Goto Section: 54.307 | 54.309 | Table of Contents
FCC 54.308
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 54.308 Broadband public interest obligations for recipients of high-cost
support.
(a) Rate-of-return carrier recipients of high-cost support are required to
offer broadband service at actual speeds of at least 10 Mbps downstream/1
Mbps upstream, with latency suitable for real-time applications, including
Voice over Internet Protocol, and usage capacity that is reasonably
comparable to comparable offerings in urban areas, at rates that are
reasonably comparable to rates for comparable offerings in urban areas, upon
reasonable request. If a request for broadband service at actual speeds of
at least 10 Mbps downstream/1 Mbps upstream is unreasonable, and offering
broadband service at actual speeds of at least 4 Mbps downstream/1 Mbps
upstream is reasonable, rate-of-return recipients of high-cost support are
required to offer broadband service at actual speeds of at least 4 Mbps
downstream/1 Mbps upstream. For purposes of determining reasonable
comparability of rates, recipients are presumed to meet this requirement if
they offer rates at or below the applicable benchmark to be announced
annually by public notice issued by the Wireline Competition Bureau, or no
more than the non-promotional prices charged for a comparable fixed wireline
service in urban areas in the state or U.S. Territory where the eligible
telecommunications carrier receives support.
(b) Rate-of-return carrier recipients of high-cost support are required upon
reasonable request to bid on category one telecommunications and Internet
access services in response to a posted FCC Form 470 seeking broadband
service that meets the connectivity targets for the schools and libraries
universal service support program for eligible schools and libraries (as
described in § 54.501) within that carrier's service area. Such bids must be
at rates reasonably comparable to rates charged to eligible schools and
libraries in urban areas for comparable offerings.
[ 80 FR 4477 , Jan. 27, 2015, as amended at 80 FR 5987 , Feb. 4, 2015]
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Goto Section: 54.307 | 54.309
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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