§269-16.91 Universal service subsidies. (a) For any alternative telecommunications provider authorized to provide basic local exchange service to any area of the State pursuant to section 269-16.9(h), the commission may consider the following:
(1) Transferring the subsidy, if any, of the local exchange provider's basic residential telephone service to the alternative provider; and
(2) Transferring from the local exchange carrier to the alternative provider the amounts, if any, generated by the local exchange provider's services other than basic residential telephone service and which are used to subsidize basic residential service in the area.
(b) To receive the subsidy amounts from the local exchange service provider, the alternative telecommunications provider shall be required, to the extent possible, to obtain basic residential service subsidies from both the local exchange service provider and national universal service providers. [L 1994, c 80, §2]
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