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1. When used with Call Forwarding or Call Transfer the Centrex customer is responsible for the payment of the applicable toll charge for each billable call connected over the public network between the Centrex station and the station at which the call is answered The charge is applicable to each call answered including the Call Forwarding set up call It also applies to collect and person to person calls which may be refused at the answering station The Centrex lines for a Centrex customer may terminate at multiple locations however all Centrex lines in the same group must be served by the same Central Office This tariff Centrex service does not include terminal equipment on the customer s premises Terminal equipment may be covered under a separat tariff contract or may be provided by the customer Unless specifically exempted Centrex service shall be subject to all general regulations applicable to the provision of service by the Telephone Company as stated in the general tariff Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Telephon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon SECTION 9 Corporation Original Sheet 11 CENTREX SERVICE D DEFINITIONS The following standard and optional features may be provided as a part of the Centrex servic Ls Direct Inward Dialing Direct Inward Dialing allows Centrex station users to directly receive incom
2. GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d ALLOWANCES FOR TELEPHONE SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS C When main telephone service is interrupted for a period of at least 24 hours the company after due notice by the customer shall apply the following schedule of allowances except in situations as provided in Paragraph 2 1 a 1 30 of the tariff monthly rate of all services and facilities furnished by the company rendered inoperative by the company to the extent of being useless for each of the first three 3 full 24 hour periods during which the interruption continues after notice by the customer of the company conditioned that the out of service extends beyond a minimum period of 24 hours b 2 30 of each full 24 hour period beyond the first three 24 hour periods However in no instance shall the allowance for the out of service period exceed the total charges in a billing period for the service and facilities furnished by the company rendered inoperative to the extent of being useless 2 When service is interrupted for a period of at least 24 hours due to such factors as storms fires floods or other conditions beyond the control of the company an allowance of 1 30 of the tariff monthly rate for all services and facilities furnished by the company rendered inoperative to the extent of being useless shall apply for each full 24 hours during which the interruption continues after notice by the customer to t
3. Toll charges apply to each call forwarded or conferenced to a location beyond the flat rate calling area of the line with which the Custom Calling Service is associated C Indicates Change Issued February 8 1988 Effective April 8 1988 Supplement No 131 Telephone PA P U C No 1 SECTION 6 Venus Telephone Corporation 15th Revised Sheet 11 Cancels 14th Revised Sheet 11 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT PENNSYLVANIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELA Y SERVICE 1 General The Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service is a Relay telecommunication service for the deaf hearing and or speech disabled population of the Commonwealth The service permits telephone communications between deaf hearing and or speech disabled individuals who must use a Text Telephone and individuals with normal hearing and speech as provided in the tariff filed by AT amp T Communications of Pennsylvania Inc Surcharge In addition to the charges provided in this tariff and other intrastate toll tariffs in which this Company concurs a surcharge will apply to all residence and business access lines served by this Company This surcharge applies regardless of whether or not the access line uses the Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service This surcharge serves as the funding vehicle for the operation of the Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service and shall be calculated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission the Commissi
4. number of access lines in the local calling area of each exchange The number of access lines for each exchange is the sum of the total business and residence access lines plus key and PBX Trunks and equivalent Centrex type lines b The tables for Rate Bands by Access Line Limit and Monthly Rates by Rate Band follows TABLE OF RATE BANDS BY ACCESS LINE LIMIT Access Line Limit Rate Band Local Calling Area 1 0 20 000 2 20 001 and over TABLE OF MONTHLY RATES BY RATE BAND BUSINESS RESIDENCE Rate One Key One Band Party Trunk Party 1 28 02 D 39 78 15 94 1 2 32 84 49 26 18 18 C Indicates Change D Indicates Increase Issued April 16 2012 Effective June 1 2012 Supplement No 81 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 2 First Revised Sheet la Cancels Original Sheet la LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE WITH NETWORK ACCESS cont d 3 When the Company proposes to reclassify service in an exchange from one Rate Band to another because of an increase or decrease in the number of access lines notice of the reclassification to the proper Rate Band shall be given by filing revised tariffs with the Commission Such revised tariffs will be filed only when 1 the number of access lines has exceeded or fallen below its Rate Band access line limits as determined on two consecutive semi annual reviews provided that the most recent consecutive reviews exceed the lower limit or fall below the upper limit of the n
5. Effective March 26 1988 Issued January 25 1988 Supplement No 26 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephon Corporation SUSPENSION OF SERVICE AT SUBSCRIBER S REQUES Section 6 Second Revised Sheet 3 Canceling First Revised Sheet 3 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d Upon request from a residence subscriber service will be suspended for a period of not less than one month for a charge equivalent to one half the rate for local service equipment mileage and listings The Telephone Company assumes no responsibility to intercept calls and provide information on inward calls BRIDGED LINE SERVICE When at the subscriber s request two one party lines are bridged for simultaneous ringing the one party rate for each line applies k C Indicates Change Issued October 15 1982 Effective December 15 1982 Supplement No 52 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephon Section 6 Corporation Third Revised Sheet 4 Canceling Second Revised Sheet 4 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d Information on this page removed due to deregulations of customer C premis guipment This sheet left blank intentionally and reserved for future use C C Indicates Change Issued January 25 1988 Effective March 26 198
6. GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY cont d Ze RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CUSTOMER cont d Once customers have received their TSP assignment signified by a TSP Authorization Code the customer must submit the code along with a service request to the Company During certain emergencies the Company will take TSP service requests verbally In these cases a written service order should follow within two working days De RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMPANY 4 RUL The Company will send a Service Confirmation to the TSP Program Office upon the completion of an ordered TSP service within 45 calendar days of the completion The Company will designate a 24 hour point of contact for receiving Emergency TSP provision reguests and reports that a TSP service is unusable or out of service AND REGULATIONS The Company will provision and restore when necessary those telecommunications services with TSP assignments before services without such assignments both from this tariff and PTA s Access tariff and Toll tariff in which this Company concurs When spare facilities are not available it may be necessary for the Company to preempt the facilities reguired to provision or restore a TSP service When preemption is necessary the seguence in which existing services may be preempted is as follows Non TSP services SP ser
7. Five or more features per line 1 00 per feature Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Telephon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon Corporation SECTION 9 Original Sheet 4 CENTREX SERVICE B RATES AND CHARGES conta 3 Individual Station Features cont d pi Non Chargeable Individual Station Features The following individual station features are offered at no charge 1 Semi Restricted Line 2 Fully Restricted Line 3 Call Forwarding Incoming Only when applied to the appropriate base call forwarding feature s Call Forwarding Variable Call Forwarding Busy Line or Call Forwarding Don t Answer 4 Call Forwarding Within Group Only when applied to the appropriate base call forwarding feature s Call Forwarding Variable Call Forwarding Busy Line or Call Forwarding Don t Answer Cs Additions and Changes to Individual Station Features Feature Additions ChangeS ooooooooo eens 1 00 Per Line Per Dine it a a 39 00 Service Charge Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Telephon Pa Venus Telephon Corporation CENTREX SERVICE B RATES AND CHARGES cont d P U C No 1 SECTION 9 Original Sheet 5 4 Features Associated with Groups of Lines a Call Pick Up Per 2GrOU ps rein tee ice Seb ee einen ehh eaten ae 2 00 Per Month
8. Venus Telephon SECTION 9 Corporation Original Sheet 15 CENTREX SERVICE D DEFINITIONS conta 29 Toll Restriction Toll Restriction blocks the completion of calls that are directed to the outside operator or to numbers outside the local calling area A Toll Restriction list may be assigned to either an individual line or shared by multiple lines 30 Code Restriction Code Restriction blocks the completion of calls that are directed to customer specified area codes NPAs and or central office codes NNXs A Code Restriction list may be assigned to either an individual line or shared by multiple lines 31 Outgoing Call Screening Outgoing Call Screening blocks the completion of calls to specific directory numbers 3 6 7 or 10 digit basis An Outgoing Call Screening may be assigned to either an individual line or shared by multiple station users 32 Distinctive Alerting Call Waiting Indication Distinctive Alerting Call Waiting Indication allows a Centrex station user to determine the source of incoming calls from within or outside the business by the Distinctive Ringing pattern or the Call Waiting tone Normal ringing and Call Waiting tones are used to identify intra Centrex group calls Calls which originate from outside the Centrex group are identified by either two short rings and or Call Waiting tones 33 Business Group Dialing Plan A Business Group Dialing Plan enables a Ce
9. advises that such service is being used or will be used in violation of law or if the Telephone Company receives other evidence that such service is being or will be so used The Telephone Company may also terminate without advance notice any service which is used in such a manner as to interfere with the service of others or that is used for any purpose other than a means of communication TELEPHONE NUMBERS The Telephone Company reserves the right to change the telephone number or numbers of a subscriber s station or stations as the exigencies of the business may require TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES Telephone directories issued by the Telephone Company to its subscribers and patrons without charge are the property of the Telephone Company and shall be surrendered to the Telephone Company upon termination of service or distribution of a subsequent issue in as good condition as reasonable wear and tear permits No binder holder or auxiliary cover except wher furnished by the Telephone Company may be used in connection with any directory furnished by it The Telephone Company except as provided herein shall not be liable for damage claimed on account of errors in or omissions from its directories nor for the result of publication of such errors in the directory nor will the Telephone Company be a party to controversies arising between subscribers or others as t
10. b Directory Listing standard only C Non Published or Non Listed Telephone Number Service d Access to Directory Assistance Service e Touch Tone Calling Service f Access to Message Toll Telephone Service and Optional Dial Station To Station Calling Plan Services However the Residence Lifeline Dial Tone Line will be blocked from dial station access to 976 556 900 and any other type of Audiotex Service g Access to Operator Services h Voluntary Toll Restriction Option 1 Access to 800 888 Services j Access to Call Trace k Access to Alerting and Reporting Systems 9 1 1 dialing 1 Access to the Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service m Caller ID Per call and Per line Blocking n Other eligible telecommunications services at tariffed rates C Indicates Change Issued June 29 2012 Effective August 1 2012 Supplement No 141 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 3 Fifth Revised Sheet 6 Cancels Fourth Revised Sheet 6 LIFELINE SERVICE B REGULATIONS cont 3 An applicant for Lifeline Service must be a current participant in one of the following Pennsylvania programs or be able to provide proof of household income which is at or below 135 of the annual Federal Poverty Guidelines for all States except Alaska and Hawaii and the District of Columbia Recertification of Lifeline Service participants must be conducted annually by Venus Telephone Corporation to ensur
11. cont d CUSTOM CALLING SERVICE C General 1 Call Waiting Call Waiting permits the customer engaged in a call to receive a tone signal indicating a second call is waiting and by operation of the switchhook to place the first call on hold and answer the waiting call The customer may alternate between the two calls by operation of the switchhook Call Forwarding Call Forwarding permits the customer to automatically transfer all incoming calls to a telephone at another location The customer activates Call Forwarding by dialing a special code followed by the telephone number of the location to which calls are to be transferred The feature may be deactivated by dialing another code The customer may still make outgoing calls even though a transferred call is in progress Conference Calling Conference Calling permits the customer by operation of the switchhook to place an existing call on hold dial the telephone number of a third party and establish a three way conference call The customer may talk privately with the third party before establishing the three way connection and may disconnect the third party to re establish the original connection The customer establishing the conference must remain on the line for the duration of the call Speed Calling Speed Calling permits the customer to place calls to local or long distance numbers by dialing abbreviated codes instead of a complete telephone number Speed C
12. Association Toll Tariff Pa P U C No 10 This Company concurs in this tariff The company will make available to the Telecommunications Relay Service TRS user a calling card The rates for the calling card shall not exceed those that would apply to identical calls for non TRS users of coin sent paid service Please refer to the appropriate Interexchange Carrier tariff for interstate charges C Indicates Change Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Supplement No 90 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 6 Original Sheet 13 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT CUSTOM LOCAL AREA SIGNALING SERVICE CLASS 1 General Custom Local Area Signaling Services CLASS are enhanced services associated with Signal System Seven SS7 CLASS is furnished only in connection with individual line services exclusive of semi public telephone service and business line service on which the Customer Premise Equipment CPE is a coin operated instrument Description of Features 1 Repeat Dial Repeat Dial is an ongoing call management feature which will enable the subscriber to have the system redial the last number called from his her station This will apply regardless of whether the original call was answered unanswered or encountered a busy tone The system will monitor the calling and called lines and will attempt to connect the call for up to 30 minutes The subscriber can continue
13. Essential Emergency Services are newly ordered services so critical as to offer provisioning at the earliest possible time without regard to the service user s cost Essential Services are all other NSEP services assigned restoration and or provisioning priorities within the system TSP service shall be provided in accordance with Part 64 401 Appendix A of the Federal Communications Commission s Rules and Regulations as well as the guidelines set forth in Telecommunications Service Priority System for National Security Emergency Preparedness Service Vendor Handbook dated July 9 1990 and Telecommunications Service Priority System for National Security Emergency Preparedness Service User Manual 24 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CUSTOMER a Customer can reguest assignment to the TSP system through the following agencies Customer Contact Federal Agencies TSP Program Office State amp Local Govt s Federal Emergency Management Agency Foreign Governments M Department of State or Defense Private Industry Any Federal organization but normally one with whom they have a contractual E PR relationship involving an NSI function The TSP Program Office is contained within the National Communications System Issued April 13 1994 Effective April 14 1994 Supplement No 77 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 1 Original Sheet 10
14. Issued July 16 1984 1984 Effective June 30 Supplement No 33 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 5 UND Original Sheet 6 CONSTRUCTION AND ATTACHMENTS CHARGES ERGROUND SERVICE IN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS cont d C This section shall apply to all requests for distribution facilities for telephone service to developments which are filed after June 9 1984 Amounts the public utility receives under subsection c 4 i shall be credited to Accounts 174 Other deferred credits Whenever the public utility or an affected person believes that the application of the tariff rule works an undue hardship involves a physical impossibility or is otherwise inappropriate the utility or person may request an exception from the undergrounding requirements of this section by following the procedure set forth in 57 86 relating to exceptions Exceptions as granted by the Commission for electric distribution lines under 57 86 relating to exceptions shall also apply to telephone facilities If an exception request initiated by an applicant for telephone service is granted and the applicant thereafter desires underground service then this section shall apply as if no exception had been granted elephone utilities shall file a tariff supplement adding this section to its tariff The tariff supplement shall becom ffe
15. SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGES cont d RATES Business Residence Service Order 20 00 15 00 I C Access Line 10 00 7 50 1 C Premise VISIL 15 00 15 00 1 C Restoral without visit 20 00 20 00 EC Restoral with visit 35 00 35 00 1 C SERVICE MAINTENANCE VISIT CHARGE A service maintenance visit charge applies when a service difficulty or trouble report requires a visit by the Telephone Company to the customer s premises at which customer provided equipment or lines are connected to Telephone Company facilities and a determination is made that the difficulty or trouble is not the result of failure of Telephone Company facilities The minimum charge for each service maintenance visit is 20 00 Costs exceeding the minimum charge are the responsibility of and will be billed to the customer C Indicates Change I Indicates Increase Issued May 1 1987 Effective July 1 1987 Supplement No 137 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 3 Fourth Revised Sheet 3 Cancels Third Revised Sheet 3 SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGES cont d C RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE C Indicates Change Issued March 30 2012 Effective April 2 2012 Supplement No 137 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 3 Third Revised Sheet 4 Cancels Second Revised Sheet 4 SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGES con
16. agencies when involved Issued November 25 1996 Effective January 27 1997 Venus Telephone Corporation Supplement No 90 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Section 6 Original Sheet 18 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT CUSTOM LOCAL AREA SIGNALING SERVICE Cont d 2 Description of Features Cont d 6 Caller ID and Deluxe Caller ID Service Per Line Blocking Cont d in domestic violence counseling and emergency services personnel while in the performance of their jobs If the operator surcharge cannot be waived when the call is being placed the Company will upon notification credit the live operator surcharge amount to the aforementioned party s telephone bill Furthermore should alternative methods become available in the future which permit the aforementioned to access the ACR party without revealing the caller s telephone number the Company will waive any additional charges associated with such an alternative Customer Originated Trace Customer Originated Trace allows the subscriber to initiate a trace on the last incoming call The results of the trace will not be provided directly to the subscriber initiating the trace The trace log will be printed at the Telephone Company who the subscriber must then contact for further action to be taken After receiving a call which is to be traced the subscriber dials an activation code to activate the feature The call will be traced automatically and the origi
17. at regular intervals until an idle station becomes available Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995
18. exchange having SS7 connectivity Any calling number not on that list will be routed to announcements and rejected The calling party not on the acceptance list will receive an announcement stating that the call 1s not presently being accepted by the called party Subscribers can review and change the list of accepted Directory Numbers as desired Customers may either incur a daily charge for each day the list is active or subscribe to the service and incur a monthly charge for unlimited use Selective Call Forwarding Selective Call Forwarding will allow the subscriber to have certain terminating calls forwarded to a designated remote station The activity will occur whenever a call is received from a telephone number which has been indicated on a list of numbers referred to as the Selective Call Forwarding screening list This program list can consist of a directory number from any exchange having SS7 connectivity Terminating calls from telephone numbers which cannot be identified or have not indicated on the list will be Issued November 25 1996 Effective January 27 1997 Supplement No 90 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 6 Original Sheet 20 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT CUSTOM LOCAL AREA SIGNALING SERVICE Cont d 2 Description of Features Cont d 10 11 Selective Call Forwarding Cont d given standard terminating treatment Customers may either incur a daily charge for ea
19. governmental authority requires a type of construction different from that selected by the Telephone Company a charge will be made to cover the excess cost of construction above that selected by the telephone company The Telephone Company shall have access to all facilities at all times for maintenance purposes Where applicant is so located that it is necessary to use a private right of way to furnished service the subscriber is required to pay the entire cost involved in securing such right of way 1 Indicates Increase C Indicates Change Issued October 15 1982 Effective December 15 1982 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Section 3 Corporation First Revised Sheet 2 Canceling Original Sheet 2 CONSTRUCTION AND ATTACHMENT CHARGES cont d OTHER SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION When some special or abnormal installation or arrangement of facilities is desired such as underground construction or concealed wiring the applicant may be required to furnish at his own expense all necessary conduits outlets and other fixtures The Telephone Company will install and maintain its facilities in such conduits and fixtures provided they are constructed in such a manner as to meet the Telephone Company s needs and approval MINIMUM CONTRACT New construction will be provided only where service is contracted for a minimum period of two years C Indicates Change Issued November 1 1976 Effective January 1 1977 Su
20. 0 of the initial quantity of lines under contract will be considered a termination liability and treated as specified in paragraph C 8 below If the reduction causes the total number of lines to fall into a different line size group all remaining lines will be billed at rates for the smaller line size group Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Telephon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon SECTION 9 Corporation Original Sheet 9 CENTREX SERVICE C REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS conta 8 Termination Liabilities shall be treated as follows a If the service is cancelled by the customer after installation of the service but prior to the completion of the service period the customer shall be obligated to pay a termination liability charge The charge is calculated by multiplying the monthly rate by the remaining months in the contract period times fifty percent b A customer who reduces the quantity of Centrex lines under contract has the following options for the duration of the contract period 1 Continue to pay an amount equal to the monthly rate for the number of Centrex station lines that are disconnected under contract or 2 Pay termination charges as described in 1 above on the number of Centrex station lines disconnected 9 Reduction waiver of service establishment charges may be offered as follows At the Telephone Company s discretion the
21. 8 Supplement No 91 Venus Telephone Corporation THIS SH T C Telephon Indicates Change PA P U C No 3 ET WAS LEFT BLANK INTENTIONALLY Section 6 274 Revised Sheet 5 Cancels 1 Revised Sheet 5 Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Supplement No 91 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 6 1 Revised Sheet 6 Canceling Original Sheet 6 THIS SH T ET WAS LEFT BLANK INTENTIONALLY C Indicates Change Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Supplement No 104 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 6 372 Revised Sheet 7 Cancels 2 Revised Sheet 7 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICE General Directory Assistance Service is furnished upon customer request for assistance in determining telephone numbers The regulations and rates set forth below apply when customers of this company request assistance in determining telephone numbers with the same Numbering Plan Area designation which are requested from the Pennsylvania Directory Assistance attendant in the originating Numbering Plan Area Te Regulations a Rates Monthly Call Allowance An allowance of two direct dialed Directory Assistance calls per month without charge is permitted for each residence exchange service line residence dormito
22. ATIONS cont d Broadband School Discount The Company shall offer school customers in its service territory that meet the eligibility standards described in 47 CFR 54 501 relating to eligibility for services provided by telecommunications carrier and that agree to enter into a minimum three year contract a thirty percent 30 discount in the otherwise applicable tariffed distance sensitive per mile rate element and also will waive the associated nonrecurring charges for available intrastate broadband services as defined by Act 183 of 2004 where used for educational purposes and not for the provision of telecommunications services to the public for compensation The discount or waiver shall not be required where application of it to a particular service would conflict with applicable law Issued July 5 2005 Effective July 6 2005 Supplement No 138 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Section 2 Corporation 21st Revised Sheet 1 Cancels 20th Revised Sheet 1 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE WITH NETWORK ACCESS 1 Local exchange service includes the central office eguipment with touch tone dialing C capability outside plant distribution wire and cable drop wire and station protector The rates listed below do not include any terminal eguipment telephones ringers couplers or station Wiring C 2 Exchange Rate Classification a The monthly rates as shown below are classified into Rate Bands on the basis of the
23. Company The service provider which is also the telecommunications public utility that provides 9 1 1 service to the county municipality and that houses the Automatic Location Identification ALD MSAG data used for providing 9 1 1 service Telephone Company A telecommunications public utility regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and which has or requests access to the county municipality 9 1 1 system or connection to the serving selective router including but not limited to local exchange carriers and competitive local exchange carriers This term is synonymous with service provider Content The data elements of the MSAG including but not necessarily limited to the data elements that are entered into the following fields A I of a standard MSAG record Tax area record Locality Street Thoroughfare Directional where required Even E odd O or all A applied to house numbers Low high range of house numbers PSAP Public Safety Answering Point LAT LONG Latitude Longitude where required rmoOmmoow gt Formatting Format Shall include changes to the identity of fields order of fields and number and arrangement of data elements in each field and a telephone company s rearrangement or regrouping of such data without changing the MSAG content for purposes of validating against MSAG records REGULATIONS A The Telephone Company will comply with the Protocols as set forth i
24. Customer reguested temporary suspension of Lifeline Service is not permitted Lifeline Service does not apply to applicants who are full time students living in university or college controlled housing The applicant must not be a dependent for Federal Income Tax purposes unless he or she is 60 years of age or older Lifeline customers are subject to all Residence service regulations in this and other tariffs of Venus Telephone Corporation Residence Lifeline Service cannot be resold by the Lifeline customer or the Lifeline customer s agent s Resale of Lifeline Services are subject to wholesale rate obligations under Section 251 c 4 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 All outstanding charges account balances and service restrictions apply to existing customers who qualify for Lifeline Service Service restrictions will remain until the arrearage s have been paid in full Any Lifeline customer who has a past due balance of Toll Charges will be treated with the appropriate Chapter 64 regulations The Residence Toll Restoral Charge applies to Lifeline Customers who are suspended for non payment and who subsequently pay their outstanding toll charges and request toll restoral If a Lifeline customer is toll restricted for a second occurrence the Company may at its discretion place the Lifeline customer on permanent toll restriction Toll Blocking and Toll Control services will be provided at no charge to Lifeline Service subscri
25. D or Deluxe Caller ID Service subscriber unless the feature is deactivated If a subscriber of Per Line Blocking chooses to deactivate blocking the calling telephone number and name would be sent for that call only After the call is completed the line automatically reverts to the Per Line Blocking feature The deactivation of Per Line Blocking is completed by dialing a special code prior to placing each call The code to deactivate Per Line Blocking is different than the one used to activate Per Call Blocking Caller ID Per Line Blocking will be available to all customers in the Company serving area Customers who use either Per Call Blocking or Per Line Blocking will be unable to complete calls to Caller ID and Deluxe Caller ID subscribers that have activated the Anonymous Call Rejection ACR feature When a caller who has blocked the display of his her telephone number and name calls a Caller ID or Deluxe Caller ID subscriber that has activated ACR the caller will hear an announcement that the called party does not accept anonymous calls To complete a call to a Caller ID or Deluxe Caller ID subscriber that has activated ACR 1 place the call by unblocking the telephone number or 2 place the call through an operator which may involve charges in addition to the cost of the call The live operator surcharges will be waived for customers of the Telephone Company who are involved in domestic violence the staffs of domestic violence program
26. Pay Telephone Line Service The business touch tone rate listed in Section 2 of this Tariff applies to Pay Telephone Line Service if requested by the customer Directory assistance charges of 0 50 per call apply to Pay D Telephone Access Lines Pay Telephone Line Service customers will not be charged for non published or non listed telephone numbers However a non recurring charge applies for each change of telephone number required to establish a non published or non listed number All subscribers to Pay Telephone Service shall have the right to select their presubscribed intraLATA toll provider at such time that intraLATA presubscription is available in the Company s service territory PA AVAILABLE FEATURES FOR PAY TELEPHONE SERVICE 1 Optional call screening blocking coin supervision functions as listed below are provided at the monthly rates stated The non recurring charges shown below do not apply to initial installations but do apply to subseguent reguests made by the customer 1 Incoming Outgoing Screening prevents completion of collect or third number calls to the Pay Telephone Line Originated operator handled calls from the Pay Telephone Line are restricted to collect third number or calling card only Ze Incoming Blocking blocks all incoming calls 3 Outgoing blocking restrict outgoing calls to non sent paid call only coinless I Indicates Increase Issued February 26 1999 Effective Februa
27. Per Line in Pick Up Group 50 Per Month b Speed Calling 30 Code Per LESE A ar abad ats Borne a ice todos Sp 4 50 Per Month Per Line Using List cocaine Re ane 50 Per Month ee Toll Code Restriction Features 1 Toll Restriction 2 Code Restriction 3 Outgoing Call Screening BEE DESEA AS Se eae ta Tal e 0 js 4 50 Per Month Per Line Using Liste siestas edad 1 00 Per Month Changes to Toll Code Outgoing Call Screening LISTS A oes oes aye ac 12 00 nonrecurring d Business Group Dialing Plan Standard Dialing Plans sg sume tarros NO CHARGE Customized Dialing Plan 80 00 nonrecurring e Special Intercept Announcement Standard Announcement 24 00 Per Month Customer Worded Announcement 96 00 Per Month ANNOUNCEMENT TLUNK 4 ee a eee eed eee er 24 00 Per Month Changes to Customer Worded ANNOUNCEMEN Cee diles a ele She ww ede 60 00 nonrecurring f Paging Access Per Paging ETECUD E a ward eens 20 00 Per Month Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Telephon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon SECTION 9 Corporation Original Sheet 6 CENTREX SERVICE B RATES AND CHARGES cont d 5 OutWATS a OutWATS Simulated Facility Group Arrangements Non Monthly Recurring Rate Charge Service Establishment Charge 30 00 OutWATS Simulated Facility Group Automatic Flexible Routing Overflow Hunting Arrangement Each OutWATS Simulated Facil
28. SAG in read write format and will not modify the content of the MSAG unless reguested or permitted to do so by the county municipality A reguest to modify content by the Host Telephone Company shall be responded to by the county municipality within 10 business days or the request is deemed to be approved The request shall be in writing and shall set forth in reasonable detail the proposed modification and all reasons in support The request shall be granted provided the modification is necessary for the Host Telephone Company s provision maintenance or upgrading of the 9 1 1 service G The Telephone Company shall not otherwise modify the content of the MSAG but may make formatting changes approved by the county municipality necessary to enable the MSAG to conform to the telephone company s information system s The request shall be in writing and shall set forth in reasonable detail the formatting changes and all reasons in support The county municipality shall respond to the request in ten 10 business days or the request is deemed to be approved The request shall be granted provided the formatting change does not impair the integrity and accuracy of the MSAG database For the purposes of this regulation a content or formatting change does not include the use of the MSAG content in telephone companies operational support systems to validate customer information for input to the ALI database H The service provider will not sell
29. Sheet 2 Canceling Second Revised Sheet 2 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d INSTALLATION RELOCATION MAINTENANCE REPAIRS REMOVAL All access wiring up to the point of demarcation protectors and or C network interface devices must be installed maintained repaired relocated and removed by the Telephone Company The subscriber shall be responsible for damages to the facilities of the Telephone Company resulting from negligence or willful act of the subscriber The Telephone Company shall not be liable for any defacement of or damage to the premises of the subscriber resulting from the attachment of the Telephone Company s equipment apparatus or lines on such premises or their i t nstallation or removal when such damage is not the result of negligence of he Telephone Company ACCESS TO PREMISES OF SUBSCRIBER For the purpose of installing repairing inspecting or removing any part of its equipment apparatus or lines on the premises of the subscriber or for making collections the agents and employees of the Telephone Company shall have entrance thereto at any reasonable hour BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE SERVICE CLASSIFICATIONS Business rates are applicable in connection with service furnished at a business location or any other place where the service is used primarily or dominantly for business professional or ins
30. Supplement No 144 to Telephone PA P U C No 1 VENUS TELEPHONE CORPORATION RATES AND RULES Governing the Furnishing of Telephone Service IN Clarion Forest and Venango Counties Pennsylvania As Shown on Sheet 5 Issued August 21 2015 Effective September 1 2015 By Filed in compliance with PA Public Utility Commission State Tax Adjustment Surcharge Procedure at PA Code 69 52 Janice L Kline General Manager Venus Pennsylvania s NOTICE This tariff makes Changes in rates See Sheet 2 Supplement No 144 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Sheet 2 CHANGES MADE BY THIS SUPPLEMENT CHANGE This supplement makes a change to the State Tax Adjustment Surcharge in compliance with the Commission s STAS procedure Please see the following section Section 1 Sheet 7 Supplement No 124 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Twelfth Revised Sheet 3 Cancels Eleventh Revised Sheet 3 Section OV Taritte Language A A RA e Allowance for Telephone Service Interruption eeeeeeeeee Application LOL Servicesin a ES weds e pia o a a taa Attachment Charge Sii dis e Be Gua A A A ae e Broadba d School DiSCOUNA E ess al ts laa i Business Service Class TT LGAETL NG sy ce ir ia Paha Cancellation of Service for Causes sss slds Gude ta a ele CSALLEEXSSKVLGEI arate aur Sibi eee eS yee wetter A fo tay eile USS eve ices once We eee ae oN Conceale
31. a Protection allows a station user to inhibit intrusion features such as Call Waiting and Operator Verification which are directed to that line when it is busy 20 Do Not Disturb Do Not Disturb allows a station user to prevent incoming calls from ringing at his her station by diverting them to a tone or recorded announcement This feature can be offered with a Personal Identification Number PIN override option that selected callers can dial to override Do Not Disturb 21 Speed Calling 8 Code Speed Calling 8 Code enables a station user to call a list of up to 8 preselected directory numbers by dialing one digit codes instead of the directory numbers 22 Speed Calling 30 Code Speed Calling 30 Code enables a station user to call a list of up to 30 preselected directory numbers by dialing one digit codes instead of the directory numbers Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Telephon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon SECTION 9 Corporation Original Sheet 14 CENTREX SERVICE D DEFINITIONS conta 23 Direct Connect Service Direct Connect Service allows a station user to automatically place a call to a preselected directory number by lifting the receiver off the switchhook No dialing is required for the calling party to reach the specified destination 24 Manual Line Service Manual Line Service automatically places a call to the operator when the station user li
32. alling is available in 8 number capacity using one digit abbreviated codes Customers may make changes or entries in their repertory by dialing special codes C Indicates Change Issued February 8 1988 Effective April 8 1988 Supplement No 54 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 6 Original Sheet 10 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d CUSTOM CALLING SERVICE cont d C 5 Fixed Calling A call may be placed to one set telephone number local or long distance simply by lifting the handset and waiting a pre determined length of time as set for by the customer Availability of Service Custom Calling Service will be provided only in connection with individual line business and individual line residence services Custom Calling Service is not provided in connection with coin telephone service or PBX service Rates The following monthly rates for each service provided will apply in addition the non recurring charge applicable in Section 3 will also apply Monthly Charge Bus Res 1 Call Waiting 3 50 2 00 2 Call Forwarding 3 50 2 00 3 Conference Calling 3 50 2 00 4 Speed Calling 8 code 3 50 2 00 5 Fixed Calling cece ceeceseeseees 3 50 2 00 Any three features 8 00 5 00 Any four features 9 00 6 00 Any five features 10 00 6 50
33. ave not been met by the the excavating and backfilling shall be corrected or redone by the utility s construction standards and specifications permits the utility to refuse utility service until the standards and specifications are met C Indicates Change Issued July 16 1984 Effective June 30 1984 Venus Telephon UND ERGROUND S Corporation Supplement No 33 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Section 5 Original Sheet 5 CONSTRUCTION AND ATTACHMENT CHARG td un ERVICE IN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS conte 4 c cont d 3 that are facil laid Request the installation of distribution and service lines at such time the lines may be installed before curbs pavements and sidewalks carefully coordinate scheduling of the utility s line and ity installation with the general project construction schedule including coordination with any other utility sharing the same trench keep the line the rout instal of lines clear of machinery and other obstructions when lation crew is scheduled to appear and otherwise cooperate with the utility to avoid unnecessary costs and delay If the appl utility s 1 established underground construction practices borne by the applicant subsection service or Place with the telephone company the company may require in advance or upon such other ter
34. bers to the extent that they are offered C Indicates Change Issued March 30 2012 Effective April 2 2012 Supplement No 139 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 3 Third Revised Sheet 8 Cancels Second Revised Sheet 8 LIFELINE SERVICE C LIFELINE SERVICE DIAL TONE LINE MONTHLY RATE 1 Applicable Residence Dial Tone monthly rate minus 9 25 1 2 Lifeline Service is subject to all applicable state local and federal taxes and surcharges and to all applicable tariff rates charges surcharges and regulations NOTE See FCC Public Notice released May 1 2012 In re Lifeline and Link Up Reform and C Modernization et al Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking WC Do Nos 11 42 et al CC Docket No 96 45 FCC 12 11 rel Feb 6 2012 D Indicates Increase C Indicates Change Issued June 29 2012 Effective August 1 2012 Telephone Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 4 Second Revised Sheet 1 Canceling First Revised Sheet 1 MILEAGE CHARG E un EXTENSION STATION When an extension station bell gong or PBX station is located in a building separate and apart from that housing the main station an additional charge applies to that portion of the line extending beyond the building in which the initial station is installed This charge is computed on air line measurement from the point
35. ch day the list is active or subscribe to the service and incur a monthly charge for unlimited use Selective Call Rejection Selective Call Rejection will allow the subscriber to define a list of at a maximum of thirty two 32 Directory Numbers to be screened This program list can consist of a directory number from any exchange having SS7 connectivity Any calling numbers on this list will be routed to announcements and rejected All other calls will be treated normally The calling party on the rejection list will received an announcement stating the call is not presently being accepted by the called party Customers may either incur a daily charge for each day the list is active or subscribe to the service and incur a monthly charge for unlimited use Issued November 25 1996 Effective January 27 1997 Supplement No 90 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Section 6 Corporation Original Sheet 21 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT 3 Rates Per Line Usage Per Line 3 Monthly Rates Rates Order Charge Repeat Dial Residence 3 00 50 1 15 00 Business 3 50 50 1 20 00 Return Call Level 2 Residence 3 00 50 1 15 00 Business 3 50 50 1 20 00 Caller ID Service Residence 6 50 N A 15 00 Business 7 50 N A 20 00 Deluxe Caller ID Service Residence 7 50 N A 15 00 Business 8 50 N A 20 00 Caller ID Per Line Blocking Residence N C N C 15 000 Business N C N C 20 000 Caller ID P
36. ctive on the date filed elephone utilities shall file undergrounding construction and specification standards and revisions thereto with the Commission s Bureau of Safety and Compliance Underground facilities in new residential developments are only required by this section when a bona fide developer exists that is only when utility ready lots are provided by the developer A mere subdivision is not required to have underground service However should the lot owner in a subdivision desire underground service the service shall be provided by the utility if the lot owner at his option either complies with subsection c or pays to the utility the charges that are contained in the utility s tariff for underground telephone service not required by this title C Indicates Change Issued July 16 1984 Effective June 30 1984 Supplement No 58 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 5 Original Sheet 7 CONSTRUCTION AND ATTACHMENT CHARGES cont d TAXES ON CONTRIBUTIONS IN AID OF CONSTRUCTION AND CUSTOMER ADVANCES C Any contribution in aid of construction CIAC customer advance or other like amounts received from the customer which shall constitute taxable income as defined by the Internal Revenue Service will have the income taxes segregated in a deferred account for inclusion in rate base in a future rate case proceeding Such incom
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38. d Facility Groups restrict the number of simultaneous Calls between the Centrex group and the public network For example a 100 line Centrex group could be limited to 20 simultaneous calls to from the public network This emulates the physical trunks to a similarly sized PBX Night Service Night Service allows calls directed to the attendant to be rerouted to predesignated station lines within the same Centrex group when the attendant position is not staffed i e evening hours weekends OutWATS OutWATS is a form of Direct Distance Dialing service that allows a station user to place long distance calls to specified geographical areas at reduced rates Each OutWATS call is screened to ensure that the call destination is within the band limits of the OutWATS station user Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Telephon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon SECTION 9 Corporation Original Sheet 17 CENTREX SERVICE D DEFINITIONS conta 40 OutWATS Simulated Facility Groups OutWATS Simulated Facility Groups control the number of simultaneous OutWATS calls that can be made from a business OutWATS Simulated Facility Groups optionally allow the following capabilities a OutWATS Automatic Flexible Routing OutWATS Automatic Flexible Routing is an OutWATS Simulated Facility Group option which permits calls to be automatically routed to a lowe
39. e taxes associated with a CIAC or customer advance will not be charged to the specific contributor of the capital C Indicates Change Issued August 25 1989 Effective October 25 1989 Supplement No 91 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephon Section 6 Corporation 5t Revised Sheet 1 Cancels 4 Revised Sheet 1 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d DIRECTORY LISTINGS All subscribers including semi public telephones ar ntitled to one listing in the official directory published by the Telephone Company Additional listings are provided at 50 per month This charge will continue while the directory containing such listing is in effect The charge will be terminated if the main station telephone service is terminated upon death of listed party listed party subscribes for service in his own name or moves to a location where he is not accessible to the subscriber s station Additional listings in directories of other telephone companies and INWARD WATS listings will be the rates charged by that telephone company Acceptable listings are limited to the real names of individuals partnerships or corporations and or names under which such individuals partnerships or corporations actually conduct their business NON PUBLISHED NUMBERS A telephone number is non published when it is omitted from the directory and also fr
40. e continued eligibility Lifeline customers have the responsibility to notify the Telephone Company within thirty 30 days of a change in eligibility status if they no longer qualify for Lifeline Service Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Lifeline Service Programs Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF x Supplemental Security Income SSI a Medicaid Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP f k a Food Stamps Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program LIHEAP Additional Eligible Programs Federal t Federal Public Housing a National School Free Lunch Program The DPW Programs listed above must be certified by DPW Such certification by DPW will be provided only when a DPW client requests Lifeline Service based on the client s status as a participant in any of the above eligibility programs Certification by DPW will be limited to confirmation of the client s program status i e participation or non participation Participation by DPW is subject to execution of an agreement with DPW and Venus Telephone Corporation Lifeline Service will be provided to a customer only so long as such customer continues to meet the participation and certification guidelines in B 3 above At the time of initial establishment of Lifeline Service the customer agrees to have his or her eligibility recertified annually by Venus Telephone Corporation When the Company is notified by the customer or dete
41. er Call Blocking Residence N C N C N A Business N C N C N A Distinctive Ringing Residence 3 00 50 1 15 00 Business 3 50 50 1 20 00 Selective Call Acceptance Residence 3 00 50 1 15 00 Business 3 50 50 1 20 00 Selective Call Forwarding Residence 3 00 50 1 15 00 Business 3 50 50 1 20 00 Selective Call Rejection Residence 3 00 50 1 15 00 Business 3 50 50 1 20 00 Customer Originated Trace Residence N A 1 00 N A Business N A 1 00 N A Notes 1 Rates apply per each activation or per day 2 Initial per line blocking is provided at no charge upon customer request This non recurring charge would only apply for subsequent request for Caller ID Blocking per line for the same customer at the same address This non recurring charge will not be applied under any circumstance to victims of domestic violence the staff of domestic violence program agencies and emergency service personnel while in the performance of their job 3 The company may waive the per line order charge for subscription requests within a 60 day period following initial provision of new services the enhancement of existing services or at other instances Issued November 25 1996 Effective January 27 1997 Supplement No 110 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Section 6 Corporation Original Sheet 22 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT 911 TARIFF LANGUAGE 1 GLOSSARY OF TERMS Host Telephone
42. essing any service ordered to be completed or changed at any one time This charge applies to all requests for service initiated by a customer 2 Network Access Charge shall apply at the time of initiation of new C service or the re initiation of a discontinued service to the same customer whenever central office service is connected to a customer s premises This charge is associated with the connection of company facilities drop wire cable protector ground unit to the C customer s premises and applies to each central office line so connected This charge covers travel time and work in central office facilities related to the connection of associated facilities required to render service 3 Premise Visit Charge applies for any work equipment of service ordered changed or substituted by the customer which requires a premise visit by Company personnel for the purpose of installation removing reconnecting or changing equipment and facilities associated with service 4 The customer has the option of paying the non recurring charges related to the initial installation of a main station for a single line residence or business exchange service in equal monthly installments over three billing periods C Indicates Change Issued February 2 1987 Effective January 1 1987 Supplement No 44 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 3 Second Revised Sheet 2 Canceling First Revised Sheet 2
43. ew Rate Band by at least two percent or 2 an additional exchange is added to the local calling area of the exchange and the new number of access lines exceeds the upper limit of the Rate Band 4 The local service area embraces stations bearing the designation of Venus Shippenville Knox Brookville Telephone Company and Oil City C GTE North Incorporated and is within rate band 2 s access line C limit C Indicates Change Issued September 27 1994 Effective September 28 1994 Telephone Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 2 Second Revised Sheet 2 Canceling First Revised Sheet 2 Exchange Areas and Territorial Boundary D D Indicates Decrease Issued July 1 1976 Effective September 1 1976 Supplement No 42 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 3 Fourth Revised Sheet 1 Canceling Third Revised Sheet 1 SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGES Service connection charges herein described apply to all ordering installing changing or substituting of telephone services offered by the Company and are non recurring The definition and application of these charges are as follows GENERAL 1 Basic Service Order Processing Charges apply on each customer order for all work or service ordered to be provided or changed disconnected or reconnected at one time at the same location for the same customer These charges cover work associated with receiving establishing records and proc
44. ffective January 27 1997 Venus Telephone Corporation Supplement No 90 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Section 6 Original Sheet 15 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT CUSTOM LOCAL AREA SIGNALING SERVICE Cont d 2 Description of Features Cont d 3 Caller ID Service Cont d are 1 calls from customers who use Per Call Blocking or subscribe to Per Line Blocking 2 calls from customers located in central offices not a part of the SS7 Signaling System and 3 calls placed through an operator When these types of calls are received by a Caller ID subscriber the display unit will notify them that the calling telephone number is unavailable In addition to the ability to see the telephone number of incoming calls Caller ID Service provides a subscriber with the ability to reject calls from customers who have blocked the display of their telephone number on outgoing calls This feature 1s called Anonymous Call Rejection ACR and can be activated deactivated by dialing a specific code This feature is initially provided to the subscriber in the deactivated mode The ACR will remain either on or off until the subscriber makes a change by dialing the special code The Caller ID subscriber will hear a confirmation tone when the feature is activated or deactivated When a caller who has activated the Per Call Blocking or Per Line Blocking calls a Caller ID subscriber that has activated ACR the caller will hear an announcement
45. following nonrecurring service establishment charges may be reduced or waived during promotional campaigns and or as a part of customer negotiations a Nonrecurring per line servic stablishment charge paragraph Bolec b Nonrecurring service establishment charge for OutWATS Simulated Facility Group Automatic Flexible Routing Overflow Hunting Arrangements paragraph B 5 a Ci Nonrecurring service establishment charge for creating hunt groups paragraph B 6 a Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Telephon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon SECTION 9 Corporation Original Sheet 10 CENTREX SERVICE C REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS cont d 10 11 12 137 14 IS 16 Customers who subscribe to Centrex for more than 100 lines may at the Telephone Company s discretion be offered customer specific pricing on a contract basis The rate will be offered in writing to the customer for acceptance An individual service agreement will specify the length of the contract period and the applicable rates With the exception of the customer specific rates all other rates charges and regulations specified herein shall continue to apply All exchange lines in a Centrex group must have the same billing arrangement either flat rate or measured service where offered Intercom calls between lines in a Centrex group are not subject to local measured servic
46. fts the receiver off the switchhook 25 Warm Line Warm Line provides a time out option with either Direct Connect Service or Manual Line Service The time out interval may be set at 1 to 14 seconds During the time out interval a station user will receive normal dial tone and can originate calls However after the time out interval expires a call is automatically set up and routed to the specified destination 26 Customer Access Treatment Code Restrictions Customer Access Treatment Code Restrictions CAT Codes can be used to prevent a Centrex station from dialing certain codes For example CAT Codes could be used to prevent a station from gaining access to the public network using private facilities or dialing specific stations within the Centrex group 27 Semi Restricted Line A Semi Restricted Line is prevented from making calls to and or receiving calls from stations outside the Centrex group It may however make and or receive outside calls indirectly via the attendant Call Forwarding Call Transfer and Call Pick Up features 28 Fully Restricted Line A Fully Restricted Line is prevented from making calls to and or receiving calls from stations outside the Centrex group It is also prevented from making calls to and or receiving calls from the attendant thereby denying it indirect access to from outside the Centrex group Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Telephon Pa P U C No 1
47. he company Nothing contained herein and no tariff adopted hereto shall limit any responsibility or liability on the part of a telephone company to a customer which would exist pursuant to law but for this rule and said tariff The foregoing allowances shall not be applicable where service is interrupted by the negligence or wilful act of the customer to service or where the company pursuant to the terms of the contract for service suspends or terminates service for non payment of charges or for unlawful or improper use of facilities or for any other reason provided for in the filed and effective tariff C Indicates Change Issued February 16 1973 Effective April 20 1973 Supplement No 77 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 1 Original Sheet 9 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY 1 GENERAL Telecommunications Service Priority TSP provides for priority treatment to provision and restore National Security and Emergency Preparedness NSEP telecommunications services NSEP services are defined as those telecommunications services which are used to maintain a state of readiness or respond to and manage any event or crisis which causes or could cause injury or harm to the population damage or loss to property or regrades or threatens the NSEP posture of the United States TSP services fall into two categories Emergency and
48. he customer The Company will attempt to inform the customer of approximately how much these charges will be in advance A Service Order Charge applies when TSP requests changes are made to a customer s line record after a service has been connected In addition a one time charge based on cost for the initial establishment of TSP status in Company records will be billed to the customer In subscribing to TSP the customer recognizes that quoting charges and obtaining customer permission to proceed with service installation or restoration would delay the installation or restoration process and grants the Company the right to assess additional charges when applicable after the installation or restoration has been completed When possible the Company will attempt to provide an estimate to the customer of the additional charges in advance of the work Facilities required by the Company for the provisioning restoration or maintenance ar xempt from the TSP rules The Company will provide reconciliation of its TSP records with corresponding records contained in the TSP Program Office s database in compliance with current program requirements The Company reserves the right to apply the costs associated with updating the reconciling TSP database records Issued April 13 1994 Effective April 14 1994 Supplement No 124 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 1 Original Sheet 12 GENERAL REGUL
49. he result of listings published in its directories Claims for damages on account of interruptions to service due to errors in or omissions of directory listings will be limited to an amount equivalent to the proportionate charge for that part of the customer s service which is impaired but not to exceed one half the local service charges for the service items affected for the period from the date of issuance of the directory in which the mistake occurred to the date of issuance of a new directory containing the proper listing C Indicates Change Issued November 25 1959 Effective November 26 1959 Supplement No 52 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 1 First Revised Sheet 6 Canceling Original Sheet 6 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d OVERTIME WORK When at the subscriber s request work is performed at other than regular business hours of the Telephone Company an extra charge for such work will be made to compensate for the current overtime wage rates TOLL MESSAGE RATES Rates rules and regulations governing Toll or Long Distance messages ar contained in the toll tariff of the toll tariff of the Pennsylvania Telephone Association C C Indicates Change Issued January 25 1988 Effective March 26 1988 Supplement No 144 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Section 1 Corporatio
50. ing calls without the assistance of an attendant Direct Outward Dialing Direct Outward Dialing enables Centrex station users to call outside the Centrex group directly without the assistance of an attendant Business Group Automatic Identified Outward Dialing Business Group Automatic Identified Outward Dialing provides identification of the calling line or the Centrex Group billing pilot number on billable calls directed to the public network Intercom Dialing Intercom Dialing allows Centrex station users to call other stations within their Centrex groups by dialing abbreviated codes Call Hold Call Hold allows a station user to place a call on hold in order to initiate a second call answer a waiting call consult privately with another party or return to the previously held call Three Way Calling Three Way Calling allows a station user to add a third party to an existing call and thus enables a simultaneous conference between parties at multiple locations Call Transfer Call Transfer allows a station user to transfer calls to another station by flashing the switchhook and dialing the transfer to number Off Premises Stations Off Premises Stations enable a secondary business location to access the same Centrex features and services as the main business location The secondary locations must be served by the same Digital Central Office as the primary location Issued Novembe
51. ing the station user from forwarding calls outside the Centrex group 14 Call Forwarding Distinctive Ringing Call Forwarding Distinctive Ringing is a Call Forwarding line option that allows station users to distinguish between forwarded and non forwarded calls The distinctive ringing pattern is two short rings This option is assigned to the base or forwarding station but is active rings on the forward to station 15 Call Pick Up Call Pick Up permits a station user to answer incoming calls directed to another station within the same pick up group by dialing an access code Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Telephon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon SECTION 9 Corporation Original Sheet 13 CENTREX SERVICE D DEFINITIONS conta 16 Directed Call Pick Up Directed Call Pick Up enables a station user to answer a Call that is ringing at another station within the Centrex group by dialing an access code and the ringing station number 17 Call Waiting Call Waiting provides a burst of tone to inform a station user with a call already in progress that another call is waiting to be answered The station user may answer the waiting call by hanging up or flashing the switchhook 18 Cancel Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting allows a station user on a per call basis to deactivate Call Waiting by dialing an access code 19 Voice Data Protection Voice Dat
52. ity 20 00 Rearrangements and changes to 24 00 Simulated Facilities and routing patterns b Normal OutWATS rates measured time or full business day will be charged for OutWATS calls 6 Multiline Hunt Service a Hunting Arrangements The following monthly rates for hunting arrangements are applied in addition to the per line rates for Centrex lines The non recurring service establishment charges are per hunt group Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Telephon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon Corporation CENTREX SERVICE B RATES AND CHARGES cont d SECTION 9 Original Sheet 7 6 Multiline Hunt Service cont d a Hunting Arrangements cont d Per Line Non in Hunt Recurring Group Charge Regular Hunting 4 00 24 00 Circle Hunting 5 00 32 00 Uniform Call Distribution 7 00 40 00 Preferential Hunting 9x00 32 00 Series Completion 5 00 32 00 b Changes to Hunting Group Arrangements Patterns Additional Lines Change Hunting Order 12 00 nonrecurring Es Hunt Group Options Non Monthly Recurring Charge Charge 1 Queuing for Hunt Group 20 00 300 00 2 Delay Announcements for Queued Calls Standard Announcement per Access Line 24 00 160 00 Customer Worded Announcement Per Access Line 48 00 360 00 Announcement Trunk 24 00 Changes to Customer Worded Announcement 50 00 Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supp
53. lease rent loan or provide or transfer the county s municipality s MSAG to any other person s or entity ies without the express written authorization of the county s municipality s 9 1 1 coordinator or his or her designee I The Telephone Company will not without the written consent of the county municipality modify or create any derivative of the county s municipality s MSAG except as follows one 1 mirror image copy of the MSAG may be made in electronic form for archival purposes the copy may be made in read write format by the host telephone company but shall be made solely in read only format by all other telephone companies and the telephone company may make a mirror image copy solely in read only format and only for database reconciliation address verification for new connections of service and other functions that are necessary to ensure that the name and address information provided by the service provider to the county municipality is accurate and conforms to the county s municipality s MSAG format Issued September 6 2000 Effective September 7 2000 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 7 Second Revised Sheet 1 Canceling First Revised Sheet 1 and Original Sheet 2 THIS SHEET LEFT BLANK INTENTIONALLY RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE C Indicates Change Issued November 1 1976 Effective January 1 1977 Supplement No 91 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone C
54. lement No 82 Telephon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon SECTION 9 Corporation Original Sheet 8 CENTREX SERVICE C REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS A Centrex customer must have a minimum of two Centrex lines The minimum charge period for services provided under this tariff shall be for one month Centrex is offered subject to the availability of outside plant and or Central Office facilities One directory listing is provided without charge for each Centrex customer The customer may choose to pay for the service on a month to month basis or under a service contract plan A month to month customer may at any time convert to a service contract plan by paying the applicable service period plan rate currently in effect The monthly rate for customers choosing the service period plan is guaranteed against Telephone Company initiated changes during the selected service contract period Subsequent line additions deletions to the original service contract period are stipulated as follows a Subsequent additions will be rated under a new contract or added to an existing contract based upon the remaining period of the initial contract If the line addition causes the customer s total Centrex line count to exceed the threshold of the line count previously contracted all lines will be billed at the rate for the larger line count b Subsequent line deletions resulting in reduction equal to or exceeding 2
55. med by the The utility shall not liable for injury or damage occasioned by the willful or negligent r other interferenc with its underground lines Nothing in this section shall prohibit a utility from performing its own excavating and backfilling for greater system design flexibility those specified in subsection The applicant for telephon 1 easements satisfactory to the utility for occupancy and mainte distribution and service lines and related facilities No charges other than shall be permitted c and d servic At its own cost development plot plan identifying property boundaries to a development shall do the following provide the utility with a copy of the recorded and with At its own cost facilities are to be laid of trees provide the excavating and backfilling according to utility specifications and subject to the inspectio utility specifications for excavating and backfilli and bac nance of the service lines and related stumps and other obstructions clear the ground in which n and approval of t nal grade Utility ng shall be set forth by the ne kfill within 6 inches of fi utility in written form and presented to the applicant at the time of application for the service and presentatio utility applicant s excavating and backfilling If the n of the plot plan to the utility s specifications h
56. ms as the following charges A prepayment in aid of construction in an amount not in excess of 60 of the company s costs of the distribution line for the development The prepayment in aid of construction will be refunded on a proportionate basis for each contract for telephone servic rendered The basis for total refund shall be 100 refund upon receipt of telephone contracts for telephone service from 50 of the total development within a 10 year period icant changes the plot plan after installation of the telephone ines has begun or requests deviation from the utility s the additional costs shall be No charges other than those described in this and in subsection c shall be borne by the applicant for telephone by another utility sharing the same trench even if the utility elects to perform its own excavating and backfilling The Commission believes that there should be joint use of trenches whenever economically and technological ly feasible However the Commission realizes that the economic advantages which can result from the joint use of trenches may at time be obviated by the Therefore but will require the joint use of trenches whenever th that the use would be feasible and all technological disadvantages of joint occupancy not make the joint use of trenches mandatory circumstances indicate thereto the Commission will parties agr C Indicates Change
57. n and in the form of Service Provider E 9 1 1 Protocols Service Provider E 9 1 1 Questionnaire and Testing Procedures in accordance with the Petition of Bell Atlantic Pennsylvania Inc for a Declaratory Order MSAG Docket No P 00971203 Settlement Agreement of all Parties and Joint Petition entered August 7 1998 B The Telephone Company is indemnified under the Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act Act 78 of 1990 C The Telephone Company s liability and insurance provisions are fully stated in Pa P U C No 1 Section 1 General Regulations D Cases of Service interruptions affecting public health and safety shall receive priority attention under any and all conditions particularly in time of disaster Every appropriate resource will be utilized The service provider will make reasonable best efforts to have its system fully functional as soon as possible unless conditions beyond the service provider s control prevent service restoration Issued September 6 2000 Effective September 7 2000 Supplement No 110 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Section 6 Corporation Original Sheet 23 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT 911 TARIFF LANGUAGE Ze REGULATIONS contd E The service provider will not use the county s municipality s MSAG for any purpose that is not directly related to and required for the provision of 9 1 1 service F The Host Telephone Company will install the county s municipality s M
58. n 63rd Revised Sheet 7 Cancels 62nd Revised Sheet 7 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d STATE TAX ADJUSTMENT SURCHARGE In addition to the charges provided in this tariff and other state toll and access tariffs in which this company concurs a surcharge as shown below will apply to all intrastate charges for service on or after September 1 2015 except on calls from pay telephones C Surcharge For services provided to Rate END USER 5 035 D ACCESS USER amp LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS 4 795 D The above charges will be recomputed using the same elements prescribed by the Commission a Whenever any of the tax rates used in calculation of the surcharge are changed b Whenever the utility makes effective any increased or decreased rates c And on March 31 1971 and each year thereafter The above recalculations will be submitted to the Commission within 10 days after the occurrence of the event or date which occasions such recomputations and that if the recomputed surcharge is less than the one in effect the Utility will and if the recomputed surcharge is more than the one then in effect the Utility may submit the such recomputation a tariff or supplement to reflect such recomputed surcharge the effective date which shall be 10 days after filing C Indicates Change D Indicates Decrease Issued August 21 2015 Effective September 1 2015 Telephone Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 1 Original Sheet 8
59. nation Directory Number and time the call was made will be held by the Telephone Company for release to the appropriate law enforcement personnel This service is available only on a pay per use basis Distinctive Ringing Distinctive Ringing is an incoming call management feature which will allow the subscriber to define Directory Numbers that will provide the subscriber with special incoming call treatment This program list can consist of a directory number from any exchange having SS7 connectivity Issued November 25 1996 Effective January 27 1997 Venus Telephone Corporation Supplement No 90 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Section 6 Original Sheet 19 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT CUSTOM LOCAL AREA SIGNALING SERVICE Cont d 2 Description of Features Cont d 8 10 Distinctive Ringing Cont d Any incoming calls on this list will be indicated by a distinctive ringing pattern or a distinctive Call Waiting tone if applicable Terminating calls from telephone numbers which are not on the list or which cannot be identified will be given standard treatment Customers may either incur a daily charge for each day the list is active or subscribe to the service and incur a monthly charge for unlimited use Selective Call Acceptance Selective Call Acceptance will allow subscribers to define a list of calling Directory Numbers that will be accepted This program list can consist of a directory number from any
60. ntrex Group to have a unique dialing scheme which includes Intercom Dialing access to an attendant private network and or special facilities using 1 to 5 digit codes Single Digit Dialing and customized feature activation deactivation codes Each Centrex group may use either a standardized or a customized Business Group Dialing Plan Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Telephon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon SECTION 9 Corporation Original Sheet 16 CENTREX SERVICE D DEFINITIONS conta 34 35 36 37 38 39 Special Intercept Announcement A Special Intercept Announcement may optionally be used to address the following conditions a If a Centrex station user dials a code which is not defined or assigned in the Business Group Dialing Plan or b If the call is restricted due to various restriction arrangements i e Semi Restricted etc Paging Access Paging Access allows selected stations to have dial access to customer provided loudspeaker paging equipment A line or a tie trunk is required to support the customer s paging equipment Single Digit Dialing Single Digit Dialing permits a Centrex station user to reach a line or facility or to access a feature by dialing a single digit code The Single Digit Dialing codes are shared by all users in a Centrex group and are preprogrammed by the Telephone Company Simulated Facility Groups Simulate
61. ny The general regulations in this section of the tariff are supplemental to regulations contained in other sections of this tariff TELEPHONE SERVICE DEFINED The Telephone Company does not transmit messages but offers subject to the terms and conditions specified in this tariff the use of its facilities where applicable for communication between subscribers The term service as used throughout this tariff refers to service equipment and facilities OBLIGATION TO FURNISH SERVICE C The Telephone Company s obligation to furnish service is dependent upon its ability to secure and retain without unreasonable expense suitable facilities and rights for the construction and maintenance of the necessary circuits and equipment SPECIAL TYPES OF SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT In cases where a subscriber desires some special type of service or equipment for which provision is not otherwise made and in the judgment of the Telephone Company there is no reason for refusing to render the special service desired a rate is quoted on the cost of furnishing such service or equipment C EQUIPMENT APPARATUS AND ACCESS LINES All connection to the network by the Company or by the Customer must comply with the rules and regulations of the F C C and Pa P U C C Indicates Change Issued April 3 2007 Effective April 4 2007 Supplement No 52 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 1 Third Revised
62. of exit from the main building to the location of the extension instrument per each wire circuit as follows Monthly Charge When the two buildings are on the same premises and are not separated by intervening buildings or by a public thoroughfare for each 1 10 mile or fraction EASESOE RNA S 50 When the buildings are on separate premises or are separated by a public thoroughfare for each 1 4 mile OM traction thereoO today A ee AN SS 1 25 This charge is made for each wire circuit irrespective of the number of extension telephones bells or gongs any one circuit may serve and applies whether or not they are located within or without the base rate area C Indicates Change D Indicates Decrease Issued July 1 1976 Effective September 1 1976 Supplement No 26 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 4 Third Revised Sheet 2 Canceling Second Revised Sheet 2 MILEAGE CHARGES cont d FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICE Foreign exchange service is not offered as a normal or customary form of telephone service However when facilities are available and service conditions will permit the Company may furnish this service subject to the following regulations and rates Foreign exchange service is limited to one party or PBX trunk lines When foreign exchange service is furnished by means of a branch exchange trunk line connec
63. om the information lists of the Telephone Company Upon request and at a rate of 50 per month a subscriber may have a non published number but such requests are discouraged as far as possible and the subscriber is required to sign a written statement releasing the Telephone Company from all responsibility for losses arising from such arrangement Unless the specific call number is given by the person calling connection will not be established with a telephone having a non published number This charge does not apply if the subscriber has another telephone line at the same location which is listed in the directory and information lists When existing service for the same customer requires a number change in order to establish or continue non published service a charge as shown in Section 3 applies Pay Telephone Line Service customers will not be charged for a non published C telephone number C Indicates Change Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Supplement No 52 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Section 6 Sixth Revised Sheet 2 Canceling Fifth Revised Sheet 2 and Original Sheet 2A Venus Telephon Corporation MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT cont d Information on this page removed due to deregulation of customer premises equipment This sheet left blank intentionally and reserved for future use C Indicates Change
64. on The Commission shall compute the Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service Surcharge each year and notify local exchange carriers of the surcharge amount to be applied for the twelve month period commencing with July 1 of each year The Commission may revise the surcharge more frequently than annually at its discretion Tariff revisions will be filed whenever the Commission calculates a new surcharge amount and notifies the Company The following surcharge rates apply to all bills issued on or after July 1 2008 C Per residence access line per month 0 08 Per business access line per month 0 08 D Centrex lines will be charged on an equivalency basis as determined by the Commission C Indicates Change D Indicates Decrease Issued June 30 2008 Effective July 1 2008 Supplement No 91 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 6 Third Revised Sheet 12 Cancels Second Revised Sheet 12 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT PENNSYLVANIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELA Y SERVICE 3 Rates Local calls will be charged at the applicable local flat rate or local measured service rate Local calls originating from pay C telephones shall be completed free of charge All intraLATA toll calls placed through the Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service will be rated according to the Rates Applicable on Messages Placed By Certified Speech and or Hearing Disabled in the Pennsylvania Telephone
65. on 6 Sheet 3 Section 6 Sheet 4 Section 6 Sheet 5 Section 6 Sheet 6 Issued August 21 2015 5th Revised 3rd Revised 1 Revised 2nd Revised 4th Revised Original 1st Revised 63rd Revised Original Original Original Original Original 21st Revised 1st Revised 2nd Revised 4th Revised 2nd Revised 4th Revised 3rd Revised 4th Revised 5th Revised 2nd Revised 3rd Revised 2nd Revised 3rd Revised 2nd Revised 1st Revised 1st Revised 1st Revised Original Original Original 5th Revised 6th Revised 2nd Revised 3rd Revised 2nd Revised 1 Revised 106th Revised Sheet 4 Cancels 105th Revised Sheet 4 CHECK SHEET Sheet 1 Original Sheet 2 Original Sheet 3 12th Revised Sheet 4 106th Revised Sheet 5 2nd Revised C Section 6 Sheet 7 Section 6 Sheet 8 Section 6 Sheet 9 Section 6 Sheet 10 Section 6 Sheet 11 Section 6 Sheet 12 Section 6 Sheet 13 Section 6 Sheet 14 Section 6 Sheet 15 Section 6 Sheet 16 Section 6 Sheet 17 Section 6 Sheet 18 Section 6 Sheet 19 Section 6 Sheet 20 Section 6 Sheet 21 Section 6 Sheet 22 Section 6 Sheet 23 Section 7 Sheet 1 Section 8 Sheet 1 Section 8 Sheet 2 Section 8 Sheet 3 Section 9 Sheet 1 Section 9 Sheet 2 Section 9 Sheet 3 Section 9 Sheet 4 Section 9 Sheet 5 Section 9 Sheet 6 Section 9 Sheet 7 Section 9 Sheet 8 Section 9 Sheet 9 Section 9 Sheet 10 Section 9 Sheet 11 Section 9 Sheet 12 Section 9 Shee
66. on PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 1 Second Revised Sheet 3 Canceling First Revised Sheet 3 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d DEPOSITS A deposit in accordance with Commission regulations at 52 Pa Code 64 31 C 64 41 may be required as security for future bills Interest rates applied to customer deposits held by the Telephone Company are prescribed by the PUC Deposits will be returned in accordance with Commission regulations at 52 Pa Code SS 64 31 64 41 The fact that a deposit may have been made in no way relieves the applicant or subscriber from complying with the Telephone Company s regulations as to the prompt payment of bills or constitutes a waiver or modification of the regular practices providing for discontinuance of service for non payment of any sums due the Telephone Company for service rendered CHARGES FOR FRACTIONAL MONTHS When service is established the initial charge for local service equipment and facilities for the fractional part of the current billing month is a pro rata share of the monthly charge C Indicates Change Issued January 20 1999 Effective January 1 1999 PA P U C No 1 Section 1 Fourth Revised Sheet 4 Canceling Third Revised Sheet 4 Supplement No 91 Telephon Venus Telephone Corporation GENERAL REGULATIONS cont PAYMENT FOR SERVICE Installati
67. on and construction charges where applic advance of the establishment of service Service connection charges are payable when servic d able must be paid in is established Message charges at pay telephones ar Recurring charges for servic when the service has been rendered Charges for to billed after the service has been rendered and are Interest at the rate of 1 1 4 per month will be c after date due are billed monthly in N Charges for all local and toll messages sent from station and for all toll messages received at such are reversed with the consent of the person answeri responsibility of the subscriber A statement of account rendered to the subscriber s binding upon the subscriber unless objection in wri payable in advance C advance and are payable ll message service ar payable on request arged on unpaid bills he subscribers telephon station on which charges ng the call are the hall be deemed correct and ting is received by the Telephone Company within thirty days after renditio F SUSPENSION OF SERVICE The Telephone Company reserves the right to suspend bills ten days after date due or for violation of this tariff after due notice by the Telephone Comp The Telephone Company also reserves the right to su service to facilities that have apparently been aba payment for such service up to and including date o has not been notified b
68. ooooooooooooo eee eee eee Restoral OE SSVI CCR a is rd iS ad bd Sloe ety dh i cel Wierda it 3 Service Connection CKargEs ta otsis love aki seame salus ne acevo ushers ette A Service Special Types aiii Siege eee da BURNS sele Ses a ti iaa ees State Tax Adjustment Surcharges iaa a sta a SUSPENSHON Of SEEVIGES s ed A a 18510455 20 va teede lia cd Teleeommunieations Priority Service ect it A Wels le al Krt 1 Underground Service Connection Simi a tt a aaa 5 ATOoOrPRPRPUFE oo NONODWOARRPA DASA s o C Indicates Change Issued July 5 2005 Effective July 6 2005 Supplement No 144 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 1 Sheet 1 Section 1 Sheet 2 Section 1 Sheet 2A Section 1 Sheet 3 Section 1 Sheet 4 Section 1 Sheet 5 Section 1 Sheet 6 Section 1 Sheet 7 Section 1 Sheet 8 Section 1 Sheet 9 Section 1 Sheet 10 Section 1 Sheet 11 Section 1 Sheet 12 Section 2 Sheet 1 Section 2 Sheet 1A Section 2 Sheet 2 Section 3 Sheet 1 Section 3 Sheet 2 Section 3 Sheet 3 Section 3 Sheet 4 Section 3 Sheet 5 Section 3 Sheet 6 Section 3 Sheet 7 Section 3 Sheet 8 Section 4 Sheet 1 Section 4 Sheet 2 Section 5 Sheet 1 Section 5 Sheet 2 Section 5 Sheet 3 Section 5 Sheet 4 Section 5 Sheet 5 Section 5 Sheet 6 Section 5 Sheet 7 Section 6 Sheet 1 Section 6 Sheet 2 Secti
69. orporation Section 8 4 GENERAL Sixth Revised Sheet 1 Canceling Fifth Revised Sheet 1 PAY TELEPHONE LINE SERVICE C 4 Pay Telephone Line exchange service is one party exchange service for use by pay telephone providers location owners and interexchange carriers and is furnished solely for connection with coin coinless or combination coin coinless pay telephone equipment to the Telephone Company s network 5 Pay Telephone Line Service 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Is available in all exchanges of the Company foreign exchange service is not available to these lines Provides for one listing in the white pages and one listing in the yellow pages of the Telephone Company directory for each Pay Telephone Line furnished However Non published Number Service or Non Listed Number Service at no charge are also available to Pay Telephone Line customers Only one coin operated or coinless public access telephone unit may be connected to each Pay Telephone Line Will be provided on a dial tone first basis to enable end users to dial certain calls without requiring coin deposits i e all emergency calls telecommunications relay service calls and non sent paid calls Service will be provided on a two way basis except lines for which a specific exemption has been granted by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission The pay telephone provider is responsible for meeting all federal s
70. phon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon SECTION 9 Corporation Original Sheet 18 CENTREX SERVICE DEFINITIONS conta 44 45 46 47 Preferential Hunting Preferential Hunting allows any station in a Multiline Hunt Group to have its own preferential hunting list If a call is made to a station with a Preferential Hunting list assigned to it and that station is busy the preferential list is first hunted until an idle station is found If an idle station is not found on the preferential list the hunt will proceed to the entire hunt group Series Completion Series Completion is similar to Multiline Hunt Service however a Significant difference between the two services is that Series Completion stations always have their own directory number and their own classes of service Two different hunting arrangements can be selected with Series Completion linear or circle Queuing Queuing may optionally be used when all stations in a hunt group are busy When this occurs a call is placed into a queue The call remains in the queue until an idle station is located Up to ten calls can be in queue for a Multiline Hunt Group Queuing cannot be provided for Preferential Hunt groups or Series Completion groups Delay Announcements for Queued Calls Delay Announcements can optionally be used to inform a caller that his or her call has been placed in a queue The delay announcement can be repeated
71. phon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon SECTION 9 Corporation Original Sheet 3 CENTREX SERVICE B RATES AND CHARGES conta 2 Simulated Facilities a Rate per Simulated Facility 20 00 per month b The FCC Customer Access Line Charge CALC will be assessed based upon the total number of Centrex lines to which the customer subscribes This amount will be collected by the Telephone Company and forwarded to the National Exchange Carrier Association However the Telephone Company will credit the customer for the CALC times the total number of Centrex lines minus the number of Simulated Facilities including OutWATS Simulated Facilities to which the customer subscribes The customer s net CALC assessment will therefore be based upon the number of simulated facilities used 3 Individual Station Features al Chargeable Individual Station Features The monthly rates shown below apply to the following individual station features Call Forwarding Variable All Calls Call Forwarding Busy Line Call Forwarding Don t Answer Directed Call Pick Up Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting Voice Data Protection Do Not Disturb Speed Calling 8 Code Direct Connect Service a Manual Line Service b Warm Line PO OO IO viik ONE Oo oo Individual features per line 1 25 per feature Three to four features per line 1 25 per feature
72. phone Company and the subscriber Requests for additional service or changes in service upon acceptance by the Telephone Company become a part of the original contract except that each item of additional service is subject to the appropriate minimum contract term The acceptance or use of service may be deemed an application for such service and an agreement to pay for it at the rates applicable thereto under the current tariff Any change in rate or regulations lawfully made acts as a modification of all contracts to that extent without further notice Except as otherwise provided in this tariff service is furnished for a minimum contract term of three months FCC DESIGNATED 811 SERVICES C As mandated by the Federal Communications Commission FCC in compliance with the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 the abbreviated 811 Dialing Code is established for use by commercial and residential consumers to provide advanced notice of excavation activities to certified One Call notification systems entities as a toll free call The certified One Call notification systems entity must subscribe to termination facilities and lines in sufficient quantities to provide adequate service to the public 811 Service is provided for the benefit of the certified One Call notification systems entity on a special charge treatment basis as detailed in Section 1 Sheet 1 of this tariff The provision of 811 Dialing Code by the Company shall no
73. pplement No 33 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 5 First Revised Sheet 3 Canceling Original Sheet 3 CONSTRUCTION AND ATTACHMENT CHARGES UNDERGROUND SERVICE IN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS 63 41 a For the purpose of this section only the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise 1 Applicant for telephone servic The developer of a recorded plot plan consisting of five or more lots or one or more five unit apartment houses Developer The party responsible for constructing and providing improvements in a development that is streets sidewalks and utility ready lots Development A planned project which is developed by a developer applicant for telephone service set out in a recorded plot plan of five or more adjoining unoccupied lots for the construction of single family residences detached or otherwise mobile homes or apartment houses all of which are intended for year round occupancy if telephone service to the lots necessitates extending the utility s existing distribution lines Distribution line A main line facility directly or indirectly connecting the customers in a development to the telephone central office Service lin A line from the distribution line to the residence of the subscriber Subdivider The party responsible for dividing a tract of land in
74. r 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Telephon Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephon SECTION 9 Corporation Original Sheet 12 CENTREX SERVICE D DEFINITIONS conta 9 Call Forwarding Variable All Calls Call Forwarding Variable enables a station user to divert all incoming calls to another directory number Activation deactivation and the forward to destination are controlled by the station user 10 Call Forwarding Busy Line Call Forwarding Busy Line causes all calls to be redirected to an alternate station when the called station is busy LL Call Forwarding Don t Answer Call Forward Don t Answer allows all calls that terminate to a user s station to be redirected to an alternate station after a predetermined number of rings 12 Call Forwarding Incoming Only Call Forwarding Incoming Only is an option that can be used with any of the Call Forwarding features Call Forwarding Variable Don t Answer and Busy Line and allows only incoming calls calls that originate outside the Centrex group to be forwarded Calls from within the group or a private facility are not forwarded 13 Call Forwarding Within Group Only Call Forwarding Within Group Only is an option that can be used with any of the Call Forwarding features Call Forwarding Variable Don t Answer and Busy Line and restricts call forwarding to only directory numbers within the same Centrex group thus prevent
75. r or less expensive OutWATS band b OutWATS Overflow Hunting OutWATS Overflow Hunting is an OutWATS Simulated Facility Group option which permits OutWATS calls to automatically overflow or hunt to a higher band if the Simulated Facility Group associated with the lower band is busy 41 Regular Hunting Regular Hunting or Linear Hunting is performed in a sequential fashion across all members of a Multiline Hunt Group The search for an idle station starts with the pilot number If the first station is busy the group is sequentially hunted until an idle station is found If there are no idle stations available the caller receives a busy signal 42 Circle Hunting Circle Hunting allows calls directed to busy stations in the middle of the hunt group to search through to the end of the hunt group and then return to the beginning of the hunt list in search of an idle station The caller is connected to the first idle station encountered 43 niform Call Distribution niform Call Distribution is intended to distribute calls evenly among U U the stations in a Multiline Hunt Group When a caller is connected to a s O n idle station the location of the next station is marked as the tarting point for hunting when the next incoming call is received nce hunting begins it proceeds in a circular manner until an idle station is found Issued November 18 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No 82 Tele
76. rmines through recertification that the Lifeline Service customer is no longer a participant in the DPW programs in B 3 above or otherwise low income eligible the customer will be notified by telephone or letter that the Lifeline Service rate is no longer applicable Within the stated customer notification period 30 days from the date of the notification the customer can contact the Company to negotiate new Dial Tone Service arrangements at applicable tariff rates no connection charges will apply for existing services or options retained If the customer does not contact the Company by the end of the notification period the Lifeline Service will be changed to applicable Exchange Area Dial Tone Line service at existing tariff rates no connection charges will apply to existing services or options retained C Indicates Change Issued November 16 2012 Effective November 17 2012 Supplement No 137 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 3 Second Revised Sheet 7 Cancels First Revised Sheet 7 LIFELINE SERVICE B REGULATIONS cont d 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 A Lifeline Service customer may not subscribe to any other type of residence Local Exchange Service at the same or other premises Lifeline Service will not be provided via Foreign Exchange or Foreign Central Office Service arrangements Only services listed in B 2 above will be provided to Lifeline customers C
77. rth in paragraph B 1 a Additional optional features may also be selected and generally result in additional charges as specified in paragraph B Issued November 16 1994 Effective January 27 1995 Supplement No Venus Telephon Corporation TOO Telephon Pa P U C No 1 SECTION 9 First Revised Sheet 2 Cancels Original Sheet 2 CENTREX SERVICE B RATES AND CHARGES 1 Line Rates a The monthl ly rates for Centrex lines specified in paragraph B 1 b below incl lude the following standard features 1 DTMF Signaling 2 Direct Inward Dialing 3 Direct Outward Dialing 4 Business Group Automatic Identified Outward Dialing 5 Intercom Dialing 6 Call Hold 7 Three Way Calling 8 Call Transfer 9 Distinctive Ringing Direct Inward Dialing and Direct Outward Dialing capabilities may be limited by Simulated Facilities 15 The following per line rates and charges apply for contract periods ranging from month to month to 60 months The customer is reguired to pay for the number of months in the service period selected 19 00 18 50 7 0 10 Cc Service Establishment C D Indicates Number 12 24 36 of Lines Monthly Months Months Months harge Per Line Decrease Months Months 18 00 15 70 12 00 nonrecurring Issued October 16 1998 Effective February 1 1999 Supplement No 82 Tele
78. ruary 27 1999 Supplement No 65 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 6 First Revised Sheet 8 Cancels Original Sheet 8 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SERVICES l LINE STATUS VERIFICATION Upon customer request the operator will verify and provide the line status condition subject to a charge of 70 for each request No charge will apply for a line status verification when a trouble condition is indicated on the line CALL INTERRUPTION Upon customer request the operator will verify the line status condition and interrupt a call in progress to notify the party on the call that another caller is attempting to contact the line The charge for call interruption is 1 10 for each request This charge includes the line status verification and call interruption x x x x OPERATOR CALLS Calls placed through the operator to a station in the same Local Calling Area are charged at the following rates Calling Card Operator All Types Customer Dialed Station to Station Person to Person 35 90 2 50 Includes collect special billing number bill to a third number operator dialed calling card and all Time and Charge request calls C Indicates Change Issued October 2 1991 Effective October 4 1991 Supplement No 54 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 6 Original Sheet 9 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT
79. ry 27 1999 Venus Telephone Corporation Supplement No 91 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Section 8 Original Sheet 3 PAY TELEPHONE LINE SERVICE cont d 3 AVAILABLE FEATURES FOR PAY TELEPHONE SERVICE cont d l Continued 4 2 Rates Coin Supervision Additive provides for the collection return recognition announcements and pre prompting for overtime monitors signals from the pay telephone eguipment to identify when and what denomination of coins are deposited identifies the status of attempted calls and sends a signal to the pay telephone eguipment to collect the appropriate coins when calls are completed or returns coins when calls are not completed Monthly Non recurring Incoming Outgoing Screening 5 00 10 00 Incoming Blocking 3 00 10 00 Outgoing Blocking 3 00 10 00 Coin Supervision Additive 2 21 N A C Indicates Change Issued March 18 1997 Venus Telephone Corporation A GENERAL Effective April 15 1997 SECTION 9 Original Sheet 1 CENTREX SERVICE Tg Centrex is a Central Office based business communications service which provides capabilities similar to those offered on a Private Branch but without requiring switching equipment on the customer s Exchange premises DES All Centrex station Centrex integrates all of a business customer s lines into a single telecommunications System lines will be eguipped with the standard features as set fo
80. ry line and residence trunk line Call allowances or calls are not transferable between separate accounts of the same customer Exceptions Charges for Directory Assistance Service are not applicable to the following types of calls of Directory Assistance 1 Calls from patients in hospitals skilled nursing homes and convalescent homes which have been properly licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and which have as their predominant undertaking the surgical medical and nursing care of the sick and disabled 2 Calls placed from residence telephones where a member of the customer s household has been certified by a registered physician or a designated agency as unable to use a directory because of a visual or physical handicap or for the business telephone of a certified handicapped customer where assistance is otherwise not available Multiple Number Request A maximum of two requested telephone numbers per Call are permitted Per Call Where the customer direct dials Directory Assistance 50 1 Where the customer places a call to the Directory Assistance attendant via an Operator 50 1 Where the customer direct dials Directory Assistance from a Pay Telephone 50 D Where the customer originates a Directory Assistance call from a Pay Telephone via an Operator 50 1 Plus the applicable operator handled rate D Indicates Increase Issued February 26 1999 Effective Feb
81. t 13 Section 9 Sheet 14 Section 9 Sheet 15 Section 9 Sheet 16 Section 9 Sheet 17 Section 9 Sheet 18 C Indicates Change C 3 Revised 1 Revised Original Original 15th Revised 3rd Revised Original Original Original 1 Revised Original Original Original Original Original Original Original 2nd Revised 6th Revised 1 Revised Original Original 1 Revised Original Original Original Original Original Original Original Original Original Original Original Original Original Original Original Original Effective September 1 2015 Supplement No 52 Venus Telephon Corporation CLARION COUNTY Boroughs FOREST COUNTY Boroughs VENANGO COUNTY Boroughs Telephon PA P U C No 1 Second Revised Sheet 5 Canceling First Revised Sheet 5 TERRITORY SERVED BY THIS COMPANY Villages Townships Venus Washington Fryburg Knox Marble Elk Villages Townships Tionesta C Villages Townships Venus Pinegrove Fertigs Cranberry C Indicates Change Issued January 25 1988 Effective March 26 1988 Supplement No 129 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 1 Fifth Revised Sheet 1 Canceling Fourth Revised Sheet 1 GENERAL REGULATIONS TARIFF APPLICATION This tariff governs the furnishing of telephone service and facilities by the Venus Telephone Corporation hereinafter referred to as the Telephone Compa
82. t be interpreted constructed or regarded either expressly or implied as being for the benefit of or creating any Company obligation toward any third person or legal entity other than the certified One Call notification systems entity The maximum liability of the Company for direct damages or losses of any kind arising out of mistakes omissions interruptions delays errors or defects in transmission or failure or defects in any facility furnished by the Company occurring in the course of furnishing 811 Service or of the Company in failing to maintain proper standards of maintenance and operation or to exercise reasonable supervision will in no event exceed an amount equivalent to the proportionate charge to the certified One Call notification systems entity for the 811 Service and local exchange services for the period of service during which such mistake omission interruption delay error or defect in transmission or defect or failure in facilities occurs The Company will have no liability for any consequential incidental or indirect damages or losses whether or not the customer was aware or should have been aware of the possibility of these damages or losses The Company is not liable for any losses or damages caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of the certified One Call notification systems entity C C Indicates Change Issued April 3 2007 Effective April 4 2007 Supplement No 102 Teleph
83. t d C RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE C Indicates Change Issued March 30 2012 Effective April 2 2012 Supplement No 139 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 3 Fourth Revised Sheet 5 Cancels Third Revised Sheet 5 LIFELINE SERVICE A DESCRIPTION Lifeline Service is a federally funded program established to provide monthly assistance to residential low income households who qualify for this service in accordance with the following Regulations B REGULATIONS 1 Service is available to qualified residence customers and is provided via a residence individual Dial Tone Line Lifeline Service is limited to only one Service per qualified customer or household a household is defined as any individual or group of individuals C who are living together as one economic unit an economic unit is all adult individuals contributing to and sharing in the income and expenses of a household A potential Lifeline customer who has an outstanding final bill for telephone service which is less than 4 years old must pay the entire balance of any Basic Service final bill before being eligible for Lifeline Service 2 Residence Lifeline Service consists of the following tariffed standard features and optional customer elected services at the applicable rates charges and regulations for each feature and service provided a One Party Residence Unlimited Service and Local Measured Service if available
84. tate and local statutes with respect to provision of pay telephones in accordance with all hearing impaired and handicapped person requirements Temporary suspension of service vacation service is not available for Pay Telephone Line Service Pay telephones connected to a Pay Telephone Line must be registered in compliance with Part 68 of the FCC s rules and Regulations Each pay telephone connected to a Pay Telephone Line must be capable of providing user call completion to 911 Universal Emergency Service if available If 911 service is not available the pay telephone must permit access to the Operator Failure of the subscriber to comply with the provisions of this Tariff may result in the suspension or disconnection of the subscriber s service C C Indicates Change Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Supplement No 104 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Section 8 Corporation First Revised Sheet 2 Canceling Original Sheet 2 PAY TELEPHONE LINE SERVICE cont d 1 REGULATIONS AND RATES 1 Pay Telephone Line Service is provided at the corresponding exchange s one party business line rate as contained in the Telephone Company s Tariff Telephone PA P U C No 1 Section 2 Where measured service is available in a given exchange the business measured service rates apply to Pay Telephone Line Service Line Connection charges listed in Section 3 of this Tariff apply to
85. that calls from blocked telephone numbers are not being accepted The Caller ID subscriber s telephone does not ring There are no additional charges for this feature Blocked local or long distance calls routes to the Anonymous Call Reject announcement will not be rated as completed calls Caller ID Service Deluxe Caller ID Service Per Call Blocking and Per line Blocking can be used by customers with push button or rotary telephones Issued November 25 1996 Effective January 27 1997 Venus Telephone Corporation Supplement No 91 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Section 6 1 Revised Sheet 16 Canceling Original Sheet 16 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT CUSTOM LOCAL AREA SIGNALING SERVICE Cont d 2 Description of Features Cont d 4 Deluxe Caller ID Service Deluxe Caller ID Service is an enhancement of the Caller ID Service This service will allow the subscriber to see the telephone number and name of the caller All terms and conditions for the Caller ID Service and Deluxe Caller ID Service are exactly the same The only difference will be that the Caller ID Service will allow the subscriber to see only the telephone number of the caller while the Deluxe Caller ID Service will allow the subscriber to see both the caller name and telephone number Caller ID and Deluxe Caller ID Service Per Call Blocking Per Call Blocking is automatically available to all customers served by the Company This blocking option allo
86. the charges listed in A above will apply and the charges in C above apply unless a similar charge is made by the company in whose territory the subscriber is located C Indicates Change Issued October 15 1982 Effective December 15 1982 Supplement No 26 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 5 Second Revised Sheet 1 Canceling First Revised Sheet 1 CONSTRUCTION AND ATTACHMENT CHARGES GENERAL The rates otherwise provided for in this tariff are based on furnishing service immediately adjacent to existing lines and facilities of the Telephone Company and on the use of lines and facilities engineered and constructed according to common and accepted practices When service is desired at points somewhat removed from existing lines and facilities or when abnormal and unusual arrangements and installations are desired such service and installations are subject to additional charges as prescribed hereunder CONSTRUCTION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY 1 C In all cases of plant construction on private property where the type of construction is selected by the Telephone Company the Telephone Company will construct own and maintain its facilities either wholly or jointly with an electric utility subject to a construction charge based on route measurement as follows First 500 feet of construction no charge Additional construction beyond 500 feet Actual cost Where the customer requests or a
87. tions to the trunk at the branch exchange switchboard are restricted to the stations connected with and in the immediate vicinity of the branch exchange switchboard Inter Company Foreign Exchange Service This service will be provided only where the subscriber agrees to remain a subscriber of this company and to limit the use of the foreign exchange service to calls within the local service area of that foreign exchange This company will rent a terminal in the foreign exchange and provide it to the subscriber at the one party trunk rate at the foreign exchange In addition the following monthly charges apply 1 Within the territory of this company a mileage charge of 50 per 1 10 mile for each circuit measured airline from the rate center of normal exchange to the boundary line of the adjoining company 2 Outside the territory of this company such mileage charges as are provided by tariffs of other participating companies 3 A supplemental charge of 2 00 for each 01 multiple of the dialed C day station to station initial period message toll rate between the normal exchange and the foreign exchange Such charge does not apply if the local and foreign exchanges are in the same local service area 4 Special repeaters where required for satisfactory transmission will be provided at 15 00 per month each When foreign exchange service is requested by a subscriber of another company to an exchange of this company
88. titutional purposes If either the main station or any extension connected therewith is located in a place where business rates are applicable business rates apply to the main station and to all extensions therefrom Residence rates apply in private residences where the service is used primarily or dominantly for social or domestic purposes USE OF SERVICI LE Unless otherwise indicated in this tariff the use of business service is restricted to the subscriber his agents and representatives and the use of residence service is restricted to the subscriber and members of his household C Indicates Change Issued January 25 1988 Effective March 26 1988 Supplement No 129 Telephone Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 1 First Revised Sheet 2A Cancels Original Sheet 2A GENERAL REGULATIONS C continued USE OF SERVICE cont d The subscriber shall not use the service or permit others to use it in such manner as to interfere with the service of other subscribers Unless otherwise provided in this tariff service shall in no case be resold CONTRACTS FOR SERVICE The Telephone Company reserves the right to require applications for service to be made in writing on forms supplied by it Upon acceptance of an application for service all applicable provisions of the Telephone Company s tariffs lawfully on file become the contract between the Tele
89. to building lots which are not to be sold as utility ready lots Subdivision A tract of land divided by a subdivider into five or more adjoining unoccupied lots for the construction of single family residences detached or otherwise or apartment houses all of which are intended for year round occupancy if telephone service to the lots necessitates extending the utility s existing distribution lines C Indicates Change Issued July 16 1984 Effective June 30 1984 Ven UND us Telephon Supplement No Corporation CONSTRUCTION 33 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Section 5 First Revised Sheet 4 Canceling Original Sheet 4 AND ATTACHMENT CHARG E S ERGROUND S ERVICE G IN R ES ID ENTIAL DEV ELOPMENTS cont d Distribution and servic an application for telephon underground be owned and maintained by the utility formed by the applicant for telephon applicant may authorize utility or by another agent the utility may authorize per be excavation occasioned by anyone other than its own employees or agent lines except pedestals installed as the result of shall con breakage o service within a development shall be installed form to the utility s construction standards and shall Excavating and backfilling shall be service or by another agent the All other installation shall be perfor
90. to originate and receive calls without affecting the Repeat Dial request The activation of this feature can be canceled by the customer when desired by dialing the deactivation code Customers can either pay per use so that a separate charge applies to each activation of this service or subscribe to the service and incur a monthly charge for unlimited use When the customer pays per use the usage charge applies each time the service is activated whether or not the called party answers Return Call Return Call is an incoming call management feature which will enable a subscriber to have a call set up performed automatically to the calling party of the last incoming call This will apply whether the incoming call was answered unanswered or encountered a busy tone This feature is available with level two activation only At level two the subscriber can receive an announcement stating the Directory Number of the last incoming call before Issued November 25 1996 Effective January 27 1997 Venus Telephone Corporation Supplement No 90 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Section 6 Original Sheet 14 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT CUSTOM LOCAL AREA SIGNALING SERVICE Cont d 2 Description of Features Cont d 2 Return Call Cont d the call set up is completed This will allow the subscriber to decide 1f he she wishes to proceed with the call or to drop the request Calls returned outside the local calling area are s
91. ubject to toll charges Customers can either pay per use so that a separate charge applies to each activation of this service or subscribe to the service and incur a monthly charge for unlimited use When customers pay per use the usage charge applies each time the service is activated whether or not the called party answers Caller ID Service Caller ID Service is an optional feature which allows a subscriber to see the telephone number of an incoming call displayed on the customer provided display unit The telephone number of an incoming call will display between the first and second rings Caller ID Service works only on calls which originate from and terminate in central offices that are equipped to provide this service or between central offices that are equipped and have SS7 connnectivity Caller ID Service is available to customers on a per month basis only which provides unlimited use of the service As facilities permit Caller ID Service will be provided to the following customers Residence and Business One Party Service PBX Trunks and Centrex Service For calls originating from a line within a PBX Multi line hunting group only the main telephone number will be delivered The telephone numbers that will be displayed on Caller ID subscriber s display unit include listed non listed and non published telephone numbers The telephone numbers that will not be displayed to the Caller ID subscriber Issued November 25 1996 E
92. vices selected in the inverse order of their TSP priority level assignment When such preemption is necessary the Company will make every reasonable effort to notify the preempted customer of the action to be taken The Company is not authorized to provide priority treatment to provision SP services to customers that have no provisioning priority Issued April 13 1994 Effective April 14 1994 Supplement No 77 Telephon PA P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 1 Original Sheet 11 GENERAL REGULATIONS cont d TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY cont d 4 RUL ES AND REGULATIONS Cont d ae RATI The Company may verify provisioning priority assignments with the TSP Program Office However the Company may not delay provisioning of an Emergency TSP service for verification purposes In obtaining TSP the customer authorizes the Company to provide certain customer record information to the TSP Program Office to maintain and administer the TSP System This customer information will include only the customer s name TSP authorization code Company Circuit ID customer telephone number and customer mailing address In the event that the Company must utilize additional labor outside of normal business hours in the provisioning or restoration of a qualifying TSP service additional labor charges may apply Such charges will be based on cost and billed to t
93. ws the calling party to block the passage of their telephone number and name on outgoing calls To activate Per Call Blocking a special code is dialed prior to placing each call When this blocking feature is activated by the calling party and they place a Call to a Caller ID or Deluxe Caller ID subscriber the subscriber s display unit will indicate that the incoming call has been blocked There is no charge to activate Per Call Blocking and the service is provided on an unlimited basis Caller ID Per Call Blocking does not prevent the delivery of telephone numbers to 911 emergency service providers The Pay Telephones in the Company serving area will only be C equipped with the Caller ID Per Call Blocking option Instructions on how to use blocking will be provided at each public telephone location C Indicates Change Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Venus Telephone Corporation Supplement No 90 Telephone PA P U C No 1 Section 6 Original Sheet 17 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT CUSTOM LOCAL AREA SIGNALING SERVICE Cont d 2 Description of Features Cont d 6 Caller ID and Deluxe Caller ID Service Per Line Blocking The calling party may prevent the display of their telephone number and name on a permanent basis by subscribing to Per Line Blocking This blocking option automatically prevents the display of the calling number and name for all calls placed from that line to a Caller I
94. y the subscriber to disconti F LIABILITY OF TELEPHONE COMPANY In event interruptions omissions defects errors transmission occur in the course of furnishing serv facilities and are not caused by negligence of the of the Telephone Company for damages arising theref otherwise provided in Section 1 Sheet 8 of this tar equivalent the proportionate charge to the subscrib which such interruption omission defect error m transmission occurs Where a local message guarant portion of the guarantee for the period of suspensi liability shall in any case attach to the Telephone C Indicates Change n of the statement service for non payment of rules and regulations of any spend without notice ndoned and to demand f suspension provided it nue service prior thereto mistakes or delays in ice lines and other subscriber the liability rom shall not except as iff exceed an amount er for the period during istake or delay in ee applies a pro rata on is allowed No other Company Issued March 18 1997 Effective April 15 1997 Telephone Pa P U C No 1 Venus Telephone Corporation Section 1 Original Sheet 5 GENERAL REGULATIONS C continued CANCELLATION FOR CAUSE Service is furnished subject to the condition that it will not be used for an unlawful purpose Service will not be furnished if any law enforcement agency acting within its jurisdiction

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