§ 54.413   Link Up for rural Tribal lands.

   (a) For purposes of this subpart, the term “Tribal Link Up” means an
   assistance program for eligible residents of Tribal lands, if the
   subscriber's location is rural, as defined in § 54.505(b)(3)(i) and
   (ii), seeking telecommunications service from a telecommunications
   carrier that is receiving high-cost support on rural Tribal lands,
   pursuant to subpart D of this part, that provides:

   (1) A 100 percent reduction, up to $100, of the customary charge for
   commencing telecommunications service for a single telecommunications
   connection at a subscriber's principal place of residence imposed by an
   eligible telecommunications carrier that is also receiving high-cost
   support on rural Tribal lands, pursuant to subpart D of this part. For
   purposes of this subpart, a “customary charge for commencing
   telecommunications service” is the ordinary charge an eligible
   telecommunications carrier imposes and collects from all subscribers to
   initiate service with that eligible telecommunications carrier. A
   charge imposed only on qualifying low-income consumers to initiate
   service is not a customary charge for commencing telecommunications
   service. Activation charges routinely waived, reduced, or eliminated
   with the purchase of additional products, services, or minutes are not
   customary charges eligible for universal service support; and

   (2) A deferred schedule of payments of the customary charge for
   commencing telecommunications service for a single telecommunications
   connection at a subscriber's principal place of residence imposed by an
   eligible telecommunications carrier that is also receiving high-cost
   support on rural Tribal lands, pursuant to subpart D of this part, for
   which the eligible resident of rural Tribal lands does not pay
   interest. The interest charges not assessed to the eligible resident of
   rural Tribal lands shall be for a customary charge for connecting the
   telecommunications service of up to $200 and such interest charges
   shall be deferred for a period not to exceed one year.

   (b) An eligible resident of rural Tribal lands may receive the benefit
   of the Tribal Link Up program for a second or subsequent time only for
   otherwise qualifying commencement of telecommunications service at a
   principal place of residence with an address different from the address
   for which Tribal Link Up assistance was provided previously.

   [ 83 FR 2085 , Jan. 16, 2018]

   Effective Date Note: At  83 FR 2085 , Jan. 16, 2018, § 54.413 was revised.
   This section contains information collection and recordkeeping
   requirements and will not become effective until approval has been
   given by the Office of Management and Budget.

   return arrow Back to Top