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1. ol 3 Request the installation of distribution and service lines at such time that the lines may be installed before curbs pavements and sidewalks are laid carefully coordinate scheduling of the utility s line and facility installation with the general project construction schedule including coordination with any other utility sharing the same trench keep the route of lines clear of machinery and other obstructions when the line installation crew is scheduled to appear and otherwise cooperate with the company to avoid unnecessary cost and delay 4 Place with the telephone company in advance or upon such other terms as the company may require the following charges 1 A prepayment in aid of construction in an amount not in excess of 60 of the company s costs of the distribution cable for the development ii The prepayment in aid of construction will be refunded on a proportionate basis for each contract for telephone service rendered The basis of total refund shall be 100 percent refund upon receipt of telephone contracts for telephone service from 50 of the total development within a 10 year period If the applicant changes the plot plan after installation of the telephone utility s lines has begun or requests deviation from the utility s established underground construction practices additional costs shall be borne by the applicant
2. Issued May 31 1988 Effective June 1 1988 Supplement No 71 Telephon Pas RUC NO 9 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company Third Revised Sheet 6 Canceling Second amp First Revised Sheet 6 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d TOLL MESSAGE RATES Rates rules and regulations governing Intrastate Toll or Long Distance messages are contained in the toll tariff of Pennsylvania Telephone Association Telephone PA P U C No 10 COMMERCIAL POWER Where electric power is required at the subscriber s premises for the operation of telephon quipment it shall be provided by the subscriber at his expense of 110 volts 60 cycles from a convenient outlet IDENTIFICATION OF PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS For the purpose of identification subscribers to telephone service who transmit recorded public announcements over facilities provided by the Telephone Company must include in the recorded message the name of the organization or individual responsible for the service and the address at which the service is provided Subscribers transmitting factual public announcements such as Time Weather Stock Market quotations Airline schedules and similar information are excluded from the preceding condition For subscribers not comply with the foregoing the announcing device will be subject to disconnection from the telephone lines The Telephone Company r
3. C Indicates Change Issued December 14 1984 Effective January 1 1985 Supplement No 106 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 4 Pymatuning Independent Second Revised Sheet 3 Telephone Company Cancels First Revised Sheet 3 MILEAGE CHARGES cont d LEASED LINES When available or when they can be conveniently provided at reasonable cost the Telephone Company s wire facilities will be leased for private and special use to either the general public or other carriers under the following terms and conditions Monthly Charge For each 1 4 mile or fraction there0ofL o o oooooooo 3 60 I The minimum monthly charge for any leased line or circuit is equivalent to the applied rate for 1 2 mile Charges for leased lines are computed on air line measurement between the respective terminals terminals meaning and first and last points of contact with the Telephone Company s facilities I Indicates Increase Issued March 15 1996 Effective March 16 1996 Supplement No 53 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 4 Telephone Company INTERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE C Tes General A Channels are furnished for intraexchange or interexchange service on a two point or multi point basis for a minimum period of one month B With reference to the channel descriptions given
4. Only the number of the initial line of the group is listed in the telephone directory and all calls are directed to this number The additional consecutively numbered lines of the group are termed auxiliary lines The monthly charge of 7 15 applies for each line of a rotary service in addition to the rate for the appropriate class or grade of service as specified in Section 2 DID TRUNK FEATURE Monthly Charge Direct Inward Dialing Trunk Including Hunt Feature 46 30 DID Numbers Per Block of 20 7 00 C Indicates Change I Indicates Increase Issued March 15 1996 Effective March 16 1996 Supplement No 61 Telephon Ba PU CS NOG S SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent First Revised Sheet 6 Telephone Company Cancels Original Sheet 6 Material on this page is deleted in its entirety with the de regulation of Customer Premise Equipment This page will be intentionally left blank for future use C Indicates Change Issued January 20 1987 Effective April 1 1987 Supplement No 121 Telephon PAP UD Co No S SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent Fifth Revised Sheet 7 Telephone Company Canceling Fourth Revised Sheet 7 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICE 1 General Directory Assistance Service is furnished upon customer request for assistance in determining telephone
5. Supplement No 73 Telephon PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company Original Sheet 11 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d E TAXES ON CONTRIBUTIONS IN AID OF CONSTRUCTION amp CUSTOMER ADVANCES C Any contribution in aid of construction customer advance or other like amounts received from the customer which shall constitute taxable income as defined by the Internal Revenue Service will have the income taxes segregated in a deferred account for inclusion in rate base in a future rate case proceeding Such income taxes associated with a CIAC or customer advance will not be charged to the specific contributor of the capital C Indicates Change Issued August 7 1989 Effective October 6 1989 Supplement No 88 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company Original Sheet 12 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY 1 GENERAL Telecommunications Service Priority TSP provides for priority treatment to provision and restore National Security and Emergency Preparedness NSEP telecommunications services NSEP services are defined as those telecommunications services which are used to maintain a state of readiness or respond to and manage any event or crisis which causes or could cause injury or harm to the population damage or loss to property or regrades or threatens the NSEP posture of the United States
6. 2 The following discounts will apply when services are taken as a group The discount applies to Custom Calling Services Advanced Calling Services including Caller ID or combinations thereof a Any two services 10 discount b Any three services 15 discount c Any four services 20 discount d 0 5 services 5 00 flat rate 3 The above monthly rates will apply in addition to the applicable non recurring charge in Section 3 Sheet 2 4 Code Restriction Table Customer Request 3 50 5 The services listed below are offered on a per use basis to residence and business customers If customers subscribe to these services on a monthly basis as described and rated in other subsections of this section of the tariff unlimited access is provided with no additional charge for each activation The features listed below may be utilized on a non subscription basis with a per use charge for each activation 6 Custom and advanced calling features per use will be offered free of charge for 30 days after the per use service is initiated 7 Blocking of per use custom and advanced calling services is offered to customers at no charge This blocking option once activated does not permit per use custom and advanced calling services to be activated on a line A miscellaneous connection charge as listed in Section 3 Sheet 2 will apply when canceling the blocking option and re activating the per use custom and advanced calling services
7. hone Company to the same customer if the forms of tion for which they are being used When these channels are furnished for multi point service bridged on the same circuit Conditioning applicable to Type 3002 Channel Type Cl For a two point or mul tipoint channel a bridging charge applies for each station the envelope delay distortion shall not exceed between 1000 and 2400 Hertz difference of 1000 micro seconds the loss deviation with frequency Hertz reference shall not exceed between 1000 and 2400 Hertz 1db to between 300 and 2700 Hertz between 2700 and 3000 Hertz means more loss 3db to Type C2 a maximum from 1000 F3db 2db to 6db 12db For a two point or multipoint channel the envelope delay distortion shall not exceed be di be di be di E H tween 1000 and 2600 Hertz fference of 500 micro seconds tween 600 and 2600 Hertz fference of 1500 micro seconds tween 500 and 2800 Hertz fference of 3000 micro seconds he loss deviation with frequency rtz reference shall not exceed between 500 and 2800 Hertz 1db to 4 a maximum a maximum a maximum from 1000 F3db between 300 and 3000 Hertz 2db to 4 means more loss Bn NOT On a mul switching above specifications F6db ltipoint channel arranged for conditioning in accordance with the is applicable only when in the unswitched mode Issued February
8. wire and cable drop wire and station protector Local Exchange Service with tone dial capability is available at the rates listed below PLUS 1 25 per month for business and residence A MONTHLY RATES FOR LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE CO PBX Key One Trunk Trunk Trunk Party Business 39 15 39 15 39 15 31 30 Residence 15 65 LOCAL SERVICE AREA The local service area embraces station bearing the designation of Transfer and Greenville Sharpsville and Sharon Bell Telephone Co C Indicates Change Issued September 30 1997 Effective December 8 1997 Supplement No 126 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 2 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 1A Telephone Company RATES AND RULES COVERING LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE IN TRANSFER PA UNIVERSAL SERVICE CREDIT DESCRIPTION In concurrence with Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Order entered September 30 1999 under Docket Nos P 00991648 P 00991649 hereafter referred to as the September 1999 Global Order and the establishment of the Pennsylvania USF the PA Universal Service Credit the USF Credit is an offset to specific local exchange service rates The USF Credit is a separate line item on the customer bill which when combined with the one party residence rate an exchange average of touch tone push button local usage and exchange zone mileage rates effectively creates a maximum monthly residential rate of 16 0
9. No charges the other than those described in this subsection and in subsection c shall be borne by the applicant for telephone service or by another utility sharing the same trench even if the utility elects to perform its own excavating and backfilling e The Commission believes that there should be joint use of trenches whenever economically and technologically feasible However the Commission realizes that the economic advantages which can result from the joint use of trenches may at time be obviated by the technological disadvantages of joint occupancy Therefore the Commission will not make the joint use of trenches mandatory but will require the joint use of trenches whenever the circumstances indicate that the use would be feasible and all parties agree thereto Issued July 30 1984 Effective June 30 1984 Supplement No 47 Telephon Pas Pi Us Cis NO 29 Section 5 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 7 Telephone Company UND UNDERGROUND SERVICE ERGROUND SERVICE IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT cont d This section shall apply to all requests for distribution facilities for telephone service to developments which are filed after June 9 1984 Amounts the public utility receives under subsection c 4 1 shall be credited to Accounts 174 Other deferred credits Whenever the public utility or an aff
10. P U C No 5 SECTION 4 Sixth Revised Sheet 2 Cancels Fifth Revised Sheet 2 Independent ompany M1 LEAGE CHARGES cont d h HANGE S ERVICE Foreign exc hange service is not offered as a normal or customary form of telephone s conditions rvic However when facilities are available and service will permit the Company may furnish this service subject to the followi Foreign exc When foreig trunk line are restric vicinity of ng regulation and rates hange service is limited to one party or PBX trunk lines n exchange service is furnished by means of a branch exchange connections to the trunk at the branch exchange switchboard ted to the stations connected with and in the immediate the branch exchange switchboard INTERLATA E ry OREIGN EXCHANGI LOOP CHARGES For IntraLA exchange t of the busi and 85 of customers A TA Intercompany Foreign Exchange Service in a specific here will be a charge for the local loop that is equal to 85 ness one party rate of that exchange for business customers the residence one party rate of that exchange for residence When the subscriber is located outside the local base rate area appropriate zone rates as shown in Section 2 apply for the foreign exchange local channel Special repeaters where required for satisfactory transmission will be provided at 25 00 per month each
11. PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet No 27 MISCELLANEOUS ERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d 1 At any time during their contract period customers may change to a new Advanced Digital Services contract provided that the new contract is for a term equal to or greater than the time period remaining on their current contract The new contract becomes effective upon execution 2 Ifthe service is canceled by the customer after installation of the service but prior to the completion of the service period the customer shall be obligated to pay a termination liability charge The charge is calculated by multiplying the monthly rate by the remaining months in the contract period times fifty percent These charges shall be due and payable in their entirety immediately upon such termination 4 Atthe Telephone Company s discretion the following nonrecurring service establishment charges may be reduced or waived during promotional campaigns and or as a part of customer negotiations a Access b Nonrecurring per B Channel 5 Directory Listings One directory listing is provided without charge for each Advanced Digital Services customer For Centrex customers one directory listing either an analog or Advanced Digital Services number is provided per Centrex system Additional listings may be provided as specified for Additional Listing Service in the Directory Listings section of the Telephone C
12. TSP services fall into two categories Emergency and Essential Emergency Services are newly ordered services so critical as to offer provisioning at the earliest possible time without regard to the service user s cost Essential Services are all other NSEP services assigned restoration and or provisioning priorities within the system TSP service shall be provided in accordance with Part 64 401 Appendix A of the Federal Communications Commission s Rules and Regulations as well as the guidelines set forth in Telecommunications Service Priority System for National Security Emergency Preparedness Service Vendor Handbook dated July 9 1990 and Telecommunications Service Priority System for National Security Emergency Preparedness Service User Manual 2 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CUSTOMER a Customer can request assignment to the TSP system through the following agencies Customer Contact Federal Agencies TSP Program Office State amp Local Govt s Federal Emergency Management Agency Foreign Governments Department of State or Defense Private Industry Any Federal organization but normally one with whom they have a contractual relationship involving an NSEP function The TSP Program Office is contained within the National Communications System Issued April 13 1994 Effective April 14 1994 Supplement No 88 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company Original Sheet 13 GENERAL REGULA
13. The county municipality shall respond to the request in ten 10 business days or the request is deemed to be approved The request shall be granted provided the formatting change does not impair the integrity and accuracy of the MSAG database For the purposes of this regulation a content or formatting change does not include the use of the MSAG content in telephone companies operational support systems to validate customer information for input to the ALI database H The service provider will not sell lease rent loan or provide or transfer the county s municipality s MSAG to any other person s or entity ies without the express written authorization of the county s municipality s 9 1 1 coordinator or his or her designee I The Telephone Company will not without the written consent of the county municipality modify or create any derivative of the county s municipality s MSAG except as follows one 1 mirror image copy of the MSAG may be made in electronic form for archival purposes the copy may be made in read write format by the host telephone company but shall be made solely in read only format by all other telephone companies and the telephone company may make a mirror image copy solely in read only format and only for database reconciliation address verification for new connections of service and other functions that are necessary to ensure that the name and address information provided by the service provider t
14. The services listed below are offered on a per use basis Per Use Feature Per Use Rate Repeat Dial 75 Call Return 75 Three Way Calling 75 All calls forwarded or conferenced by these services are subject to local and toll charges as appropriate C Indicates Change Issued August 10 2015 Effective August 20 2015 Supplement No 98 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent First Revised Sheet 2A Telephone Company Cancels and Supersedes Original Sheet 2A MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d ADVANCED CALLING SERVICES A General 1 Advanced Calling Services ACS consist of a group of features individually described under Section B which allow customers to efficiently manage the communications over their Exchange Access Lines This call management is possible only where the calling party s telephone number can be delivered from the central office originating the call to the terminating central office serving the called party ACS features are optional services offered in addition to regular exchange service 2 ACS features are available to residence and business customers subject to the availability of Central Office equipment and facilities Individual feature availability may differ by exchange 3 To use Advanced Calling Services customers must dial a Telephone Company designated activation code except Caller ID 4 ACS features will be functional under the followi
15. below Li Effective two wire facilities may be composed of two wire metallic and or four wire metallic and or carrier segments four wire facilities are composed e S ntirely of four wire metallic and or carrier egments The 1000 Hz loss objective range specified refers to the total channel offering end to end and indicates that th ngineered objective loss will fall within that range at the discretion of the Telephone Company d a epending upon available facilities and the pplicability of appropriate engineering designs hese specifications do not include gains or losses present in customer provided equipment Ww he Telephone Company reserves the right to revise these objectives and other technical parameters as described herein Es The Telephone Company will bill the subscriber for the portion of the Private Line Service that is provided by the Telephone Company The applicable non recurring service charges can be found in Section 3 of this tariff Dy Third Party Lease facilities required to provide the Private Line Service will be charged to the subscriber ona cost basis LE Series 1000 Channels A Type 1005 used for low speed data transmission not to exceed 75 baud Such services being furnished to existing customers at the same premises Maintenance of these services is limited to the availability of replacement components furnished from existing stock Bu T
16. connect the wire centers In addition a transmission function is required at each end of the interexchange channel to make the channel operative A Signaling Arrangement is provided for tie lines connected to grandfathered PBXs in accordance with Part 68 of the F C C Rules and Regulations under the following conditions 1 An E amp M Signaling Arrangement is required for each tie line termination operating in a Dial Repeating mode at a customer premises with a Registered PBX 2 An E amp M Signaling Arrangement is required for each tie line termination of a customer premises with customer provided PBXs when the tie line is arranged with an E amp M signaling interface 3 An E amp M Signaling Arrangement is not required with Type 2021 or Type 2025 channels for additions to or for new installations of customer provided PBX equipment when not arranged with an E amp M signaling interface E Telephone Answering Service Channels Ls Type 2040 A two wire interface with effective two wire facilities engineered for a 1000 Hz loss objective of 0 to 8 db normally suitable for Telephone Answering Service use for secretarial lines connected directly to Telephone Answering Service Equipment C Indicates Change Issued February 13 1986 Effective April 14 1986 Supplement No 55 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independen Telephone Company INT SECTION 4 First Revised Sheet 13 Canceling Original Sheet 1
17. 1 emergency service providers Per Line Blocking is not available on pay telephones C 2a Per Call Blocking Per Call Blocking will prevent the display of customers telephon numbers on outgoing calls This feature may be utilized at any time Call Per Call through the activation of a special code prior to dialing an outgoing Blocking is provided at no charge and is automatically placed on all telepho n lines by the Telephone Company not prevent the display of telephone numbers to Per Ca Blocking will 9 1 1 emergency servic Per Call Bl providers ocking is also available to all pay telephones C Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Supplement Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company No 91 Tel phon PA P DL Es Now 5 SECTION 6 Original Sheet 13 MISCELLAN EOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT Cont d PROVISIONS FOR CALLER ID P ER LINE AND P ER CALL BLOCKING 3 Special Provisions In cases where Telephone Company customers are victims of domestic violence or are representatives of domestic violence agencies or are representatives of emergency service agencies calls placed through a live operator in order to protect the identify of the calling party will be completed without the application of an operator service charge Qualifying customers may need to notify the Telephone
18. 13 14 15 A Lifeline Service customer may not subscribe to any other type of residence Local Exchange Service at the same or other premises Lifeline Service will not be provided via Foreign Exchange or Foreign Central Office Service arrangements Only services listed in B 2 above will be provided to Lifeline customers x C Customer requested temporary suspension of Lifeline Service is not permitted Lifeline Service does not apply to applicants who are full time students living in university or college controlled housing The applicant must not be a dependent for Federal Income Tax purposes unless he or she is 60 years of age or older Lifeline customers are subject to all Residence service regulations in this and other tariffs of Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company Residence Lifeline Service cannot be resold by the Lifeline customer or the Lifeline customer s agent s Resale of Lifeline Services are subject to wholesale rate obligations under Section 251 c 4 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 All outstanding charges account balances and service restrictions apply to existing customers who qualify for Lifeline Service Service restrictions will remain until the arrearage s have been paid in full Any Lifeline customer who has a past due balance of Toll Charges will be treated with the appropriate Chapter 64 regulations The Residence Toll Restoral Charge applies to Lifeline Customers who are sus
19. 2 When a secretarial line is connected to a concentrator located in a different central office serving area from the patron s normal central office serving area one interoffice channel is required to connect the wire centers A transmission function is required at each end of the interoffice channel to make the channel operative 3 When a secretarial line is connected to a concentrator located in a different exchange from the patron s normal exchange one interexchange channel is required to connect the wire centers A transmission function is required at each end of the interexchange channel to make the channel operative Issued February 20 1986 Effective April 21 1986 Supplement No Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company INT 55 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 First Revised Sheet 14 Canceling Original Sheet 14 ERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d 3 Type 2043 A two wire interface with effective two wire facilities engineered for a 1000 Hz loss objective of 0 to 4 db normally suitable for Telephone Answering Service concentrator identifier use between a concentrator unit located at either the Telephone Company or the Telephone Answering Service premises and an identifier unit located at the Telephone Answering Service premises a Regulations applicable to Type 2043 Channels 1 2 3 When the concentrator is located in a Telephone Company central
20. 6 Pymatuning Independent 3 Revised Sheet 10 Telephone Company Cancels 2 Revised Sheet 10 C RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE C Indicates Change Issued March 30 2012 Effective April 2 2012 Supplement No 76 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 11 Telephone Company MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT 900 Information Service Blocking C 1 General Where central office facilities permit 900 Information Service Blocking provides customers the capability to block origination of direct dialed calls to a 900 Information Service number 900 NXX XXXX Ze Regulations a Blocking is available on individual lines for residence and business customers b When blocking is activated direct dialed calls to all 900 Service numbers are blocked c Initial blocking is provided at no charge upon customer request Subsequent requests for 900 Information Services Blocking will be provided at the rates listed below d Blocking can be provided on a Foreign Exchange access line e Blocking service may not be available with certain multi line business arrangements f There is no charge to remove 900 Information Service Blocking J Rates 900 Information Service Blocking Service Charges Residence per line Initial Request No Charge Subsequent Request 21 00 per line Business Initial Request No Charge Subsequent Request 38 00 per line C C Indicates Chan
21. 6 Sheet 10 3 Revised Original Section 6 Sheet 11 Original Original Section 6 Sheet 12 1 Revised 2 Revised Section 6 Sheet 13 Original Original Section 6 Sheet 14 Original Original Section 6 Sheet 15 Original Original Section 6 Sheet 16 1 Revised 1 Revised Section 6 Sheet 17 Original 1 Revised Section 6 Sheet 18 4th Revised 1 Revised Section 6 Sheet 19 Sth Revised 1 Revised Section 6 Sheet 20 2 Revised 1 Revised Section 6 Sheet 21 3rd Revised 3 Revised Section 6 Sheet 22 Original 1 Revised Section 6 Sheet 23 Original 1 Revised Section 6 Sheet 24 Original 1 Revised Section 6 Sheet 25 Original 1 Revised Section 6 Sheet 26 Original 1 Revised Section 6 Sheet 27 Original 2 Revised Original C Indicates Change Effective September 1 2015 Supplement No 146 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Third Revised Sheet 4A Telephone Company Cancels Second Revised Sheet 4A CHECK SHEET Section 6 Sheet 28 Original Section 6 Sheet 29 Original Section 6 Sheet 30 Original Section 6 Sheet 31 Original Section 6 Sheet 32 Original Section 6 Sheet 33 Original C Section 7 Sheet 1 3 Revised Section 8 Sheet 1 4 Revised Section 8 Sheet2 7 Revised Section 8 Sheet 3 2 Original Section 8 Sheet4 2 Original Section 9 Sheet 1 4 Revised Section 9 Sheet2 3 Revised Section 10 Sheet 1 Original Section 10 Sheet 2 2 Revised Secti
22. Company to request this credit if the service charge cannot be waived at the time the call is being placed Issued June 30 1994 Effective July 1 1994 Supplement No 93 Telephon PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet 14 1 DESCRIPTION C ll Caller ID Service Caller ID is an optional service which allows a customer to see the telephone number of incoming calls The calling telephone number will be displayed on a customer provided display unit The calling telephone number will be displayed between the first and second rings In addition to the ability to see the telephone number of incoming calls Caller ID Service may also as facilities permit provide a customer with the ability to reject calls from callers who have chosen to block the passage of their telephone numbers on outgoing calls This feature called Anonymous Call Rejection ACR can be activated or deactivated as the Caller ID subscriber desires by dialing specific codes When initially provided ACR is deactivated ACR will remain on or off until the customer makes a change When a caller who has blocked the passage of his her telephone number calls a Caller ID subscriber who has activated ACR he she will receive an announcement that the customer is not accepting calls from callers who care blocking their telephone number In addition in this situation the Caller ID subscriber s telephone will not ring
23. Line or Call Forwarding Don t Answer 4 Call Forwarding Within group Only when applied to the appropriate base call forwarding feature s Call Forwarding Variable Call Forwarding Busy Line or Call Forwarding Don t Answer c Additions and Changes to Individual Station Features Feature Additions 1 00 per line Changes Per Line 39 00 service charge Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 5 Telephone Company GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 4 Features Associated with Groups of Lines a Call Pick Up Per Group 2 00 per month Per line in Pick Up Group b Speed Calling 30 Code Per List Per Line Using List c Toll Code Restriction Features 1 Toll Restriction 2 Code Restriction 3 Outgoing Call Screening Per List Per Line Using List Changes to Toll Code Outgoing Call Screening Lists d Business Group Dialing Plan e Special f Paging Standard Dialing Plan Customized Dialing Plan Intercept Announcement Standard Announcement Customer Worded Announcement Announcement Trunk Changes to Customer Worded Announcement Access Per Paging Circuit 50 per month 4 50 per month 50 per month 4 50 per month 1 00 per month 12 00 nonrecurring No Charge 80 00 nonrecurring 24 00 per month 96 00 per month 24 00 per month 60 00 per month 20 00 per month Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24
24. No 106 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 3 Pymatuning Independent Eleventh Revised Sheet 2 Telephone Company Cancels Tenth Revised Sheet 2 SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGES cont d RATES Business Residenc Service Onder ie we iol hd E a Se 54 00 29 80 AECESS HANG rr ied SAAS CARRE DAS 35 40 24 30 Premise VES TE colds Gates ti hb Seed oes oS 44 25 29 50 Restoral of Baste sSeLPV IEC iis ces pce la 39 00 26 00 Restoral of Told Service es pauses soe Gale Ea 39 00 26 00 Restoral of Non Basic Calling Features 100 MISCELLANEOUS CONNECTION CHARGES Business Residence x Connect Custom Calling Features 7 00 per line 7 00 per line Change Dial Service Rotary to Tone Tone to Rotary 7 00 per line 7 00 per line Order charge for new applicants SERVICE MAINTENANCE VISIT CHARG This charge applies only to changes made to existing service This charge is included in existing business and residential Service A service maintenance visit charge applies when a s trouble report requires a visit by t rvice difficulty or he Telephone Company to the customer s premises at which customer provided equipment or lines are connected to Telephone Company facil that the difficulty or trouble is no Company facilities The minimum charge for each servic ities and a de t the result of termina
25. Outward Dialing enables Centrex station users to call outside the Centrex group directly without the assistance of an attendant Business Group Automatic Identified Outward Dialing Business Group Automatic Identified Outward Dialing provides identification of the calling line or the Centrex Group billing pilot number on billable calls directed to the public network Intercom Dialing Intercom Dialing allows Centrex station users to call other stations within their Centrex groups by dialing abbreviated codes Call Hold Call Hold allows a station user to place a call on hold in order to initiate a second call answer a waiting call consult privately with another party or return to the previously held call Three Way Calling Three Way Calling allows a station user to add a third party to an existing call and thus enables a simultaneous conference between parties at multiple locations Call Transfer Call Transfer allows a station user to transfer calls to another station by flashing the switchhook and dialing the transfer to number Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 12 Telephone Company 10 11 12 13 14 GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE Off Premises Stations Off Premises Stations enable a secondary business location to access the same Centrex features and services as the main business location The secondary location must be served by the same Digit
26. Residence Lifeline Service consists of the following tariffed standard features and optional customer elected services at the applicable rates charges and regulations for each feature and service provided a One Party Residence Unlimited Service and Local Measured Service if available b Directory Listing standard only c Non Published or Non Listed Telephone Number Service d Access to Directory Assistance Service e Touch Tone Calling Service f Access to Message Toll Telephone Service and Optional Dial Station To Station Calling Plan Services However the Residence Lifeline Dial Tone Line will be blocked from dial station access to 976 556 900 and any other type of Audiotex Service g Access to Operator Services h Voluntary Toll Restriction Option i Access to 800 888 Services j Access to Call Trace k Access to Alerting and Reporting Systems 9 1 1 dialing L Access to the Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service m Caller ID Per call and Per line Blocking n Other eligible telecommunications services at tariffed rates C Indicates Change Issued June 29 2012 Effective August 1 2012 Supplement No 160 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Fifth Revised Sheet 19 Cancels Fourth Revised Sheet 19 LIFELINE SERVICE B REGULATIONS cont 3 An applicant for Lifeline Service must be a current participant in one of the following Pennsylvania programs
27. SECTION 4 Second Revised Sheet 6 amp First Revised Sheet 6 INTERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d 3 Intraexchange and Interexchange Channels a Local channel one required for each premise at which a channel terminates Each Two Wire Channel 34 50 I Each Four Wire Channel 48 15 I b ileage Intraexchange and Interexchange Channels per mile between wire centers for Series 1000 Channels Monthly Rate Fixed Rate Rate Per Mil 0 to 1 Mile 12 50 Over 1 to 3 Miles LL 0 0 4 00 Over 3 to 5 Miles 14 00 4 00 Over 5 to 15 Miles 16 00 4 00 Over 15 to 25 Miles 32 00 3 00 Over 25 Miles 44 00 250 4 Transmission Function Intraexchange and Interexchange Monthly Rate Intraexchange Interexchange Type 1005 and Type 1006 Data amp Teletype 500 16 00 Miscellaneous Purpose OS 6 00 Type 1011 a 6 00 Type 1012 1 00 6 00 Jr Other Features and Arrangements Monthly Rate Multi Point One Way Type 1005 Channels furnished to existing customers only Mu not specially connected selective 3 00 lti Point Type 1005 Miscellaneous Purposes Channels used for one way non simultaneous ringing of bells or buzzers are furnished for points within an exchange or contiguous exchange of this Company at rate listed above point I Indicates Increase the monthly excluding the signaling control Issued May 31 1988 Effective June 1 1988 Supplement No 53 T
28. Service Order Charge applies when TSP requests changes are made to a customer s line record after a service has been connected In addition a one time charge based on cost for the initial establishment of TSP status in Company records will be billed to the customer In subscribing to TSP the customer recognizes that quoting charges and obtaining customer permission to proceed with service installation or restoration would delay the installation or restoration process and grants the Company the right to assess additional charges when applicable after the installation or restoration has been completed When possible the Company will attempt to provide an estimate to the customer of the additional charges in advance of the work Facilities required by the Company for the provisioning restoration or maintenance are exempt from the TSP rules The Company will provide reconciliation of its TSP records with corresponding records contained in the TSP Program Office s database in compliance with current program requirements The Company reserves the right to apply the costs associated with updating the reconciling TSP database records Issued April 13 1994 Effective April 14 1994 Supplement No 111 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 1 Telephone Company Original Sheet 15 General Regulations cont d Promotional Offerings The Company may from time to time offer services at reduced rates and or char
29. There are several ways to complete a call to a Caller ID subscriber who has activated Anonymous Call Rejection 1 place the call through an operator 2 place the call using a telephone credit card or 3 place the call without blocking the telephone number Options 1 and 2 involve charges in addition to the cost of the call Caller ID Service is available to customers by monthly subscription only which provides unlimited use of the service 2 REGULATIONS 1 Availability of Service a Caller ID Service required special central office equipment and is provided as facilities permit as determined by the Telephone Company b Caller ID Service will be provided to the following customers residence business Centrex and PBX if the PBX equipment is compatible with Caller ID Service Cc Caller ID Service works on calls which originate from and terminate in central offices which are equipped to provide this service and within the same Custom Local Area Signaling System d The Anonymous Call Rejection features of Caller ID Service will be provided to Caller ID subscribers where facilities permit e Caller ID Service and blocking can be used by customers with either dial pulse rotary or Touch Tone Service 2 Provisions of Service a The Anonymous Call Rejection feature of Caller ID Service where facilities permit will be provided to Caller ID subscribers as part of Caller ID Service When initially provided this featu
30. or be able to provide proof of household income which is at or below 135 of the annual Federal Poverty Guidelines for all States except Alaska and Hawaii and the District of Columbia Recertification of Lifeline Service participants must be conducted annually by Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company to ensure continued eligibility Lifeline customers have the responsibility to notify the Telephone Company within thirty 30 days of a change in eligibility status if they no longer qualify for Lifeline Service Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Lifeline Service Programs ai Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF C Supplemental Security Income SSI Medicaid Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP f k a Food Stamps x Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program LIHEAP Additional Eligible Programs Federal ad Federal Public Housing a National School Free Lunch Program The DPW Programs listed above must be certified by DPW Such certification by DPW will be provided only when a DPW client requests Lifeline Service based on the clients status as a participant in any of the above eligibility programs Certification by DPW will be limited to confirmation of the client s program status i e participation or non participation Participation by DPW is subject to execution of an agreement with DPW and Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company 4 Lifeline Service will be provided to a customer o
31. station in an exchange 11 50 for each additional station in the same exchange as the first station 8 00 On a two point channel not arranged for switching each station 22 00 On a multi point channel not arranged for switching for the first station in an exchange 32 00 for each additional station in the same exchange as the first station 11 50 Type 3001 A two wire interface with effective two wire facilities or a four wire interface with four wire facilities engineered for a 1000 Hz loss objective of 16db for two point or multi point service normally suitable for half duplex or full duplex operation for remote metering supervisory control and miscellaneous signaling 1 Regulations applicable to Type 3001 channels a When these channels are furnished for multipoint service a bridging charge applies for each premises bridged on the same circuit in addition to all other applicable charges for the channels Issued February 13 1986 Effective April 14 1986 Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company Supplement No 55 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 First Revised Sheet 18 INTERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d Canceling Original Sheet 18 b For duplex service on the same or connected premises or to adjacent premises the monthly rates for two channels apply Er For duplex intraexchange and interexchang service th monthl
32. 0 As directed by the September 1999 Global Order a proportionate USF Credit is also calculated and applied against the monthly one party business rate to maintain the existing parity between business and residence rates The USF Credit mechanism expires December 31 2003 or as otherwise ordered by the Commission or appellate courts Reference September 1999 Global Order Section XIII F PA Universal Service Credit Residence One Party lt 68 gt C Business One Party lt 1 33 gt C C Indicates Change Issued March 22 2000 Effective April 1 2000 Supplement No 106 Telephon PA PSU No S SECTION 2 Pymatuning Independent Sixth Revised Sheet 2 Telephone Company Cancels Fifth Revised Sheet 2 TERRITORIAL BOUNDARY OF PYMATUNING INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COMPANY Map shown in original tariff C Indicate Change Issued March 15 1996 Effective March 16 1996 Supplement No 58 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 3 Pymatuning Independent Fourth Revised Sheet 1 Telephone Company Cancels Third Revised Sheet 1 SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGES Service connection charges herein described apply to all ordering installing changing or substituting of telephone services offered by the Company and are non recurring The definition and application of these charges are as follows ENERAL Basic Service Order Processing Charges apply on each customer order for all work or servi
33. 0 Hz loss objective of 16db for two point or multi point service normally suitable for half or full duplex data transmission T Regulations applicable to Type 3002 channels a Data processing equipment teletypewriter station equipment and terminal equipment required to condition signals generated by or delivered to customer apparatus and station wiring for data transmission purposes shall be provided by the customer subject to the regulations set forth in this Tariff regarding connections with customer owned equipment Issued February 13 1986 Effective April 14 1986 Supplement No Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company INTI si Pp 55 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 First Revised Sheet 19 Canceling Original Sheet 19 F RCOMPANY PRIVATE F LINE S F ERVICE cont d a b Customers by use of their own equipment and xtent permitted by the normal transmission characteristics of the create additional chan by subdividing a channel furnished under this The Telephone Company makes no representation suitability of the channels by the customer channels may be connected with other channels furnished by the Telep and to channels crea electrical communica are the same d therefrom to the grade of channel ordered may nels for any type of communication Tariff as to the These which are
34. 13 1 986 Effective April 14 1986 Supplement No Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company INT ERCOMPANY PRIVAT 55 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 First Revised Sheet 20 Canceling Original Sheet 20 T LINE SERVICE cont d C d Type C4 Type D1 For a two point three point or four point channel th nvelope delay distortion shall not exceed between 200 and 2600 Hertz a maximum difference of 300 micro seconds between 800 and 2800 Hertz a maximum difference of 500 micro seconds between 600 and 3000 Hertz a maximum difference of 1500 micro seconds between 500 and 3000 Hertz a maximum difference of 3000 micro seconds the loss deviation with frequency from 1000 Hertz reference shall not exceed between 500 and 3000 Hertz 2db to 3db between 300 and 3200 Hertz 2db to 6db means more loss NOTE On a three point or four point channel conditioning in accordance with the above specifications is applicable only between one exchange that designated by the customer as the control point and each of the other two or three exchanges For a two point channel not arranged for switching Certain data transmission characteristics necessary for high performance data transmission cannot be assured on all channels generally available for data transmission However Type 3002 voice grade two point channels may be specially arranged t
35. 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 6 Telephone Company GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 5 OutWATS a OutWATS Simulated Facility Group Arrangements Non Monthly Recurring Rate Charge Service Establishment 30 00 Charge OutWATS Simulated Facility Group Automatic Flexible Routing Overflow Hunting Arrangement Each OutWATS Simulated 20 00 Facility Rearrangements and changes to 24 00 Simulated Facilities and routing patterns b Normal OutWATS rates measured time or full business day will be charged for OutWATS calls Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 7 Telephone Company GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 6 Multiline Hunt Service a Hunting Arrangements The following monthly rates for hunting arrangements are applied in addition to the per line rates for Centrex lines The nonrecurring service establishment charges are per hunt group Per Line Non in Hunt Recurring Group Charge Regular Hunting 4 00 24 00 Circle Hunting 5 00 32 00 Uniform Call Distribution 7 00 40 00 Preferential Hunting 5 00 32 00 Series Completion 5 00 32 00 a Changes to Hunting Group Arrangements Patterns Additional Lines 12 00 nonrecurring Change Hunting Order e Hunt Group Options Non Recurring Charge 1 Queueing for Hunt Group 20 00 month 300 00 2 Delay Announcements For Queued Calls Standard Announcement 24 00 month 160 00 Per Acces
36. 3 ERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d a Regulations applicable to Type 2040 Channels 1 2 When the secretarial line is connected directly to Telephone Answering Service Equipment in the same exchange one local channel measured in one quarter 1 4 airline mile increments from the patron s serving wire center to the location of the Telephone Answering Service Equipment is provided When the secretarial line is connected directly to Telephone Answering Service Equipment not on the same premises one transmission function is also required When the secretarial service is furnished from an exchange other than the one in which the Telephone Answering Service is located one interexchange channel is required to connect the wire centers One local channel and one transmission function are required to connect the interexchange channel to the premises of the Telephone Answering Service 2 Type 2041 A two wire interface with effective two wire facilities engineered for a 1000 Hz loss objective of 0 to 4 db normally suitable for Telephone Answering Service use for secretarial lines terminated in concentrator equipment a Regulations applicable to Type 2041 Channels 1 When a secretarial line is connected to a concentrator located in the same central office serving area as the patron s normal central office servicing area the connection is provided at a flat rate and requires no measurement
37. A planned project which is developed by a developer applicant for telephone service set out in a recorded plot plan of five or more adjoining unoccupied lots for the construction of single family residences detached or otherwise mobile homes or apartment houses all of which are intended for year round occupancy if telephone service to the lots necessitates extending the utility s existing distribution lines Distribution line A main line facility directly or indirectly connecting the customers in a development to the telephone central office Service line A line from the distribution line to the residence of the subscriber Subdivider The party responsible for dividing a tract of land into building lots which are not to be sold as utility ready lots Subdivision A tract of land divided by a subdivider into five or more adjoining unoccupied lots for the construction of single family residences detached or otherwise or apartment houses all of which are intended for year round occupancy if telephone service to the lots necessitates extending the utility s existing distribution lines C Indicates Change Issued July 30 1984 Effective June 30 1984 Supplement No Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company UNDERGROUND S ERVICE IN NEW R 47 Telephon Pai PUE Firs Canceling No 5 Section 5 t Revised Sheet 5 Original Sheet 5 UNDERGROUND SERVICE ESIDENTIAL
38. Company does not transmit messages but offers subject to the terms and conditions specified in this tariff the use of its facilities where available for communication between subscribers The term service as used throughout this tariff refers to service equipment and facilities OBLIGATION TO FURNISH SERVICE The Telephone Company s obligation to furnish service is dependent upon its ability to secure and retain without unreasonable expense suitable facilities and rights for the construction and maintenance of the necessary circuits and equipment SPECIAL TYPES OF SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT In cases where a subscriber desires some special type of service or equipment for which provision is not otherwise made and in the judgement of the Telephone Company there is no reason for refusing to render the special service desired a rate is quoted based on the cost of furnishing such service or equipment EQUIPMENT APPARATUS AND LINES Access line equipment furnished by the Telephone Company shall C remain the property of the Telephone Company and upon termination of service for any cause whatsoever shall be returned to the Telephone Company in good condition reasonable wear and tear thereof expected All connection to the network by the Telephone Company or by the Customer must comply with the rules and regulations of the F
39. D EVELOPMENTS co b Distribution and servic result of an appl development shall lines ex cept pedestals hone service wi lication for telep be installed und utility s construction standards maintai performed by the applicant agent t be performed by the utility The utility shal ned by the Excava for tel utility erground shall and shall be ow ting and backfi he applicant may authorize authorize occasioned by the other interferenc other t shall prohibit a util backfilling for greater system design flexibility han those specified in subsec other t han its own employees or agent lity from performing its own excavating and permitted The applicant for telephon following 1 recorded development pl At its own cost or by willful or negli phone servic All other ins another agent t ll not be liable for i gent excavation nt d installed as the thin a conform to the ned and lling shall be or by another tallation shall he utility may njury or damage breakage or with its underground lines occasioned by anyone servic Nothing i c and tion provide the boundaries for occupancy and maintenance of distribu to a developm utility with a n this section No charges d shall be ent shall do the copy of the ot plan identifying p
40. DVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES BASIC RATE INTERFACE BRI A GENERAL DESCRIPTION 1 Advanced Digital Services is a public network based set of communications services that make it possible to send receive and modify information using regular telephone lines These services are based on the National Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN standards ISDN provides end to end digital communications and gives the ability to transmit data and voice over the same telephone line simultaneously a user can send information from a personal computer and talk to the person on the other end of the line at the same time This functionality is provided via channelized transport facilities The ISDN architecture consists of digital central office switching systems which connect Basic Rate Interface BRI lines to customers premises 2 Advanced Digital Services BRI is an optional service arrangement that can be used in conjunction with a customer s residential service individual business line or Centrex service lt uses the ISDN architecture to provide the customer with the capability to transmit voice and data simultaneously over the same digital line Under various optional arrangements BRI provides the customer with access to Circuit Switched Voice Services and Circuit Switched Data Services 3 An Advanced Digital Services BRI arrangement obtains its capabilities from an ISDN capable Telephone Company central office switch The BRI ISDN arrangement pro
41. ICE CLASSIFICATIONS Business rates are applicable in connection with service furnished at a business location or any other place where the service is used primarily or dominantly for business professional or institutional purposes If either the main station or any extension connected therewith is located in a place where business rates are applicable business rates apply to the main station and to all extensions therefrom Residence rates apply in private residences where the service is used primarily or dominantly for social or domestic purposes USE OF SERVICE Unless otherwise indicated in this tariff the use of business service is restricted to the subscriber his agents and representatives and the use of residence service is restricted to the subscriber and members of his household The subscriber shall not use the service or permit others to use it in such manner as to interfere with the service of other subscribers Unless otherwise provided in this tariff service shall in no case be resold C Indicates Change Issued December 23 1986 Effective January 1 1987 Supplement No 150 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company Third Revised Sheet 3 Canceling Second Revised Sheet 3 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d CONTRACTS FOR SERVICE The Telephone Company reserves the right to require applications for serv
42. MF Signaling 2 Direct Inward Dialing 3 Direct Outward Dialing 4 Business Group Automatic Identified Outward Dialing 5 Intercom Dialing 6 Call Hold 7 Three Way Calling 8 Call Transfer 9 Distinctive Ringing Direct Inward Dialing and Direct Outward Dialing capabilities may be limited by Simulated Facilities b The following per line rates and charges apply for contract periods ranging from month to month to 60 months The customer is required to pay for the number of months in the service period selected Number 12 24 36 48 60 of Lines Monthly Months Months Months Months Months 2 6 23 50 23 00 22 70 22 40 22 10 21 80 7 15 23 30 22 80 22 50 22 20 21 90 21 60 16 30 23 10 22 60 22 30 22 00 21 70 21 40 31 50 22 90 22 40 22 10 21 80 21 50 21 20 51 100 22 70 22 20 21 90 21 60 21 30 21 00 Over 100 22 50 22 00 21 70 21 40 21 10 20 80 c Service Establishment Charge 12 00 nonrecurring Per Line Ze Simulated Facilities a Rate per Simulated Facility 20 00 per month b The FCC Customer Access Line Charge CALC will be assessed based upon the total number of Centrex lines to which the customer subscribes This amount will be collected by the Telephone Company and forwarded to the National Exchange Carrier Association However the Telephone Company will D Indicates Increase Issued March 15 1996 Effective March 16 1996 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Origin
43. ON 4 Third Revised Sheet 15 Canceling First amp Second Revised Sheet 15 ERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d 4 When a customer provided concentrator is located on a premises in a different exchange from the customer provided identifier one interexchange channel is required to connect the wire centers One local channel and one transmission function are required to connect the interexchange channel to the premises where the concentrator 1s located and one local channel and one transmission function are required to connect the interexchange channel to the premises where the identifier is located F Rate Schedules Channels on the same or connected premises Type 2021 Each Two Wire Channel 2 00 Each Four Wire Channel 4 00 Channels between adjacent premises Type 2021 Each Two Wire Channel 8 50 Each Four Wire Channel 17 00 Intraexchange and Interexchange Channels a Local channel one required for each premise at which a channel terminates Each Two Wire Channel 34 50 Each Four Wire Channel 48 15 I Indicates Increase Issued May 31 1988 Effective June 1 1988 D D Supplement No 55 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 Pymatuning Independent First Revised Sheet 16 Telephone Company Canceling Original Sheet 16 INTERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d b Intraexchange and Interexchange channels per miles between wire cente
44. PREMISES EQUIPMENT Party line customers may purchase their own customer premises equipment from either the telephone company or other vendors However because of potential compatibility problems the customer is urged to investigate such problems with the telephone company before making purchase If purchased or leased party lin quipment that is compatible with telephone company facilities requires further modification because of any new arrangements of facilities by the telephone company the telephone company is responsible for such modifications Should customer purchase party lin quipment from another vendor the telephone company will make a reasonable effort to modify the equipment to make it compatible for a charge of 15 00 plus parts if available This equipment should as a minimum include changeable ringer leads 3 conductor cords removable housing and have a wiring conversion chart Party line customers may not use automatic answering devices which answer any ring on the line nor automatic dialers which seize the lin externally from the telephone CHAPTER 64 COMPLIANCE c Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company is subject to and complies with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission s regulations governing Standards and Billing Practices for Telephone Service at 52 PA Code Chapter 64 C Indicates Change Issued May 31 1988 Effective June 1 1988
45. RVICE Cu Rates Local calls will be charged at the applicable local flat rate or local measured service rate Local calls originating from pay telephones shall be completed free of charge All intraLATA toll C calls placed through the Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service will be rated according to the Rates Applicable on Messages Placed By Certified Speech and or Hearing Disabled in the Pennsylvania Telephone Association Toll Tariff Pa P U C No 10 This Company concurs in this tariff The company will make available to the Telecommunications Relay Service TRS user a prepaid debit card The rates for the prepaid debit card shall not exceed those that would apply to identical calls for non TRS users of coin sent paid service Please refer to the appropriate Interexchange Carrier tariff for interstate charges C Indicates Change Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Supplement No 106 Telephon Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent Sixth Revised Sheet 5 Telephone Company Cancels Fifth Revised Sheet 5 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d ROTARY TRUNK FEATURE A group of consecutively numbered individual exchange lines furnished to the same customer may be arranged at the customer s request so that all calls to the group will be directed automatically to an idle line of the group
46. Ringing Provides the customer with a distinctive alerting signal ring or call waiting tone if the customer has subscribed to Call Waiting when the customer is called from a maximum of six 6 preselected telephone numbers The customer can construct or modify a telephone number screening list by dialing a unique code The Telephone Issued October 11 1994 Effective October 12 1994 Supplement No 98 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent First Revised Sheet 2C Telephone Company Cancels and Supersedes Original Sheet 2C MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d ADVANCED CALLING SERVICES cont d Company equipment will screen incoming calls against the customer s list and provide a distinctive ringing pattern for telephone numbers on the customer s list 5 Preferred Call Forwarding Enables the customer to forward incoming calls from a maximum of six 6 specified telephone numbers to another telephone number The customer can construct or modify a telephone number screening list by dialing an activation code The Telephone Company equipment will screen incoming calls against the customer s list and forward only calls from telephone numbers included on the list Calls forwarded by this feature are subject to all applicable local and long distance charges These calls are also subject to transmission limitations 6 Call Screening Enables customer to block the last incom
47. Supplement No 164 To Telephone Pa P U C No 5 PYMATUNING INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COMPANY RATES AND RULES Governing the Furnishing of Telephone Service IN Mercer County Pennsylvania As Shown on Sheet 5 Issued August 21 2015 Effective September 1 2015 By Filed in compliance with PA Public Utility Commission State Tax Adjustment Surcharge Procedure at PA Code 69 52 Amanda Molina Assistant Vice President of External Relations Orlando FL 32828 NOTICE This tariff makes Changes in rates See Sheet 2 Supplement No 164 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company Sheet 2 CHANGES MADE BY THIS SUPPLEMENT CHANGES This supplement makes a change to the State Tax Adjustment Surcharge in compliance with the Commission s STAS procedure Please see the following section Section 1 Sheet 7 Supplement No 157 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Twenty sixth Revised Sheet 3 Telephone Company Cancels Twenty fifth Revised Sheet 3 INDEX Section E AAA OTE 6 Allowances for Telephone Service Interruptions cooconnccnnonnnonononcnoncnonononononaconnoconono noc nccnnncnnncnnncnos 1 Application for Servie cti a dia 1 Attachment Chart Soeiro ii ernea a EENE E EAE AA REE E AES PEE acierta Eea 5 Business Service Classifications ross eae a aaa a a aaa as iE 1 Caller ID Sevi e nl A a dae id 6 Cancellation of Service for Gatses arn aior iinan Ale 1 Centrex Service frere
48. TIONS cont d TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY cont d 2 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CUSTOMER cont d b Once customers have received their TSP assignment signified by a TSP authorization Code the customer must submit the code along with a service request to the Company During certain emergencies the Company will take TSP service requests verbally In these cases a written service order should follow within two working days RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMPANY The Company will send a Service Confirmation to the TSP Program Office upon the completion of an ordered TSP service within 45 calendar days of the completion The Company will designate a 24 hour point of contact for receiving Emergency TSP provision requests and reports that a TSP service is unusable or out of service RULES AND REGULATIONS The Company will provision and restore when necessary those telecommunications services with TSP assignments before services without such assignments both from this tariff and PTA s Access tariff and Toll tariff in which this Company concurs When spare facilities are not available it may be necessary for the Company to preempt the facilities required to provision or restore a TSP service When preemption is necessary the sequence in which existing services may be preempted is as follows Non TSP services TSP services selected in the inverse order of their TSP priority level assignment When such pre
49. TOR SERVICES A LINE STATUS VERIFICATION Upon customer request the operator will verify and provide the line status condition subject to a charge of 70 for each request No charge will apply for a line status verification when a trouble condition is indicated on the line B CALL INTERRUPTION Upon customer request the operator will verify the line status condition and interrupt a call in progress to notify the party on the call that another caller is attempting to contact the line The charge for call interruption is 1 10 for each request This charge includes the line status verification and call interruption Es OPERATOR CALLS Calls placed through the operator to a station in the same Local Calling Area are charged at the following rates Calling Card Operator All Types Customer Dialed Station to Station Person to Person S235 90 S250 Includes collect special billing number bill to a third number operator dialed calling card and all Time and Charge request calls C Indicates Change Issued October 2 1991 Effective October 4 1991 Supplement No 157 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent 4 Revised Sheet 9 Telephone Company Cancels 3 Revised Sheet 9 C RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE C Indicates Change Issued March 30 2012 Effective April 2 2012 Supplement No 157 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION
50. al Central Office as the primary location Call Forwarding Variable All Calls Call Forwarding Variable enables a station user to divert all incoming calls to another directory number Activation deactivation and the forward to destination are controlled by the station user Call Forwarding Busy Line Call Forwarding Busy Line causes all calls to be redirected to an alternate station when the called station is busy Call Forwarding Don t Answer Call Forward Don t Answer allows all calls that terminate to a user s station to be redirected to an alternate station after a predetermined number of rings Call Forwarding Incoming Only Call Forwarding Incoming Only is an option that can be used with any of the Call Forwarding features Call Forwarding Variable Don t Answer and Busy Line and allows only incoming calls calls that originate outside the Centrex group to be forwarded Calls from within the group or a private facility are not forwarded Call Forwarding Within Group Only Call Forwarding Within Group Only is an option that can be used with any of the Call Forwarding features Call Forwarding Variable Don t Answer and Busy Line and restricts call forwarding to only directory numbers within the same Centrex group thus preventing the station user from forwarding calls outside the Centrex group Call Forwarding Distinctive Ringing Call Forwarding Distinctive Ringing is a Call Forwarding line option that allo
51. al Sheet Number 3 Telephone Company GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE credit the customer for the CALC times the total number of Centrex lines minus the number of Simulated Facilities including OutWATS Simulated Facilities to which the customer subscribes The customer s net CALC assessment will therefore be based upon the number of simulated facilities used Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 4 Telephone Company GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 Individual Station Features a Chargeable Individual Station Features The monthly rates shown below apply to the following individual station features 1 Call Forwarding Variable All Calls 2 Call Forwarding Busy Line 3 Call Forwarding Don t Answer 4 Directed Call Pick Up 5 Call Waiting 6 Cancel Call Waiting 7 Voice Data Protection 8 Do Not Disturb 9 Speed Calling 8 Code 10 Direct Connect Service a Manual Line Service b Warm Line Individual features per line 1 50 per feature Three to four features per line 1 25 per feature Five ore more features per line 1 00 per feature b Non Chargeable Individual station Features The following individual station features are offered at no charge 1 Semi Restricted Line 2 Fully Restricted Line 3 Call Forwarding Incoming Only when applied to the appropriate base call forwarding feature s Call Forwarding Variable Call Forwarding Busy
52. an individual line or shared by multiple lines Code Restriction Code Restriction blocks the completion of calls that are directed to customer specified area codes NPAs and or central office codes NNXs A Code Restriction list may be assigned to either an individual line or share by multiple lines Outgoing Call Screening Outgoing Call Screening blocks the completion of calls to specific directory numbers 3 6 7 or 10 digit basis An Outgoing Call Screening may be assigned to either an individual line or share by multiple station users Distinctive Alerting Call Waiting Indication Distinctive Alerting Call Waiting Indication allows a Centrex station user to determine the source of incoming calls from within or outside the business by the Distinctive Ringing pattern or the Call Waiting tone Normal ringing and Call Waiting tones are used to identify intra Centrex group calls Calls which originate from outside the Centrex group are identified by either two short rings and or Call Waiting tones Business Group Dialing Plan A Business Group Dialing Plan enables a Centrex Group to have a unique dialing scheme which includes Intercom Dialing access to an attendant private network and or special facilities using 1 to 5 digit codes Single Digit Dialing and customized feature activation deactivation codes Each Centrex group may use either a standardized or a customized Business Group Dialing Plan Issued April 25 1994 E
53. apply in addition to the established rates and charges for associated services 2 Rates Monthly Rate Individual Features Each Line Business Residential 1 Call Return 3 50 3 50 2 Call Screening 3 50 3 50 3 Call Trace 3 50 3 50 4 Preferred Call Forwarding 3 50 3 50 5 Priority Ringing 3 50 3 50 6 Repeat Dialing 3 50 3 50 J Special Call Acceptance 3 50 3 50 3 Feature Rates Multiple Features Per Line Total feature charges will be discounted as per discount table set forth in Section 6 Sheet 2 The discount applies to Custom Calling Services Advanced Calling Services including Caller ID or combinations thereof 4 Feature Rates Per Feature per Use The call trace feature may be billed on either a flat rate basis as specified in C 2 C or on a per use basis as specified below Call Trace Rate per Successful Trace Monthly Cap 5 00 25 00 5 A Service charges as set forth in Section 3 Sheet 2 of this tariff apply An additional service establishment charge specific to Advanced Calling Services is not applicable if ordered at the same time as Customer Calling Features Advanced Calling Services installed simultaneously with the establishment of primary service will be included with the normal service connection charges I Indicates Increase Issued December 1 2006 Effective January 15 2007 D D D D D D D Supplement No 98 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent Fir
54. ation is busy the group is sequentially hunted until an idle station is found If there are no idle stations available the caller receives a busy signal Circle Hunting Circle Hunting allows calls directed to busy stations in the middle of the hunt group to search through to the end of the hunt group and then return to the beginning of the hunt list in search of an idle station The Caller is connected to the first idle station encountered Uniform Call Distribution Uniform Call Distribution is intended to distribute calls evenly among the stations in a Multiline Hunt group When a caller is connected to an idle station the location of the next station is marked as the starting point for hunting when the next incoming call is received Once hunting beings it proceeds in a circular manner until an idle station is found Preferential Hunting Preferential Hunting allows any station in a Multiple Hunt Group to have its own preferential hunting list If a call is made to a station with a Preferential Hunting list assigned Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 18 Telephone Company 45 46 47 GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE to it and that station is busy the preferential list is first hunted until an idle station is found If an idle station is not found on the preferential list the hunt will proceed to the entire hunt group Series Completion Series Comp
55. atuning Independent First Revised Sheet 10 Telephone Company Canceling Original Sheet 10 INTERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d the loss deviation with frequency from 1000 Hertz reference shall not exceed between 500 and 2800 Hertz 1db to 3db between 300 and 3000 Hertz 2db to 6db means more loss NOTE On a multipoint channel arranged for switching conditioning in accordance with the above specifications is applicable only when in unswitched mode C APPLICABLE TO TYPE 2014 CHANNELS Off Premises PBX Service C 1 The number of stations that may be connected and the distance over which satisfactory transmission is possible may be limited by operating and transmission factors Ze Signaling arrangements are furnished for use with grandfathered and registered PBX or similar equipment in accordance with Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission s Rules and Regulations Type A Furnished for use with Class A PB or similar station ports capable of operation over loops with resistance in the range of 0 199 ohms Type B Furnished for use with Class B PBX or similar station ports capable of operation over lops with resistance in the range of 200 899 ohms Type C Furnished for use with Class C PBX or similar station ports capable of operation over loops with resistance in the range of 900 ohms or more a For channel connections to registered PBX or s
56. caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of the certified One Call notification systems entity C DEPOSITS A deposit in accordance with Commission regulations at 52 Pa Code 64 31 64 41 may be required as security for future bills Interest rates applied to customer deposits held by the Telephone Company are prescribed by the PUC Deposits will be returned in accordance with Commission regulations at 52 Pa Code 64 31 64 41 The fact that a deposit may have been made in no way relieves the applicant or subscriber from complying with the Telephone Company s regulations as to the prompt payment of bills or constitutes a waiver or modification of the regular practices providing for discontinuance of service for non payment of any sums due the Telephone Company for service rendered CHARGES FOR FRACTIONAL MONTHS When service is established the initial charge for local service equipment and facilities for the fractional part of the current billing month is a pro rata share of the monthly charge C Indicates Change Issued April 3 2007 Effective April 4 2007 Supplement No 108 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company Fourth Revised Sheet 4 Canceling Third Revised Sheet 4 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d PAYMENT FOR SERVICE Installation and construction charges where applicable must be paid in advance of the establishment of service Service conn
57. ce ordered to be provided or changed or reconnected at the time at the same location for the same customer These charges cover work associated with receiving establishing record and processing any service ordered to be completed or changed at any one time This charge applies to all requests for service initiated by a customer Network Access Charge shall apply at the time of initiation of new service or re initiation of a discontinued service to the same customer whenever central office service is connected to a customer s premises This is charge is associated with the connection of company facilities drop wire protector ground unit to the customer s premises and applies to each central office line so connected This charge covers travel time and work in central office facilities related to the connection of associated facilities required to render servic Premise Visit Charge applies for any work equipment or service ordered changed or substituted by the customer which requires a premise visit by Company personnel for the purpose of installation removing reconnecting or changing equipment and facilities associated with service Equipment Handling Charge applies for connecting changing or rearranging telephones or other equipment associated with or independent of a telephone station C Indicates Change Issued December 23 1986 Effective January 1 1987 Supplement
58. ces counterparts are available at rates and charges specified in the Custom Calling Services section of the Company s tariff The following Custom Calling features found specifically in this tariff will be charged at rates shown on the Advanced Digital Services Rate Schedule a Call Hold This feature allows the user to place a call on hold by pressing the appropriate button on the telephone set As an option multiple independent calls may be retained on hold with this feature b Three Way Calling This feature allows the user to add a third party to an existing voice call by pressing a feature key and thus enables a conference between parties at multiple locations The user may also disconnect the last party added by depressing the appropriate button on the telephone set C Call Transfer This feature allows the user to transfer a voice call to another directory number d Call Forwarding This feature allows voice calls to be redirected from one ISDN telephone based on DN and call type to another telephone either an analog or an ISDN telephone 6 Advanced Calling Services Advanced Calling Services also called CLASS services are available at rates and charges specified in the Advanced Calling Services section of the Company s tariff The following Advanced Calling Service features are included specifically in this Advanced Digital Services tariff and will be charged at rates shown in this tariff a Automatic Callback Mon
59. ching per channel 10 00 Issued February 13 1986 Effective April 14 1986 Supplement No 29 Telephon PA P U C No 5 SECTION 5 Pymatuning Independent Second Revised Sheet 1 Telephone Company Canceling First Revised Sheet 1 CONSTRUCTION AND ATTACHMENT CHARGES GENERAL The rates otherwise provided for in this tariff are based on furnishing service immediately adjacent to existing lines and facilities of the Telephone Company and on the use of lines and facilities engineered and constructed according to common and accepted practices When service is desired at points somewhat removed from existing lines and facilities or when abnormal and unusual arrangements and installations are desired such service and installations are subject to additional charges as prescribed hereunder CONSTRUCTION ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY In all cases of plant construction on public highway ownership of the plant must be vested in either the Telephone Company or some company with which the Telephone Company has a joint use agreement When local exchange service is desired at a point outside the base rat area but within the exchange area more than 1 320 feet distant from then existing facilities the applicant therefor may be required to pay for this construction or use of another company s plant in lieu of such construction as follows For each 100 feet or fraction thereof required to make the nec
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61. ct the Utility will and if the recomputed surcharge is more than the one then in effect the Utility may submit the such recomputation a tariff or supplement to reflect such recomputed surcharge the effective date which shall be 10 days after filing C Indicates Change D Indicates Decrease Issued August 21 2015 Effective September 1 2015 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company Original Sheet 8 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d ALLOWANCES FOR TELEPHONE SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS C When main telephone service is interrupted for a period of at least 24 hours the company after due notice by the customer shall apply the following schedule of allowances except in situations as provided in Paragraph 2 l a b 1 30 of the tariff monthly rate of all services and facilities furnished by the company rendered inoperative by the company to the extent of being useless for each of the first three 3 full 24 hour periods during which the interruption continues after notice by the customer of the company conditioned that the out of service extends beyond a minimum period of 24 hours 2 30 of each full 24 hour period beyond the first three 24 hour periods However in no instance shall the allowance for the out of service period exceed the total charges in a billing period for the service and facilities furnished by the company rendered inoperative to the extent of being useless When service i
62. d number All subscribers to Pay Telephone Service shall have the right to select their presubscribed intraLATA toll provider at such time that intraLATA presubscription is available in the Company s service territory C AVAILABLE FEATURES FOR PAY TELEPHONE SERVICE 1 Optional call screening blocking coin supervision functions as listed below are provided at the monthly rates stated The non recurring charges shown below do not apply to initial installations but do apply to subsequent requests made by the customer I Indicates Increase Issued February 26 1999 Effective February 27 1999 Supplement No 108 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 8 Pymatuning Independent Second Revised Sheet 3 Telephone Company C Cancels First Revised Sheet 3 PAY TELEPHONE LINE SERVICE cont d Cc AVAILABLE FEATURES FOR PAY TELEPHONE SERVICE cont d 2 Rates Incoming Outgoing Screening prevents completion of collect or third number calls to the Pay Telephone Line Originated operator handled calls from the Pay Telephone Line are restricted to collect third number or calling card only Incoming Blocking blocks all incoming calls Outgoing blocking restrict outgoing calls to non sent paid call only coinless Coin Supervision Additive provides for the collection return recognition announcements and pre prompting for overtime monitors signals from the pay telepho
63. dio transmission The liability of the Telephone Company for damage arising out of mistakes omissions interruptions delays or errors or defects in transmission occurring in the course of furnished service and not caused by negligence of the customer or of the Telephone Company in failing to maintain proper standards of maintenance and operation and to exercise reasonable supervision shall in no event exceed an amount equivalent to the proportionate charge to the customer for the period fo service which such mistake omission interruption delay or defect in transmission occurs RATES C Transmission Service per access arrangement 8 00 per month Above rate provides for an unlimited number of calls A call consists of accessing the Central Office paging terminal and placing it in the signaling mode C Indicates Change Issued March 15 1996 Effective March 16 1996 Supplement No 102 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 9 Pymatuning Independent Third Revised Sheet 2 Telephone Company Canceling Second Revised Sheet 2 Radio Paging Service cont d C RATES continued Assigned numbers are furnished only to the customer and will not be listed in either the telephone company s alphabetical directory or in the information records available to the general public Non Recurring Charges Installation Service Order Charge 29 80 OD D RESTORAL OF SERVICE CHARGE A charge of 32 50 applies for the restoral t
64. e calls However after the time out interval expires a call is automatically set up and routed to the specified destination Customer Access Treatment Code Restrictions Customer Access Treatment Code Restrictions CAT Codes can be used to prevent a Centrex station from dialing certain codes For example CAT Codes could be used to prevent a station from gaining access to the public network using private facilities or dialing specific stations within the Centrex group Semi Restricted Line A Semi Restricted Line is prevented from making calls to and or receiving calls from stations outside the Centrex group It may however make and or receive outside calls indirectly via the attendant Call Forwarding Call Transfer and Call Pick Up features Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 15 Telephone Company 28 29 30 31 32 33 GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE Fully Restricted Line A Fully restricted Line is prevented from making calls to and or receiving calls from stations outside the Centrex group Itis also prevented from making calls to and or receiving calls from the attendant thereby denying it indirect access to from outside the Centrex group Toll Restriction Toll Restriction blocks the completion of calls that are directed to the outside operator or to numbers outside the local calling area A Toll Restriction list may be assigned to either
65. ected person believes that the application of the tariff rule works an undue hardship involves a physical impossibility or is otherwise inappropriate the utility or person may request an exception from the undergrounding requirements of this section by following the procedure set forth in 57 86 relating to exceptions Exceptions as granted by the Commission for electric distribution lines under 57 86 relating to exceptions shall also apply to telephone facilities If an exception request initiated by an applicant for telephone service is granted and the applicant thereafter desires underground service then this section shall apply as if no exception had been granted Underground facilities in new residential developments are only required by this section when a bona fide developer exists that is only when utility ready lots are provided by the developer A mere subdivision is not required to have underground service However should the lot owner in a subdivision desire underground service the service shall be provided by the utility if the lot owner at his option either complies with subsection c or pays to the utility the charges that are contained in the utility s tariff for underground telephone service not required by this title Issued July 30 1984 Effective June 30 1984 Supplement No 108 Telephon Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 6 Pymatuning Ind
66. ection charges are payable when service is established Message charges at pay telephones are payable in advance C Recurring charges for service are billed monthly in advance and are payable when the service has been rendered Charges for toll message service are billed after the service has been rendered and are payable on request A late payment penalty of 1 1 4 will be applicable to balances carried forward from the customer s previous bill The charge will be applied to amounts yet upaid at each bill date The charge will be applied to the customer s bill and will be subject to the normal treatment procedures of the Company Governmental accounts at the federal state and local levels shall be exempt from this charge Charges for all local and toll messages sent from the subscriber s telephone station and for all toll messages received at such station on which charges are reversed with the consent of the person answering the call are the responsibility of the subscriber A statement of account rendered to the subscriber shall be deemed correct and binding upon the subscriber unless objection in writing is received by the Telephone Company within thirty days after rendition of the statement SUSPENSION OF SERVICE The Telephone Company reserves the right to suspend service for non payment of bills ten days after date due or for violation of rules and regulations of this tariff after due notice by the Telephone Company The T
67. ed for an unlawful purpose Service will not be furnished if any law nforcement agency acting within its jurisdiction advises that such service is being used or will be used in violation of law or if the Telephone Company receives other evidence that such service is being or will be so used 11 The Telephone Company may also terminate without advance notice any service which is used in such a manner as to interfere with the service of others or that is used for any purpose other than a means of communication TELEPHONE NUMBERS The Telephone Company reserves the right to change the telephone number O t r numbers of a subscriber s station or stations as the exigencies of he business may require TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES C The Telephone Company except as provided herein shall not be liable for damage claimed on account of errors in or omissions from its directories nor for the result of publication of such errors in the directory nor will the Telephone Company be a party to controversies arising between subscribers or others as the result of listings published in its directories OVERTIME WORK When at the subscriber s request work is performed at other than regular business hours of the Telephone Company an extra charge for such work will be made to compensate for the current overtime wag rates C Indicates Change
68. ederal Communications Commission and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission C Indicates Change Issued December 23 1986 Effective January 1 1987 Supplement No 58 Telephon Pas PU Ci NO 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company First Revised Sheet 2 Canceling Original Sheet 2 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d INSTALLATION RELOCATION MAINTENANCE REPAIRS REMOVAL All access wiring protectors and or network interface devices C must be installed maintained repaired relocated and removed by the Telephone Company The subscriber shall be responsible for damages to the facilities of the Telephone Company resulting from negligence or willful act of the subscriber The Telephone Company shall not be liable for any defacement of or damage to the premises of the subscriber resulting from the attachment of the Telephone Company s equipment apparatus or lines on such premises or their installation or removal when such damage is not the result of negligence of the Telephone Company ACCESS TO PREMISES OF SUBSCRIBER For the purpose of installing repairing inspecting or removing any part of its equipment apparatus or lines on the premises of the subscriber or for making collections the agents and employees of the Telephone Company shall have entrance thereto at any reasonable hour BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE SERV
69. elephone Company also reserves the right to suspend without notice service to facilities that have apparently been abandoned and to demand payment for such service up to and including date of suspension provided it has not been notified by the subscriber to discontinue service prior thereto C Indicates Change Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Supplement No 71 Telephon Pas PU NO 9 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company Second Revised Sheet 5 Canceling First Revised amp Original Sheet 5 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d LIABILITY OF TELEPHONE COMPANY C In event interruptions omissions defects errors mistakes or delays in transmission occur in the course of furnishing service lines and other facilities and are not caused by negligence of the subscriber the liability of the Telephone Company for damages arising therefrom shall not except as otherwise provided for in Section 1 Sheet 8 of this tariff exceed an amount equivalent to the proportionate charge to the subscriber for the period during which such interruption omission defect error mistake or delay in transmission occurs Where a local message guarantee applies a pro rata portion of the guarantee for the period of suspension is allowed No other liability shall in any case attach to the Telephone Company CANCELLATION FOR CAUSE Service is furnished subject to the condition that it will not be us
70. elephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 7 Telephone Company INTERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d p Station Arrangement Charges for Type 1006 Channels In addition to the charges for Type 1006 channels the following station arrangement charges apply at each termination of a two point channel Monthly Rate Two Point Type 1006 channel between terminals in Same building 15 50 Same premises 15 50 Same Wire Center 15 50 Same Exchange Different Wire Center 28 00 Different Exchanges 28 00 III Series 2000 Channels A Type 2001 A two wire interface with effective two wire facilities engineered for a 1000 Hz loss objective of 0 to 10 db or a four wire interface with four wire facilities engineered for a 1000 Hz loss objective of 0 to 16 db for two point or multi point service normally suitable for use for private line telephone service 1 Regulations applicable to type 2001 channels a Type 2001 channels are furnished for voice transmission of approximate band width of 300 3000 Hz b For private line duplex intraexchange or interexchange service the monthly rates for two local channels and two transmission functions for each premises served apply c When these channels are furnished for multi point service bridging charges apply at each premises at which the channel terminates d These channels are not suitable for switching and or tand
71. em operations to the public switched network or other private line services Ze Automatic Signaling a Automatic signaling is only provided on a two point basis between locations on different premises for use with Type 2001 channels C Indicates Change Issued December 6 1985 Effective January 1 1986 Supplement No 53 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 8 Telephone Company INTERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d b Automatic signaling is provided by means of central office automatic ringing equipment which operates when the receiver at one station is lifted and causes the bells of stations at the other end of the line to ring collectively without code signals B Type 2002 A two wire interface with effective two wire facilities or a four wire interface with four wire facilities designed for remote operation of mobile radio telephone systems for a two point or multi point service 1 Regulations applicable to Type 2002 channels a When these channels are furnished for multipoint service a bridging charge applies at each premises bridged on the same circuit b The following channels are furnished between specified locations for remote operation and control of private land radiotelephone stations established for communications with mobile units 1 Voice Channels 1 1 Channels are similar as to transmission characteristics to those furnis
72. emption is necessary the Company will make every reasonable effort to notify the preempted customer of the action to be taken The Company is not authorized to provide priority treatment to provision TSP services to customers that have no provisioning priority Issued April 13 1994 Effective April 14 1994 Supplement No 88 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company Original Sheet 14 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY cont d 4 RULES AND REGULATIONS Cont d d The Company may verify provisioning priority assignments with the TSP Program Office However the Company may not delay provisioning of an Emergency TSP service for verification purposes In obtaining TSP the customer authorizes the Company to provide certain customer record information to the TSP Program Office to maintain and administer the TSP System This customer information will include only the customer s name TSP authorization code Company Circuit ID customer telephone number and customer mailing address 5 RATES a In the event that the Company must utilize additional labor outside of normal business hours in the provisioning or restoration of a qualifying TSP service additional labor charges may apply Such charges will be based on cost and billed to the customer The Company will attempt to inform the customer of approximately how much these charges will be in advance A
73. ependent Ninth Revised Sheet 1 Telephone Company Canceling Eighth Revised Sheet 1 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT DIRECTORY LISTINGS All subscribers including pay telephones ar ntitled to one or more C listings in the official directory published by the telephone company Listings furnished without charge No of Listings Business Service Listings 1 Pay Telephone Service Listings 1 C Residence Service Listings 2 Additional listings are provided at 1 40 per month This charge will continue while the directory containing such listing is in effect The charge will be terminated if the main station telephone service is terminated upon death of listed party listed party subscribes for service in his own name or moves to a location where he is not accessible to the subscriber s station Additional listings in directories of other telephone companies and INWARD WATS listings will be the rates charged by that telephone company Acceptable listings are limited to the real names of individuals partnerships or corporations and or names under which such individuals partnerships or corporations actually conduct their business PRIVATE NUMBERS A telephone number is private when it is omitted from the directory and also from the information lists of the Telephone Company Upon request and at a rate of 2 00 per month a subscriber may have a private number but such req
74. er Using appropriate terminals or terminal adaptors it is also possible to bridge two B Channels together to achieve data transmission speeds of 128 kbps However ISDN interconnection to or through non ISDN equipped central offices will potentially be subjected to analog transmission or sub rated to 56 kbps per channel Additional Call Offering This feature allows the user to be notified of additional call s when the telephone set is busy Similar to conventional Call Waiting multiple incoming calls to a directory number or secondary telephone number if purchased can be terminated to the telephone Multiline Hunt Service This feature allows incoming calls to a busy directory number to search through a predetermined list of directory numbers This may be an Advanced Digital Services directory number on a different BRI or for voice calls an analog line The hunting arrangement may be series completion linear uniform distribution or circular Issued September 24 1999 Effective November 22 1999 Supplement No 124 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet No 24 MISCELLANEOUS ERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d 4 Directed Call Pick Up This feature allows the user to dial a special code plus an extension number to answer calls directed to other stations 5 Custom Calling Services Applicable Custom Calling Services except for those superseded by Advanced Digital Servi
75. eral Communications Commission FCC End User Common Line EUCL charges under the rates and application rules specified by the FCC The customer shall be liable for all adjustments to the EUCL as mandated by the Federal Communications Commission or by any regulatory body or commission or court of competent jurisdiction The Telephone Company shall not be liable for any loss or damages arising out of error interruptions defects failure or malfunctions of Advanced Digital Services or associated equipment Damages arising out of such interruptions defects failures or malfunctions of the services after the Telephone Company has been notified and has reasonable time for repair shall in no event exceed an amount equivalent to the charges made for the service affected for the period following notice from the customer until service is restored RATES AND CHARGES Advanced Digital Services Access a The rates and charges below are for providing an Advanced Digital Services capable line to the customer s premises These charges provide a 0B OD ISDN service The customer must add the desired B Channels and D Channels to configure the service as required Service Access Establishment Monthly Rate Residential Advanced Digital Services 20 00 Existing R 1 Rate Single Line Business 20 00 Existing B 1 Rate Advanced Digital Services Centrex Advanced Digital Services 20 00 Existing Centrex Rate Schedule Service Connections charges as speci
76. eserves the right to release upon request the names and addresses of subscribers who transmit recorded or taped public announcements over telephone company facilities when the announcing device is provided by ither the telephone company or the subscriber C Indicates Change Issued May 31 1988 Effective June 1 1988 Supplement No 164 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company 66th Revised Sheet 7 Cancels 65th Revised Sheet 7 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d STATE TAX ADJUSTMENT SURCHARGE In addition to the charges provided in this tariff and other state toll and access tariffs in which this company concurs a surcharge as shown below will apply to all intrastate charges for service on or after September 1 2015 except on calls from pay telephones C Surcharge For services provided to Rate END USER 6 250 D ACCESS USER amp LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS 5 951 D The above charges will be recomputed using the same elements prescribed by the Commission a Whenever any of the tax rates used in calculation of the surcharge are changed b Whenever the utility makes effective any increased or decreased rates c And on March 31 1971 and each year thereafter The above recalculations will be submitted to the Commission within 10 days after the occurrence of the event or date which occasions such recomputations and that if the recomputed surcharge is less than the one in effe
77. eshold of the line count previously contracted all lines will be billed at the rate for the larger line count b Subsequent line deletions resulting in reductions equal to or exceeding 20 of the initial quantity of lines under contract will be considered a termination liability and treated as specified in paragraph C 8 below If the reduction causes the total number of lines to fall into a different line size group all remaining lines will be billed at rates for the smaller line size group Termination Liabilities shall be treated as follows a If the service is canceled by the customer after installation of the service but prior to the completion of the service period the customer shall be obligated to pay a termination liability charge The charge is calculated by multiplying the monthly rate by the remaining months in the contract period times fifty percent Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 9 Telephone Company 10 11 12 13 GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE b A customer who reduces the quantity of Centrex lines under contract has the following options for the duration of the contract period 1 Continue to pay an amount equal to the monthly rate for the number of Centrex station lines that are disconnected under contract or 2 Pay termination charges as described in 1 above on the number of Centrex station lines disconnected Reduction
78. essary extension beyond the first 1 320 feet route measurement from the 1 existing lines a charge equal to the actual cost of construction will apply Measurement to be restricted to the shortest and most direct route over which the desired point can be reached by following public right of way privileges which the Telephone Company may hold by reason of its franchise or charter including public thoroughfares such as highways streets and public alleys CONSTRUCTION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY In all cases of plant construction on private property where the type of construction is selected by the Telephone Company the Telephone Company will construct own and maintain its facilities either wholly or jointly with an electric utility subject to a construction charge 1 based on the actual costs required for construction I Indicates Increase Issued October 21 1981 Effective December 20 1981 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 5 Pymatuning Independent First Revised Sheet 2 Telephone Company Canceling Original Sheet 2 CONSTRUCTION AND ATTACHMENT CHARGES cont d CONSTRUCTION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY cont d C Where the customer requests a type of construction different from that selected by the Telephone Company a charge will be made to cover the excess cost of construction above that selected by the telephone company The Telephone Company shall have access to all facilitie
79. ffective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 16 Telephone Company 34 35 36 37 38 39 GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE Special Intercept Announcement A Special Intercept Announcement may optionally be used to address the following conditions a If a Centrex station user dials a code which is not defined or assigned in the Business Group Dialing Plan or b If the call is restricted due to various restrictions arrangements i e Semi Restricted etc Paging Access Paging Access allows selected stations to have dial access to customer provided loudspeaker paging equipment A line or a tie trunk is required to support the customer s paging equipment Single Digit Dialing Single Digit Dialing permits a Centrex station user to reach a line or facility or to access a feature by dialing a single digit code The Single Digit Dialing codes are shared by all users in a Centrex group and are preprogrammed by the Telephone Company Simulated Facility Groups Simulated Facility Groups restrict the number of simultaneous calls between the Centrex group and the public network For example a 100 line Centrex group could be limited to 20 simultaneous calls to from the public network This emulates the physical trunks to a similarly sized PBX Night Service Night Service allows calls directed to the attendant to be rerouted to predesignated station lines within the same Centrex group when t
80. fications Document Number Description SR NWT 002661 National ISDN Generic Guidelines for ISDN Terminal Equipment on Basic Rate Interface SR NWT 001953 Generic Guidelines for ISDN Terminal Equipment on Basic Access Interfaces The Telephone Company shall not be responsible if changes in any of the equipment operations or procedures of the Company utilized in the provisioning of Advanced Digital Services render any facilities provided by the customer obsolete Issued September 24 1999 Effective November 22 1999 Supplement No 124 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet No 26 MISCELLANEOUS ERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d or require modification of such equipment or system or otherwise affect its use or performance D REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS 1 Unless specifically exempted Advanced Digital Services shall be subject to all general regulations applicable to the provision of service by the Telephone Company as stated in the general tariff 2 Advanced Digital Services are provided at the option of the Company These services are furnished subject to central office switching capacity capability and the availability of outside plant facilities a The availability functionality and capabilities of Advanced Digital Services may vary or may not be available dependent upon type of serving central office switch related software controlling that switch and a
81. fied in Section 3 of this tariff also apply Communications Channels a Flat Rate Option Service Service Element Establishment Monthly Rate Circuit Switched Voice 20 00 per B Channel Issued September 24 1999 Effective November 22 1999 Supplement No 124 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet No 29 MISCELLANEOUS ERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d Circuit Switched Data 20 00 22 00 per B Channel Circuit Switched Alternate 20 00 22 00 Voice Data per B Channel b Directory Numbers Service Directory Number Establishment Monthly Rate Primary Directory Number with each No charge No charge Advanced Digital Services line Secondary Directory Numbers No charge 3 00 per additional line 3 Circuit Switched Features a Recurring charges Service Circuit Switched Feature Establishment Monthly Rate Clear Channel Capability No charge No charge Additional Call Offering No charge RES 3 00 per line BUS 3 50 Multiline Hunt Service No charge 7 15 per directory number Call Pick Up per line No charge 1 00 Custom Calling Services Call Hold No charge No charge Three Way Calling No charge No charge Call Transfer No charge No charge Call Forwarding No charge RES 3 00 per directory number BUS 3 50 Issued September 24 1999 Effective November 22 1999 Supplement No 124 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independen
82. ge Issued March 9 1990 Effective May 8 1990 Supplement No Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company 1 08 Telephon PA P U C No 5 SECTION 6 First Revised Sheet 12 Cancels Original Sheet 12 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d PROVISIONS FOR CALLER ID P T R LINE AND PER CALL BLOCKING Customers served by central offices where transmittal of originating telephone numbers is permitted for Caller ID display purposes have two blocking options available for their use Ts Per Line Blocking Customers requesting Per Line Blocking will prevent the display of their telephon numbers on all outgoing calls The Per Line Blocking feature may be de activated at any time by customers on a call by call basis through the activation of a special code Per Line B special The Tel ocking is provided free of any recurring charge but is a L feature which must be ordered by customers lephone Company will initially install Per Line Blocking at no charge Requests to remove Per Line Blocking on customer lines Per Line Blocking will will be completed at no charge Subsequent requests to re install Per Line Blocking will Company non recurring be completed at prevailing Telephone service order rates not prevent the display of originating telephone numbers to 9 1
83. ges apply separately for the Type 1005 and the Type 2002 channel On two point and multipoint services voice channels may be used for the remote operation and control of private land radiotelephone stations at no additional charge when the control functions are provided via tone signals Additional Equipment and Facilities Repeaters amplifiers special loading equalization or special types of plant required in connection with channels provided under either 1 or 2 above are furnished at charges based upon the costs incurred 2 Conditioning applicable to Type 2002 Channels a Type Cl For a two point or multipoint channel the envelope delay distortion shall not exceed between 1000 and 2400 Hertz a maximum difference of 1000 micro seconds the loss deviation with frequency from 1000 Hertz reference shall not exceed between 1000 and 2400 Hertz 1db to 3db between 300 and 2700 Hertz 2db to 6db between 2700 and 3000 Hertz 3db to 12db means more loss b Type C2 For a two point or multipoint channel the envelope delay distortion shall not exceed between 1000 and 2600 Hertz a maximum difference of 500 micro seconds between 600 and 2600 Hertz a maximum difference of 1500 micro seconds between 500 and 2800 Hertz a maximum difference of 3000 micro seconds Issued December 6 1985 Effective January 1 1986 Supplement No 55 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 Pym
84. ges or at no rate or charge for promotional market research training or experimental purposes These Promotional Offerings may be limited to certain dates times and or locations but will not have a duration of longer than six 6 months in any rolling twelve month period which commences as of the effective date of the filed promotion multiple promotions can occur during this twelve month period The Company will notify the Commission ten 10 days in advance of any such customer promotional offering Any customer will be allowed to participate in a promotional offering upon request provided the Company has the necessary facilities and billing capabilities to permit such participation For all promotional offerings which involve usage or monthly rates the Company will provide customers with a notice of the promotional and post promotional rate s for the promoted service s at the time the promotional offering is made Issued September 30 1997 Effective December 8 1997 Supplement No 111 Telephon PA PU Cu Nos Pymatuning Independent Sixteenth Revised Sh Telephone Company Cancels Fifteenth Revised Sh RATES AND RULES COVERING LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE IN TRANSFER LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE WITH NETWORK ACCESS Local Exchange Service with network access includes the central office equipment with rotary dialing capability outside plant distribution
85. he attendant position is not staffed 1 e evening hours weekends OutWATS OutWATS is a form of Direct Distance Dialing service that allows a Station user to place long distance calls to specified geographical areas at reduced rates Each OutWATS call is screened to ensure that the call destination is within the band limits of the OutWATS station user Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 17 Telephone Company 40 41 42 43 44 GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE OutWATS Simulated Facility Groups OutWATS Simulated Facility Group control the number of simultaneous OutWATS calls that can be made from a business OutWATS Simulated Facility Groups optionally allow the following capabilities a OutWATS Automatic Flexible Routing OutWATS Automatic Flexible Routing is an OutWATS Simulated Facility Group option which permits calls to be automatically routed to a lower or less expensive OutWATS band b OutWATS Overflow Hunting OutWATS Overflow Hunting is an OutWATs Simulated Facility Group option which permits OutWATS calls to automatically overflow or hunt to a higher band if the Simulated Facility Group associated with the lower band is busy Regular Hunting Regular Hunting or Linear Hunting is performed in a sequential fashion across all members of a Multiline Hunt Group The search for an idle station starts with the pilot number If the first st
86. hed for Type 2001 channels 1 2 Channels specially designed to provide transmissions in a frequency range broader than that furnished for Type 2001 channels 2 Control Channels These channels are similar as to transmission characteristics to those furnished for Type 1005 channels and are provided at the same rates as Type 1005 channels 3 For Combined Voice Transmission and Control Purposes 3 1 Channels furnished for combined voice transmission and control purposes may be used by the customer in accordance with the normal transmission characteristics of such channels for voice transmission purposes and to transmit more than one tone or signal in sequence or simultaneously or to create additional channels for remote control and indication purposes only Issued December 6 1985 Effective January 1 1986 Supplement No Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company INT 53 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 Original Sheet 9 ERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d 4 3 2 On two point services voice channels may be used alternately for control at no additional charge where the control function is derived through the use of standard one way two state Direct Current signaling over the voice channel On multipoint services two state Direct Current signaling for control purposes is provided by means of a separate Type 1005 channel Appropriate monthly and non recurring char
87. hin ten 10 days that such violation has ceased Failure of the customer to conform to these requirements shall result in suspension of service Where a service difficulty of a trouble report required a visit by the telephone company to the customer s premises and the difficulty or trouble is not the result of failure of the telephone company facilities a service maintenance visit charge applies as covered in Section 3 of this tariff C Indicates Change Issued December 23 1986 Effective January 1 1987 Supplement No 71 Telephon PA PoU Es NO 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company Second Revised Sheet 10 Canceling First Revised Sheet 10 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d CUSTOMER PROVIDED EQUIPMENT continued Where customer provided equipment is used the connection of such equipment shall be made through a modular connecting arrangement furnished installed and maintained by the Telephone Company A subscriber wishing to connect customer provided equipment to the telecommunications network shall notify the Telephone Company of each line to which connection is proposed and shall provide the F C C registration number and other related equipment information including the ringer equivalency number The subscriber shall notify the Telephone Company when such equipment is permanently disconnected PARTY LINE CUSTOMER
88. ialing Enables the customer to automatically redial the last outgoing telephone number dialed When the recalled telephone number is busy the Telephone Company s equipment will make repeated attempts to establish the call for a thirty 30 minute period beginning with the customer s activation Call Return Enables the customer to automatically redial the telephone number of the most recent incoming call The Telephone Company s equipment will make repeated attempts to establish the call for a thirty 30 minute period beginning with the customer s activation of Call Return of the telephone number for the most recent incoming call The feature cannot be activated for calls originating from a line that is forwarded or from a line not associated with a telephone number e g multiline hunting groups Call Trace Enables the customer to initiate a trace of the last incoming call completed by dialing an activation code immediately after terminating the call Ifa trace is successful the Telephone Company s equipment will record the telephone directory number date and time of the call The results of the trace will not be provided to the customer directly For further action to be taken the customer is required to contact the Telephone Company Business Office during normal working hours and work days Call Trace detail will be retained by the company and made available for 10 business days after the trace has been initiated Priority
89. ibers may be entitled to refunds as follows provided they are still served by such construction If such lines are used to carry toll lines of l be prorated to cover th period for that part of the pole line so used refund wil three year When such the Telephone Company the unexpired portion of the original lines are used to supply local exchange service to other subscribers the refund will be the differenc between the original charge and that subscriber s pro rata share of the total construction allowing 1 320 feet for each main station for that pole line Issued October 1 1968 Effectiv December 1 1968 Supplement No 47 Telephon Pais PU Nor S Section 5 Pymatuning Independent First Revised Sheet 4 Telephone Company Canceling Original Sheet 4 UNDERGROUND SERVICE UNDERGROUND SERVICE IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS C a For the purpose of this section only the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Applicant For Telephone Service The developer of a recorded plot plan consisting of five or more lots or one or more five unit apartment houses Developer The party responsible for constructing and providing improvements in a development that is streets sidewalks and utility ready lots Development
90. ice to be made in writing on forms supplied by it Upon acceptance of an application for service all applicable provisions of the Telephone Company s tariffs lawfully on file become the contract between the Telephone Company and the subscriber Requests for additional service or changes in service upon acceptance by the Telephone Company become a part of the original contract except that each item of additional service is subject to the appropriate minimum contract term The acceptance or use of service may be deemed an application for such service and an agreement to pay for it at the rates applicable thereto under the current tariff Any change in rate or regulations lawfully made acts as a modification of all contracts to that extent without further notice Except as otherwise provided in this tariff service is furnished for a minimum contract term of three months FCC DESIGNATED 811 SERVICES C As mandated by the Federal Communications Commission FCC in compliance with the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 the abbreviated 811 Dialing Code is established for use by commercial and residential consumers to provide advanced notice of excavation activities to certified One Call notification systems entities as a toll free call The certified One Call notification systems entity must subscribe to termination facilities and lines in sufficient quantities to provide adequate service to the public 811 Service is provided for
91. imilar equipment customers must specify their requirements for Type A B or C signaling arrangements One signaling arrangement is required for each channel connected to a registered Class A B or C PBX or similar station port C Indicates Change Issued February 13 1986 Effective April 14 1986 Supplement No 55 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 Pymatuning Independent First Revised Sheet 11 Telephone Company Canceling Original Sheet 11 INTERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d b For new channel connections to grandfathered PBX C or similar equipment the Company will specify the requirement for Type A B or C signaling arrangements One signaling arrangement is required for each channel connected to a PBX or similar station port classified as Class A B or C c For new channel connections to grandfathered terminal equipment customers may at their option either 1 Continue to provide their own off premises service signaling capability or 2 Specify their requirements for Type A B or C signaling arrangements to be furnished by the Company If option 2 is selected one signaling arrangement is required for each channel connected to a PBX or similar station port designated by the customer as Class A B or C Type A B or C signaling arrangements will be furnished in accordance with the specifications provided by the customer if the customer subsequently requests a change to a diffe
92. ing call or calls from a maximum of six 6 specified telephone numbers To block specified telephone numbers the customer can construct or modify a telephone number screening list by dialing a unique code The Telephone Company equipment will screen incoming calls against the customer s list and block those on the list If facilities are unavailable to provide incoming call screening via the customer s list standard call completion will occur To block unknown telephone numbers a customer can dial a special code after an unwanted call and block the number Callers whose numbers are blocked are directed to a Telephone Company recorded announcement 7 Special Call Acceptance Enables a customer to designate a maximum of six 6 telephone numbers from which calls will be accepted The customer can construct or modify a telephone number screening list by dialing a unique code The Telephone Company equipment will screen incoming calls against the customer s list and complete calls from numbers on the customer s list Calls from all other numbers will be routed to a recorded announcement Issued October 11 1994 Effective October 12 1994 Supplement No 149 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent Second Revised Sheet 2D Telephone Company Cancels First Revised Sheet 2D MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d ADVANCED CALLING SERVICES cont d 3 Rates and Charges l The rates and charges
93. ion 4 Sheet 12 Section 4 Sheet 13 Section 4 Sheet 14 Section 4 Sheet 15 Section 4 Sheet 16 Section 4 Sheet 17 Section 4 Sheet 18 Section 4 Sheet 19 Section 4 Sheet 20 Section 4 Sheet 21 Section 4 Sheet 22 Issued August 21 2015 Supplement No 164 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 120 Revised Sheet 4 Cancels 119 Revised Sheet 4 CHECK SHEET Sheet 1 Original Sheet 2 Original Sheet 3 26 Revised Sheet 3A 11th Revised Sheet 4 120 Revised C Sheet 4A 3 Revised Sheet 5 Original 3 Revised Section 5 Sheet 1 2 Revised 1 Revised Section 5 Sheet 2 1 Revised 3 Revised Section 5 Sheet 3 Original 4 Revised Section 5 Sheet 4 1 Revised 2 Revised Section 5 Sheet 5 1 Revised 3 Revised Section 5 Sheet 6 Original 66th Revised C Section 5 Sheet 7 Original Original Section 6 Sheet 1 9 Revised 2 Revised Section 6 Sheet 2 17 Revised 2 Revised Section 6 Sheet 2A 1 Revised Original Section 6 Sheet 2B 1 Revised Original Section 6 Sheet 2C 1 Revised Original Section 6 Sheet 2D 2 Revised Original Section 6 Sheet 2E 1 Revised Original Section 6 Sheet 3 19 Revised 16 Revised Section 6 Sheet 4 8 Revised Original Section 6 Sheet 5 6 Revised 6 Revised Section 6 Sheet 6 1 Revised 4 Revised Section 6 Sheet 7 5 Revised 11 Revised Section 6 Sheet 7a Original 5 Revised Section 6 Sheet 8 1 Revised 6 Revised Section 6 Sheet 9 4 Revised 2 Revised Section
94. is also provided a Caller ID As described under Advanced Calling Services in this tariff Caller ID Number is provided Caller ID Name is also displayed if subscribed to b Called Number Display This feature displays the called number dialed digits on the telephone set when an outgoing call is made c Message Waiting Indication For users who also subscribe to Voice Mail Service tariffed separately this feature provides a visual message waiting indicator via a lamp feature button or other message indicator on the telephone set to indicate that the user has received a voice message 9 Feature Function Buttons This feature gives the user the ability to assign features to specific buttons on the telephone When depressed the button will activate the assigned feature C TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 1 Transmission Specifications The standard transmission parameters for an Advanced Digital Services line utilizing an ISDN Basic Rate Interface BRI consists of A maximum of 38 5db loop loss at a 40kHz test tone terminated into a 135 ohm impedance The 38 5db loss includes all central office facilities outside plant facilities and inside wiring 2 Customer Premise Equipment and Facilities Compatible customer premise equipment is required to utilize Advanced Digital Services All equipment used to interface with these services is required to conform with National ISDN guidelines as referenced in the following Bellcore speci
95. itoring Also called Repeat Dialing this feature extends the concept of the Automatic Callback feature to calls originated at Advanced Digital Services lines When the calling party encounters a busy condition with the called party the calling party can dial an access code to cause the switch to monitor the called party When the called party is no longer busy the switch will notify the calling party of this condition b Caller ID Number This feature allows the calling party s directory number to be displayed on a properly equipped telephone set c Caller ID Name This feature where available allows the listed name of the calling party along with the caller s number to be displayed on a properly equipped telephone set Issued September 24 1999 Effective November 22 1999 Supplement No 124 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet No 25 MISCELLANEOUS ERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d 7 Centrex Features Applicable Centrex features except for those superseded by Advanced Digital Services counterparts are available at rates and charges specified in the Centrex section of the Company s tariff 8 Display Capability This feature allows an appropriately equipped telephone set to display a variety of information For example when idle the time and date is displayed When the user is making a call call progress information is displayed The following information
96. l MES as P sh Button Calling E ad 6 R dio Pasing aa 9 Rates Local Exch uti na a R R A E E a E eai 2 SS a O AN 1 Residence Service Classical id 1 Restoraliol Servicio io doo 3 Rotary Trunk Feature vrs tia airada 6 Service Comeccu n Chiesa A AS 3 AAA dusesaesaacadiebageae datos aandeesaadas A ar Eo a eniai esaet 1 State Tax Adjustment Surcharge AAA o harass ce A 1 SUSPENSION OF SELVICE aorta diia EAE asar ERE dadas ena 1 Telecommunic tions Service POT ai 1 Terminal Equipment Compatibility sco ejohcjscastsasdevanies aleslocnedagancs saendcceddae ceed thavcnceauwageagnenebovens 3 Trendline Telephone necra ena a a a E A Na 6 Underground Service Connection ariadna dnd enanas 5 C Indicates Change Issued September 30 1997 Effective December 8 1997 Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company Section 1 Sheet 1 Section 1 Sheet 2 Section 1 Sheet 3 Section 1 Sheet 4 Section 1 Sheet 5 Section 1 Sheet 6 Section 1 Sheet 7 Section 1 Sheet 8 Section 1 Sheet 9 Section 1 Sheet 10 Section 1 Sheet 11 Section 1 Sheet 12 Section 1 Sheet 13 Section 1 Sheet 14 Section 1 Sheet 15 Section 2 Sheet 1 Section 2 Sheet 1A Section 2 Sheet 2 Section 3 Sheet 1 Section 3 Sheet 2 Section 4 Sheet 1 Section 4 Sheet 2 Section 4 Sheet 3 Section 4 Sheet 4 Section 4 Sheet 5 Section 4 Sheet 6 Section 4 Sheet 7 Section 4 Sheet 8 Section 4 Sheet 9 Section 4 Sheet 10 Section 4 Sheet 11 Sect
97. lephone numbers lephone numbers that will not be displayed are listed in g below f For calls originating from a line within a multi line hunt group only the main or pilot number will be delivered to a Caller ID subscriber s display unit ce The following telephone numbers will not be displayed to the Caller ID subscriber 1 calls from customers who use per call or subscribe to line blocking 2 calls placed from outside his her Custom Local Area Signaling System 3 calls from customers located in central offices not a part of the SS7 Signaling System and 5 intraLATA calls placed with the use of a telephone credit card Dee If a customer who subscribes to both Caller ID Service and Call Waiting Service is using the telephone and receives a second call the telephone number of the second call will not be displayed on the Caller ID unit Cx RATES ide The customer of record is responsible for all rates and charges associated with Caller ID Service and blocking services 2 Caller ID Service will be provided on a monthly basis only 3 Any blocked call routed to the Anonymous Call Rejection announcement will not be rated as a completed call 4 The live operator surcharge will be waived for victims of domestic violence the staf s of domestic violence program agencies when involved in domestic violence counseling and emergency services perso
98. letion is familiar to Multiline Hunt Service however a significant difference between the two services is that Series Completion stations always have their own directory number and their own classes of service Two different hunting arrangements can be selected with Series Completion linear or circle Queueing Queueing may optionally be used when all stations in a hunt group are busy When this occurs a call is placed into a queue The call remains in the queue until an idle station is located Up to ten calls can be in queue for a Multiline Hunt Group Queueing cannot be provided for Preferential Hunt groups or Series Completion groups Delay Announcements for Queued Calls Delay Announcements can optionally be used to inform a caller that his or her call has been placed in a queue The delay announcement can be repeated at regular intervals until an idle station becomes available Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994
99. ll allow the subscriber to see the telephone number and name of the caller All terms and conditions including blocking and unblocking options are the same for Caller ID and Deluxe Caller ID service Monthly and non recurring charges for Deluxe Caller ID service are as listed in Section 6 first revised Sheet 16 Issued April 21 1997 Effective June 20 1997 Supplement No 158 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Fourth Revised Sheet 18 Cancels Third Revised Sheet 18 LIFELINE SERVICE A DESCRIPTION Lifeline Service is a federally funded program established to provide monthly assistance to residential low income households who qualify for this service in accordance with the following Regulations B REGULATIONS 1 Lifeline Service is available to qualified residence customers and is provided via a residence individual Dial Tone Line Lifeline Service is limited to only one Service per qualified customer or household a household is defined as any individual or group of C individuals who are living together as one economic unit an economic unit is all adult individuals contributing to and sharing in the income and expenses of a household A potential Lifeline customer who has an outstanding final bill for telephone service which is less than 4 years old must pay the entire balance of any Basic Service final bill before being eligible for Lifeline Service
100. lled nursing homes and convalescent homes which have been properly licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and which have as their predominant undertaking the surgical medical and nursing care of the sick and disabled National Directory Assistance will not be offered from the following services Hotel Motel Guest Lines If a customer requests both a Local Directory Assistance Listing and a National Directory Assistance listing on the same call the National Directory Assistance rate will apply for both listings The Local Directory Assistance request will not be subtracted from a residential customer s call allowance and an additional Local Directory Assistance rate will not apply The Telephone Company liability for any errors or omissions in the National Directory Assistance information provided to the customer shall be subject to the same liability limitations for the Telephone Company s provision of local directory assistance information set forth in Section 1 Sheet 5 of this tariff National Directory Assistance per call 95 Plus the applicable operator handled rate if the customer dials 0 and reaches a Telephone Company operator Issued May 9 2003 Effective May 10 2003 Supplement No 80 Telephon PA P UsC NO 5 SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent First Revised Sheet 8 Telephone Company Canceling Original Sheet 8 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT OPERA
101. m ringing at his her station by diverting them to a t one or recorded announcement This feature can be offered with a Personal Identification Number PIN override option that selected callers can dial to override Do Not Disturb Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 14 Telephone Company 2l 22 23 24 25 26 27 GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE Speed Calling 8 Code Speed Calling 8 Code enables a station user to call a list of up to 8 preselected directory numbers by dialing one digit codes instead of the directory numbers Speed Calling 30 Code Speed Calling 30 Code enables a station user to call a list of up to 30 preselected directory numbers by dialing one digit codes instead of the directory numbers Direct Connect Service Direct Connect Service allows a station user to automatically place a call to a preselected directory number by lifting the receiver off the switchhook No dialing is required for the calling party to reach the specified destination Manual Line Service Manual Line Service automatically places a call to the operator when the station user lifts the receiver off the switchhook Warm Line Warm Line provides a time out option with either Direct Connect Service or Manual Line Service The time out interval may be set at 1 to 14 seconds During the time out interval a station user will receive normal dial tone and can originat
102. m the Telephone Company s switching equipment to the customer s demarcation point Directory Numbers On a given 2B D Advanced Digital Services line calls are routed to the appropriate terminal device voice telephone or computer data terminal based on the directory number and the type of call voice or data presented to the Advanced Digital Services line a Primary Directory Number Each Advanced Digital Services Line includes a single primary telephone directory number which may originate or receive calls b Secondary Directory Numbers An Advanced Digital Services line may have additional telephone directory numbers The additional telephone number s may originate or receive calls independent of the user s Primary Directory Number however each B Channel is allowed only one simultaneous circuit connection at a time B CIRCUIT SWITCHING SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS Circuit Switching is a switching arrangement in which an entire circuit or in a digital switch equipped for ISDN a specific selection of channels is dedicated to a given call Circuit Switched Service provides the ability to originate and receive circuit switched voice and or data calls over a 64 kbps B Channel The customer may choose among the following Circuit Switched features based upon application needs 1 Clear Channel Capability A characteristic of the transmission paths on the B Channels that allows the full bandwidth of 64 kbps to be available to the custom
103. naad E a a ToN E TEE ECEE Tea EEEE Edi 10 Change in Location of Equipment opeen ei E E Eaa eE AE E ia 3 Change in Type of Equipment gre oraiiio ta a 3 Chapter 64 ComplaNCe cion EEE el eel einen LENE EEEE ETE ATE Raie ee aie 1 Colored Telephone Ssi rren ete A ete a AE 6 Commercial PoWet usaran doit eine anar 1 Concealed Inside WINE solid fala ida 3 Construction Charges cis ii ia ads 5 Contracts for SerVICE niena ae e Ea vevndeisgues caen drops elias 1 Contributions for Aid of Construction amp Customer AVANCES ooooonocococococononoconnconncconaconacnnccnnncnnncnnos 1 Custom Calling FeatuteS cuco rl 6 Customer Provided Equipment cnica dat 1 Depositada leeebal E E E 1 Directory LISMI S man anrea isa edema ase id 1 6 Extensi n Bells and Gongs s cnicih ove es ctacidecieae pde 6 Foreign Equipment mirei A E en ie ate 1 Fractional Months Charges Orca nis eee lat en aa in aaa aid ateevid panes aes ede is 1 General Repulations ti ethers ant wie tank einen a unis dae evince 1 Identification of Public Announcements ce eeeeeeeeeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeseecseecsaecsaecaecesecesaecnaecnaeenaeenes 1 Installation Charges ereenn annei e eien ee eee ade 3 Intercompany Private Line ServiCe oonnccnoncnnncnnoncnnnnnonnconncnnncnno nono nono nono conan cnn n cnn n cnn aaron nc on nooo nccn naco nacos 4 Interruption Of Servirte 1 Late Payment Charge cuina tied cor lira ot clado 1 Leased Les ii A A ta 4 Liability of Telephone Company oooo
104. ne equipment to identify when and what denomination of coins are deposited identifies the status of attempted calls and sends a signal to the pay telephone equipment to collect the appropriate coins when calls are completed or returns coins when calls are not completed Monthly Non recurring Incoming Outgoing Screening 7 00 10 00 Incoming Blocking 3 00 10 00 Outgoing Blocking 3 00 10 00 Coin Supervision Additive 221 N A C C Indicates Change Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Supplement No 108 Telephon PA P U C No 5 Section 8 Pymatuning Independent Second Revised Sheet 4 Telephone Company Cancels First Revised Sheet 4 This page left intentionally blank Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Supplement No 106 Telephon Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 9 Pymatuning Independent Fourth Revised Sheet 1 Telephone Company Canceling Third Revised Sheet 1 Radio Paging Service A GENERAL Radio Paging Service is a one way tone and voice paging service provided by land radio telephone equipment to a personal paging receiver equipped for such service REGULATIONS C Regulations applicable to the provisions of regular telephone service are also applicable to Radio Paging Service Radio Paging Service is available within range of the land radio telephone station through which the system is furnished and subject to transmission atmospheric and like limitations inherent to ra
105. ng conditions a When both the originating customer and the terminating customer are served from the same central office b When both the call originating customer and the call terminating customer are served from different central offices equipped for ACS and are linked by appropriate facilities 5 Advanced Calling Services may not function when calls originate from or terminate to equipment not suitably equipped for Advanced Calling Services 6 The Telephone Company shall not be liable for any loss or damages arising out of error interruptions defects failure or malfunctions of ACS Services or equipment Damages arising out of such interruptions defects failures or malfunctions of the services after the Telephone Company has been notified and has reasonable time for repair shall in no event exceed an amount equivalent to the charges made for the service affected for the period following notice from the customer until service is restored Issued October 11 1994 Effective October 12 1994 Supplement No 98 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent First Revised Sheet 2B Telephone Company Cancels and Supersedes Original Sheet 2B MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d ADVANCED CALLING SERVICES cont d B Feature Descriptions Advanced Calling Services are optional telephone service arrangements which provide one or more of the following features 1 Repeat D
106. nly so long as such customer continues to meet the participation and certification guidelines in B 3 above At the time of initial establishment of Lifeline Service the customer agrees to have his or her eligibility recertified annually by Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company When the Company is notified by the customer or determines through recertification that the Lifeline Service customer is no longer a participant in the DPW programs in B 3 above or otherwise low income eligible the customer will be notified by telephone or letter that the Lifeline Service rate is no longer applicable Within the stated customer notification period 30 days from the date of the notification the customer can contact the Company to negotiate new Dial Tone Service arrangements at applicable tariff rates no connection charges will apply for existing services or options retained If the customer does not contact the Company by the end of the notification period the Lifeline Service will be changed to applicable Exchange Area Dial Tone Line service at existing tariff rates no connection charges will apply to existing services or options retained C Indicates Change Issued November 16 2012 Effective November 17 2012 Supplement No 157 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Second Revised Sheet 20 Cancels First Revised Sheet 20 LIFELINE SERVICE B REGULATIONS cont d 5 10 11 12
107. nnel while in the performance of their jobs C C Indicates Change Issued July 20 1994 Effective September 20 1994 Supplement No 109 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company C RATES cont d SECTION 6 1 Revised Sheet 16 Cancels Original Sheet 16 Product Service Monthly Charge Charge per line per order per line Caller ID Service Residence 5 00 6 50 Business 5 00 8 50 Centrex 1 10 lines 5 00 6 50 11 50 lines 5 00 5 00 51 or more lines 5 00 2 00 Deluxe Caller ID Service C Residence 5 00 7 50 C Business 5 00 9 50 C Centrex C 1 10 lines 5 00 7 50 C 11 50 lines 5 00 6 00 C 51 or more lines 5 00 3 00 C Per Call Blocking 2 weer een nnn Line Blocking Residence Refer to Section 3 10 Revised Sheet 2 Business Refer to Section 3 10 Revised Sheet 2 Centrex Refer to Section 10 Original Sheet 2 C Applies only for a reconnection of line blocking for the same customer at the same address 1 Indicates Change Issued April 21 1997 Effective June 20 1997 Supplement No 109 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company MISC DELUXE CALLER ID S A Section 6 Original Sheet 17 ELLAN EOUS S ERVICE AND EQUIPME ERVICE NT cont d Deluxe Caller ID service is an enhancement of Caller ID service This service wi
108. numbers The regulations and rates set forth below apply when customers of this company request assistance in determining telephone numbers with the same Numbering Plan Area designation which are requested from the Pennsylvania Directory Assistance attendant in the originating Numbering Plan Area Zi Regulations a Monthly Call Allowance An allowance of two direct dialed Directory Assistance calls per month without charge is permitted for each residence exchange service line residence dormitory line and residence trunk line Call allowances or calls are not transferable between separate accounts of the same customer b Exemptions Charges for Directory Assistance Service are not applicable to the following types of calls to Directory Assistance 1 2 Zs Calls from patients in hospitals skilled nursing homes and convalescent homes which have been properly licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and which have as their predominant undertaking the surgical medical and nursing care of the sick and disabled 3 Calls placed from residence telephones where a member of the customer s household has been certified by a registered physician or a designated agency as unable to use a directory because of a visual or physical handicap or for the business telephone of a certified handicapped customer where assistance is otherwise not available Es Multiple Number Request A maximum of two re
109. o normal of a 0 Service that has been totally or partially suspended because the customer has not paid the sums due the Telephone Company This charge is independent of the number of units involved and is in addition to all monthly charges due for service rendered C Indicates Change I Indicates Increase Issued March 15 1996 Effective March 16 1996 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 1 Telephone Company GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE CENTREX SERVICE A GENERAL 1 Centrex is a Central Office based business communications service which provides capabilities similar to those offered on a Private Branch Exchange but without requiring switching equipment on the customer s premises Centrex integrates all of a business customer s lines into a single telecommunications system All Centrex station lines will be equipped with the standard features as set forth in paragraph B 1 a Additional optional features may also be selected and generally result in additional charges as specified in paragraph B Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 Supplement No 106 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Second Revised Sheet 2 Telephone Company Canceling First Revised Sheet 2 B RATES AND CHARGES 1 Line Rates a The monthly rates for Centrex lines specified in paragraph B 1 b below include the following standard features 1 DT
110. o provide for the following technical parameters at the request of the customer Signal to C Notched Noise Ratio 28db Nonlinear distortion 1 signal to second order distortion 35db 2 signal to third order distortion 40db When the channel equipped with this conditioning is utilized for voice communications the Telephone Company does not undertake to represent that channel will be suitable for such voice transmission Issued February 20 1986 Effective April 21 1986 Supplement No 71 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 Pymatuning Independent Second Revised Sheet 21 Telephone Company Canceling Original amp First Revised Sheet 21 INTERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d Cc Rate Schedule de Channels on the same or connected premis Type 3002 Each Two wire Channel 2 00 Each Four wire Channel 4 00 2 Channels between adjacent premises Type 3002 Each Two wire Channel 8 50 Each Four wire Channel 17 00 Se Intraexchange and Interexchange Channels a Local Channel one required for each premise at which a channel terminates Type 3002 Each Two wire Channel 34 50 1 Each Four wire Channel 48 15 I b Intraexchange and Interexchange channels per mile between wire centers for Series 3000 Channels Monthly Rate Fixed Rate Rate per Mile O to 1 mile 12 50 SSS Over 1 to 3 miles 11 00 4 00 Over 3 to 5 miles 14 00 4 00 Ove
111. o the county municipality is accurate and conforms to the county s municipality s MSAG format Issued September 6 2000 Effective September 7 2000 Supplement No 146 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet 33 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE amp Equipment cont d Bundled Services SMART PLAN Residential 10 00 Business N A Includes Deluxe Caller ID Call Waiting Speed Calling eight code Conference Calling three way and Call Forwarding Issued February 10 2006 Effective February 11 2006 Supplement No 29 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 7 Telephone Company Third Revised Sheet 1 Canceling Second Revised Sheet 1 Second Revised Sheet 2 Original Sheet 3 and Original Sheet 4 C Indicates Change Issued October 21 1981 Effective December 20 1981 Supplement No 108 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 8 Pymatuning Independent Fourth Revised Sheet 1 Telephone Company Canceling Third Revised Sheet 1 PAY TELEPHONE LINE SERVICE C A GENERAL 1 Pay Telephone Line exchange service is one party exchange service for use by pay telephone providers location owners and interexchange carriers and is furnished solely for connection with coin coinless or combination coin coinless pay telephone equipment to the Telephone Company s network 2 Pay Telephone Line Service a Is a
112. office one local channel and one transmission function Type 2043 are required for each talking path connected to the identifier at the Telephone Answering Service premises If the central office serving area where the concentrator is located is different from the Telephone Answering Service central office serving area one interoffice channel for each talking path is also required to connect the wire centers When the concentrator is located in a different exchange area from the identifier an interexchange channel is required to connect the wire centers One local channel and one transmission function are required to connect the interexchange channel to the Telephone Answering Service premises When the concentrator is located at a Telephone Answering Service premises for each talking path one local channel and one transmission function Type 2043 are required to connect the serving central office to the premises where the concentrator is located and one local channel and one transmission function Type 2043 are required to connect the serving central office to the premises where the identifier is located If the central office serving areas for the two premises are different one interoffice channel for each talking path is required to connect the wire centers Issued February 13 1986 Effective April 14 1986 Supplement No Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company INT 71 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTI
113. ompany s tariff 6 Billable Call Treatment a Normal toll charges shall apply to calls that are made outside of the Local Service Area b For Centrex users Intercom calls between lines in a Centrex group are not subject to usage charges c Advanced Digital Services customers who use the Call Forwarding or Call Transfer features are responsible for the payment of any applicable charges for each billable call connected via these features over the public network The charge is applicable to each call answered including the Call Forwarding set up call It also applies to collect and person to person calls which may be refused at the answering station 7 Customer Premise Equipment a This tariff for Advanced Digital Services does not include terminal equipment on the customer s premises Terminal equipment may be covered under a separate tariff sold or leased separately by the Telephone Company under a separate contract or may be provided by the customer Issued September 24 1999 Effective November 22 1999 Supplement No 124 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet No 28 MISCELLANEOUS ERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d b The customer is responsible for providing the power required for any and all customer premise equipment connected to an Advanced Digital Services line End User Common Line EUCL Charges Advanced Digital Services are subject to Fed
114. on 10 Sheet3 Original Section 10 Sheet 4 Original Section 10 Sheet5 Original Section 10 Sheet6 Original Section 10 Sheet 7 Original Section 10 Sheet8 Original Section 10 Sheet9 Original Section 10 Sheet 10 Original Section 10 Sheet 11 Original Section 10 Sheet 12 Original Section 10 Sheet 13 Original Section 10 Sheet 14 Original Section 10 Sheet 15 Original Section 10 Sheet 16 Original Section 10 Sheet 17 Original Section 10 Sheet 18 Original C Indicates Change Issued February 10 2006 Effective February 11 2006 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company Original Sheet 5 TERRITORY SERVED BY THIS COMPANY MERCER COUNTY Villages Townships Reynolds Development Delaware Transfer Pymatuning South Pymatuning Issued August 15 1952 Effective October 15 1952 Supplement No 58 Telephon Pa P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company Third Revised Sheet 1 Canceling Second Revised Sheet 1 GENERAL REGULATIONS TARIFF APPLICATION This tariff governs the furnishing of telephone service and facilities by the Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company hereinafter referred to as the Telephone Company The general regulations in this section of the tariff are supplemental to regulations contained in other sections of this tariff TELEPHONE SERVICE DEFINED The Telephone
115. pended for non payment and who subsequently pay their outstanding toll charges and request toll restoral If a Lifeline customer is toll restricted for a second occurrence the Company may at its discretion place the Lifeline customer on permanent toll restriction Toll Blocking and Toll Control services will be provided at no charge to Lifeline Service subscribers to the extent that they are offered Issued March 30 2012 Effective April 2 2012 Supplement No 158 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Third Revised Sheet 21 Cancels Second Revised Sheet 21 LIFELINE SERVICE E LIFELINE SERVICE DIAL TONE LINE MONTHLY RATE 1 Applicable Residence Dial Tone monthly rate minus 9 25 1 Ze Lifeline Service is subject to all applicable state local and federal taxes and surcharges and to all applicable tariff rates charges surcharges and regulations NOTE See FCC Public Notice released May 1 2012 In re Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization et al Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking WC Docket Nos 11 42 et al CC Docket No 96 45 FCC 12 11 rel Feb 6 2012 I Indicates Increase C Indicates Change Issued June 29 2012 Effective August 1 2012 Supplement No 124 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet No 22 MISCELLANEOUS ERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d A
116. quested telephone numbers per call are permitted 3 Rates Per Call 1 Where the customer direct dials Directory Assistance 85 0 b Where the customer places a call to the Directory Assistance attendant via a Telephone Company Operator 85 1 e Plus the applicable operator handled rates I Indicates Increase Issued February 26 1999 Effective February 27 1999 Supplement No 137 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet 7a MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT Cont d DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICE Cont d National Directory Assistance A General National Directory Assistance provides customers with the listings of individuals or businesses located outside the Regional Calling Area but within the United States Regulations A maximum of two requested telephone numbers per call is permitted Charges are applied per call 2 No call allowance or discounts apply The National Directory Assistance rate will not apply to the following types of calls a Calls placed from residence dial tone lines where a member of the customer s household has been certified by a registered physician or a designated agency as unable to use a directory because of a visual or physical disability or from the business dial tone line of a customer certified with a disability where assistance is otherwise not available b Calls placed from patients in hospitals ski
117. r 5 to 15 miles 16 00 4 00 Over 15 to 25 miles 32 00 3 00 Over 25 miles 44 00 2 50 4 Transmission Function one required per local channel Monthly Rate Intraexchange Interexchange Type 3001 4 00 10 50 Type 3002 14 00 19 00 Issued May 31 1988 Effective June 1 1988 Supplement No 55 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 22 Telephone Company INTERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d 5 Multi point Channels in addition to the preceding the following charge applies for bridging multi point channels Monthly Rate Intraexchange Interexchange a At each premises at which a Type 3001 channel terminates 19 50 19 50 b At each station at which a Type 3002 channel terminates 19 50 19 50 6 Conditioning Monthly Rate a Type C1 on a two point channel not arranged for switching each station 6 00 on a multi point channel not arranged for switching for the first station in an exchange 11 50 each additional station in the same exchange as the first station 8 00 b Type C2 on a two point channel not arranged for switching each station 22 00 on a multi point channel not arranged for switching for the first station in an exchange 32 00 each additional station in the same exchange as the first station 11 50 Cc Type C4 on a two point channel not arranged for switching each station 35 00 d Type D1 on a two point channel not arranged for swit
118. re is deactivated A Caller ID subscriber may turn the feature on and off by dialing special codes C Indicates Change Issued July 20 1994 Effective September 20 1994 Supplement No 93 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet 15 C Di If a Caller ID subscriber activates the Anonymous Call Rejection feature he she will hear an announcement which confirms that anyone who calls from a blocked telephone number will hear a recording that the calls are not being accepted Ci If a Caller ID subscriber deactivates the Anonymous Call Rejection feature he she will hear an announcement that blocked calls will now be accepted d If a customer calls a Caller ID subscriber who has activated the Anonymous Call Rejection feature and is blocking his her telephone number he she will hear an announcement that blocked calls are not being accepted by the Caller ID subscriber There are several ways to complete a call toa Caller ID subscriber who has activated Anonymous Call Rejection 1 place the call through an operator 2 place the call using a telephone credit card or 3 place the call without blocking the telephone number Options 1 and 2 involve charges in addition to the cost of the call e The telephone numbers that will be displayed on a Caller ID subscriber s display unit include un blocked listed non listed and private te
119. rent type of signaling arrangement the request will be treated s a new order for service D TIE Line Channels 1 Type 2021 A two wire or four wire interface with four wire facilities furnished for tie line use between PBX s 2 Type 2025 A two wire or four wire interface with four wire facilities furnished for tie line use between a PBX and a C O Centrex 3 Type 2026 Furnished for tie line use between C O Centrexes 4 Regulations applicable to Types 2021 2025 and 2026 Channels C Indicates Change Issued February 13 1986 Effective April 14 1986 Supplement No 55 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independen Telephone Company INT SECTION 4 t First Revised Sheet 12 Canceling Original Sheet 12 ERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d a Type 2025 tie line channels between C O Centrex switching systems and non C O Centrex switching systems are subject to one transmission function charge and one local channel charge at the non C O Centrex end For Type 2026 channels connecting switching systems located in different central office serving areas one interoffice channel is required to connect the wire centers In addition a transmission function is required at each end of the interoffice channel to make the channel operative For Type 2026 channels connecting switching systems located in different exchange areas one interexchange channel is required to
120. roperty and with easements satisfactory to the utility lines and related facilities At its own cost clear the g and related facilities are t other obstructions according to util inspection and approval 6 inches of final excavating and backfilling in written form and presen of application for the service and presentatio plan to the utility he utility s specifications have not been met by the applicant s excavating and the excavating and backfilling shall be correc by the applicant or its au of t grade LE E th EJ round in whic o be laid of An CE lity specifications and subjec he utility and Utility specificatio shall be set forth by the utility ted to the applicant orized agent on and service th ees service lin stumps and provide the excavating and backfilling t to the backfill within ns for at the time n of the plot backfilling ted or redone Failure to comply with the utility s construction standards and specifications permits the utility to refuse utility service until the standards and specifications are met C Indicates Change C Issued July 30 1984 Effective June 30 1984 Pymatuning Independent Supplement No 47 Telephon Pas Pi Us Cis NO 29 Section Original Sheet 6 Telephone Company UND UNDERGROUND SERVICE ERGROUND SERVICE IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS cont d
121. rs PSAP Public Safety Answering Point LAT LONG Latitude Longitude where required HAMMOND Formatting Format Shall include changes to the identity of fields order of fields and number and arrangement of data elements in each field and a telephone company s rearrangement or regrouping of such data without changing the MSAG content for purposes of validating against MSAG records 2 REGULATIONS A The Telephone Company will comply with the Protocols as set forth in and in the form of Service Provider E 9 1 1 Protocols Service Provider E 9 1 1 Questionnaire and Testing Procedures in accordance with the Petition of Bell Atlantic Pennsylvania Inc for a Declaratory Order MSAG Docket No P 00971203 Settlement Agreement of all Parties and Joint Petition entered August 7 1998 B The Telephone Company is indemnified under the Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act Act 78 of 1990 C The Telephone Company s liability and insurance provisions are fully stated in Pa P U C No 5 Section 1 General Regulations D Cases of Service interruptions affecting public health and safety shall receive priority attention under any and all conditions particularly in time of disaster Every appropriate resource will be utilized The service provider will make reasonable best efforts to have 1ts system fully functional as soon as possible unless conditions beyond the service provider s control prevent service restoration Is
122. rs for Series 2000 channels Monthly Rate Fixed Rate Rate Per Mile 0 to 1 Mile 12 50 mo Over 1 to 3 Miles 11 00 4 00 Over 3 to 5 Miles 14 00 4 00 Over 5 to 15 Miles 16 00 4 00 Over 15 to 25 Miles 32 00 3 00 Over 25 Miles 44 00 2 50 4 Transmission Function one required per local channel Monthly Rate Intraexchange Interexchange Type 2001 4 00 11 50 Type 2002 4 00 10 50 Type 2014 11 50 18 25 C Type 2021 11 00 21 00 Type 2025 30 00 34 00 Type 2026 2 16 00 Type2040 gt 35 50 Type 2041 gt 6 75 Type 2043 12 50 19 00 de Automatic Signaling Private Line Signaling 3 96 Automatic Ringing each 6 E amp M Signaling E amp M Signaling arrangement for 17 00 Type 2021 and Type 2025 Channel each he Multi Point Channels For bridging multi point Type 2001 and Type 2002 Channels At each premise at which a channel 19 50 terminates C Indicates Change Issued February 13 1986 Effective April 14 1986 Supplement No Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company 55 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 First Revised Sheet 17 Canceling Original Sheet 17 INTERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d 8 Conditioning a Type Cl 1 2 Type C2 1 2 IV Series 3000 Channels A On a two point channel not arranged for switching each station 6 00 On a multi point channel not arranged for switching for the first
123. s Line Customer Worded 48 00 month 360 00 Announcement Per Access Line Announcement Trunk 24 00 month Changes to Customer 50 00 nonrecurring Worded Announcement Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 8 Telephone Company GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE C REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS 1 2 A Centrex customer must have a minimum of two Centrex lines The minimum charge period for services provided under this tariff shall be for one month Centrex is offered subject to the availability of outside plant and or Central Office facilities One directory listing is provided without charge for each Centrex customer The customer may choose to pay for the service on a month to month basis or under a service contract plan A month to month customer may at any time convert to a service contract plan by paying the applicable service period plan rate currently in effect The monthly rate for customers choosing the service period plan is guaranteed against Telephone Company initiated changes during the selected service contract period Subsequent line additions deletions to the original service contract period are stipulated as follows a Subsequent additions will be rated under a new contract or added to an existing contract based upon the remaining period of the initial contract If the line addition causes the customer s total Centrex line count to exceed the thr
124. s as follows Feature Additions Changes Charge B Channel per channel 10 00 Only one service charge will appear when multiple features are added or changed on a B Channel as part of the same service order Issued September 24 1999 Effective November 22 1999 Supplement No 129 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet 31 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT 911 TARIFF LANGUAGE 1 GLOSSARY OF TERMS Host Telephone Company The service provider which is also the telecommunications public utility that provides 9 1 1 service to the county municipality and that houses the Automatic Location Identification ALD MSAG data used for providing 9 1 1 service Telephone Company A telecommunications public utility regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and which has or requests access to the county municipality 9 1 1 system or connection to the serving selective router including but not limited to local exchange carriers and competitive local exchange carriers This term is synonymous with service provider Content The data elements of the MSAG including but not necessarily limited to the data elements that are entered into the following fields A I of a standard MSAG record Tax area record Locality Street Thoroughfare Directional where required Even E odd O or all A applied to house numbers Low high range of house numbe
125. s at all times for maintenance purposes Where applicant is so located that it is necessary to use a private right of way to furnish service the subscriber is required to pay the entire cost involved in securing such right of way The customer is responsible for all tree trimming required to keep the private right of way in which his terminal facilities are located clear and unobstructed OTHER SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION When some special or abnormal installation or arrangement of facilities is desired such as underground construction or concealed wiring the applicant may be required to furnish at his own expense all necessary conduits outlets and other fixtures The Telephone Company will install and maintain its facilities in such conduits and fixtures provided they are constructed in such a manner as to meet the Telephon Company s needs and approval MINIMUM CONTRACT New construction will be provided only where service is contracted for a minimum period of one year C Indicates Change Issued October 1 1968 Effective December 1 1968 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company SECTION 5 Original Sheet 3 CONSTRUCTION AND ATTACHMENT CHARGES cont d REFUNDS If at any time within three years from date of completed construction pole lines for which a subscriber has paid a non recurring charge are used for other purposes such subscr
126. s interrupted for a period of at least 24 hours due to such factors as storms fires floods or other conditions beyond the control of the company an allowance of 1 30 of the tariff monthly rate for all services and facilities furnished by the company rendered inoperative to the extent of being useless shall apply for each full 24 hours during which the interruption continues after notice by the customer to the company Nothing contained herein and no tariff adopted hereto shall limit any responsibility or liability on the part of a telephone company to a customer which would exist pursuant to law but for this rule and said tariff The foregoing allowances shall not be applicable where service is interrupted by the negligence or willful act of the customer to service or where the company pursuant to the terms of the contract for service suspends or terminates service for non payment of charges or for unlawful or improper use of facilities or for any other reason provided for in the filed and effective tariff C Indicates Change Issued February 16 1973 Effective April 20 1973 Supplement No 58 Telephon PAP U Ce No 9 Pymatuning Independent SECTION 1 Telephone Company Second Revised Sheet 9 Canceling First Revised Sheet 9 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d The terms and conditions detailed in this tariff do not apply to customer premis quipment purchased by the Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company after January 1 1983
127. ssociated outside plant 1 Where facilities are not available or unusual expenditures are involved in making them available the customer may be required to pay additional charges to cover the unusual expenditure or to contract for services beyond the normal service term or both 2 Distance Extension Service Advanced Digital Services may be provided to a customer s location served beyond the normal transmission range of the serving central office In such cases in addition to the charges and rates for Advanced Digital Services Distance Extension Service rates and charges are applicable These rates and charges will be determined on an individual case basis 3 Payment for Service The minimum charge period for services provided under this tariff is for one month The customer may choose to pay for the service on a month to month basis or under a service contract plan A month to month customer may at any time convert to a service contract plan The monthly rate for customers choosing the service period plan is guaranteed against Telephone Company initiated changes during the selected service contract period Subsequent additions will be rated under a new contract or added to an existing contract based upon the remaining period of the initial contract Suspension of service is not allowed Contract Renewals and Termination Liabilities Issued September 24 1999 Effective November 22 1999 Supplement No 124 Telephone
128. st Revised Sheet 2E Telephone Company Cancels and Supersedes Original Sheet 2E MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d ADVANCED CALLING SERVICES cont d B At its discretion the Telephone Company may during certain promotional periods waive the normal service connection charges C Only one service charge will apply when multiple Advanced Calling Services Features are purchased i All calls forwarded by these services are subject to local and toll charges as appropriate Issued October 11 1994 Effective October 12 1994 Supplement No 152 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent 19th Revised Sheet 3 Telephone Company Cancels 18th Revised Sheet 3 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service 1 General The Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service is a Relay telecommunication service for the deaf hearing and or speech disabled population of the Commonwealth The service permits telephone communications between deaf hearing and or speech disabled individuals who must use a Text Telephone and individuals with normal hearing and speech as provided in the tariff filed by AT amp T Communications of Pennsylvania Surcharge In addition to the charges provided in this tariff and other intrastate toll tariffs in which this Company concurs a surcharge will apply to all residence and business access lines served b
129. sued September 6 2000 Effective September 7 2000 Supplement No 129 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet 32 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT 911 TARIFF LANGUAGE 2 REGULATIONS cont d E The service provider will not use the county s municipality s MSAG for any purpose that 1s not directly related to and required for the provision of 9 1 1 service F The Host Telephone Company will install the county s municipality s MSAG in read write format and will not modify the content of the MSAG unless requested or permitted to do so by the county municipality A request to modify content by the Host Telephone Company shall be responded to by the county municipality within 10 business days or the request is deemed to be approved The request shall be in writing and shall set forth in reasonable detail the proposed modification and all reasons in support The request shall be granted provided the modification is necessary for the Host Telephone Company s provision maintenance or upgrading of the 9 1 1 service G The Telephone Company shall not otherwise modify the content of the MSAG but may make formatting changes approved by the county municipality necessary to enable the MSAG to conform to the telephone company s information system s The request shall be in writing and shall set forth in reasonable detail the formatting changes and all reasons in support
130. t Section 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet No 30 MISCELLANEOUS ERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d Circuit Switched Feature Service Monthly Rate Establishmen t Other Custom Calling Services Note 1 Note 1 Advanced Calling Services Automatic Callback Monitoring No charge RES 3 00 BUS 3 50 Caller ID Number No charge RES 6 50 BUS 8 50 Caller ID Name per line No charge RES 7 50 BUS 9 50 Other Advanced Calling Services Note 1 Note 1 Centrex Features Note 1 Note 1 Centrex customers only Note 1 Current rates charges and multiple feature discounts for applicable Custom Calling Advanced Calling and Centrex Services may be found in the Telephone Company s Tariff for these services For analog lines the rates and charges for these services are normally applied on a per line basis For Advanced Digital Services lines the rates and charges for applicable services are applied on a per directory number basis to each directory number to which these services are assigned b Service establishment charges When the above features are ordered as part of an initial service order with an Advanced Digital Services B Channel there is no service establishment charge for these services c Subsequent feature additions and changes When the above features are ordered or modified after the initial installation of an Advanced Digital Services B Channel the nonrecurring feature addition and change charge i
131. tation and 2 remote premises and up to a maximum of 26 points master station and 25 remote premises On an interexchange basis Type 1012 is provided with a minimum of 2 points master station and a remote premises and a maximum of 26 points master station and 25 remote premises Type 1012 service is restricted to a maximum of 3 central office serving areas located in the same or different exchanges one for the master station and two others to provide service to other remote premises Type 1012 service may be provided either by metallic channels or by other equivalent means at the Telephone Company s option If provided by a low speed signaling system the transmission specifications as accepted industry standards for low speed signaling channels apply The Telephone Company will notify the customer if other than metallic facilities are utilized to provide Type 1012 channels prior to installation Rate Schedules 1 Channels on the same or connected premises Type 1005 and Type 1006 Each Two Wire Channel 2 00 Each Four Wire Channel 4 00 2 Channels between adjacent premises Type 1005 and Type 1006 Each Two Wire Channel 8 50 Each Four Wire Channel 17 00 C Indicates Change Issued December 6 1985 Effective January 1 1986 Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company Supplement No 71 Telephone PA P U C No Canceling Original 5
132. the benefit of the certified One Call notification systems entity on a special charge treatment basis as detailed in Section 1 Sheet 1 of this tariff The provision of 811 Dialing Code by the Company shall not be interpreted constructed or regarded either expressly or implied as being for the benefit of or creating any Company obligation toward any third person or legal entity other than the certified One Call notification systems entity The maximum liability of the Company for direct damages or losses of any kind arising out of mistakes omissions interruptions delays errors or defects in transmission or failure or defects in any facility furnished by the Company occurring in the course of furnishing 811 Service or of the Company in failing to maintain proper standards of maintenance and operation or to exercise reasonable supervision will in no event exceed an amount equivalent to the proportionate charge to the certified One Call notification systems entity for the 811 Service and local exchange services for the period of service during which such mistake omission interruption delay error or defect in transmission or defect or failure in facilities occurs The Company will have no liability for any consequential incidental or indirect damages or losses whether or not the customer was aware or should have been aware of the possibility of these damages or losses The Company is not liable for any losses or damages
133. tion is made failure of Telephon maintenance visit is 42 00 Costs exceeding the minimum charge are the responsibility of and will be billed to the customer C Indicates Change I Indicates Increase Issued March 15 1996 Effective March 16 1996 1 1 1 C 1 C 1 C 1 1 1 Supplement No 106 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 4 Pymatuning Independent Fifth Revised Sheet 1 Telephone Company Cancels Fourth Revised Sheet 1 MILEAGE CHARGES OFF PREMISE MILEAGI E When a customer utilizes Telephone Company cable and or wire for extending a specific service of said customer a charge will be applied for the use of the Telephone Company facilities The charge is computed on air line measurement from the point of exit from the main building to the location of customer provided or Telephone Company leased terminal gear Monthly Charge When the two buildings are on the same premises and are not separated by intervening buildings or by a public thoroughfare for each 1 10 miie ot fraction thesrsOliinarraras a ranas 1 05 I When the buildings are on separate premises or are separated by a public thoroughfare for each 1 4 mile 0r fraction thereof ernea iaa azi 2 55 I I Indicates Increase Issued March 15 1996 Effective March 16 1996 Pymatuning Telephone C FORI EIGN XC Supplement No 49 Telephone Pa
134. twork between the Centrex station and the station at which the call Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 10 Telephone Company 14 15 16 GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE is answered The charge is applicable to each call answered including the Call Forwarding set up call It also applies to collect and person to person calls which may be refused at the answering station The Centrex lines for a Centrex customer may terminate at multiple locations however all Centrex lines in the same group must be served by the same Central Office This tariff Centrex service does not include terminal equipment on the customer s premises Terminal equipment may be covered under a separate tariff contract or may be provided by the customer Unless specifically exempted Centrex service shall be subject to all general regulations applicable to the provision of service by the Telephone Company as stated in the general tariff Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 11 Telephone Company GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE D DEFINITIONS The following standard and optional features may be provided as a part of the Centrex service 1 Direct Inward Dialing Direct Inward Dialing allows Centrex station users to directly receive incoming calls without the assistance of an attendant Direct Outward Dialing Direct
135. uests are discouraged as far as possible and the subscriber is required to sign a written statement releasing the Telephone Company from all responsibility for losses arising from such arrangement Private numbers will be changed at the Telephone Company s discretion upon request of the subscriber a charge as listed in Section 3 apply This charge does not apply if the subscriber has another telephone lin at the same location which is listed in the directory and information lists Pay telephone customers will not be charged for a private telephone C number C Indicates Change Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Supplement No 163 Telephone Pa P U C No 5 SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent Seventeenth Revised Sheet 2 Telephone Company Canceling Sixteenth Revised Sheet 2 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d CUSTOM CALLING SERVICES This service is provided when facilities are available in connection with individual line business and residential service only Rates Monthly Rates Business Residential 1 Individual Features each line Call Forwarding 3 50 3 50 Call Waiting Includes Cancel Call Waiting 3 50 3 50 Conference Calling three way 3 50 3 50 Speed Calling Eight Code 3 50 3 50 Speed Calling Thirty Code 3 50 3 50 Warm Line 3 50 3 50 Personal Ringing 5 00 4 50 Do Not Disturb 3 50 3 50 Call Hold 3 50 3 50 Call Transfer 3 50 3 50
136. vailable in all exchanges of the Company foreign exchange service is not available to these lines b Provides for one listing in the white pages and one listing in the yellow pages of the Telephone Company directory for each Pay Telephone Line furnished However Non published Number Service or Non Listed Number Service at no charge are also available to Pay Telephone Line customers Cc Only one coin operated or coinless public access telephone unit may be connected to each Pay Telephone Line d Will be provided on a dial tone first basis to enable end users to dial certain calls without requiring coin deposits i e all emergency calls telecommunications relay service calls and non sent paid calls e Service will be provided on a two way basis except lines for which a specific exemption has been granted by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission f The pay telephone provider is responsible for meeting all federal state and local statutes with respect to provision of pay telephones in accordance with all hearing impaired and handicapped person requirements g Temporary suspension of service vacation service is not available for Pay Telephone Line Service h Pay telephones connected to a Pay Telephone Line must be registered in compliance with Part 68 of the FCC s rules and Regulations i Each pay telephone connected to a Pay Telephone Line must be capable of providing user call completion to 911 Universal Emergency Ser
137. vice if available If911 service is not available the pay telephone must permit access to the operator C Indicates Change Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Supplement No 121 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Section 8 Pennsylvania Independent Seventh Revised Sheet 2 Telephone Company Cancels Sixth Revised Sheet 2 PAY TELEPHONE LINE SERVICE cont d A GENERAL cont d j Failure of the subscriber to comply with the provisions of this Tariff may result in the suspension or disconnection of the subscriber s service B REGULATIONS AND RATES 1 Pay Telephone Line Service is provided at the corresponding exchange s one party business line rate as contained in the Telephone Company s Tariff Telephone PA P U C No 5 Section 2 Where measured service is available in a given exchange the business measured service rates apply to Pay Telephone Line Service Line Connection charges listed in Section 3 of this Tariff apply to Pay Telephone Line Service The business touch tone rate listed in Section 2 of this Tariff applies to Pay Telephone Line Service if requested by the customer Directory assistance charges of 0 85 per call apply to Pay 0 Telephone Access Lines Pay Telephone Line Service customers will not be charged for non published or non listed telephone numbers However a non recurring charge applies for each change of telephone number required to establish a non published or non liste
138. vides two communications channels but using only one physical line between a telephone or computer fax machine or other equipment and the digital central office These channels are called Bearer or B Channels Another channel called the Delta or D Channel is used for signaling purposes The complete BRI ISDN line is known as 2B D a B Channel The B Channel is a bi directional synchronous channel capable of supporting digital transmission speeds of 64 kilobits per second kbps Each B Channel may be configured in one of the following ways 1 Circuit Switched Voice Allows the user to originate and receive only voice calls over a single circuit switched B Channel 2 Circuit Switched Data Allows the user to originate and receive only data calls over a single circuit switched B Channel 3 Alternate Circuit Switched Voice Data Allows the user to originate and receive either voice calls or data calls over a single circuit switched B Channel but not simultaneously Issued September 24 1999 November 22 1999 Supplement No 124 Telephone PA P U C No 5 Pymatuning Independent Section 6 Telephone Company Original Sheet No 23 MISCELLANEOUS ERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d b D Channel The D Channel is a 16 kbps digital signaling channel that carries signaling and control for the B Channels All Advanced Digital Services lines consist of central office facilities including outside plant facilities extended fro
139. waiver of service establishment charges may be offered as follows At the Telephone Company s discretion the following nonrecurring service establishment charges may be reduced or waived during promotional campaigns and or as a part of customer negotiations a Nonrecurring per line service establishment charge paragraph B 1 c b Nonrecurring service establishment charge for OutWATS Simulated Facility Group Automatic Flexible Routing Overflow Hunting Arrangements paragraph B 5 a Nonrecurring service establishment charge for creating hunt groups paragraph B 6 a Customers who subscribe to Centrex for more than 100 lines may at the Telephone Company s discretion be offered customer specific pricing on a contract basis The rate will be offered in writing to the customer for acceptance An individual service agreement will specify the length of the contract period and the applicable rates With he exception of the customer specific rates all other rates charges and regulations specified herein shall continue to apply All exchange lines in a Centrex group must have the same billing arrangement either flat rate or measured service where offered Intercom calls between lines in a Centrex group are not subject to local measured service When used with Call Forwarding or Call Transfer the Centrex customer is responsible for the payment of the applicable toll charge for each billable call connected over the public ne
140. with the exception of over C voltage equipment coin telephones and multiplexing equipment The Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company after January 1 1983 may at its option provide customer premis quipment on a n on regulated basis either through direct sale or on a leased arrangement at rates not governed by this tariff CUSTOMER PROVIDED EQUIPMENT Customer provided equipment may be used with facilities furnished by this company for telecommunication service provided that such equipment will be connected maintained and operated as specified in this tariff Where the use of new customer provided terminal equipment involves direct electric connection to the facilities of the telephone company such connections should be made to a modular connecting device furnished and installed by the telephone company The customer is not permitted to create additional channels from facilities provided by the telephone company or resell or share services with another party through extension of Customer provided channels or equipment except as otherwise provided in this tariff If Customer provided equipment is used in violation of provisions of this tariff the telephone company will take such action as it deems necessary for the protection of service After notification of the telephone company of such violation the customer shall discontinue such use and confirm in writing to the telephone company wit
141. ws station users to distinguish between forwarded and non forwarded calls The distinctive ringing pattern is two short rings This option is assigned to the Issued April 25 1994 Effective June 24 1994 SECTION 10 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 13 Telephone Company 15 16 17 18 19 20 GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE base or forwarding station but is active rings on the forward to station Call Pick Up Call Pick Up permits a station user to answer incoming calls directed to another station within the same pick up group by dialing an access code Directed Call Pick Up Directed Call Pick Up enables a station user to answer a call that is ringing at another station within the Centrex group by dialing an access code and the ringing station number Call Waiting Call Waiting provides a burst of tine to inform a station user with a call already in progress that another call is waiting to be answered The station user may answer the waiting call by hanging up or flashing the switchhook Cancel Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting allows a station user on a per call basis to deactivate Call Waiting by dialing an access code Voice Data Protection Voice Data Protection allows a station user to inhibit intrusion features such as Call Waiting and Operator Verification which are directed to that line when it is busy Do Not Disturb Do Not Disturb allows a station user to prevent incoming calls fro
142. y rates for two local channels for each premises served apply d The equipment and associated station wiring shall be provided by the customer e The use of customer owned equipment is subject to the regulations set forth in this Tariff regarding connections with customer owned equipment However the customer by the use of his own equipment may create additional channels or may transmit more than one tone or signal in xtent permitted by the normal transmission characteristics of th da Customers by use of t xtent permitted by the normal transmission reate additional channels for any type of epresentation as to the suitability of the he Telephone Company to the same customer hannels created therefrom if the forms of communication for which they are being used compatible CD CE es o CE OA Type 3002 A two wire interface with effective two wir sequency or simultaneously to the e grade of channel furnished heir own equipment and to the haracteristics of the grade of channel ordered may ommunication by sub dividing a channel furnished under his Tariff The Telephone Company makes no channels rovided by it for such sub division into additional hannels by the customer These channels may be onnected with other channels which are furnished by and to electrical are facilities or a four wire interface with four wire facilities engineered for a 100
143. y this Company This surcharge applies regardless of whether or not the access line uses the Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service This surcharge serves as the funding vehicle for the operation of the Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service and shall be calculated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission the Commission The Commission shall compute the Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service Surcharge each year and notify local exchange carriers of the surcharge amount to be applied for the twelve month period commencing with July 1 of each year The Commission may revise the surcharge more frequently than annually at its discretion Tariff revisions will be filed whenever the Commission calculates a new surcharge amount and notifies the Company The following surcharge rates apply to all bills issued on or after July 1 2008 C Per residence access line per month 0 08 Per business access line per month 0 08 D Centrex lines will be charged on an equivalency basis as determined by the Commission C Indicates Change D Indicates Decrease Issued June 30 2008 Effective July 1 2008 Supplement No 108 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 6 Pymatuning Independent Eighth Revised Sheet 4 Telephone Company Cancels Seventh Revised Sheet 4 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT PENNSYLVANIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SE
144. ype 1006 used for low speed data transmissions not to exceed 150 baud Such services furnished to existing customers at the same premises Maintenance of these services is limited to the availability of replacement components furnished from existing stock C Indicates Change Issued December 6 1985 Effective January 1 1986 Supplement No 53 Telephone PA P U C No 5 SECTION 4 Pymatuning Independent Original Sheet 5 Telephone Company al INTERCOMPANY PRIVATE LINE SERVICE cont d Type 1011 30 baud available on an intraexchange basis only for two or three point DC transmission and only where existing facilities and operating conditions permit In offering to provide this service the Telephone Company assumes no obligation to specially select alter rearrange or construct facilities and does not represent that a facility provided under this subsection is suitable for the intended customer application Further in providing this service wher xisting facilities permit the Telephone Company assumes no obligation to continue such provision where rearrangements or changing service requirements necessitate the elimination of such facilities or render such facilities unsuitable for the customer application Type 1012 30 baud provided both for intraexchange and interexchange applications On an intraexchange basis Type 1012 is provided with a minimum of 3 points master s

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