Connect America Fund, ETC Annual Reports and Certifications, 23380 [2018-10765]

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 23380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10765]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 54

[WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 14-58; FCC 17-12]


Connect America Fund, ETC Annual Reports and Certifications

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) amends its rules to require 2 terabytes of monthly usage 
for certain Connect America Fund Phase II auction performance tiers, 
taking another step towards implementing the Connect America Fund Phase 
II auction in which service providers will compete to receive support 
of up to $1.98 billion to offer voice and broadband service in unserved 
high-cost areas.

DATES: The amendment to Sec.  54.309(a)(2)(iii) & (iv) of the 
Commission's rules is effective June 20, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Minard, Wireline Competition 
Bureau, (202) 418-7400 or TTY: (202) 418-0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission published a document in the 
Federal Register, 82 FR 14466, March 21, 2017 summarizing a Report and 
Order and Order on Reconsideration. Although the Report and Order and 
Order on Reconsideration specified a requirement of 2 terabytes of 
monthly usage on certain service tiers, the Report and Order and Order 
on Reconsideration inadvertently failed to include a rules appendix 
reflecting that change in the rules. The Commission issued an Erratum 
correcting that error, DA 18-293, released on March 26, 2018. This 
document includes the amendments that were inadvertently left out of 
the document published March 21, 2017.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 54

    Communications common carriers, Health facilities, Infants and 
children, Internet, Libraries, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Schools, Telecommunications, Telephone.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.

Final Rules

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 54 as follows:

PART 54--UNIVERSAL SERVICE

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1. The authority citation for part 54 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 
254, 303(r), 403, and 1302 unless otherwise noted.

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2. Amend Sec.  54.309 by revising paragraphs (a)(2)(iii) and (iv) to 
read as follows:


Sec.  54.309  Connect America Fund Phase II Public Interest 
Obligations.

    (a) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (iii) Winning bidders meeting the above-baseline performance tier 
standards are required to offer broadband service at actual speeds of 
at least 100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream and offer at least 2 
terabytes of monthly usage.
    (iv) Winning bidders meeting the Gigabit performance tier standards 
are required to offer broadband service at actual speeds of at least 1 
Gigabit per second downstream and 500 Mbps upstream and offer at least 
2 terabytes of monthly usage.
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[FR Doc. 2018-10765 Filed 5-18-18; 8:45 am]
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