2007 Minnesota Statutes

237.60 DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES; SERVICE COSTS.
    Subdivision 1.[Expired]
    Subd. 2.[Expired]
    Subd. 3. Discrimination. No telephone company shall offer telecommunications service
within the state upon terms or rates that are unreasonably discriminatory. No telephone company
shall unreasonably limit its service offerings to particular geographic areas unless facilities
necessary for the service are not available and cannot be made available at reasonable costs. The
rates of a telephone company must be the same in all geographic locations of the state unless
for good cause the commission approves different rates. A company that offers long-distance
services shall charge uniform rates and charges on all long-distance routes and in all geographic
areas in the state where it offers the services. However, a company may offer or provide volume
discounts in connection with intrastate long-distance services and may pass through any state,
municipal, or local taxes in the specific geographic areas from which the taxes originate. Nothing
in this subdivision authorizes a telephone company to provide service outside of its authorized
service area except as provided in section 237.16.
    Subd. 4. Cost of service. Prices or rates charged for competitive services must cover the
incremental costs of providing the service. If a telephone company provides both local service and
long-distance services, that company shall, in determining the cost of the long-distance service,
include at least the same level of contribution to common and joint costs as is contained in the
access charges to other telephone companies. The company may do so on an aggregate basis,
instead of on a time or mileage band basis.
    Subd. 5.[Expired]
History: 1987 c 340 s 4; 1989 c 74 s 13,14; 1992 c 493 s 7; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 28; 1994 c
534 art 1 s 10