Sec. 16-247i. Telecommunications service and regulation status report. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 16-247i. Telecommunications service and regulation status report. (a) Not later than January 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy and technology on the status of telecommunications service and regulation in the state of Connecticut. Such report shall include: (1) An analysis of universal service and any changes therein; (2) an analysis of the impact, if any, of competition in telecommunications markets on the work force of the state and employment opportunities in the telecommunications industry in the state; (3) an analysis of the level of regulation which the public interest requires; (4) the status of implementing the provisions of sections 16-247a to 16-247c, inclusive, 16-247e to 16-247h, inclusive, 16-247k and this section, including achieving each of the objectives of the goals set forth in section 16-247a; (5) the status of the development of competition for all telecommunications services; (6) the status of the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure in the state; and (7) the status of the implementation of sections 16-247f and 16-247i and section 3 of public act 06-144*.

      (b) In compiling the information for this report, the department shall require, among other things, each telephone company to provide to the department annually: (1) Its aggregate number of telephone access lines in service, not including resold lines or other wholesale lines; (2) the annual change in such telephone company's access lines over the preceding five years; (3) the number of active wholesale customers served by the telephone company; (4) the nature of the wholesale services provided; (5) the number of wholesale service requests; (6) the impact of competition on the work force of the telephone company; (7) a general discussion of the state of the industry, industry trends, and competitive alternatives available in the market, including, but not limited to, technological changes affecting the market; (8) the number of competitive local exchange carriers; and (9) how long it takes the company to respond to a wholesale service request.

      (P.A. 87-415, S. 6, 13; P.A. 94-83, S. 10, 16; P.A. 06-144, S. 2.)

      *Note: Section 3 of public act 06-144 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

      History: P.A. 94-83 required report for 1995 and thereafter to include, rather than contain, Subdivs. (1) to (6), deleted Subdiv. (2) re any services opened to competition, renumbered Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (2) and changed "workers" to "the work force of the state and employment opportunities in the telecommunications industry in the state", deleted Subdiv. (4) re federal tax reform and Subdiv. (5) re federal subscriber line charges, renumbered Subdiv. (6) as (3), and added new Subdiv. (4) re implementation of Secs. 16-247a to 16-247c, 16-247e to 16-247h, this section and 16-247k, new Subdiv. (5) re development of competition, and new Subdiv. (6) re deployment of infrastructure, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 06-144 designated existing language as Subsec. (a) and amended same to replace "1995" with "2007", to replace "General Assembly" with "joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy and technology", and to add new Subdiv. (7) re status of implementation of Secs. 16-247f and 16-247i and section 3 of public act 06-144, and added Subsec. (b) re annual submission of information from each telephone company, effective July 1, 2006.