Section 1 – Terms & Abbreviations

"Billing agent" means an entity which provides bills to an end user for services received from a telecommunications service provider.

"Company" means the company referred to on the title page hereof, unless otherwise indicated by the context.

"Customer" means any person, firm, partnership, cooperative corporation, corporation, or lawful entity, receiving service from the Company.

"Delinquent" means a payment for a billing for services to be provided, which is not in dispute, where payment is not received on or before the due date as posted on the bill.

"Directory" means the published listing of all telephone numbers, other than those requested by the end user not to be published, for all end users in a service area regardless of the local exchange telecommunications service provider selected by the end-user.

"Disconnection of Service" means an arrangement made by the end-user or reseller for permanently discontinuing service by terminating the contract and/or removing the telephone service from the end-user's premises.

"End User" means the customer to whom a telephone number is assigned.

"Exchange" means a geographic area established by the Company and approved by the Commission for the administration of voice telephone service in a specified area which usually embraces a city, town, or village and its environs.

"FCC" means the Federal Communication Commission.

"Individual Case Basis" ("ICB") means a condition in which the rates and charges for an offering are developed based on the circumstances of each customer.

"Local Exchange Service" means a switched and/or dedicated telecommunications service that originates and terminates within an exchange or an exchange service territory. Local exchange service may be terminated by a telecommunications service provider other than the telecommunications service provider on whose network the call originated. The local exchange service territory defined in the originating provider's initial tariff shall determine whether the call is a local exchange service.

“OAC” means the Oklahoma Administrative Code.

"Oklahoma Corporation Commission ("OCC" or "Commission")" means the regulatory body charged with the duty of supervising, regulating, and controlling all transportation and transmission companies doing business in this State by the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma and the laws of the State of Oklahoma.

"Service" means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used. Service shall not include the provision of non-telecommunications services, including but not limited to the printing, distribution, or sale of advertising in telephone directories, maintenance of inside wire, customer premises equipment, and billing and collection, nor does it include the provision of mobile telephone service, enhanced services, and other not-regulated services.

"Underlying Carrier" means the provider of telecommunications services whose network is being utilized to transmit and receive the Customer's telecommunications traffic.