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FCC 54.319
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 54.319 Elimination of high-cost support in areas with 100 percent coverage
by an unsubsidized competitor.
(a) Universal service support shall be eliminated in an incumbent
rate-of-return local exchange carrier study area where an unsubsidized
competitor, or combination of unsubsidized competitors, as defined in § 54.5,
offers to 100 percent of residential and business locations in the study
area voice and broadband service at 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.
(b) After a determination there is a 100 percent overlap, the incumbent
local exchange carrier shall receive the following amount of high-cost
support:
(1) In the first year, two-thirds of the lesser of the incumbent's total
high-cost support in the immediately preceding calendar year or $3000 times
the number of reported lines as of year-end for the immediately preceding
calendar year;
(2) In the second year, one-third of the lesser of the incumbent's total
high-cost support in the immediately preceding calendar year or $3000 times
the number of reported lines as of year-end for the immediately preceding
calendar year;
(3) In the third year and thereafter, no support shall be paid.
(c) The Wireline Competition Bureau shall update its analysis of where there
is a 100 percent overlap on a biennial basis.
[ 80 FR 4478 , Jan. 27, 2015]
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