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FCC 54.319
Revised as of October 5, 2017
Goto Year:2016 |
2018
§ 54.319 Elimination of high-cost support in areas with 100 percent coverage
by an unsubsidized competitor.
(a) High-cost universal service support provided pursuant to subparts K
and M of this part 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, offer(s)
to 100 percent of the 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.
(d) High-cost universal service support pursuant to subpart K of this
part shall be eliminated for those census blocks of an incumbent
rate-of-return local exchange carrier study area where an unsubsidized
competitor, or combination of unsubsidized competitors, as defined in
§ 54.5, offer(s) voice and broadband service meeting the public interest
obligations in § 54.308(a)(2) to at least 85 percent of residential
locations in the census block. Qualifying competitors must be able to
port telephone numbers from consumers.
(e) After a determination that a particular census block is served by a
competitor as defined in paragraph (d) of this section, support
provided pursuant to subpart K of this part shall be disaggregated
pursuant to a method elected by the incumbent local exchange carrier.
The sum of support that is disaggregated for competitive and
non-competitive areas shall equal the total support available to the
study area without disaggregation.
(f) For any incumbent local exchange carrier for which the
disaggregated support for competitive census blocks represents less
than 25 percent of the support the carrier would have received in the
study area in the absence of this rule, support provided pursuant to
subpart K of this part shall be reduced according to the following
schedule:
(1) In the first year, 66 percent of the incumbent's disaggregated
support for the competitive census block will be provided;
(2) In the second year, 33 percent of the incumbent's disaggregated
support for the competitive census blocks will be provided;
(3) In the third year and thereafter, no support shall be provided
pursuant to subpart K of this part for any competitive census block.
(g) For any incumbent local exchange carrier for which the
disaggregated support for competitive census blocks represents more
than 25 percent of the support the carrier would have received in the
study area in the absence of this rule, support shall be reduced for
each competitive census block according to the following schedule:
(1) In the first year, 83 percent of the incumbent's disaggregated
support for the competitive census blocks will be provided;
(2) In the second year, 66 percent of the incumbent's disaggregated
support for the competitive census blocks will be provided;
(3) In the third year, 49 percent of the incumbent's disaggregated
support for the competitive census blocks will be provided;
(4) In the fourth year, 32 percent of the incumbent's disaggregated
support the competitive census block will be provided;
(5) In the fifth year, 15 percent of the incumbent's disaggregated
support the competitive census blocks will be provided;
(6) In the sixth year and thereafter, no support shall be paid provided
pursuant to subpart K of this part for any competitive census block.
(h) The Wireline Competition Bureau shall update its analysis of
competitive overlap in census blocks every seven years, utilizing the
current public interest obligations in § 54.308(a)(2) as the standard
that must be met by an unsubsidized competitor.
[ 80 FR 4478 , Jan. 27, 2015, as amended at 81 FR 24342 , Apr. 25, 2016;
82 FR 14340 , Mar. 20, 2017]
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Goto Year: 2016 |
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