service area

(5) “Service area” defined The term “service area” means a geographic area established by a State commission (or the Commission under paragraph (6)) for the purpose of determining universal service obligations and support mechanisms. In the case of an area served by a rural telephone company, “service area” means such company’s “study area” unless and until the Commission and the States, after taking into account recommendations of a Federal-State Joint Board instituted under section 410(c) of this title , establish a different definition of service area for such company.

Source

47 USC § 214(e)(5)

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Scoping language

None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (part I) of this section.

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