Every telephone company providing telephone exchange service shall maintain access to 9-1-1 service on a residential customer’s line for a minimum of fourteen consecutive days immediately following any disconnection for nonpayment of a customer’s telephone exchange service.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 4927.09

  • Telephone company: means a company described in division (A) of section 4905. See Ohio Code 4927.01
  • Telephone exchange service: means telecommunications service that is within a telephone exchange, or within a connected system of telephone exchanges within the same exchange area operated to furnish to subscribers intercommunicating service of the character ordinarily furnished by a single exchange, and that is covered by the exchange service charge; or comparable service provided through a system of switches, transmission equipment, or other facilities, or combination thereof, by which a customer can originate and terminate a telecommunications service. See Ohio Code 4927.01