§ 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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