Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 6 - Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation › 3 AAC 53.410 - Designation of eligible telecommunications carriers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A common
				  carrier seeking designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier must
				  file, for each study area or portion of a study area where eligible
				  telecommunications carrier designation is sought, a request, in accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.095, that includes
(1) the common carrier's legal name, name
				  under which business is conducted, and address;
(2) the name, title, and telephone number of
				  the individual who is the liaison with the commission regarding the
				  request;
(3) a legal description by
				  township and range of the proposed eligible telecommunications carrier service
				  area;
(4) one or more maps of the
				  proposed eligible telecommunications carrier service area, in hard copy and
				  electronic format, that are legible and provide
(A) sufficient geographic detail to confirm
				  the legal description in township and range of the proposed eligible
				  telecommunications carrier service area;
(B) sufficient geographic detail to confirm
				  the legal description in township and range of the study area of any incumbent
				  local exchange carrier providing service in the proposed eligible
				  telecommunications carrier service area, including exchange area
				  boundaries;
(C) the common
				  carrier's current coverage area and authorized service area, including material
				  geographic obstacles;
(D) the
				  common carrier's proposed coverage area by technology, including material
				  geographical obstacles to serving the proposed coverage area; and
(E) the coverage area of any carrier whose
				  services will be resold;
(5) a certification that the common carrier
				  is
(A) capable of providing the supported
				  services in the eligible telecommunications carrier service area upon
				  designation; and
(B) committed to
				  providing the supported services throughout the eligible telecommunications
				  carrier service area in accordance with (7) of this subsection;
(6) a detailed explanation of how
				  the common carrier is capable of and proposes to provide each supported service
				  throughout the eligible telecommunications carrier service area; the
				  explanation must include by wire center area
(A) the technology to be deployed;
(B) the supported services to be provided
				  through resale of another carrier's services, if any;
(C) any limitations on the ability to provide
				  supported services upon designation; and
(D) any federal waivers of requirements
				  applicable to the provision of emergency services;
(7) a commitment to
(A) provide service on a timely basis to
				  requesting customers throughout the common carrier's eligible
				  telecommunications carrier service area using its own facilities or a
				  combination of its own facilities and resale in accordance with the common
				  carrier's network deployment plan filed under
				  3 AAC 53.420 and reported and certified under
				  47 C.F.R.
				  54.316 and
				  54.321; and
(B) file a report to the commission in
				  accordance with 47 C.F.R.
				  54.313(a)(3) and 3 AAC 48.095 of any instance in which the carrier is unable to fulfill a customer
				  request for service;
(8)
				  a description of what facilities will be used to deliver supported services in
				  the proposed eligible telecommunications carrier service area, including a
				  description of the common carrier's existing facilities by wire center
				  area;
(9) a description of
				  authorities, licenses, and interconnection, resale, and other agreements that
				  enable the common carrier to provide the supported services throughout the
				  proposed eligible telecommunications carrier service area, including the docket
				  of any related commission proceedings;
(10) a detailed description of how universal
				  service support will be used, including the information required by
				  3 AAC 53.420;
(11) a certification that the common carrier
				  will, within 90 days after designation and annually thereafter, advertise in a
				  medium of general distribution the availability of and charges for supported,
				  lifeline, and link up services throughout the eligible telecommunications
				  carrier service area;
(12) a
				  certification that the common carrier has and will continue to take steps to
				  remain functional in emergency situations by
(A) maintaining at least eight hours of
				  backup power to ensure functionality without local alternating current (AC)
				  commercial power;
(B) establishing
				  to the extent feasible the ability to reroute traffic around damaged facilities
				  and to manage traffic spikes resulting from emergency situations; and
(C) establishing procedures for employees to
				  follow in an emergency to prevent or minimize interruption or impairment of
				  telecommunications services;
(13) a certification that the common carrier
				  will comply with applicable consumer protection and service quality standards
				  set out in 3 AAC 53.450;
(14) information confirming that the common
				  carrier offers one or more calling plans comparable to those of the incumbent
				  local exchange carrier; the information must include
(A) a certification that, among its
				  comparable calling plans, the common carrier offers a calling plan with at
				  least 500 free minutes of local usage per month; and
(B) a comparison of the incumbent local
				  exchange carrier's basic local usage plans and the requesting carrier's local
				  usage plans that includes the local calling area, minutes of use included, plan
				  rates, rate for excess minutes, features, and any other information
				  demonstrating how proposed plans compare to calling plans of the incumbent
				  local exchange carrier;
(15) information on how the common carrier
				  will administer the lifeline and link up programs, including
(A) a certification that the common carrier
				  offers a calling plan with at least 500 free minutes of local usage per month
				  to lifeline-eligible customers;
(B)
				  a description of the local calling area, plan rate, rate for excess minutes,
				  and available features;
(C) an
				  explanation of how eligibility for lifeline and link up will be
				  determined;
(D) examples applying
				  lifeline discounts to service offerings; and
(E) a statement of whether a lifeline
				  customer has a choice of plan offerings or must subscribe to one standard
				  plan;
(16) a
				  certification that the common carrier acknowledges it may be required to
				  provide equal access to long distance carriers if no other eligible
				  telecommunications carrier provides equal access within the eligible
				  telecommunications carrier service area;
(17) with respect to universal service
				  support for high-cost areas, a commitment to use that high-cost universal
				  service support for the provision, maintenance, and upgrade of facilities and
				  services that benefit the eligible telecommunications carrier service area from
				  which the support was derived;
(18)
				  if service area redefinition is requested, the information required by
				  3 AAC 53.430;
(19) any additional information that the
				  common carrier considers important in support of the request for designation as
				  an eligible telecommunications carrier; and
(20) the information and fees required by (b)
				  and (c) of this section.