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FCC 54.403
Revised as of October 1, 2014
Goto Year:2013 |
2015
§ 54.403 Lifeline support amount.
(a) The federal Lifeline support amount for all eligible
telecommunications carriers shall equal:
(1) Basic support amount. Federal Lifeline support in the amount of
$9.25 per month will be made available to an eligible
telecommunications carrier providing Lifeline service to a qualifying
low-income consumer, if that carrier certifies to the Administrator
that it will pass through the full amount of support to the qualifying
low-income consumer and that it has received any non-federal regulatory
approvals necessary to implement the rate reduction.
(2) Tribal lands support amount. Additional federal Lifeline support of
up to $25 per month will be made available to an eligible
telecommunications carrier providing Lifeline service to an eligible
resident of Tribal lands, as defined in § 54.400 (e), to the extent
that the eligible telecommunications carrier certifies to the
Administrator that it will pass through the full Tribal lands support
amount to the qualifying eligible resident of Tribal lands and that it
has received any non-federal regulatory approvals necessary to
implement the required rate reduction.
(b) Application of Lifeline discount amount. (1) Eligible
telecommunications carriers that charge federal End User Common Line
charges or equivalent federal charges must apply federal Lifeline
support to waive the federal End User Common Line charges for Lifeline
subscribers. Such carriers must apply any additional federal support
amount to a qualifying low-income consumer's intrastate rate, if the
carrier has received the non-federal regulatory approvals necessary to
implement the required rate reduction. Other eligible
telecommunications carriers must apply the federal Lifeline support
amount, plus any additional support amount, to reduce the cost of any
generally available residential service plan or package offered by such
carriers that provides voice telephony service as described in
§ 54.101, and charge Lifeline subscribers the resulting amount.
(2) Where a subscriber makes only a partial payment to an eligible
telecommunications carrier for a bundled service package, the eligible
telecommunications carrier must apply the partial payment first to the
allocated price of the voice telephony service component of the package
and then to the cost of any additional services included in the bundled
package.
(c) Toll limitation service. An eligible telecommunications carrier
providing toll limitation service voluntarily elected by Lifeline
subscribers whose Lifeline plans would otherwise include a fee for
placing a toll call that would be in addition to the per month or per
billing cycle price of the subscriber's Lifeline service, shall, for
April 2012 Lifeline disbursements through December 2013 Lifeline
disbursements, receive support in an amount equal to the lesser of:
(1) The eligible telecommunications carrier's incremental cost of
providing either toll blocking services or toll control services to
each Lifeline subscriber who has selected such service; or
(2) The following amounts for each Lifeline subscriber who has selected
toll blocking services or toll control services:
(i) $3.00 per month per subscriber during 2012; and
(ii) $2.00 per month per subscriber during 2013.
[ 77 FR 12967 , Mar. 2, 2012]
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Goto Section: 54.401 | 54.404
Goto Year: 2013 |
2015
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