38.5.3816    PREFERRED CARRIER FREEZE

(1) A preferred carrier freeze (or freeze) prevents a change in a subscriber's preferred carrier selection unless the subscriber gives the carrier from whom the freeze was requested his or her express consent. All local exchange carriers who offer preferred carrier freezes must comply with the provisions of this rule.

(2) All local exchange carriers who offer preferred carrier freezes shall offer freezes on a nondiscriminatory basis to all subscribers, regardless of the subscriber's carrier selections.

(3) Preferred carrier freeze procedures, including any solicitation, must clearly distinguish among telecommunications services (e.g., local exchange, intraLATA /intrastate toll, interLATA /interstate toll, and international toll) subject to a preferred carrier freeze. The carrier offering the freeze must obtain separate authorization for each service for which a preferred carrier freeze is requested.

History: 69-3-822 and 69-3-1304, MCA; IMP, 69-3-102, 69-3-201 and 69-3-1303, MCA; EMERG, NEW, 1999 MAR p. 1523, Eff. 7/2/99.