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FCC 54.101
Revised as of December 4, 2012
Goto Year:2011 | 2013
§  54.101   Supported services for rural, insular and high cost areas.

   (a) Services designated for support. Voice Telephony services shall be
   supported by federal universal service support mechanisms. Eligible
   voice telephony services must provide voice grade access to the public
   switched network or its functional equivalent; minutes of use for local
   service provided at no additional charge to end users; access to the
   emergency services provided by local government or other public safety
   organizations, such as 911 and enhanced 911, to the extent the local
   government in an eligible carrier's service area has implemented 911 or
   enhanced 911 systems; and toll limitation services to qualifying
   low-income consumers as provided in subpart E of this part.

   (b) An eligible telecommunications carrier must offer voice telephony
   service as set forth in paragraph (a) of this section in order to
   receive federal universal service support.

   [ 76 FR 73869 , Nov. 29, 2011, as amended at  77 FR 1640 , Jan. 11, 2012;
    77 FR 12966 , Mar. 2, 2012]

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Subpart C—Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support

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