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title: O.C.G.A. § 46-5-250. “Retail telecommunications service” defined.
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# O.C.G.A. § 46-5-250. “Retail telecommunications service” defined.

As used in this article, the term “retail telecommunications service” means the offering of two-way interactive communications for a fee directly to end users. Such term does not include wireless service as defined in paragraph (3) of Code Section 46-5-221 nor does it include the obligations of an incumbent local exchange carrier, as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 251, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Sections 251, 252, and 271 and the Federal Communications Commission’s rules and regulations implementing such sections.

## History

Code 1981, § 46-5-250, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1135, § 6/HB 168.