Ariz. Admin. Code § 14-2-A1201

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 25, June 21, 2024

Section R14-2-A1201 - Definitions

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply:

1. "Administrator" is the person designated pursuant to R14-2-1212 to administer the AUSF and perform the functions required by this Article.

2. "Arizona Corporation Commission" or "Commission." The regulatory agency of the state of Arizona having jurisdiction over public service corporations operating in Arizona.

3. "Arizona Universal Service Fund" or "AUSF" is the funding mechanism established by this Article through which surcharges are collected and support paid in accordance with this Article.

4. "AUSF Support" is the amount of money, calculated pursuant to this Part, which a provider of basic local telephone exchange service is eligible to receive from the AUSF pursuant to this Part.

5. "AUSF Support Area" is the geographic area for which a local exchange carrier's eligibility to receive AUSF support is calculated.

6. "Basic local exchange telephone service" is telephone service that provides the following features:

a. Access to 1-party residential service with a voice grade line;

b. Access to touchtone capabilities;

c. Access to an interexchange carrier;

d. Access to emergency services, including but not limited to emergency 911;

e. Access to directory assistance service;

f. Access to operator service;

g. Access to a white page or similar directory listing; and

h. Access to telephone relay systems for the hearing and speech impaired.

7. "Benchmark rates" for a telecommunications services provider are those rates approved by the Commission for that provider for basic local exchange telephone service, plus the Customer Access Line Charge approved by the Federal Communications Commission.

8. "Commercial Mobile Radio Service" is any radio communication service carried on between mobile stations or receivers and land stations, or by mobile stations communicating among themselves, that is provided for profit and that makes available to the public service that is connected to the public switched network.

9. "Conversion Factor" is a multiplier that is used to convert a quantity of interconnecting trunks for both wireless and wireline customers into equivalent access lines, for the sole purpose of developing Category 1 surcharges. The value of the Conversion Factor shall be 10 until completion of the review provided for in R14-2-1216.

10. "Interconnecting Trunk" is a 1-way or 2-way voice grade or equivalent voice grade switched message transmission channel furnished by a local switched access provider to a provider of wireless services or to a wireline customer of such local switched access provider to interconnect the provider of wireless services or wireline customer to the public switched network.

11. "Intermediate Local Exchange Carriers" are incumbent providers of basic local exchange telephone service with more than 20,000 access lines but fewer than 200,000 access lines in Arizona.

12. "Large Local Exchange Carriers" are incumbent providers of basic local exchange telephone service serving 200,000 or more access lines in Arizona.

13. "Small Local Exchange Carriers" are incumbent providers of basic local exchange telephone service with 20,000 or fewer access lines in Arizona.

14. "Total Service Long Run Incremental Cost" is the total additional cost incurred by a telecommunications company to produce the entire quantity of a service, given that the telecommunications company already provides all of its other services. Total Service Long Run Incremental Cost is based on the least cost, most efficient technology that is capable of being implemented at the time the decision to provide the service is made.

15. "U.S. Census Blocks" are geographic areas defined by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The areas, which define the way in which census data is aggregated, generally contain between 250 and 550 housing units.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R14-2-A1201

Renumbered from R14-2-1201 amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2822, effective 9/20/2017.