| (150) National integrated services digital network
(ISDN)--The standards and services promulgated for integrated services
digital network by Bellcore.
(151) Negotiating party--A CTU or other entity with
which a requesting CTU seeks to interconnect in order to complete
all telephone calls made by or placed to a customer of the requesting
CTU.
(152) Next generation 9-1-1 system (NG9-1-1 system)--A
system of securely managed IP-based 9-1-1 networks and elements that
augment and are capable of interoperating with present-day E9-1-1
features and functions and add new capabilities. NG9-1-1 may replace
or complement the present E9-1-1 system. NG9-1-1 is designed to provide
access to emergency services from all sources, and to provide multimedia
data capabilities for public safety answering positions and other
emergency service organizations.
(153) New service--Any service not offered on a tariffed
basis prior to the date of the application relating to such service
and specifically excludes basic local telecommunications service including
local measured service. If a proposed service could serve as an alternative
or replacement for a service offered prior to the date of the new-service
application and does not provide significant improvements (other than
price) over, or significant additional services not available under,
a service offered prior to the date of such application, it shall
not be considered a new service.
(154) Nonbasic services--Those services identified
in Public Utility Regulatory Act §58.151, including any service
reclassified by the commission pursuant to Public Utility Regulatory
Act §58.024.
(155) Non-discriminatory--Type of treatment that is
not less favorable than that an interconnecting CTU provides to itself
or its affiliates or other CTUs.
(156) Non-dominant certificated telecommunications
utility (NCTU)--A CTU that is not a DCTU and has been granted a CCN
(after September 1, 1995, in an area already certificated to a DCTU),
a COA, or a SPCOA to provide local exchange service.
(157) Nondominant carrier--
(A) An interexchange telecommunications carrier (including
a reseller of interexchange telecommunications services).
(B) Any of the following that is not a dominant carrier:
(i) a specialized communications common carrier;
(ii) any other reseller of communications;
(iii) any other communications carrier that conveys,
transmits, or receives communications in whole or in part over a telephone
system; or
(iv) a provider of operator services that is not also
a subscriber.
(C) A deregulated company that holds a COA.
(158) North American Numbering Plan (NANP)--Use of
10-digit dialing in the format of a 3-digit "NPA" followed by a 3-digit
"NXX" and a 4-digit line number, NPA-NXX-XXX.
(159) Numbering plan area (NPA)--The first three digits
of a ten-digit North American Numbering Plan (NANP) local telephone
number uniquely identifying a Numbering Plan area. Generally referred
to as the area code of a NANP telephone number.
(160) NXX--A 3-digit code in which N is any digit 2
through 9 and X is any digit 0 through 9. Typically used in describing
the "Exchange Code" fields of a North American Numbering Plan telephone
number.
(161) Open network architecture--The overall design
of an ILEC's network facilities and services to permit all users of
the network, including the enhanced services operations of an ILEC
and its competitors, to interconnect to specific basic network functions
on an unbundled and non-discriminatory basis.
(162) Operator service--Any service using live operator
or automated operator functions for the handling of telephone service,
such as local collect, toll calling via collect, third number billing,
credit card, and calling card services. The transmission of "1-800"
and "1-888" numbers, where the called party has arranged to be billed,
is not operator service.
(163) Operator service provider (OSP)--Any person or
entity that provides operator services by using either live or automated
operator functions. When more than one entity is involved in processing
an operator service call, the party setting the rates shall be considered
to be the OSP. However, subscribers to customer-owned pay telephone
service shall not be deemed to be OSPs.
(164) Originating line screening (OLS)--A two digit
code passed by the local switching system with the automatic number
identification (ANI) at the beginning of a call that provides information
about the originating line.
(165) Out-of-service trouble report--An initial customer
trouble report in which there is complete interruption of incoming
or outgoing local exchange service. On multiple line services a failure
of one central office line or a failure in common equipment affecting
all lines is considered out of service. If an extension line failure
does not result in the complete inability to receive or initiate calls,
the report is not considered to be out of service.
(166) P.01 grade of service--A standard of service
quality intended to measure the probability (P), expressed as a decimal
fraction, of a telephone call being blocked. P.01 is the grade of
service reflecting the probability that one call out of one hundred
during the average busy house will be blocked.
(167) Packaged Service--The combination of any regulated
service with any other regulated or unregulated service or with any
service of an affiliate, offered to customers at a packaged rate or
rates.
(168) Partial deregulation--The ability of a cooperative
to offer new services on an optional basis and/or change its rates
and tariffs under the provisions of the Public Utility Regulatory
Act, §§53.351 - 53.359.
(169) Pay-per-call-information services--Services that
allow a caller to dial a specified 1-900-XXX-XXXX or 976-XXXX number.
Such services routinely deliver, for a predetermined (sometimes time-sensitive)
fee, a pre-recorded or live message or interactive program. Usually
a telecommunications utility will transport the call and bill the
end-user on behalf of the information provider.
(170) Pay telephone access service (PTAS)--A service
offered by a CTU which provides a two-way, or optionally, a one-way
originating-only business access line composed of the serving central
office line equipment, all outside plant facilities needed to connect
the serving central office with the customer premises, and the network
interface; this service is sold to pay telephone service providers.
(171) Pay telephone service (PTS)--A telecommunications
service utilizing any coin, coinless, credit card reader, or cordless
instrument that can be used by members of the general public, or business
patrons, employees, and/or visitors of the premises' owner, provided
that the end user pays for local or toll calls from such instrument
on a per call basis. Pay per call telephone service provided to inmates
of confinement facilities is PTS. For purposes of this section, coinless
telephones provided in guest rooms by a hotel/motel are not pay telephones.
A telephone that is primarily used by business patrons, employees,
and/or visitors of the premises' owner is not a pay telephone if all
local calls and "1-800" and "1-888" type calls from such telephone
are free to the end user.
(172) Per-call blocking--A telecommunications service
provided by a telecommunications provider that prevents the transmission
of calling party information to a called party on a call-by-call basis.
(173) Per-line blocking--A telecommunications service
provided by a telecommunications utility that prevents the transmission
of calling party information to a called party on every call, unless
the calling party acts affirmatively to release calling party information.
(174) Percent interstate usage (PIU)--An access customer-specific
ratio or ratios determined by dividing interstate access minutes by
total access minutes. The specific ratio shall be determined by the
CTU unless the CTU's network is incapable of determining the jurisdiction
of the access minutes. A PIU establishes the jurisdiction of switched
access usage for determining rates charged to switched access customers
and affects the allocation of switched access revenue and costs by
CTUs between the interstate and intrastate jurisdictions.
(175) Person--Any natural person, partnership, municipal
corporation, cooperative corporation, corporation, association, governmental
subdivision, or public or private organization of any character other
than an agency.
(176) Pleading--A written document submitted by a party,
or a person seeking to participate in a proceeding, setting forth
allegations of fact, claims, requests for relief, legal argument,
and/or other matters relating to a proceeding.
(177) Prepaid local telephone service (PLTS)--Prepaid
local telephone service means:
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