Wadsworth v. GTE North Inc.

We have recognized that EAS cases are essentially adequacy-o fserviee proceedings subject to R.C. 4905.22, 4905.26, and 4905.381. Arcadia Tel. Co. v. Pub. Util. Comm. (1979), 58 Ohio St.2d 180, 12 O.O.3d 182, 389 N.E.2d 498. Although appellants raise several arguments in their brief, the basic premise of their appeal is that Ohio Adm.Code 4901:1-7-03, and particularly the commission’s consideration of the calling statistics thereunder, is inconsistent with the adequacy-of-service determination which the commission must make under R.C. 4905.26. They argue that the petitioning subscribers’…