Telephone utilities shall furnish and maintain adequate plant, equipment, and facilities to provide satisfactory transmission of communications between customers in their service area. Transmission shall be at adequate volume levels and free of excessive distortion. Levels of noise and cross-talk shall be such as not to impair communications. It is recognized that, due to extreme environmental conditions and economic factors, it is normal to have a small percentage of items that exceed objective levels. If the loss exceeds the stated objectives by more than 4 db, or the noise exceeds the stated objectives by more than 10 db, these cases of excess loss or noise shall be considered as troubles requiring correction.

Authority: Public Utilities Article, §§2-121, 5-101, and 5-303, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: January 1, 1976 (Order No. 61496)

Regulation .03 amended effective March 18, 2013 (40:5 Md. R. 412)

Regulation .07F amended effective January 23, 1981 (8:2 Md. R. 117)

Regulation .11B amended effective January 1, 1976 (Order No. 61570)

Regulations .11 and .12 repealed effective July 31, 1995 (22:15 Md. R. 1121)