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47 U.S. Code § 1302 - Advanced telecommunications incentives | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 47 › Chapter 12 › § 1302 47 U.S. Code § 1302 - Advanced telecommunications incentives
In general The Commission and each State commission with regulatory jurisdiction over telecommunications services shall encourage the deployment on a reasonable and timely basis of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans (including, in particular, elementary and secondary schools and classrooms) by utilizing, in a manner consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity, price cap regulation, regulatory forbearance, measures that promote competition in the local telecommunications market, or other regulating methods that remove barriers to infrastructure investment.
Inquiry The Commission shall, within 30 months after February 8, 1996, and annually thereafter, initiate a notice of inquiry concerning the availability of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans (including, in particular, elementary and secondary schools and classrooms) and shall complete the inquiry within 180 days after its initiation. In the inquiry, the Commission shall determine whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. If the Commission’s determination is negative, it shall take immediate action to accelerate deployment of such capability by removing barriers to infrastructure investment and by promoting competition in the telecommunications market.
Demographic information for unserved areas As part of the inquiry required by subsection (b), the Commission shall compile a list of geographical areas that are not served by any provider of advanced telecommunications capability (as defined by subsection (d)(1)) [1]
and to the extent that data from the Census Bureau is available, determine, for each such unserved area—
the population density; and
the average per capita income.
Definitions For purposes of this subsection: [2]
Advanced telecommunications capability The term “advanced telecommunications capability” is defined, without regard to any transmission media or technology, as high-speed, switched, broadband telecommunications capability that enables users to originate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics, and video telecommunications using any technology.
Elementary and secondary schools The term “elementary and secondary schools” means elementary and secondary schools, as defined in section 7801 of title 20.
So in original. Probably should be “section:”.
(Pub. L. 104–104, title VII, § 706,Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 153; Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1076(gg),Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2093; Pub. L. 110–385, title I, § 103(a),Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4096.)
Subsection (d)(1), referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original “section 706(c)(1) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996” and was translated as reading “section 706(d)(1) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996”, which is classified to subsection (d)(1) of this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the redesignation of subsec. (c) as (d) by Pub. L. 110–385, title I, § 103(a)(2),Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4096.
Section was formerly set out as a note under section 157 of this title.
Section was enacted as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and not as part of the Broadband Data Improvement Act which comprises this chapter.
2008—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–385, § 103(a)(1), substituted “annually” for “regularly”.
Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 110–385, § 103(a)(2), (3), added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).
2002—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 107–110substituted “section 7801 of title 20” for “paragraphs (14) and (25), respectively, of section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801)”.
For definitions of terms used in this section, see section 3(b) ofPub. L. 104–104, set out as a Common Terminology note under section 153 of this title.
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