196.208 Telecommunications pay-per-call and toll-free services.

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(1)Definitions. In this section:

(a)“Pay-per-call service” means a telecommunications service that permits simultaneous calling by a large number of callers to a single telephone number and for which the customer is assessed, on a per-call or a per-time-interval basis, a charge that is greater than or in addition to the charge for the transmission of the call. “Pay-per-call service” does not include a directory assistance or conference call service that is offered by a telecommunications utility and does not include a telecommunications service for which the customer charge is dependent on the existence of a presubscription relationship.

(b)“Provider” means a person who furnishes, conducts or offers a pay-per-call service or who holds himself or herself out as engaged in the business of furnishing, conducting or offering a pay-per-call service.

(c)“Toll-free service vendor” means a person who sells goods or services using a telecommunications service that allows calls to be made to a specific location at no charge to the calling party.

(2)Preamble.