FCC Web Documents citing 54.304

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• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-01-1327A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-01-1327A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-01-1327A1.txt
  • has adopted measures to phase down interim hold-harmless support through $1.00 reductions in average monthly, per-line support beginning January 1, 2001, and every year thereafter until there is no more interim hold-harmless support. The phase down will not apply to a rural carrier when it acquires telephone exchanges from a non-rural carrier until the Commission completes a review of section 54.304 of the Commission's rules or until rural high-cost reform is complete. Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Thirteenth Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, CC Docket No. 96-45, FCC 00-428 (rel. Dec. 8, 2000). Rural carriers receive high-cost loop support when their reported average cost per loop exceeds the nationwide average loop cost by 15 percent. See
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-11-161A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-11-161A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-11-161A1.txt
  • it makes the election not to receive CAFF ICC Support , it may not elect to receive such funding at a later date. Beginning July 1, 2012, a Price Cap Carrier may recover any eligible recovery allowed by paragraph (d) that it could not have recovered through charges assessed pursuant to paragraph (e) from CAF ICC Support pursuant to § 54.304. For this purpose, the Price Cap Carrier must impute the maximum charges it could have assessed under paragraph (e). Beginning July 1, 2017, a Price Cap Carrier may recover two-thirds (2/3) of the amount it otherwise would have been eligible to recover under subparagraph (2) from CAF ICC Support . Beginning July 1, 2018, a Price Cap Carrier may recover
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-52A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-52A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-52A1.txt
  • broadband-capable networks used to offer the provider's own retail broadband service in areas substantially unserved by an unsubsidized competitor. (d) In addition to the information and certifications in paragraph (a) of this section, beginning July 1, 2013, price cap carriers receiving high-cost support to offset reductions in access charges shall provide a certification that the support received pursuant to § 54.304 in the prior calendar year was used to build and operate broadband-capable networks used to offer provider's own retail service in areas substantially unserved by an unsubsidized competitor. (e) * * * * * * * * (3) Beginning July 1, 2014. A progress report on the company's five-year service quality plan pursuant to § 54.202(a), including the following information:
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/2001/da011327.doc http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/2001/da011327.txt
  • has adopted measures to phase down interim hold-harmless support through $1.00 reductions in average monthly, per-line support beginning January 1, 2001, and every year thereafter until there is no more interim hold-harmless support. The phase down will not apply to a rural carrier when it acquires telephone exchanges from a non-rural carrier until the Commission completes a review of section 54.304 of the Commission's rules or until rural high-cost reform is complete. Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Thirteenth Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, CC Docket No. 96-45, FCC 00-428 (rel. Dec. 8, 2000). Rural carriers receive high-cost loop support when their reported average cost per loop exceeds the nationwide average loop cost by 15 percent. See