FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Connect America Fund WC Docket No. 10-90 ) ) ETC Annual Reports and Certifications ) WC Docket No. 14-58 ) Petition of USTelecom for Forbearance Pursuant ) WC Docket No. 14-192 to 47 U.S.C. § 160(c) from Obsolete ILEC ) Regulatory Obligations that Inhibit Deployment of ) Next-Generation Networks AND Adopted: December 11, 2014 Released: December 18, 2014 By the Commission: Chairman Wheeler and Commissioner Rosenworcel issuing separate statements; Commissioners Clyburn and Pai approving in part, dissenting in part and issuing separate statements; Commissioner and issuing a statement. O’Rielly concurring OF Heading Paragraph # I. 1 II. 9 III. 13 A. Evolving Speed Obligations 13 B. Term of Support for Price Cap Carriers Accepting Phase II Model-Based Support 30 C. Flexibility in Meeting Deployment Obligations 33 1. Interim Deployment Obligations 36 2. Number of Locations 38 D. Obligations of Carriers Serving Non-Contiguous Areas that Elect Phase II Frozen Support 45 E. ETC Obligations as Funding Transitions to New Mechanisms 50 IV. II 71 A. Areas Served By Competitors 71 B. Rural Broadband Experiments 82 V. II 90 A. Aligning Connect America Phase II Funding and Calendar Years 91 B. Transition Where Model-Based Support is Greater than Connect America Phase I Support 95 C. Base Support Amount for Transition to Connect America Phase II 97 VI. IN 99 A. HCLS Reimbursement Rates under the Cap 101 B. 100 Percent Overlap Rule 115 VII. AND 118 A. Reasonably Comparable Rates Certification for Broadband 119
D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Connect America Fund ETC Annual Reports and Certifications Petition of USTelecom for Forbearance Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 160(c) from Obsolete ILEC Regulatory Obligations that Inhibit Deployment of Next-Generation Networks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) WC Docket No. 10-90 WC Docket No. 14-58 WC Docket No. 14-192 Adopted: December 11, 2014 Released: December 18, 2014 By the Commission: Chairman Wheeler and Commissioner Rosenworcel issuing separate statements; Commissioners Clyburn and Pai approving in part, dissenting in part and issuing separate statements; Commissioner O’Rielly concurring and issuing a statement. Heading Paragraph # I. 1 II. 9 III. 13 A. Evolving Speed Obligations 13 B. Term of Support for Price Cap Carriers Accepting Phase II Model-Based Support 30 C. Flexibility in Meeting Deployment Obligations 33 1. Interim Deployment Obligations 36 2. Number of Locations 38 D. Obligations of Carriers Serving Non-Contiguous Areas that Elect Phase II Frozen Support 45 E. ETC Obligations as Funding Transitions to New Mechanisms 50 IV. II 71 A. Areas Served By Competitors 71 B. Rural Broadband Experiments 82 V. II 90 A. Aligning Connect America Phase II Funding and Calendar Years 91 B. Transition Where Model-Based Support is Greater than Connect America Phase I Support 95 C. Base Support Amount for Transition to Connect America Phase II 97 VI. 99 A. HCLS Reimbursement Rates under the Cap 101 B. 100 Percent Overlap Rule 115 VII. 118 A. Reasonably Comparable Rates Certification for Broadband 119 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND OF IN AND
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