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SECTION 44-18.1-16

   § 44-18.1-16  Telecommunication sourcingdefinitions. – For the purpose of §§ 44-18.1-15 and 44-18-7, the followingdefinitions apply:

   (A) "Air-to-Ground Radiotelephone service" means a radioservice, as that term is defined in 47 CFR 22.99, in which common carriers areauthorized to offer and provide radio telecommunications service for hire tosubscribers in aircraft.

   (B) "Call-by-call Basis" means any method of charging fortelecommunications services where the price is measured by individual calls.

   (C) "Communications Channel" means a physical or virtual pathof communications over which signals are transmitted between or among customerchannel termination points.

   (D) "Customer" means the person or entity that contracts withthe seller of telecommunications services. If the end user oftelecommunications services is not the contracting party, the end user of thetelecommunications service is the customer of the telecommunication service,but this sentence only applies for the purpose of sourcing sales oftelecommunications services under § 44-18.1-15. "Customer" does notinclude a reseller of telecommunications service or for mobiletelecommunications service of a serving carrier under an agreement to serve thecustomer outside the home service provider's licensed service area.

   (E) "Customer Channel Termination Point" means the locationwhere the customer either inputs or receives the communications.

   (F) "End user" means the person who utilizes thetelecommunication service. In the case of an entity, "end user" means theindividual who utilizes the service on behalf of the entity.

   (G) "Home service provider" means the same as that term isdefined in Section 124(5) of Public Law 106-252 (Mobile TelecommunicationsSourcing Act).

   (H) "Mobile telecommunications service" means the same asthat term is defined in Section 124(7) of Public Law 106-252 (MobileTelecommunications Sourcing Act).

   (I) "Place of primary use" means the street addressrepresentative of where the customer's use of the telecommunications serviceprimarily occurs, which must be the residential street address or the primarybusiness street address of the customer. In the case of mobiletelecommunications services, "place of primary use" must be within the licensedservice area of the home service provider.

   (J) "Post-paid calling service" means the telecommunicationsservice obtained by making a payment on a call-by-call basis either through theuse of a credit card or payment mechanism such as a bank card, travel card,credit card, or debit card, or by charge made to a telephone number which isnot associated with the origination or termination of the telecommunicationsservice. A post-paid calling service includes a telecommunications service,except a prepaid wireless calling service, that would be a prepaid callingservice except it is not exclusively a telecommunication service.

   (K) "Service address" means:

   (1) The location of the telecommunications equipment to whicha customer's call is charged and from which the call originates or terminates,regardless of where the call is billed or paid.

   (2) If the location in subsection (K)(1) is not known,service address means the origination point of the signal of thetelecommunications services first identified by either the seller'stelecommunications system or in information received by the seller from itsservice provider, where the system used to transport such signals is not thatof the seller.

   (3) If the location in subsection (K)(1) and subsection(K)(2) are not known, the service address means the location of the customer'splace of primary use.

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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-44 > Chapter-44-18-1 > 44-18-1-16

SECTION 44-18.1-16

   § 44-18.1-16  Telecommunication sourcingdefinitions. – For the purpose of §§ 44-18.1-15 and 44-18-7, the followingdefinitions apply:

   (A) "Air-to-Ground Radiotelephone service" means a radioservice, as that term is defined in 47 CFR 22.99, in which common carriers areauthorized to offer and provide radio telecommunications service for hire tosubscribers in aircraft.

   (B) "Call-by-call Basis" means any method of charging fortelecommunications services where the price is measured by individual calls.

   (C) "Communications Channel" means a physical or virtual pathof communications over which signals are transmitted between or among customerchannel termination points.

   (D) "Customer" means the person or entity that contracts withthe seller of telecommunications services. If the end user oftelecommunications services is not the contracting party, the end user of thetelecommunications service is the customer of the telecommunication service,but this sentence only applies for the purpose of sourcing sales oftelecommunications services under § 44-18.1-15. "Customer" does notinclude a reseller of telecommunications service or for mobiletelecommunications service of a serving carrier under an agreement to serve thecustomer outside the home service provider's licensed service area.

   (E) "Customer Channel Termination Point" means the locationwhere the customer either inputs or receives the communications.

   (F) "End user" means the person who utilizes thetelecommunication service. In the case of an entity, "end user" means theindividual who utilizes the service on behalf of the entity.

   (G) "Home service provider" means the same as that term isdefined in Section 124(5) of Public Law 106-252 (Mobile TelecommunicationsSourcing Act).

   (H) "Mobile telecommunications service" means the same asthat term is defined in Section 124(7) of Public Law 106-252 (MobileTelecommunications Sourcing Act).

   (I) "Place of primary use" means the street addressrepresentative of where the customer's use of the telecommunications serviceprimarily occurs, which must be the residential street address or the primarybusiness street address of the customer. In the case of mobiletelecommunications services, "place of primary use" must be within the licensedservice area of the home service provider.

   (J) "Post-paid calling service" means the telecommunicationsservice obtained by making a payment on a call-by-call basis either through theuse of a credit card or payment mechanism such as a bank card, travel card,credit card, or debit card, or by charge made to a telephone number which isnot associated with the origination or termination of the telecommunicationsservice. A post-paid calling service includes a telecommunications service,except a prepaid wireless calling service, that would be a prepaid callingservice except it is not exclusively a telecommunication service.

   (K) "Service address" means:

   (1) The location of the telecommunications equipment to whicha customer's call is charged and from which the call originates or terminates,regardless of where the call is billed or paid.

   (2) If the location in subsection (K)(1) is not known,service address means the origination point of the signal of thetelecommunications services first identified by either the seller'stelecommunications system or in information received by the seller from itsservice provider, where the system used to transport such signals is not thatof the seller.

   (3) If the location in subsection (K)(1) and subsection(K)(2) are not known, the service address means the location of the customer'splace of primary use.


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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-44 > Chapter-44-18-1 > 44-18-1-16

SECTION 44-18.1-16

   § 44-18.1-16  Telecommunication sourcingdefinitions. – For the purpose of §§ 44-18.1-15 and 44-18-7, the followingdefinitions apply:

   (A) "Air-to-Ground Radiotelephone service" means a radioservice, as that term is defined in 47 CFR 22.99, in which common carriers areauthorized to offer and provide radio telecommunications service for hire tosubscribers in aircraft.

   (B) "Call-by-call Basis" means any method of charging fortelecommunications services where the price is measured by individual calls.

   (C) "Communications Channel" means a physical or virtual pathof communications over which signals are transmitted between or among customerchannel termination points.

   (D) "Customer" means the person or entity that contracts withthe seller of telecommunications services. If the end user oftelecommunications services is not the contracting party, the end user of thetelecommunications service is the customer of the telecommunication service,but this sentence only applies for the purpose of sourcing sales oftelecommunications services under § 44-18.1-15. "Customer" does notinclude a reseller of telecommunications service or for mobiletelecommunications service of a serving carrier under an agreement to serve thecustomer outside the home service provider's licensed service area.

   (E) "Customer Channel Termination Point" means the locationwhere the customer either inputs or receives the communications.

   (F) "End user" means the person who utilizes thetelecommunication service. In the case of an entity, "end user" means theindividual who utilizes the service on behalf of the entity.

   (G) "Home service provider" means the same as that term isdefined in Section 124(5) of Public Law 106-252 (Mobile TelecommunicationsSourcing Act).

   (H) "Mobile telecommunications service" means the same asthat term is defined in Section 124(7) of Public Law 106-252 (MobileTelecommunications Sourcing Act).

   (I) "Place of primary use" means the street addressrepresentative of where the customer's use of the telecommunications serviceprimarily occurs, which must be the residential street address or the primarybusiness street address of the customer. In the case of mobiletelecommunications services, "place of primary use" must be within the licensedservice area of the home service provider.

   (J) "Post-paid calling service" means the telecommunicationsservice obtained by making a payment on a call-by-call basis either through theuse of a credit card or payment mechanism such as a bank card, travel card,credit card, or debit card, or by charge made to a telephone number which isnot associated with the origination or termination of the telecommunicationsservice. A post-paid calling service includes a telecommunications service,except a prepaid wireless calling service, that would be a prepaid callingservice except it is not exclusively a telecommunication service.

   (K) "Service address" means:

   (1) The location of the telecommunications equipment to whicha customer's call is charged and from which the call originates or terminates,regardless of where the call is billed or paid.

   (2) If the location in subsection (K)(1) is not known,service address means the origination point of the signal of thetelecommunications services first identified by either the seller'stelecommunications system or in information received by the seller from itsservice provider, where the system used to transport such signals is not thatof the seller.

   (3) If the location in subsection (K)(1) and subsection(K)(2) are not known, the service address means the location of the customer'splace of primary use.