Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, National Telephone Cooperative Association

In this document, the Commission amends its rules so that certain sections do not apply to transfers of telephone exchanges between non-rural carriers following the phase-down of interim hold- harmless support, and the Commission addresses the request to reconsider portions of the Commission's order modifying the Commission's rules for providing high-cost universal service support based on the proposals made by the Rural Task Force by amending its rules to provide that rural carriers may receive "safety valve" support for investment made in the first year of operating acquired exchanges.