Haw. Code R. § 6-81-10 - Designation of telecommunications carrier for unserved areas

In no event shall any geographical area or community be without basic service or any other service supported by the State or federal universal service support mechanisms. If no telecommunications carrier will provide any of the services that are supported by either the State or the federal universal service support mechanisms to any unserved community (or any portion of the community) that requires such service, the commission shall:

(1) Determine which telecommunications carrier or carriers are best able to provide such service to the unserved community (or portion of the community); and

(2) Order such carrier or carriers to provide such service to that community (or portion of the community).

Any telecommunications carrier or carriers ordered to provide such service are eligible for support from the State universal service fund or the federal universal service fund, as the case might be.

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Haw. Code R. § 6-81-10

[Eff ] (Auth: HRS § 269-6) (Imp: 47 U.S.C. §214)