Telecommunications service or telephone business
Seattle Mun. Code § 5.30.645
in effect5.30.645 - Telecommunications service or telephone business
"Telecommunications service" or "telephone business" means the electronic transmission, conveyance, or routing of voice, data, audio, video, or any other information or signals to a point, or between or among points. It includes such transmission, conveyance, or routing in which computer processing applications are used to act on the form, code, or protocol of the content for purposes of transmission, conveyance, or routing without regard to whether such service is referred to as voice over internet protocol services or is classified by the Federal Communications Commission as enhanced or value added. Telecommunication services or telephone business also includes ancillary services that are associated with or incidental to the provision of telecommunication services including, but not limited to, conference bridging, detailed telecommunications billing, directory assistance, vertical service, or voice mail services as defined in RCW 82.04.065.
Telecommunication services or telephone business also includes those activities previously used to define telephone business such as the providing by any person of access to a local telephone network, local telephone network switching service, toll service, cellular or mobile telephone service, coin telephone services, pager service, or the providing of telephonic, video, data, or similar communication or transmission for hire, via a local telephone network, toll line or channel, cable, microwave, or similar communication or transmission system. The term includes the provision of cooperative or farmer line telephone services or associations operating exchanges. The term also includes the provision of transmission to and from the site of an internet provider via a local telephone network, toll line or channel, cable, microwave, or similar communication or transmission system. "Telecommunication service or telephone business" does not include the providing of competitive telephone service, data processing, providing of cable television service, or other providing of broadcast services by radio or television stations.
([Renumbered from 5.30.060.D]; Ord. 125083, § 2, 2016 [numbering and style update]; Ord. 122563, § 3, 2007; Ord. 120668, § 3, 2001.)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT5REFITA_SUBTITLE_IGERE_CH5.30DE_5.30.645TESETEBUFetched: 11/1/2026