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RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 0Leaf No. 1Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0REGULATIONS AND SCHEDULE OF INTRASTATE CHARGESAPPLYING TO LOCAL END-USERCOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES WITHINTHE STATE OF NEW YORKThis Tariff supersedes Tariff No. 3 previously filed by RCN Telecom Services of New York, LP.Issued BY:Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 0Leaf No. 2Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTSSection0EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS, REFERENCEMARKS, AND ABBREVIATIONS OFTECHNICAL TERMS USED IN THIS TARIFF06APPLICATION OF 62.72.82.92.102.112.122.132.142.15Undertaking of the CompanyProhibited UsesLiability of the CustomerCustomer Equipment and ChannelsPayment ArrangementsAllowances for Interruptions in ServiceUse of Customer's Service by OthersCancellation of ServiceCustomer Liability for Unauthorized Use ofof the NetworkTransfers and AssignmentsNotices and CommunicationsOperator Services RulesPrivacy RulesAutomatic Number IdentificationInstallation ServiceAPPLICATION OF RATES3.13.23.33.43.5Issued BY:IntroductionFlexible Pricing PlanCharges Based on Duration of UseRates Based Upon DistanceDiscounts for Hearing OrSpeech Impaired 5456575933333112335Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 0Leaf No. 3Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0TABLE OF CONTENTSSectionSERVICE AREAS4.14.24Exchange Access Service AreasCalling AreasEXCHANGE ACCESS SERVICE5.15.25.35.45.5GeneralBusiness ServiceResidential ServiceSchools and Libraries Discount ProgramHealth Care Providers Support ProgramEXCHANGE ACCESS OPTIONAL FEATURES6.16.2Business ServiceResidential ServiceHOME (OR LOCAL) EXPANDED (OR INTRALATA)AREA CALLING7.17.27.3Issued BY:LeafGeneralBusiness ServiceResidential Service4413555555131011166661177777Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540128
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 0Leaf No. 4Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0TABLE OF CONTENTSSectionMISCELLANEOUS 3Operator ServicesBusy Line Verify & Line Interrupt ServiceDirectory AssistanceService ChargeRestoration of ServiceBlocking ServiceNon-Published Directory ServiceNon-Listed Directory ServiceTemporary Suspension of ServiceNumber-to-Number Referral ServiceToll Free Service - ResidentialInformation Provider Service - ResidentialNumber Portability Installation ServicesSPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS9.19.2Special ConstructionIndividual Case Basis (ICB) ArrangementsOTHER SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS10.110.210.3Issued BY:Basics PackageEssentials PackageFamily 10101010Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540111
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 0Leaf No. 5Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0TABLE OF CONTENTSSectionINBOUND METROPOLITAN MASS CALLING SERVICE11.111.211.311.411.511.6Issued By:GeneralRegulationsObligations of the SubscriberNumber Assignment ProceduresTrunk Side Access with ANIRates and ChargesLeaf11111111111111Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540124667
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 0Leaf No. 6Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS, REFERENCEMARKS, AND ABBREVIATIONS OF TECHNICALTERMS USED IN THIS TARIFFThe following symbols shall be used in this tariff for the purpose indicated below:CDIMNRSTIssued By:To signify changed regulation.To signify discontinued rate or regulation.To signify increased rate.To signify a move in the location of text.To signify new rate or regulation.To signify reduced rate.To signify reissued matter.To signify a change in text but no change in rate or regulation.Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 0Leaf No. 7Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0APPLICATION OF TARIFFThis tariff sets forth the service offerings, rates, terms and conditions applicable to thefurnishing of intrastate end-user communications services by RCN Telecom Services ofNew York, LP (RCN), to customers within the State of New York.Issued By:Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 1Leaf No. 1Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0DEFINITIONSCertain terms used generally throughout this tariff are defined below.Advance Payment: Part or all of a payment required before the start of service.Automatic Number Identification (ANI): Allows the automatic transmission of a caller'sbilling account telephone number to a local exchange company interexchange carrier ora third party subscriber. The primary purpose of ANI is to allow for billing of toll calls.Bit: The smallest unit of information in the binary system of notation.Call Back/Camp On: Permits a station line encountering an all-trunk- busy conditionthe option of being notified when a trunk becomes idle.Call Forwarding:Call Forwarding Station: Allows calls directed to a station line to be routedto a user defined line inside or outside the customer's telephone system.Call Forwarding System: Permits calls attempting to terminate to a busy station lineto be re-directed to a predetermined line inside or outside the customer's telephonesystem.Call Hold: Allows the user to hold one call for any length of time provided that neither partygoes on-hook.Call Park: Allows a station line to park a call against its own line number. The parked callbe retrieved from any station line by dialing a feature code and the line number againstwhich the call is parked.Call Pickup: Allows a station line to answer incoming calls to another station line withina defined call pickup group. Call pickup is provided on individual station lines within acustomer group.Call Transfer: Allows a station line user to transfer any established call to another stationline inside or outside the customer group without the assistance of the attendant.Issued By:Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 1Leaf No. 2Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0DEFINITIONSCall Waiting: Permits a line in the talking state to be alerted by a tone whenanother callis attempting to complete to the line. Audible ringing is returned to the originating line. TheService also provides a hold feature that is activated by a switchhook flash.Communications Services: The Company's intrastate toll and local exchange switchedtelephone services offered for both intraLATA and interLATA use.Company or RCN-NY: RCN Telecom Services of New York, LP d/b/a RCN of New Yorkthe issuer of this tariff.Customer or Subscriber: The person, firm or corporation which orders service and isresponsible for the payment of charges and compliance with the Company's regulations.Dedicated Inbound Calls: Refers to calls that are terminated via dedicated access facilitiesconnecting the Customer's premises and the Company's POP. This service is offered tothe extent facilities are available and where the Company and the Customer jointly arrangefor the establishment of dedicated access facilities connecting the Customer's trunkcompatible PBX or other suitable equipment to the Company's POP. The Customer shallbe responsible for all costs and charges associated with the dedicated access facilities.Dedicated Outbound Calls: Refers to service that is offered to the extent facilities areavailable in those cases where the Company and the Customer jointly arrange for theestablishment of dedicated access facilities connecting the Customer's trunk-compatiblePBX or other suitable equipment to the Company's Point of Presence (POP). TheCustomer shall be responsible for all costs and charges associated with the dedicatedaccess facilities.Dial Pulse (or "DP"): The pulse type employed by rotary dial station sets.Direct Inward Dial (or "DID"): A service attribute that routes incoming calls directly tostations, by-passing a central answering point.Direct Outward Dial (or "DOD"): A service attribute that allows individual station users toaccess and dial outside numbers directly.Issued By:Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 1Leaf No. 3Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0DEFINITIONSDo Not Disturb: Permits the attendant to cut off a single station line and selected groupsof station lines from receiving incoming and station-to-station calls.Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (or "DTMF"): The pulse type employed by tone dial directions.Duplex Service: Service which provides for simultaneous transmission in both directions.Fiber Optic Cable: A thin filament of glass with a protective outer coating through whicha light beam carrying communications signals may be transmitted by means of multipleinternal reflections to a receiver, which translates the message.Hunting: Routes a call to an idle station line in a prearranged group when the called stationline is busy.In-Only: A service attribute that restricts outward dial access and routes incoming calls toa designated answer point.Interexchange Service: Any of the Company's service offerings which provide switchedcommunications between Local Exchange Carrier defined exchange service areas.Interexchange Services include, but are not limited to MTS, 800 and Other ServiceArrangements.Joint User: A person, firm or corporation which is designated by the Customer as a userof services furnished to the Customer by RCN-NY and to whom a portion of the chargesfor the service will be billed under a joint user arrangement as specified herein.Kbps: Kilobits per second, denotes thousands of bits per second.Last Number Redial: Enables a station line user to redial the last called number byuse of an access code rather than dialing the entire number.Issued By:Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 1Leaf No. 4Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0DEFINITIONSLATA: A Local Access and Transport Area established pursuant to the Modification ofFinal Judgment entered by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia inCivil Action No. 82-0192; or any other geographic area designated as a LATA in theNational Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. Tariff F.C.C. No. 4.Mbps: Megabits, denotes millions of bits per second.Multi-Frequency or ("MF"): An inter-machine pulse-type used for signallingbetween telephone switches, or between telephone switches and PBX/key systems.Recurring Charges: The monthly charges to the Customer for services, facilities andequipment, which continue for the agreed upon duration of the service.Service Commencement Date: The first day following the date on which the Companynotifies the Customer that the requested service or facility is available for use, unlessextended by the Customer's refusal to accept service which does not conform to standardsset forth in the Service Order or this tariff, in which case the Service Commencement Dateis the date of the Customer's acceptance. The Company and Customer may mutuallyagree on a substitute Service Commencement Date.Service Order: The written request for Network Services executed by the Customer andthe Company in the format devised by the Company. The signing of a Service Order bythe Customer and acceptance by the Company initiates the respective obligations of theparties as set forth therein and pursuant to this tariff, but the duration of the service iscalculated from the Service Commencement Date.Shared: A facility or equipment system or subsystem that can be used simultaneously byseveral Customers.Shared Inbound Calls: Refers to calls that are terminated via the Customer's LECprovided local exchange access line.Issued By:Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 1Leaf No. 5Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0DEFINITIONSShared Outbound Calls: Refers to calls in Feature Group D exchanges whereby theCustomer's local telephone lines are presubscribed by the local exchange company to theCompany's outbound service such that "1 10-digit number" calls are automatically routedto the Company's network. Calls to stations within the Customers LATA may be placedby dialing " 10 XXX or 101XXXX plus 1 10-digit number."Speed Calling: Permits a station line user to dial selected numbers by using fewer digitsthan normally required. This is accomplished through the assignment of abbreviated codesto frequently called numbers. The speed calling list is customer-changeable.System: Allows shared use of speed calling list. A control station will add, change ordelete telephone numbers from the list for the group.Station: Allows a station line user to add, change or delete telephone numbers from aspeed calling list. The list is dedicated to the individual station line user.Three-Way Calling:conversation.Allows a station line user to add a third party to an existingTwo Way:A service attribute that includes outward dial capabilities for outbound callsand can also be used to carry inbound calls to a central point for further processing.User or End User: A Customer, Joint User, or any other person authorized by a Customerto use service provided under this tariff.Issued By:Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 2Leaf No. 1Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0REGULATIONS2.1Undertaking of the Company2.1.1 ScopeThe Company undertakes to furnish communications service pursuant to the termsof this tariff in connection with one-way and/or two-way information transmissionbetween points within the State of New York.Customers and users may use services and facilities provided under thistariff to obtain access to services offered by other service providers. TheCompany is responsible under this tariff only for the services and facilitiesprovided hereunder, and it assumes no responsibility for any serviceprovided by any other entity that purchases access to the Company networkin order to originate or terminate its own services, or to communicate with itsown customers.Issued By:Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 2Leaf No. 2Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0REGULATIONS2.1Undertaking of the Company (Cont'd.)2.1.2 Shortage of Equipment or Facilities2.1.2.1The Company reserves the right to limit or to allocate the use ofexisting facilities, or of additional facilities offered by the Company,when necessary because of lack of facilities, or due to some othercause beyond the Company's control.2.1.2.2The furnishing of service under this tariff is subject to the availabilityon a continuing basis of all the necessary facilities and is limited to thecapacity of the Company's facilities as well as facilities the Companymay obtain from other carriers to furnish service from time to time asrequired at the sole discretion of the Company.Issued By:Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 2Leaf No. 3Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0REGULATIONS2.1Undertaking of the Company (Cont'd.)2.1.3 Terms and Conditions2.1.3.1Service is provided on the basis of a minimum period of at least onemonth, 24-hours per day. For the purpose of computing charges inthis tariff, a month is considered to have 30 days.2.1.3.2Customers may be required to enter into written service orders whichshall contain or reference a specific description of the service ordered,the rates to be charged, the duration of the services, and the termsand conditions in this tariff. Customer will also be required to executeany other documents as may be reasonably requested by theCompany.2.1.3.3At the expiration of the initial contract term specified in each BusinessService Order, or in any extension thereof, service shall continue ona month to month basis at the then current rates unless terminated byeither party upon 30 days written notice. Any termination shall notrelieve Customer of its obligation to pay any charges incurred underthe service order and this tariff prior to termination. The rights andobligations which by their nature extend beyond the termination of theterm of the service order shall survive such termination.Issued By:Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 2Leaf No. 4Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0REGULATIONS2.1Undertaking of the Company (Cont'd.)2.1.3 Terms and Conditions (Cont'd.)2.1.3.4Service may be terminated upon written notice to the Customer if:a.the Customer issuing the service in violation of thistariff; orb.the Customer is using the service in violation of the law.2.1.3.5This tariff shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the Stateof New York without regard for its choice of laws provision.2.1.3.6Voice Service is dependent upon electrical power and, even with aCustomer premises back up power source, if the electrical providerand/or Company’s network or facilities are not operating, VoiceService, including the ability to access emergency 911 services, maynot be available. The Company accepts no responsibility for Serviceoutages due to the non-availability of electrical power.Issued By:Joseph Kahl, Sr. Director of Regulatory & External Affairs650 College Road EastPrinceton, NJ 08540
RCN Telecom Services of New York, LPPSC No. 3 - TelephoneInitial Effective Date: October 1, 2016Section No. 2Leaf No. 5Revision No. 0Superseding Revision No. 0REGULATIONS2.1Undertaking of the Company (Cont'd.)2.1.4 Liability of the Company2.1.4.1Except as otherwise stated in this Tariff, the liability of the companyfor damages arising out of the furnishing of its Services, including butnot limited to mistakes, omissions, interruptions, delays, or errors, orother defects, representations, or use of these services or arising outof the failure to furnish the service, whether caused by acts oromission, shall be limited to the extension of allowances forinterruption as set forth in 2.6. The extension of such allowances forinterruption shall be the sole remedy of the C
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