Modernization Plan; requirements.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) The requirements for a Modernization Plan as stated in RELRA are: (1) The plan must provide for the elimination of party line service. (2) The plan must provide for the availability of telecommunications services for improved business, educational, and medical services. (3) The plan must encourage and improve computer networks and information highways for subscribers in rural areas. (4) The plan must provide for— (i) Subscribers in rural areas to be able to receive through telephone lines— (A) Conference calling; (B) Video images; and (C) Data at a rate of at least 1,000,000 bits of information per second; and (ii) The proper routing of information to subscribers. (5) The plan must provide for uniform deployment schedules to ensure that advanced services are deployed at the same time in rural and nonrural areas. (6) The plan must provide for such additional requirements for service standards as may be required by the Administrator. (b) To implement the requirements of the law described in paragraph (a) of this section, RUS has set minimum requirements as described in paragraphs (i) and (j) of this section. They are grouped into short-term and medium-term requirements. RUS has also included long-term goals which are not requirements. The Modernization Plan must meet all of the statutory requirements of RELRA and shall provide that short- and medium-term requirements be implemented as set forth in this section of the regulation except that the PUC, if it is the Plan Develop

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1751.106