§ 54.413   Link Up for Tribal lands.

   (a) Definition. For purposes of this subpart, the term “Tribal Link Up”
   means an assistance program for eligible residents of Tribal lands
   seeking telecommunications service from a telecommunications carrier
   that is receiving high-cost support on Tribal lands, pursuant to
   subpart D of this part, that provides:

   (1) A 100 percent reduction, up to $100, of the customary charge for
   commencing telecommunications service for a single telecommunications
   connection at a subscriber's principal place of residence imposed by an
   eligible telecommunications carrier that is also receiving high-cost
   support on Tribal lands, pursuant to subpart D of this part. For
   purposes of this subpart, a “customary charge for commencing
   telecommunications service” is the ordinary charge an eligible
   telecommunications carrier imposes and collects from all subscribers to
   initiate service with that eligible telecommunications carrier. A
   charge imposed only on qualifying low-income consumers to initiate
   service is not a customary charge for commencing telecommunications
   service. Activation charges routinely waived, reduced, or eliminated
   with the purchase of additional products, services, or minutes are not
   customary charges eligible for universal service support; and

   (2) A deferred schedule of payments of the customary charge for
   commencing telecommunications service for a single telecommunications
   connection at a subscriber's principal place of residence imposed by an
   eligible telecommunications carrier that is also receiving high-cost
   support on Tribal lands, pursuant to subpart D of this part, for which
   the eligible resident of Tribal lands does not pay interest. The
   interest charges not assessed to the eligible resident of tribal lands
   shall be for a customary charge for connecting telecommunications
   service of up to $200 and such interest charges shall be deferred for a
   period not to exceed one year.

   (b) An eligible resident of Tribal lands may receive the benefit of the
   Tribal Link Up program for a second or subsequent time only for
   otherwise qualifying commencement of telecommunications service at a
   principal place of residence with an address different from the address
   for which Tribal Link Up assistance was provided previously.

   [ 77 FR 12973 , Mar. 2, 2012]

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