§  69.158   Universal service end user charges.

   To the extent the company makes contributions to the Universal Service
   Support Mechanisms pursuant to § § 54.706 and 54.709 of this chapter
   and the local exchange carrier seeks to recover some or all of the
   amount of such contribution, the local exchange carrier shall recover
   those contributions through a charge to end users other than Lifeline
   users. These contributions are not a part of any price cap baskets, and
   the charge to recover these contributions is not part of any other
   element established pursuant to part 69. Such a charge may be assessed
   on a per-line basis or as a percentage of interstate retail revenues,
   and at the option of the local exchange carrier it may be combined for
   billing purposes with other end user retail rate elements. A local
   exchange carrier opting to assess the Universal Service end-user rate
   element on a per-line basis may apply that charge using the
   "equivalency" relationships established for the multi-line business
   PICC for Primary Rate ISDN service, as per § 69.153(d), and for Centrex
   lines, as per § 69.153(e).

   [ 65 FR 38704 , June 21, 2000;  65 FR 57744 , Sept. 26, 2000]

Subpart D--Apportionment of Net Investment

   Source:    52 FR 37312 , Oct. 6, 1987, unless otherwise noted.