§ 54.800   Terms and definitions.

   (a) Average Price Cap CMT Revenue Per Line Month in a Study Area has the
   same meaning as that term is defined in § 61.3(d) of this chapter, except
   that it includes exogenous changes in effect prior to the effective date of
   a  calculation  made pursuant to § 54.808 and exogenous changes not yet
   effective related to the sale or acquisition of exchanges, but excludes any
   other exogenous changes or other changes made pursuant to § 61.45(i)(4) of
   this chapter that are not yet effective.

   (b)  Base  Period Lines. For purposes of calculations pursuant to this
   subpart, Base Period Lines are the number of lines for a given study area or
   zone as of the end of the quarter ending 6 months prior to the effective
   date of a calculation pursuant to § 54.808.

   (c) Interstate Access Universal Service Support Benchmark shall mean, for
   residential  and single-line business lines, $7.00, and for multi-line
   business lines, $9.20.

   (d) Minimum Adjustment Amount (MAA) is defined in § 54.806(f).

   (e) MAA Phase In Percentage is:

   50% as of July 1, 2000,

   75% as of July 1, 2001,

   100% as of July 1, 2002.

   (f) Minimum Delta (MD) is defined in § 54.806(d).

   (g) Minimum Support Requirement (MSR) is defined in § 54.806(g).

   (h) Nationwide Total Above Benchmark Revenues is defined in § 54.806(b).

   (i)  Price  Cap Local Exchange Carrier is defined in § 61.3(aa) of this
   chapter.

   (j) Preliminary Minimum Access Universal Service Support for a Study Area is
   the amount calculated pursuant to § 54.804.

   (k) Preliminary Study Area Universal Service Support (PSAUSS) is defined in
   § 54.806(c).

   (l)  Study  Area Above Benchmark Revenues is the sum of all Zone Above
   Benchmark Revenues for all zones in the study area.

   (m)  Study Area Access Universal Service Support (SAAUS) is defined in
   § 54.806 (i) and (j).

   (n) Total National Minimum Delta (TNMD) is the nationwide sum of all study
   area Minimum Deltas.

   (o) Total National Minimum Support Requirement (TNMSR) is the sum of the MSR
   for all price cap local exchange carrier area study areas.

   (p) Zone Above Benchmark Revenues is defined in § 54.805(a)(2).

   (q) Zone Average Revenue per Line. The amount calculated as follows:

   Zone Average Revenue Per Line = (25% * (Loop + Port)) + U (Uniform revenue
   per line adjustment)

   Where:

   Loop = the price for unbundled loops in a UNE zone.

   Port = the price for switch ports in that UNE zone.

   U = [(Average Price Cap CMT Revenue per Line month in a study area * price
   cap local exchange carrier Base Period Lines) − (25% * Σ (price cap local
   exchange carrier Base Period Lines in a UNE Zone * ((Loop + Port) for all
   zones)))] + price cap local exchange carrier Base Period Lines in a study
   area.

   [ 65 FR 38690 , June 21, 2000;  65 FR 57739 , Sept. 26, 2000]

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