Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-404 (2026)

Protection of telecommunications consumers.

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(a) No telecommunications company shall unreasonably
discriminate as to customers in prices, terms or conditions of
service, or in connection to or with other telecommunications
companies. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
prohibit any telecommunications company from:

          (i) Providing volume or other price discounts based
on reasonable, nonpredatory business practices;

          (ii) Passing through any state, municipal or local
taxes to the customers in the area where the tax is levied; or

          (iii) Furnishing free or reduced price service to its
current or pensioned employees and dependent members of their
families, as defined in the applicable price schedules on file
with the commission.

     (b) The commission shall not give unreasonably
discriminatory or preferential treatment in its regulation of
any telecommunications company.

     (c) A telecommunications company providing a
noncompetitive essential telecommunications service shall not
discontinue providing the service without the commission's
approval.

    (d)   A telecommunications company shall not:

          (i) Fail to disclose in a timely and uniform manner
information necessary for the design of equipment and services
that will meet the specifications of interconnection;
          (ii) Fail or refuse to provide a service or product
in accordance with the telecommunications company's tariffs,
price lists or contracts and within the commission's applicable
rules and orders.

     (e) The commission may adopt rules and regulations to
provide for:

          (i) The interconnection of telecommunications
companies' networks at nondiscriminatory and reasonable rates,
terms and conditions, including interconnection under 47 U.S.C.
§§ 251 and 252;

          (ii) The effective and efficient interoperability of
telecommunications companies' networks;

          (iii) The unbundling of services into reasonable
basic network features;

          (iv) The administration and allocation of phone
numbers to the extent technically and economically feasible;

          (v) Telephone number portability to the full extent
technically feasible;

          (vi) The resale and sharing of services and functions
at reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates; and

           (vii)   Rates, terms and conditions of wholesale
service.

     (f) No telecommunications company shall engage in anti-
competitive behavior, including, but not limited to,
discrimination in favor of its affiliates.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1999–2007 · leading case: U S West Commc'ns, Inc. v. Wyoming Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 988 P.2d 1061 (Wyo. 1999).

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U S West Commc'ns, Inc. v. Wyoming Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 988 P.2d 1061 (Wyo. 1999). · cites it 30× “If present, the Commission's authority is found in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 37-15-404 (a) and (c) (Lexis 1999).”

Qwest Corp. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 2007 WY 97 (Wyo. 2007). · cites it 6× “Third, Qwest argues that the PSC’s order requiring Qwest to prepare and submit a TSLRIC Study for the Afton Exchange is unreasonably discriminatory, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 37-15-404 (b). To put the arguments in context, we review in more detail the PSC’s decision in…”

Union Tel. Co. v. Qwest Corp., 495 F.3d 1187 (10th Cir. 2007). “Under the Communications Act and corresponding state statutes, telecommunications carriers may not unreasonably discriminate in their practices, classifications, or “services for or in connection with like communication services.”

U S West Commc'ns, Inc. v. Wyoming Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 992 P.2d 1092 (Wyo. 1999). · cites it 2× “” Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 37-15-404 (e)(vi). If discriminatory pricing should occur: [a]ny person, and the commission on its own motion, may complain to the commission concerning the reasonableness of the price of any noncompetitive telecommunications service.”

U S West Commc'ns, Inc. v. Wyoming Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 15 P.3d 722 (Wyo. 2000). · cites it 10× “'s withdrawal of its Centrex Plus service by application of Wyo.Stat. § 37-15-404(a) inconsistent with its finding that Centrex Plus is a competitive service that can be withdrawn without Commission approval under Wyo.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-404(a) — 3 cases

U S West Commc'ns, Inc. v. Wyoming Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 988 P.2d 1061 (Wyo. 1999). “If present, the Commission's authority is found in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 37-15-404 (a) and (c) (Lexis 1999).”

U S West Commc'ns, Inc. v. Wyoming Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 15 P.3d 722 (Wyo. 2000). “'s withdrawal of its Centrex Plus service by application of Wyo.Stat. § 37-15-404(a) inconsistent with its finding that Centrex Plus is a competitive service that can be withdrawn without Commission approval under Wyo.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-404(c) — 2 cases

U S West Commc'ns, Inc. v. Wyoming Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 988 P.2d 1061 (Wyo. 1999). “If present, the Commission's authority is found in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 37-15-404 (a) and (c) (Lexis 1999).”

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