Section 6-80-86 - Standards for telecommunications service - sources(a) Telecommunications carriers shall abide by and adhere to: (1) The standards set forth in this subchapter;(2) The standards set forth in part VII of the commission's general order number 8, dated December 20, 1972, as amended, to the extent applicable and not inconsistent with this chapter;(3) Any other standards or rules that the commission may establish or adopt from time to time governing telecommunications services; and(4) Any applicable federal standards.(b) Any waiver or exemption from the standards referred to in subsection (a) is subject to subchapter 12. The burden is on the telecommunications carrier seeking the waiver or exemption to prove that the waiver or exemption is in the public interest.(c) Where a telecommunications carrier supplied service to a customer before the effective date of this subchapter under conditions more favorable or advantageous to the customer than the minimum levels of service provided in this subchapter, whether as to contracted quality or character of service, the carrier shall not reduce the level of service without the prior approval of the commission.(d) The commission may, by rule or order, add to the standards set forth in this subchapter.[Eff ] (Auth: HRS §§ 269-6, 269-34 to 43) (Imp: HRS §§ 269-34 to 43)