Connect America Fund, ETC Annual Reports and Certifications, Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers, Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime
broadband · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2018-05-01 · Effective 2018-05-31 · 83 FR 18951
Document
Document number
2018-08025
Federal Register citation
83 FR 18951
CFR reference
47 CFR 54
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
broadband
Publication date
2018-05-01
Effective date
2018-05-31
FCC docket
WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 14-58, 07-135, CC Docket No. 01-92
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) takes the next step in closing the digital divide through actions and proposals designed to stimulate broadband deployment in rural areas. To reach the Commission's objective, it must continue to reform its existing high-cost universal support programs. Building on earlier efforts to modernize high-cost universal support, it seeks to offer greater certainty and predictability to rate-of-return carriers and create incentives to bring broadband to the areas that need it the most.