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Customer-Provided Equipment
Equipment, apparatus, devices or systems not furnished by Dobson Telephone
Company may be used with the company’s facilities and equipment, if such use
complies with the company’s tariffs. Any item used with the company’s facilities
and equipment in violation of Dobson’s tariffs may lead to suspension of your
telephone service or disconnection from the network of the equipment, apparatus,
devices or systems. Contact the Dobson Telephone business office for other
information regarding these regulations.
Application Of Business Rates
The use of telephone service for business purposes will subject that service to
business rates regardless of the type of premise on which the telephone number
is installed. Advertising a resident phone number for business purposes will be
considered sufficient cause for Dobson Telephone to charge the business rate.
Any subscriber practicing a profession or operating a business and having no
office other than their home will be considered a business subscriber.
Procedure For Petitioning The Commission To Examine
The Reasonableness Of Proposed Local Exchange Rate Change
Under Oklahoma law enacted during 1986 (17 O.S. § 137), this telephone
company can raise your local exchange rate up to $2 per month every year without
the review and approval of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. At least 60
days before the effective date of such a proposed rate change, each subscriber
will be notified by the telephone company. Such an increase can be suspended
if 15 percent of subscribers petition the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to
examine and determine the reasonableness of the proposed local exchange rates.
Every Petition Must Contain
1. The name, address and telephone number of the subscriber.
2. The signature of the telephone subscriber in the name that the service is
listed.
3. The reason the subscriber opposes the proposed increase (optional).
Only the subscriber whose name is on the telephone service shall be counted as
a petitioner.
Petitions Should Be Mailed To:
Director, Public Utility Division
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Jim Thorpe Building
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Abuse Or Fraudulent Use Of Telephone Service
Abuse or fraudulent use includes the use of Dobson Telephone service or facilities
to transmit a message, locate a person, or otherwise give or obtain information
with a payment of a long distance charge. Abuse or fraudulent use also includes
charging a long distance call to a false number, to an unauthorized calling card
number or to another number without permission. For your protection, new
equipment and procedures enable Dobson Telephone to detect and investigate
fraudulent use of telephone facilities. Federal and state laws prohibit any person
from defrauding Dobson Telephone of its lawful charges. Violators are subject to
imprisonment, fines, or both, upon conviction.