(a) The commission may require a telecommunications utility that provides a service to make that service available in an exchange served by the telecommunications utility within a reasonable time after receipt of a bona fide request for the service in that exchange.
(b) A telecommunications utility may not be required to extend a service to an area if:
(1) the local exchange company is unable to provide the required access or other service; or
(2) extending the service would, after consideration of the public interest to be served, impose unreasonable costs on or require unreasonable investments by the telecommunications utility.

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(c) The commission may require from a telecommunications utility or a local exchange company information necessary to enforce this section.