1. A. Public Telecommunications Services -- A telecommunications corporation providing public telecommunications services shall, excluding documented Allowed Service Disruption events listed under R746-340-1(B)(1):

   1. 1. meet minimum voice grade requirements as defined in R746-340-1(B)(19);

   2. 2. meet network call completion standards:

      1. a. provide dial tone within three seconds on at least 98 percent of tested calls placed during average daily busy hours each month for each wire center; and
      2. b. assure that no interoffice facilities entirely within a telecommunications corporation's network, except choke network trunks, exceed two percent blocking. Intertandem facilities shall be governed by R746-365.

KEY: procedures, telecommunications, telephone utility regulations

Date of Last Change: May 27, 2014

Notice of Continuation: March 20, 2023

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 54-4-1; 54-4-14; 54-4-23