Sec.16-1-128. Definitions

As used in these rules concerning area transfer.

(a) "Customer" or "Subscriber" means any person or entity which has contracted with a telephone company for residential or business exchange telephone service and shall also include any such persons or entities that reside in the area requested to be transferred but which have telephone exchange service from an exchange other than that which would normally serve the area.

(b) "Exchange" or "Telephone Exchange" means a telephone service area with geographic boundaries or telephone company designated administrative boundaries within which all customers have access to an identical list of central office codes which constitute the first three digits of telephone numbers they can call without paying a toll charge.

(c) "Telephone Company" means any public service company providing exchange telephone service within the State of Connecticut.

(d) "Authority" means the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

(e) "Petition" means a request that a specific geographic area be transferred from one exchange to another within the same town, which meets the requirements of Section 16-1-129 and is in compliance with the provisions governing petitions to the Authority in general, Sections 16-1-10 through 16-1-15 and Sections 16-1-45 to 16-1-52 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(f) "Principal Exchange" means that exchange which serves the largest number of customers within the town.

(g) "Area Transfer Area" means a single continuous exchange service area adjacent to the principal exchange and presently served by only one other exchange.

(Effective September 27, 1988; Amended February 5, 2016)