Section 772.20  Definitions

            "Abbreviated dialing code" means an alternative dialing arrangement consisting of #NXX, where the # represents the # symbol key on the telephone key pad, N represents any digit 2 through 9, and X represents any digit 0 through 9.

            "Basic telecommunications service" means both local exchange and interexchange service.

            "Blocking" means the inability to access intrastate pay-per-call services.

            "Information provider" means the sponsor that supplies the information, product, or entertainment source.

            "Pay-per-call service" means any service:

            In which any person provides or purports to provide:

            Audio information or audio entertainment produced or packaged by such person;

            Access to simultaneous voice conversation services; or

            Any service, including the provision of a product, the charges for which are assessed on the basis of the completion of the call;

            For which the caller pays a per-call or per-time-interval charge that is greater than, or in addition to, the charge for transmission of the call; and

            Which is accessed through the use of an abbreviated dialing code, a 900 service access code or a 976 exchange code.

            Such term does not include directory services provided by a common carrier or its affiliate or by a local exchange carrier or its affiliate.

            "Presubscription or comparable arrangement" means a contractual agreement in which the information provider discloses to the subscriber all terms and conditions associated with the use of the service, including the information provider's name and address, a local or toll-free telephone number which the consumer may use to obtain additional information or to register a complaint, and the rates for the service; the information provider agrees to notify the subscriber of any future rate changes; the subscriber agrees to utilize the service on the terms and conditions disclosed by the information provider; and the information provider requires the use of an identification number or other means to prevent unauthorized access to the service by nonsubscribers.

            "Subscriber" means a customer as defined in 83 Ill. Adm. Code 735.10.

(Source:  Amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 1192, effective January 1, 1998)