Section 407-230-1 - DefinitionsA.Customer Premises Wire. Customer premises wire is wire at a customer's premises that is connected to the local exchange carrier's communication facilities. It is located on the customer's side of the demarcation point.B.Competitive Local Exchange Carrier; Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. A local exchange carrier is a local exchange carrier, as defined herein, that is not an incumbent local exchange carrier. An incumbent local exchange carrier is a local exchange carrier or its successor that provided local exchange service in a defined service territory in Maine on February 6, 1996.C.Demarcation Point. The point of demarcation and/or interconnection between local exchange carrier communication facilities and customer premises wire, protective apparatus or terminal equipment at a subscriber's premises. The demarcation point shall be located as provided in section 3 of this rule.D.Local Exchange Carrier. As used in this rule, a local exchange carrier is any telephone utility that provides local exchange services.E.Minimum Point of Entry. The minimum point of entry is either the closest practicable point to where the wiring crosses a property line or the closest practicable point to where the wiring enters a multi-unit building or buildings. A local exchange carrier's reasonable and nondiscriminatory standard operating practices shall be stated in its terms and conditions and shall determine which shall apply.F.Network Interface Device. A device that includes a jack and plug conforming to Part 68, subpart F of the rules of the Federal Communications Commission, and that permits disconnection of the customer premises wire from the local exchange carrier's communication facilities. When installed it shall serve as the demarcation point, provided that it is located in compliance with the requirements of Section 3. The network interface device shall function as a point that allows testing of whether a malfunction is in the local exchange carrier's communications facilities or is in the customer premises wiring or terminal equipment. The network interface device may be contained in the same unit as a protector, but shall always be on the customer's side of the protector.G.Optional Wire Maintenance Plan. A plan under which a local exchange carrier, for a monthly or other periodic charge, will maintain customer premises wire without further fee or charge.H.Premises. Premises as used in this rule means a dwelling unit, other building or legal unit of real property such as a lot on which a dwelling unit is located, as determined by the local exchange carrier's reasonable and nondiscriminatory standard operating practices which shall be stated in its terms and conditions.65-407 C.M.R. ch. 230, § 1