Section 239 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions And Definitions From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.
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. (a) (1) "Voice over Internet Protocol" or "VoIP" means voice
communications service that does all of the following:
(A) Uses Internet Protocol or a successor protocol to enable
real-time, two-way voice communication that originates from, or
terminates at, the user's location in Internet Protocol or a
successor protocol.
(B) Requires a broadband connection from the user's location.
(C) Permits a user generally to receive a call that originates on
the public switched telephone network and to terminate a call to the
public switched telephone network.
(2) A service that uses ordinary customer premises equipment with
no enhanced functionality that originates and terminates on the
public switched telephone network, undergoes no net protocol
conversion, and provides no enhanced functionality to end users due
to the provider's use of Internet Protocol technology is not a VoIP
service.
(b) "Internet Protocol enabled service" or "IP enabled service"
means any service, capability, functionality, or application using
existing Internet Protocol, or any successor Internet Protocol, that
enables an end user to send or receive a communication in existing
Internet Protocol format, or any successor Internet Protocol format
through a broadband connection, regardless of whether the
communication is voice, data, or video.