Access Charge Reform; Price Cap Performance Review for LECs; Low-Volume Long Distance Users; and Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service
universal-service · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2003-08-20 · Effective 2003-09-19 · 68 FR 50077
Document
Document number
03-21247
Federal Register citation
68 FR 50077
CFR reference
47 CFR 54
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
universal-service
Publication date
2003-08-20
Effective date
2003-09-19
FCC docket
CC Docket Nos. 96-262, 94-1, 99-249 and 96-45
Abstract
In this document, the Commission addresses two issues before the Commission on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In the CALLS Order, 65 FR 57739, May 31, 2000, the Commission adopted comprehensive reforms to the interstate access charge regime and universal service support for price cap carriers, based in part on a proposal submitted by the Coalition for Affordable Local and Long-Distance Service. The Court affirmed the CALL Order in most respects, but remanded for further explanation and analysis the Commission's decisions to size the Interstate Access Support Mechanism at $650 million and to set the X-factor at 6.5 percent.