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L. "Service Address" means either: (1) The location of the service users’ communication equipment from which the communication originates or terminates, regardless of where the communication is billed or paid; or, (2) If the location in subsection (1) of this definition is unknown (e.g., mobile telecommunications service or VoIP service), the service address means the location of the service user's place of primary use. (3) For prepaid telecommunication service, “service address” means the location associated with the service number. M. "Service Supplier" shall mean any entity or person, including the City, that provides communication service to a user of such service within the City. N. "Service User" shall mean a person required to pay a tax imposed under the provisions of this Article. O. “State" shall mean the State of California. P. "Tax Administrator" means the finance director of the city or his or her designee. Q. “Telecommunications services” means the transmission, conveyance, or routing of voice, data, audio, video, or any other information or signals to a point, or between or among points, whatever the technology used, and includes broadband services [e.g., T- 1, digital subscriber line (eDSL), fiber optic, coaxial cable, and wireless broadband, including Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and Wireless MESH] to the extent federal and/or state law permits taxation of such broadband services, now or in the future. The term “telecommunications services” 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 services are referred to as voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services or are classified by the Federal Communications Commission as enhanced or value added, and includes video and/or data services that is functionally integrated with “telecommunication services”. “Telecommunications services” include, but are not limited to the following services, regardless of the manner or basis on which such services are calculated or billed: ancillary telecommunication services; broadband service (to the extent federal and/or state law permits taxation of such service); mobile telecommunications service; post-paid telecommunication service; private telecommunication service; paging service; 800 service (or any other toll-free numbers designated by the Federal Communications Commission); and 900 service (or any other similar numbers designated by the Federal Communications Commission for services whereby subscribers who call in to pre-recorded or live service). “Telecommunication services” shall not include digital downloads that are not “ancillary telecommunication services”, such as books, music, ringtones, games, and similar digital products. R. “Video Programming” means those programming services commonly provided to subscribers by a “video service supplier” including but not limited to basic services, ATTY/ORD/ORD.283 Ord 2316 (11/6/07 Election) 3 071007 Muff # 305