{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-5-171","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 46-5-171","heading":"Local call charges based on duration or time of call prohibited.","body":"A local exchange company may not charge a residential customer or single line business for basic local exchange service based on the duration of a call or on the time of day that a call is made; provided, however, that such restriction shall not apply in any case where a customer or business requests charges based on the duration of a call or on the time of day that a call is made. This Code section does not prohibit a local exchange company from offering discounts based on the time of day that a call is made if the company also offers basic local exchange service at a rate permitted under Code Section 46-5-166.","path":["TITLE 46 Public Utilities and Public Transportation","CHAPTER 5 Telephone Service","Article 4 Telecommunications and Competition Development"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.46.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"ab2f8f2cee2af12365ed5457596c98dbeb357ebfd9daebea3393541ab0ca5b52","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-5-170","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-5-171.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}