High-Cost Recipient Lifeline Broadband Obligations High-Cost Funding Relevant Service High-Cost Broadband Obligation Lifeline Broadband Obligation Lifeline Order Mechanism Areas Citations Adopted Support Mechanisms Phase I Frozen Areas served by Must use 100 percent of frozen No obligation to offer Lifeline Support price cap carriers support to build and operate 10/1 broadband. Carrier must Modernization (47 CFR § 54.312(a)) Mbps broadband-capable networks file notice to avail itself of this Order, paras. 35, in areas substantially unserved by an forbearance. 311-13, & n.803 unsubsidized competitor (47 CFR § 54.313(c)(4)) Phase II Connect Areas served by Must offer 10/1 Mbps broadband to Obligation to offer Lifeline America Cost Model price cap carriers a set number of locations in eligible broadband attaches Modernization Support census blocks in exchange for where ETC (1) has deployed a Order, paras. 35, (47 CFR § 54.310) receiving six years of support broadband network pursuant to its 311-12, 318 (47 CFR §§ 54.309(a), 54.310(b) & (c)) high-cost public interest obligation to offer broadband, and (2) is commercially offering qualifying service to that area. Phase II Auction Areas served by Must offer broadband to a set Obligation to offer Lifeline Support price cap carriers number of locations in eligible census broadband attaches Modernization (47 CFR § 54.310) and rate-of-return blocks in exchange for receiving 10 where ETC (1) has deployed a Order, paras. 35, carriers in some years of support (in some broadband network pursuant to its 311-12 limited circumstances support term may be high-cost public interest obligation to circumstances shorter); broadband speed will vary offer broadband, and (2) is based on the tier of the bid (10/1 commercially offering qualifying Mbps, 25/3 Mbps, 100/20 Mbps, or 1 service to that area. Gigabit per second/500 Mbps) (47 CFR §§ 54.309(a), 54.310(b) & (c))
High-Cost Recipient Lifeline Broadband Obligations High-Cost Funding Mechanism Relevant Service Areas High-Cost Broadband Obligation Lifeline Broadband Obligation Lifeline Order Citations Adopted Support Mechanisms Phase I Frozen Support (47 CFR § 54.312(a)) Areas served by price cap carriers Must use 100 percent of frozen support to build and operate 10/1 Mbps broadband-capable networks in areas substantially unserved by an unsubsidized competitor (47 CFR § 54.313(c)(4)) No obligation to offer broadband. Carrier must file notice to avail itself of this forbearance. Lifeline Modernization Order, paras. 35, 311-13, & n.803 Phase II Connect America Cost Model Support (47 CFR § 54.310) Areas served by price cap carriers Must offer 10/1 Mbps broadband to a set number of locations in eligible census blocks in exchange for receiving six years of support (47 CFR §§ 54.309(a), 54.310(b) & (c)) Obligation to offer broadband attaches where ETC (1) has deployed a broadband network pursuant to its high-cost public interest obligation to offer broadband, and (2) is commercially offering qualifying service to that area. Lifeline Modernization Order, paras. 35, 311-12, 318 Phase II Auction Support (47 CFR § 54.310) Areas served by price cap carriers and rate-of-return carriers in some limited circumstances Must offer broadband to a set number of locations in eligible census blocks in exchange for receiving 10 years of support (in some circumstances support term may be shorter); broadband speed will vary based on the tier of the bid (10/1 Mbps, 25/3 Mbps, 100/20 Mbps, or 1 Gigabit per second/500 Mbps) (47 CFR §§ 54.309(a), 54.310(b) & (c)) Obligation to offer broadband attaches where ETC (1) has deployed a broadband network pursuant to its high-cost public interest obligation to offer broadband, and (2) is commercially offering qualifying service to that area. Lifeline Modernization Order, paras. 35, 311-12
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