POWERS- SUBJECT INDEX OF TARIFFS as in Section 1

A	Section		Sheet No.

Abuse or Fraudulent Use of Service…………………….……...	II	………………	7
Additional Service, Requests for……………….….…………...	II	………………	2
Advance Payments for Service………………………….……...	II	………………	2
Alteration of Premises…………………………………………..	II	………………	2
Alternate Call Number Listings………………………………...	III	………………	9
Application of Business Rates……….…………………………	III	………………	2
Application of Residential Rates……………………………….	III	………………	2
Applications for Service………………………………………..	II	………………	7
Availability of Facilities………………………………………..	II	………………	3

B

Bridged Main Line Service…………………………………….	III	………………	3
Business Rates, Application of……………………....................	III	………………	2

C

Care of Equipment by Subscriber…………………....................	II	………………	2
Collection Practices…………………………………………….	II	………………	4, 5
Combination Main Line Service………………………………..	III	………………
Connecting Company Lines, Use of………………....................	II	………………	4
Construction and Special Installation Charges, General………..	III	………………
Construction Charges, Rural …………………………………...	III	………………
Credit, Establishment of………………………………………...	II	………………	3
Cross Reference Listings…………………………………….....	III	………………

D

Defacement of Premises………………………………………..	II	………………	4
Definitions………………………………………………………	I	………………
Deposits, Cash…………………………………………………..	II	………………	7
Directories, Furnishing of………………………………………	II	………………	5
Directories, Ownership and Use of……………………………..	II	………………	5
Directory Errors and Omissions………………………………...	II	………………	4
Directory Listings, Joint Users…………………………………	III	………………
Directory Listings, Regular……………………………………..	III	………………

D	Section		Sheet No.

Directory Listings, Regulations……...……………………..	III	………………	7-10
Discontinuance for Non-Payment…………….….…………	II	………………	4, 5
Duplicate Directory Listings………………………………	III	………………	9

E

Entrance of Premises………………………………………	II	………………	5
Equipment, Hazardous Locations…………………………	II	………………	5
Equipment, Ownership and Use of………………………	II	………………	5
Equipment, Tampering with……...………………………	II	………………	6
Establishment of Credit…..………………………………	II	………………	7
Extension of Facilities……………………………………	III	………………	3
Extension Stations, General………………………………	III	………………	4
Extra Listings, Rules………………………………………	III	………………	8

F

Foreign Exchange Service…………………………………	V	………………	9

G

Governmental Objections to Service………………………	II	………………	7

H
Hazardous Locations for Equipment………………………	II	………………	5

I
Impersonation of Another…………………………………	II	………………	6
Installation Charges, General………………………………	III	………………	3, 4
Installation Charges, Unusual………………………………	II	………………	2
Interruptions of Service……………………………………	II	………………	2

J

Joint User Service, Rules…………………………………	III	………………	4

K	Section		Sheet No.
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L

Liability of Company, General.……...………………….……	II	………………	3
Liability of Company, Obligations...………………….……...	II	………………	3
Limits on Time Used, Party Lines...…………………….……	II	………………	6
Limitations on Service Offering……………………….……..	II	………………	7

M

Main Line Extensions, Rural…………………………………	III	………………	6
Maintenance and Repair of Service………………………….	II	………………	2
Message Toll Telephone Tariff………………………………	VI	………………	1

N
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O

Obligation and Liability of Company………………………...	II	………………	3
Office Hour Listing…………………………………………..	III	………………	10
Ownership of Equipment…………………………………….	II	………………	5

P

Payment for Service, General……………………………….	II	………………	4, 7
Primary Listings, Directory …………………………………	III	………………	8
Private Right of Way, Rural Lines…………………………..	III	………………	3
Profane Language, Use of……………………………………	II	………………	6
Public Telephone Service……………………………………	III	………………	5

Q

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R

Residence Rates, Application of……………………………..	III	………………	2
Responsibility of Subscriber…………………………………	II	………………	2
Rural Line Extensions………………………………………..	III	………………	6
Rural Line Service……………………………………………	III	………………	6

S	Section		Sheet No.

Semi-Public Telephone Service.……...………………….……...	III	………………	5
Service Interruptions…...…………...………………….……......	II	………………	3
Special Services and Facilities….....…………………….……...	III	………………	7,
Special Toll Bills……………………………………….…….....	II	………………	4
Special Types of Construction…………………………………..	III	………………	3, 4
Subscriber Service, Temporary………………………………….	II	………………	6
Suspension of Service Temporary………………………………	III	………………	10

T

Tampering with Equipment……………………………………..	II	………………	6
Tariffs, General Service…………………………………………	III	………………	1
Telephone Numbers…………………………………………….	II	………………	2
Temporary Tenant Listings……………………………………..	III	………………	9
Temporary Suspension of Service, Vacation Rules…………….	III	………………	10
Toll, Message Telephone Service………………………………	VI	………………	1
Transmitting Messages…………………………………………	II	………………	4

U
Unauthorized Attachments………………………………………	II	………………	6
Underground Service Connections……………………………...	III	………………	4
Unusual Installation Costs………………………………………	II	………………	2
Use of Connecting Company Lines…………………………….	II	………………	4
Use of Party Line Service………………………………………	II	………………	6
Use of Profane Language……………………………………….	II	………………	6
Use of Service and Facilities……………………………………	II	………………	5, 6
Use of Service, Illegal Purposes………………………………..	II	………………	7
Use of Subscriber Service………………………………………	II	………………	6

V

Vacation Rates…………………………………………………..	III	………………	10

W

Wide Area Telephone Service…………………………………..	VI	………………	1

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Table of Contents
Section		Page

Index	Subject Index of Tariff

I	Definitions

II	General Rules and Regulations

III	General Exchange Service

IV	Foreign Exchange Service

V	Private Line Services

VI	Message Toll Service

VII	Local Exchange Rates

VIII	Access Service


	Sheet		Sheet
Base Rate Area……………….		2	Local Service Area……………………..	3
Circuit………………………...		2	Main Station……………………………	3
Connecting Company………...		2	Party Line………………………………	3
Exchange……………………..		2	Premises………………………………..	3
Exchange Area………………		2	PBX System…………………………....	3-4
Exchange Station…………….		2	Public Telephone………………….........	4
Extra Listing…………………		2	Rural Line Service……………………...	4
Individual Line………………		3	Subscriber……………………………...	4
Installation Charge…………..		3	Telephone Station………………………	4-5
Local Message……………….		3	Toll Message…………………………...	5

The definitions specified herein apply to the intra-state service facilities furnished in Indiana by the Telephone Company. This Tariff cancels and supercedes all other exchange service Tariffs or Definitions of the Telephone Company excepting Message Toll Tariffs issued and effective prior to the effective date of this Tariff.

That portion or portions of an exchange area, usually the continuously built-up section surrounding and including the central office or offices, within which any of the regularly offered classes of main station service, except rural service, are offered at rates that do not vary with the distance from the central office.

The term applied to a channel used for the transmission of electrical energy in furnishing telephone service.

A corporation, association, partnership or individual owning or operating one or more exchanges and with whom traffic is interchanged.

The term means a basic unit established for the administration of telephone service in a specified area which usually embraces a city, town or village and its environs. It usually consists of one or more central offices together with the associated plant used in furnishing communication service within that area.

An extra listing is any listing of a name or information in connection with a subscriber’s telephone number beyond that to which he is entitled in connection with his regular service.

A central office line designated for the connection of only one main station. (Not a PBX trunk line.)

A non-recurring charge made for placing or furnishing of telephone equipment, in addition to Service Connection Charges and other applicable charges for service or equipment.

A communication between a calling station and any other station within the local service area of the calling station.

The area throughout which a communication service is rendered to a calling station without the application of toll charges.

A central office line designated for the connection of more than one main station.

The building, or continuous portions of a building , used and occupied at one time by a subscriber in the conduct of his business or as a residence. Where floor space in an adjoining building is made continuous in extent at one or more floor levels, all floor space in both buildings is considered as the same premises insofar as the subscriber who uses and occupies such continuous floor space is concerned, the two buildings otherwise being considered as separate buildings.

Such system is the arrangement of equipment, contracted for by a subscriber, consisting of switching apparatus with attendants’ telephone, trunks to a central office and stations connected with the switching apparatus, thereby providing for telephonic intercommunication between these stations, and also communication with the general exchange system.

(2) PBX Station ― Any station connected with a PBX system within the same local service exchange area.

(3) Battery Power ― Power furnished for talking and for operating lamp or visual signals and relays.

(4) Ringing Current ― Current furnished by means of a circuit from a central office or other source of supply, to enable the PBX operator to signal the PBX stations or connecting PBX stations without the use of a hand generator.

An exchange station, either attended or equipped with a coin collecting device, provided by the Telephone Company with its own discretion for the use of the general public.

A type of multi-party line service furnished to subscribers in certain sections outside the base rate area but within the exchange area.

The individual, partnership, association or corporation which contracts for telephone service and is responsible for the payment of charges and compliance with rules and regulations of the Telephone Company.

A telephone instrument, consisting of a transmitter, receiver, and associated apparatus, so connected as to permit of transmitting and receiving telephone messages.

(1) Company Stations ― A station owned by the Telephone Company, receiving service from and through central office equipment and lines normally owned, maintained and operated by the Telephone Company, and provided as a part of the Telephone Company’s service function. Service stations are not included under this classification.

(a) Main Station ― A company station directly connected by means of an individual line or party line circuit with a central office.

(b) Extension Station ― An additional Company station connected to the same circuit as the main station and having the same telephone number as the main station.

(d) Toll Terminal ― A company station, or a terminal on a PBX switchboard, and the associated exchange circuit connecting the station or terminal directly with a toll switchboard. (Also known as Long Distance Terminal.)

A message from a calling station to a station located in a different local service area for which a message charge is made.

A	Section		Sheet No.

Abuse or Fraudulent Use of Service…………………….……...	II	………………
Additional Service, Requests for……………….….…………...	II	………………
Advance Payments for Service………………………….……...	II	………………
Alteration of Premises…………………………………………..	II	………………
Alternate Call Number Listings………………………………...	III	………………
Application of Business Rates……….…………………………	III	………………
Application of Residential Rates……………………………….	III	………………
Applications for Service………………………………………..	II	………………
Availability of Facilities………………………………………..	II	………………

B

Bridged Main Line Service…………………………………….	III	………………
Business Rates, Application of……………………....................	III	………………

C

Care of Equipment by Subscriber…………………....................	II	………………
Collection Practices…………………………………………….	II	………………
Combination Main Line Service………………………………..	III	………………
Connecting Company Lines, Use of………………....................	II	………………
Construction and Special Installation Charges, General………..	III	………………
Construction Charges, Rural …………………………………...	III	………………
Credit, Establishment of………………………………………...	II