The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutEqual Access Corporation.pdfPAGE TITLE Idaho Public Utilities Commission Office of the Secretary ACCEPTED FOR FILING MAR 2 -1992ORIGINAL Boise. Idaho NAME OF UTILITY EQUAL ACCESS CORPO~~TION (Acceptance Stamp) Equal Access Corporation11150 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 360 Los Angeles, CA 90025 This tariff applies to services furnished by Equal Access Corporation for calls which originate from institutitons confinement within the State of Idaho and terminate within the State of Idaho. This tariff is on file with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission and copies may be inspected, during normal business hours, at the Company's principal place of business at 11150 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 360, Los Angeles, CA 90025. Issued February 1992 Effective March 2,1992 Issued by Steven J.Rosenthal Title Corporate At torney PAGE ORIGINAL NAME OF UTILITY EQUAL ACCESS CORPORATION Idaho Public Utilities Commission Office of the Secretary ACCEPTED FOR FILING MAR 2 -1992 Boise. Idaho (Acceptance Stamp) CHECK SHEET SHEET NO.REVISION Sheet Sheet Sheet Sheet 4Sheet Sheet Sheet Sheet Sheet Sheet 10 Sheet 11 Sheet 12 OriginalOriginalOriginalOriginalOriginalOriginalOriginalOriginalOriginalOriginalOriginalOriginal EFFECTIVE DATE 20 February 92 20 February 92 20 February 92 20 February 92 20 February 92 20 February 92 20 February 92 20 February 92 20 February 92 20 February 92 20 February 92 20 February 92 Issued February 21,1992 Effective March 2,1992 Issued by Steven J.Rosenthal Ti tIe Corporate Attorney PAGE Idaho Public Utilities Commission Office of the Secretary ACCEPTED FOR FiLING MAR 2 -1992ORIGINAL NAME OF UTILITY EQUAL ACCESS CORPORATION Boise. Idaho (Acceptance Stamp) TABLE OF CONTENTS Check Sheet Section 1.Contact Information Section 2.Tracking and Numbering Section 3.Service Area Section 4.Deposit Requirements Section 5.Termination of Service Section 6.Service Offering Section 7.Price Sheets Issued February 21,1992 Effective March 2,1992 Issued by Steven J.Rosenthal Ti tIe Corporate At torney PAGE ORIGINAL Idaho Public Utilities Commission Office of the Secretary ACCEPTED FOR FILING MAR 2 -1992 Boise, Idaho NAME OF UTILITY EQUAL ACCESS CORPORATION (Acceptance Stamp) Contact Information Customer complaints,disconnect requests: Commission contact- Commission contact- bill inquiry, new service or Equal Access Corporation11150 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 360Los Angeles, CA 90025Toll Free (800) -736-3533 tariff information: Equal Access Corporation Steven J. Rosenthal11150 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 360Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310) 445-9100 complaints: Equal Access Corporation Steven J. Rosenthal11150 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 360Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310) 445-9100 Issued February 21,1992 Effective March 2,1992 Issued by Steven J.Rosenthal Title Corporate At torney PAGE Idaho Public Utilities COm'T11~OO Office of the Semt~ni ACCEPTED FOR FiLING MAR 2 - 1992ORIGINAL Boise. Idaho NAME OF UTILITY EQUAL ACCESS CORPORATION (Acceptance Stamp) Idaho agent-C. T. Corporation Agent for Equal Access Corporation WilliamJ. Mc Klveen 300 N. 6th StreetBoise, Idaho 83701 (208) 344 - 8535 Tracking and Numbering The following symbols are used for the purposes indicated below: Delete or discontinue Increase in rate or charge Moved from another tariff location New Decrease in rate or charge Change in text, but no change in rate or charge orregulation Change in regulation Check Sheets. When a tariff (price sheet) filing is made with the IPUC, an updated Check Sheet accompanies the filing. The Check Sheet lists thesheets contained in the filing with a crossreference to the current revision number. When new pages are added, the check sheet is changed to reflect the revision. Issued February 1992 Effective March 2,1992 Issued by Steven J.Rosenthal Title Corporate At torney PAGE h'Ja1u) 'ub1tc Utilities Commission Office of the Secretary ACCEPTED FOR FILING MAR 2 -1992ORIGINAL Boise, Idaho NAME OF UTILITY EQUAL ACCESS CORPORATION --- (Acceptance Stamp) Numbering Sheet numbers appear in the upper left corner of each page. Sheets are numbered sequentially. When a new sheet is added between sheets already ineffect, a decimal is added. For example, a new sheet added between sheets 6 and 7 would be 6. Sheet revision numbers also appear in the upper left corner of each page. These numbers are used to determine the most current sheet version on file with the IPUC. For example, the 4th revised sheet 6 cancels the 3rd revised sheet 6. Consult the check sheet for the sheet currently in effect. Paragraph Number Sequence - There could be severallevels of paragraph coding. Each level of coding is subservient to its next higher level. 1.1. Service Area Equal Access Corporation ( the "Company") willprovide services throughout the entire State of Idaho. Issued February 1992 Effective March 2,1992 Issued by Steven J.Rosenthal Title Corporate At torney PAGE Idaho Public Utilities Commission Office of the Secretary ACCEPTED FOR FILING MAR 2 -1992ORIGINAL NAME OF UTILITY EQUAL ACCESS CORPORATION Boise, Idaho (Acceptance Stamp), , Deposi t Requirement At the Company's discretion , the Company may require depos it, in accordance wi th IDAPA 31 . D . 1 . 1 (b), which is not to exceed the estimated charges for two(2) months of tariffed services, from a specifiedOperator Service Provider CUstomer or TelephoneCustomer. Interest on deposits will be paid in accordance with IDAPA 31.6 (a). Te~ination of Service The Company reserves the right to terminate services in accordance with rules found in IDAPA 31. Service Offering Calculation of Distance.Calls are measured, based on airline distance betweenthe rate center of the customer I terminal or switch location to the rate center of the destination of thecall. The distance between the rate centers of the customer's switch and destination point is calculated by using the vertical ("V") and horizontal ("H") coordinatesfound in AT&T Tariff FCC No. 10, in the following manner. 6 . 1 . 2 . 1 Formula Step 1- Obtain the "V" and "H" coordinates for theSubscriber's switch and the destination point. Step 2 Obtain the difference between the "V" coordinates of each of the rate centers. Obtain the Issued February 21,1992 Effective March 2,1992 Issued by Steven J.Rosenthal Ti tIe Corporate Attorney PAGE Idaho Public Utilities Commission Office of the Secretary ACCEPTED FOR FILING MAR 2 -1992ORIGINAL NAME OF UTILITY EQUAL ACCESS CORPORATION Boise, Idaho (Acceptance Stamp) difference between the "H" coordinates. Step 3-Square the difference obtained in Step Step 4- Add the squares of the "V" difference and "H" difference obtained in Step Step 5- Divide the sum of the squares obtained in Step 4 by ten (10). Round to the next higher whole number ifany fraction results from the division. Step 6- Obtain the square root of the whole number obtained in Step 5. Round to the next higher whole number if any fraction is obtained. This is the distance between the rate centers. Minimum Call Completion Operator Service Provider CUstomers, Telephone Callers and Telephone Customers can expect a call completion rateof 99%. Description of ServicesThe Company endeavors to provide high quality service. All network access is monitored and engineered to provide a p.01 grade of service (99% call completionratio). Service is available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, subject to routine maintenance and outages beyondthe control of the Company. The Company's equipment isdesigned and engineered to provide high quality transmission of voice and data with a minimum level of impairment such as noise and echo. However, overall quality may vary somewhat due to the variability in quality of the connections provided by the local telephone companies and other interexchange carriers which is beyond the Company s control. Issued February 21,1992 Effective March 2,1992 Issued by Steven J.Rosenthal Title Corporate Attorney PAGE Idaho Public Utilities Commission Office of the Secretary ACCEPTED FOR FILING MAR 2 -1992ORIGINAL Boise, Idaho NAME OF UTILITY EQUAL ACCESS CORPORATION (Acceptance Stamp) The service provided is an automated collect only sevice,offered only within correctional facilities for the exclusive use of inmates. Equal Access Corporation I s services are offered twenty four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days a week. 2 Equal Access Corporation's service agreements are in effect for the duration of Agreements between EqualAccess Corporation and Operator Service Provider Customers. Liability of Equal Access Corporation ("Company") 1 The Company shall not be liable for claim or loss, expense or damage (including indirect, special orconsequential damage), for any interruption, delay,error, omission, or defect in any service, facility or transmission provided under this tariff, if caused by any person or entity other than the Company, by any malfunction or any service or facility provided by any carrier, by an act of God, fire, war, civil disturbance, or act of government, or by any other cause beyond the Company s direct control. The Company shall not be liable for, and shall be fully indemnified and held harmless by Operator ServiceProvider CUstomer, Telephone Caller and/or Telephone Customer against any claim or loss, expense, or damage (including indirect, special or consequential damage) for defamation, libel, slander, invasion, infringement of copyright or patent, unauthorized use ofany trademark, trade name or service mark, unfair competition, interference with or misappropriation orviolation of any proprietary or creative right, orany other injury to any person, property or entity Issued February 21,1992 Effective March 2,1992 Issued by Steven J.Rosenthal Title Corporate At torney PAGE ildaho 'Public UtilitiesOo~ Office of the Secretary ACCEPTED FOR FiUNG MAR 2 - 1992ORIGINAL Boise, Idaho NAME OF UTILITY EQUAL ACCESS CORPORATION (Acceptance Stamp) arising out of the material, data, information, orother content revealed to, transmitted, or used by the Company under this tariff; or for any act or omission of the Operator Service Provider Customer, Telephone Caller and/or Telephone Customer or for any personal injury or death of any person caused directly orindirectly by the installation, maintenance, location, condition, operation , failure, presence, use, or removal of equipment or wiring provided by the Company, if not directly caused by negligence of the Company. The Company shall not be liable for any defacement of or damages to the premises of a Operator ServiceProvider Customer resulting from the furnishing of service which is not the direct result of the Company'negligence. No agent or employee of any other carrier or Company shall be deemed to be an agent or employee of the Company. 5 The above tariff language does not constitute a determination by the Commission that a limitation of liability imposed by the Company should be upheld in a court of law. Acceptance for filing by the Commission recognizes that it is a court'responsibility to adjudicate negligence and consequential damage claims. It is also the court's responsibility to determine the validity of the exculpatory clause. Issued February 21,1992 Effective March 2,1992 Issued by Steven J.Rosenthal Ti tIe Corporate Attorney PAGE Idaho Public Utilities Commission Office of the Semtary ACCEPTED FOR FILING MAR 2 - 1992ORIGINAL Boise, Idaho NAME OF UTILITY EQUAL ACCESS CORPORATION (Acceptance Stamp) Equal Access Corporation will give at least 10 days notice to customers and the Idaho Public Utlities Commission and Operator Service Provider customers before making any changes in rates or charges. The notice to customers will be either individual notice orpublic notice in the newspapers in Equal Access Corporation's Idaho service areas. Issued February 1992 Effective March 2,1992 Issued by Steven J.Rosenthal Title Corporate At torney PAGE ORIGINAL NAME OF UTILITY EQUAL ACCESS CORPORATION Idaho Public Utilities Commission Office of the Secretary ACCEPTED FOR FILING MAR 2 - 1992 Boise. IdaOO (Acceptance Stamp) RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE Issued February 21,1992 Effective March 2,1992 Issued by Steven J.Rosenthal Title Corporate At torney PAGE ORIGINAL NAME OF UTILITY EQUAL ACCESS CORPORATION Idal1o Public Utilities Commission Office of the SecretaryACCEPTED FOR FILING MAR 2 -1992 Boise, Idaho (Acceptance Stamp) Price SheetThe followingCorporation.are the rates StepLimit Initial PeriodRate Unit ---------------------- 11- 22 23 - 55 56 -124 125 & over $ 0.23000$ 0.27000$ 0.35000$ 0.41000$ 0.44000 60 sec 60 sec 60 sec 60 sec 60 sec Operator Assisted Surcharge: $1. charged Equal Access Overtime PeriodRate Unit ---------------- 26000 28000 36000 43000 47000 Issued February 1992 Effective March 2,1992 Issued by Steven J.Rosenthal Ti tle Corporate At torney 60 sec 60 sec 60 sec 60 sec 60 sec