(1) Section 69-3-201, MCA, requires every public utility to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities. The purpose of these rules is to establish certain minimum standards for determining if regulated telecommunications service provided on a retail basis is adequate. The commission will liberally construe these rules and may require additional standards when necessary to provide adequate service.(2) Except as may be otherwise provided in a specific rule, these service rules apply to any carrier operating in Montana and subject to the commission's jurisdiction.(3) If the application of any rule results in an unreasonable hardship to a carrier or a customer, either may apply for waiver of the rule.Mont. Admin. r. 38.5.3301
NEW, 1989 MAR p. 1515, Eff. 9/29/89; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 2967, Eff. 12/8/06.69-3-103, MCA; IMP, 69-3-102, 69-3-201, MCA;