99-639 C.M.R. ch. 101, § 2 - DEFINITIONS
As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings.
A.
Advanced
Communications Technology Infrastructure. "Advanced communications
technology infrastructure" means any communications technology infrastructure
or infrastructure improvement that expands the deployment of or improves the
quality of broadband service or wireless service coverage and can perform
common applications and network service.
B.
Authority. "Authority" means
the ConnectMaine Authority established in
35-A
M.R.S. §9203.
C.
Broadband Service. "Broadband
service" means a two-way, always-on, communications service that provides
access to public data networks and the Internet, without usage limits and meets
certain performance criteria determined annually by the Authority pursuant to
§
5 of this Chapter to be necessary to
use common applications and network services.
D.
Common Applications and Network
Service. "Common Applications and Network Service" means the ability to
deliver commonly used applications for consumer use over the network.
Including:
1.
Real-time, synchronous voice and video communication, including video
conferencing used in remote learning, telehealth, and remote working;
2. Audio and video streaming;
3. Network and cloud-based applications;
including office productivity tools, e-commerce, and government
services;
4. Network file and data
storage, sharing, retrieval, visualization, and search;
5. E-Sports, interactive gaming, and other
recreational use;
6. Home and
business automation, security, and telemetry; and
7. Any other application or network service
that facilitates communication, and information exchange for the purposes of
education, business use, telemedicine and other economic
purposes.
E.
Communications Service. "Communications service" means any
wireline voice, satellite, data, fixed wireless data or video retail
service.
F.
Communications
Service Provider. "Communications service provider" means:
1. Any entity offering communications service
to customers in the State; or
2.
Any facilities-based provider of mobile wireless voice or data retail service
that voluntarily chooses to be assessed by the Authority under
35-A
M.R.S. §9211.
G.
Household. "Household" means
a house and its occupants, regarded as a unit.
H.
Infrastructure.
"Infrastructure" means a physical component or collection of physical
components that provide the basic support for distributing advanced
communication technology services.
I.
Line. A "line" is any wired
or wireless connection capable of real-time concurrent inbound or outbound
voice communication calls that are made or received to or from the public
switched telephone network. For the purposes of this Chapter, private branch
exchange (PBX) lines and Centrex lines are considered to be lines. For the
purposes of this Chapter, the number of lines a service provider provides to a
subscriber shall be deemed to equal the number of inbound or outbound calls the
subscriber can maintain at the same time using the service provider's
service.
J.
Mobile
Communications Service Provider. "Mobile communications service
provider" means any facilities-based provider of retail mobile wireless voice
or data service that voluntarily contributes to the ConnectMaine
Fund.
K.
Underserved
Area. "Underserved Area" means any geographic area where broadband
service exists, but where the Authority has determined that the service is
inadequate pursuant to criteria set forth in section
5(C) of this
Chapter.
L.
Unserved
Area. "Unserved Area" means any geographic area that the Authority has
determined is without broadband service pursuant to criteria set forth in
section
5(B) of this
Chapter.
Notes
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