Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Chapter 53 - Telecommunications
Article 5 - Universal Service Fund
3 AAC 53.346 - Essential network support for local exchange carriers
Current through February 27, 2024
Effective January 1, 2019, carrier of last resort support and carrier common line support are eliminated. As of that date, carriers that previously received carrier of last resort support or carrier common line support shall receive support, designated essential network support, as follows:
(1) a carrier that previously received carrier common line support but not carrier of last resort support shall receive, on an annual basis. essential network support in an amount equal to the amount of carrier common line support received for the year ended December 31, 2016, essential network support is frozen at that level and the amount payable is subject to 3 AAC 53.350(e)
(2) a carrier that provides service in a study area that is entirely a remote area and that previously received both carrier common line support and carrier of last resort support shall receive, on an annual basis, essential network support in an amount equal to
(3) a carrier that provides service in a study area that has both remote areas and areas that are not remote and that previously received both caiTier common line support and carrier of last resort support shall receive, on an annual basis, essential network support in an amount equal to
Authority: AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.431
AS 42.05.711
AS 42.05.800
AS 42.05.840
