§ 49-21-07 — Discrimination unlawful

It shall be unlawful for any telecommunications company to make any unjust or
unreasonable discrimination in prices, practices, or service for or in connection with like
telecommunications service, or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any
person or telecommunications company or to subject any person or telecommunications
company to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in the service rendered by it
to the public or to a telecommunications company, or to charge or receive for any such service
rendered, more or less than the prices provided for in the schedules then on file with the
commission. A telecommunications company providing intrastate interexchange message toll
services shall charge uniform prices on all routes where it offers such services. A
telecommunications company providing local exchange service and message toll and private
line services shall cover, in its price for message toll and private line services, the price of
providing access service in its own exchanges. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
prevent any telecommunications company from offering or providing volume or other discounts
based on reasonable business practices; from introducing promotional offerings, including
special incentives, competitive discounts, and price waivers; from passing through any state,
municipal or local taxes or fees to the specific geographic areas from which the taxes or fees
originate; from contracting with a retail subscriber to provide telecommunications services at
prices negotiated with the subscriber to meet service requests of the subscriber or competitive
offerings of another telecommunications company; or from furnishing free telecommunications
service or service at reduced prices to its officers, agents, servants, or employees.