Michigan Laws 484.2401 – Unregulated services generally
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 484.2401
- Broadband service: means a retail service capable of transmitting data over an access line at a rate greater than 200 kilobits per second. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
- Cable service: means 1-way transmission to subscribers of video programming or other programming services and subscriber interaction for the selection of video programming or other programming services. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
- Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
- Energy management services: means a service of a public utility providing electric power, heat, or light for energy use management, energy use control, energy use information, and energy use communication. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
- Exchange: means 1 or more contiguous central offices and all associated facilities within a geographical area in which basic local exchange service is offered by a provider. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
- local exchange service: means the provision of an access line and usage within a local calling area for the transmission of high-quality 2-way interactive switched voice or data communication. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
- provider: means a person that for compensation provides 1 or more telecommunication services. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
- services: includes regulated and unregulated services offered to customers for the transmission of 2-way interactive communication and associated usage. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- WATS: means the transmission of 2-way interactive switched communication over a dedicated access line. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law or preempted by federal law, the commission does not have authority over enhanced services, paging, cellular, mobile, answering services, retail broadband service, video, cable service, pay-per-view, shared tenant, private networks, financial services networks, radio and television, WATS, personal communication networks, municipally owned telecommunication system, 800 prefix services, burglar and fire alarm services, energy management services, except for state institutions of higher education the reselling of centrex or its equivalent, payphone services, interconnected voice over internet protocol service, and the reselling of an unlicensed telecommunication service. The services listed in this subsection shall not be considered part of basic local exchange service.
(2) The commission has authority over the telecommunication services specifically provided for in this act.
(3) This section does not modify or affect either of the following:
(a) The authority of a provider or the commission to act pursuant to or enforce 47 USC 251, 47 USC 252, any lawful and applicable tariff, or any state law, regulation, or order related to wholesale rights and obligations, including the rights and obligations of local exchange carriers to interconnect and exchange voice traffic.
(b) The payment of switched access rates or other intercarrier compensation rates, as applicable.