificate Or Registration Required.
  (A) (1) No telephone company shall operate in this state without first obtaining a certificate from the public utilities commission, and no wireless service...
• Section 4927.06 - Unfair Or Deceptive Trade Practices.
  (A) No telephone company shall commit any unfair or deceptive act or practice in connection with the offering or provision of any telecommunications service...
• Section 4927.07 - Withdrawal Of Service.
  (A) Except as provided under the notice requirements of section 4927.10 of the Revised Code, a telephone company may withdraw any telecommunications service if...
• Section 4927.08 - Basic Local Exchange Service Standards.
  (A) A telephone company providing basic local exchange service shall conduct its operations so as to ensure that the service is available, adequate, and...
• Section 4927.09 - Access To 9-1-1 Service.
  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...
• Section 4927.10 - Carrier's Withdrawal Or Abandonment Of Basic Local Exchange Service.
  (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, if the federal communications commission adopts an order that allows an incumbent local exchange carrier to...
• Section 4927.101 - Effect Of Enactments And Amendments By Hb 64 Of 131st General Assembly.
  (A) Section 4927.10 of the Revised Code and the amendments to sections 4927.01, 4927.02, 4927.07, and 4927.11 of the Revised Code made by H.B....
• Section 4927.11 - Access To Basic Local Exchange Service.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 4927.10 of the Revised Code, an incumbent local exchange carrier shall provide basic local...
• Section 4927.12 - Alteration Of Rates For Basic Local Exchange Service.
  (A) As used in this section, "exchange area" means a geographical service area established by an incumbent local exchange carrier and approved by the...
• Section 4927.13 - Lifeline Service For Eligible Residential Customers.
  (A) An incumbent local exchange carrier that is an eligible telecommunications carrier under 47 C.F.R. 54.201 shall implement lifeline service throughout the carrier's traditional...
• Section 4927.14 - Adoption Of Rules For Rates For Persons With Disabilities.
  The public utilities commission may adopt rules requiring any telephone company that is a telephone toll service provider to offer discounts for operator-assisted and...
• Section 4927.15 - Rates, Terms And Conditions For 9-1-1 And Other Services.
  (A) (1) The rates, terms, and conditions for 9-1-1 service provided in this state by a telephone company or a telecommunications carrier and each...
• Section 4927.16 - Unbundling, Resale Or Network Interconnection.
  (A) The public utilities commission shall not establish any requirements for the unbundling of network elements, for the resale of telecommunications service, or for...
• Section 4927.17 - Notice Of Rates, Terms Or Conditions Of Service; Contact Information To Be Provided On Bills And Notices.
  (A) Except as provided in sections 4927.07 and 4927.12 of the Revised Code , a telephone company shall provide at least fifteen days' advance...
• Section 4927.18 - Adoption Of Rules Regarding Inmate Or Juvenile Offender Services.
  The public utilities commission may adopt rules regarding the rates, terms, and conditions of intrastate telecommunications service initiated from a telephone instrument set aside...
• Section 4927.19 - Examination Of Books, Records Or Practices.
  The public utilities commission may investigate or examine the books, records, or practices of any telephone company, but only to the extent of the...
• Section 4927.20 - Compliance With Commission's Directives.
  To the extent subject to the public utilities commission's jurisdiction under this chapter, all of the following shall comply with every order, direction, and...
• Section 4927.21 - Complaints Against Telephone Company.
  (A) Any person may file with the public utilities commission, or the commission may initiate, a complaint against a telephone company other than a...

Last modified: October 10, 2016