In 3 AAC 53.300 - 3 AAC 53.399,
- (1) "administrator" means the applicant approved by the commission under 3 AAC 53.310 to serve as administrator of AUSF;
- (2) "AUSF" means the Alaska Universal Service Fund;
- (3) "universal service surcharge" or "surcharge" means a rate paid by a public utility for the use of the public telecommunications network;
- (4) "exchange" or "local exchange" means an operating unit established by a utility for communication service within a specific geographic area; the unit usually embraces a city, town, village or community and its environs, and usually consists of one or more central offices together with the associated plant used in furnishing telephone communication service to the general public within that area;
- (5) "local exchange carrier" has the meaning given in AS 42.05.890;
- (6) "interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol" has the same meaning as set out in 47 C.F.R. 9.3.
(Eff. 1/10/99, Register 149; am 1/28/2005, Register 173; am 7/31/2011, Register 199; am 3/1/2017, Register 221; am 12/20/2018, Register 228; am 7/1/2023, Register 247)
Authority: AS 42.05.840