3 AAC 51.030. Requirements of telecommunications relay service provider

(a) Following the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide TRS in this state, the provider shall file a tariff that incorporates the terms and conditions specified it its application. The TRS provider shall serve in conformance with its tariff until service expires under the terms of the certificate or until the commission decides otherwise. The TRS provider shall file with the commission a monthly report that includes the following information:

(1) the number of access lines served, TRS surcharges, and TRS revenue collected; the report must include a compilation of the information supplied to the TRS provider by local exchange carriers under 3 AAC 51.040(k) (1) and must specify the surplus revenue account balance;

(2) the number of calls processed; the report must specify TRS traffic by number of calls and minutes of use and each category must be further disaggregated by jurisdiction and type if call; for the purpose of this paragraph "jurisdiction" includes local, intrastate toll, and interstate toll;

(3) the quality of service offered to customers; the report must show conformance with federal speed-of-answer and call-blocking standards specified in 47 C.F.R. 64.604(b)(2), issued June 21, 2000.

(b) The TRS provider shall enter into an escrow arrangement or post a bond with the commission in accordance with the terms and amount specified by the commission in its order issued under 3 AAC 51.020.

History: Eff. 12/2/92, Register 124; am 2/23/2001, Register 157

Authority: AS 42.05.141

AS 42.05.151

AS 42.05.296

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