2017 Urban Rate Floor

Based on the most recent urban rate survey the 2017 rate floor for voice services is 22 49 up from 21 93 in 2016.

2017 urban rate floor.

To implement this requirement the commission delegated authority to wcb and the. Because the rate floor is being phased in see the schedule below companies will only face a reduction of high cost support on a dollar for dollar basis to the extent that a carrier s local rates plus state fees are below. There were however states that did not have a rural area and were considered all urban. The fcc uses the survey data to determine the reasonable comparability benchmarks for fixed voice and broadband rates for universal service purposes.

Completing the survey urban rate survey data collection site instructions pdf open in chrome. Word pdf text. Word pdf text. The federal communications commission s wireline competition bureau announced the 2017 rate floor for incumbent eligible telecommunications carriers etcs and reasonable comparability benchmarks for fixed voice and broadband services.

The nprm proposes to eliminate the local service rate floor rule altogether. The commission concluded that the rate floor would be phased in over several years. In many states customers must be notified 30 days prior to any rate increases. 10 beginning july 1 2012 14 beginning july 1 2013 and then the average urban rate as determined from data in the urban rates survey beginning july 1 2014 15 5.

09 22 16 wcb announces timeline for completion of 2017 urban rate survey public notice da 16 1074. 04 05 16 results of 2016 urban rate survey for fixed voice and broadband services released. In addition it announced the posting of the fixed voice and broadband services data collected in the most recent urban rate survey and. Unfortunately this action places legacy rate of return ror companies in a difficult position.

Since these all urban states did not have a rural hospital cms created the imputed rural floor by regulation. The upcoming local service rate floor increase to 20 is effective june 1 2017.