High Cost
About High Cost:
- Overview of the Program
- Overview of the Process
- USAC FCC Filings
- HCLI Training Events
- Individual Outreach
- Video Tutorials
- Filing Appeals
- Red Light Status (FCC site)
- Requesting Confidential Information
- Understanding Audits
- Understanding Disaggregation
High Cost Tools:
Step 4: High Cost Model (HCM) Support
High Cost Model support, also known as forward-looking support, is available only to non-rural incumbent carriers (mostly price-cap carriers) and competitive carriers providing service in the eligible wire centers of these non-rural companies.
In 2007, non-rural carriers in ten (10) states are eligible to receive forward-looking HCM support: Alabama, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Required Cost Data Filings
Competitive eligible telecommunications carriers (CETCs) are not required to submit cost data to receive HCM support. CETCs must file line count data with USAC in the same manner as the incumbent local exchange carrier in whose service area it operates and ensure that it is listed in the Non-Rural Use certification submitted by its state commission or self-certify if not subject to state jurisdiction.
Required Certification Filings
State regulator certification requirement
If an ETC is not subject to state jurisdiction, it may file a self-certification directly with USAC and the FCC. Filing requirements
