# Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule; petition for reconsideration. · Published 2003-08-19 · 68 FR 49707
## Document
- **Document number:** 03-21164
- **Category:** universal-service
- **Federal Register citation:** 68 FR 49707
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 54
- **Publication date:** 2003-08-19
- **FCC docket:** CC Docket No. 96-45, FCC 03-170
## Abstract

In this document, the Commission denies the petitions for reconsideration of the Fourth Order on Reconsideration filed by North Dakota Public Service Commission, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission and Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. Petitioners sought to redefine the definition of voice grade access to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) as 300 to 3,500 Hertz.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/08/19/03-21164/federal-state-joint-board-on-universal-service)
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