(a)
- (1) Business and residential rates are governed by the actual and obvious use of the service.
- (2) In general, business rates apply to any place where substantial use of the service is business-related rather than domestic.
(3) For example, business rates are applicable at the following local exchange locations:
- (A) Offices, stores, factories, and all other places of a strictly business nature;
- (B) Rental/maintenance offices and shared/public areas of boarding/rooming houses and apartment buildings, lobbies and halls of hotels, private and public institutions, business offices, colleges, clubs, lodges, schools, libraries, churches, and hospitals; and
- (C) At a residence where telephone use is more of a business than residential nature as indicated by advertising through newspapers, signs, circulars, business cards, etc.
- (b) Service to amateur radio tower locations. Service provided to amateur radio clubs at their tower locations for clubs’ autopatches shall be charged residential rates.
Codification Notes: This section was promulgated as Rule 9.04 of the Telecommunications Providers Rules prior to codification in the Code of Arkansas Rules.