Section 6-80-122 - Abandonment or discontinuance of noncompetitive service(a) A telecommunications carrier intending or seeking to abandon or discontinue offering or providing a noncompetitive service in any geographic or exchange area shall, not later than six months before the proposed date of abandonment or discontinuance of service, provide a written notice of its intent to: (2) The consumer advocate;(3) Its affected customers; and(4) Every telecommunications carrier in the State providing the same or equivalent service that is proposed to be abandoned or discontinued.(b) The commission shall investigate the proposed abandonment or discontinuance of service. It may suspend the proposed abandonment or discontinuance of service and, after an expedited hearing: (1) Allow the proposed abandonment or discontinuance to take effect upon such reasonable terms and conditions that it deems are in the public interest;(2) Delay the proposed abandonment or discontinuance until:(A) Another carrier is able to provide the same or equivalent service, consistent with the public interest; and(B) The other carrier initiates the provision of the same or equivalent service for the given geographical or exchange area;(3) If the service proposed to be abandoned or discontinued constitutes basic service in a high cost area provided by the carrier of last resort, the commission may delay the proposed abandonment or discontinuance until:(A) The commission selects a new carrier of last resort pursuant to chapter 6-81 or designates another carrier to temporarily provide basic service in the high cost area; and(B) The new carrier of last resort or temporary carrier initiates the provision of basic service in the area; or(4) Deny the proposed abandonment or discontinuance of service.[Eff ] (Auth: HRS §§ 269-6, 269-34 to 43) (Imp: HRS §§ 269-34 to 43)