FCC Web Documents citing 54.903

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  • April 1, 2001 with the Universal Service Administrator Company (USAC) and the Commission stating that all universal service high-cost support received by RCC will be used ``only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which support is intended.'' In addition, RCC requests a waiver of the line-count filing deadlines set forth in sections 54.307(c), 54.802(a), and 54.903(a)(2) of the Commission's rules. The filing deadlines relate to RCC's receipt of universal service support for its service provided in the State of Washington. RCC contends that, without a waiver of these filings deadlines, it would not receive universal service support for the services it provided between August 14, 2002, the date of its ETC designation, and December 31, 2002.
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  • these rules are not necessary in the public interest for the reasons set forth in the Commission's previous review, and thus recommends that the Commission eliminate these sections in the context of ongoing rulemaking proceedings. The staff also recommends that the following provisions be updated: 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.5, 54.201-207, 54.303(b)(4), 54.5, 54.623, 54.901(b)(2), and references to 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.903(a), 54.903(c), 54.903(d), 54.903(e); and that the following provisions for which funding periods have expired be removed: 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.507(a)(1)-(2), 54.604(a)(2). The rules in Part 54 regarding the rural health care and the schools and libraries programs establish universal service mechanisms that ensure that consumers have access to affordable telecommunications services. The staff therefore finds that these rules are necessary
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  • of universal service support pursuant to the Commission's rules. Petitioner Rule Date Filed Megagate Broadband, Inc. f/k/a Cellular Associates, L.P. 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c) 47 C.F.R. § 54.313(d)(3) 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a) 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c) 03/30/04 United States Cellular Corporation 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c) 04/02/04 NPI-Omnipoint Wireless, LLC 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c) 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a) 47 C.F.R. § 54.903 04/06/04 East Ascension Telephone Company 47 C.F.R. § 54.301 04/09/04 Alliance Communications Cooperative, Inc. and Hills Telephone Company, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.301 05/20/04 SEI Data, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.802 03/23/04 Centennial Lafayette Communications, LLC; Centennial Beauregard Cellular LLC; Centennial Caldwell Cellular Corp.; Centennial Morehouse Cellular, LLC 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d)(3) 05/28/04 Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 of
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  • because NECA has the data in its possession. If the 120 largest adjustments represent more than 80% of the total true-ups, NECA need only provide the data representing 80% of the true-up totals. On the other hand, if the number of data points is insufficient to reflect the nature of the true-ups, NECA should submit additional true-ups. 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(4). 47 U.S.C. § 201(b). GCI also contends that ``because entrance facility rates are calculated by dividing the revenue requirement by projected demand, these added entrance facilities unjustly increase the projected demand and decrease rates. This means that, with all other factors held constant, rates for entrance facilities actually ordered and used are too low, distorting and harming competition in interstate
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit DA 05-1544 Released: May 27, 2005 ADAK EAGLE ENTERPRISES, LLC d/b/a ADAK TELEPHONE UTILITY SEEKS WAIVER OF SECTIONS 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.314(d), 54.903(a)(3), 69.2(hh) AND 69.3(e)(6) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES AND, IF NECESSARY, A WAIVER OF THE STUDY AREA BOUNDARY FREEZE AS CODIFIED IN PART 36 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED CC Docket No. 96-45 Comments Due: June 13, 2005 Reply Comments Due: June 20, 2005 On February 9, 2005, Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Adak Telephone Utility (Adak) filed a
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  • waive the October 1, 2004 data filing deadline set forth in section 54.301(b) of the Commission's rules for local switching support (LSS), the October 1, 2004 deadline set forth in section 54.314(d) of the Commission's rules for state certification of support for rural carriers, and the March 31, 2005 and July 31, 2005 data filing deadlines set forth in section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules for interstate common line support (ICLS). These waivers will ensure that Allband is able to collect access charges and universal service funding in a timely manner. Based on the record, we find that all of these waivers are in the public interest because they will facilitate the ability of Allband to serve previously unserved areas. background
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  • waive the October 1, 2004 data filing deadline set forth in section 54.301(b) of the Commission's rules for local switching support (LSS), the October 1, 2004 deadline set forth in section 54.314(d) of the Commission's rules for state certification of support for rural carriers, and the March 31, 2005 and July 31, 2005 data filing deadlines set forth in section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules for interstate common line support (ICLS). These waivers will ensure that WeavTel and Beaver Creek are able to collect access charges and universal service funding in a timely manner. Based on the record, we find that all of these waivers are in the public interest because they will facilitate the ability of WeavTel and Beaver Creek
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  • the October 1, 2005 data filing deadline set forth in section 54.301(b) of the Commission's rules for local switching support (LSS); the October 1, 2005 filing deadline set forth in section 54.314(d) of the Commission's rules for state certification of support for rural carriers; and the March 31, 2005, and July 31, 2005 data filing deadlines set forth in section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules for interstate common line support (ICLS). We grant these waivers on our own motion to permit Direct Communications to receive, to the extent it is eligible, federal universal service support on the date that it would otherwise be entitled to receive such support. study area waiver Background Study Area. A study area is a geographic segment
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  • but was not received by the Commission's Office of the Secretary until April 13, 2005). See also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(c), 54.802(a), 54.809(c), and 54.904(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(a). See 47 C.F.R. §54.809(c). In Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Report and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 6371, 6413-14, para. 94 (2005), the Commission adopted a quarterly IAS certification schedule to accommodate late filings, whereby a late-filing carrier's IAS support is curtailed by a quarter's worth of support for each quarter that
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  • Bureau FiberNet, LLC, Petition for Waiver of FCC Rule Section 54.307(c)(4), CC Docket No. 96-45, filed Apr. 11, 2005 (FiberNet Petition); 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. See FiberNet Petition at 1. FiberNet Petition at 2. Id. Id. at 3. 47 C.F.R. § 1.3. Northeast Cellular Telephone Co. v. FCC, 897 F.2d 1164, 1166 (D.C. Cir. 1990) (``Northeast Cellular''). WAIT Radio v. FCC, 418 F.2d 1153, 1159 (D.C. Cir. 1969); Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166.
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 4 4 4 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Adak Telephone Utility Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.314(d), 54.903(a)(3), 69.2(hh) and 69.3(e)(6) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: December 29, 2005 Released: December 30, 2005 By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: Introduction In this Order, we grant Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Adak Telephone Utility (Adak Telephone), a new local exchange carrier (LEC) in Alaska, waivers of
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of M&L Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Skyline Telephone Company Waiver of Sections 54.301(b), 54.314(d), and 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: January 14, 2005 Released: January 14, 2005 By the Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: introduction In this Order, we waive the October 1, 2003 state certification filing deadline set forth in section 54.314(d) of the Commission's rules for high-cost universal service support in
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  • filed by the following telecommunications carriers seeking waivers of various filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service support pursuant to the Commission's rules. Petitioner Rule Date Filed Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c) 6/2/06 Sagebrush Cellular, Inc. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d), 54.314(a) and 54.904(d) 6/5/06 Cedar Valley Communications, Inc. 47 C.F.R. §§ 36.311(h), 36.612, 54.307(c)(3), 54.314(a), 54.903(a) 6/16/06 Interested parties may file comments on or before July 14, 2006 and reply comments on or before July 21, 2006. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using: (1) the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), (2) the Federal Government's eRulemaking Portal, or (3) by filing paper copies. See Electronic Filing of Documents
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  • Dakota 5 - Kidder Limited Partnership; and Bismarck MSA Limited Partnership, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed Dec. 9, 2005. See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. See Petition at 6. Id. at 7. Id. Id. at 8. Id. Id. at 17. Id. at 14. See id. at 8. Id. Id. at 15-16. Id. at 9. See id. at 6, 15, 16. 47 C.F.R. § 1.3. Northeast Cellular Telephone Co. v. FCC, 897 F.2d 1164, 1166 (D.C. Cir. 1990) (``Northeast Cellular''). WAIT
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  • Commission's rules would enable Sacred Wind to receive immediate high-cost loop support payments based on projected costs until historical costs become available. Waiver of sections 69.2(hh), 69.3(e)(6), and 69.3(e)(11) would permit Sacred Wind to become a member of NECA and to participate immediately in the NECA pools and tariffs. In addition, Sacred Wind requests waivers of sections 54.301(b), 54.314(d), and 54.903(a)(3) to allow it to receive immediate local switching support (LSS) and interstate common line support (ICLS). In addition, Sacred Wind posits that section 54.305 of the Commission's rules does not apply to the instant transaction or, in the alternative, that the Commission should waive section 54.305 in order that Sacred Wind may receive high-cost support based on the average cost
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  • 47 C.F.R. § 1.3. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e)(2) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs, but section 214(e)(6) allows the Commission to designate as ETCs carriers not subject to the jurisdiction of a state commission. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2), (6). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC Docket
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  • CC Docket No. 96-45, filed July 6, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). The Verizon companies on behalf of whom Verizon filed the petition are the regulated, wholly owned subsidiaries of Verizon Communications Inc. See Petition at 1 n.1. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.802(a), (b). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 4 4 4 Â Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Adak Telephone Utility Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.314(d), 54.903(a)(3), 69.2(hh) and 69.3(e)(6) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: November 27, 2006 Released: November 27, 2006 By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: In this Order, we extend the timing of the waiver of sections 36.611 and 36.612 of the Commission's rules granted to Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a
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  • 47 C.F.R. § 36.612(a)(3). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e)(2) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs, but section 214(e)(6) allows the Commission to designate as ETCs carriers not subject to the jurisdiction of a state commission. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2), (6). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. See Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, CC Docket No. 00-256, Fourteenth Report and Order, Twenty-Second Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 96-45 and Report and Order in CC Docket
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  • C.F.R. §§ 54.314(d)(5), 54.904. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e)(2) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs, but section 214(e)(6) allows the Commission to designate as ETCs carriers not subject to the jurisdiction of a state commission. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2), (6). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d)(5). 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d) and 54.314(a). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.904(a) and (d). In the MAG Order, the Commission adopted a mechanism for accepting an untimely filed ICLS certification, whereby the carrier does not become eligible for ICLS until the second calendar quarter after the certification is untimely filed. See Multi-Association Group
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  • for Waiver of the Deadline in 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d), CC Docket No. 96-45, filed Nov. 17, 2005 (Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.904(a) and (d). In the MAG Order, the Commission adopted a mechanism for accepting an untimely filed ICLS certification, whereby the carrier does not become eligible for ICLS until the second calendar quarter after the certification is untimely filed. See Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers
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  • SECTION 214 APPLICATION FILED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF SELECTED ASSETS OF QWEST CORPORATION BY SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. STREAMLINED Pleading Cycle Established WC Docket No. 06-82 SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND QWEST CORPORATION SEEK WAIVER OF THE STUDY AREA BOUNDARY FREEZE AS CODIFIED IN PART 36, AND SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. SEEKS WAIVER OF SECTIONS 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.305, 54.314(d), 54.903(a), 69.2(hh), 69.3(e)(6) AND 69.3(e)(11) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. SEEKS WAIVER OF THE COMMISSION'S STAY OF THE PROVISION OF ENHANCED LIFELINE AND LINK-UP SUPPORT TO CUSTOMERS ON NEAR-TRIBAL LANDS PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED CC Docket No. 96-45, WC Docket No. 03-109 Comments Due: May 11, 2006 Reply Comments Due: May 18, 2006 On March 30, 2006, Qwest Corporation
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  • 0.291, 1.102, this Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Thomas J. Navin Chief Wireline Competition Bureau NPCR, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed September 29, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, 15 FCC
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ` ` ` Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service NPI-Omnipoint Wireless, LLC Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.307(c), 54.802(a), and 54.903 of the Commission's Rules SouthEast Telephone, Inc. Petition of Waiver of Deadlines In 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c) SEI Data, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Filing Deadline In 47 C.F.R. Section 54.802(a) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: March 13, 2007 Released: March 13, 2007 By the Acting
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  • COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Renee R. Crittendon Acting Deputy Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Corr Wireless Communications, LLC, Petition for Limited Waiver of Sections 54.307(c) and 54.313(d) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed Mar. 18, 2003 (Corr Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(c), and 54.313(d)(3). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(b). 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d). If the October 1 deadline for first quarter support is missed, the certification must be filed by January 1 for support to begin in the second quarter, by April 1 for support to begin in the third quarter, and by July 1 for support to begin in the fourth quarter. Id.
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  • SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Renee R. Crittendon Acting Deputy Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Cellular South Licenses Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed August 9, 2006 (Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.904(a) and (d). In the MAG Order, the Commission adopted a mechanism for accepting an untimely filed ICLS certification, whereby the carrier does not become eligible for ICLS until the second calendar quarter after the certification is untimely filed. See Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of
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  • 0.291, 1.102, this Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau AT&T Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed October 17, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, 15 FCC
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  • BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Kansas Corporation Commission Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.313 and 54.314 of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed July 14, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d), 54.314(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(a), 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirements for rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(b), 54.314(b); see also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Fourteenth Report and Order and Twenty-Second Order on Reconsideration, CC Docket No.
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  • BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau MTA Communications, Inc. d/b/a MTA Wireless Petition for Waiver of Section 54.314(d) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed November 11, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(b); Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Fourteenth Report and Order and Twenty-Second Order on Reconsideration, CC Docket No. 96-45, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, Report and Order, CC Docket No. 00-256, 16 FCC Rcd 11244, 11318,
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  • Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Pine Cellular Phones, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307 of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed September 29, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. 1. Id. at 2-3. Id. at 2. Id. Id. Id. at 2-3. Id. at 1 Id. at 3-7. Id. at 7. Id. at 2. Id. at 7. Id. at 5-6; see also Northwest Dakota Cellular of North Dakota Limited Partnership; North Central RSA 2 of North Dakota Limited Partnership; North Dakota RSA No. 3
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  • Petition at 2. Id. at 12. Allband Communications Cooperative Petition for Waiver of Sections 69.2(hh) and 69.601 of the Commission's rules, WC Docket No. 05-174, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 13566 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005) (Allband Order); 47 C.F.R. §§ 69.2(hh) and 69.601. Allband Order, 20 FCC Rcd at 13566, para. 1; 47 C.F.R. Part 36, §§ 54.5, 54.301(b), 54.314(d), and 54.903(a). See Direct Communications Cedar Valley, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611 and 36.612 of the Commission's Rules; Request for Approval of Related Actions, and Request for Expedited Decision, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed Aug. 29, 2006) (Direct Petition); 47 C.F.R. §§ 36.611, 36.612. Direct Petition at 2. See Direct Communications Cedar Valley, LLC, and Qwest Corporation, Joint Petition for
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  • August 31, 2007 Reply Comment Date: September 17, 2007 Interested parties are invited to comment on petitions filed by the following parties seeking waivers of various filing requirements associated with the receipt of universal service support pursuant to the Commission's rules. Petitioner Rule Date Filed Vantage Point 47 C.F.R. § 54.307 6/6/07 Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a) 7/9/07 Interested parties may file comments on or before August 31, 2007 and reply comments on or before September 17, 2007. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. . Filers should follow the instructions provided on the website for submitting comments.
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  • these requirements retroactive to the date of its ETC designation, November 29, 2005. Therefore, we find that no waiver of those sections is necessary. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs. See 47 U.S.C. § 214(e). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(a). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.904(a) and (d). In the MAG Order, the Commission adopted a mechanism for accepting an untimely filed ICLS certification, whereby the carrier does not become eligible for ICLS until the second calendar quarter after the certification is untimely filed. See Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap
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  • DEADLINE RELATED TO THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROGRAM CC Docket No. 96-45 Comment Date: September 17, 2007 Reply Comment Date: October 2, 2007 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by ICORE, Inc on behalf of Pattersonville Telephone Company seeking waiver of the June 30, 2007, filing deadline associated with the receipt of universal service funds pursuant to 54.903 of the Commission's rules. Interested parties may file comments on or before September 17, 2007 and reply comments on or before October 2, 2007. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. . Filers should follow the instructions provided on the website
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  • DEADLINES RELATED TO THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROGRAM CC Docket No. 96-45 Comment Date: December 6, 2007 Reply Comment: December 21, 2007 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Texas RSA 8 South Limited Partnership d/b/a Westex Wireless seeking waiver of filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service funds, pursuant to sections 54.307(c)(2), 54.802(a), and 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules. Interested parties may file comments on or before December 6, 2007 and reply comments on or before December 21, 2007. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet
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  • a waiver of sections 69.2(hh), 69.601, and 69.3(e) to allow Osirus to become a member of NECA and to immediately participate in NECA pools; sections 36.611 and 36.612 to allow accelerated high-cost loop support; the July 1, 2007 and October 1, 2007 state certification deadlines set forth in section 54.314(d); and data filing deadlines set forth in sections 54.301(b) and 54.903(a). 47 C.F.R. §§ 69.2(hh), 69.601, 69.3(e), 36.611, 36.612, 54.314(d), 54.301(b), and 54.903(a). See Petition at 2. See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, GC Docket No. 97-113, Report and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 11322 (1998). 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200 et seq. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b)(2). 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b). PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W.
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  • may convert their rate-of-return study areas to price cap regulation but continue to receive ICLS for those study areas. Because these carriers will be receiving ICLS on a frozen per-line basis, the amount of ICLS each receives will decline if their number of lines declines. Further, we partially waive the ICLS reporting and support calculation provisions of sections 54.901 and 54.903 of the Commission's rules so that each carrier's ICLS may be set at 2007 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts and frozen at those per-line levels going forward. Finally, we waive any portions of sections 54.802 through 54.806 of the Commission's rules that would preclude the carriers from receiving ICLS at the 2007 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts. To ensure that these waivers
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel Petition of Waiver of the Section 54.903 Interstate Common Line Support Reporting Date ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: August 25, 2008 Released: August 25, 2008 Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: INTRODUCTION In this order, we grant a request from Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel (WeavTel), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC), for a waiver of section 54.903(a) of the Commission's
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  • 54.802. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id.; see also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1,
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  • 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id.; see also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in
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  • Valley Communications, Inc. Petition for Waiver of 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d), 54.314(a), and 54.904(d), CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed June 16, 2006) (Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c)(3). In the Petition, in addition to a waiver of section 54.307(c)(3) of the Commission's rules, Cedar Valley also requests a waiver, to the extent necessary, of sections 36.611(h), 36.612, 54.307(d), 54.314(a), 54.903(a), and 54.904(d). Petition at 1; 47 C.F.R. §§ 36.611(h), 36.612, 54.307(d), 54.314(a), 54.903(a), and 54.904(d). None of these additional rules apply to Cedar Valley because Cedar Valley does not receive universal service support pursuant to any of these rules. We therefore find that no waiver of these rule sections is necessary. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See
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  • (Wyoming Commission Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d)(3), 54.314(d). We note that on January 10, 2007, the Illinois Commission attempted but failed to electronically file its petition with the Commission. The Illinois Commission ultimately filed its petition with the Commission on May 11, 2007. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(a), 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirements for rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d), 54.314(b); see also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap
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  • pools and tariffs. Second, DTS seeks a waiver of sections 36.611 and 36.612 of the Commission's rules to allow DTS to receive universal service high-cost loop support initially based on its forecasted costs rather than its historical costs. Finally, DTS seeks a waiver of the state certification deadlines in section 54.314(d) and the data filing deadlines in sections 54.301(b) and 54.903(a) to enable DTS to receive universal service support immediately upon commencing service. Interested parties may file comments on or before June 5, 2009, and reply comments on or before June 22, 2009. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 05-337. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies. . Filers
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  • 54.809. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802. 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(a). 47 C.F.R. §54.809(c). Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Report and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 6371, 6413-14, para. 94 (2005) (ETC Designation Order); 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c). Centennial Petition at 1;
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  • 36 of the Commission's rules is not necessary; 3) waiver of sections 36.611 and 36.612 of the Commission's rules to allow Huron to receive accelerated high-cost loop support; 4) waiver of the state universal service fund certification deadlines set forth in section 54.314(d) of the Commission's rules; and 5) waiver of data filing deadlines set forth in sections 54.301(b) and 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules. Huron intends to provide telecommunications services to an unserved area located in the upper peninsula of the state of Michigan. Interested parties may file comments on or before August 20, 2009, and reply comments on or before September 4, 2009. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using the Commission's
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  • DA 09-2131 Release Date: September 28, 2009 COMMENT SOUGHT ON COLUMBUS TELEPHONE COMPANY PETITION FOR WAIVER OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: October 28, 2009 Reply Comment Date: November 12, 2009 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Columbus Telephone Company seeking waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules for receipt of universal service high-cost support. Interested parties may file comments on or before October 28, 2009, and reply comments on or before November 12, 2009. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 08-71. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. . Filers should
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  • LEC would receive for each line, but subject to adjustments pursuant to the Interim Cap Order. In service areas where a competitive ETC has initiated service and reported line count data pursuant to section 54.307(c), rate-of-return incumbent LECs in those areas must submit quarterly line count data to USAC in order to calculate their projected per-line support each quarter. Section 54.903(a)(4) of the Commission's rules requires each rate-of-return incumbent LEC to submit to USAC by December 31 of each year the data necessary to calculate the LEC's actual ICLS for the prior calendar year. That data is then used to make adjustments to the LEC's monthly per-line ICLS in the final two quarters of the following calendar year to the extent
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  • ACS may convert its rate-of-return study areas to price cap regulation but continue to receive ICLS for those study areas. Because ACS will be receiving ICLS on a frozen per-line basis, the amount of ICLS it receives will decline if its number of lines declines. Further, we partially waive the ICLS reporting and support calculation provisions of sections 54.901 and 54.903 of the Commission's rules so that ACS's ICLS may be set at 2008 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts and frozen at those per-line levels going forward. Finally, we waive any portions of sections 54.802 through 54.806 of the Commission's rules that would preclude ACS from receiving ICLS at the 2008 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts. To ensure that these waivers do not
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  • CenturyTel may convert its rate-of-return study areas to price cap regulation but continue to receive ICLS for those study areas. Because CenturyTel will be receiving ICLS on a frozen per-line basis, the amount of ICLS it receives will decline if its number of lines declines. Further, we partially waive the ICLS reporting and support calculation provisions of sections 54.901 and 54.903 of the Commission's rules so that CenturyTel's ICLS may be set at 2008 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts and frozen at those per-line levels going forward. Finally, we waive any portions of sections 54.802 through 54.806 of the Commission's rules that would preclude CenturyTel from receiving ICLS at the 2008 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts. To ensure that these waivers do not
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  • of the Micronesian Telecommunications Company for Waiver of Section 54.314 of the Commission's Rules Pattersonville Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Carrier Certification for Interstate Line Support Petition of PTI Pacifica Inc. for Waiver of Section 54.314 of the Commission's Rules Texas RSA 8 South Limited Partnership dba Westex Wireless Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.307(c)(2), 54.802(a), and 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules Thumb Cellular, LLC Request for Waiver of the December 31, 2007 Filing Deadline for Filing June 30, 2007 Information with USAC Regarding Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
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  • 54.904. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(a), 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirement for rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(b), 54.314(b);
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  • 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id.; see also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1,
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  • 54.314(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(b); see also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, Fourteenth Report and
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d)(1). If the October 1 deadline for first quarter support is missed, the certification must be filed by January
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  • line count filing requirements for interstate common line support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for interstate access support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. The certification requirement for non-rural ETCs is found in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. See Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to
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  • incumbent LECs, whether cost-based companies or average schedule companies, are required to maintain accurate and reliable accounts in accordance with Part 32 of the Commission's rules. See 47 C.F.R. Part 32. See Direct Petition at 8. Id. See Direct Petition at 10 (citing Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Adak Telephone Utility, Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.314(d), 54.903(a)(3), 69.2(hh) and 69.3(e)(6) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 20543 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005) (Adak Order); Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. and Qwest Corporation, Joint Petition for Waiver of the Definition of ``Study Area'' Contained in Part 36, Appendix-Glossary of the Commission's Rules, Sacred Wind Communications, Inc., Related Waivers of Parts 36, 54, and 69
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  • 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost universal service support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost universal service support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(a). 47 C.F.R. §54.809(c). In the ETC Designation Order, the Commission adopted a quarterly IAS certification schedule to accommodate late filings, whereby a late-filing carrier's IAS support is
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d). Id. Petition at 1, Attach. A. Id. at 1, Attach. B, C. Id. at 2, Attach. A. Id.
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  • line count filing requirements for interstate common line support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for interstate access support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301. 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(b). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(1). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(2). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(2)(iv). Flat Rock Petition at 1; 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(1). Flat Rock Petition at 1-2. Id. at 2. Id. Id. at 8. Id. at 2, 5-8. Id.
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), and 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301. The certification requirements for non-rural carriers are found in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirements for rural carriers are found in section 54.314 of the rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. In instances where carriers
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  • may convert their rate-of-return study areas to price cap regulation but continue to receive ICLS for those study areas. Because these carriers will be receiving ICLS on a frozen per-line basis, the amount of ICLS each receives will decline if their number of lines declines. Further, we partially waive the ICLS reporting and support calculation provisions of sections 54.901 and 54.903 of the Commission's rules so that each carrier's ICLS may be set at 2009 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts and frozen at those per-line levels going forward. Finally, we waive any portions of sections 54.802 through 54.806 of the Commission's rules that would preclude the carriers from receiving ICLS at the 2009 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts. To ensure that these waivers
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  • Matter of Petitions for Waiver of Universal Service High-Cost Filing Deadlines Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Cedar-Wapsie Communications, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Filing Deadline For Submission of Annual Interstate Common Line Support Certification DialToneServices, L.P. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Virgin Islands Telephone Corp. d/b/a Innovative Telephone for Waiver of Section 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules Wildflower Telecommunications, LLC Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.802(a) and 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) WC Docket No. 08-71 CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: August 2, 2011 Released: August 2, 2011 By
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  • line count filing requirements for interstate common line support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for interstate access support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See, e.g., Benton/Linn Wireless, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules, et al., CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 19212, 19218, 19220, paras. 12, 18 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id.
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to
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  • or more effective implementation of overall policy on an individual basis.15Waiver of the Commission's rules is appropriate only if both (i) special circumstances warrant a deviation from the general rule, and (ii) such deviation will serve the public interest.16 (Continued from previous page) count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 5See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate second quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in June to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Report and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 6371, 6411, para. 92 (2005) (ETC Designation Order). Under section 54.307(d) of the Commission's rules, newly designated ETCs have 60 days from the date of their designation to file
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  • April 18, 2011 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PETITION FOR WAIVER OF A UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: May 18, 2011 Reply Comment Date: June 2, 2011 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Windstream Communications, Inc. for waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules for receipt of high-cost universal service support. Section 54.903(a) sets forth deadlines for rate-of-return carriers to file certain line count data with the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to be eligible to receive Interstate Common Line Support. Interested parties may file comments on or before May 18, 2011, and reply comments on or before June 2,
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  • THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TELEPHONE CORP. d/b/a INNOVATIVE TELEPHONE PETITION FOR WAIVER OF A UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: May 18, 2011 Reply Comment Date: June 2, 2011 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Virgin Islands Telephone Corp. d/b/a Innovative Telephone for waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules for receipt of high-cost universal service support. Section 54.903(a) sets forth deadlines for rate-of-return carriers to file certain line count data with the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to be eligible to receive Interstate Common Line Support. Interested parties may file comments on or before May 18, 2011, and reply comments on or before June 2,
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  • common line support (ICLS) mechanism and other high-cost universal service support mechanisms), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for the interstate access support (IAS) mechanism), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for the ICLS mechanism), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See, e.g., Benton/Linn Wireless, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules, et al., CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 19212, 19218, 19220, paras. 12, 18 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(d). See 47 C.F.R. §
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  • Docket No. 96-45 Universal Service Allo Communications Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Bayland Communications, LLC Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Deadline for Submission of Annual Certification by Eligible Telecommunication Carrier Serving Lines in the Service Area of a Rate-of-Return Carrier to Receive Interstate Common Line Support Columbus Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. Petition for Waiver of the Commission's Universal Service Rules HTC Communications, LLC Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.314 and 54.904 of the Commission's Rules Windy City Cellular, LLC Petition for Waiver of Universal Service High-Cost Filing Deadlines
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  • common line support (ICLS) mechanism and other high-cost universal service support mechanisms), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for the interstate access support (IAS) mechanism), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for the ICLS mechanism), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See, e.g., Benton/Linn Wireless, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules, et al., CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 19212, 19218, 19220, paras. 12, 18 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. Id. 47 C.F.R. §
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  • Lakedale may convert its rate-of-return study areas to price cap regulation but continue to receive ICLS for those study areas. Because Lakedale will be receiving ICLS on a frozen per-line basis, the amount of ICLS it receives will decline if its number of lines declines. Further, we partially waive the ICLS reporting and support calculation provisions of sections 54.901 and 54.903 of the Commission's rules so that Lakedale's ICLS may be set at 2010 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts and frozen at those per-line levels going forward. Finally, we waive any portions of sections 54.802 through 54.806 of the Commission's rules that would preclude Lakedale from receiving ICLS at the 2010 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts. To ensure that these waivers do not
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  • of Quarterly Line Counts in Areas Served by a Competitive ETC. In the USF/ICC Transformation Order, the Commission eliminated the identical support rule and adopted a process to phase down competitive ETC support. The Commission also eliminated the requirement that competitive ETCs, except those serving remote areas of Alaska, file quarterly line counts. In this Order, the Bureau amends section 54.903(a)(2) to eliminate requirements for certain quarterly line count filings by incumbent carriers that were necessary only for the purpose of calculating support for competitive ETCs pursuant to the identical support rule. Carriers filing quarterly line counts pursuant to section 54.903(a)(2) solely because of the presence of a competitive ETC will no longer be required to file line counts on a
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  • 2002 ICLS Dear Ms. Flannery, This letter addresses how USAC should perform the annual true up of Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) for rate-of-return carriers for 2002 under the Commission's rules and the MAG Order. We conclude that USAC should prorate each revenue component of the ICLS calculation based on a uniform factor reflecting the industry-wide revenue recovery experience. Section 54.903(b) requires USAC to use calendar year data to perform ICLS true ups. Rate-of-return carriers began receiving ICLS on July 1, 2002. Therefore, any ICLS true-ups for 2002 would relate only to the second half of the calendar year. The MAG Order specified the manner in which the cost data should be adjusted for true up purposes (``... 50 percent of
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  • year, first and second quarters of succeeding year December 31 First and second quarters of succeeding year March 31 Second quarter of succeeding year Interstate Common Line Support Certification Rate-of-return carriers or ETCs serving lines in the service area of a rate-of-return carrier must file an annual certification on the date they first file line count information pursuant to section 54.903 of the Commission's rules, and thereafter on June 30 of each year, stating that all ICLS provided to such carriers will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. Filing Date Receive support in June 30 Third and fourth quarters of that year, first and second quarters of succeeding
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  • Common Line Support for transferred exchanges. (a) In the event that a rate-of-return carrier acquires exchanges from an entity that is also a rate-of-return carrier, Interstate Common Line Support for the transferred exchanges shall be distributed as follows. Each carrier may report its updated line counts to reflect the transfer in the next quarterly line count filing pursuant to § 54.903(a) of this subpart that applies to the period in which the transfer occurred. During a transition period from the filing of the updated line counts until the end of the funding year, the Administrator shall adjust the Interstate Common Line Support received by each carrier based on the updated line counts and the per-line Interstate Common Line Support, categorized by
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  • In the MAG Order, we created a new, explicit universal service support mechanism, ICLS, to replace implicit support in the access rate structure of rate-of-return carriers. The ICLS mechanism will be implemented on July 1, 2002. Section 54.904(d) provides that each carrier must file an annual certification ``on the date it first files its line count information pursuant to section 54.903[.]'' Pursuant to this requirement, carriers filed annual certifications for the initial ICLS funding year on April 18, 2002. Each carrier that wishes to receive ICLS also must file with the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) and the Commission an annual certification on June 30 of each year, stating that it will use ICLS ``only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading
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  • Order, we modify on our own motion the data collection and filing procedures for implementation of the Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) mechanism, in order to ensure timely implementation of the ICLS mechanism on July 1, 2002 as adopted in the MAG Order. First, we extend until April 18, 2002 the original March 31, 2002, deadline set forth in section 54.903(a) for the submission of projected data and line counts to the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). Second, we modify the requirement under section 54.903(a) that each carrier file its data with USAC in order to permit NECA to file the data for each member of the common line pool for the purpose of this initial ICLS filing deadline. Finally, we
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  • Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies, and the United States Telecom Association (collectively, the Joint Petitioners). The Joint Petitioners raise issues concerning the filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS), the new universal service support mechanism established in the MAG Order. In response to the concerns raised by the Joint Petitioners, we grant their request to amend section 54.903(a)(4) of our rules to move the deadline for filing actual common line cost and revenue data from July 31st to December 31st of each year. We also amend section 54.903(a)(3) of our rules to permit rate-of-return carriers to file updates of projected common line cost and revenue data on June 30th of each year. As discussed below, these changes will
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  • 22573-74, para. 25. 47 C.F.R. § 36.611(h). Currently, the National Exchange Carrier Association collects line count and cost data from incumbent local exchange carriers, while the Universal Service Administrative Company collects data from competitive eligible telecommunications carriers, as well as other data related to the Interstate Common Line Support mechanism for rate-of-return carriers. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 36.611, 36.612, 54.307, 54.903. ; see also RTF Order, 16 FCC Rcd at 11311, para. 172 (anticipating further review of the definition of rural carrier). See RTF Order, 16 FCC Rcd at 11311, para. 172 (``[W]e observe that some of the data seem to show that some rural companies may be more similar to non-rural companies than to smaller rural companies.''). We also note
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  • party has evidence that the effect on ICLS will differ substantially from that predicted by the Waiver Associations - and no party has introduced such evidence to date - we encourage the submission of such evidence for our consideration in the accompanying rulemaking proceeding. Carriers subject to this waiver order shall, when filing data pursuant to sections 35.611, 35.612, and 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules, calculate their line counts in a manner consistent with this order. Competitive ETCs, which are not subject to this order, shall continue to file line count data pursuant to section 54.307, using the existing assessment of 24 loops per derived channel T-1 service. Finally, as requested by the Waiver Associations, we expressly limit the duration of
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  • would have been to seek a waiver of these rules. Given its failure to seek a waiver, however, it clearly had an ongoing obligation to supplement its filing. 47 C.F.R. § 65.600(b). NECA Direct Case at 18, 22. NECA Direct Case at 18, 22. NECA Direct Case at 22 (responding to Designation Order at 9, para. 23); 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(4) (requiring rate-of-return carriers to submit to the Universal Service Administrative Company on December 31 of each year the data necessary to calculate a carrier's Interstate Common Line Support for the prior calendar year). AT&T Opposition at 8 (quoting the Designation Order at 9, para. 23). NECA Direct Case at 22. For purposes of tracking the issues, we retain the designation
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  • not maintain these data itself but only stored certain information in its computer systems for a limited period of time. 2004 Annual Access Order, 19 FCC Rcd at 23883-84, ¶ 17. NECA collects line count and cost data from incumbent LECs; USAC collects data from competitive LECs and other data for rate-of-return carriers. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 36.611, 36.612, 54.307, 54.903. In 1999, USAC proposed, inter alia, that the Commission assign USAC the Part 36 data collection function, which would enable USAC to exercise appropriate oversight responsibility. See Letter from D. Scott Barash, Vice President and General Counsel, USAC to Irene Flannery, Chief, Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC (Dec. 10, 1999). We seek comment on USAC's proposal. Under section
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  • mechanism, and to retain the language identifying the span of a funding year for purposes of a cap on the rural health care providers support mechanism. We also modify section 54.623(c)(4) to clarify that all applications filed by rural health care providers within the filing window, as determined by the Administrator, will be treated as simultaneously received. Miscellaneous Provisions. Section 54.903 requires rate-of-return carriers to provide certain data to USAC to demonstrate the carrier's eligibility to receive Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS). USTA filed comments renewing its 2002 request that the Commission clarify that that six data elements -- (1) projected common line revenue requirement; (2) projected SLC revenues; (3) projected revenue from its transitional CCL charge; (4) projected special access
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  • described herein and otherwise IS DENIED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to sections 1, 2, 4(i), 4(j), 201, 202, 203, 205, 218, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 201, 202, 203, 205, 218, and 403, and section 1.3 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.3, sections 54.901(a), 54.903 and 69.3(e)(9) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.901(a), 54.903 and 69.3(e)(9) ARE WAIVED to the extent provided herein. IT IS FURTHERED ORDERED that, pursuant to section 10 of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 160, and section 1.103(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.103(a), this Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE on August 20, 2007. Pursuant
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  • Windstream may convert its rate-of-return study areas to price cap regulation but continue to receive ICLS for those study areas. Because Windstream will be receiving ICLS on a frozen per-line basis, the amount of ICLS it receives will decline if its number of lines declines. Further, we partially waive the ICLS reporting and support calculation provisions of sections 54.901 and 54.903 of the Commission's rules so that Windstream's ICLS may be set at 2007 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts and frozen at those per-line levels going forward. Finally, we waive any portions of sections 54.802 through 54.806 of our rules that would preclude Windstream from receiving ICLS at the 2007 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts. To ensure that these waivers do not result
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  • be known until after the identical support and interim cap rules have been applied for that quarter. Under the interstate common line support and local switching support mechanisms, support payments are initially made using projected data, but are adjusted (``trued up'') at a later date when actual cost, revenue, and line count data are available. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.303, 54.903(a)(3). National Broadband Plan at 145-148. We note that the Commission recently launched proceedings to reform the universal service program as recommended by the National Broadband Plan, including by seeking comment on a proposal to transition all legacy competitive ETC high-cost support for voice-grade service to new universal service programs for broadband and the impact of such a proposal on the
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  • the contribution factor and enable us to take the fiscally responsible step of accumulating reserves for broadband universal 43Under the interstate common line support and local switching support mechanisms, support payments are initially made using projected data, but are adjusted ("trued up") at a later date when actual cost, revenue, and line count data are available. See47 C.F.R. §§ 54.303, 54.903(a)(3). 44National Broadband Planat 145-148. We note that the Commission recently launched proceedings to reform the universal service program as recommended by the National Broadband Plan, including by seeking comment on a proposal to transition all legacy competitive ETC high-cost support for voice-grade service to newuniversal service programs for broadband and the impact of such a proposal on the Verizon Wireless
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  • 36.612 of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 16 FCC Rcd 3813, 3825, para. 30 (Com. Car. Bur. 2001) (granting Mescalero a waiver ``to permit it to receive high-cost loop support for the period January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2002''); Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Adak Telephone Utility, Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.314(d), 54.903(a)(3), 69.2(hh) and 69.3(e)(6) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 20543, 20547, para. 10 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005) (granting Adak Telephone a waiver ``to permit it to receive high-cost loop support for the period beginning May 25, 2005''). Referral Notice at 5. Twin Valley Order, 21 FCC Rcd at 10115, para. 10; Referral Notice at
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  • USAC) range from 1 to 2 percent of total program expenses. See USAC Quarterly Administrative Filings, available at http://www.usac.org/about/governance/fcc-filings/fcc-filings-archive.asp x (for 1998-First Quarter 2012). Similarly, the $4.5 billion budget does not include prior period adjustments associated with support attributable to years prior to 2012. For example, USAC will be performing true-ups associated with 2010 ICLS in 2012. See 47 C.F.R. 54.903(b)(3). To the extent that those true-ups result in increased support for 2010, those disbursements would not apply to the budget discussed here. See National Broadband Map, available at http://www.broadbandmap.gov. Based on data as of December 2010, there were an estimated 18.8 million Americans who lacked access to terrestrial fixed broadband services with a maximum advertised download speed of at least
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  • 02-33). Action by: Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau. Comments Due: 05/03/2002. Reply Comments Due: 06/03/2002. Adopted: 03/22/2002 by ORDER. (DA No. 02-704). CCB [50]DA-02-704A1.doc [51]DA-02-704A1.pdf [52]DA-02-704A1.txt MULTI-ASSOCIATION GROUP (MAG) PLAN FOR REGULATION OF NON-PRICE CAP INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS. FEDERAL-STATE JOINT BOARD ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE. Extended until April 18, 2002 the original March 31, 2002, deadline set forth in section 54.903(a) for the submission of projected data and line counts to the Universal Service Adminstrative Company. (Dkt No. 96-45, 00-256). Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 03/22/2002 by RECON. (FCC No. 02-89). CCB [53]FCC-02-89A1.doc [54]FCC-02-89A1.pdf [55]FCC-02-89A1.txt References 1. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221097A1.pdf 2. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221097A1.txt 3. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221099A1.txt 4. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221098A1.txt 5. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221057A1.doc 6. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221057A1.pdf 7. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221057A1.txt 8. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221095A1.doc 9. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221095A2.doc 10. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221095A1.pdf 11. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221095A2.pdf 12. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221095A1.txt 13.
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  • FOR DESIGNATION AS AN ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER IN THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS. (DA No. 05-1543). (Dkt No 96-45) Pleading Cycle Established. Comments Due: 06/10/2005. Reply Comments Due: 06/24/2005. WCB. Contact: Pam Slipakoff at (202) 418-7400, TTY: (202) 418-0484 [37]DA-05-1543A1.doc [38]DA-05-1543A1.pdf [39]DA-05-1543A1.txt Released: 05/27/2005. ADAK EAGLE ENTERPRISES, LLC D/B/A ADAK TELEPHONE UTILITY SEEKS WAIVER OF SECTIONS 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(B), 54.314(D), 54.903(A)(3), 69.2 (HH) AND 69.3(E)(6) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES AND, IF NECESSARY,. (DA No. 05-1544). (Dkt No 96-45) A WAIVER OF THE STUDY AREA BOUNDARY FREEZE AS CODIFIED IN PART 36 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES, Pleading Cycle Established. Comments Due: 06/13/2005. Reply Comments Due: 06/20/2005. WCB. Contact: Gary Seigel at (202) 418-0879 OR Katie King at (202) 418-7491 [40]DA-05-1544A1.doc [41]DA-05-1544A1.pdf [42]DA-05-1544A1.txt
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  • [20]DA-08-1952A1.pdf [21]DA-08-1952A1.txt DEVELOPMENT OF DEVICES CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING MULTIPLE AUDIO ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES.. Initiated Notice of Inquiry. (Dkt No. 08-172). Action by: the Commission. Comments Due: 11/10/2008. Reply Comments Due: 12/09/2008. Adopted: 08/22/2008 by NOI. (FCC No. 08-196). MB [22]FCC-08-196A1.doc [23]FCC-08-196A1.pdf [24]FCC-08-196A1.txt WESTGATE COMMUNICATIONS LLC D/B/A WEAVTEL. Granted Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules to allow WeavTel to receive universal service high-cost support. (Dkt No. 96-45). Action by: Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted: 08/25/2008 by ORDER. (DA No. 08-1957). WCB [25]DA-08-1957A1.doc [26]DA-08-1957A1.pdf [27]DA-08-1957A1.txt * * * * * ADDENDA: THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, RELEASED AUGUST 22, 2008, DID NOT APPEAR IN DIGEST NO. 164: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- NEWS RELEASES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- FCC ANNOUNCES
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  • . Contact: Pamela Arluk at (202) 418-1520 [28]DA-11-703A1.doc [29]DA-11-703A1.pdf [30]DA-11-703A1.txt Released: 04/18/2011. WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PETITION FOR WAIVER OF A UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE. (DA No. 11-699). (Dkt No 08-71 ) Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Windstream Communications, Inc. for waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules. Comments Due: 05/18/2011. Reply Comments Due: 06/02/2011. WCB . Contact: Abdel Eqab at (202) 418-7400, TTY: (202) 418-0484 [31]DA-11-699A1.doc [32]DA-11-699A1.pdf [33]DA-11-699A1.txt Released: 04/18/2011. WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON KODIAK AREA NATIVE ASSOCIATION REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF DECISIONS BY THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY. (DA No. 11-706). (Dkt No 02-60 ). Comments Due: 05/18/2011. Reply Comments
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  • 214 APPLICATION FILED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF SELECTED ASSETS OF QWEST CORPORATION BY SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - STREAMLINED PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED. WC Docket No. 06-82. SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND QWEST CORPORATION SEEK WAIVER OF THE STUDY AREA BOUNDARY FREEZE AS CODIFIED IN PART 36, AND SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. SEEKS WAIVER OF SECTIONS 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.305, 54.314(d), 54.903(a), 69.2(hh), 69.3(e)(6) AND 69.3(e)(11) OF THE COMMISSIONS RULES; SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. SEEKS WAIVER OF THE COMMISSIONS STAY OF THE PROVISION OF ENHANCED LIFELINE AND LINK-UP SUPPORT TO CUSTOMERS ON NEAR-TRIBAL LANDS - PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED. CC Docket No. 96-45, WC Docket No. 03-109. Public Notice: [466]Word | [467]Acrobat 04/26/2006 Domestic Section 214 Application for Transfer of Control of ICG
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  • 214 Application filed for the Acquisition of Selected Assets of Qwest Corporation by Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. * Streamlined Pleading Cycle Established WC Docket No. 06-82 Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. and Qwest Corporation Seek Waiver of the Study Area Boundary Freeze as Codified in Part 36, and Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. Seeks Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(B), 54.305, 54.314(D), 54.903(A), 69.2(Hh), 69.3(E)(6) and 69.3(E)(11) of the Commission's Rules * Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. Seeks Waiver of the Commission's Stay of the Provision of Enhanced Lifeline and Link-Up Support to Customers on Near-Tribal Lands DA 06-934 CC Docket No. 96-45, WC Docket No. 03-109. Comments Due: 5/11/06. Replies Due: 5/18/06. [379]Word | [380]Acrobat 04/26/06 PUBLIC NOTICE: Domestic Section 214 Application filed
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  • four health clinics because Copper River violated the Commissions competitive bidding rules. CC DKT No. 02-60 [100]DA-11-705 May 18, 2011 June 2, 2011 The Virgin Islands Telephone Corp. d/b/a Innovative Telephone Public Notice: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Virgin Islands Telephone Corp. d/b/a Innovative Telephone for waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commissions rules for receipt of high-cost universal service support. CC DKT No. 08-71 [101]DA-11-700 May 18, 2011 June 2, 2011 Windstream Communications, Inc. Public Notice: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Windstream Communications, Inc. for waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commissions rules for receipt of high-cost universal
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  • Comments are due by November 23, 2007 and reply comments are due by November 30, 2007. 11/9/07. [42]Word | [43]Acrobat| [44]Text 11/6/2007 Public Notice: Comment is sought on a petition filed by Texas RSA 8 South Limited Partnership d/b/a Westex Wireless seeking waiver of filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service funds, pursuant to sections 54.307(c)(2), 54.802(a), and 54.903(a) of the Commissions rules. Comments are due by December 6, 2007 and reply comments are due by December 21, 2007. 11/6/07. [45]Word | [46]Acrobat| [47]Text October 2007 Releases 10/22/2007 Public Notice: TCA High-Cost Waiver Petition: Comment is sought on a petition by The Community Cable Television Agency of O'Brien County d/b/a The Community Agency and TCA (TCA) seeking wavier of
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  • resulted in only 15 days of network costs during calendar year 2006 (actual costs for 2006 are the basis for 2008 high-cost support payments). Order: [67]Word | [68]PDF 8/25/08 WCB Grants WeavTel Petition for Waiver of USF Filing Deadline In this order, the Wireline Competition Bureau grants Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules to allow WeavTel to receive universal service high-cost support. Order: [69]Word | [70]PDF 8/22/08 WCB Seeks Agreement with Study Area Redefinitions: In its May 1, 2008 Interim Cap Order, the Commission redefined the service areas of several rural telephone companies in New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Pursuant to section 54.207(d) of the Commission's
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  • rules. Comments are due by November 23, 2007 and reply comments are due by November 30, 2007. [84]Word | [85]Acrobat| [86]Text 11/6/07 Public Notice: Comment is sought on a petition filed by Texas RSA 8 South Limited Partnership d/b/a Westex Wireless seeking waiver of filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service funds, pursuant to sections 54.307(c)(2), 54.802(a), and 54.903(a) of the Commissions rules. Comments are due by December 6, 2007 and reply comments are due by December 21, 2007. [87]Word | [88]Acrobat| [89]Text 11/6/07 Order: Oblio Telecom, Inc. In this Order, at the request of Oblio Telecom, Inc. (Oblio), Telecommunications Access Policy Division dismisses with prejudice Oblios petition for declaratory ruling regarding the universal service certification process between resellers
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  • also filed a motion for waiver of public notice. Comments are due September 10, 2008, and reply comments are due September 17, 2008. Public Notice: [189]Word | [190]PDF 8/25/08 WCB Grants WeavTel Petition for Waiver of USF Filing Deadline: In this order, the Wireline Competition Bureau grants Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules to allow WeavTel to receive universal service high-cost support. Order: [191]Word | [192]PDF 8/20/08 Compass Global, Inc.: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a request filed by Compass Global, Inc. seeking review and reversal of a decision by USAC, in which USAC found that Compass Global had failed to timely file revisions to its 2005
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  • Order, we deny seven separate petitions filed by Allo Communications (Allo), Bayland Communications, LLC (Bayland), Columbus Telephone Company (Columbus), Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. (Great Lakes), HTC Communications, LLC (HTC), Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. (Pine Belt), and Windy City Cellular, LLC (Windy City) for waiver of high-cost universal service support filing deadlines set forth in sections 54.307, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903(a), and 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules. Order [149]Word | [150]PDF 4/28/2011 NewComm Wireless Services, Inc. Order: In this Order, we address a petition filed by NewComm Wireless Services, Inc. d/b/a MoviStar (NewComm) for a waiver of the universal service high-cost support filing deadline set forth in section 54.307(d) of the Commission rules. Order [151]Word | [152]PDF 4/18/2011 The Virgin Island
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  • Order, we deny seven separate petitions filed by Allo Communications (Allo), Bayland Communications, LLC (Bayland), Columbus Telephone Company (Columbus), Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. (Great Lakes), HTC Communications, LLC (HTC), Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. (Pine Belt), and Windy City Cellular, LLC (Windy City) for waiver of high-cost universal service support filing deadlines set forth in sections 54.307, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903(a), and 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules. [573]Word [574]PDF 4/28/2011 NewComm Wireless Services Order: In this Order, we address a petition filed by NewComm Wireless Services, Inc. d/b/a MoviStar (NewComm) for a waiver of the universal service high-cost support filing deadline set forth in section 54.307(d) of the Commission rules. [575]Word [576]PDF 4/27/2011 Millennium 2000, Inc. Public Notice: Wireline Competition Bureau
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  • April 1, 2001 with the Universal Service Administrator Company (USAC) and the Commission stating that all universal service high-cost support received by RCC will be used ``only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which support is intended.'' In addition, RCC requests a waiver of the line-count filing deadlines set forth in sections 54.307(c), 54.802(a), and 54.903(a)(2) of the Commission's rules. The filing deadlines relate to RCC's receipt of universal service support for its service provided in the State of Washington. RCC contends that, without a waiver of these filings deadlines, it would not receive universal service support for the services it provided between August 14, 2002, the date of its ETC designation, and December 31, 2002.
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  • these rules are not necessary in the public interest for the reasons set forth in the Commission's previous review, and thus recommends that the Commission eliminate these sections in the context of ongoing rulemaking proceedings. The staff also recommends that the following provisions be updated: 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.5, 54.201-207, 54.303(b)(4), 54.5, 54.623, 54.901(b)(2), and references to 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.903(a), 54.903(c), 54.903(d), 54.903(e); and that the following provisions for which funding periods have expired be removed: 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.507(a)(1)-(2), 54.604(a)(2). The rules in Part 54 regarding the rural health care and the schools and libraries programs establish universal service mechanisms that ensure that consumers have access to affordable telecommunications services. The staff therefore finds that these rules are necessary
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  • of universal service support pursuant to the Commission's rules. Petitioner Rule Date Filed Megagate Broadband, Inc. f/k/a Cellular Associates, L.P. 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c) 47 C.F.R. § 54.313(d)(3) 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a) 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c) 03/30/04 United States Cellular Corporation 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c) 04/02/04 NPI-Omnipoint Wireless, LLC 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c) 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a) 47 C.F.R. § 54.903 04/06/04 East Ascension Telephone Company 47 C.F.R. § 54.301 04/09/04 Alliance Communications Cooperative, Inc. and Hills Telephone Company, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.301 05/20/04 SEI Data, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.802 03/23/04 Centennial Lafayette Communications, LLC; Centennial Beauregard Cellular LLC; Centennial Caldwell Cellular Corp.; Centennial Morehouse Cellular, LLC 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d)(3) 05/28/04 Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 of
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  • because NECA has the data in its possession. If the 120 largest adjustments represent more than 80% of the total true-ups, NECA need only provide the data representing 80% of the true-up totals. On the other hand, if the number of data points is insufficient to reflect the nature of the true-ups, NECA should submit additional true-ups. 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(4). 47 U.S.C. § 201(b). GCI also contends that ``because entrance facility rates are calculated by dividing the revenue requirement by projected demand, these added entrance facilities unjustly increase the projected demand and decrease rates. This means that, with all other factors held constant, rates for entrance facilities actually ordered and used are too low, distorting and harming competition in interstate
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit DA 05-1544 Released: May 27, 2005 ADAK EAGLE ENTERPRISES, LLC d/b/a ADAK TELEPHONE UTILITY SEEKS WAIVER OF SECTIONS 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.314(d), 54.903(a)(3), 69.2(hh) AND 69.3(e)(6) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES AND, IF NECESSARY, A WAIVER OF THE STUDY AREA BOUNDARY FREEZE AS CODIFIED IN PART 36 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED CC Docket No. 96-45 Comments Due: June 13, 2005 Reply Comments Due: June 20, 2005 On February 9, 2005, Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Adak Telephone Utility (Adak) filed a
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  • waive the October 1, 2004 data filing deadline set forth in section 54.301(b) of the Commission's rules for local switching support (LSS), the October 1, 2004 deadline set forth in section 54.314(d) of the Commission's rules for state certification of support for rural carriers, and the March 31, 2005 and July 31, 2005 data filing deadlines set forth in section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules for interstate common line support (ICLS). These waivers will ensure that Allband is able to collect access charges and universal service funding in a timely manner. Based on the record, we find that all of these waivers are in the public interest because they will facilitate the ability of Allband to serve previously unserved areas. background
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  • waive the October 1, 2004 data filing deadline set forth in section 54.301(b) of the Commission's rules for local switching support (LSS), the October 1, 2004 deadline set forth in section 54.314(d) of the Commission's rules for state certification of support for rural carriers, and the March 31, 2005 and July 31, 2005 data filing deadlines set forth in section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules for interstate common line support (ICLS). These waivers will ensure that WeavTel and Beaver Creek are able to collect access charges and universal service funding in a timely manner. Based on the record, we find that all of these waivers are in the public interest because they will facilitate the ability of WeavTel and Beaver Creek
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  • the October 1, 2005 data filing deadline set forth in section 54.301(b) of the Commission's rules for local switching support (LSS); the October 1, 2005 filing deadline set forth in section 54.314(d) of the Commission's rules for state certification of support for rural carriers; and the March 31, 2005, and July 31, 2005 data filing deadlines set forth in section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules for interstate common line support (ICLS). We grant these waivers on our own motion to permit Direct Communications to receive, to the extent it is eligible, federal universal service support on the date that it would otherwise be entitled to receive such support. study area waiver Background Study Area. A study area is a geographic segment
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  • but was not received by the Commission's Office of the Secretary until April 13, 2005). See also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(c), 54.802(a), 54.809(c), and 54.904(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(a). See 47 C.F.R. §54.809(c). In Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Report and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 6371, 6413-14, para. 94 (2005), the Commission adopted a quarterly IAS certification schedule to accommodate late filings, whereby a late-filing carrier's IAS support is curtailed by a quarter's worth of support for each quarter that
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  • Bureau FiberNet, LLC, Petition for Waiver of FCC Rule Section 54.307(c)(4), CC Docket No. 96-45, filed Apr. 11, 2005 (FiberNet Petition); 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. See FiberNet Petition at 1. FiberNet Petition at 2. Id. Id. at 3. 47 C.F.R. § 1.3. Northeast Cellular Telephone Co. v. FCC, 897 F.2d 1164, 1166 (D.C. Cir. 1990) (``Northeast Cellular''). WAIT Radio v. FCC, 418 F.2d 1153, 1159 (D.C. Cir. 1969); Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166.
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 4 4 4 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Adak Telephone Utility Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.314(d), 54.903(a)(3), 69.2(hh) and 69.3(e)(6) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: December 29, 2005 Released: December 30, 2005 By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: Introduction In this Order, we grant Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Adak Telephone Utility (Adak Telephone), a new local exchange carrier (LEC) in Alaska, waivers of
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of M&L Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Skyline Telephone Company Waiver of Sections 54.301(b), 54.314(d), and 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: January 14, 2005 Released: January 14, 2005 By the Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: introduction In this Order, we waive the October 1, 2003 state certification filing deadline set forth in section 54.314(d) of the Commission's rules for high-cost universal service support in
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  • filed by the following telecommunications carriers seeking waivers of various filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service support pursuant to the Commission's rules. Petitioner Rule Date Filed Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c) 6/2/06 Sagebrush Cellular, Inc. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d), 54.314(a) and 54.904(d) 6/5/06 Cedar Valley Communications, Inc. 47 C.F.R. §§ 36.311(h), 36.612, 54.307(c)(3), 54.314(a), 54.903(a) 6/16/06 Interested parties may file comments on or before July 14, 2006 and reply comments on or before July 21, 2006. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using: (1) the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), (2) the Federal Government's eRulemaking Portal, or (3) by filing paper copies. See Electronic Filing of Documents
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  • Dakota 5 - Kidder Limited Partnership; and Bismarck MSA Limited Partnership, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed Dec. 9, 2005. See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. See Petition at 6. Id. at 7. Id. Id. at 8. Id. Id. at 17. Id. at 14. See id. at 8. Id. Id. at 15-16. Id. at 9. See id. at 6, 15, 16. 47 C.F.R. § 1.3. Northeast Cellular Telephone Co. v. FCC, 897 F.2d 1164, 1166 (D.C. Cir. 1990) (``Northeast Cellular''). WAIT
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  • Commission's rules would enable Sacred Wind to receive immediate high-cost loop support payments based on projected costs until historical costs become available. Waiver of sections 69.2(hh), 69.3(e)(6), and 69.3(e)(11) would permit Sacred Wind to become a member of NECA and to participate immediately in the NECA pools and tariffs. In addition, Sacred Wind requests waivers of sections 54.301(b), 54.314(d), and 54.903(a)(3) to allow it to receive immediate local switching support (LSS) and interstate common line support (ICLS). In addition, Sacred Wind posits that section 54.305 of the Commission's rules does not apply to the instant transaction or, in the alternative, that the Commission should waive section 54.305 in order that Sacred Wind may receive high-cost support based on the average cost
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  • 47 C.F.R. § 1.3. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e)(2) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs, but section 214(e)(6) allows the Commission to designate as ETCs carriers not subject to the jurisdiction of a state commission. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2), (6). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC Docket
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  • CC Docket No. 96-45, filed July 6, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). The Verizon companies on behalf of whom Verizon filed the petition are the regulated, wholly owned subsidiaries of Verizon Communications Inc. See Petition at 1 n.1. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.802(a), (b). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 4 4 4 Â Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Adak Telephone Utility Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.314(d), 54.903(a)(3), 69.2(hh) and 69.3(e)(6) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: November 27, 2006 Released: November 27, 2006 By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: In this Order, we extend the timing of the waiver of sections 36.611 and 36.612 of the Commission's rules granted to Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a
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  • 47 C.F.R. § 36.612(a)(3). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e)(2) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs, but section 214(e)(6) allows the Commission to designate as ETCs carriers not subject to the jurisdiction of a state commission. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2), (6). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. See Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, CC Docket No. 00-256, Fourteenth Report and Order, Twenty-Second Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 96-45 and Report and Order in CC Docket
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  • C.F.R. §§ 54.314(d)(5), 54.904. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e)(2) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs, but section 214(e)(6) allows the Commission to designate as ETCs carriers not subject to the jurisdiction of a state commission. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2), (6). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d)(5). 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d) and 54.314(a). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.904(a) and (d). In the MAG Order, the Commission adopted a mechanism for accepting an untimely filed ICLS certification, whereby the carrier does not become eligible for ICLS until the second calendar quarter after the certification is untimely filed. See Multi-Association Group
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  • for Waiver of the Deadline in 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d), CC Docket No. 96-45, filed Nov. 17, 2005 (Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.904(a) and (d). In the MAG Order, the Commission adopted a mechanism for accepting an untimely filed ICLS certification, whereby the carrier does not become eligible for ICLS until the second calendar quarter after the certification is untimely filed. See Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers
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  • SECTION 214 APPLICATION FILED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF SELECTED ASSETS OF QWEST CORPORATION BY SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. STREAMLINED Pleading Cycle Established WC Docket No. 06-82 SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND QWEST CORPORATION SEEK WAIVER OF THE STUDY AREA BOUNDARY FREEZE AS CODIFIED IN PART 36, AND SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. SEEKS WAIVER OF SECTIONS 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.305, 54.314(d), 54.903(a), 69.2(hh), 69.3(e)(6) AND 69.3(e)(11) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. SEEKS WAIVER OF THE COMMISSION'S STAY OF THE PROVISION OF ENHANCED LIFELINE AND LINK-UP SUPPORT TO CUSTOMERS ON NEAR-TRIBAL LANDS PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED CC Docket No. 96-45, WC Docket No. 03-109 Comments Due: May 11, 2006 Reply Comments Due: May 18, 2006 On March 30, 2006, Qwest Corporation
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  • 0.291, 1.102, this Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Thomas J. Navin Chief Wireline Competition Bureau NPCR, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed September 29, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, 15 FCC
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ` ` ` Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service NPI-Omnipoint Wireless, LLC Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.307(c), 54.802(a), and 54.903 of the Commission's Rules SouthEast Telephone, Inc. Petition of Waiver of Deadlines In 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c) SEI Data, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Filing Deadline In 47 C.F.R. Section 54.802(a) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: March 13, 2007 Released: March 13, 2007 By the Acting
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  • COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Renee R. Crittendon Acting Deputy Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Corr Wireless Communications, LLC, Petition for Limited Waiver of Sections 54.307(c) and 54.313(d) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed Mar. 18, 2003 (Corr Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(c), and 54.313(d)(3). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(b). 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d). If the October 1 deadline for first quarter support is missed, the certification must be filed by January 1 for support to begin in the second quarter, by April 1 for support to begin in the third quarter, and by July 1 for support to begin in the fourth quarter. Id.
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  • SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Renee R. Crittendon Acting Deputy Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Cellular South Licenses Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed August 9, 2006 (Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.904(a) and (d). In the MAG Order, the Commission adopted a mechanism for accepting an untimely filed ICLS certification, whereby the carrier does not become eligible for ICLS until the second calendar quarter after the certification is untimely filed. See Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of
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  • 0.291, 1.102, this Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau AT&T Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed October 17, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, 15 FCC
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  • BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Kansas Corporation Commission Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.313 and 54.314 of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed July 14, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d), 54.314(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(a), 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirements for rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(b), 54.314(b); see also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Fourteenth Report and Order and Twenty-Second Order on Reconsideration, CC Docket No.
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  • BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau MTA Communications, Inc. d/b/a MTA Wireless Petition for Waiver of Section 54.314(d) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed November 11, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(b); Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Fourteenth Report and Order and Twenty-Second Order on Reconsideration, CC Docket No. 96-45, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, Report and Order, CC Docket No. 00-256, 16 FCC Rcd 11244, 11318,
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  • Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Pine Cellular Phones, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307 of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed September 29, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. 1. Id. at 2-3. Id. at 2. Id. Id. Id. at 2-3. Id. at 1 Id. at 3-7. Id. at 7. Id. at 2. Id. at 7. Id. at 5-6; see also Northwest Dakota Cellular of North Dakota Limited Partnership; North Central RSA 2 of North Dakota Limited Partnership; North Dakota RSA No. 3
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  • Petition at 2. Id. at 12. Allband Communications Cooperative Petition for Waiver of Sections 69.2(hh) and 69.601 of the Commission's rules, WC Docket No. 05-174, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 13566 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005) (Allband Order); 47 C.F.R. §§ 69.2(hh) and 69.601. Allband Order, 20 FCC Rcd at 13566, para. 1; 47 C.F.R. Part 36, §§ 54.5, 54.301(b), 54.314(d), and 54.903(a). See Direct Communications Cedar Valley, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611 and 36.612 of the Commission's Rules; Request for Approval of Related Actions, and Request for Expedited Decision, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed Aug. 29, 2006) (Direct Petition); 47 C.F.R. §§ 36.611, 36.612. Direct Petition at 2. See Direct Communications Cedar Valley, LLC, and Qwest Corporation, Joint Petition for
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  • August 31, 2007 Reply Comment Date: September 17, 2007 Interested parties are invited to comment on petitions filed by the following parties seeking waivers of various filing requirements associated with the receipt of universal service support pursuant to the Commission's rules. Petitioner Rule Date Filed Vantage Point 47 C.F.R. § 54.307 6/6/07 Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a) 7/9/07 Interested parties may file comments on or before August 31, 2007 and reply comments on or before September 17, 2007. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. . Filers should follow the instructions provided on the website for submitting comments.
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  • these requirements retroactive to the date of its ETC designation, November 29, 2005. Therefore, we find that no waiver of those sections is necessary. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs. See 47 U.S.C. § 214(e). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(a). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.904(a) and (d). In the MAG Order, the Commission adopted a mechanism for accepting an untimely filed ICLS certification, whereby the carrier does not become eligible for ICLS until the second calendar quarter after the certification is untimely filed. See Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap
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  • DEADLINE RELATED TO THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROGRAM CC Docket No. 96-45 Comment Date: September 17, 2007 Reply Comment Date: October 2, 2007 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by ICORE, Inc on behalf of Pattersonville Telephone Company seeking waiver of the June 30, 2007, filing deadline associated with the receipt of universal service funds pursuant to 54.903 of the Commission's rules. Interested parties may file comments on or before September 17, 2007 and reply comments on or before October 2, 2007. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. . Filers should follow the instructions provided on the website
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  • DEADLINES RELATED TO THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROGRAM CC Docket No. 96-45 Comment Date: December 6, 2007 Reply Comment: December 21, 2007 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Texas RSA 8 South Limited Partnership d/b/a Westex Wireless seeking waiver of filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service funds, pursuant to sections 54.307(c)(2), 54.802(a), and 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules. Interested parties may file comments on or before December 6, 2007 and reply comments on or before December 21, 2007. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet
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  • a waiver of sections 69.2(hh), 69.601, and 69.3(e) to allow Osirus to become a member of NECA and to immediately participate in NECA pools; sections 36.611 and 36.612 to allow accelerated high-cost loop support; the July 1, 2007 and October 1, 2007 state certification deadlines set forth in section 54.314(d); and data filing deadlines set forth in sections 54.301(b) and 54.903(a). 47 C.F.R. §§ 69.2(hh), 69.601, 69.3(e), 36.611, 36.612, 54.314(d), 54.301(b), and 54.903(a). See Petition at 2. See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, GC Docket No. 97-113, Report and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 11322 (1998). 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200 et seq. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b)(2). 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b). PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W.
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  • may convert their rate-of-return study areas to price cap regulation but continue to receive ICLS for those study areas. Because these carriers will be receiving ICLS on a frozen per-line basis, the amount of ICLS each receives will decline if their number of lines declines. Further, we partially waive the ICLS reporting and support calculation provisions of sections 54.901 and 54.903 of the Commission's rules so that each carrier's ICLS may be set at 2007 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts and frozen at those per-line levels going forward. Finally, we waive any portions of sections 54.802 through 54.806 of the Commission's rules that would preclude the carriers from receiving ICLS at the 2007 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts. To ensure that these waivers
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel Petition of Waiver of the Section 54.903 Interstate Common Line Support Reporting Date ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: August 25, 2008 Released: August 25, 2008 Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: INTRODUCTION In this order, we grant a request from Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel (WeavTel), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC), for a waiver of section 54.903(a) of the Commission's
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  • 54.802. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id.; see also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1,
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  • 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id.; see also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in
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  • Valley Communications, Inc. Petition for Waiver of 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d), 54.314(a), and 54.904(d), CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed June 16, 2006) (Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c)(3). In the Petition, in addition to a waiver of section 54.307(c)(3) of the Commission's rules, Cedar Valley also requests a waiver, to the extent necessary, of sections 36.611(h), 36.612, 54.307(d), 54.314(a), 54.903(a), and 54.904(d). Petition at 1; 47 C.F.R. §§ 36.611(h), 36.612, 54.307(d), 54.314(a), 54.903(a), and 54.904(d). None of these additional rules apply to Cedar Valley because Cedar Valley does not receive universal service support pursuant to any of these rules. We therefore find that no waiver of these rule sections is necessary. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See
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  • (Wyoming Commission Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d)(3), 54.314(d). We note that on January 10, 2007, the Illinois Commission attempted but failed to electronically file its petition with the Commission. The Illinois Commission ultimately filed its petition with the Commission on May 11, 2007. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(a), 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirements for rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d), 54.314(b); see also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap
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  • pools and tariffs. Second, DTS seeks a waiver of sections 36.611 and 36.612 of the Commission's rules to allow DTS to receive universal service high-cost loop support initially based on its forecasted costs rather than its historical costs. Finally, DTS seeks a waiver of the state certification deadlines in section 54.314(d) and the data filing deadlines in sections 54.301(b) and 54.903(a) to enable DTS to receive universal service support immediately upon commencing service. Interested parties may file comments on or before June 5, 2009, and reply comments on or before June 22, 2009. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 05-337. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies. . Filers
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  • 54.809. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802. 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(a). 47 C.F.R. §54.809(c). Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Report and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 6371, 6413-14, para. 94 (2005) (ETC Designation Order); 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c). Centennial Petition at 1;
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  • 36 of the Commission's rules is not necessary; 3) waiver of sections 36.611 and 36.612 of the Commission's rules to allow Huron to receive accelerated high-cost loop support; 4) waiver of the state universal service fund certification deadlines set forth in section 54.314(d) of the Commission's rules; and 5) waiver of data filing deadlines set forth in sections 54.301(b) and 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules. Huron intends to provide telecommunications services to an unserved area located in the upper peninsula of the state of Michigan. Interested parties may file comments on or before August 20, 2009, and reply comments on or before September 4, 2009. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using the Commission's
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  • DA 09-2131 Release Date: September 28, 2009 COMMENT SOUGHT ON COLUMBUS TELEPHONE COMPANY PETITION FOR WAIVER OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: October 28, 2009 Reply Comment Date: November 12, 2009 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Columbus Telephone Company seeking waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules for receipt of universal service high-cost support. Interested parties may file comments on or before October 28, 2009, and reply comments on or before November 12, 2009. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 08-71. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. . Filers should
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  • LEC would receive for each line, but subject to adjustments pursuant to the Interim Cap Order. In service areas where a competitive ETC has initiated service and reported line count data pursuant to section 54.307(c), rate-of-return incumbent LECs in those areas must submit quarterly line count data to USAC in order to calculate their projected per-line support each quarter. Section 54.903(a)(4) of the Commission's rules requires each rate-of-return incumbent LEC to submit to USAC by December 31 of each year the data necessary to calculate the LEC's actual ICLS for the prior calendar year. That data is then used to make adjustments to the LEC's monthly per-line ICLS in the final two quarters of the following calendar year to the extent
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  • ACS may convert its rate-of-return study areas to price cap regulation but continue to receive ICLS for those study areas. Because ACS will be receiving ICLS on a frozen per-line basis, the amount of ICLS it receives will decline if its number of lines declines. Further, we partially waive the ICLS reporting and support calculation provisions of sections 54.901 and 54.903 of the Commission's rules so that ACS's ICLS may be set at 2008 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts and frozen at those per-line levels going forward. Finally, we waive any portions of sections 54.802 through 54.806 of the Commission's rules that would preclude ACS from receiving ICLS at the 2008 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts. To ensure that these waivers do not
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  • CenturyTel may convert its rate-of-return study areas to price cap regulation but continue to receive ICLS for those study areas. Because CenturyTel will be receiving ICLS on a frozen per-line basis, the amount of ICLS it receives will decline if its number of lines declines. Further, we partially waive the ICLS reporting and support calculation provisions of sections 54.901 and 54.903 of the Commission's rules so that CenturyTel's ICLS may be set at 2008 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts and frozen at those per-line levels going forward. Finally, we waive any portions of sections 54.802 through 54.806 of the Commission's rules that would preclude CenturyTel from receiving ICLS at the 2008 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts. To ensure that these waivers do not
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  • of the Micronesian Telecommunications Company for Waiver of Section 54.314 of the Commission's Rules Pattersonville Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Carrier Certification for Interstate Line Support Petition of PTI Pacifica Inc. for Waiver of Section 54.314 of the Commission's Rules Texas RSA 8 South Limited Partnership dba Westex Wireless Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.307(c)(2), 54.802(a), and 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules Thumb Cellular, LLC Request for Waiver of the December 31, 2007 Filing Deadline for Filing June 30, 2007 Information with USAC Regarding Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
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  • 54.904. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(a), 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirement for rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(b), 54.314(b);
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  • 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id.; see also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1,
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  • 54.314(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(b); see also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, Fourteenth Report and
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d)(1). If the October 1 deadline for first quarter support is missed, the certification must be filed by January
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  • line count filing requirements for interstate common line support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for interstate access support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. The certification requirement for non-rural ETCs is found in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. See Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to
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  • incumbent LECs, whether cost-based companies or average schedule companies, are required to maintain accurate and reliable accounts in accordance with Part 32 of the Commission's rules. See 47 C.F.R. Part 32. See Direct Petition at 8. Id. See Direct Petition at 10 (citing Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Adak Telephone Utility, Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.314(d), 54.903(a)(3), 69.2(hh) and 69.3(e)(6) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 20543 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005) (Adak Order); Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. and Qwest Corporation, Joint Petition for Waiver of the Definition of ``Study Area'' Contained in Part 36, Appendix-Glossary of the Commission's Rules, Sacred Wind Communications, Inc., Related Waivers of Parts 36, 54, and 69
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  • 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost universal service support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost universal service support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(a). 47 C.F.R. §54.809(c). In the ETC Designation Order, the Commission adopted a quarterly IAS certification schedule to accommodate late filings, whereby a late-filing carrier's IAS support is
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d). Id. Petition at 1, Attach. A. Id. at 1, Attach. B, C. Id. at 2, Attach. A. Id.
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  • line count filing requirements for interstate common line support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for interstate access support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301. 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(b). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(1). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(2). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(2)(iv). Flat Rock Petition at 1; 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(1). Flat Rock Petition at 1-2. Id. at 2. Id. Id. at 8. Id. at 2, 5-8. Id.
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), and 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301. The certification requirements for non-rural carriers are found in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirements for rural carriers are found in section 54.314 of the rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. In instances where carriers
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  • may convert their rate-of-return study areas to price cap regulation but continue to receive ICLS for those study areas. Because these carriers will be receiving ICLS on a frozen per-line basis, the amount of ICLS each receives will decline if their number of lines declines. Further, we partially waive the ICLS reporting and support calculation provisions of sections 54.901 and 54.903 of the Commission's rules so that each carrier's ICLS may be set at 2009 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts and frozen at those per-line levels going forward. Finally, we waive any portions of sections 54.802 through 54.806 of the Commission's rules that would preclude the carriers from receiving ICLS at the 2009 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts. To ensure that these waivers
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  • Matter of Petitions for Waiver of Universal Service High-Cost Filing Deadlines Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Cedar-Wapsie Communications, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Filing Deadline For Submission of Annual Interstate Common Line Support Certification DialToneServices, L.P. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Virgin Islands Telephone Corp. d/b/a Innovative Telephone for Waiver of Section 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules Wildflower Telecommunications, LLC Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.802(a) and 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) WC Docket No. 08-71 CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: August 2, 2011 Released: August 2, 2011 By
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  • line count filing requirements for interstate common line support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for interstate access support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See, e.g., Benton/Linn Wireless, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules, et al., CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 19212, 19218, 19220, paras. 12, 18 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id.
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to
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  • or more effective implementation of overall policy on an individual basis.15Waiver of the Commission's rules is appropriate only if both (i) special circumstances warrant a deviation from the general rule, and (ii) such deviation will serve the public interest.16 (Continued from previous page) count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 5See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate second quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in June to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to
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  • line count filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Report and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 6371, 6411, para. 92 (2005) (ETC Designation Order). Under section 54.307(d) of the Commission's rules, newly designated ETCs have 60 days from the date of their designation to file
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  • April 18, 2011 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PETITION FOR WAIVER OF A UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: May 18, 2011 Reply Comment Date: June 2, 2011 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Windstream Communications, Inc. for waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules for receipt of high-cost universal service support. Section 54.903(a) sets forth deadlines for rate-of-return carriers to file certain line count data with the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to be eligible to receive Interstate Common Line Support. Interested parties may file comments on or before May 18, 2011, and reply comments on or before June 2,
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  • THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TELEPHONE CORP. d/b/a INNOVATIVE TELEPHONE PETITION FOR WAIVER OF A UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: May 18, 2011 Reply Comment Date: June 2, 2011 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Virgin Islands Telephone Corp. d/b/a Innovative Telephone for waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules for receipt of high-cost universal service support. Section 54.903(a) sets forth deadlines for rate-of-return carriers to file certain line count data with the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to be eligible to receive Interstate Common Line Support. Interested parties may file comments on or before May 18, 2011, and reply comments on or before June 2,
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  • common line support (ICLS) mechanism and other high-cost universal service support mechanisms), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for the interstate access support (IAS) mechanism), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for the ICLS mechanism), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See, e.g., Benton/Linn Wireless, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules, et al., CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 19212, 19218, 19220, paras. 12, 18 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(d). See 47 C.F.R. §
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  • Docket No. 96-45 Universal Service Allo Communications Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Bayland Communications, LLC Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Deadline for Submission of Annual Certification by Eligible Telecommunication Carrier Serving Lines in the Service Area of a Rate-of-Return Carrier to Receive Interstate Common Line Support Columbus Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. Petition for Waiver of the Commission's Universal Service Rules HTC Communications, LLC Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.314 and 54.904 of the Commission's Rules Windy City Cellular, LLC Petition for Waiver of Universal Service High-Cost Filing Deadlines
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  • common line support (ICLS) mechanism and other high-cost universal service support mechanisms), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for the interstate access support (IAS) mechanism), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for the ICLS mechanism), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See, e.g., Benton/Linn Wireless, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules, et al., CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 19212, 19218, 19220, paras. 12, 18 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. Id. 47 C.F.R. §
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  • Lakedale may convert its rate-of-return study areas to price cap regulation but continue to receive ICLS for those study areas. Because Lakedale will be receiving ICLS on a frozen per-line basis, the amount of ICLS it receives will decline if its number of lines declines. Further, we partially waive the ICLS reporting and support calculation provisions of sections 54.901 and 54.903 of the Commission's rules so that Lakedale's ICLS may be set at 2010 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts and frozen at those per-line levels going forward. Finally, we waive any portions of sections 54.802 through 54.806 of the Commission's rules that would preclude Lakedale from receiving ICLS at the 2010 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts. To ensure that these waivers do not
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  • of Quarterly Line Counts in Areas Served by a Competitive ETC. In the USF/ICC Transformation Order, the Commission eliminated the identical support rule and adopted a process to phase down competitive ETC support. The Commission also eliminated the requirement that competitive ETCs, except those serving remote areas of Alaska, file quarterly line counts. In this Order, the Bureau amends section 54.903(a)(2) to eliminate requirements for certain quarterly line count filings by incumbent carriers that were necessary only for the purpose of calculating support for competitive ETCs pursuant to the identical support rule. Carriers filing quarterly line counts pursuant to section 54.903(a)(2) solely because of the presence of a competitive ETC will no longer be required to file line counts on a
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  • 76.049 689.1 Tm /OPBaseFont3 11 Tf (Telenational Communications, Inc.) Tj 1 0 0 1 325.4 688.85 Tm 102 Tz /OPBaseFont4 10 Tf (54.307\(c\)3) Tj 1 0 0 1 416.15 688.85 Tm 94 Tz /OPBaseFont3 11 Tf (8/30/11) Tj 1 0 0 1 75.799 670.149 Tm 99 Tz (Windstream Communications, Inc.) Tj 1 0 0 1 325.2 669.899 Tm 94 Tz (54.903\(a\)4) Tj 1 0 0 1 415.4 669.899 Tm 96 Tz (4/13/11) Tj 1 0 0 1 75.799 650.95 Tm 100 Tz (Twin Valley Telephone, Inc.) Tj 1 0 0 1 72.95 632.649 Tm 240 Tz /OPBaseFont3 4 Tf (___________________________________________________) Tj 1 0 0 1 325.2 650.7 Tm 103 Tz /OPBaseFont3 10 Tf (36.6 12\(a\)\(3\)) Tj 1 0 0 1 325.2
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  • 2002 ICLS Dear Ms. Flannery, This letter addresses how USAC should perform the annual true up of Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) for rate-of-return carriers for 2002 under the Commission's rules and the MAG Order. We conclude that USAC should prorate each revenue component of the ICLS calculation based on a uniform factor reflecting the industry-wide revenue recovery experience. Section 54.903(b) requires USAC to use calendar year data to perform ICLS true ups. Rate-of-return carriers began receiving ICLS on July 1, 2002. Therefore, any ICLS true-ups for 2002 would relate only to the second half of the calendar year. The MAG Order specified the manner in which the cost data should be adjusted for true up purposes (``... 50 percent of
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  • year, first and second quarters of succeeding year December 31 First and second quarters of succeeding year March 31 Second quarter of succeeding year Interstate Common Line Support Certification Rate-of-return carriers or ETCs serving lines in the service area of a rate-of-return carrier must file an annual certification on the date they first file line count information pursuant to section 54.903 of the Commission's rules, and thereafter on June 30 of each year, stating that all ICLS provided to such carriers will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. Filing Date Receive support in June 30 Third and fourth quarters of that year, first and second quarters of succeeding
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  • Common Line Support for transferred exchanges. (a) In the event that a rate-of-return carrier acquires exchanges from an entity that is also a rate-of-return carrier, Interstate Common Line Support for the transferred exchanges shall be distributed as follows. Each carrier may report its updated line counts to reflect the transfer in the next quarterly line count filing pursuant to § 54.903(a) of this subpart that applies to the period in which the transfer occurred. During a transition period from the filing of the updated line counts until the end of the funding year, the Administrator shall adjust the Interstate Common Line Support received by each carrier based on the updated line counts and the per-line Interstate Common Line Support, categorized by
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  • In the MAG Order, we created a new, explicit universal service support mechanism, ICLS, to replace implicit support in the access rate structure of rate-of-return carriers. The ICLS mechanism will be implemented on July 1, 2002. Section 54.904(d) provides that each carrier must file an annual certification ``on the date it first files its line count information pursuant to section 54.903[.]'' Pursuant to this requirement, carriers filed annual certifications for the initial ICLS funding year on April 18, 2002. Each carrier that wishes to receive ICLS also must file with the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) and the Commission an annual certification on June 30 of each year, stating that it will use ICLS ``only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading
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  • Order, we modify on our own motion the data collection and filing procedures for implementation of the Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) mechanism, in order to ensure timely implementation of the ICLS mechanism on July 1, 2002 as adopted in the MAG Order. First, we extend until April 18, 2002 the original March 31, 2002, deadline set forth in section 54.903(a) for the submission of projected data and line counts to the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). Second, we modify the requirement under section 54.903(a) that each carrier file its data with USAC in order to permit NECA to file the data for each member of the common line pool for the purpose of this initial ICLS filing deadline. Finally, we
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  • Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies, and the United States Telecom Association (collectively, the Joint Petitioners). The Joint Petitioners raise issues concerning the filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS), the new universal service support mechanism established in the MAG Order. In response to the concerns raised by the Joint Petitioners, we grant their request to amend section 54.903(a)(4) of our rules to move the deadline for filing actual common line cost and revenue data from July 31st to December 31st of each year. We also amend section 54.903(a)(3) of our rules to permit rate-of-return carriers to file updates of projected common line cost and revenue data on June 30th of each year. As discussed below, these changes will
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  • 22573-74, para. 25. 47 C.F.R. § 36.611(h). Currently, the National Exchange Carrier Association collects line count and cost data from incumbent local exchange carriers, while the Universal Service Administrative Company collects data from competitive eligible telecommunications carriers, as well as other data related to the Interstate Common Line Support mechanism for rate-of-return carriers. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 36.611, 36.612, 54.307, 54.903. ; see also RTF Order, 16 FCC Rcd at 11311, para. 172 (anticipating further review of the definition of rural carrier). See RTF Order, 16 FCC Rcd at 11311, para. 172 (``[W]e observe that some of the data seem to show that some rural companies may be more similar to non-rural companies than to smaller rural companies.''). We also note
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  • party has evidence that the effect on ICLS will differ substantially from that predicted by the Waiver Associations - and no party has introduced such evidence to date - we encourage the submission of such evidence for our consideration in the accompanying rulemaking proceeding. Carriers subject to this waiver order shall, when filing data pursuant to sections 35.611, 35.612, and 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules, calculate their line counts in a manner consistent with this order. Competitive ETCs, which are not subject to this order, shall continue to file line count data pursuant to section 54.307, using the existing assessment of 24 loops per derived channel T-1 service. Finally, as requested by the Waiver Associations, we expressly limit the duration of
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  • would have been to seek a waiver of these rules. Given its failure to seek a waiver, however, it clearly had an ongoing obligation to supplement its filing. 47 C.F.R. § 65.600(b). NECA Direct Case at 18, 22. NECA Direct Case at 18, 22. NECA Direct Case at 22 (responding to Designation Order at 9, para. 23); 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(4) (requiring rate-of-return carriers to submit to the Universal Service Administrative Company on December 31 of each year the data necessary to calculate a carrier's Interstate Common Line Support for the prior calendar year). AT&T Opposition at 8 (quoting the Designation Order at 9, para. 23). NECA Direct Case at 22. For purposes of tracking the issues, we retain the designation
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  • not maintain these data itself but only stored certain information in its computer systems for a limited period of time. 2004 Annual Access Order, 19 FCC Rcd at 23883-84, ¶ 17. NECA collects line count and cost data from incumbent LECs; USAC collects data from competitive LECs and other data for rate-of-return carriers. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 36.611, 36.612, 54.307, 54.903. In 1999, USAC proposed, inter alia, that the Commission assign USAC the Part 36 data collection function, which would enable USAC to exercise appropriate oversight responsibility. See Letter from D. Scott Barash, Vice President and General Counsel, USAC to Irene Flannery, Chief, Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC (Dec. 10, 1999). We seek comment on USAC's proposal. Under section
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  • mechanism, and to retain the language identifying the span of a funding year for purposes of a cap on the rural health care providers support mechanism. We also modify section 54.623(c)(4) to clarify that all applications filed by rural health care providers within the filing window, as determined by the Administrator, will be treated as simultaneously received. Miscellaneous Provisions. Section 54.903 requires rate-of-return carriers to provide certain data to USAC to demonstrate the carrier's eligibility to receive Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS). USTA filed comments renewing its 2002 request that the Commission clarify that that six data elements -- (1) projected common line revenue requirement; (2) projected SLC revenues; (3) projected revenue from its transitional CCL charge; (4) projected special access
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  • described herein and otherwise IS DENIED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to sections 1, 2, 4(i), 4(j), 201, 202, 203, 205, 218, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 201, 202, 203, 205, 218, and 403, and section 1.3 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.3, sections 54.901(a), 54.903 and 69.3(e)(9) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.901(a), 54.903 and 69.3(e)(9) ARE WAIVED to the extent provided herein. IT IS FURTHERED ORDERED that, pursuant to section 10 of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 160, and section 1.103(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.103(a), this Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE on August 20, 2007. Pursuant
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  • Windstream may convert its rate-of-return study areas to price cap regulation but continue to receive ICLS for those study areas. Because Windstream will be receiving ICLS on a frozen per-line basis, the amount of ICLS it receives will decline if its number of lines declines. Further, we partially waive the ICLS reporting and support calculation provisions of sections 54.901 and 54.903 of the Commission's rules so that Windstream's ICLS may be set at 2007 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts and frozen at those per-line levels going forward. Finally, we waive any portions of sections 54.802 through 54.806 of our rules that would preclude Windstream from receiving ICLS at the 2007 per-line disaggregated ICLS amounts. To ensure that these waivers do not result
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  • be known until after the identical support and interim cap rules have been applied for that quarter. Under the interstate common line support and local switching support mechanisms, support payments are initially made using projected data, but are adjusted (``trued up'') at a later date when actual cost, revenue, and line count data are available. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.303, 54.903(a)(3). National Broadband Plan at 145-148. We note that the Commission recently launched proceedings to reform the universal service program as recommended by the National Broadband Plan, including by seeking comment on a proposal to transition all legacy competitive ETC high-cost support for voice-grade service to new universal service programs for broadband and the impact of such a proposal on the
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  • the contribution factor and enable us to take the fiscally responsible step of accumulating reserves for broadband universal 43Under the interstate common line support and local switching support mechanisms, support payments are initially made using projected data, but are adjusted ("trued up") at a later date when actual cost, revenue, and line count data are available. See47 C.F.R. §§ 54.303, 54.903(a)(3). 44National Broadband Planat 145-148. We note that the Commission recently launched proceedings to reform the universal service program as recommended by the National Broadband Plan, including by seeking comment on a proposal to transition all legacy competitive ETC high-cost support for voice-grade service to newuniversal service programs for broadband and the impact of such a proposal on the Verizon Wireless
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  • 36.612 of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 16 FCC Rcd 3813, 3825, para. 30 (Com. Car. Bur. 2001) (granting Mescalero a waiver ``to permit it to receive high-cost loop support for the period January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2002''); Adak Eagle Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Adak Telephone Utility, Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.314(d), 54.903(a)(3), 69.2(hh) and 69.3(e)(6) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 20543, 20547, para. 10 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005) (granting Adak Telephone a waiver ``to permit it to receive high-cost loop support for the period beginning May 25, 2005''). Referral Notice at 5. Twin Valley Order, 21 FCC Rcd at 10115, para. 10; Referral Notice at
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  • USAC) range from 1 to 2 percent of total program expenses. See USAC Quarterly Administrative Filings, available at http://www.usac.org/about/governance/fcc-filings/fcc-filings-archive.asp x (for 1998-First Quarter 2012). Similarly, the $4.5 billion budget does not include prior period adjustments associated with support attributable to years prior to 2012. For example, USAC will be performing true-ups associated with 2010 ICLS in 2012. See 47 C.F.R. 54.903(b)(3). To the extent that those true-ups result in increased support for 2010, those disbursements would not apply to the budget discussed here. See National Broadband Map, available at http://www.broadbandmap.gov. Based on data as of December 2010, there were an estimated 18.8 million Americans who lacked access to terrestrial fixed broadband services with a maximum advertised download speed of at least
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  • 02-33). Action by: Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau. Comments Due: 05/03/2002. Reply Comments Due: 06/03/2002. Adopted: 03/22/2002 by ORDER. (DA No. 02-704). CCB [50]DA-02-704A1.doc [51]DA-02-704A1.pdf [52]DA-02-704A1.txt MULTI-ASSOCIATION GROUP (MAG) PLAN FOR REGULATION OF NON-PRICE CAP INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS. FEDERAL-STATE JOINT BOARD ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE. Extended until April 18, 2002 the original March 31, 2002, deadline set forth in section 54.903(a) for the submission of projected data and line counts to the Universal Service Adminstrative Company. (Dkt No. 96-45, 00-256). Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 03/22/2002 by RECON. (FCC No. 02-89). CCB [53]FCC-02-89A1.doc [54]FCC-02-89A1.pdf [55]FCC-02-89A1.txt References 1. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221097A1.pdf 2. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221097A1.txt 3. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221099A1.txt 4. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221098A1.txt 5. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221057A1.doc 6. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221057A1.pdf 7. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221057A1.txt 8. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221095A1.doc 9. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221095A2.doc 10. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221095A1.pdf 11. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221095A2.pdf 12. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-221095A1.txt 13.
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  • FOR DESIGNATION AS AN ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER IN THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS. (DA No. 05-1543). (Dkt No 96-45) Pleading Cycle Established. Comments Due: 06/10/2005. Reply Comments Due: 06/24/2005. WCB. Contact: Pam Slipakoff at (202) 418-7400, TTY: (202) 418-0484 [37]DA-05-1543A1.doc [38]DA-05-1543A1.pdf [39]DA-05-1543A1.txt Released: 05/27/2005. ADAK EAGLE ENTERPRISES, LLC D/B/A ADAK TELEPHONE UTILITY SEEKS WAIVER OF SECTIONS 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(B), 54.314(D), 54.903(A)(3), 69.2 (HH) AND 69.3(E)(6) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES AND, IF NECESSARY,. (DA No. 05-1544). (Dkt No 96-45) A WAIVER OF THE STUDY AREA BOUNDARY FREEZE AS CODIFIED IN PART 36 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES, Pleading Cycle Established. Comments Due: 06/13/2005. Reply Comments Due: 06/20/2005. WCB. Contact: Gary Seigel at (202) 418-0879 OR Katie King at (202) 418-7491 [40]DA-05-1544A1.doc [41]DA-05-1544A1.pdf [42]DA-05-1544A1.txt
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  • [20]DA-08-1952A1.pdf [21]DA-08-1952A1.txt DEVELOPMENT OF DEVICES CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING MULTIPLE AUDIO ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES.. Initiated Notice of Inquiry. (Dkt No. 08-172). Action by: the Commission. Comments Due: 11/10/2008. Reply Comments Due: 12/09/2008. Adopted: 08/22/2008 by NOI. (FCC No. 08-196). MB [22]FCC-08-196A1.doc [23]FCC-08-196A1.pdf [24]FCC-08-196A1.txt WESTGATE COMMUNICATIONS LLC D/B/A WEAVTEL. Granted Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules to allow WeavTel to receive universal service high-cost support. (Dkt No. 96-45). Action by: Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted: 08/25/2008 by ORDER. (DA No. 08-1957). WCB [25]DA-08-1957A1.doc [26]DA-08-1957A1.pdf [27]DA-08-1957A1.txt * * * * * ADDENDA: THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, RELEASED AUGUST 22, 2008, DID NOT APPEAR IN DIGEST NO. 164: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- NEWS RELEASES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- FCC ANNOUNCES
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  • . Contact: Pamela Arluk at (202) 418-1520 [28]DA-11-703A1.doc [29]DA-11-703A1.pdf [30]DA-11-703A1.txt Released: 04/18/2011. WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PETITION FOR WAIVER OF A UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE. (DA No. 11-699). (Dkt No 08-71 ) Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Windstream Communications, Inc. for waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules. Comments Due: 05/18/2011. Reply Comments Due: 06/02/2011. WCB . Contact: Abdel Eqab at (202) 418-7400, TTY: (202) 418-0484 [31]DA-11-699A1.doc [32]DA-11-699A1.pdf [33]DA-11-699A1.txt Released: 04/18/2011. WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON KODIAK AREA NATIVE ASSOCIATION REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF DECISIONS BY THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY. (DA No. 11-706). (Dkt No 02-60 ). Comments Due: 05/18/2011. Reply Comments
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  • 214 APPLICATION FILED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF SELECTED ASSETS OF QWEST CORPORATION BY SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - STREAMLINED PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED. WC Docket No. 06-82. SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND QWEST CORPORATION SEEK WAIVER OF THE STUDY AREA BOUNDARY FREEZE AS CODIFIED IN PART 36, AND SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. SEEKS WAIVER OF SECTIONS 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(b), 54.305, 54.314(d), 54.903(a), 69.2(hh), 69.3(e)(6) AND 69.3(e)(11) OF THE COMMISSIONS RULES; SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. SEEKS WAIVER OF THE COMMISSIONS STAY OF THE PROVISION OF ENHANCED LIFELINE AND LINK-UP SUPPORT TO CUSTOMERS ON NEAR-TRIBAL LANDS - PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED. CC Docket No. 96-45, WC Docket No. 03-109. Public Notice: [466]Word | [467]Acrobat 04/26/2006 Domestic Section 214 Application for Transfer of Control of ICG
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  • 214 Application filed for the Acquisition of Selected Assets of Qwest Corporation by Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. * Streamlined Pleading Cycle Established WC Docket No. 06-82 Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. and Qwest Corporation Seek Waiver of the Study Area Boundary Freeze as Codified in Part 36, and Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. Seeks Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, 54.301(B), 54.305, 54.314(D), 54.903(A), 69.2(Hh), 69.3(E)(6) and 69.3(E)(11) of the Commission's Rules * Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. Seeks Waiver of the Commission's Stay of the Provision of Enhanced Lifeline and Link-Up Support to Customers on Near-Tribal Lands DA 06-934 CC Docket No. 96-45, WC Docket No. 03-109. Comments Due: 5/11/06. Replies Due: 5/18/06. [379]Word | [380]Acrobat 04/26/06 PUBLIC NOTICE: Domestic Section 214 Application filed
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  • four health clinics because Copper River violated the Commissions competitive bidding rules. CC DKT No. 02-60 [111]DA-11-705 May 18, 2011 June 2, 2011 The Virgin Islands Telephone Corp. d/b/a Innovative Telephone Public Notice: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Virgin Islands Telephone Corp. d/b/a Innovative Telephone for waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commissions rules for receipt of high-cost universal service support. CC DKT No. 08-71 [112]DA-11-700 May 18, 2011 June 2, 2011 Windstream Communications, Inc. Public Notice: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Windstream Communications, Inc. for waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commissions rules for receipt of high-cost universal
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  • Comments are due by November 23, 2007 and reply comments are due by November 30, 2007. 11/9/07. [42]Word | [43]Acrobat| [44]Text 11/6/2007 Public Notice: Comment is sought on a petition filed by Texas RSA 8 South Limited Partnership d/b/a Westex Wireless seeking waiver of filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service funds, pursuant to sections 54.307(c)(2), 54.802(a), and 54.903(a) of the Commissions rules. Comments are due by December 6, 2007 and reply comments are due by December 21, 2007. 11/6/07. [45]Word | [46]Acrobat| [47]Text October 2007 Releases 10/22/2007 Public Notice: TCA High-Cost Waiver Petition: Comment is sought on a petition by The Community Cable Television Agency of O'Brien County d/b/a The Community Agency and TCA (TCA) seeking wavier of
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  • resulted in only 15 days of network costs during calendar year 2006 (actual costs for 2006 are the basis for 2008 high-cost support payments). Order: [67]Word | [68]PDF 8/25/08 WCB Grants WeavTel Petition for Waiver of USF Filing Deadline In this order, the Wireline Competition Bureau grants Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules to allow WeavTel to receive universal service high-cost support. Order: [69]Word | [70]PDF 8/22/08 WCB Seeks Agreement with Study Area Redefinitions: In its May 1, 2008 Interim Cap Order, the Commission redefined the service areas of several rural telephone companies in New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Pursuant to section 54.207(d) of the Commission's
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  • rules. Comments are due by November 23, 2007 and reply comments are due by November 30, 2007. [84]Word | [85]Acrobat| [86]Text 11/6/07 Public Notice: Comment is sought on a petition filed by Texas RSA 8 South Limited Partnership d/b/a Westex Wireless seeking waiver of filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service funds, pursuant to sections 54.307(c)(2), 54.802(a), and 54.903(a) of the Commissions rules. Comments are due by December 6, 2007 and reply comments are due by December 21, 2007. [87]Word | [88]Acrobat| [89]Text 11/6/07 Order: Oblio Telecom, Inc. In this Order, at the request of Oblio Telecom, Inc. (Oblio), Telecommunications Access Policy Division dismisses with prejudice Oblios petition for declaratory ruling regarding the universal service certification process between resellers
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  • also filed a motion for waiver of public notice. Comments are due September 10, 2008, and reply comments are due September 17, 2008. Public Notice: [189]Word | [190]PDF 8/25/08 WCB Grants WeavTel Petition for Waiver of USF Filing Deadline: In this order, the Wireline Competition Bureau grants Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.903(a) of the Commission's rules to allow WeavTel to receive universal service high-cost support. Order: [191]Word | [192]PDF 8/20/08 Compass Global, Inc.: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a request filed by Compass Global, Inc. seeking review and reversal of a decision by USAC, in which USAC found that Compass Global had failed to timely file revisions to its 2005
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  • Order, we deny seven separate petitions filed by Allo Communications (Allo), Bayland Communications, LLC (Bayland), Columbus Telephone Company (Columbus), Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. (Great Lakes), HTC Communications, LLC (HTC), Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. (Pine Belt), and Windy City Cellular, LLC (Windy City) for waiver of high-cost universal service support filing deadlines set forth in sections 54.307, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903(a), and 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules. Order [165]Word | [166]PDF 4/28/2011 NewComm Wireless Services, Inc. Order: In this Order, we address a petition filed by NewComm Wireless Services, Inc. d/b/a MoviStar (NewComm) for a waiver of the universal service high-cost support filing deadline set forth in section 54.307(d) of the Commission rules. Order [167]Word | [168]PDF 4/18/2011 The Virgin Island
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  • Order, we deny seven separate petitions filed by Allo Communications (Allo), Bayland Communications, LLC (Bayland), Columbus Telephone Company (Columbus), Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. (Great Lakes), HTC Communications, LLC (HTC), Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. (Pine Belt), and Windy City Cellular, LLC (Windy City) for waiver of high-cost universal service support filing deadlines set forth in sections 54.307, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903(a), and 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules. [636]Word [637]PDF 4/28/2011 NewComm Wireless Services Order: In this Order, we address a petition filed by NewComm Wireless Services, Inc. d/b/a MoviStar (NewComm) for a waiver of the universal service high-cost support filing deadline set forth in section 54.307(d) of the Commission rules. [638]Word [639]PDF 4/27/2011 Millennium 2000, Inc. Public Notice: Wireline Competition Bureau