SouthwestTexas

Information About Your Telephone Service

ABUSE OF TELEPHONE SERVICE

The tariffs provide suspension or termination of telephone service for abuse. Abuse of service includes the use of service or facilities of the Telephone Company to transmit a message or to locate a person or otherwise to give or obtain information without payment of long distance charge.

ANNOYANCE CALLS

Section 42.07 of the Texas Penal Code provides that a person commits an offense if he intentionally communicates by telephone in vulgar, profane, obscene, or indecent language, in a coarse and offensive manner of threatening language and this action intentionally, knowingly or recklessly annoys or alarms or intends to alarm the recipient; or places one or more telephone calls anonymously, at an unreasonable hour, in an offensive and repetitious manner, or without legitimate purpose and by this action intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly annoys or alarms the recipient or intends to do so. A person places a telephone call as soon as he dials a complete telephone number, whether or not a conversation ensues. Violation of this law is punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00 and/or confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days.

BUSINESS SERVICE

Business rates apply at the following locations: • In office, stores, factories, and all other places of a strictly business nature.

• At residence locations, when the customer has no regular business telephone and the use of the service either by himself, members of his household or his guests, or parties calling him can be considered as more of a business than of a residence nature, which fact might be indicated by advertising, either by business cards, newspapers, handbills, billboards, circulars, video, or other advertising matter, such as on vehicles, etc., or when such business use is not such as commonly arises and passes over residence telephone during the intervals when, in compliance with the law or established custom, business places are ordinarily closed. • At residence locations, where the service is located in a shop, office, or other place of business.

• At any location where the listing of service at that location indicates a business, trade or profession.

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Rocksprings, Texas