§ 3.01.010. Definitions.

As used in Sections 3.01.010—3.01.070, the following terms are defined in this section:

"Access line" means the following billed main lines and trunks, whether provided on a retail or wholesale basis: residential lines; business lines; ISDN lines (channels); trunks connected to a PBX or PBX-like switch where all stations served by such PBX are used by a single customer of the provider of the trunks; where stations served by a PBX or PBX-like switch are not used by a single customer of the provider of the trunks, each station served by the PBX or PBX-like switch shall constitute an access line; Centrex or Centrex-like stations; simulated exchange access lines provided by a central office-based switching arrangement where all stations served by such simulated exchange access lines are used by a single customer of the provider of such arrangement; where stations are served by simulated exchange access lines provided by a central office based switching arrangement and the stations served are not used by a single customer of the provider of such arrangement, each station shall constitute an access line; and pay phone lines. "Access line" shall include wireless telecommunications services subject to 47 C.F.R. Part 24. "Access line" shall not include the following: wireless telecommunications services subject to 47 C.F.R. Part 22; unbundled loop facilities; and special access services.

"Franchise" means a current franchise granted by the City of Wichita for any telecommunications services under the procedures and provisions of K.S.A. 12-2001, et seq., as amended.

"Provider" means any business, including any person, providing local telecommunications services to another through an access line.

"Telecommunications" means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received.

"Telecommunications service" means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used.

(Ord. No. 43-127 § 1)