§ 206-e. Telephone call charges; disclosure; violations. 1. For the\npurpose of this section:\n (a) The term "aggregator" means any hotel, motel, innkeeper, school or\nhospital which is not a telegraph or telephone corporation, as defined\nin the public service law, which, in the ordinary course of business,\nmakes available for public use telephones or telephone equipment. This\nterm shall also mean any hotel, motel, innkeeper, school or hospital\nwhich imposes any charge or receives any compensation by contract,\ntariff or otherwise for calls made from a telephone provided in a guest\nroom, dormitory, hospital room or other premises under the control of\nsuch entity to an alternate operator service provider. This term shall\nalso mean any university, provided however, that the foregoing shall in\nno way affect the tax-exempt or any other status of any such university\nunder the education, tax or not-for-profit corporation laws or any other\nprovision of law, rule or regulation relating thereto.\n (b) The term "alternate operator service provider" means a\ntelecommunications company, other than a local exchange company, which\nprovides operator assisted service by means of personal or automated\ncall intervention.\n (c) The term "COCOT service provider" means any person or corporation\nwhich resells service by means of a customer owned or leased currency or\ncredit operated telephone.\n 2. Every alternate operator service provider shall arrange to have\nconspicuously displayed on, or in the immediate vicinity of, any\ntelephone or telephone equipment which automatically accesses the\nalternate operator service provider's network and where its services are\nmade available either to the public or transient end users, information\nwhich shall include, but not be limited to:\n (a) The identity of the alternate operator service provider that will\nmake the charge for any calls placed from such telephone or telephone\nequipment;\n (b) A statement that any inter-exchange long distance carrier can be\naccessed by following dialing instructions or access codes provided by\nsuch other carriers;\n (c) A toll free number which the caller can use to obtain information\non the rates, terms or conditions for a call;\n (d) A statement that, upon the request of the caller, the operator\nservicing the call will provide rate information; and\n (e) A toll free number to call for resolution of a billing or service\ncomplaint.\n 3. Every COCOT service provider shall conspicuously display on, or in\nthe immediate vicinity of, its telephones or telephone equipment made\navailable for public use, information which shall include, but not be\nlimited to:\n (a) The identity of the COCOT service provider, and, where applicable,\nthe alternate operator service provider that will make the charge for\nany calls placed from such telephone or telephone equipment;\n (b) A statement that any inter-exchange long distance carrier can be\naccessed by following dialing instructions or access codes provided by\nsuch carriers;\n (c) A toll free number which the caller can use to obtain information\non the rates, terms or conditions for a call;\n (d) A statement that, upon the request of the caller, the operator\nservicing the call will provide rate information;\n (e) A toll free number to call for resolution of a billing or service\ncomplaint; and\n (f) Where applicable, a notice that additional charges are imposed by\nthe COCOT service provider, or the owner of the place where the COCOT is\nlocated, for the use of the telephone or telephone equipment for the\nplacing of a call.\n 4. Every aggregator shall conspicuously display on, or in the\nimmediate vicinity of, any telephone or telephone equipment made\navailable for public use on its premises, information, which shall\ninclude, but not be limited to:\n (a) The identity of the alternate operator service provider, if any,\nthat will make the charge for any calls placed from such telephone or\nt
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