Section 871.5 Of Article 8. Universal Telephone Service From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 8.
871.5
. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The offering of high-quality basic telephone service at
affordable rates to the greatest number of citizens has been a
longstanding goal of the state.
(b) The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act has been, and
continues to be, an important means for achieving universal service
by making basic telephone service affordable to low-income households
through the creation of a lifeline class of service.
(c) Every means should be employed by the commission and telephone
corporations to ensure that every household qualified to receive
lifeline telephone service is informed of and is afforded the
opportunity to subscribe to that service.
(d) The furnishing of lifeline telephone service is in the public
interest and should be supported fairly and equitably by every
telephone corporation, and the commission, in administering the
lifeline telephone service program, should implement the program in a
way that is equitable, nondiscriminatory, and without competitive
consequences for the telecommunications industry in California.