476.100 - PROHIBITED ACTS.

        476.100  PROHIBITED ACTS.         A local exchange carrier shall not do any of the following:         1.  Discriminate against another provider of communications      services by refusing or delaying access to the local exchange      carrier's services.         2.  Discriminate against another provider of communications      services by refusing or delaying access to essential facilities on      terms and conditions no less favorable than those the local exchange      carrier provides to itself and its affiliates.  A local      telecommunications facility, feature, function, or capability of the      local exchange carrier's network is an essential facility if all of      the following apply:         a.  Competitors cannot practically or economically duplicate      the facility, feature, function, or capability, or obtain the      facility, feature, function, or capability from another source.         b.  The use of the facility, feature, function, or capability      by potential competitors is technically and economically feasible.         c.  Denial of the use of the facility, feature, function, or      capability by competitors is unreasonable.         d.  The facility, feature, function, or capability will enable      competition.         3.  Degrade the quality of access or service provided to another      provider of communications services.         4.  Fail to disclose in a timely manner, upon reasonable request      and pursuant to a protective agreement concerning proprietary      information, all information reasonably necessary for the design of      network interface equipment, network interface services, or software      that will meet the specifications of the local exchange carrier's      local exchange network.         5.  Unreasonably refuse or delay interconnections or provide      inferior interconnections to another provider.         6.  Use basic exchange service rates, directly or indirectly, to      subsidize or offset the costs of other products or services offered      by the local exchange carrier.         7.  Discriminate in favor of itself or an affiliate in the      provision and pricing of, or extension of credit for, any telephone      service.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         95 Acts, ch 199, §11         Referred to in § 476.1B, 476.96, 476.101, 476.102