Iowa Admin. Code r. 199-39.5 - [Effective until 4/9/2025] Service area
(1)
Unless otherwise ordered by the commission , the approved service area for
universal service fund support calculations will be the same as the service
area currently approved for local service by the commission . Those carriers not
currently approved to provide local service are required to provide
documentation showing their service area.
(2) In the case of a service area served by a
rural telephone company, "service area" means such company's "study area"
unless and until the FCC and the states, after taking into account
recommendations of a federal-state joint commission instituted under Section
410(c) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, establish a different definition
of service area for such company.
(3) In the case of a wireless
telecommunications carrier, "service area" means that area where the wireless
company has been licensed by the FCC to provide service.
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(1) Unless otherwise ordered by the commission , the approved service area for universal service fund support calculations will be the same as the service area currently approved for local service by the commission . Those carriers not currently approved to provide local service are required to provide documentation showing their service area.
(2) In the case of a service area served by a rural telephone company, "service area" means such company's "study area" unless and until the FCC and the states, after taking into account recommendations of a federal-state joint commission instituted under Section 410(c) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, establish a different definition of service area for such company.
(3) In the case of a wireless telecommunications carrier, "service area" means that area where the wireless company has been licensed by the FCC to provide service.