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title: O.C.G.A. § 46-5-221. Definitions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 46-5-221. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

(1) “Broadband service” means a service that consists of the capability to transmit at a rate not less than 200 kilobits per second in either the upstream or downstream direction and in combination with such service provide either:

(A) Access to the internet; or

(B) Computer processing, information storage, or protocol conversion.

Such term does not include any information content or service applications provided over such access service nor any intrastate service that was subject to a tariff in effect as of September 1, 2005.

(2) “VoIP” means Voice over Internet Protocol services offering real-time multidirectional voice functionality utilizing any internet protocol.

(3) “Wireless service” means commercial mobile radio service carried on between mobile stations or receivers and land stations and by mobile stations communicating among themselves.

## History

Code 1981, § 46-5-221, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 641, § 2/SB 120; Ga. L. 2007, p. 318, § 3/HB 394; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 46/HB 79; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 46(55)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2006, Code Section 46-5-201, as enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 641, § 2/SB 120, was redesignated as Code Section 46-5-221.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “internet” for “Internet” in subparagraph (1)(A); substituted “Such term” for “For the purposes of this article, broadband service” in the undesignated paragraph following subparagraph (1)(B); and substituted “any internet protocol” for “any Internet protocol” in paragraph (2).