SEI DATA, INC
Tariff P.S.C.I No.
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Section
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Sheet
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DEFINITIONS
MADISON EXCHANGE
    
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS:
            Channels and other facilities which are capable of two-way communication between customer-provided terminal equipment or between customer-provided terminal equipment and/or terminal equipment provided by the Telephone Company in furnishing exchange and message toll telephone services and other services.
    
CONNECTING ARRANGEMENT:
            Equipment provided by the Telephone Company to accomplish the direct electrical connection of customer-provided facilities with the facilities of the Telephone Company.
    
CONNECTING COMPANY:
            A corporation, association, partnership, or individual owning or operating one or more exchanges and with which traffic is interchanged.
    
CUSTOMER:
            Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, municipality, governmental agency, or other entity which contracts for telecommunications services, including service provided from a coin telephone and is responsible for the payment of charges and compliance with filed tariffs and regulations of the utility.
CUSTOMER-PROVIDED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT:
            Equipment, apparatus, devices, ancillary, and/or certain data equipment and its associated wiring provided by a customer for connection to Telephone Company lines, either directly or through a protective connecting arrangement.
    
DENIAL OF SERVICE:
            The discontinuance of service by the Telephone Company for non-payment of bills or for violation of any of its rules and regulations.
    
DIRECT ELECTRICAL CONNECTION:
            The physical connection of the electrical conductors in the communications path.
    
ENTERPRISE SERVICE:
            An arrangement whereby customers having private branch exchange service or individual business line service (excepting coin box service) may offer their patrons the privilege of calling them at their expense without having to request specific acceptance of the charge.
    
EXCHANGE:
            A basic unit established for the administration of telephone service in a specified area which usually embraces a city, town, or village and its environs. It usually consists of one or more central offices together with the associated plant used in furnishing communication service within that area.
    
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Effective: December 1, 1999
Officer: Mike Leach
Title: General Manager