California Emergency Disaster Relief

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Ayuda de emergencia ante desastres de California

加州紧急救灾

Cứu trợ thiên tai khẩn cấp California

캘리포니아 긴급 재해 구호

Помощь в чрезвычайных ситуациях в Калифорнии

Kagamitan sa emergency na Pangkagipitan sa California

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has established consumer protections that communications companies must provide following emergency-declared disasters, to help ensure that you are able to keep vital communications services. The protection measures Zayo and Allstream will provide to impacted small business (i.e., 5 lines or less) California customers include the following:

  • Waiver of one-time activation fee for establishing remote call forwarding, remote access to call forwarding, call forwarding features and messaging services;
  • Waiver of the monthly rate for one month for remote call forwarding, remote access to call forwarding, call forwarding, call forwarding features, and messaging services;
  • Waiver of the service charge for installation of service at the temporary or new permanent location of the customer and again when the customer moves back to the premises; *
  • Waiver of the fee for one jack and associated wiring at the temporary location regardless of whether the customer has an inside wiring plan; *
  • Waiver of the fee for up to five free jacks and associated wiring for inside wiring plan customer upon their return to their permanent location; and
  • Waiver of the fee for one jack and associated wiring for non-Plan customers upon their return to their permanent location.

* The Company will provide this protection to the extent it provides the service at the location.

If you believe your service has been disrupted or degraded as a result of an emergency-declared disaster, contact 866-468-3472 or USCustomerService@allstream.com. Accessible formats for customers with disabilities are available upon request.

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