Regular Membership in NCTUE

Current members include national, regional and local carriers.  Membership in NCTUE is open to any telecommunications company (as defined by the Telecommunications Act of 1996) with residential accounts and any utility company with consumer accounts. This includes companies that provide:

• Cable TV service
• Electric service
• Gas service
• Internet service
• Local phone service
• Long distance phone service
• Satellite TV service
• Water service
• Wireless phone service

Affiliate Membership

An Affiliate Member is a Member that is or becomes a subsidiary or affiliate of a Founding Member, Telecom Member or Utility Member, but which continues to be operated as a separate entity.  Affiliate Members have no voting rights.

Associate Membership

An Associate Member is a Member for which the combined number of new connects (CSA Adds) and disconnects (UCA Adds) totals less than 24,000 transactions during a twelve-month period.  An Associate Member cannot be an affiliate of a Member, or a division or a part of a Member.  Associate Members shall have no voting rights.

Membership Meetings

There is one general membership meeting annually.  It is open to all current and prospective members.