§ 69.158   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
   local exchange carrier seeks to recover some or all of the amount of such
   contribution, the local exchange carrier shall recover those contributions
   through a charge to end users other than Lifeline users. These contributions
   are not a part of any price cap baskets, and 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 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).

   [ 65 FR 38704 , June 21, 2000;  65 FR 57744 , Sept. 26, 2000]

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Subpart D—Apportionment of Net Investment

   Source:  52 FR 37312 , Oct. 6, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

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