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a call-by-call basis either through the use of a credit card or | payment mechanism such as a bank card, travel card, credit card, or | debit card or by means of a charge made to a telephone number that | is not associated with the origination or termination of the | telecommunications service. "Post-paid calling service" includes a | telecommunications service, except a prepaid wireless calling | service that would be a prepaid calling service except that it is | not exclusively a telecommunications service. |
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| | Sec. 52. 36 MRSA §2551, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. V, | §25 and affected by §29, is amended to read: |
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| | 9. Prepaid calling service. "Prepaid calling service" means | the right to access exclusively telecommunications services that | must be paid for in advance and that enables the origination of | calls using an access number or authorization code or both, | whether manually or electronically dialed, and that is sold in | predetermined units or dollars, the number of which declines with | use in a known amount. |
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| | Sec. 53. 36 MRSA §2551, sub-§§9-A and 9-B are enacted to read: |
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| | 9-A. Prepaid wireless calling service. "Prepaid wireless | calling service" means a telecommunications service that provides | the right to utilize mobile wireless service as well as other | nontelecommunications services including the downloading of | digital products delivered electronically, content and ancillary | services, that must be paid for in advance and that is sold in | predetermined units of dollars of which the number declines with | use in a known amount. |
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| | 9-B. Private communication service. "Private communication | service" means a telecommunications service that entitles the | customer to exclusive or priority use of a communications channel | or group of channels between or among termination points, | regardless of the manner in which the channel or channels are | connected. It includes switching capacity, extension lines, | stations and any other associated services that are provided in | connection with the use of the channel or channels. For the | purposes of this subsection, "communications channel" means a | physical or virtual path of communications over which signals are | transmitted between or among termination points, and "termination | point" means the location where the customer either inputs or | receives the communications. |
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| | Sec. 54. 36 MRSA §2551, sub-§15, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. V, | §25 and affected by §29, is repealed. |
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