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     237.121 Prohibited practices. 

    (a) A telephone company or telecommunications carrier may 
 not do any of the following with respect to services regulated 
 by the commission: 

    (1) upon request, fail to disclose in a timely and uniform 
 manner information necessary for the design of equipment and 
 services that will meet the specifications for interconnection; 

    (2) intentionally impair the speed, quality, or efficiency 
 of services, products, or facilities offered to a consumer under 
 a tariff, contract, or price list; 

    (3) fail to provide a service, product, or facility to a 
 consumer other than a telephone company or telecommunications 
 carrier in accordance with its applicable tariffs, price lists, 
 or contracts and with the commission's rules and orders; 

    (4) refuse to provide a service, product, or facility to a 
 telephone company or telecommunications carrier in accordance 
 with its applicable tariffs, price lists, or contracts and with 
 the commission's rules and orders; 

    (5) impose unreasonable or discriminatory restrictions on 
 the resale of its services, provided that: 

    (i) it may require that residential service may not be 
 resold as a different class of service; and 

    (ii) the commission may prohibit resale of services it has 
 approved for provision for not-for-profit entities at rates less 
 than those offered to the general public; or 

    (6) provide telephone service to a person acting as a 
 telephone company or telecommunications carrier if the 
 commission has ordered the telephone company or 
 telecommunications carrier to discontinue service to that person.

    (b) A telephone company or telecommunications carrier may 
 not violate a provision of section 325F.693, with regard to any 
 of the services provided by the company or carrier. 

    HIST: 1995 c 156 s 4,25; 1997 c 68 s 1; 1997 c 223 s 6; 2003 c 97 s 
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