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FCC 54.321
Revised as of October 5, 2017
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2018
§ 54.321 Reporting and certification requirements for Alaska Plan
participants.
Any competitive eligible telecommunications carrier authorized to
receive Alaska Plan support pursuant to § 54.317 shall provide:
(a) No later than 60 days after the end of each participating carrier's
first five-year term of support, a certification that it has met the
obligations contained in the performance plan approved by the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, including any obligations pursuant to a
revised approved performance plan and that it has met the requisite
public interest obligations contained in the Alaska Plan Order. For
Alaska Plan participants receiving more than $5 million annually in
support, this certification shall be accompanied by data received or
used from drive tests analyzing network coverage for mobile service
covering the population for which support was received and showing
mobile transmissions to and from the carrier's network meeting or
exceeding the minimum expected download and upload speeds delineated in
the approved performance plan.
(b) No later than 60 days after the end of each participating carrier's
second five-year term of support, a certification that it has met the
obligations contained in the performance plan approved by the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, including any obligations pursuant to a
revised approved performance plan, and that it has met the requisite
public interest obligations contained in the Alaska Plan Order. For
Alaska Plan participants receiving more than $5 million annually in
support, this certification shall be accompanied by data received or
used from drive tests analyzing network coverage for mobile service
covering the population for which support was received and showing
mobile transmissions to and from the carrier's network meeting or
exceeding the minimum expected download and upload speeds delineated in
the approved performance plan.
[ 81 FR 69716 , Oct. 7, 2016]
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Subpart E—Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers
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54.400 Terms and definitions.
As used in this subpart, the following terms shall be defined as
follows:
(a) Qualifying low-income consumer. A “qualifying low-income consumer”
is a consumer who meets the qualifications for Lifeline, as specified
in § 54.409.
(b) Toll blocking service. “Toll blocking service” is a service
provided by an eligible telecommunications carrier that lets
subscribers elect not to allow the completion of outgoing toll calls
from their telecommunications channel.
(c) Toll control service. “Toll control service” is a service provided
by an eligible telecommunications carrier that allows subscribers to
specify a certain amount of toll usage that may be incurred on their
telecommunications channel per month or per billing cycle.
(d) Toll limitation service. “Toll limitation service” denotes either
toll blocking service or toll control service for eligible
telecommunications carriers that are incapable of providing both
services. For eligible telecommunications carriers that are capable of
providing both services, “toll limitation service” denotes both toll
blocking service and toll control service.
(e) Eligible resident of Tribal lands. An “eligible resident of Tribal
lands” is a “qualifying low-income consumer,” as defined in paragraph
(a) of this section, living on Tribal lands. For purposes of this
subpart, “Tribal lands” include any federally recognized Indian tribe's
reservation, pueblo, or colony, including former reservations in
Oklahoma; Alaska Native regions established pursuant to the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688); Indian allotments;
Hawaiian Home Lands—areas held in trust for Native Hawaiians by the
state of Hawaii, pursuant to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920
July 9, 1921, 42 Stat. 108, et. seq., as amended; and any land
designated as such by the Commission for purposes of this subpart
pursuant to the designation process in § 54.412.
(f) Income. “Income” means gross income as defined under section 61 of
the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 61, for all members of the
household. This means all income actually received by all members of
the household from whatever source derived, unless specifically
excluded by the Internal Revenue Code, Part III of Title 26, 26 U.S.C.
101 et seq.
(g) Duplicative support. “Duplicative support” exists when a Lifeline
subscriber is receiving two or more Lifeline services concurrently or
two or more subscribers in a household are receiving Lifeline services
or Tribal Link Up support concurrently.
(h) Household. A “household” is any individual or group of individuals
who are living together at the same address as one economic unit. A
household may include related and unrelated persons. An “economic unit”
consists of all adult individuals contributing to and sharing in the
income and expenses of a household. An adult is any person eighteen
years or older. If an adult has no or minimal income, and lives with
someone who provides financial support to him/her, both people shall be
considered part of the same household. Children under the age of
eighteen living with their parents or guardians are considered to be
part of the same household as their parents or guardians.
(i) National Lifeline Accountability Database or Database. The
“National Lifeline Accountability Database” or “Database” is an
electronic system, with associated functions, processes, policies and
procedures, to facilitate the detection and elimination of duplicative
support, as directed by the Commission.
(j) Qualifying assistance program. A “qualifying assistance program”
means any of the federal or Tribal assistance programs the
participation in which, pursuant to § 54.409(a) or (b), qualifies a
consumer for Lifeline service, including Medicaid; Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program; Supplemental Security Income; Federal
Public Housing Assistance; Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit;
Bureau of Indian Affairs general assistance; Tribally administered
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tribal TANF); Head Start (only
those households meeting its income qualifying standard); or the Food
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR).
(k) Direct service. As used in this subpart, direct service means the
provision of service directly to the qualifying low-income consumer.
(l) Broadband Internet access service. “Broadband Internet access
service” is defined as a mass-market retail service by wire or radio
that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from
all or substantially all Internet endpoints, including any capabilities
that are incidental to and enable the operation of the communications
service, but excluding dial-up service.
(m) Voice telephony service. “Voice telephony service” is defined as
voice grade access to the public switched network or its functional
equivalent; minutes of use for local service provided at no additional
charge to end users; access to the emergency services provided by local
government or other public safety organizations, such as 911 and
enhanced 911, to the extent the local government in an eligible
carrier's service area has implemented 911 or enhanced 911 systems; and
toll limitation services to qualifying low-income consumers as provided
in subpart E of this part.
(n) Supported services. Voice Telephony services and broadband Internet
access services are supported services for the Lifeline program.
(o) National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier. The “National Lifeline
Eligibility Verifier” or “National Verifier” is an electronic and
manual system with associated functions, processes, policies and
procedures, to facilitate the determination of consumer eligibility for
the Lifeline program, as directed by the Commission.
[ 77 FR 12966 , Mar. 2, 2012, as amended at 80 FR 40935 , July 14, 2015;
81 FR 33089 , May 24, 2016]
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