Sec. 54.703  Contributions.

    (a) Entities that provide interstate telecommunications to the 
public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available to 
the public, for a fee will be considered telecommunications carriers 
providing interstate telecommunications services and must contribute to 
the universal service support programs. Interstate telecommunications 
include, but are not limited to:
    (1) Cellular telephone and paging services;
    (2) Mobile radio services;
    (3) Operator services;
    (4) Personal communications services (PCS);
    (5) Access to interexchange service;
    (6) Special access service;
    (7) WATS;
    (8) Toll-free service;
    (9) 900 service;
    (10) Message telephone service (MTS);
    (11) Private line service;
    (12) Telex;
    (13) Telegraph;
    (14) Video services;
    (15) Satellite service;
    (16) Resale of interstate services; and
    (17) Payphone services.

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    (b) Every telecommunications carrier that provides interstate 
telecommunications services, every provider of interstate 
telecommunications that offers telecommunications for a fee on a non-
common carrier basis, and payphone providers that are aggregators shall 
contribute to the programs for eligible schools, libraries, and health 
care providers on the basis of its interstate, intrastate, and 
international end-user telecommunications revenues. Entities providing 
open video systems (OVS), cable leased access, or direct broadcast 
satellite (DBS) services are not required to contribute on the basis of 
revenues derived from those services.
    (c) Every telecommunications carrier that provides interstate 
telecommunications services, every provider of interstate 
telecommunications that offers telecommunications for a fee on a non-
common carrier basis, and payphone providers that are aggregators shall 
contribute to the programs for high cost, rural and insular areas, and 
low-income consumers on the basis of its interstate and international 
end-user telecommunications revenues. Entities providing OVS, cable 
leased access, or DBS services are not required to contribute on the 
basis of revenues derived from those services.