14:10-10.1 Scope; general provisions
(a) This subchapter applies to any carrier that completes toll calls in New Jersey.
(b) Presubscription is a customer's enrollment with a particular intraLATA telecommunications carrier. A customer may presubscribe to a different intraLATA carrier than the consumer's interLATA PIC.
(c) LECs that process PIC change orders shall adhere to the following:
1. LECs are to process intraLATA PIC change orders within the same time frame as interLATA PIC change orders are processed;
2. LECs shall not encourage or attempt to persuade customers to subscribe to their own intraLATA service, and shall not discourage or attempt to dissuade customers from selecting another carrier; and
3. LECs shall not engage in any discriminatory or anticompetitive practices when processing PIC service orders.
Recodified in part from N.J.A.C. 14:10-10.3 and amended by R. 2007 d. 276, effective September 17, 2007. See: 38 N.J.R. 3250(a), 39 N.J.R. 3953(a). Section was "Scope". Rewrote the section. Recodified in part from N.J.A.C. 14:10-10.2 and amended by R. 2008 d. 304, effective October 20, 2008. See: 39 N.J.R. 3880(a), 39 N.J.R. 5058(a), 40 N.J.R. 6211(a). In (b), inserted the last sentence; in the introductory paragraph of (c), inserted "that process PIC change orders" and deleted "business practices" from the end; in (c)1, deleted "and" from the end; in (c)2, substituted "; and" for a period at the end; deleted (d); and recodified former N.J.A.C. 14:10-10.2(a) as (c)3.