Tex. Utilities Code § 58.204
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 58.204, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 58.204. ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITMENT OF CERTAIN COMPANIES.
Official statutory text
(a) Not later than December 31, 1998, an electing company serving more than one million but fewer than five million access lines shall provide digital switching central offices in all exchanges.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2000, an electing company serving more than five million access lines shall:
(1) install Common Channel Signaling 7 capability in each central office; and
(2) connect all of the company's serving central offices to their respective LATA tandem central offices with optical fiber or equivalent facilities.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2000, an electing company serving more than five million access lines shall:
(1) install Common Channel Signaling 7 capability in each central office; and
(2) connect all of the company's serving central offices to their respective LATA tandem central offices with optical fiber or equivalent facilities.
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