FCC Web Documents citing 54.312

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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit DA 12-1007 Release Date: June 27, 2012 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON CENTURYLINK PETITION FOR LIMITED WAIVER OF CERTAIN HIGH-COST UNIVERSAL SERVICE RULES WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 05-337 Comment Date: July 12, 2012 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by CenturyLink for a limited waiver of section 54.312(b) of the Commission's rules, which, among other things, provides that recipients of Connect America Fund Phase I incremental support must deploy broadband to locations identified as unserved by fixed broadband on the then-current version of the National Broadband Map. In particular, CenturyLink seeks a waiver so that it may deploy to locations within specified areas that are shown on the
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  • Geolytics 2011 Estimates. See CQBAT Business Counts Report. . See Comments of US Telecom, WC Docket Nos. 10-90, et al., at 3-5 and Attachment 2 (filed Mar. 19, 2012). We note that the carriers have the most reliable data about which wire centers they operate, and they have an incentive to properly identify their wire centers. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.312(b)(3). Carriers must file their notices in WC Docket Nos. 10-90 and 05-337. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.312(b)(2). The deployment requirement is rounded up for carriers that elect to receive an amount of money that does not divide evenly by $775. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.312(b)(3). See also Connect America Fund, WC Docket Nos. 10-90, et al., Second Order on Reconsideration,
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  • support amount as of December 31, 2011 capped at $3,000 per year, provided that the total amount of support for all such competitive eligible telecommunications carriers shall be capped pursuant to subparagraph (A)''. In paragraph (e)(5) of section 54.307, replace ``described in paragraph (e)(2)(iv) of this section'' with ``described in paragraph (e)(2)(iii) of this section''. In paragraph (b)(3) of section 54.312, replace ``the Commission, relevant state commissions, and any affected Tribal government'' with ``the Commission, the Administrator, relevant state commissions, and any affected Tribal government''. In paragraph (c) of section 54.1004, replace ``or purposes'' with ``for purposes''. In paragraph (b)(2) of section 54.1005, underline ``Application Contents''. In paragraph (a) of section 54.1006, depapitalize ``Public Notice''. In paragraph (b) of section 54.1009,
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-312315A1_Erratum.doc
  • support amount as of December 31, 2011 capped at $3,000 per year, provided that the total amount of support for all such competitive eligible telecommunications carriers shall be capped pursuant to subparagraph (A)''. In paragraph (e)(5) of section 54.307, replace ``described in paragraph (e)(2)(iv) of this section'' with ``described in paragraph (e)(2)(iii) of this section''. In paragraph (b)(3) of section 54.312, replace ``the Commission, relevant state commissions, and any affected Tribal government'' with ``the Commission, the Administrator, relevant state commissions, and any affected Tribal government''. In paragraph (c) of section 54.1004, replace ``or purposes'' with ``for purposes''. In paragraph (b)(2) of section 54.1005, underline ``Application Contents''. In paragraph (a) of section 54.1006, depapitalize ``Public Notice''. In paragraph (b) of section 54.1009,
• 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
  • support pursuant to § 54.301, forward-looking support pursuant to § 54.309, interstate access support pursuant to §§ 54.800 through 54.809, and interstate common line support pursuant to §§ 54.901 through 54.904, support provided pursuant to §§ 51.915, 51.917, and 54.304, support provided to competitive eligible telecommunications carriers as set forth in §54.307(e), Connect America Fund support provided pursuant to § 54.312, and Mobility Fund support provided pursuant to subpart L of this part. * * * * * Rate-of-return carrier. ``Rate-of-return carrier'' shall refer to any incumbent local exchange carrier not subject to price cap regulation as that term is defined in § 61.3(aa) of this chapter. * * * * * Tribal lands. For the purposes of high-cost support, ``Tribal
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-47A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-47A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-47A1.txt
  • permit carriers accepting CAF Phase I support to satisfy their deployment requirement by deploying to locations identified on the National Broadband Map as served if the Map reflects that the only provider of fixed broadband to the location is the incumbent carrier itself, the locations are in fact unserved by broadband, and the carrier makes the certifications required by section 54.312(b)(3) of our rules. ITTA also argues that some census blocks are shown in some of the tools available on the National Broadband Map website as being served by a carrier other than the incumbent LEC, but that the data underlying the Map ``clearly identifies that the non-ILEC provider serves only a part of the census block.'' This situation can arise