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State of Florida

Public Service Commission
Capital Circle Office Center 2540 Shumard Oak Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0850

-M-E-M-O-R-A-N-D-U-M-

DATE:

March 23, 2006

TO:

Director, Division of the Commission Clerk & Administrative Services (Bayó)

FROM:

Division of Competitive Markets & Enforcement (Maduro, Bulecza-Banks, Casey, Fogleman, Mann)

Office of the General Counsel (Fordham)

RE:

Docket No. 050542-TX – Petition for designation as eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) by Ganoco, Inc. d/b/a American Dial Tone.

AGENDA:

04/04/06 – Regular Agenda – Interested Persons May Participate

COMMISSIONERS ASSIGNED:

All Commissioners

PREHEARING OFFICER:

Carter

CRITICAL DATES:

None

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

This recommendation should immediately precede the recommendation in Docket No. 050889-TX, Petition for designation as eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) by Nexus Communications, Inc. d/b/a Nexus Communications TSI, Inc.

FILE NAME AND LOCATION:

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 Case Background

On August 11, 2005, Ganoco, Inc. d/b/a American Dial Tone petitioned the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC or Commission) for designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) in the State of Florida.  Specifically, American Dial Tone requested that it be granted ETC status in certain exchanges of BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. (BellSouth), Sprint-Florida, Inc. (Sprint) and Verizon Florida (Verizon) for purposes of


receiving federal universal service support.  This is the third Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) ETC petition to be brought before the Commission for consideration.[1]

American Dial Tone is a FPSC-certificated CLEC which provides prepaid local exchange services in the BellSouth, Sprint, and Verizon service areas.  In the Verizon and BellSouth areas, these services are provided using a combination of UNE-P services (UNEs) facilities obtained through a commercial agreement and resale services, whereas in Sprint areas, services are provided via resale.  Upon designation as an ETC, American Dial Tone indicates that it will participate in and offer Lifeline and Link-Up programs to qualified low income consumers.  Additionally, American Dial Tone has committed to publicize the availability of Lifeline and Link-Up services in a manner reasonably designed to reach those likely to qualify for those services.[2]  The company has stated that it is not planning to seek universal service high-cost funding if it is designated as an ETC in Florida.

American Dial Tone is headquartered in Dunedin, Florida and was formed in 1999 to provide prepaid home phone service.  American Dial Tone has approximately 102 agents who market and sell various types of services in 37 cities in Florida.  To date, American Dial Tone has not filed for ETC designation nor is it seeking ETC status in any other state.  American Dial Tone indicates that its accounts with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) are current.  American Dial Tone is not aware of any outstanding complaints or violations from the FCC.

American Dial Tone is requesting that it be granted ETC status in 117 Sprint, 95 Verizon and 182 BellSouth wire centers.  Staff is recommending that American Dial Tone be granted ETC status in the requested BellSouth and Verizon non-rural wire centers.  However, because American Dial Tone has not consummated a UNE or similar commercial facilities agreement with Sprint, and because Sprint’s service is considered rural for universal service support purposes, and no public interest showing has been made for Sprint’s territory as required by law,[3] staff is not recommending that American Dial Tone receive ETC status in Sprint’s service area at this time.

This recommendation was deferred from the February 28, 2006 agenda conference.  Since as of March 10, 2006, unbundled network elements (UNEs) are no longer used to describe the physical components of the telecommunications network that are used in the transmission


 or routing of services, staff has revised this recommendation to reflect that commercial agreements between the carriers now address these physical components.

The Commission has authority under Section 364.10(2), Florida Statutes (2005), to decide a petition by a CLEC seeking designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to 47 C.F.R. s. 54.201.

 


Discussion of Issues

Issue 1

 Should American Dial Tone be granted ETC status in the State of Florida?

Recommendation

 Staff recommends that American Dial Tone be granted ETC status in the Verizon and BellSouth non-rural wire centers identified in Attachment A.  However, American Dial Tone should not be granted ETC status in Sprint’s service area unless a UNE or equivalent commercial facilities agreement is consummated between American Dial Tone and Sprint, and American Dial Tone makes a showing to the Commission that granting it ETC status in Sprint’s service area rural wire centers is in the public interest.  Should American Dial Tone decide to seek universal service high cost funds, it should be required, at the time of annual ETC recertification, to demonstrate how it has used the universal service funds within Florida, and be required to adhere to the new certification and reporting requirements as detailed in staff’s analysis.  American Dial Tone should be required, at the time of annual ETC recertification, to demonstrate how it has used the universal service funds within Florida.  American Dial Tone should also be required to adhere to the new certification and reporting requirements as detailed in staff’s analysis should it decide to seek universal service high cost funds.  (Maduro, Mann, Casey, Bulecza-Banks)

Staff Analysis

 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules provide that carriers designated as ETCs shall, throughout the designated service area: (1) offer the services that are supported by federal universal support mechanisms either using their own facilities or a combination of their own facilities and the resale of another carrier’s services and, (2) advertise the availability of such services and the related charges therefore using media of general distribution.  See CFR §54.201(d).

American Dial Tone has identified  a total of 394 wire centers (117 Sprint, 95 Verizon and 182 BellSouth) in which it wishes to offer the services that are supported by federal universal support mechanisms.

ETC Certification Requirements

CFR Rule 54.201(c), addresses a state commission’s responsibilities related to ETC designation, stating:

Upon request and consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity, the state commission may, in the case of an area served by a rural telephone company, and shall, in the case of all other areas, designate more than one common carrier as an eligible telecommunications carrier for a service area designated by the state commission, so long as each additional requesting carrier meets the requirements of paragraph (d) of this section.  Before designating an additional eligible telecommunications carrier for an area served by a rural telephone company, the state commission shall find that the designation is in the public interest.

To qualify as an ETC, telecommunications carriers must provide nine services identified in CFR Rule 54.201(d)(1).

1)     Voice grade access to the public switched network  Voice grade access is defined as a functionality that enables a user of telecommunications services to transmit voice communications, including signaling the network that the caller wishes to place a call, and to receive voice communications, including receiving a signal indicating there is an incoming call;

2)     Local Usage Local usage indicates the amount of minutes of use of exchange service, provided free of charge to end users;

3)     Dual tone multi-frequency signaling or its functional equivalent  Dual tone multi-      frequency ("DTMF") is a method of signaling that facilitates the transportation of signaling through the network, thus shortening call set-up time;

4)     Single-party service or its functional equivalent  Single party service is telecommunications service that permits users to have exclusive use of a wireline subscriber loop or access line for each call placed, or in the case of wireless telecommunications carriers, which use spectrum shared among users to provide service, a dedicated message path for the length of a user's particular transmission;

5)     Access to emergency services  Access to emergency services includes access to   services, such as 911 and enhanced 911, provided by local governments or other public safety organizations;

6)     Access to operator services  Access to operator services is defined as access to any automatic or live assistance to a consumer to arrange for billing and/or completion, of a telephone call;

7)     Access to interexchange service  Access to interexchange service is defined as the use of the loop, as well as that portion of the switch that is paid for by the end user, or the functional equivalent of these network elements in the case of a wireless carrier, necessary to access an interexchange carrier’s network;

8)     Access to directory assistance  Access to directory assistance is defined as access to a service that includes, but is not limited to, making available to customers, upon request, information contained in directory listings; and

9)     Toll limitation for qualifying low-income consumers  Toll limitation or Blocking restricts all direct dial toll access.

In addition to providing the above services, ETC’s must advertise the availability of such services and the associated charges using media of general distribution.

New Certification and Reporting Requirements

The FCC’s rules currently require all ETCs to make an annual certification, on or before October 1, that high-cost universal service support will be used for its intended purposes.[4]  By Order No. FCC 05-46, the FCC maintained and augmented this requirement.  The FCC now requires every ETC designated by the FCC who desires high cost support to submit the following information on an annual basis starting October 1, 2006:

(1)       progress reports on the ETC’s five-year service quality improvement plan, including maps detailing progress towards meeting its plan targets, an explanation of how much universal service support was received and how the support was used to improve signal quality, coverage, or capacity; and an explanation regarding any network improvement targets that have not been fulfilled.  The information should be submitted at the wire center level;

(2)       detailed information on any outage lasting at least 30 minutes, for any service area in which an ETC is designated for any facilities it owns, operates, leases, or otherwise utilizes that potentially affect at least ten percent of the end users served in a designated service area, or that potentially affect a 911 special facility (as defined in subsection (e) of section 4.5 of the Outage Reporting Order).  An outage is defined as a significant degradation in the ability of an end user to establish and maintain a channel of communications as a result of failure or degradation in the performance of a communications provider’s network.  Specifically, the ETC’s annual report must include: (1) the date and time of onset of the outage; (2) a brief description of the outage and its resolution; (3) the particular services affected; (4) the geographic areas affected by the outage; (5) steps taken to prevent a similar situation in the future; and (6) the number of customers affected;

(3)       the number of requests for service from potential customers within its service areas that were unfulfilled for the past year.  The ETC must also detail how it attempted to provide service to those potential customers;

(4)       the number of complaints per 1,000 handsets or lines;

(5)       certification that the ETC is complying with applicable service quality standards and consumer protection rules;

(6)       certification that the ETC is able to function in emergency situations;[5]

(7)       certification that the ETC is offering a local usage plan comparable to that offered by the incumbent LEC in the relevant service areas; and

(8)       certification that the carrier acknowledges that the Commission may require it to provide equal access to long distance carriers in the event that no other eligible telecommunications carrier is providing equal access within the service area.

This newly required information will initially be due on October 1, 2006, and thereafter annually on October 1 of each year, at the same time as the carrier’s certification that the universal service funds are being used consistent with the Act.[6]  However, if the ETC does not seek high cost funding, this additional information filing is not required.

By Order No. PSC-05-0824-FOF-TL, issued August 15, 2005, Docket No. 010977-TL, In Re: State certification of rural telecommunications carriers pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 54.314, the FPSC adopted these new high-cost annual certification and reporting requirements established in Order No. FCC 05-46 for all FPSC designated ETCs desiring high cost support.  In the Order, the Commission noted that to the extent a Florida ETC believes that it has already submitted a report or information to us that would comply with the list above, it may certify in its annual letter which proceeding and on what date such report or information was provided to us, in lieu of resubmitting the required information.  However, if a company is not seeking high cost reimbursement, this additional information filing is not required.

Definition of “Rural” for Universal Service Purposes

Based on a Joint Board recommendation, in 1997, the FCC adopted for universal service purposes, a definition of rural carrier that mirrored the definition of “rural telephone company” found in section 3(37) of the Telecommunications Act (Act).  Pursuant to this definition, a rural telephone company is a local exchange carrier operating entity to the extent that the entity:

(A) provides common carrier service to any local exchange carrier study area that does not include either--

(i) any incorporated place of 10,000 inhabitants or more, or any part thereof, based on the most recently available population statistics of the Bureau of the Census; or

(ii) any territory, incorporated or unincorporated, included in an urbanized area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census as of August 10, 1993;

 

(B) provides telephone exchange service, including exchange access, to fewer than 50,000 access lines;

(C) provides telephone exchange service to any local exchange carrier study area with fewer than 100,000 access lines; or

(D) has less than 15 percent of its access lines in communities of more than 50,000 on February 8, 1996.

The FCC required carriers serving study areas with more than 100,000 access lines to file rural self-certifications in 2000 explaining how they met the criteria in subsections 3(37)(A) or (D).  Thereafter, such carriers were required to file only in the event of a change in their status.  On July 26, 2000, Sprint-Florida self-certified to the FCC as a rural carrier for purposes of universal service under subsection 3(37)(D) of the Act (See Attachment B).  Sprint explained that it serves three communities in Florida with populations greater than 50,000, Cape Coral, Deltona, and Tallahassee.  Sprint indicated that the total number of access lines served by Sprint in Florida was 2,160,161, and only 12.01% of Sprint’s Florida access lines were located in communities of more than 50,000.

The FCC is examining whether it should continue to use the statutory definition of “rural telephone company” to determine which carriers are rural carriers for high cost universal service purposes.  As noted in a October 7, 2004 Briefing Memorandum to Commissioners, the Joint Board sought comment on whether the statutory definition of “rural telephone company” should still be used.  To date, the FCC has received comments and reply comments, but no Order has been issued.

Since Sprint is presently classified as a rural carrier for purposes of universal service, any carrier requesting ETC status within Sprint’s territory must make a showing that it is in the public interest to do so.  CFR Rule 54.201(c) states that “Before designating an additional eligible telecommunications carrier for an area served by a rural telephone company, the state commission shall find that the designation is in the public interest.”

Congress did not establish specific criteria to be applied under the public interest tests. The public interest benefits of a particular ETC designation must be analyzed in a manner that is consistent with the purposes of the Act itself, including the fundamental goals of preserving and advancing universal service; ensuring the availability of quality telecommunications services at just, reasonable, and affordable rates; and promoting the deployment of advanced telecommunications and information services to all regions of the nation, including rural and high-cost areas.[7]

When initiating a public interest test for an ETC designation in a rural area, the FCC considers a variety of factors in the overall ETC determination, including a cost-benefit analysis of the benefits of increased consumer choice, and the unique advantages and disadvantages of the competitor’s service offering.  They also perform an examination to detect the potential for creamskimming effects if the applicant requests ETC status below the service area level.  The potential for creamskimming arises when an ETC seeks designation in a disproportionate share of the higher-density wire centers in an incumbent LEC’s service area.  By serving a disproportionate share of the high-density portion of a service area, an ETC may receive more support than is reflective of the rural incumbent LEC’s costs of serving that wire center because support for each line is based on the rural telephone company’s average costs for serving the entire service area unless the incumbent LEC has disaggregated its support. The FCC also considers if the designation of an ETC will affect the size and sustainability of the


fund.  The FCC strongly encourages state commissions to consider the same factors in their public interest reviews.[8]

Annual ETC Certifications

By Order No. PSC-05-0824-FOF-TL, issued August 15, 2005, Docket No. 010977-TL, In Re: State certification of rural telecommunications carriers pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 54.314, the FPSC certified to the FCC that ALLTEL Florida, Inc., Frontier Communications of the South,` Inc., GTC, Inc., ITS Telecommunications Systems, Inc., Northeast Florida Telephone Company, Inc., d/b/a NEFCOM Communications, TDS Telecom, and Smart City Telecom will be using interstate high-cost universal service support in 2006 in a manner that complies with Section 254(e) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Facilities Requirement

            As of March 11 , 2006, UNEs are no longer available to meet the statutory requirement of  Section 54.201(d), Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.).  The Commission’s prior granting of ETC status to Budget Phone, Inc. was based on UNEs meeting the statutory requirement of “own facilities,” which it did since it was granted prior to March 10, 2006.

            In November, 2005, staff spoke with FCC staff to request a clarification of what would occur with the ETC facilities requirement after March 10, 2006 for carriers which were using UNEs to meet the facilities requirement for universal service purposes.  On March 13, 2006, staff received a call from FCC staff stating that the FCC has no official position on the issue, has no plans to act on the issue, and that states should do what they believe is appropriate.

In order to decide what course of action would be most practical and effective, staff  reviewed and relied heavily on the FCC’s Commissioners comments pertaining to the FCC’s Order 97-157 - Report & Order In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service.    It is evident from the comments in the FCC order that the Commissioners were attempting to create a policy that would foster true competition in the telecommunications industry.  They wanted to devise a system that would not undermine the Federal-State Joint Board recommendations in terms of distinguishing carriers who were ineligible to receive universal service support because they provided service strictly through resale, and those who attempted to provide services through facility oriented mechanisms.  Accordingly, the Commissioners interpreted the term “facilities” to mean, “any physical components of the telecommunications network that are used in the transmission or routing of the services designated for support under section 254 (c)(1).”  Additionally, the Commissioners agreed that carriers who offered federally supported services through the use of UNEs, in whole or in part would satisfy the facilities requirements as prescribed in 214(e). 

Specifically, the Commissioners stated that it’s unlikely that Congress intended to deny designation as eligible telecommunications carriers to carriers who relied on UNEs


in whole or in part, since UNEs were one of three primary paths of entrance into local markets.  The Commissioners commented that when a requesting carrier obtains UNEs in accordance with Section 214(e)(1)(A), assuming it adheres to the “facility” definition, the Commission deemed the carrier to have “exclusive use of that facility for a period of time.”

Staff also researched the FCC Rule as to what would meet the “facilities” requirement after March 10, 2006, for universal service purposes.

 Section 54.201(d), Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) provides that carriers designated as ETCs shall, throughout the designated service area: (1) offer the services that are supported by federal universal support mechanisms either using their own facilities or a combination of their own facilities and the resale of another carrier’s services and, (2) advertise the availability of such services and the related charges therefore using media of general distribution.

            Section 54.201(f), C.F.R., states that “For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘own facilities’’ includes, but is not limited to, facilities obtained as unbundled network elements pursuant to part 51 of this chapter, provided that such facilities meet the definition of the term ‘‘facilities’’ under this subpart.

 

Section 54.201(e), C.F.R., states that “For the purposes of this section, the term facilities means any physical components of the telecommunications network that are used in the transmission or routing of the services that are designated for support pursuant to subpart B of this part.”

 

Although carriers, as of March 11, 2006, no longer are using UNEs to meet the facilities requirement under Section 54.201(d) C.F.R., they are using the same physical components of the network for the transmission and routing of services.  Staff notes that although Section 54.201(f), C.F.R. states that facilities obtained as UNEs meet the facilities requirement, that Section also provides that the term “own facilities” is not limited to UNEs. 

Staff believes that the leasing of the physical components of the telecommunications network for the transmission or routing of services, whether as UNEs or through commercial agreements, meet the statutory definition of “own facilities” for universal service purposes.  Carriers are using the same physical components of the telecommunications network for the transmission or routing of services on March 11, 2006 as they used on March 10, 2006,  only the terms between the two carriers have changed.

            An opposite argument could be made that a narrower interpretation of the rules could be made.  Under this view, when the CLEC previously obtained UNEs under an interconnection agreement, it exercised insufficient dominion or control over the network elements to satisfy the ordinary meaning of the term “own facilities.”  In other words, the ILEC’s UNEs were never the CLEC’s “own facilities” as a matter of fact.  Rather the Telecommunications Act created the legal fiction that these UNEs  were the CLEC’s own facilities.  Thus the UNEs were defined to be the CLEC’s own facilities as a matter of law.


Continuing with this view, on March 11, 2006, the legal fiction was ended for an array of UNEs.  This change could be interpreted to mean that UNE equivalents now obtained under commercial agreement are no longer defined to be the CLEC’s own facilities as a matter of law.    This interpretation would suggest that the Commission should rule that the petitioner has not established that it qualifies for the ETC designation.

 

This narrower view takes a legalistic, definitional approach to determining which CLECs may receive the ETC designation and which may not.  The result of this approach is to define the term “own facilities” more narrowly than before and this will limit the number of CLECs in Florida designated as an ETC. 

 

This may be an approach in responding to the change that occurred March 11, 2006.  Nevertheless, it is not the best approach in staff’s view.  Staff believes that the term “own facilities” may and should be interpreted more expansively to accomplish the legislative purposes of the ETC designation.  To embrace a narrower approach would defeat those purposes, while embracing the more expansive and flexible approach would serve those purposes, maintain continuity with past decisions, promote competition, and provide choices for consumers.

 

Staff is aware of one state which granted ETC status to two carriers which were leasing UNEs prior to March 11, 2006, and are now leasing the components of the network through commercial agreements.  The California PUC granted ETC status to Budget Phone, Inc. (Resolution T-17000) and Nexus, Inc. (Resolution T-17001) on March 15, 2006.

 

Conclusion

The Commission has authority under Section 364.10(2), Florida Statutes (2005), to decide a petition by a CLEC seeking designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to 47 C.F.R. s. 54.201.

American Dial Tone is a pre-paid telephone company and does not own any facilities in the State of Florida.  However, as discussed in staff’s analysis, staff believes that American Dial Tone meets the statutory facilities requirement by leasing the physical components of the telecommunications network necessary to provide the nine services identified in CFR Rule 54.201(d)(1) through its Commercial Agreements.  the FCC considers the provisioning of service through UNEs as meeting its requirement of using its own facilities. 

American Dial Tone has the ability to meet the nine-point list of services that are supported by federal universal support mechanisms using its own facilities (as defined/clarified by the FCC)[9] or a combination of its own facilities and the resale of another carrier’s services.  American Dial Tone provided data to staff indicating that approximately 823 (or 20.02%) of its customers are being provided service through Commercial Facilities Agreements (CFAs), and also provided affidavits showing commercial agreements had been signed with BellSouth and Verizon.  American Dial Tone has not executed an agreement with Sprint to serve customers in the Sprint service area.  Therefore, American Dial Tone cannot meet the FCC’s requirement of using its own facilities in Sprint’s territory, making it ineligible to receive ETC status in Sprint’s area.  However, should American Dial Tone consummate a UNE or equivalent contract commercial facilities agreement with Sprint, and make a showing to the Commission that


granting American Dial Tone ETC status in Sprint’s service area is in the public interest, it should be granted ETC status in Sprint’s wire centers.

American Dial Tone has acknowledged the requirements of the Florida Lifeline program and has agreed to adhere to the program which provides qualified customers a total of $13.50 in Lifeline assistance credits consisting of: $6.50 in federal subscriber line charges, $1.75 in federal support for states that have approved the credit, and $1.75 which is a 50% match of federal support for having a state lifeline program requiring a $3.50 credit under the Florida eligibility criteria.  American Dial Tone indicates that it will provide the $3.50 credit to qualified clients, advertise the availability of Lifeline, and begin offering these services within 90 days of receiving ETC status.

American Dial Tone commits to use federal universal support only for the provision and maintenance of facilities used for telecommunications services.  Staff believes that American Dial Tone should be required, at the time of annual ETC recertification, to demonstrate how it has used the universal service funds within Florida.  Additionally, American Dial Tone has indicated that it will abide by all Florida Statutes, Rules, and Commission Orders regarding ETCs.

Based on the above, staff recommends that American Dial Tone be granted ETC status in the Verizon and BellSouth wire centers identified in Attachment A.  However, American Dial Tone should not be granted ETC status in Sprint’s service area unless it consummates a UNE or equivalent commercial facilities agreement between American Dial Tone and Sprint and American Dial Tone makes a showing to the Commission that granting it ETC status in Sprint’s service area  rural wire centers is in the public interest. Should American Dial Tone decide to seek universal service high cost funds, it should be required, at the time of annual ETC recertification, to demonstrate how it has used the universal service funds within Florida, and be required to adhere to the new certification and reporting requirements as detailed in staff’s analysisAmerican Dial Tone should be required, at the time of annual ETC recertification, to demonstrate how it has used the universal service funds within Florida.  American Dial Tone should also be required to adhere to the new certification and reporting requirements as detailed in staff’s analysis should it decide to seek universal service high cost funds.


Issue 2

 Should this docket be closed?

Recommendation

 Yes.  If no person whose substantial interests are affected files a protest to the Commission’s Proposed Agency Action within 21 days of the issuance of the Commission Order, this docket should be closed upon issuance of a consummating order.  (L. Fordham, P. Wiggins)

Staff Analysis

 If no person whose substantial interests are affected files a protest to the Commission’s Proposed Agency Action within 21 days of the issuance of the Commission Order, this docket should be closed upon issuance of a consummating order.


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MIAMFLME32E

 

BellSouth

SBSTFLMADS0

BellSouth

FTLDFLCYDS0

 

BellSouth

MIAMFLMERS0

 

BellSouth

SNFRFLMADS0

BellSouth

FTLDFLJADS0

 

BellSouth

MIAMFLNMDS0

 

BellSouth

STAGFLBSRS0

BellSouth

FTLDFLMRDS0

 

BellSouth

MIAMFLNSDS0

 

BellSouth

STAGFLMADS0

BellSouth

FTLDFLOADS0

 

BellSouth

MIAMFLOLDS0

 

BellSouth

STAGFLSHRS0

BellSouth

FTLDFLPLDS0

 

BellSouth

MIAMFLPBDS0

 

BellSouth

STAGFLWGRS0

BellSouth

FTLDFLSGDS0

 

BellSouth

MIAMFLPLDS0

 

BellSouth

STRTFLMADS0

BellSouth

FTLDFLSU74E

 

BellSouth

MIAMFLPLRS0

 

BellSouth

SYHSFLCCRS0

BellSouth

FTLDFLWNDS0

 

BellSouth

MIAMFLRRDS0

 

BellSouth

TRENFLMARS0

BellSouth

FTPRFLMADS0

 

BellSouth

MIAMFLSH75E

 

BellSouth

TTVLFLMADS0

BellSouth

FTPRFLMARS0

 

BellSouth

MIAMFLSODS0

 

BellSouth

VERNFLMARS0

BellSouth

GCSPFLCNDS0

 

BellSouth

MIAMFLWDDS0

 

BellSouth

VRBHFLMADS0


BellSouth

GCVLFLMARS0

 

BellSouth

MIAMFLWMDS0

 

BellSouth

WELKFLMARS0

BellSouth

GSVLFLMADS0

 

BellSouth

MICCFLBBRS0

 

BellSouth

WPBHFLANDS0

BellSouth

GSVLFLMADS1

 

BellSouth

MLBRFLMADS0

 

BellSouth

WPBHFLGADS0

BellSouth

GSVLFLNW33E

 

BellSouth

MLTNFLRADS0

 

BellSouth

WPBHFLGRDS0

BellSouth

HAVNFLMADS0

 

BellSouth

MNDRFLAVDS0

 

BellSouth

WPBHFLHHDS0

BellSouth

HBSDFLMADS0

 

BellSouth

MNDRFLLODS0

 

BellSouth

WPBHFLHHRS0

BellSouth

HLNVFLMADS1

 

BellSouth

MNDRFLLWRS0

 

BellSouth

WPBHFLLEDS0

BellSouth

HLWDFLHA45E

 

BellSouth

MRTHFLVERS0

 

BellSouth

WPBHFLRB84E

BellSouth

HLWDFLMADS0

 

BellSouth

MXVLFLMARS0

 

BellSouth

WPBHFLRPDS0

BellSouth

HLWDFLPEDS0

 

BellSouth

NDADFLACDS0

 

BellSouth

WWSPFLHIDS0

BellSouth

HLWDFLWHDS0

 

BellSouth

NDADFLBRDS0

 

BellSouth

WWSPFLSHDS0

BellSouth

HMSTFLEARS0

 

BellSouth

NDADFLGGDS0

 

BellSouth

YNFNFLMARS0

BellSouth

HMSTFLHMDS0

 

BellSouth

NDADFLOLDS0

 

BellSouth

YNTWFLMARS0

BellSouth

HMSTFLNARS0

 

BellSouth

NSBHFLMADS0

 

BellSouth

YULEFLMARS0

BellSouth

HTISFLMADS0

 

BellSouth

NWBYFLMARS0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Verizon

ABDLFLXA96H

 

Verizon

KYSTFLXA92H

 

Verizon

SKWYFLXADS0

Verizon

ALFAFLXA67H

 

Verizon

LKALFLXA95H

 

Verizon

SLSPFLXA93H

Verizon

ALTRFLXARSA

 

Verizon

LKLDFLXA68H

 

Verizon

SMNLFLXA23H

Verizon

ANMRFLXA77H

 

Verizon

LKLDFLXE66H

 

Verizon

SNSPFLXA37H

Verizon

BARTFLXA53H

 

Verizon

LKLDFLXN85H

 

Verizon

SPBGFLXA89H

Verizon

BAYUFLXA54H

 

Verizon

LKWLFLXA67H

 

Verizon

SPBGFLXADS0

Verizon

BBPKFLXARSA

 

Verizon

LKWLFLXERSA

 

Verizon

SPBGFLXS86H

Verizon

BHPKFLXA28H

 

Verizon

LLMNFLXADS0

 

Verizon

SPRGFLXA37H

Verizon

BRBAFLXA75H

 

Verizon

LNLKFLXA99H

 

Verizon

SRSTFLXA95H

Verizon

BRJTFLXARSA

 

Verizon

LRGOFLXA58H

 

Verizon

SRSTFLXADS0

Verizon

BRNDFLXA68H

 

Verizon

LUTZFLXA94H

 

Verizon

SSDSFLXA92H

Verizon

BRTNFLXX74H

 

Verizon

MLBYFLXARSA

 

Verizon

STGRFLXA78H

Verizon

BYSHFLXA84H

 

Verizon

MNLKFLXA85H

 

Verizon

SWTHFLXA88H

Verizon

CLWRFLXA44H

 

Verizon

MYCYFLXA32H

 

Verizon

SWTHFLXADS0

Verizon

CLWRFLXADS0

 

Verizon

NGBHFLXA39H

 

Verizon

TAMPFLXEDS0

Verizon

CNSDFLXA79H

 

Verizon

NPRCFLXA84H

 

Verizon

TAMPFLXX22H

Verizon

CRWDFLXA96H

 

Verizon

NRPTFLXA42H

 

Verizon

TAMPFLXX27H

Verizon

CYGRFLXA32H

 

Verizon

NRSDFLXA35H

 

Verizon

THNTFLXADS0

Verizon

DNDNFLXA73H

 

Verizon

OLDSFLXA85H

 

Verizon

TMTRFLXADS0

Verizon

DUNDFLXA43H

 

Verizon

OSPRFLXA96H

 

Verizon

TRSPFLXA93H

Verizon

ENWDFLXA47H

 

Verizon

PKCYFLXARSA

 

Verizon

UNVRFLXA97H

Verizon

FHSDFLXA57H

 

Verizon

PLMTFLXA72H

 

Verizon

VENCFLXA48H

Verizon

FRSTFLXA63H

 

Verizon

PLSLFLXA79H

 

Verizon

VENCFLXSDS0

Verizon

GNDYFLXA57H

 

Verizon

PNCRFLXA73J

 

Verizon

WIMMFLXA63H

Verizon

HDSNFLXA86H

 

Verizon

PNLSFLXA53H

 

Verizon

WLCHFLXA97H

Verizon

HGLDFLXA64H

 

Verizon

POINFLXARSA

 

Verizon

WLCRFLXA83H

Verizon

HNCYFLXA42H

 

Verizon

PRSHFLXARSA

 

Verizon

WNHNFLXC29H

Verizon

HNCYFLXN424

 

Verizon

PSDNFLXA34H

 

Verizon

WSSDFLXA87H

Verizon

HYPKFLXADS0

 

Verizon

PTCYFLXA75H

 

Verizon

WSSDFLXADS0

Verizon

INLKFLXARSA

 

Verizon

RSKNFLXA64H

 

Verizon

YBCTFLXA24H

Verizon

INRKFLXX59H

 

Verizon

SEKYFLXA34H

 

Verizon

ZPHYFLXA78H

Verizon

INVRFLXADS1

 

Verizon

SGBEFLXA36H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sprint

ALFRFLXARS0

 

Sprint

GNVLFLXARS0

 

Sprint

ORCYFLXADS0

Sprint

ALSPFLXADS0

 

Sprint

GNWDFLXARS0

 

Sprint

ORCYFLXCRS0

Sprint

ALVAFLXARS1

 

Sprint

GVLDFLXARS0

 

Sprint

PNGRFLXADS1

Sprint

APPKFLXADS1

 

Sprint

HMSPFLXARS0

 

Sprint

PNISFLXADS0

Sprint

ARCDFLXADS0

 

Sprint

IMKLFLXARS0

 

Sprint

PNLNFLXARS0

Sprint

ASTRFLXARS0

 

Sprint

IONAFLXARS0

 

Sprint

PTCTFLXADS0

Sprint

AVPKFLXADS0

 

Sprint

KNVLFLXARS0

 

Sprint

RYHLFLXARS0

Sprint

BLVWFLXADS0

 

Sprint

KSSMFLXADS0

 

Sprint

SBNGFLXADS1

Sprint

BNFYFLXARS0

 

Sprint

KSSMFLXBDS1

 

Sprint

SCPKFLXARS0

Sprint

BNSPFLXADS1

 

Sprint

KSSMFLXDRS0

 

Sprint

SGBHFLXARS0

Sprint

BSHNFLXARS0

 

Sprint

LBLLFLXADS0

 

Sprint

SHLMFLXADS0

Sprint

BVHLFLXADS0

 

Sprint

LDLKFLXARS0

 

Sprint

SLHLFLXARS0

Sprint

BWLGFLXARS0

 

Sprint

LEE FLXARS0

 

Sprint

SNANFLXARS0

Sprint

CHLKFLXARS0

 

Sprint

LHACFLXADS0

 

Sprint

SNDSFLXARS0

Sprint

CLMTFLXADS0

 

Sprint

LKBRFLXADS1

 

Sprint

SNISFLXARS0

Sprint

CLTNFLXARS0

 

Sprint

LKHLFLXARS0

 

Sprint

SNRSFLXARS0

Sprint

CPCRFLXADS0

 

Sprint

LKPCFLXARS0

 

Sprint

STCDFLXARS0

Sprint

CPCRFLXBDS1

 

Sprint

LSBGFLXADS1

 

Sprint

STRKFLXADS0

Sprint

CPHZFLXADS0

 

Sprint

MALNFLXARS0

 

Sprint

SVSPFLXARS0

Sprint

CRRVFLXARS0

 

Sprint

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Sprint

SVSSFLXARS0

Sprint

CRVWFLXADS0

 

Sprint

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Sprint

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Sprint

CSLBFLXADS1

 

Sprint

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Sprint

TLHSFLXADS0

Sprint

CYLKFLXADS0

 

Sprint

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Sprint

TLHSFLXBDS0

Sprint

CYLKFLXBRS0

 

Sprint

MRNNFLXADS0

 

Sprint

TLHSFLXCDS0

Sprint

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Sprint

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Sprint

TLHSFLXDDS0

Sprint

DESTFLXADS0

 

Sprint

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Sprint

TLHSFLXFDS0

Sprint

DFSPFLXADS0

 

Sprint

MTVRFLXARS0

 

Sprint

TLHSFLXGRL0

Sprint

ESTSFLXARS0

 

Sprint

NFMYFLXADS0

 

Sprint

TLHSFLXHDS0

Sprint

EVRGFLXARS1

 

Sprint

NFMYFLXBRS0

 

Sprint

TVRSFLXADS0

Sprint

FTMBFLXARS0

 

Sprint

NNPLFLXADS1

 

Sprint

UMTLFLXARS0

Sprint

FTMDFLXARS0

 

Sprint

NPLSFLXCDS0

 

Sprint

VLPRFLXADS0

Sprint

FTMYFLXADS0

 

Sprint

NPLSFLXDDS0

 

Sprint

WCHLFLXADS0

Sprint

FTMYFLXBRS0

 

Sprint

OCALFLXADS0

 

Sprint

WLSTFLXARS0

Sprint

FTMYFLXCDS2

 

Sprint

OCALFLXBDS0

 

Sprint

WLWDFLXARS0

Sprint

FTWBFLXADS0

 

Sprint

OCALFLXCRS0

 

Sprint

WNDRFLXARS0

Sprint

FTWBFLXBDS0

 

Sprint

OCALFLXJRS0

 

Sprint

WNGRFLXADS0

Sprint

GDRGFLXADS0

 

Sprint

OCNFFLXARS0

 

Sprint

WNPKFLXADS1

Sprint

GLGCFLXADS0

 

Sprint

OKCBFLXADS1

 

Sprint

WSTVFLXARS0

Sprint

GLRDFLXADS0

 

Sprint

OKLWFLXADS0

 

Sprint

ZLSPFLXARS0

 




[1] By Order PSC-05-0324-PAA-TX, issued March 21, 2005, Docket No. 041302-TX, In Re: Petition for Designation as Eligible Telecommunications Carrier by Knology of Florida, Inc., the Commission granted Knology of Florida, Inc. (Knology) Eligible Telecommunications Carrier status.  Knology is a certificated CLEC which provides telecom service over its broadband network.  By Order PSC-05-1255-PAA-TX, issued December 27, 2005, Docket No. 050483 TX, In Re: Petition for designation as Eligible Telecommunications Carrier by Budget Phone, Inc., the Commission granted Budget Phone ETC status in the requested Verizon and BellSouth wire centers, and approved ETC status in non-rural areas of Sprint provided Budget Phone consummates a UNE or equivalent agreement with Sprint.

[2] See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.401-54.417 – Universal Service Support for Low Income-Consumers

[3] For purposes of universal service support, Sprint-Florida, Inc. is considered a rural carrier.  In accordance with Section 214(e)(2) of the Telecommunications Act, “Before designating an additional eligible telecommunications carrier for an area served by a rural telephone company, the State Commission shall find that the designation is in the public interest.”

[4] 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313, 54.314.

5 If an ETC had not previously submitted a plan demonstrating how it will remain functional in an emergency, it should do so with its first reporting compliance filing.

 

6 See e.g., 47 C.F.R. §54.313; 54.314.

 

7 Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Order, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order FCC 05-46, Released March 17, 2005.

8 See id.

[9] CC Docket No. 96-45 (Federal –State Joint Board on Universal Service) paragraph. 127, 169 and §54.201(f). See id.