GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF
S.C.C. VA. NO. 1
Mountain Grove-Williamsville
Telephone Company
Section 29
Revision 1, Sheet 1
EXPLANATION OF TERMS
1. BASE RATE
Base rate is the rate for primary classes of exchange service.
(c)
2. BUILDING
A building is a structure under one roof, or two or more structures connected by
enclosed passageways which do not cross public thoroughfares, are regularly used
as corridors by persons, and are suitable for the installation and maintenance of
inside wiring.
3. CENTRAL OFFICE
A central office is a local operating unit by means of which intercommunication
is provided for subscribers within a specified area under contracts for exchange
service. An essential characteristic of a central office is switching equipment to
which telephone stations are connected by means of circuits known as “Central
Office Lines”.
(c)
4. CHANNEL
A channel is an electrical path, suitable for the transmission of communication of
the type contemplated at the rate specified.
5. CLASS OF SERVICE
The classes of subscriber telephone service are flat rate residence and business
service and semi-public service.
6. COMPLEX SERVICE
A service that provides special or multi-line business services.
(a)
7. CONSTRUCTION CHARGE
A separate charge authorized in the tariff for construction of pole lines, circuits,
facilities, etc.
(a)
8. EXCHANGE (EXCHANGE AREA)
The specific area within which exchange service is furnished or offered under the provisions of a
specific local exchange tariff.
(a) Addition
(c) Change
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Issued: November 14, 1986
Effective: January 1, 1987
By: L. Ronald Smith, President, Williamsville, Virginia
GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF
S.C.C. VA. NO. 1
Mountain Grove-Williamsville
Telephone Company
Section 29
Revision 1, Sheet 2
9. EXCHANGE SERVICE
The privilege of communication, by means of facilities connected with telephone
central offices, offered and made available under the provisions of the exchange
tariffs; including the privilege of initiating and receiving toll messages subject to
the toll tariffs.
10. EXTENDED AREA SERVICE
A type of service furnished under tariff provisions whereby subscribers of a given
exchange may complete calls to, and where provided by the tariff, receive
messages from one or more exchanges without the application of long distance
message telecommunication charges.
11. FLAT RATE SERVICE
A classification of exchange service for which a stipulated charge is made,
regardless of the amount of use.
(a)
(c)
12. INTEREXCHANGE CHANNEL
In the application of mileage charges, an interexchange channel is one connecting
two or more exchanges.
13. INTEREXCHANGE SERVICE
In the application of mileage charges, an interexchange service is one with service
point in two or more exchanges.
14. KEY SYSTEM TRUCK
A key trunk is any Central Office access line which terminates in stations
accommodating more than one such line.
15. LOCAL SERVICE
The privilege of intercommunication, by means of facilities connected with a central
office or offices, and under the provisions of the exchange tariffs, between telephone
stations located in the same exchange or in different exchanges between which no
toll rates apply.
(a) Addition
(c) Change
________________________________________________________________
Issued: November 14, 1986
Effective: January 1, 1987
By: L. Ronald Smith, President, Williamsville, Virginia
(a)
GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF
S.C.C. VA. NO. 1
Mountain Grove-Williamsville
Telephone Company
Section 29
Revision 1, Sheet 3
16. LOCAL SERVICE AREA
The area within which telephone service is furnished subscribers under a specific
schedule of exchange rates and without long distance charges. A local service
area may include one or more exchange service areas.
(c)
17. MESSAGE RATE SERVICE
The class of exchange service furnished a subscriber at a rate which includes the
privilege of sending a specified number of local messages (termed a message
allowance) to other stations within the local service area in which the subscriber is
located, and of sending additional local messages at a stipulated rate per message.
18. MESSAGE UNIT
A message unit is a unit of measurement by which the charges for certain local
messages are ascertained. The number of message units applicable to a particular
local message shall be as specified in the appropriate local exchange tariff.
19. NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICES
A registration jack provided by the Telephone Company to provide network interface.
This device must readily permit the connection and disconnection of Customer
Premise Wiring (CPW) by a plug, to and from the Telephone Company network for
testing purposes.
(a)
20. NON-PUBLISHED NUMBER SERVICE
A non-published telephone number is one for which no listing appears in the
alphabetical section of the directory or in the “Directory Assistance” records. Calls
are completed to such stations only when the number is given by the calling party.
(c) Change
(a) Addition
________________________________________________________________
Issued: November 14, 1986
Effective: January 1, 1987
By: L. Ronald Smith, President, Williamsville, Virginia
(a)
GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF
S.C.C. VA. NO. 1
Mountain Grove Williamsville
Telephone Company
Section 29
Revision 1, Sheet 4
21. PREMISES
Premises is the continuous property (except railroad right of way, etc.) occupied
by a customer under lease or ownership. In a building occupied by others in addition
to the customer, the customer’s premises is the continuous or contiguous portions
of a building which are occupied by the customer. The term “continuous portions of a
building” means space within a given building which is occupied by the customer and
connected by doors or hallways and not separated by space occupied by others or
used by the general public. The term “contiguous portions of a building” means space
within a given building which are occupied by the customer and which, while not
continuous, as defined above, have one or more common sides. However, where a
customer occupies more than one-half of all space on a given floor or a building, all
portions of such occupied space are treated as one premise, whether or not separated
by space occupied by others or used by the general public.
22. PUBLIC TELEPHONE
An exchange main station installed on the Company’ initiative, or at the Company’s
Option, at a location chosen or accepted as suitable and necessary for furnishing
service to the general public.
23. TOLL SERVICE
All service, additional to any exchange service required, rendered in connection
with any message or order for communication subject to a toll charge in accordance
with toll tariffs.
(a) Addition
________________________________________________________________
Issued: November 14, 1986
Effective: January 1, 1987
By: L. Ronald Smith, President, Williamsville, Virginia
(a)