§ 69.131   Universal service end user charges.

   To the extent the company makes contributions to the Universal Service
   Support Mechanisms pursuant to § § 54.706 and 54.709 of this chapter
   and the non-price cap local exchange carrier seeks to recover some or
   all of the amount of such contribution, the non-price cap local
   exchange carrier shall recover those contributions through a charge to
   end users other than Lifeline users. The charge to recover these
   contributions is not part of any other element established pursuant to
   part 69. Such a charge may be assessed on a per-line basis or as a
   percentage of interstate retail revenues, and at the option of the
   local exchange carrier it may be combined for billing purposes with
   other end user retail rate elements. A non-price cap local exchange
   carrier opting to assess the Universal Service end-user rate element on
   a per-line basis may apply that charge using the "equivalency"
   relationships established for the multi-line business PICC for Primary
   Rate ISDN service, as per § 69.153(d), and for Centrex lines, as per
   § 69.153(e).

   [ 66 FR 59732 , Nov. 30, 2001]

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Subpart C--Computation of Charges for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers

   Source:  62 FR 31935 , June 11, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

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