APPENDIX A Final Rules For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission amends Part 54 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows: PART 54—UNIVERSAL SERVICE 1. The authority citation for part 54 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 254, 303(r), 403, and 1302, unless otherwise noted. Section 54.303 is amended by adding paragraph (a)(6) to read as follows: 54.303 Eligible Capital Investment and Operating Expenses. § (a) * * * (6) For those study areas where a majority of the housing units are on Tribal lands, as determined by the Wireline Competition Bureau, and meet the following conditions, total eligible annual operating expenses per location shall be limited by 2.5 * mean calculating Exp (Ŷ + square error of the regression): the carrier serving the study area has not deployed broadband service of 10 Mbps download/1 Mbps upload to 90 percent or more of the housing units on the Tribal lands in its study area and unsubsidized competitors have not deployed broadband service of 10 Mbps download/1 Mbps upload to 85 percent or more of the housing units on the Tribal lands in its study area.
APPENDIX A Final Rules For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission amends Part 54 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows: PART 54—UNIVERSAL SERVICE 1. The authority citation for part 54 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 254, 303(r), 403, and 1302, unless otherwise noted. Section 54.303 is amended by adding paragraph (a)(6) to read as follows: § 54.303 Eligible Capital Investment and Operating Expenses. (a) * * * (6) For those study areas where a majority of the housing units are on Tribal lands, as determined by the Wireline Competition Bureau, and meet the following conditions, total eligible annual operating expenses per location shall be limited by calculating Exp (Ŷ + 2.5 * mean square error of the regression): the carrier serving the study area has not deployed broadband service of 10 Mbps download/1 Mbps upload to 90 percent or more of the housing units on the Tribal lands in its study area and unsubsidized competitors have not deployed broadband service of 10 Mbps download/1 Mbps upload to 85 percent or more of the housing units on the Tribal lands in its study area.
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