Published on: 12387111. Rule 25-4.034 would be amended and Rule 25-4.0341 would be added to comply with recent changes to section 364.04(1), FS. Rule 25-4.034 would require local exchange telecommunications companies to maintain tariffs on file with the Commission setting forth all intrastate rates, terms and conditions for network access services pursuant to section 364.163, FS, and would otherwise simplify requirements when schedules or tariffs are published with the Commission. Rule 25-4.0341 would offer limited guidance to telecommunications companies choosing to file service schedules with the Commission.
Docket No. 120265-TP
Published on: 12204169. Rule 25-4.034 would be amended and Rule 25-4.0341 would be added to comply with recent changes to section 364.04(1), FS, which permits telecommunications companies the option of filing published service schedules either with the Commission or through other reasonably publicly accessible means, including on a website, and which provides that the Commission shall have no jurisdiction over the content or form or format of such published schedules. Rule 25-4.034 would require local exchange telecommunications companies to maintain tariffs on file with the Commission setting forth all intrastate rates, terms and conditions for network access services pursuant to section 364.163, FS, and would otherwise simplify requirements when schedules or tariffs are published with the Commission. Rule 25-4.0341 would offer limited guidance to telecommunications companies choosing to file service schedules with the Commission.
Docket No. 120265-TP
Published on: 10607452. Rule 25-4.034, F.A.C., would be amended and Rule 25-4.0341, F.A.C., would be added to comply with recent changes to Section 364.04(1), F.S., which permits telecommunications companies the option of filing published service schedules either with the Commission or through other reasonably publicly accessible means, including on a website, and which provides that the Commission shall have no jurisdiction over the content or form or format of such published schedules. Rule 25-4.034, F.A.C., would require local exchange telecommunications companies to maintain tariffs on file with the Commission setting forth all intrastate rates, terms and conditions for network access services pursuant to Section 364.163, F.S., and would otherwise simplify requirements when schedules or tariffs are published with the Commission. Rule 25-4.0341, F.A.C., would offer limited guidance to telecommunications companies choosing to file service schedules with the Commission. Undocketed.
Published on: 8325624. This rule would be amended in order to change references to tariff filings to schedule publication in conformance with 2009 amendments to Section 364.04, F.S., and to make related rule changes. Undocketed.
Published on: 6449547. The purposes of the rule amendments and repeals are to simplify, streamline, and clarify the rules. Redundancies among rules are eliminated for simplicity. Some rules concerning tariffs and tariff filings are streamlined by having incumbent local exchange companies’ (ILECs) tariff requirements located in one rule. Some rules are repealed because they are unnecessary, redundant, or obsolete. Docket No. 080641-TP.
Published on: 6169702. Rule 25-4.002, F.A.C., would be amended to delete language which states that Parts II and V of Chapter 25-4, F.A.C., apply to residential service only. This language is outdated and does not correctly reflect that only certain rules in Parts II and V apply to residential service only; Rules 25-4.0185, 25-4.066, 25-4.070, and 25-4.073, F.A.C., would be amended to specifically identify which rule provisions apply to residential service only; Rules 25-4.112, 25-4.200, 25-4.202, and 25-4.069, F.A.C., would be repealed because they are unnecessary; Rule 25-4.019, F.A.C., would be repealed because it is unnecessary, with subsection 25-4.019(3), F.A.C., reworded and Rule 25-4.020 amended to include that reworded requirement; Rule 25-4.115 would be amended to delete paragraphs (1)(a)&(b) and (2)(b), (c) & (d) because they are unnecessary; Rule 25-4.022 would be amended to eliminate requirements which are redundant of other rules; Rule 25-4.023, F.A.C., would be amended to require reports only during times of named tropical systems; Rule 25-4.034, F.A.C., would be amended to incorporate the revised twenty-two rules currently in Chapter 25-9 which apply to ILECs; Rule 25-4.046, F.A.C., would be amended to clarify the circumstances and time frames related to filing the cost data; Rule 25-4.117, F.A.C., would be amended to include other toll free numbers which have been implemented since the time the rule was first adopted; Rules 25-4.0201, 25-4.067, 25-4.071, 25-4.072, 25-4.074, 25-4.083, 25-4.085, 25-4.107, 25-4.108, 25-4.109, 25-4.110, 25-4.113, and 25-4.210, F.A.C., would be revised or repealed based upon an evaluation of whether each rule is consistent with expressed legislative intent and is necessary to accomplish the apparent or expressed objectives of the specific provisions of law which it implements. Undocketed.
Published on: 5502536. The purposes of the rule amendments are to delete any provisions that are obsolete; to create a market test which, if met, would provide for streamlined regulation in which 53 rules would not apply; to clarify when the rule applies only to rate-of-return regulated local exchange telecommunication companies; to better reflect the telecommunications industry state of competition; and to address certain matters on a complaint basis. Under the new rule proposal for Rule 25-4.008, F.A.C., on Streamlined Regulation for Telecommunications Markets and Companies, the companies meeting the test for competitive markets or streamlined regulation would not be subject to the following rules: Rule 25-4.0185, F.A.C., Periodic Reports; Rule 25-4.0201, F.A.C., Audit Access to Records; Rule 25-4.021, F.A.C., System Maps and Records; Rule 25-4.023, F.A.C., Report of Interruptions; Rule 25-4.066, Availability of Service; Rule 25-4.069, F.A.C., Maintenance of Plant and Equipment; Rule 25-4.070, F.A.C., Customer Trouble Reports; Rule 25-4.071, F.A.C., Adequacy of Service; Rule 25-4.072, F.A.C., Transmission Requirements; Rule 25-4.073, F.A.C., Answering Time; Rule 25-4.074, F.A.C., Intercept Service; Rule 25-4.077, F.A.C., Metering and Recording Equipment; Rule 25-4.083, F.A.C., Preferred Carrier Freeze; Rule 25-4.085, F.A.C., Service Guarantee Program; Rule 25-4.107, F.A.C., Information to Customers; Rule 25-4.108, F.A.C., Initiation of Service; Rule 25-4.109, Customer Deposits; Rule 25-4.110, F.A.C., Customer Billing for Local Exchange Telecommunications Companies; Rule 25-4.112, F.A.C., Termination of Service by Customer; Rule 25-4.113, F.A.C., Refusal or Discontinuance of Service by Company; Rule 25-4.114, F.A.C., Refunds; Rule 25-4.115, F.A.C., Directory Assistance; Rule 25-4.117, F.A.C., 800 Service; Rule 25-4.200, F.A.C., Application and Scope; Rule 25-4.202, F.A.C., Construction; Rule 25-4.210, F.A.C., Service Evaluation and Investigations; Rule 25-4.214, F.A.C., Tariff Filings; Rule 25-4.215, F.A.C., Limited Scope Proceedings; Rule 25-9.005, F.A.C., Information to Accompany Filings; Rule 25-9.020, F.A.C., Front Cover; Rule 25-9.021, F.A.C., Title Page; Rule 25-9.022, F.A.C., Table of Contents; Rule 25-9.023, F.A.C., Description of Territory Served; Rule 25-9.024, F.A.C., Miscellaneous; Rule 25-9.025, F.A.C., Technical Terms and Abbreviations; Rule 25-9.026, F.A.C., Index of Rules and Regulations; Rule 25-9.027, F.A.C., Rules and Regulations; Rule 25-9.029, F.A.C., Index of Rate or Exchange Schedules; Rule 25-9.030, F.A.C., Rate Schedules-General; Rule 25-9.032, F.A.C., Telephone Utility Exchange Schedules; Rule 25-9.045, F.A.C., Withdrawal of Tariffs. Also none of the rules from Chapter 25-14, F.A.C., would apply if such test is met. Docket No. 080159-TP.