Sec.  54.413   Reimbursement for revenue forgone in offering a Link Up program.

   (a) Eligible telecommunications carriers may receive universal service
   support reimbursement for the revenue they forgo in reducing their customary
   charge for commencing telecommunications service and for providing a
   deferred schedule for payment of the charges assessed for commencing service
   for which the consumer does not pay interest, in conformity with  Sec. 54.411.

   (b) In order to receive universal service support reimbursement for
   providing Link Up, eligible telecommunications carriers must keep accurate
   records of the revenues they forgo in reducing their customary charge for
   commencing telecommunications service and for providing a deferred schedule
   for payment of the charges assessed for commencing service for which the
   consumer does not pay interest, in conformity with  Sec. 54.411. Such records
   shall be kept in the form directed by the Administrator and provided to the
   Administrator at intervals as directed by the Administrator or as provided
   in this subpart. The forgone revenues for which the eligible
   telecommunications carrier may receive reimbursement shall include only the
   difference between the carrier's customary connection or interest charges
   and the charges actually assessed to the participating low-income consumer.