universal-service · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2005-02-07 · Effective 2005-04-08 · 70 FR 6365
Document
Document number
05-2269
Federal Register citation
70 FR 6365
CFR reference
47 CFR 54
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; petition for reconsideration.
Category
universal-service
Publication date
2005-02-07
Effective date
2005-04-08
FCC docket
WC Docket No. 02-60
Abstract
In this document, we modify our rules to improve the effectiveness of the rural health care universal service support mechanism. Specifically, in this Report and Order, we change the Commission's definition of rural for the purposes of the rural health care support mechanism because the definition currently used by the Commission is no longer being updated with new Census Bureau data. We also revise our rules to expand funding for mobile rural health care services by subsidizing the difference between the rate for satellite service and the rate for an urban wireline service with a similar bandwidth. On reconsideration, we permit rural health care providers in states that are entirely rural, such as American Samoa, to receive support for advanced telecommunications and information services under section 254(h)(2)(A).