City of Norwalk v. Public Utilities Commission

This court has perviously stated that “ ‘[e]xtended-area telephone service’ * * * is that type of service in which a subscriber of one telephone exchange may call a subscriber of another exchange without being required to pay a separate charge therefor.” Ohio Central Telephone Co. v. Pub. Util. Comm. (1957), 166 Ohio St. 180 [1 O.O.2d 564], paragraph one of *108the syllabus. Further, pursuant to R.C. 4905.22, 4905.26, and 4905.381, the commission is authorized “to order telephone companies under its jurisdiction to establish Extended Area Service * * Arcadia Tel. Co. v. Pub. Util. Comm. (1979),…