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Zito Mifflin County, LLC
Regulations and Schedule of Charges
For Business and Residential Customers
This Tariff contains the descriptions, regulations, and rates applicable to the provision of Voice Service by Zito Mifflin County, LLC (“the Company”) in its Designated Service Area within the state of Pennsylvania. This Tariff has been filed with the Pennsylvania Public Utility
Commission, and a copy may be inspected at the Carrier’s principal place of business during normal business hours.
The Company will mirror the exchange area boundaries as stated in the tariff of Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. Telephone – PA P.U.C. No. 180A.
The Company’s Tariff is in concurrence with all applicable State and Federal Laws (including, but not limited to, 52 Pa. Code, 66 Pa. C.S. and the Telecommunications Act of 1934, as amended), and with the Commission’s applicable Rules and Regulations and Orders. Any provisions contained in this Tariff that are inconsistent with the foregoing mentioned will be deemed inoperative and superseded.
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Original sheets as named below comprise the original Tariff and are currently in effect as of the date on the bottom of the check sheet.
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TITLE PAGE…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. TITLE
LIST OF MODIFICATIONS……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2
CHECK SHEET……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4
TARIFF FORMAT………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
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ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER AND VOIP PROVIDER TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont’d)
4.5 INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT BASED PRICING………………………………………………………………………… 36
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2.1
2.1.A.1.(a).
2.1.A.1.(a).I.
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This Tariff applies to the furnishing of Voice Service, defined herein, by Zito Mifflin County, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”).
Services, features, and functions will be provided where facilities, including but not limited to billing and technical capabilities, are available.
The provision of Voice Service is subject to existing regulations and terms and conditions specified in this Tariff, and may be revised, added to, or supplemented by superseding issues.
In addition to the regulations and charges herein, this Tariff is subject to specific regulations as set forth in the Pennsylvania Code Title 52 Public Utilities, and other regulations as may be prescribed by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
This Tariff is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Pennsylvania.
Should any provision of this Tariff be held by a court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Tariff will remain in full force and effect.
Revisions to this Tariff are coded through the use of symbols. These symbols appear in the right hand margin of the page. The following tariff revision symbols are used for the purposes indicated below.
(I) – To signify increased rate
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Access Line – An arrangement that connects the Customer’s location to the Company’s designated point of presence or network switching center.
Account – The Customer who has agreed, verbally or by signature, to honor the terms of service established by the Company. An account may have more than one access line billed to the same Customer address.
Authorized User – A person, firm or corporation, or any other entity authorized by the Customer to communicate utilizing the Company’s services.
Business Service –Telephone Service to be used primarily for other than family, household or personal purposes.
Company – Whenever used in this Tariff, “Company” refers to Zito Mifflin County, LLC, unless otherwise specified.
Customer – The person or legal entity that subscribes to service under this Tariff and is responsible for payment of tariffed charges for services furnished to the Customer.
Customer Premises – The Customer premises is all space in the same building occupied by a Customer, and all space occupied by the same Customer in different buildings on contiguous property.
Designated Service Area – The Census Blocks within the State of Pennsylvania where the Commission has designated the Company as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, as set forth in Petition of Zito Mifflin County, LLC for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Pursuant to Section 214(e)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, Docket No. P-2021-3023622, Order (entered September 15, 2021), Appendix A
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Eligible Telecommunications Carrier – A carrier designated for purposes of receiving support from the High Cost and/or Low Income programs of the federal Universal Service Fund.
FCC – The Federal Communications Commission.
Federal Lifeline Program – A government assistance program that is intended to increase the availability of telecommunications and broadband services to low-income customers by providing a credit to monthly recurring service charges for qualifying customers.
“Public Utility Commission” or “Commission” – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
Residential Service – Service intended solely for the subscriber’s residence, or home, and not for commercial purposes.
Telecommunications Service(s) –The offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used.
Telephone Service – For purposes of the Tariff, the Company’s intrastate Voice Service.
Voice Service – A retail service offering established by this Tariff, consisting of the Company’s intrastate Voice over Internet Protocol-enabled Voice Telephony Service, offered on a common carrier basis.
Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) – The administrator of the Federal Universal Fund, including the Lifeline Program.
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The Company undertakes to provide the services offered in this Tariff on the terms and conditions and at the rates and charges specified herein.
The Company’s services and facilities are provided on a monthly basis unless otherwise indicated, and are available 24 hours per day, seven days per week. A month is considered to have 30 days for the purpose of computing charges in this Tariff.
Services, features and functions will be provided where facilities, including but not limited to fiber lines, billing and technical capabilities, are available without unreasonable expense to the Company.
The Company may contract with third parties to provide interconnection, call routing, traffic exchange, member porting and other activities needed to provide the services offered in this Tariff (“Service Vendors”).
Customers may be required to enter into written service orders that shall contain or reference a specific description of the service ordered, the rates to be charged, the duration of the services, and the terms and conditions in this Tariff. The “Voice Telephony Service Agreement” is located online on the Company’s website at https://www.zitomedia.net. The Customer may also be required to execute any other documents as may reasonably be requested by the Company in connection with the provisioning of Voice Service.
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2.1.4. PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES (cont’d)
A Customer may transmit or receive information or signals via the facilities of the Company by use of Customer-provided equipment.
Customer-provided terminal equipment on the Customer premises, and the electric power consumed by such equipment, shall be provided by and maintained at the expense of the Customer. Additionally, the electric power consumed by Company-provided equipment shall be at the expense of the Customer.
The Customer is responsible for ensuring that Customer-provided equipment connected to Company equipment and facilities is compatible with Company equipment and facilities.
Customer-provided equipment must not cause damage to the Company-provided equipment and wiring or injury to the Company’s employees or other persons. If the Company, in its sole discretion, reasonably determines that additional protective equipment is required to prevent such damage or injury, it shall be provided at the Customer’s expense.
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2.1. UNDERTAKING OF THE COMPANY (cont’d)
Upon reasonable notification to the Customer, and at a reasonable time, the Company may make such tests and inspections as may be necessary to determine that the Customer is complying with the requirements specified in this Tariff.
If the Customer fails to comply with the protective requirements described in A., above, the Company may take such action as it deems necessary to protect its facilities, equipment and personnel. The Company may, immediately and without notice, deny service when the Customer (a) subjects Company or non-Company personnel to hazardous conditions; (b) circumvents the Company’s ability to charge for its services, prevent and protect against fraud; or (c) acts in a way that may cause immediate harm to the local network or other Company services.
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2.1. UNDERTAKING OF THE COMPANY (cont’d)
Service is furnished subject to the condition that there will be no abuse or fraudulent use of the service. The Company may, in accordance with Section 2.4 following, discontinue, suspend, or refuse to furnish any and/or all service(s) without incurring any liability if the Company deems that such action is necessary to prevent or to protect against abuse or fraud or to otherwise protect its personnel, agents, facilities, assets or services.
Except for willful misconduct, the discontinuance or suspension of service by the Company does not relieve the Customer of any obligation to pay the Company for charges due and owed for service furnished up to the time of discontinuance or suspension.
The abuse of service is prohibited. The following activities constitute abuse:
The fraudulent use of, or the intended or attempted fraudulent use of, the service is prohibited. The following activities constitute fraudulent use:
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2.1.6. ABUSE AND FRAUDULENT USE (cont’d)
Services under this Tariff only are available to customers of the Company.
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2 .2.1 . SERVICE LIABILITY (cont’d)
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The Company shall have the right to make necessary repairs or changes in its facilities at any time and will have the right to suspend or interrupt service temporarily for the purpose of making the necessary repairs or changes in its system. When such suspension or interruption of service for any appreciable period is necessary, the Company will give the Customers who may be affected reasonable notice thereof as circumstances permit, and will perform the work with reasonable diligence and, if practicable, at times that will cause the Customer the least inconvenience. When the Company is repairing or changing its facilities, it shall take appropriate precautions to avoid unnecessary interruptions of communications or Customer’s service.
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2 .2. LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY (cont’d)
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2 .2. LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY (cont’d)
With respect to any other claim or suit by a Customer or any other party for damages caused by, or associated with, any unauthorized computer intrusion, including but not limited to the input of damaging information such as a virus, time bomb, any unauthorized access, interference, alteration, destruction, theft of, or tampering with, a Company computer, switch, data, database, software, information, network or other similar system, the Company’s liability, if any, shall not exceed an amount equal to the proportionate charge by the Company for the service for the period during which the service provided by the Company was affected or so utilized. Each Customer shall be responsible for providing appropriate security measures to protect the subscriber’s computer, data, or telecommunications network.
The Company shall not be held liable for any damage, harm or loss of data caused by the Customer using the Company’s facilities for the transmission of data. The Company’s liability shall be limited to errors or damages to the transmission of voice messages over these facilities, and the liability shall be limited to an amount equal to the proportionate amount of the Company’s billing for the period of service during which the errors or damages occur.
The Company shall not be held liable or responsible for any damage or harm that may occur as the result of unauthorized devices or the failure of the Company to detect unauthorized devices on the subscriber’s line.
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Payment for servicer is due no later than the tenth (10th) day of the month.
The Customer is responsible for payment of all charges for equipment or facilities and services furnished by the Company to the Customer. Any partial payments for current bills that are insufficient to pay the total amount due for the current bill, when there is no past due balance, will first be applied to the Customer’s charges for Basic Voice Service.
The Company will establish a monthly billing date for each Customer account and shall bill all charges incurred by and credits due to the Customer under this Tariff. Recurring charges are billed for the current month(s) in which service is provided, except where prohibited by law. Usage sensitive charges will be billed for the preceding billing period.
When the Customer’s service does not begin on the first day of the billing cycle or end on the last day of the billing cycle, the charge for the fraction of the billing cycle in which service was furnished will be calculated on a pro rata basis or a bill credit may be applied for the fraction of the billing cycle in which service was not furnished.
The Company complies with the requirements of 52 Pa. Code Chapter 64 regarding billing standards and practices for residential customers. If sections of this Tariff conflict with Chapter 64 regulations, the regulations in Chapter 64 will prevail.
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The Customer is responsible for notifying the Company of any charges in dispute and the specific basis of such dispute orally or in writing before actual suspension or termination of service. Failure to dispute a charge within a 30-day period shall constitute an irrevocable waiver of the Customer’s right to dispute the charge, unless otherwise provided by law. All charges not in dispute shall be paid by the Customer by the payment due date.
Upon notification of a dispute, the Company shall undertake an investigation of the disputed charges. The parties shall attempt to resolve the dispute in good faith for a period of 30 days from the notice. Suspension or termination is prohibited until the resolution of the dispute.
At the conclusion of the investigation, the Company shall notify the customer of any amount determined by the Company to be correctly charged, and such amount shall become immediately due and owing. Amounts determined by the Company to be correctly charged shall also be subject to the late payment charge specified in this Tariff.
In the case of unresolved disputes, the Customer may contact the Bureau of Consumer Services at the following address:
The Bureau of Consumer Services Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission 400 North Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Telephone No: 1-800-692-7380
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The Company may require a Customer to make an advance payment before services and facilities are furnished in the following cases: 1) the construction of facilities and furnishing of special equipment, or
2) temporary service for short-term use pursuant to 52 Pa Code §§64.15, 64.17. The advance payment will not exceed an amount equal to the nonrecurring charge(s) and one month’s charges for the service or facility. In addition, where special construction is involved, the advance payment may also include an amount equal to the estimated nonrecurring charges for the special construction. The advance payment will be credited to the Customer’s initial bill. An advance payment may be required in addition to a deposit.
Deposits may be required from Customers whose credit history is unacceptable or unavailable. Deposits will be collected and returned in accordance with Commission regulations at 52 Pa. Code §§64.31-64.41, and 52 Pa. Code § 53.82(4). Interest on deposits shall be paid annually at a rate of 6.0% without deduction for any taxes on such deposits, or, at the option of the Company or Customer, shall be applied to the Customer’s bill. Deposits are to be returned to the depositor when the depositor pays undisputed bills for service over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months.
The fact that a deposit may have been made in no way relieves the Customer or subscriber from complying with the 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 Company for service rendered.
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Where payment of any billed amount is not received by the due date, the unpaid balance carried forward to the next month’s bill may be subject to a late payment charge in the amount of 1.25% of the unpaid balance for Customers. This charge may not be applied to previous late payment charges in accordance with 52 Pa. Code § 64.16.
Late payments for residential Customers are subject to the requirements of 52 Pa. Code § 64.12 and will not be assessed where the date of the postmark is on or before the due date. The due date for payments shall be at least 20 days from the date of the customer invoice. Late payment charges do not apply to the disputed amounts portion of unpaid balances, if resolved in favor of the Customer. The disputed portion of unpaid balances, if resolved in favor of the Company, may be subject to the late payment charge as of the original due date noted on the Customer’s bill. Undisputed amounts of the same bill may be subject to the late payment charge if they remain unpaid by the due date on the Customer’s bill.
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Except for promotional offerings requiring a specified service commitment, the Customer who wishes to have service discontinued must give oral or written notice to the Company at least ten (10) days prior to the end of the monthly term for service. Upon such termination the Customer shall be responsible for the payment of all charges due. This includes all charges due for the period service has been rendered plus any unexpired portion of an initial service period or applicable termination charges, or both.
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2 .4. CANCELLATION AND DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE (cont’d)
$25.00 processing fee and all other applicable fees and charges.
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2 .4. CANCELLATION AND DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE (cont’d)
A reconnection fee per occurrence may be charged when service is reestablished for a Customer or former subscriber who has been suspended for non-payment, and is payable at the time that the restoration of suspended service and facilities is arranged. If a Customer premises visit is required, an additional fee may be charged.
Any assessments, franchise fees, privilege, license, occupation, excise, or other similar fees or taxes, whether in a lump sum or at a flat rate, or based on receipts, or based on poles, wire or other utility property units, imposed upon the Company by any governmental authority shall be added pro rata, insofar as practical, to the rates and charges stated in the Company’s standard schedules, in amounts which in the aggregate for the Company’s Customers of any political entity shall be equal to the amount of any such fee or tax upon the Company. The Company shall, so long as any such tax or fee is in effect, add to the bills of the Customers in such political entity pro rata on the basis of the revenue derived by the Company from each such Customer, an amount sufficient to recover any such tax or fee, and may list this amount separately on the bill.
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All notices or other communications required to be given pursuant to this Tariff will be in writing, except where notice is provided in this Tariff. Notices and other communications of either party, and all bills mailed by the Company, shall be presumed to have been delivered to the other party on the third business day following placement of the notice, communication, or bill with the U.S. Mail or a private delivery service, postage prepaid and properly addressed, or when actually received or refused by the addressee, whichever occurs first.
The Company or the Customer shall advise the other party of any changes to the addresses designated for notices, other communications, or billing.
Subject to the agreement of the Company and to all of the regulations contained in this Tariff, special construction of facilities may be undertaken on a reasonable effort basis at the request of the Customer. Special construction includes, but is not limited to, construction undertaken:
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The Company will provide Voice Service in the specific Census Blocks where it has received Eligible Telecommunications Designation, its Designated Service Area. These Census Blocks lie within the following Local Exchanges of the identified carriers:
| Incumbent Carrier | Originating Exchange | Local Calling Area |
| Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc | McVeytown, PA | McVeytown, PA & Lewistown
(Mifflin), PA |
The Company offers unlimited calling for Voice Service anywhere in the United States for a set monthly price. Customer may call anywhere in the United States with unlimited frequency and duration. The Company does not differentiate in how it bills for calls within a local exchange and calls that go outside of a local exchange.
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Facilities, including fiber optic wire and other outside plant facilities, from the Company’s edge router to the ONT, to which Customer-provided station telephone equipment can be connected.
Includes local exchange service with network access, push button dialing capability, fiber drop wire to ONT, and necessary Service Vendor arrangements to maintain and operate subscriber Service features. Caller ID, call waiting, 3-way calling, call forwarding, and voice mail are provided at no additional charge.
The monthly rates shown in this tariff do not include any terminal equipment telephones, ringers, couplers, or inside wiring.
The Voice Service Installation Charge is a non-recurring, one-time charge for activating Voice Service, whether purchased on a stand-alone basis or in conjunction with broadband internet access service.
This charge covers the service order costs in addition to the labor costs associated with activating Voice Service. This charge includes, but is not limited to, making or changing connections with Service Vendors or in distribution facilities, necessary cross connections and line transfers, and switch programming.
The Voice Service Connection Charge applies for each line connected.
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4 . SERVICE COMPONENTS AND PRODUCTS
Battery Backup For ONT – Customers have the option of purchasing either an 8-hour or a 24- hour UPS from a local or national retailer to provide back up power to the ONT and associated customer provided phone equipment (ex: cordless phones).
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*All monthly rates are per line. Plans and individual features are subject to Company’s technical ability to provide a plan or feature in a given area. Customer should contact Company for availability. Voice calls are unlimited.
The rates set forth in this Tariff do not include any amounts resulting from taxes, fees, or exactions imposed by or for the United States government, State of Pennsylvania, any municipal corporation, or other political subdivision or agency of the State government against the Company, its customers, or its property or operations.
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4 . SERVICE COMPONENTS AND PRODUCTS
The Reconnection Fee (if customer is disconnected for non-payment, and then pays the outstanding balance) is $29.95
In cases where customers desire a special type of service for which provision is not otherwise made, a monthly rate and charge is quoted based on the actual cost of furnishing such service, when in the judgment of the Company, there is no reason for refusing to render the special service desired.
Customized service packages and competitive pricing arrangements at negotiated rates may be furnished on a case-by-case basis in response to requests by customers for proposals or competitive bids. Service offered under this Tariff provision will be provided to customers pursuant to contract. Unless otherwise specified, the rates, terms, and conditions for such arrangements are in addition to the applicable regulations and prices in other sections of the Tariff. Specialized rates or charges will be made available to similarly situated customers on a non-discriminatory basis.
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Host Telephone Company: The service provider, which is also the telecommunications public utility that provides 9-1-1 service to the count (”MSAG”) data used for providing 9-1-1 service.
MSAG 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:
MSAG 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.
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.”
Company system: Reference to a service provider’s own facilities-based network or, if operating as a non-facilities-based competitive local exchange carrier, the facilities contracted by the Company for provision of service.
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4.6. 9-1-1 SERVICE (cont’d)
The Service Access Code 9-1-1 allows the Customer to reach the appropriate emergency services including police, fire and medical services. Enhanced 9-1-1 has the ability to selectively route an emergency call to the primary 9-1-1 provider so that it reaches the correct emergency service located closest to the caller. In addition, the Customer’s address and telephone information will be displayed to the primary 9-1-1 provider for display at the Public Safety Answering Point (“PSAP”).
Pursuant to the Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act (Act 78 of 1990), as amended, the Company collects a fee of $1.65 per line per month from its Customers on behalf of the counties in its operating area to support the 9-1-1 system. The contribution rate may be used by counties for the expenses of implementing, expanding or upgrading a 911 system.
Parties dialing 9-1-1 waive the privacy afforded by non-listed and non-published service to the extent that the telephone number, names, and address associated with the originating station location are furnished to the PSAP.
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4.6. 9-1-1 SERVICE (cont’d)
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4.6. 9-1-1 SERVICE (cont’d)
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4 . SERVICE COMPONENTS AND PRODUCTS
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The Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) is a relay telecommunications service for the deaf, hearing and/or speech-disabled population of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The PA TRS is mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to provide functionally equivalent telephone services that are available to other U.S. citizens, at no additional cost. The PA TRS includes both traditional relay (devices such as Teletypewriters (TTY) and Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf (TDD)) and captioned-telephone voice-carry-over relay services (captioned telephone). These relay services permit telephone communications between individuals with hearing and/or speech disabilities, who must use a TTY, TDD or captioned telephone, with individuals having normal hearing and
speech. Additionally, 711 abbreviated dialing is available to access the PA TRS. The Company’s switching equipment is arranged to translate the “711” calls to the assigned toll-free number, (888) 895-1197, in order to route calls to the Telecommunications Relay Service Provider, in accordance with Commission’s Order entered on February 4, 2000 at Docket No. M-00900239.
In addition to the charges provided in this Tariff, 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 a funding vehicle for the operation of the Pennsylvania Telecommunications Relay Service. The Commission shall compute the Pennsylvania Relay Service Surcharge each year and notify carriers of the surcharge amount to be applied for the twelve-month period commencing August 1, 2022.
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.
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The Company may offer service to test and evaluate service capabilities, implementation procedures, technical processes, etc., or for market research including rate experimentation purposes. Such trials will be for a limited duration. The Company will file Tariff pages for each market trial.
From time to time, the Company will introduce promotional offerings. The Company may offer services at a reduced rate, free of charge, or offer incentives including gift certificates and coupons for promotional, market research or rate experimentation purposes. Such offerings will be for a limited duration.
Each promotional offering will have a duration no longer than six months and will not be offered more than once in any consecutive twelve-month period.
Any Customer will be allowed to participate in a promotional offering upon request, provided the Company has the necessary facilities and billing capabilities to permit such participation.
Promotional offerings will be filed with the Commission pursuant to 52 Pa. Code § 53.58.
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Lifeline Service is a Residential offering for low-income Customers who qualify for this service in accordance with the following Terms. Lifeline Service is available only to qualified low-income customers with a billing address located in the Designated Service Area set forth in Section 4, above.
Lifeline Service is a non-transferable retail service offering for which qualifying residential low-income subscribers pay reduced charges, as provided in Section 6.1.3, below. Lifeline Assistance enables eligible participating subscribers to pay reduced charges for the Voice Service available under this Tariff when purchased on a stand-alone basis.
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6 .1. L IFELINE SERVICE (cont’d)
The Company will confirm the Lifeline Customer’s eligibility through the National Verifier in accordance with the procedures and requirements established by the Universal Service Administrative Co. and the FCC. Failure of Customer to respond to the National Verifier’s requests may result in denial of certification or recertification.
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6 .1. L IFELINE SERVICE (cont’d)
6 .1.2 . REGULATIONS (cont’d)
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6 .1. L IFELINE SERVICE (cont’d)
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Colin Higgin, Vice President of Zito Mifflin County, LLC, do hereby certify that I have served the following parties by electronic mail delivery with Zito Mifflin County, LLC’s Tariff Telephone – Pa. P.U.C. No. 1:
Suzan D. Paiva
Assistant General Counsel Verizon
900 Race Street, 6th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 Suzan.d.paiva@verizon.com
John R. Evans
Small Business Advocate
Pennsylvania Office of Small Business Advocate 555 Walnut St., 1st Floor
Harrisonburg, PA 17101 jorevans@pa.gov
Tanya McCloskey
Acting Consumer Advocate
Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate 555 Walnut St., 5th Floor
Harrisonburg, PA 17101 tmccloskey@paoca.org
Barrett Sheridan
Assistant Consumer Advocate Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate 555 Walnut St., 5th Floor
Harrisonburg, PA 17101 bsheridan@paoca.org
and that I have thereby complied with the service requirements of the Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission.
This, the 6th day of October, 2021.
Colin Higgin Vice President
Zito Mifflin County, LLC 102 South Main Street Coudersport, PA 16915
Phone: (814) 260-9588
E-mail: colin.higgin@zitomedia.com