Definitions

Automatic Telephone Dialing System. Any automatic terminal equipment which is capable of storing numbers to be called or producing numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number generator, and with the ability to call such numbers, and which is capable of delivering a prerecorded message to the number called, with or without manual assistance. Common Carrier. Any corporation, person, partnership, or any other organization subject to the Department's jurisdiction pursuant to M.G.L. c. 159 providing local exchange service for sale to subscribers, and resellers of such service for public use. Department. The Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable. Local Telephone Exchange Service. Any service that provides a customer with access to a public exchange telephone network. Reseller. Any corporation, partnership, person, or other organization that purchases local telephone exchange service and resells such service to a subscriber of said service. Subscriber. Any ultimate user of local telephone exchange service, but shall not include transient users. Transient User. Any ultimate user of local telephone exchange service that does not use such service for incoming telephone calls on a regular basis, including, but not limited to, users of coin-operated telephones and those residing on a temporary basis in hospitals, hotels, and motels.