GROUNDS FOR SUSPENSION
Telecommunications service to a dwelling may be suspended for any of the following reasons:
- (1) Nonpayment of an undisputed delinquent account or the undisputed portion of an account where a dispute exists as to part but not all of an amount billed by the LEC.
- (2) Failure to post a deposit, provide a guarantee or establish credit.
- (3) Unreasonable refusal to permit access to service connections, equipment and other property of the LEC for maintenance or repair.
- (4) The use of service so as to interfere with or impair the use of service rendered to other customers.
- (5) Failure to comply with the material terms of a payment agreement.
- (6) Fraud or material misrepresentation of identity to obtain telecommunications service.
- (7) Violation of tariff provisions on file with the Commission so as to threaten the safety of a person or the integrity of the service delivery system of the LEC.
- (8) Unpaid indebtedness for telecommunications service previously furnished by the LEC in the name of the customer within 4 years of the date the bill is rendered.
- (9) Abusive, illegal or fraudulent activity.
Authority
The provisions of this § 64.61 amended under 66 Pa.C.S. § 3019(b)(2) and (3).
Source
The provisions of this § 64.61 adopted November 30, 1984, effective January 1, 1985, 14 Pa.B. 4354; amended July 21, 1995, effective July 22, 1995, 25 Pa.B. 2887; amended August 12, 2022, effective August 13, 2022, 52 Pa.B. 5049. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (246505).