3 - 1 3. High-Cost Support The high-cost support mechanisms enable areas with very high costs to recover some of these costs from the federal universal service fund, leaving a smaller remainder of the costs to be recovered through end-user rates or state universal service support mechanisms. In this manner, the high-cost support mechanisms are intended to hold down rates and thereby further one of the most important goals of federal and state regulation -- the preservation and advancement of universal telephone service. This section of the report outlines the high-cost support mechanisms and provides data for these mechanisms. The high-cost support mechanisms include embedded high-cost loop support (HCLS), 1 safety net additive support, safety valve support, forward-looking non-rural high-cost model support (HCMS), interstate common line support (ICLS) 2 for rate-of-return carriers, interstate access support (IAS) for price-cap carriers, and local switching support (LSS). Table 3.1 summarizes the annual amounts for the high-cost support mechanisms for 1986 through 2006. 3 It is based on information provided by the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) through 1997 and the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) since 1998. Support amounts for 2006 are projected, based on USAC’s third quarter filing. 4 Support amounts are subject to adjustment if data are corrected in future periods. Competitive carriers are eligible to receive support from the universal service support mechanisms provided that they provide service using their own facilities, either partially or completely. Thus, pure resellers are not eligible. To be eligible to receive support, a carrier must be designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) by the state regulatory commission of the state in which it operates, or by the FCC where the state commission lacks 1 This was formerly referred to as the Universal Service Fund, and still bears that name in the Commission rules. It is now referred to as high-cost loop support to avoid confusion with the new, more comprehensive universal service support mechanisms that the Commission developed to implement the 1996 Act. See 47 C.F.R. § 36.601. See also 47 C.F.R. Part 54. 2 Effective July 1, 2004, long term support (LTS) was merged into ICLS. 3 The 2006 numbers are based on the assumption that fourth quarter projections will be the same as those for the third quarter. The numbers for prior years reflect actual payments. Except for ICLS and LSS, for which final true-ups are available through 2004, the actual support amounts for a given year contain adjustments for prior years. USAC now makes these amounts available on their website on a monthly basis, beginning with 2003. Actual support amounts for earlier years were provided to us by special request. 4 Universal Service Administrative Company, Federal Universal Service Support Mechanism Fund Size Projections (USAC Filing) for the Third Quarter 2006 (May 2, 2006). 3 - 2 jurisdiction. 5 A competitive carrier that is designated as an ETC will receive high-cost support that is determined by the number of lines it serves, the support per line received by the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) against which it is competing, and the degree to which it uses its own facilities to provide its services. 6 Table 3.2 compares the annual amounts of support received by ILECs and by competitive ETCs (CETCs) for each support mechanism since the first CETC started receiving support in 1999. 7 Historically, HCLS was provided to all ILECs based on their embedded costs. Such support provides assistance for non-traffic sensitive (NTS) local loop costs -- a term that refers to the costs of outside telephone wires, poles, and other facilities that link each telephone customer's premises to the public switched telephone network. NTS costs are allocated between the state and interstate jurisdictions because all local loops can be used for making and receiving both intrastate and interstate telephone calls. Historically, the interstate allocation was made using the Subscriber Plant Factor (SPF). 8 This factor is now 25% for all companies. Today, only rural carriers 9 receive HCLS. Non-rural carriers receive HCMS instead of HCLS. If an ILEC is deemed a rural carrier, it continues to receive high-cost support based on embedded costs. The expense adjustment allows those study areas 10 with an average unseparated cost per loop that exceeds 115% of the national average to allocate an additional portion of their NTS costs to the interstate jurisdiction and to have those costs recovered by HCLS. 11 Table 3.3 shows the percentages of additional NTS costs recovered by HCLS. 12 HCLS 5 47 C.F.R. § 54.201. 6 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. 7 The data for 2006 are projections. USAC’s quarterly filings include projections of support for competitive carriers that have applied for, but not yet received, ETC status. These support amounts have been removed from the 2006 data reported here if the carrier failed to attain ETC status by the time of the filing for the Third Quarter 2006. 8 The Subscriber Plant Factor is defined in section 36.154(e) of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 36.154(e). It was frozen in 1981 and then transitioned to 25% between 1985 and 1993, subject to the limitations in section 36.154(f) of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 36.154(f). 9 See 47 C.F.R. § 51.5 for the definition of a rural carrier. Generally, they either have fewer than 100,000 lines or serve predominantly rural areas. 10 A study area is usually an operating company's operations in one state. Holding companies may own multiple operating companies and thus have multiple study areas in a state. Study area boundaries were frozen as of November 15, 1984. Any subsequent change requires a Commission waiver of this freeze. 11 In January 1988, high-cost assistance was retargeted to increase benefits to small and 3 - 3 was implemented during a period in which the basic interstate allocation of loop costs was shifted from a level based on the historical SPF to the present flat allocation factor of 25%. Both of these changes were phased in between 1985 and 1993, during which time the HCLS was increased by one-eighth of the formula amount each year. In December 1993, the Commission, at the recommendation of the Joint Board in CC Docket 80-286, imposed a cap on HCLS payments. 13 The cap was indexed to the rate of growth in the national total of working exchange loops. It is implemented by adjusting the national average cost per loop used to calculate each study area's high-cost assistance (using the current formula from Table 3.3) from the average value to whatever base value is required to achieve the cap. For example, in 2003, the cap was achieved by adjusting the base value 2001 cost per loop from the national average of $240.00 to $267.15. In addition, when exchanges are sold or transferred to another company, the new owner is limited to the same support for those exchanges that they had under the old owner. 14 The Commission modified the high-cost support mechanism to provide additional support to rural carriers on May 23, 2001. 15 Implementation of the modified support mechanism medium sized LECs. The old and new high-cost formulas are compared in Table 3.1 of the Monitoring Reports in CC Docket No. 87-339. The last report in that docket was released May 30, 1997. 12 For example, suppose the national average cost per loop is $240 and a company with 10,000 loops has a cost per loop of $420, or 175% of the national average. Then for the portion of their costs between $276 (115% of the national average) and $360 (150% of the national average) they would receive 65% of those costs [.65 times ($360 - $276) = $54.60], plus they would receive 75% of their costs over $360 [.75 times ($420 - $360) = $45], resulting in HCLS totaling $99.60 per loop, or $996,000 total support. 13 Amendment of Part 36 of the Commission’s Rules and Establishment of a Joint Board, CC Docket No. 80-286, Report and Order, 9 FCC Rcd 303 (1993). 14 47 C.F.R. § 54.305. This applies to sales and transfers initiated after May 7, 1997. In August 2000, the Common Carrier Bureau adopted an order removing similar older caps for individual study areas that were subject to them at that time, effective January 1, 2000. Petitions for Waiver Concerning the Definition of “Study Area” Contained in Part 36 Appendix-Glossary of the Commission’s Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 15 FCC Rcd 23491 (2000). 15 See Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 00-256, Fourteenth Report and Order, Twenty-Second Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 96-45, and Report and Order in CC Docket No. 00-256, 16 FCC Rcd 11244 (2001) (Rural Task Force Order). 3 - 4 began July 1, 2001 and was recently extended beyond the originally anticipated five year period. 16 The Commission rebased the HCLS fund for rural carriers, revised the corporate operations expense limitation formula, 17 and modified the indexed cap. Accordingly, beginning July 1, 2001, the caps for non-rural hold-harmless and rural HCLS are calculated separately. 18 For rural carriers, the national average annual loop cost is now frozen at $240.00 and the cap is indexed to the rate of growth in working loops of rural carriers plus the rate of inflation as measured by the Gross Domestic Product – Chained Price Index (GDP-CPI). 19 The Commission adjusted the rural HCLS cap by changing the base year for the calculations to 2000 for purposes of recalculating the cap for 2002 and subsequent years. 20 To encourage new investment in rural infrastructure, safety net additive support was made available for rural carriers whose telephone plant in service per loop increased by over 14% in one year. 21 In such cases, this additional loop support equals the difference between what the rural carrier’s HCLS would have been uncapped and what it is capped in the qualifying year less the difference between the uncapped and capped amounts in the base year. For new sales or transfers of rural exchanges, the acquiring carrier is required to keep separate cost information for the acquired exchanges to determine the eligible support for those exchanges. Safety valve support is available for new investments in infrastructure made in the acquired exchanges. 22 If a carrier is deemed to be a non-rural carrier, it now receives high-cost support based on forward-looking costs, as estimated by an FCC cost model. The Commission adopted a new 16 See Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, WC Docket No. 05-337, Order, 21 FCC Rcd 5514 (2006), extending rules until the Commission adopts new high-cost support rules for rural carriers. 17 Previously, in 1997, the Commission had adopted limitations on the amount of allowed corporate operations expense. The limitations are specified in section 36.621(a)(4) of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 36.621(a)(4). 18 47 C.F.R. §§ 36.602 and 36.603. See page 3–6 below for a discussion of hold-harmless. 19 This replaces the indexing of the cap to the rate of growth of the national total of working exchange loops. 20 See Rural Task Force Order; Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Multi- Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 00-256, Order on Reconsideration, 17 FCC Rcd 11472 (2002) (Rebasing Order). 21 See 47 C.F.R. § 36.605. 22 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.305(d)-(f). 3 - 5 high-cost support mechanism for non-rural carriers on October 21, 1999, based on recommendations from the Joint Board. 23 This HCMS mechanism is based on the forward- looking costs of providing supported services 24 as determined by the Commission’s cost model. 25 For each state, the cost model calculates the wire center forward-looking cost per line incurred by non-rural carriers to provide supported services. The statewide average cost per line is then compared to the national average cost per line to determine eligibility for support. The forward- looking support mechanism provides support to non-rural carriers in those states that have a statewide average forward-looking cost per line greater than the national benchmark, which initially was set at 135 percent of the national average forward-looking cost per line. Beginning in 2004, this benchmark is now two standard deviations above the national average. 26 After determining the total amount of forward-looking support provided to non-rural carriers in a particular state, the support is then targeted to individual wire centers that have 23 See Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Ninth Report and Order and Eighteenth Order on Reconsideration, 14 FCC Rcd 20432 (1999) (High- Cost Methodology Order), rev’d in part and remanded, Qwest Corp. v. FCC, 258 F.3d 1191 (10 th Cir. 2001), Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order on Remand, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Memorandum Opinion and Order, 18 FCC Rcd 22559 (2003) (Order on Remand), remanded, Qwest Corp. v. FCC, 398 F.3d 1222 (10 th Cir. 2005). 24 The services eligible for federal universal service support are listed in section 54.101 of the Commission’s rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.101. 25 The new cost model consists of: (1) a model platform, which contains a series of fixed assumptions about network design and engineering; and (2) input values for the model platform, such as the cost of network components, e.g., cables and switches, as well as various capital cost parameters. The Commission adopted the model platform in the Platform Order released in October 1998. Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Forward-Looking Mechanism for High-Cost Support for Non-Rural LECs, CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 97-160, Fifth Report and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 21323 (1998) (Platform Order). The Commission adopted input values in the Inputs Order released in November 1999. Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Forward-Looking Mechanism for High-Cost Support for Non-Rural LECs, CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 97-160, Tenth Report and Order, 14 FCC Rcd 20156 (1999) (Inputs Order). 26 High-Cost Methodology Order, 14 FCC Rcd 20432 at paras. 10 and 55. The forward- looking support mechanism provides support for all intrastate costs that exceed the benchmark. High-Cost Methodology Order, at paras. 60-63. In October 2003, the Commission adopted an order modifying the national benchmark. Order on Remand, at paras. 49-69. 3 - 6 forward-looking costs in excess of the benchmark. 27 Under the targeting approach, the amount of support provided to a non-rural carrier serving a particular wire center depends on the relative costs in that wire center and the number of lines served by the carrier. By comparing the relative costs in various above-benchmark wire centers, the targeting approach enables the Commission to provide greater amounts of support to carriers serving lines in wire centers with costs further above the benchmark. Thus, unlike providing a uniform per line statewide support amount, the targeting approach provides support in an amount commensurate with the cost of service, thereby encouraging carriers to serve high-cost areas. The Commission also adopted a transitional “hold-harmless” measure to prevent rate shocks and disruptions in state rate designs when the new mechanism took effect. As adopted, no non-rural telephone company would receive less support than it received under the embedded HCLS mechanisms during the transition period. On December 8, 2000, the Commission adopted measures to phase down interim hold-harmless support, through $1.00 reductions in average monthly per-line embedded HCLS, beginning January 1, 2001, and every year thereafter until there is no more interim embedded hold-harmless HCLS. 28 That point has now been reached. LTS was related to interstate non-traffic sensitive costs. LTS provided support to the members of the NECA common line pool, allowing them to charge a below-cost carrier common line (CCL) rate that was uniform for all companies in the pool. Prior to 1989, all ILECs were required to be part of the NECA common line (CL) pool, and CCL rates were uniform nationwide. On April 1, 1989, companies were permitted to withdraw from the NECA CL pool and provide jurisdictionally specific CCL access charges; however, carriers had to remain in the pool to receive LTS. 29 Nationwide pool results provided by NECA for 2005 are shown in Tables 3.4 and 3.5. Table 3.4 summarizes the CL pool revenues and expenses for the year 2005, as well as a comparison with the corresponding figures for 2004. Table 3.5 has comparable figures for NECA's traffic sensitive pool. To reduce disparities in CCL rates among ILECs after companies were permitted to withdraw from the CL pool, LTS was set up. LTS originally consisted of payments to the NECA CL pool from companies that withdrew from the NECA CL pool. Companies remaining in the NECA pool charge CCL rates, pursuant to the NECA tariff, which were formerly equal to the average CCL rate of the price-cap companies. Effective January 1, 1998, the funds for LTS 27 High-Cost Methodology Order, at paras. 68-76. 28 Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Thirteenth Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 15 FCC Rcd 24422 (2000). 29 See previous Monitoring Reports for a detailed list of which companies are no longer in the NECA CL pool. 3 - 7 came from the federal universal service support mechanisms, and LTS was portable to CETCs. At the same time, the NECA pool rate no longer was made equal to the average price-cap rate. Rather, the amount of LTS that a NECA pool member was eligible to receive in 1998 was the 1997 level of LTS (the difference between 1997 CCL revenue requirements and the sum of 1997 CCL revenues using the NECA pool rate and 1997 subscriber line charge revenues) multiplied by the rate of growth of the national average NTS cost per loop. The 1999 level of LTS was similarly adjusted from the 1998 level by the national average loop cost growth rate. Beginning January 1, 2000, LTS was adjusted for inflation to reflect the annual percentage change in the GDP-CPI. 30 After the implementation of ICLS (see below), the Commission determined that it was necessary to reduce LTS for some carriers to prevent over earning by those carriers whose ICLS would otherwise have fallen below zero. 31 Effective July 1, 2004, LTS was merged into ICLS. 32 In response to the 1996 Act, the Commission also has removed implicit support from interstate access charges. In November 2001, the Commission created the ICLS mechanism for rate-of-return carriers to convert implicit support in the access rate structure to explicit, portable support. 33 ICLS recovers any shortfall between the allowed common line revenues of rate-of- return carriers and their subscriber line charge revenues and gradually replaces the carrier common line charge. Under the MAG Order, the ICLS mechanism was implemented beginning on July 1, 2002. On May 31, 2000, the Commission established an explicit interstate access support (IAS) mechanism for price-cap carriers to replace the implicit support previously collected through interstate access charges. 34 Like LTS and ICLS, the purpose of this mechanism is to provide 30 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.303. 31 See Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non- Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket Nos. 00-256, 96-45, Order and Second Order on Reconsideration, 17 FCC Rcd 11593 (2002) (MAG Reconsideration Order). 32 See Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non- Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket Nos. 00-256, 96-45, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 19 FCC Rcd 4122 (2004). 33 Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 00-256, Fifteenth Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, 16 FCC Rcd 19613 (2001) (MAG Order). 34 Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, 3 - 8 explicit support to ensure reasonably affordable interstate rates. This is in contrast to the Commission’s other high-cost support mechanisms, which provide support to enable states to ensure reasonably affordable and comparable intrastate rates. The IAS mechanism provides support to carriers serving lines in areas where they are unable to recover their permitted revenues from the subscriber line charges. The support total is an aggregate annual amount of approximately $650 million. Support is targeted to the density zones that have the greatest need for it, and is provided on a portable, per-line basis. It is available on a competitively neutral basis to any ETC serving a supported customer, regardless of the technology used by that carrier. LSS provides support for traffic sensitive local switching costs. LSS provides support to ILECs with study areas of 50,000 or fewer access lines, to help defray the higher switching costs of small ILECs. The LSS is recovered through the universal service support mechanisms, rather than through higher traffic-sensitive access charges. Until 1997, this support was implicitly included in those access charges, based on dial equipment minute (DEM) weighting. 35 The portion of these costs that were normally allocated to interstate was determined by the ratio of interstate to total dial equipment minutes, known as the DEM factor. However, ILEC study areas with 50,000 access lines or fewer had that portion multiplied by a weighting factor, which was determined by the number of access lines in the study area. 36 The resulting weighted DEM factor (which was not permitted to exceed .85) allowed these study areas to recover a greater portion of their local switching costs from interexchange carriers in the form of higher access charges. 37 Low-Volume Long Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, 15 FCC Rcd 12962 (2000) (CALLS Order), rev’d and remanded, Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel v. FCC, 265 F. 3d 313 (5 th Cir. 2001), and Access Charge Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262, Price Cap Performance Review for LECs, CC Docket No. 94-1, Low- Volume Long Distance Users, CC Docket No. 99-249, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order on Remand, 18 FCC Rcd 14976 (2003). 35 Table 3.7 of the 2003 Universal Service Monitoring Report provides estimates of DEM weighting impacts from 1993 to 1997. 36 The weighting factors, which became effective in 1993, are shown in Table 3.6 of the December 1998 and June 1999 Monitoring Reports. 37 The weighted and unweighted DEM factors were shown in section 8 of this report in 2003 and prior years. The DEM factors were frozen in 2001 for a five year period, which has since been extended. See Jurisdictional Separations Reform and Referral to the Federal-State Joint Board, Report and Order, CC Docket No. 80-286, FCC 01-162, 16 FCC Rcd 11382 (2001). Because the factors are frozen, they are no longer being reported. 3 - 9 Since 1998, the LSS factor has been calculated as the difference between the 1996 weighted DEM factor and the 1996 unweighted DEM factor. It is subject to the limit that the sum of the DEM factor and the LSS factor shall not exceed .85. Also, if the number of lines has increased since 1996 across one of the limit values of 10,000 or 20,000 or 50,000 lines, the 1996 weighted DEM factor used for computing the LSS factor is adjusted to reflect the weighting factor appropriate for the new number of lines. The LSS is the product of a carrier’s annual unseparated local switching revenue requirement multiplied by its LSS factor. The Commission’s rules require that the LSS be trued-up with actual costs no later than 15 months after the end of the calendar year for which historical data are submitted. 38 All of the universal service support mechanisms are administered by USAC, an independent subsidiary of NECA. As part of its administration of these support mechanisms, USAC files quarterly reports with the Commission, at least 60 days prior to the start of each quarter. These reports include quarterly projections of the amounts to be paid for each program, along with true-ups (differences between actual payments and projections) for prior periods, administrative expenses and interest income. The report for the third quarter of 2006, filed on May 2, 2006, was the primary one used to compile the tables in this section, along with information on actual support payments since 2003 found on the USAC website 39 and data provided to us by USAC on annual support payments between 1998 and 2002. Tables 3.6 through 3.14 provide a summary by state of the total amounts of these support payments. Each table summarizes the annual amounts for the high-cost programs for 1998 through 2006. The 2006 numbers are based on the assumption that fourth quarter projections will be the same as those for the third quarter. Table 3.6 summarizes HCLS payments, Table 3.7 summarizes safety net additive support payments, Table 3.8 summarizes safety valve support payments, Table 3.9 summarizes HCMS payments, 40 Table 3.10 summarizes LTS payments, Table 3.11 summarizes ICLS payments, Table 3.12 summarizes IAS payments, and Table 3.13 summarizes LSS payments. Table 3.14 summarizes the total of these seven payments. Table 3.15 shows the amounts of these payments by state going to ILECs and CETCs for each year since 1999. Table 3.16 shows, by support mechanism by state, for 2005, the monthly support payments per loop to carriers. 41 38 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(2)(iv). 39 The monthly payment information for each study area can be found at: http://form498.universalservice.org/hc/disbursements/default.aspx. 40 The payments for the forward-looking high-cost model support only include payments actually made based on the model. In cases where the HCL hold-harmless payment was made because it exceeded the model amount, the model amount was not counted and the hold-harmless payments were included in Table 3.6. 41 Loops or lines from USAC’s Fund Size Projection for the Fourth Quarter 2005 were used because USAC’s files showing actual payments do not include the number of loops or lines on which those payments are based. HCLS loops were used for ILECs. For CETCs, reported HCLS loops only reflect areas where they compete against rural ILECs. 3 - 10 Pursuant to Part 36 of the Commission’s rules, NECA collects certain cost data from ILECs that provide service to approximately 98% of the nation's subscribers. 42 Each year NECA collects NTS cost and loop data from the previous year, and files all such data with USAC and the Commission. USAC, as administrator of the high-cost support mechanism, uses that information to distribute high-cost assistance in the following year. On October 1, 2005, NECA reported new data for 2004, and revised data for the four previous years. State totals, based on that report, covering cost data for 2004, are presented in Table 3.17. This table shows unseparated NTS costs (revenue requirement), the number of loops, and costs per loop. It also shows the expected HCLS payments for 2006, based on 2004 data, using the high-cost formula and the cap discussed above. The costs shown are embedded costs for all companies. 43 The final column shows the percentage of the total payments going to companies in the state. Table 3.18 shows the changes, from the revised data for 2003 to the newly reported data for 2004, for state totals, of the unseparated NTS revenue requirement, the number of loops, the revenue requirement per loop, and the HCLS payments. The phrase, "payments in later year" in the last column refers to the fact that these are projections of payments to be made two years after the costs are incurred; in this case, in the years 2005 and 2006. Tables 3.19 through 3.21 present state summaries of the revised historical information filed for 2000 through 2004 in the 2005 filing. Table 3.19 shows the unseparated NTS revenue requirements for each year. Table 3.20 shows the number of loops. Table 3.21 shows the unseparated NTS revenue requirement per loop. The next several tables in this section are data for individual study areas. Tables 3.22 through 3.30 are derived from the USAC data. In each table, only those study areas that are (or at some time were) eligible for payments from the support mechanism covered by the table, regardless of whether they received any support, are included in the table. Table 3.22 has HCLS Consequently, for CETCs, rural and non-rural loops or lines were computed separately and then added. For the rural portion, the maximum of HCLS loops or the sum of rural IAS plus ICLS access lines were used. For the non-rural portion, the maximum of HCMS supported loops or the sum of non-rural IAS plus ICLS access lines were used. Only those CETC loops or lines that were reported as eligible for support in the Fourth Quarter filing or received support payments in 2005 were included. 42 These are the carriers that settle on a cost basis. Costs for the remaining ILECs, which settle on an average schedule basis, are attributed by NECA on the basis of those carriers' average number of loops per exchange. 43 The data submitted by NECA include payments that would have been made to non-rural carriers if the forward-looking high cost model had not been implemented, which form the basis of the hold-harmless calculations. Consequently the amounts shown in Table 3.6 are a better indication of the actual HCLS payments. 3 - 11 payments. Table 3.23 has safety net additive support payments. Table 3.24 has safety valve support payments. Table 3.25 provides, by non-rural study area, the high cost support using the forward-looking high-cost model support mechanism. 44 Table 3.26 has LTS payments. Table 3.27 has ICLS payments. Table 3.28 has IAS payments for price-cap companies. Table 3.29 has LSS payments. Table 3.30 has the total support payments for all seven programs. Each of these tables contains the annual amounts for only those years for which a support mechanism was in place. The 1998 amounts in Tables 3.22, 3.26, and 3.29 are the actual payments after processing the final true-ups for 1998. 45 Table 3.27 has the final ICLS true-ups for 2002 through 2004. 46 Table 3.29 has the final LSS true-ups for 1999 through 2004. 47 The other numbers (except for 2006 data) are based on the actual payments, as reported by USAC, and include out-of year adjustments for prior years. In all cases the 2006 total is based on the assumption that the fourth quarter amount will be the same as the third quarter projection. CETC study areas listed in the USAC Filing for the Third Quarter of 2006 as being ineligible for support (because they applied for, but have not yet received, ETC status) have been excluded from these tables. Tables 3.31 through 3.35 are derived from NECA’s 2005 filing. 48 Table 3.31 contains individual study area data for 2004 for unseparated NTS costs (Revenue Requirement), the number of loops, and costs per loop. It also shows the expected HCLS payments for 2006, based on 2004 data, and the percentage of the national total HCLS that goes to the study area. For study areas that acquired exchanges from another study area and had to report the amounts for the acquired exchanges separately, the study area code is appended with an A for the data for the acquired exchanges. In the second column of Table 3.31, the types are cost (C) and average schedule (A), indicating the form of settlements used by that study area. The third column indicates whether the study area has been designated as rural (R) or non-rural (N). In addition to the name of the study area, the name of the holding company (if any) is also shown. The costs shown are embedded costs 44 Companies getting hold-harmless support have those amounts shown in Table 3.22. 45 These are from Universal Service Administrative Company, Federal Universal Service Support Mechanism Fund Size Projections (USAC Filing) for the First Quarter 2002 (November 2, 2001), Appendix HC7. 46 These are from the USAC Filing for the Third Quarter 2004 (May 13, 2004), Appendix HC23, the USAC Filing for the Third Quarter 2005 (May 2, 2005), Appendix HC23, and the USAC Filing for the Third Quarter 2006 (May 2, 2006), Appendix HC23. 47 These are from the USAC Filing for the Third Quarter 2001 (May 2, 2001), Appendix HC6; USAC Filing for the Fourth Quarter 2002 (August2, 2001), Appendix HC17; USAC Filing for the Third Quarter 2003 (May 2, 2003), Appendix HC18; USAC Filing for the Third Quarter 2004 (May 13, 2004), Appendix HC22; USAC Filing for the Third Quarter 2005 (May 2, 2005), Appendix HC22; and USAC Filing for the Third Quarter 2006 (May 2, 2006), Appendix HC22. 48 National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., Universal Service Fund 2005 Submission of 2004 Study Results (October 1, 2005). 3 - 12 for all companies, and the payments shown include potential payments to non-rural companies that form the basis of hold-harmless calculations. 49 Table 3.32 shows the percentage changes from the previous year for each of these amounts for individual study areas. In the payments column in this table, the entry "INFINITE" indicates that the payment was zero in the first year and positive in the second year. Tables 3.33 through 3.35 present individual study area data for the historical information filed for 2000 through 2004 in the 2005 filing. Table 3.33 shows the unseparated NTS revenue requirements for each year. Table 3.34 shows the number of loops. Table 3.35 shows the unseparated NTS revenue requirement per loop. In compiling the historical data, it is necessary to account for changes that have occurred in the study areas over time. These changes are noted in Table 3.36. 50 In cases where study areas have merged, the pre-merger data for all of the merged study areas have been combined and reported as the data for the surviving study area in Tables 3.33 through 3.35. In cases where there has been an ownership change resulting in a code number change, the pre-change data is reported under the new code number and name. In the case of newly created study areas, pre-creation data is reported as 0. In Table 3.32, percentage changes in the case of mergers are comparisons of the surviving study area data with the consolidated pre-merger data. In the case of sales of exchanges, for comparison purposes the data for the sold exchanges are consolidated with the data for the study area that divested them. Each year NECA submits detailed account data used to calculate the unseparated revenue requirement per loop for each study area that settles on a cost basis, and total attributed revenue requirements for study areas that settle on an average schedule basis. In its filings since 1993, in addition to submitting such information for the latest year, NECA also submitted revised information for the four preceding years. The detailed account data are not reported here, but the most recent revision of the data for each year since 1988 is available in electronic form on the Wireline Competition Bureau Statistical Reports web site . 49 The data submitted by NECA include payments that would have been made if the forward-looking high cost model had not been implemented. Consequently, Table 3.22 is a better indication of actual HCLS payments. 50 Because the study areas were matched between years by study area code number, changes in only the name of the company are not included in this list. However, for name changes between 2003 and 2004, Table 3.32 shows the old name in parentheses. Year High-Cost Loop Support Safety Net Additive Support Safety Valve Support High-Cost Model Support Long- Term Support Interstate Common Line Support Interstate Access Support Local Switching Support Total Support 1986 $56 - - - - - - - $56 1987 126 - - - - - - - 126 1988 183 - - - - - - - 183 1989 265 - - - $236 - - - 500 1990 339 - - - 263 - - - 602 1991 485 - - - 272 - - - 757 1992 609 - - - 306 - - - 915 1993 705 - - - 323 - - - 1,028 1994 725 - - - 347 - - - 1,072 1995 750 - - - 382 - - - 1,132 1996 763 - - - 426 - - - 1,188 1997 794 - - - 470 - - - 1,263 1998 827 - - - 473 - - $390 1,690 1999 864 - - - 473 - - 380 1,718 2000 874 - - $219 478 - $279 385 2,235 2001 927 - - 206 492 - 577 390 2,592 2002 1,045 - - 233 493 $173 615 376 2,935 2003 1,085 $9 $0 234 504 409 622 396 3,259 2004 1,137 12 0 273 275 716 642 414 3,468 2005 1,219 15 4 292 0 1,178 691 425 3,824 2006 * 1,284 20 2 332 - 1,231 657 467 3,993 Note: Detail may not appear to add to totals due to rounding. - Support mechanism did not exist in that year. * Estimate for 2006 based on USAC projections. Sources: National Exchange Carrier Association (1986-1997), Universal Service Administrative Company (1998-2005). Federal Universal Service Support Mechanisms Fund Size Projections for the Third Quarter 2006 (2006). Total High-Cost Support Fund Payments (In Millions of Dollars) Table 3.1 High-Cost Support Fund Payment History Chart 3.1 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 Millio n s o f Do lla rs Total Support 126 183 500 602 757 915 1028 1072 1132 1188 1263 1690 1718 2235 2592 2935 3259 3468 3824 3993 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 3 - 13 Year Companies High-Cost Loop Support Safety Net Additive Support Safety Valve Support High-Cost Model Support Long- Term Support Interstate Common Line Support Interstate Access Support Local Switching Support Total Support ILECs 864.2 - - - 472.9 - - 380.3 1,717.4 1999 CETCs 0.1 - - - 0.4 - - 0.0 0.5 Total 864.3 - - - 473.3 - - 380.3 1,718.0 ILECs 873.8 - - 218.7 477.3 - 278.8 384.7 2,233.3 2000 CETCs 0.4 - - 0.0 1.1 - 0.0 0.0 1.5 Total 874.1 - - 218.7 478.4 - 278.8 384.7 2,234.8 ILECs 921.5 - - 205.4 484.2 - 575.7 387.9 2,574.7 2001 CETCs 5.7 - - 0.3 8.0 - 1.0 1.9 16.9 Total 927.2 - - 205.7 492.1 - 576.7 389.9 2,591.6 ILECs 1,039.1 - - 213.8 481.2 172.1 608.5 374.2 2,888.9 2002 CETCs 5.7 - - 19.0 11.8 0.8 7.0 1.7 46.1 Total 1,044.9 - - 232.8 493.0 172.9 615.4 375.9 2,935.0 ILECs 1,058.2 8.8 - 207.2 479.1 392.0 604.9 379.2 3,129.4 2003 CETCs 26.5 0.3 - 26.8 25.0 17.1 16.9 17.0 129.6 Total 1,084.6 9.1 - 234.0 504.1 409.1 621.7 396.3 3,259.0 ILECs 1,055.4 10.5 - 218.9 243.8 648.9 596.0 379.0 3,152.6 2004 CETCs 81.3 1.1 - 54.5 31.0 66.8 45.7 35.3 315.7 Total 1,136.6 11.6 - 273.4 274.8 715.8 641.7 414.4 3,468.4 ILECs 1,052.1 12.3 3.8 221.3 0.0 953.9 581.9 360.4 3,185.7 2005 CETCs 166.8 2.9 0.6 70.6 -0.2 224.4 109.1 64.4 638.5 Total 1,218.9 15.2 4.4 291.8 -0.2 1,178.3 691.0 424.8 3,824.2 ILECs 1,047.2 16.0 0.8 213.6 - 950.4 560.8 384.0 3,172.7 2006 * CETCs 237.2 4.2 1.0 118.8 - 280.3 96.4 82.7 820.4 Total 1,284.3 20.2 1.8 332.4 - 1,230.6 657.2 466.7 3,993.2 Note: Details may not appear to add to totals due to rounding. ILECs are incumbent local exchange carriers. CETCs are competitive eligible telecommunications carriers. - Support mechanism did not exist in that year. * Estimate for 2006 based on USAC projections. Source: Universal Service Administrative Company. Chart 3.2 Total High-Cost Support Fund Payments - ILECs and CETCs (In Millions of Dollars) Table 3.2 High-Cost Support Fund Payment History - ILECs and CETCs (In Millions of Dollars) 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Suppor t ILECs CETCs 3 - 14 3 – 15 Table 3.3 Embedded High-Cost Loop Fund Formulas Cost Range as % of National Average % Expense Adjustment within Range Study Areas with Over 200,000 Loops 0% - 115% 0% 115% - 160% 10% 160% - 200% 30% 200% - 250% 60% 250% and above 75% Study Areas with 200,000 Loops or Fewer 0% - 115% 0% 115% - 150% 65% 150% and above 75% Notes: These values have been used since 1988. Beginning January 1, 2000, these are only applicable to rural companies and to hold-harmless support for non-rural companies. Pool Year (Note 2) Percentage Change Line Item (Note 1) 2004 2005 (Note 3) Carrier Common Line (CCL) Earned Revenues Special Access Surcharge $107,098,955 $133,061,599 24.24% CCL Net Realized Uncollectibles $4,976,184 $4,127,690 -17.05% CCL Net Earned Revenues $102,122,771 $128,933,909 26.25% End-User Net Earned Revenues (Note 4) $991,386,899 $962,608,490 -2.90% Total Common Line Net Earned Revenues $1,093,509,670 $1,091,542,399 -0.18% ICLS $652,817,276 $930,504,399 42.54% Long-Term Support $243,831,816 $0 -100.00% Total Common Line Revenues $1,990,158,762 $2,022,046,798 1.60% NECA Administrative Costs $26,324,892 $25,224,014 -4.18% Average Schedule Company Settlements $366,611,120 $374,219,230 2.08% Common Line Expenses and Other Taxes $1,252,839,400 $1,295,658,107 3.42% Common Line Adjusted Federal Income Tax $75,872,149 $76,501,261 0.83% Total Common Line Expenses $1,721,647,561 $1,771,602,612 2.90% Common Line Residue for Distribution (Note 5) $268,511,201 $250,444,186 -6.73% Common Line Average Net Investment $2,341,390,728 $2,192,652,715 -6.35% Common Line Residue Ratio (Note 6) 11.47% 11.42% -0.40% Note 1: All of the individual line items include some estimates and are subject to further adjustments under current NECA procedures. Note 2: The pool year is the calendar year. The 2004 pool year data are reported as of February 28, 2005. The 2005 pool year data are reported as of February 28, 2006. Note 3: Year-to-year changes are affected by changes in the number of companies participating in NECA tariffs, sales and acquisitions of assets by participating companies, average schedule to cost conversions, and mid-year tariff changes in rate levels. Note 4: Amount includes end-user SLC waiver revenues for NECA tariff participants. Note 5: Residue for distribution is total revenues less total expenses. Note 6: Residue ratio is calculated by dividing the amount of residue for distribution by the amount of average net investment and multiplying by 100. Table 3.4 National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. Pool Results - Common Line Summary 3 - 16 National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. Pool Results - Traffic Sensitive Summary Pool Year (Note 2) Percentage Change Line Item (Note 1) 2004 2005 (Note 3) Traffic Sensitive Earned Revenues $809,882,656 $822,641,156 1.58% Local Switching Support $325,401,791 $310,949,327 -4.44% Traffic Sensitive Net Realized Uncollectibles $1,526,893 $1,615,890 5.83% Traffic Sensitive Net Earned Revenues $1,133,757,554 $1,131,974,593 -0.16% Total Traffic Sensitive Revenues $1,133,757,554 $1,131,974,593 -0.16% NECA Administrative Costs $15,726,968 $15,177,976 -3.49% Average Schedule Company Settlements $361,134,139 $354,776,670 -1.76% Traffic Sensitive Expenses & Other Taxes $532,091,027 $568,558,763 6.85% Traffic Sensitive Adjusted Federal Income Tax $49,647,326 $42,330,855 -14.74% Total Traffic Sensitive Expenses $958,599,460 $980,844,264 2.32% Traffic Sensitive Residue for Distribution (Note 4) $175,158,094 $151,130,329 -13.72% Traffic Sensitive Average Net Investment $1,152,196,094 $1,105,812,461 -4.03% Traffic Sensitive Residue Ratio (Note 5) 15.20% 13.67% -10.10% Note 1: All of the individual line items include some estimates and are subject to further adjustments under current NECA procedures. Note 2: The pool year is the calendar year. The 2004 pool year data are reported as of February 28, 2005. The 2005 pool year data are reported as of February 28, 2006. Note 3: Year-to-year changes are affected by changes in the number of companies participating in NECA tariffs, sales and acquisitions of assets by participating companies, average schedule to cost conversions, and mid-year tariff changes in rate levels. Note 4: Residue for distribution is total revenues less total expenses. Note 5: Residue ratio is calculated by dividing the amount of residue for distribution by the amount of average net investment and multiplying by 100. Table 3.5 3 - 17 State or Jurisdiction 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ALABAMA 21,800,835 21,708,609 13,576,288 15,453,729 16,050,478 18,042,245 16,927,983 19,306,707 22,108,791 ALASKA 32,000,263 36,858,696 38,592,012 43,763,238 44,675,073 42,820,132 48,040,754 53,747,618 61,508,019 AMERICAN SAMOA 0 0 0 17,676 0 (1,650) 767,700 654,012 309,822 ARIZONA 20,543,238 18,362,646 19,688,325 24,449,474 26,403,756 30,528,308 39,848,583 33,039,188 40,269,906 ARKANSAS 45,888,519 50,973,342 45,564,663 45,664,170 62,532,024 60,858,997 65,480,010 70,408,890 67,262,784 CALIFORNIA 32,452,556 29,726,451 28,187,757 30,031,809 32,376,201 33,316,344 37,448,856 36,639,006 41,714,100 COLORADO 27,530,368 28,078,032 29,640,447 29,388,387 31,440,901 34,679,242 37,676,368 34,620,240 34,106,151 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 00000 DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 FLORIDA 9,503,863 9,837,420 10,381,512 12,863,073 13,222,008 11,950,548 10,687,942 12,463,645 12,112,974 GEORGIA 43,839,125 40,959,225 42,548,087 47,726,328 56,375,955 53,118,466 42,423,112 41,321,439 37,189,299 GUAM 0 394,548 1,223,460 343,446 0 1,437,902 4,775,865 9,530,541 7,543,101 HAWAII 31,571 378,732 378,360 1,277,112 2,071,587 3,015,711 4,851,324 12,447,420 21,141,942 IDAHO 19,909,914 19,628,691 18,877,584 18,650,055 20,685,816 20,741,823 21,358,204 22,917,042 20,226,810 ILLINOIS 5,336,115 20,291,268 6,210,756 7,732,992 11,895,567 12,424,125 12,351,372 16,269,370 16,901,280 INDIANA 2,867,566 3,220,683 4,757,712 4,348,545 6,794,010 8,028,121 8,684,095 9,641,041 11,747,376 IOWA 3,470,888 3,927,414 4,675,446 5,358,582 8,653,826 14,554,062 16,888,461 21,688,830 27,408,276 KANSAS 35,680,025 39,602,289 39,313,497 48,759,258 52,879,300 59,883,994 68,840,164 98,695,481 104,774,181 KENTUCKY 13,688,167 9,409,629 9,367,208 9,515,893 21,294,954 19,863,491 18,061,623 23,657,922 27,506,538 LOUISIANA 41,953,218 40,909,401 43,703,265 46,674,032 50,889,258 50,853,650 59,326,267 61,342,232 72,770,433 MAINE 4,839,886 5,298,069 7,102,143 7,693,212 8,273,040 6,840,121 8,915,130 7,296,541 7,223,862 MARYLAND 0 0 0 47,628 200,700 372,650 279,666 266,337 294,006 MASSACHUSETTS 5,160 47,604 20,004 116,826 239,208 155,742 102,456 214,356 77,775 MICHIGAN 14,147,961 16,816,689 21,469,743 22,691,736 25,251,390 22,830,789 23,439,214 24,585,676 26,015,022 MINNESOTA 8,422,456 11,851,026 16,226,949 17,185,635 25,151,208 26,188,017 28,586,696 36,742,684 41,876,685 MISSISSIPPI 18,238,298 18,266,196 14,565,069 16,585,404 19,146,684 19,390,101 19,422,040 27,268,657 29,700,891 MISSOURI 29,261,897 32,497,104 40,818,762 40,300,608 44,811,722 42,284,551 42,032,820 36,668,044 39,409,995 MONTANA 23,260,667 25,047,981 25,009,902 27,630,348 28,317,264 27,733,949 26,821,188 27,233,843 24,739,551 NEBRASKA 5,993,161 6,657,618 8,547,087 9,936,034 11,248,935 13,838,283 13,919,052 16,691,067 17,156,127 NEVADA 3,532,823 4,215,264 4,677,543 6,632,430 6,883,467 8,225,107 6,168,624 6,366,483 7,231,029 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2,259,432 1,633,989 1,288,836 1,003,899 975,360 867,894 681,939 667,644 318,369 NEW JERSEY 1,743,597 0 0 0 00000 NEW MEXICO 18,979,208 20,875,452 18,293,091 18,106,968 20,003,238 19,550,715 20,624,985 23,661,127 26,434,719 NEW YORK 11,146,052 12,819,186 14,685,669 12,531,138 12,078,444 9,844,646 9,006,500 8,026,914 8,165,976 NORTH CAROLINA 20,992,234 14,151,897 10,324,953 8,919,450 11,524,905 11,975,314 15,712,617 11,895,918 12,591,591 NORTH DAKOTA 4,618,626 5,072,256 9,025,489 11,113,527 13,017,948 18,473,275 16,048,576 21,313,335 26,567,472 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 3,568,910 4,731,756 2,425,068 2,683,836 2,655,984 808,208 (69,682) 0 0 OHIO 4,310,309 5,267,052 5,711,859 7,608,876 7,914,813 9,331,800 8,895,759 9,129,618 8,458,296 OKLAHOMA 27,562,422 28,098,519 33,049,110 38,365,380 42,104,889 52,561,601 50,775,218 57,163,684 57,509,391 OREGON 18,043,353 20,258,403 22,565,850 23,832,882 25,604,163 26,098,741 26,828,285 22,620,119 25,758,897 PENNSYLVANIA 1,312,806 896,637 1,067,316 1,205,328 1,555,002 1,673,597 1,660,598 1,904,602 2,447,382 PUERTO RICO 47,664,546 44,205,888 50,570,226 21,018,612 1,362,300 3,331,586 (1,102) 0 0 RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 00000 SOUTH CAROLINA 22,635,875 20,855,634 19,341,595 19,226,232 29,466,579 27,890,743 24,380,825 25,966,713 26,347,839 SOUTH DAKOTA 2,882,766 4,275,900 6,804,816 9,150,504 13,745,820 17,814,953 22,424,124 31,586,556 35,778,288 TENNESSEE 8,383,365 10,578,075 11,571,882 13,837,946 17,116,157 17,887,232 17,627,624 14,693,948 13,738,260 TEXAS 75,126,397 73,408,401 72,485,676 80,486,007 91,039,953 100,021,058 118,967,811 103,874,358 101,931,396 UTAH 3,483,006 3,919,044 3,883,188 4,989,777 6,517,500 8,826,246 7,290,812 7,371,594 7,519,560 VERMONT 4,465,536 4,246,788 3,465,117 3,897,540 5,820,054 5,266,379 5,802,432 7,675,470 7,258,953 VIRGIN ISLANDS 11,214,702 15,839,880 16,580,460 17,939,550 18,471,948 14,370,630 13,998,480 14,409,661 10,782,063 VIRGINIA 4,490,867 4,665,192 4,344,974 3,993,210 4,190,754 4,355,514 2,503,213 3,697,393 3,212,493 WASHINGTON 22,999,149 24,193,620 23,202,165 30,567,945 31,400,460 28,338,470 28,001,141 27,103,945 25,256,283 WEST VIRGINIA 20,018,869 18,391,848 17,303,676 21,725,004 24,940,026 21,773,507 20,032,209 15,461,524 16,533,441 WISCONSIN 13,238,421 14,893,403 17,414,784 21,166,212 21,970,530 24,462,311 25,492,966 33,767,705 33,698,751 WYOMING 11,952,520 16,082,514 13,609,407 12,984,456 13,639,758 15,150,551 15,827,639 15,166,600 13,678,506 INDUSTRY TOTAL 827,291,508 864,325,961 874,138,788 927,191,939 1,044,880,917 1,084,649,792 1,136,638,538 1,218,882,740 1,284,314,652 Source: Universal Service Administrative Company filings to the FCC. Note: Payments are actual disbursements made in each year and may include out-of-year adjustments to payments made for previous years. Payments for 2006 are projections based on the filing for the 3rd quarter of 2006. Table 3.6 High-Cost Loop Support Payments By State or Jurisdiction (Dollars) 3 - 18 State or Jurisdiction 2003 2004 2005 2006 ALABAMA 283,722 200,208 242,559 265,539 ALASKA 201,264 253,680 295,296 325,092 AMERICAN SAMOA 0000 ARIZONA 0 118,896 146,748 225,078 ARKANSAS 326,880 247,440 371,640 371,418 CALIFORNIA 0 196,500 203,604 251,988 COLORADO 11,514 71,145 49,830 49,470 CONNECTICUT 0000 DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0000 FLORIDA GEORGIA 296,532 388,078 263,343 469,149 GUAM 0000 HAWAII 9,744 (1,074) 23,802 12,912 IDAHO 85,452 114,564 199,224 189,717 ILLINOIS 262,608 208,116 251,508 316,932 INDIANA 134,328 151,920 283,413 463,788 IOWA 767,515 1,193,847 1,709,571 2,131,257 KANSAS 283,601 638,355 642,209 936,327 KENTUCKY 232,068 176,436 4,339 159,180 LOUISIANA 75,888 139,501 171,520 232,194 MAINE 0 0 0 64,659 MARYLAND 106,584 74,328 90,456 90,456 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 38,088 12,696 MICHIGAN 75,912 73,946 131,922 125,934 MINNESOTA 1,525,104 954,603 2,645,968 2,356,764 MISSISSIPPI 6,444 4,356 265,269 334,509 MISSOURI 208,968 272,828 235,488 408,255 MONTANA 24 169,704 206,736 218,388 NEBRASKA 201,684 842,220 575,916 850,587 NEVADA 226,579 153,111 200,919 255,180 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 32,310 NEW JERSEY 0000 NEW MEXICO 109,652 117,906 145,803 163,329 NEW YORK 0 831,192 858,447 854,403 NORTH CAROLINA 0000 NORTH DAKOTA 82,741 99,363 114,840 318,216 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 0000 OHIO 541,740 347,772 444,756 486,741 OKLAHOMA 221,136 248,988 334,518 434,898 OREGON 23,904 165,069 172,566 194,796 PENNSYLVANIA 29,344 21,104 25,233 40,323 PUERTO RICO 0000 RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA 668,088 530,796 1,029,132 1,725,921 SOUTH DAKOTA 57,508 440,843 601,170 1,129,986 TENNESSEE 128,892 73,872 (25,716) 220,392 TEXAS 458,676 391,145 488,910 510,408 UTAH 39,180 47,712 34,896 35,268 VERMONT 0 0 0 397,989 VIRGIN ISLANDS 0000 VIRGINIA 171,492 151,159 (219,831) 173,616 WASHINGTON (4,509) 23,292 66,278 41,424 WEST VIRGINIA 54,816 35,928 117,816 118,455 WISCONSIN 1,148,605 1,337,861 1,558,180 2,050,344 WYOMING 87,144 83,997 167,148 169,914 INDUSTRY TOTAL 9,140,824 11,590,707 15,163,514 20,216,202 Source: Universal Service Administrative Company filings to the FCC. Note: Payments are actual disbursements made in each year and may include out-of-year adjustments to payments made for previous years. Payments for 2006 are projections based on the filing for the 3rd quarter of 2006. Table 3.7 Safety Net Additive Support Payments by State or Jurisdiction (Dollars) 3 - 19 State or Jurisdiction 2005 2006 ALABAMA 0 0 ALASKA 171,648 0 AMERICAN SAMOA 0 0 ARIZONA 43,740 3,507 ARKANSAS 0 0 CALIFORNIA 0 0 COLORADO 0 0 CONNECTICUT 0 0 DELAWARE 0 0 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 FLORIDA 0 0 GEORGIA 0 0 GUAM 0 0 HAWAII 0 0 IDAHO 0 0 ILLINOIS 0 0 INDIANA 0 0 IOWA 9,360 22,293 KANSAS 0 0 KENTUCKY 0 0 LOUISIANA 0 0 MAINE 0 0 MARYLAND 0 0 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 MICHIGAN 0 0 MINNESOTA 0 0 MISSISSIPPI 0 0 MISSOURI 0 0 MONTANA 0 0 NEBRASKA 0 0 NEVADA 0 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 NEW JERSEY 0 0 NEW MEXICO 0 0 NEW YORK 0 0 NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 NORTH DAKOTA 0 120,648 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 0 0 OHIO 0 0 OKLAHOMA 0 0 OREGON 0 0 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 RHODE ISLAND 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 SOUTH DAKOTA 13,488 12,636 TENNESSEE 0 0 TEXAS 245,172 0 UTAH 88,572 92,976 VERMONT 0 0 VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 VIRGINIA 0 0 WASHINGTON 0 0 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 WISCONSIN 3,806,163 1,577,532 WYOMING 0 0 INDUSTRY TOTAL 4,378,143 1,829,592 Source: Universal Service Administrative Company filings to the FCC. Note: Payments are actual disbursements made in each year and may include out-of-year adjustments to payments made for previous years. Payments for 2006 are projections based on the filing for the 3rd quarter of 2006. Table 3.8 Safety Valve Support Payments by State or Jurisdiction (Dollars) 3 - 20 State or Jurisdiction 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ALABAMA 51,743,652 46,445,571 42,927,069 42,116,427 42,621,753 45,789,693 49,426,830 ALASKA 0000000 AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA 0000000 ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA 0000000 COLORADO CONNECTICUT 0000000 DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0000000 FLORIDA GEORGIA 0000000 GUAM HAWAII 0000000 IDAHO ILLINOIS 0000000 INDIANA IOWA 0000000 KANSAS KENTUCKY 1,165,656 0 3,262,920 3,189,189 16,315,065 16,997,301 19,025,169 LOUISIANA 0000000 MAINE 10,775,778 8,873,436 5,480,907 5,653,734 2,137,286 2,044,395 2,111,536 MARYLAND 0000000 MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN 0000000 MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI 103,707,456 103,996,830 120,595,569 120,967,993 136,773,388 146,626,579 178,823,661 MISSOURI 0000000 MONTANA 1,541,526 4,383,033 10,887,342 10,757,091 17,806,404 19,867,213 22,006,918 NEBRASKA 00004,189,576 7,084,560 6,888,378 NEVADA 0000000 NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY 0000000 NEW MEXICO NEW YORK 0000000 NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA 0000000 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS OHIO 0000000 OKLAHOMA OREGON 0000000 PENNSYLVANIA PUERTO RICO 0000000 RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA 0000000 SOUTH DAKOTA 00001,536,621 2,455,359 2,628,786 TENNESSEE 0000000 TEXAS UTAH 0000000 VERMONT 15,103,584 10,007,652 9,117,498 9,646,596 10,792,938 10,294,152 10,114,431 VIRGIN ISLANDS 0000000 VIRGINIA WASHINGTON 0000000 WEST VIRGINIA 31,234,866 25,875,165 30,651,192 31,654,752 25,846,873 26,327,823 27,145,319 WISCONSIN 0000000 WYOMING 3,399,585 6,150,825 9,879,543 10,044,726 15,405,661 14,353,070 14,194,418 INDUSTRY TOTAL 218,672,103 205,732,512 232,802,040 234,030,508 273,425,565 291,840,145 332,365,445 Source: Universal Service Administrative Company filings to the FCC. Note: Payments are actual disbursements made in each year and may include out-of-year adjustments to payments made for previous years. Payments for 2006 are projections based on the filing for the 3rd quarter of 2006. Table 3.9 High-Cost Model Support Payments by State or Jurisdiction (Dollars) 3 - 21 State or Jurisdiction 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ALABAMA 7,166,124 7,260,720 7,334,976 7,444,164 7,596,475 7,571,025 3,837,982 (700) ALASKA 16,989,936 16,782,816 16,954,464 17,206,932 17,622,828 18,052,434 9,441,522 199 AMERICAN SAMOA 0 0 258,360 262,212 268,176 274,524 137,262 0 ARIZONA 3,031,056 3,079,740 3,111,216 3,171,553 3,285,558 3,453,125 1,759,437 0 ARKANSAS 14,992,212 15,238,044 15,393,852 15,623,064 15,302,418 14,134,308 6,681,546 0 CALIFORNIA 13,236,636 13,136,832 13,271,160 13,468,788 12,984,942 12,635,988 6,392,190 0 COLORADO 12,580,056 11,989,644 12,112,248 12,292,620 12,643,747 13,237,232 7,715,859 (99) CONNECTICUT 177,480 161,316 162,960 165,396 169,152 173,160 87,558 0 DELAWARE 00000000 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA 6,312,636 5,267,508 5,321,388 5,400,636 5,406,816 5,074,572 2,408,435 (23,219) GEORGIA 17,295,180 17,682,108 17,862,864 18,128,952 18,506,856 18,707,226 9,612,378 0 GUAM 1,006,872 1,926,708 1,946,412 1,975,392 2,326,686 2,573,239 906,998 0 HAWAII 215,547 253,188 158,700 0 82,368 84,312 84,350 0 IDAHO 2,773,224 3,424,068 3,459,084 3,510,564 3,590,412 3,642,672 1,875,978 0 ILLINOIS 5,254,932 6,149,376 6,212,292 6,304,812 6,363,432 6,431,490 3,283,092 0 INDIANA 5,069,148 5,082,132 5,134,140 5,210,520 5,311,080 5,431,512 2,755,277 (1) IOWA 7,443,672 7,164,144 7,237,440 7,348,661 7,504,416 10,026,153 5,539,203 10,824 KANSAS 9,196,188 11,335,920 11,451,864 11,622,384 11,839,008 12,293,675 6,198,366 14,691 KENTUCKY 5,281,620 4,849,836 4,899,432 4,972,416 5,013,564 4,996,386 2,547,696 0 LOUISIANA 16,804,272 16,559,940 16,729,284 16,978,404 17,095,236 16,889,904 9,678,077 0 MAINE 5,620,956 5,947,728 6,008,532 6,098,040 6,128,058 6,300,581 3,352,960 20,544 MARYLAND 95,628 90,408 91,332 92,700 94,812 97,056 49,074 0 MASSACHUSETTS 100,956 101,184 102,228 103,752 106,104 107,976 55,176 0 MICHIGAN 8,770,020 9,721,740 9,821,136 9,967,428 10,124,478 10,372,897 5,849,090 (71,245) MINNESOTA 11,512,875 12,031,404 12,154,464 12,337,665 12,595,827 13,210,959 8,240,168 16,916 MISSISSIPPI 4,958,280 5,024,460 5,075,832 5,151,432 5,249,814 5,331,570 2,693,490 0 MISSOURI 10,297,848 10,608,516 10,660,200 10,876,632 10,982,550 10,385,796 5,040,366 0 MONTANA 9,871,788 9,907,968 10,009,296 10,158,348 10,389,300 10,630,326 5,376,420 0 NEBRASKA 3,745,176 3,821,904 3,861,012 3,918,516 3,984,318 4,043,706 2,050,026 0 NEVADA 1,114,488 907,116 916,380 930,024 965,097 1,047,916 539,184 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1,529,400 1,496,724 1,512,012 1,534,536 1,524,972 1,562,118 812,382 0 NEW JERSEY 00000000 NEW MEXICO 6,171,888 6,097,620 6,159,972 6,251,736 6,419,120 6,806,409 3,388,194 10,954 NEW YORK 6,895,260 6,737,412 6,806,316 6,907,692 6,792,648 6,402,138 3,076,368 0 NORTH CAROLINA 13,687,176 11,931,264 12,053,268 12,232,788 12,110,298 12,179,982 6,276,930 0 NORTH DAKOTA 5,652,804 5,921,508 5,982,072 6,071,148 6,210,909 8,092,932 4,466,998 1,811 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 00000000 OHIO 5,256,576 5,160,552 5,213,316 5,185,116 5,397,954 5,467,686 2,710,908 0 OKLAHOMA 16,099,620 16,246,176 16,412,304 16,656,708 16,886,808 16,497,282 8,146,740 0 OREGON 10,457,100 9,159,840 9,253,548 9,391,344 9,593,304 9,807,666 5,533,047 (569,885) PENNSYLVANIA 13,950,696 13,993,764 14,136,852 14,347,404 14,604,618 14,653,146 7,258,806 0 PUERTO RICO 91,200,252 89,253,768 90,871,314 96,930,129 95,186,238 96,296,564 60,779,136 0 RHODE ISLAND 00000000 SOUTH CAROLINA 10,720,464 10,986,012 11,098,404 11,263,620 11,005,990 11,457,343 5,875,128 0 SOUTH DAKOTA 4,389,072 4,989,084 5,040,072 5,115,180 5,274,207 6,417,324 3,453,158 527 TENNESSEE 10,611,060 10,287,924 10,393,116 10,547,916 10,787,772 10,695,102 5,251,596 0 TEXAS 31,326,576 29,350,572 29,650,692 30,092,220 29,298,066 28,928,034 15,215,244 (101,199) UTAH 1,585,764 1,472,940 1,488,012 1,510,188 1,544,508 1,581,084 799,488 0 VERMONT 3,357,552 2,364,576 2,388,756 2,424,312 2,479,464 2,538,132 1,283,448 0 VIRGIN ISLANDS 4,984,620 7,133,280 7,206,216 7,313,544 7,479,852 7,656,900 3,871,830 0 VIRGINIA 3,268,404 3,308,460 3,342,300 3,392,076 3,464,832 3,490,458 1,764,364 0 WASHINGTON 12,093,252 13,133,580 13,267,908 15,576,630 14,457,411 15,565,225 9,274,016 (23,511) WEST VIRGINIA 1,166,220 1,050,600 1,061,352 1,077,144 1,101,636 1,127,724 570,246 0 WISCONSIN 13,786,572 13,294,332 12,832,080 13,023,234 13,219,584 14,342,192 7,926,280 496,745 WYOMING 3,661,764 4,455,408 4,500,960 4,568,004 4,671,864 5,311,505 2,899,035 0 INDUSTRY TOTAL 472,766,898 473,331,864 478,383,390 492,134,676 493,045,583 504,088,666 274,822,502 (216,648) Source: Universal Service Administrative Company filings to the FCC. Note: Payments are actual disbursements made in each year and may include out-of-year adjustments to payments made for previous years. Long Term Support was merged into Interstate Common Line Support effective July 2004. All payments and refunds shown for 2005 are out-of-year adjustments. Table 3.10 Long-Term Support Payments by State or Jurisdiction (Dollars) 3 - 22 State or Jurisdiction 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ALABAMA 2,997,286 6,706,895 12,311,706 17,912,850 19,699,011 ALASKA 4,387,324 15,550,250 28,436,936 51,163,032 59,194,551 AMERICAN SAMOA 144,933 547,316 602,696 1,371,487 786,390 ARIZONA 2,395,184 5,884,058 8,430,613 11,891,383 12,430,080 ARKANSAS 10,561,406 21,278,826 36,807,579 43,782,381 48,195,996 CALIFORNIA 3,195,885 7,834,700 14,849,268 22,618,012 19,858,326 COLORADO 2,348,337 4,846,640 12,105,251 19,089,078 20,078,976 CONNECTICUT 145,251 466,003 778,550 1,015,519 781,842 DELAWARE 00000 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA 1,843,719 4,798,794 6,769,810 10,613,805 10,713,207 GEORGIA 7,985,127 9,888,884 25,194,781 31,804,674 32,099,994 GUAM 0 1,944,590 3,895,152 9,634,823 7,691,271 HAWAII 1,042,112 3,382,714 5,726,995 11,650,211 14,805,858 IDAHO 2,118,685 4,783,780 6,703,398 9,136,360 9,150,768 ILLINOIS 4,873,202 12,099,372 17,604,024 24,612,961 24,912,918 INDIANA 2,732,462 5,593,217 9,550,887 13,294,018 15,048,516 IOWA 6,392,962 17,673,953 27,784,532 37,039,059 37,824,888 KANSAS 8,374,144 20,491,336 31,789,158 53,970,469 53,518,161 KENTUCKY 3,842,169 8,828,617 12,846,173 19,386,580 24,793,428 LOUISIANA 2,940,771 6,886,736 16,132,945 30,875,677 35,086,944 MAINE 1,874,680 4,558,496 7,625,501 12,264,837 12,586,320 MARYLAND 233,111 540,299 692,878 631,194 748,830 MASSACHUSETTS 135,412 528,252 358,862 523,278 204,672 MICHIGAN 2,097,739 4,106,032 10,308,057 19,139,688 21,709,398 MINNESOTA 7,623,604 17,502,520 30,915,928 45,914,230 49,107,453 MISSISSIPPI 1,767,876 3,848,737 6,937,730 12,347,306 15,335,364 MISSOURI 8,083,575 16,439,859 21,866,809 27,612,764 29,462,838 MONTANA 3,584,002 7,602,374 12,439,080 19,917,344 20,594,601 NEBRASKA 2,720,092 9,660,618 12,295,804 14,907,643 15,398,970 NEVADA 924,702 2,391,068 4,250,187 5,872,739 6,169,740 NEW HAMPSHIRE 801,512 1,015,355 1,475,878 2,195,778 2,707,254 NEW JERSEY 23,624 65,576 155,780 65,575 114,132 NEW MEXICO 2,088,710 5,183,424 9,028,948 13,827,216 14,323,362 NEW YORK 1,302,190 2,843,569 5,765,085 8,869,578 10,591,326 NORTH CAROLINA 3,678,899 7,733,613 17,519,304 25,490,287 29,824,947 NORTH DAKOTA 3,450,144 10,308,986 18,247,385 24,319,379 31,214,193 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 00000 OHIO 1,302,254 3,343,392 8,511,246 9,549,780 10,693,068 OKLAHOMA 6,572,534 15,817,757 24,661,302 41,359,918 44,071,869 OREGON 2,703,805 5,692,166 11,099,662 17,922,429 18,954,009 PENNSYLVANIA 5,117,516 13,783,938 24,416,450 36,597,346 34,838,274 PUERTO RICO 0 0 20,633,150 133,785,501 123,373,995 RHODE ISLAND 00000 SOUTH CAROLINA 8,449,503 18,335,121 26,936,830 31,291,743 35,320,044 SOUTH DAKOTA 4,051,624 13,018,722 19,653,404 28,273,815 28,227,081 TENNESSEE 3,171,610 7,695,735 14,099,702 22,704,787 22,664,238 TEXAS 10,578,327 23,790,625 39,683,782 66,702,372 57,673,629 UTAH 2,997,786 6,548,404 7,981,178 9,509,333 8,754,492 VERMONT 1,798,600 4,121,057 5,621,540 9,459,851 6,716,670 VIRGIN ISLANDS 1,573,244 4,841,481 8,102,288 8,208,247 14,403,048 VIRGINIA 1,330,261 3,153,427 5,437,672 7,880,265 8,148,924 WASHINGTON 1,890,078 4,067,291 13,772,747 24,311,453 27,089,154 WEST VIRGINIA 525,724 1,021,869 1,699,050 2,213,373 2,308,908 WISCONSIN 10,591,177 26,810,522 37,746,299 61,839,440 68,111,541 WYOMING 1,529,326 3,277,385 7,493,687 11,971,746 12,493,506 INDUSTRY TOTAL 172,894,199 409,134,351 715,753,659 1,178,342,614 1,230,606,975 Source: Universal Service Administrative Company filings to the FCC. Note: Payments for 2002 to 2004 are final trueups that include adjustments made in subsequent years. Payments for 2005 are actual disbursements made in that year and may include out-of year adjustments to payments made for previous ye Payments for 2006 are projections based on the filing for the 3rd quarter of 2006. Table 3.11 Interstate Common Line Support Trued-up Payments by State or Jurisdiction (Dollars) 3 - 23 State or Jurisdiction 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ALABAMA 8,828,091 17,767,491 24,056,472 11,299,565 18,797,196 20,213,970 18,625,869 ALASKA 0000000 AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA 2,140,941 12,768,167 20,376,165 18,700,551 19,449,051 19,352,556 19,276,449 ARKANSAS 3,378,933 6,822,129 4,787,478 8,015,127 17,186,127 17,419,164 11,100,684 CALIFORNIA 16,211,703 32,326,125 31,961,553 32,634,651 31,135,644 34,361,808 39,526,641 COLORADO 8,099,265 16,016,586 15,852,048 19,092,198 20,910,102 20,807,553 20,484,033 CONNECTICUT 0 340,266 544,332 822,528 809,772 509,337 582,861 DELAWARE 199,512 385,947 373,665 320,397 266,283 259,146 254,508 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0000000 FLORIDA 30,507,915 62,063,139 61,218,594 54,381,078 59,856,746 64,278,167 57,554,229 GEORGIA 5,957,415 11,891,154 13,484,496 14,168,910 15,808,323 24,340,592 20,935,623 GUAM 0000000 HAWAII 744,795 2,702,961 2,254,638 2,159,208 2,331,290 2,575,110 2,652,801 IDAHO 6,935,610 14,488,992 14,985,027 15,481,290 15,995,493 16,100,781 16,061,787 ILLINOIS 6,698,124 13,200,369 13,216,725 12,664,326 12,452,580 12,364,854 12,239,280 INDIANA 11,687,559 23,902,872 24,211,953 25,112,991 25,104,358 23,839,515 23,576,010 IOWA 3,745,074 7,056,894 6,895,944 6,716,220 6,691,367 5,937,684 4,918,953 KANSAS 3,345,489 7,045,917 7,581,021 5,139,362 8,049,550 7,571,579 6,855,207 KENTUCKY 9,056,898 16,185,444 19,290,270 17,609,436 16,827,594 18,294,115 19,231,011 LOUISIANA 5,445,729 10,805,082 10,315,482 10,083,627 10,607,348 12,368,644 11,397,885 MAINE 431,805 725,691 359,514 156,371 305,553 232,362 121,227 MARYLAND 1,984,422 3,752,091 3,555,162 1,676,697 1,174,311 2,428,287 2,544,657 MASSACHUSETTS 681,882 788,682 128,256 172,320 1,097,472 1,888,512 1,856,583 MICHIGAN 99,879 145,413 238,794 356,853 396,309 558,415 589,266 MINNESOTA 2,086,566 3,428,328 4,429,914 5,312,741 4,502,815 5,115,355 3,810,603 MISSISSIPPI 5,952,876 11,797,332 20,357,364 17,219,518 17,958,436 18,536,502 20,884,755 MISSOURI 7,711,950 15,880,248 13,954,164 15,419,076 14,500,926 13,303,611 12,121,308 MONTANA 266,052 559,239 663,987 969,060 1,181,556 1,313,050 903,114 NEBRASKA 603,621 1,325,355 2,629,749 5,571,516 4,974,468 5,680,736 5,388,786 NEVADA 3,033,204 8,394,360 7,789,374 11,046,549 10,085,637 10,579,080 10,631,886 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1,008,735 1,971,087 3,453,606 3,523,182 1,998,219 1,824,702 1,876,566 NEW JERSEY 2,536,380 5,000,085 2,562,480 375,450 438,402 366,186 298,152 NEW MEXICO 3,880,002 7,735,743 7,857,828 9,231,663 7,980,834 9,948,258 8,705,553 NEW YORK 12,196,734 23,369,421 19,654,758 16,928,592 15,901,489 19,289,301 18,351,765 NORTH CAROLINA 5,808,558 12,088,692 23,010,936 33,845,778 34,870,061 36,958,926 32,587,443 NORTH DAKOTA 589,725 1,159,116 711,963 760,722 761,854 835,631 897,453 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 126,321 250,371 248,817 272,676 286,995 346,284 387,909 OHIO 3,902,088 11,584,665 15,038,265 15,200,220 15,632,610 14,791,125 14,318,337 OKLAHOMA 3,429,762 6,931,635 5,057,199 6,330,615 4,784,511 5,169,266 2,024,646 OREGON 7,787,661 19,583,346 21,956,826 21,784,824 18,852,033 20,141,792 20,906,295 PENNSYLVANIA 6,535,158 13,375,383 16,013,835 18,902,013 19,181,096 21,141,788 23,329,323 PUERTO RICO 0000000 RHODE ISLAND 25,686 96,477 60,198 46,491 56,457 44,472 37,287 SOUTH CAROLINA 8,337,342 16,797,183 15,749,205 14,701,164 14,089,749 13,275,792 12,721,401 SOUTH DAKOTA 31,119 71,940 86,637 171,569 177,072 146,295 51,030 TENNESSEE 4,499,133 8,638,695 7,768,041 8,773,317 9,955,481 10,141,752 9,763,371 TEXAS 19,343,871 38,621,091 39,305,025 41,354,421 37,331,712 39,592,084 36,071,898 UTAH 1,798,356 2,711,406 2,436,198 2,326,740 2,189,661 2,531,382 2,505,615 VERMONT 191,970 1,194,909 1,970,931 2,145,891 2,421,292 2,417,928 2,393,391 VIRGIN ISLANDS 0000000 VIRGINIA 25,632,867 52,028,370 55,598,061 59,525,562 63,058,434 70,063,707 61,916,259 WASHINGTON 11,103,702 22,905,042 23,674,848 25,561,148 28,958,896 34,445,643 38,016,540 WEST VIRGINIA 9,946,782 19,314,279 19,824,648 19,580,352 16,479,853 19,680,115 19,350,108 WISCONSIN 1,323,642 2,631,846 1,406,055 256,329 315,939 369,399 272,886 WYOMING 2,966,646 6,072,090 6,478,326 7,840,214 7,566,871 7,247,830 6,268,140 INDUSTRY TOTAL 278,837,550 576,699,146 615,436,827 621,741,099 641,745,828 691,000,143 657,177,384 Source: Universal Service Administrative Company filings to the FCC. Note: Payments are actual disbursements made in each year and may include out-of-year adjustments to payments made for previous years. Payments for 2006 are projections based on the filing for the 3rd quarter of 2006. Table 3.12 Interstate Access Support Payments by State or Jurisdiction (Dollars) 3 - 24 State or Jurisdiction 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ALABAMA 9,863,334 7,349,622 6,731,295 6,771,888 6,234,524 6,261,958 6,142,285 5,877,598 6,772,341 ALASKA 15,140,835 14,175,093 14,769,177 13,573,329 13,073,054 13,629,364 13,897,171 14,896,038 17,641,893 AMERICAN SAMOA 0 124,410 214,791 179,040 462,129 410,532 353,285 292,404 400,404 ARIZONA 9,271,179 9,732,288 10,637,322 9,516,402 8,930,867 9,515,657 10,592,939 10,076,843 12,172,665 ARKANSAS 7,457,826 7,035,777 7,353,954 7,289,430 7,908,315 8,479,740 7,901,593 9,015,158 9,069,057 CALIFORNIA 6,954,408 6,794,022 6,399,933 6,521,277 6,009,440 5,760,996 5,217,074 5,043,072 5,171,052 COLORADO 3,818,154 3,721,788 3,909,582 4,305,947 4,546,744 4,661,294 4,819,943 4,710,194 4,786,704 CONNECTICUT 1,035,240 797,637 789,657 686,412 647,701 780,972 769,737 723,888 667,692 DELAWARE 000000000 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA 4,220,451 3,442,098 3,570,501 4,300,156 3,918,308 3,904,512 4,057,818 4,117,775 3,947,352 GEORGIA 13,521,924 13,123,731 12,859,902 13,588,262 13,892,267 14,193,144 14,001,536 13,963,260 13,954,485 GUAM 000000000 HAWAII 39,648 840,993 1,121,160 1,368,760 1,559,675 1,315,884 1,145,671 2,828,103 2,572,149 IDAHO 6,202,335 6,166,839 6,515,499 7,881,547 7,633,664 7,174,584 6,964,817 6,701,760 7,466,736 ILLINOIS 11,998,443 12,457,695 12,221,301 11,899,200 12,135,972 11,200,944 11,580,138 10,007,740 11,294,574 INDIANA 8,341,722 8,755,638 8,908,611 8,598,134 8,091,963 8,861,364 9,226,610 9,574,479 9,983,001 IOWA 15,075,849 14,710,702 14,985,528 15,535,527 14,430,044 20,700,339 24,473,842 23,940,702 28,993,116 KANSAS 14,131,281 13,664,862 12,942,879 13,598,238 13,743,190 13,385,756 14,050,257 17,789,839 19,321,353 KENTUCKY 5,490,699 5,242,098 5,317,815 5,353,004 4,443,159 5,054,280 5,251,486 5,259,811 6,295,956 LOUISIANA 6,574,767 6,179,073 6,589,386 6,291,088 6,342,269 6,239,388 6,367,294 6,482,711 7,284,246 MAINE 7,714,515 7,722,324 7,780,815 7,537,371 7,380,662 7,048,839 7,684,590 6,953,210 8,101,932 MARYLAND 473,400 506,382 504,963 765,011 620,696 658,416 666,642 910,308 684,840 MASSACHUSETTS 383,571 493,053 480,966 648,664 731,992 1,155,972 879,906 969,828 555,768 MICHIGAN 8,270,259 8,200,446 8,002,278 7,638,095 7,566,044 8,189,930 9,119,224 9,230,104 10,347,087 MINNESOTA 17,503,701 17,560,428 17,662,626 16,841,415 16,092,328 16,899,638 21,131,238 22,916,871 23,644,611 MISSISSIPPI 3,596,718 3,482,388 3,484,518 3,608,845 3,469,620 3,536,112 3,878,756 4,206,240 5,253,495 MISSOURI 7,656,195 7,548,462 6,377,469 6,623,599 6,484,070 7,433,510 7,349,495 7,325,605 7,155,882 MONTANA 8,932,746 8,390,469 8,428,140 8,963,262 8,990,569 8,621,580 8,358,861 8,192,520 8,491,761 NEBRASKA 10,129,721 10,897,575 10,718,199 11,198,680 10,881,237 11,044,080 10,899,121 10,949,808 11,097,834 NEVADA 5,815,119 5,871,945 6,439,410 6,890,199 6,700,770 7,195,129 6,555,624 6,619,642 7,788,609 NEW HAMPSHIRE 4,699,155 5,375,313 4,679,721 4,924,103 5,143,237 4,415,472 4,404,418 4,043,544 4,738,170 NEW JERSEY 1,232,427 993,234 1,151,775 1,020,055 905,089 1,092,276 848,615 900,252 877,356 NEW MEXICO 8,400,984 7,554,042 8,767,137 9,326,957 10,062,728 9,664,846 9,625,004 10,917,854 11,230,143 NEW YORK 17,322,360 17,838,462 17,843,838 17,133,941 16,354,539 15,814,788 15,233,251 14,788,388 15,702,738 NORTH CAROLINA 6,082,674 5,636,580 5,810,920 5,703,355 5,417,894 5,826,960 5,890,570 5,834,124 6,346,770 NORTH DAKOTA 10,830,486 10,709,298 9,840,591 10,240,836 8,353,188 13,297,296 14,191,822 16,133,342 20,684,073 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 667,803 798,222 705,837 660,533 621,466 572,028 557,001 321,444 678,525 OHIO 4,473,951 4,629,063 4,676,637 4,867,749 4,258,209 4,363,296 4,640,354 3,838,968 4,646,256 OKLAHOMA 15,840,726 14,001,165 14,510,214 14,668,500 15,206,699 14,815,608 14,332,020 16,160,661 18,105,783 OREGON 7,255,236 7,391,592 7,747,791 8,043,837 7,534,165 7,435,848 7,695,070 8,181,724 9,117,720 PENNSYLVANIA 6,905,862 6,721,311 6,733,593 6,510,344 5,421,431 6,132,228 6,111,372 5,834,644 5,807,007 PUERTO RICO 000000000 RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA 11,068,493 8,161,467 7,290,804 8,359,632 6,678,733 6,465,300 6,302,875 4,758,792 6,128,640 SOUTH DAKOTA 9,652,416 10,213,983 10,349,034 9,575,970 9,192,674 11,085,063 14,076,313 14,710,586 15,941,523 TENNESSEE 8,401,485 7,583,802 8,018,046 7,710,598 7,512,313 7,700,016 7,737,700 7,169,574 7,617,930 TEXAS 16,636,698 15,841,335 16,620,900 18,510,072 18,962,362 19,027,244 18,743,342 19,215,306 19,987,878 UTAH 4,860,150 4,786,446 5,365,695 4,898,082 4,583,074 4,590,864 4,366,211 4,043,628 5,052,012 VERMONT 4,716,894 4,637,340 5,095,044 5,068,918 4,617,768 4,421,460 4,269,200 5,396,550 5,122,599 VIRGIN ISLANDS 000000000 VIRGINIA 4,681,620 4,863,735 5,156,877 5,075,806 5,325,061 5,933,277 5,761,405 5,890,835 5,827,470 WASHINGTON 5,850,558 5,838,087 6,311,820 7,998,375 6,624,004 6,766,254 7,883,472 8,483,453 8,367,474 WEST VIRGINIA 3,235,917 3,548,727 3,904,146 4,171,461 3,422,479 3,236,400 3,797,382 2,516,999 3,838,470 WISCONSIN 22,644,561 22,794,588 23,021,091 22,007,452 21,361,341 23,927,316 25,601,631 28,387,399 31,768,938 WYOMING 5,172,102 5,416,926 5,420,082 5,419,675 5,412,066 6,358,662 8,969,976 7,691,669 8,164,203 INDUSTRY TOTAL 390,246,598 380,322,556 384,739,270 389,869,033 375,891,793 396,256,416 414,375,957 424,795,247 466,668,273 Source: Universal Service Administrative Company filings to the FCC. Note: Payments for 1998 to 2004 are final trueups that include adjustments made in subsequent years. Payments for 2005 are actual disbursements made in that year and may include out-of year adjustments to payments made for previous years. Payments for 2006 are projections based on the filing for the 3rd quarter of 2006. Table 3.13 Local Switching Support Trued-up Payments by State or Jurisdiction (Dollars) 3 - 25 State or Jurisdiction 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ALABAMA 38,830,293 36,318,951 88,214,302 93,882,843 99,862,304 92,281,837 100,839,113 109,342,677 116,898,381 ALASKA 64,131,034 67,816,605 70,315,653 74,543,499 79,758,279 90,253,444 100,070,063 120,273,831 138,669,555 AMERICAN SAMOA 0 124,410 473,151 458,928 875,238 1,230,722 1,860,943 2,317,903 1,496,616 ARIZONA 32,845,473 31,174,674 35,577,804 49,905,596 61,391,530 68,081,699 80,199,519 74,550,458 84,377,685 ARKANSAS 68,338,557 73,247,163 71,691,402 75,398,793 101,091,641 113,093,878 134,304,295 140,997,233 135,999,939 CALIFORNIA 52,643,600 49,657,305 64,070,553 82,347,999 86,528,021 92,182,679 95,239,532 98,865,502 106,522,107 COLORADO 43,928,578 43,789,464 53,761,542 62,003,540 66,831,777 76,528,120 83,298,668 79,276,796 79,505,334 CONNECTICUT 1,212,720 958,953 952,617 1,192,074 1,506,436 2,242,663 2,445,617 2,248,744 2,032,395 DELAWARE 0 0 199,512 385,947 373,665 320,397 266,283 259,146 254,508 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 000000000 FLORIDA 20,036,950 18,547,026 49,781,316 84,627,004 85,609,445 80,109,504 83,780,751 91,450,173 84,327,762 GEORGIA 74,656,229 71,765,064 79,228,268 91,334,696 110,244,701 110,373,162 107,428,208 111,693,308 104,648,550 GUAM 1,006,872 2,321,256 3,169,872 2,318,838 2,326,686 5,955,731 9,578,015 19,165,364 15,234,372 HAWAII 286,766 1,472,913 2,403,015 5,348,833 7,010,380 9,967,573 14,138,556 29,524,646 41,185,662 IDAHO 28,885,473 29,219,598 35,787,777 44,531,158 49,013,604 51,909,601 53,012,454 55,055,167 53,095,818 ILLINOIS 22,589,490 38,898,339 31,342,473 39,137,373 48,484,898 55,082,865 57,479,322 63,506,433 65,664,984 INDIANA 16,278,436 17,058,453 30,488,022 42,060,071 47,141,468 53,161,533 55,473,147 56,632,465 60,818,691 IOWA 25,990,409 25,802,260 30,643,488 35,299,664 43,877,192 70,438,242 82,571,252 90,336,030 101,298,783 KANSAS 59,007,494 64,603,071 67,053,729 81,025,797 94,416,663 111,477,724 129,565,850 178,684,268 185,405,229 KENTUCKY 24,460,486 19,501,563 29,807,009 36,026,757 57,147,036 59,773,467 72,026,073 83,600,068 97,011,282 LOUISIANA 65,332,257 63,648,414 72,467,664 80,748,606 87,583,016 91,029,193 102,251,432 111,240,784 126,771,702 MAINE 18,175,357 18,968,121 32,099,073 30,927,750 29,496,861 30,558,142 30,021,020 28,811,889 30,209,536 MARYLAND 569,028 596,790 2,580,717 4,657,430 4,704,481 3,451,702 2,936,899 4,326,582 4,362,789 MASSACHUSETTS 489,687 641,841 1,285,080 1,657,924 1,340,972 2,120,262 2,493,872 3,634,062 2,707,494 MICHIGAN 31,188,240 34,738,875 39,393,036 40,442,672 45,278,445 45,932,413 49,185,840 53,574,560 58,786,707 MINNESOTA 37,439,032 41,442,858 48,130,605 49,793,043 65,892,881 80,638,979 94,331,448 113,352,024 120,796,116 MISSISSIPPI 26,793,296 26,773,044 132,785,751 141,139,843 170,586,927 170,300,475 187,668,196 209,250,553 250,332,675 MISSOURI 47,215,940 50,654,082 65,568,381 73,681,087 84,316,081 92,171,760 91,063,244 85,145,512 88,558,278 MONTANA 42,065,201 43,346,418 45,254,916 51,694,230 62,832,464 66,314,404 72,153,213 76,730,706 76,954,333 NEBRASKA 19,868,058 21,377,097 23,729,919 26,378,585 31,464,331 44,359,887 49,170,267 55,889,730 56,780,682 NEVADA 10,462,430 10,994,325 15,066,537 22,847,013 23,263,410 30,132,348 27,752,367 29,638,863 32,076,444 NEW HAMPSHIRE 8,487,987 8,506,026 8,489,304 9,433,625 11,898,687 11,384,021 9,372,836 8,731,668 9,672,669 NEW JERSEY 2,976,024 993,234 3,688,155 6,020,140 3,491,193 1,533,302 1,442,797 1,332,013 1,289,640 NEW MEXICO 33,552,080 34,527,114 37,100,202 41,421,404 46,431,624 50,546,709 50,765,871 58,511,212 60,857,106 NEW YORK 35,363,672 37,395,060 51,532,557 59,942,192 56,182,579 51,833,733 49,813,885 51,832,628 53,666,208 NORTH CAROLINA 40,762,084 31,719,741 33,997,699 38,944,285 55,742,932 71,561,647 80,269,482 80,179,255 81,350,751 NORTH DAKOTA 21,101,916 21,703,062 25,437,877 28,584,627 31,744,152 51,015,952 53,815,998 62,718,338 79,802,055 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 4,236,713 5,529,978 3,257,226 3,594,740 3,526,267 1,652,912 774,314 667,728 1,066,434 OHIO 14,040,836 15,056,667 19,503,900 29,246,406 33,911,495 38,248,134 40,738,649 37,754,247 38,602,698 OKLAHOMA 59,502,768 58,345,860 67,401,390 76,622,223 85,828,129 106,243,999 102,948,779 120,188,047 122,146,587 OREGON 35,755,689 36,809,835 47,354,850 60,851,409 67,392,263 70,843,149 70,173,166 68,468,745 74,931,717 PENNSYLVANIA 22,169,364 21,611,712 28,472,919 35,438,459 42,712,402 55,174,266 58,649,426 65,503,613 66,462,309 PUERTO RICO 138,864,798 133,459,656 141,441,540 117,948,741 96,548,538 99,628,150 81,411,184 133,785,501 123,373,995 RHODE ISLAND 0 0 25,686 96,477 60,198 46,491 56,457 44,472 37,287 SOUTH CAROLINA 44,424,832 40,003,113 46,068,145 55,646,667 71,350,010 79,517,759 78,116,203 76,322,172 82,243,845 SOUTH DAKOTA 16,924,254 19,478,967 22,225,041 23,913,594 32,350,962 48,565,139 61,761,535 77,787,796 83,769,330 TENNESSEE 27,395,910 28,449,801 34,482,177 40,735,155 46,355,893 52,880,294 54,745,975 54,684,345 54,004,191 TEXAS 123,089,671 118,600,308 138,101,139 167,709,390 189,183,733 213,580,058 230,333,036 230,017,003 216,175,209 UTAH 9,928,920 10,178,430 12,535,251 14,109,453 18,079,066 23,912,518 22,675,062 23,579,405 23,959,923 VERMONT 12,539,982 11,248,704 26,244,471 22,593,331 25,804,315 28,139,515 30,190,850 35,243,951 32,004,033 VIRGIN ISLANDS 16,199,322 22,973,160 23,786,676 25,253,094 27,525,044 26,869,011 25,972,598 22,617,908 25,185,111 VIRGINIA 12,440,891 12,837,387 38,477,018 64,489,462 69,908,969 76,629,730 78,676,247 87,312,369 79,278,762 WASHINGTON 40,942,959 43,165,287 53,885,595 77,047,992 78,046,801 80,293,879 87,913,564 94,387,261 98,770,875 WEST VIRGINIA 24,421,006 22,991,175 63,450,822 72,163,053 80,465,705 78,449,420 68,461,541 66,317,650 69,294,701 WISCONSIN 49,669,554 50,982,323 54,591,597 58,828,744 68,548,687 90,947,275 98,420,976 130,225,031 137,479,992 WYOMING 20,786,386 25,954,848 29,896,680 35,195,050 41,610,883 48,070,187 58,246,866 56,598,063 54,968,687 INDUSTRY TOTAL 1,690,305,004 1,717,980,381 2,234,771,101 2,591,627,306 2,934,951,359 3,259,041,656 3,468,352,756 3,824,185,898 3,993,178,523 Source: Universal Service Administrative Company filings to the FCC. Note: Payments shown here are the sums of payments shown in Tables 3.6 through 3.13. Table 3.14 Total High-Cost Support Payments by State or Jurisdiction (Dollars) 3 - 26 State or Jurisdiction ILECs CETCs ILECs CETCs ILECs CETCs ILECs CETCs ILECs CETCs ILECs CETCs ILECs CETCs ILECs CETCs Alabama 36,318,951 0 88,214,302 0 93,882,843 0 99,840,657 21,647 89,293,506 2,988,331 94,588,334 6,250,779 97,678,778 11,663,899 102,251,011 14,647,370 Alaska 67,816,605 0 70,315,653 0 74,543,499 0 79,633,434 124,846 88,850,054 1,403,390 95,096,980 4,973,083 100,627,607 19,646,224 98,674,638 39,994,917 American Samoa 124,410 0 473,151 0 458,928 0 875,238 0 1,230,722 0 1,860,943 0 2,317,903 0 1,496,616 0 Arizona 31,174,674 0 35,577,804 0 48,845,290 1,060,306 56,758,691 4,632,839 62,265,191 5,816,508 66,572,006 13,627,513 61,804,813 12,745,645 68,565,687 15,811,998 Arkansas 73,247,163 0 71,691,402 0 75,398,793 0 101,091,641 0 112,277,219 816,659 104,291,859 30,012,436 103,476,130 37,521,103 106,173,927 29,826,012 California 49,657,305 0 64,070,553 0 82,347,999 0 86,503,022 24,999 92,059,403 123,276 95,186,762 52,770 98,674,387 191,115 106,390,695 131,412 Colorado 43,789,464 0 53,761,542 0 62,003,540 0 66,143,448 688,329 73,651,142 2,876,978 74,987,264 8,311,404 72,049,895 7,226,901 71,123,691 8,381,643 Connecticut 958,953 0 952,617 0 1,192,074 0 1,506,436 0 2,242,663 0 2,445,617 0 2,248,744 0 2,032,395 0 Delaware 0 0 199,512 0 385,947 0 373,665 0 320,397 0 266,283 0 259,146 0 254,508 0 District of Columbia 0000000000000000 Florida 18,547,026 0 49,781,316 0 84,627,004 0 85,609,445 0 80,109,504 0 81,841,610 1,939,141 81,140,368 10,309,805 76,734,600 7,593,162 Georgia 71,765,064 0 79,228,268 0 91,334,696 0 110,244,701 0 110,373,162 0 105,771,772 1,656,436 102,637,923 9,055,385 99,096,693 5,551,857 Guam 2,321,256 0 3,169,872 0 2,318,838 0 1,969,968 356,718 4,572,924 1,382,807 7,434,786 2,143,229 11,427,375 7,737,989 7,884,885 7,349,487 Hawaii 1,472,913 0 2,403,015 0 5,348,833 0 7,010,380 0 9,967,573 0 13,889,383 249,173 17,568,456 11,956,190 22,606,476 18,579,186 Idaho 29,219,598 0 35,787,777 0 44,531,158 0 49,013,604 0 51,909,601 0 53,012,454 0 55,055,167 0 53,095,818 0 Illinois 38,898,339 0 31,342,473 0 39,137,373 0 48,479,657 5,241 55,080,459 2,406 57,479,277 45 63,505,452 981 65,663,013 1,971 Indiana 17,058,453 0 30,488,022 0 42,060,071 0 47,141,468 0 53,149,059 12,474 55,299,595 173,552 54,481,006 2,151,459 57,492,699 3,325,992 Iowa 25,802,260 0 30,643,488 0 35,233,563 66,101 43,224,375 652,816 54,547,156 15,891,086 55,841,707 26,729,545 55,618,671 34,717,359 60,925,257 40,373,526 Kansas 64,603,071 0 67,053,729 0 81,019,830 5,967 94,268,913 147,749 108,785,249 2,692,475 121,727,826 7,838,024 132,251,224 46,433,044 132,055,755 53,349,474 Kentucky 19,501,563 0 29,807,009 0 36,026,757 0 57,147,036 0 59,757,468 15,999 71,749,739 276,334 75,144,011 8,456,057 75,210,951 21,800,331 Louisiana 63,648,414 0 72,467,664 0 80,748,606 0 87,583,016 0 91,029,193 0 88,157,077 14,094,355 85,913,185 25,327,599 86,366,865 40,404,837 Maine 18,968,121 0 32,099,073 0 30,927,750 0 29,496,861 0 29,725,830 832,312 27,779,495 2,241,525 24,533,155 4,278,734 25,349,043 4,860,493 Maryland 596,790 0 2,580,717 0 4,657,430 0 4,704,481 0 3,451,702 0 2,936,899 0 4,326,582 0 4,361,691 1,098 Massachusetts 641,841 0 1,285,080 0 1,657,924 0 1,340,972 0 2,120,262 0 2,493,872 0 3,634,062 0 2,707,494 0 Michigan 34,738,875 0 39,393,036 0 40,431,984 10,688 44,477,695 800,750 44,379,093 1,553,320 43,022,294 6,163,546 43,744,197 9,830,363 44,631,927 14,154,780 Minnesota 41,442,858 0 48,130,605 0 49,698,983 94,060 65,788,105 104,776 78,599,334 2,039,645 75,428,194 18,903,254 81,420,327 31,931,697 82,321,251 38,474,865 Mississippi 26,773,044 0 132,785,751 0 141,139,843 0 149,589,072 20,997,855 145,961,305 24,339,170 146,413,078 41,255,118 147,106,117 62,144,436 140,588,648 109,744,027 Missouri 50,654,082 0 65,568,381 0 73,621,807 59,280 84,225,880 90,201 92,095,987 75,773 90,894,928 168,316 85,025,623 119,889 88,435,827 122,451 Montana 43,346,418 0 45,254,916 0 51,504,570 189,660 62,361,590 470,874 65,692,180 622,224 70,960,584 1,192,629 72,677,550 4,053,156 69,709,249 7,245,084 Nebraska 21,377,097 0 23,729,919 0 26,378,585 0 31,464,331 0 44,359,887 0 49,107,561 62,706 54,422,214 1,467,516 54,668,200 2,112,482 Nevada 10,994,325 0 15,066,537 0 22,846,950 63 22,973,633 289,777 26,224,437 3,907,911 24,211,672 3,540,695 24,451,060 5,187,803 25,630,626 6,445,818 New Hampshire 8,506,026 0 8,489,304 0 9,433,625 0 11,898,687 0 11,384,021 0 9,372,836 0 8,731,668 0 9,568,887 103,782 New Jersey 993,234 0 3,688,155 0 6,020,140 0 3,491,193 0 1,533,302 0 1,442,797 0 1,332,013 0 1,289,640 0 New Mexico 34,527,114 0 37,100,202 0 41,421,404 0 46,221,145 210,478 46,776,559 3,770,150 47,227,016 3,538,855 49,491,285 9,019,927 48,698,361 12,158,745 New York 37,395,060 0 51,532,557 0 59,460,149 482,043 55,659,061 523,518 51,104,130 729,603 49,633,569 180,316 47,160,351 4,672,277 49,473,066 4,193,142 North Carolina 31,719,741 0 33,997,699 0 38,944,285 0 55,742,932 0 71,561,647 0 79,089,350 1,180,132 72,920,918 7,258,337 76,169,451 5,181,300 North Dakota 21,703,062 0 25,437,877 0 28,584,627 0 31,654,811 89,341 39,959,801 11,056,151 38,869,743 14,946,255 36,413,361 26,304,977 42,433,701 37,368,354 Northern Mariana Islands 5,529,978 0 3,257,226 0 3,594,740 0 3,526,267 0 1,652,912 0 709,640 64,674 436,572 231,156 810,480 255,954 Ohio 15,056,667 0 19,503,900 0 29,246,406 0 33,911,495 0 38,248,134 0 40,738,649 0 37,754,247 0 38,602,698 0 Oklahoma 58,345,860 0 67,401,390 0 76,622,223 0 85,800,208 27,921 106,262,224 (18,225) 102,410,238 538,541 108,602,175 11,585,872 107,356,983 14,789,604 Oregon 36,809,835 0 47,354,850 0 60,851,409 0 67,392,263 0 70,843,149 0 66,199,436 3,973,730 64,914,449 3,554,296 64,870,959 10,060,758 Pennsylvania 21,611,712 0 28,472,919 0 35,438,459 0 42,712,402 0 55,174,266 0 58,321,676 327,750 63,459,742 2,043,871 64,707,909 1,754,400 Puerto Rico 132,925,644 534,012 139,946,898 1,494,642 111,508,014 6,440,727 86,185,212 10,363,326 85,955,805 13,672,345 58,567,786 22,843,398 66,047,054 67,738,447 47,407,680 75,966,315 Rhode Island 0 0 25,686 0 96,477 0 60,198 0 46,491 0 56,457 0 44,472 0 37,287 0 South Carolina 40,003,113 0 46,068,145 0 55,646,667 0 71,350,010 0 79,517,759 0 78,116,203 0 76,322,172 0 82,243,845 0 South Dakota 19,478,967 0 22,225,041 0 23,913,594 0 32,003,665 347,297 40,952,744 7,612,395 47,824,157 13,937,378 54,108,387 23,679,409 55,972,318 27,797,012 Tennessee 28,449,801 0 34,482,177 0 40,665,639 69,516 46,063,270 292,623 52,740,553 139,741 54,408,927 337,048 53,510,220 1,174,125 52,456,962 1,547,229 Texas 118,600,308 0 138,101,139 0 167,610,051 99,339 188,031,058 1,152,675 211,301,637 2,278,421 229,221,439 1,111,597 226,230,724 3,786,279 205,497,036 10,678,173 Utah 10,178,430 0 12,535,251 0 14,109,453 0 18,079,066 0 23,912,518 0 22,675,062 0 23,301,638 277,767 23,719,365 240,558 Vermont 11,248,704 0 26,244,471 0 22,593,331 0 25,804,315 0 27,501,079 638,436 27,158,041 3,032,809 28,418,389 6,825,562 26,045,892 5,958,141 Virgin Islands 22,973,160 0 23,786,676 0 25,253,094 0 27,525,044 0 26,869,011 0 25,972,598 0 22,617,908 0 25,185,111 0 Virginia 12,837,387 0 38,477,018 0 64,489,462 0 69,908,969 0 76,629,469 261 75,789,178 2,887,069 72,048,998 15,263,371 67,111,638 12,167,124 Washington 43,165,287 0 53,885,595 0 68,815,275 8,232,717 75,016,670 3,030,131 72,354,489 7,939,390 68,107,492 19,806,072 65,989,527 28,397,734 64,046,469 34,724,406 West Virginia 22,991,175 0 63,450,822 0 72,163,053 0 80,382,176 83,529 76,909,660 1,539,760 64,041,014 4,420,527 58,577,740 7,739,910 60,104,661 9,190,040 Wisconsin 50,982,323 0 54,591,597 0 58,828,654 90 68,344,845 203,841 83,112,053 7,835,222 82,756,156 15,664,820 90,078,586 40,146,445 87,712,566 49,767,426 Wyoming 25,954,848 0 29,896,680 0 35,057,650 137,400 41,262,316 348,567 43,036,041 5,034,146 43,156,564 15,090,302 41,935,807 14,662,256 38,708,744 16,259,942 Industry 1,717,446,369 534,012 2,233,276,459 1,494,642 2,574,679,349 16,947,957 2,888,868,695 46,082,664 3,129,421,116 129,620,540 3,152,615,875 315,736,881 3,185,669,531 638,516,367 3,172,731,845 820,446,678 2004 2006 Table 3.15 Total High-Cost Support Payments By State or Jurisdiction - ILECs and CETCs (Dollars) 20051999 2000 2001 2002 2003 3 - 27 Alabama $0.58 $0.01 $0.00 $1.39 ($0.00) $0.54 $0.61 $0.18 $3.31 Alaska 7.35 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.00 6.99 0.00 2.04 16.44 American Samoa 5.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.62 0.00 2.27 17.95 Arizona 0.85 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.31 0.50 0.26 1.93 Arkansas 3.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.88 0.75 0.39 6.05 California 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.13 0.02 0.38 Colorado 1.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 (0.00) 0.58 0.63 0.14 2.40 Connecticut 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.08 Delaware 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.04 Dist. of Columbia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Florida 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 (0.00) 0.07 0.43 0.03 0.61 Georgia 0.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.48 0.37 0.21 1.68 Guam 6.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.47 0.00 0.00 12.87 Hawaii 1.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.21 0.27 0.29 3.05 Idaho 2.63 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.05 1.85 0.77 6.32 Illinois 0.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.27 0.14 0.11 0.70 Indiana 0.22 0.01 0.00 0.00 (0.00) 0.30 0.54 0.22 1.29 Iowa 0.75 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.28 0.21 0.83 3.12 Kansas 4.02 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.20 0.31 0.73 7.29 Kentucky 0.86 0.00 0.00 0.62 0.00 0.71 0.67 0.19 3.05 Louisiana 1.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.82 0.33 0.17 2.95 Maine 0.63 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.00 1.06 0.02 0.60 2.50 Maryland 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.05 0.02 0.10 Massachusetts 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.04 0.02 0.08 Michigan 0.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 (0.00) 0.26 0.01 0.12 0.72 Minnesota 0.96 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.20 0.13 0.60 2.95 Mississippi 1.06 0.01 0.00 5.71 0.00 0.48 0.72 0.16 8.15 Missouri 0.90 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.68 0.33 0.18 2.10 Montana 3.49 0.03 0.00 2.55 0.00 2.55 0.17 1.05 9.84 Nebraska 1.58 0.05 0.00 0.67 0.00 1.41 0.54 1.04 5.29 Nevada 0.39 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.65 0.41 1.83 New Hampshire 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.23 0.19 0.43 0.93 New Jersey 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 New Mexico 1.75 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.02 0.74 0.81 4.33 New York 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.11 0.08 0.29 North Carolina 0.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.37 0.54 0.09 1.18 North Dakota 3.04 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.47 0.12 2.30 8.95 N. Mariana Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.90 0.83 1.73 Ohio 0.11 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.19 0.05 0.47 Oklahoma 2.49 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.22 0.70 5.23 Oregon 0.89 0.01 0.00 0.00 (0.02) 0.71 0.80 0.32 2.71 Pennsylvania 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.23 0.06 0.71 Puerto Rico 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.34 0.00 0.00 4.34 Rhode Island 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 South Carolina 0.96 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.16 0.49 0.18 2.82 South Dakota 4.41 0.08 0.00 0.34 0.00 3.95 0.02 2.05 10.86 Tennessee 0.34 (0.00) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.53 0.24 0.17 1.28 Texas 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 (0.00) 0.45 0.27 0.13 1.56 Utah 0.52 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.67 0.18 0.29 1.67 Vermont 1.23 0.00 0.00 1.66 0.00 1.52 0.39 0.87 5.67 Virgin Islands 17.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.82 0.00 0.00 27.05 Virginia 0.05 (0.00) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 1.04 0.09 1.30 Washington 0.48 0.00 0.00 0.00 (0.00) 0.43 0.61 0.15 1.66 West Virginia 1.01 0.01 0.00 1.72 0.00 0.14 1.28 0.16 4.33 Wisconsin 0.67 0.03 0.08 0.00 0.01 1.22 0.01 0.56 2.57 Wyoming 3.25 0.04 0.00 3.07 0.00 2.56 1.55 1.65 12.11 Industry $0.53 $0.01 $0.00 $0.13 ($0.00) $0.51 $0.30 $0.18 $1.66 Based on 2005 support payments and reported ILEC loops and CETC loops or lines from USAC filing for the Fourth Quarter 2005. Support Term Total High Cost SupportSupport High Cost Support Interstate Interstate Support Notes: Details may not appear to add to totals due to rounding. Common LineValve Support Loop Model Support Safety Support High Cost Support Table 3.16 Monthly Support per Loop for High-Cost Support Mechanisms: 2005 LocalLongSafety Net Additive Access Switching 3 - 28 Table 3.17 ILEC High-Cost Loop Support Data for 2004 by State or Jurisdiction Study Area Name Unseparated NTS Revenue Requirement Number of Loops Unseparated NTS Revenue Requirement per Loop Projected High-Cost Loop Support Payments for 2005 Percent of Total $$$% ALABAMA 790,346,242 2,275,897 347.27 38,680,394 3.443 ALASKA 201,609,156 414,396 486.51 45,254,251 4.028 AMERICAN SAMOA 4,473,785 10,872 411.50 317,646 0.028 ARIZONA 950,456,897 2,577,209 368.79 32,408,608 2.885 ARKANSAS 566,111,989 1,371,860 412.66 53,920,384 4.799 CALIFORNIA 3,990,705,231 21,285,036 187.49 45,464,657 4.047 COLORADO 922,575,541 2,606,818 353.91 29,895,535 2.661 CONNECTICUT 567,921,756 2,135,021 266.00 0 0.000 DELAWARE 149,350,405 546,439 273.32 0 0.000 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 88,113,591 791,292 111.35 0 0.000 FLORIDA 3,336,298,402 10,356,878 322.13 13,394,016 1.192 GEORGIA 1,796,780,679 4,611,880 389.60 49,659,819 4.420 GUAM 30,758,191 67,059 458.67 4,015,315 0.357 HAWAII 200,229,344 665,486 300.88 10,681,979 0.951 IDAHO 227,910,908 714,999 318.76 20,342,251 1.811 ILLINOIS 1,548,369,952 7,323,440 211.43 17,703,228 1.576 INDIANA 867,889,437 3,492,042 248.53 11,068,469 0.985 IOWA 383,938,107 1,540,622 249.21 16,883,420 1.503 KANSAS 532,601,172 1,380,168 385.90 72,255,927 6.431 KENTUCKY 722,114,291 2,003,264 360.47 21,134,246 1.881 LOUISIANA 806,889,605 2,268,720 355.66 46,152,754 4.108 MAINE 243,238,772 808,894 300.71 6,414,018 0.571 MARYLAND 822,380,232 3,606,266 228.04 316,161 0.028 MASSACHUSETTS 829,626,776 3,779,199 219.52 86,280 0.008 MICHIGAN 1,426,394,565 5,688,091 250.77 19,713,834 1.755 MINNESOTA 758,117,812 2,703,043 280.47 28,578,208 2.544 MISSISSIPPI 565,450,403 1,328,966 425.48 28,125,313 2.503 MISSOURI 1,056,164,295 3,247,315 325.24 39,233,118 3.492 MONTANA 200,957,580 506,462 396.79 24,309,672 2.164 NEBRASKA 277,903,679 815,003 340.98 17,005,963 1.514 NEVADA 272,845,016 1,267,684 215.23 5,657,449 0.504 NEW HAMPSHIRE 213,517,697 754,305 283.07 246,503 0.022 NEW JERSEY 1,437,766,879 5,983,090 240.31 0 0.000 NEW MEXICO 324,658,786 940,723 345.12 20,575,574 1.831 NEW YORK 2,019,108,683 11,284,257 178.93 8,849,140 0.788 NORTH CAROLINA 1,441,384,620 4,596,547 313.58 13,377,774 1.191 NORTH DAKOTA 126,231,418 347,899 362.84 14,896,721 1.326 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 6,382,604 24,480 260.73 0 0.000 OHIO 1,539,340,456 6,372,077 241.58 7,502,937 0.668 OKLAHOMA 595,427,418 1,732,719 343.64 50,416,224 4.487 OREGON 612,923,837 1,933,674 316.97 22,602,987 2.012 PENNSYLVANIA 1,868,867,802 7,345,084 254.44 2,624,769 0.234 PUERTO RICO 475,135,290 1,180,127 402.61 12,110,742 1.078 RHODE ISLAND 130,127,928 491,107 264.97 0 0.000 SOUTH CAROLINA 787,313,522 2,174,893 362.00 27,182,478 2.419 SOUTH DAKOTA 145,758,204 348,183 418.63 24,249,365 2.158 TENNESSEE 995,522,735 3,085,923 322.60 14,376,030 1.280 TEXAS 3,837,125,255 11,590,562 331.06 101,505,085 9.034 UTAH 327,063,144 1,056,543 309.56 9,195,116 0.818 VERMONT 141,236,312 407,202 346.85 6,094,549 0.542 VIRGIN ISLANDS 40,860,498 69,425 588.56 10,785,233 0.960 VIRGINIA 1,244,654,988 4,290,319 290.11 3,202,856 0.285 WASHINGTON 968,547,890 3,419,234 283.26 18,387,520 1.637 WEST VIRGINIA 366,629,944 980,333 373.99 15,584,017 1.387 WISCONSIN 841,124,231 3,089,638 272.24 29,210,855 2.600 WYOMING 130,511,585 289,052 451.52 11,886,977 1.058 GRAND TOTAL 45,755,745,534 165,977,717 275.67 1,123,536,366 100.000 Source: National Exchange Carrier Association, Universal Service Fund 2005 Submission of 2004 Study Results (October 1, 2005) 3 - 29 Table 3.18 ILEC High-Cost Loop Support Data Percentage Changes from 2003 to 2004 by State or Jurisdiction State or Jurisdiction ALABAMA 1.74 -3.03 4.91 4.30 ALASKA -1.43 -6.56 5.49 -2.18 AMERICAN SAMOA -6.46 1.06 -7.44 -51.22 ARIZONA -3.62 -6.12 2.66 14.29 ARKANSAS -0.49 -3.05 2.64 -6.46 CALIFORNIA -1.16 -2.79 1.67 13.02 COLORADO -4.88 -3.70 -1.23 -7.81 CONNECTICUT -5.71 -4.25 -1.52 0.00 DELAWARE -0.28 -3.20 3.02 0.00 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -8.46 -4.93 -3.71 0.00 FLORIDA 3.72 -3.75 7.76 17.84 GEORGIA 3.74 -3.96 8.02 10.72 GUAM 0.81 -0.32 1.13 -10.06 HAWAII 7.02 -3.22 10.58 67.17 IDAHO -6.18 -1.58 -4.68 -7.69 ILLINOIS -2.19 -4.38 2.28 21.00 INDIANA -2.13 -3.54 1.46 30.43 IOWA -1.04 -4.22 3.32 25.76 KANSAS -2.87 -7.00 4.45 4.98 KENTUCKY -1.87 -3.96 2.17 -3.57 LOUISIANA -0.01 -5.02 5.27 -2.15 MAINE 1.10 -4.82 6.22 15.59 MARYLAND -0.77 -3.61 2.94 52.89 MASSACHUSETTS -1.46 -5.16 3.90 -59.52 MICHIGAN -2.05 -4.60 2.68 -1.32 MINNESOTA -1.63 -5.10 3.65 12.83 MISSISSIPPI 1.88 -3.48 5.55 5.94 MISSOURI -3.03 -4.12 1.13 1.29 MONTANA -0.16 -3.19 3.13 -9.75 NEBRASKA -0.66 -4.14 3.64 4.96 NEVADA -2.10 -3.54 1.49 9.52 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.80 -3.82 4.80 -62.82 NEW JERSEY 0.27 -5.45 6.04 0.00 NEW MEXICO -2.04 -2.73 0.71 3.19 NEW YORK -32.56 -5.96 -28.28 10.23 NORTH CAROLINA -1.67 -5.06 3.57 -21.48 NORTH DAKOTA -1.06 -5.06 4.21 17.43 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 8.33 1.80 6.41 0.00 OHIO 0.32 -4.31 4.84 -17.47 OKLAHOMA -0.95 -5.15 4.43 -2.53 OREGON -3.32 -3.51 0.19 2.60 PENNSYLVANIA 1.89 -4.27 6.43 47.11 PUERTO RICO -1.89 -5.02 3.30 -6.21 RHODE ISLAND 4.55 -10.63 17.00 0.00 SOUTH CAROLINA -2.49 -3.50 1.05 5.12 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.72 -5.97 7.12 14.11 TENNESSEE -0.11 -3.75 3.79 1.41 TEXAS -0.01 -3.73 3.86 2.84 UTAH -3.16 -3.17 0.01 1.27 VERMONT 2.78 -1.74 4.60 4.30 VIRGIN ISLANDS -8.51 -0.38 -8.16 -25.01 VIRGINIA -2.55 -4.00 1.51 5.88 WASHINGTON -2.40 -3.04 0.66 -4.19 WEST VIRGINIA 5.59 -1.57 7.27 11.00 WISCONSIN -0.24 -4.22 4.16 -0.86 WYOMING -5.81 -2.33 -3.56 -17.59 GRAND TOTAL -2.62 -4.14 1.59 2.47 * Percentage changes from 2005 to 2006. Source: Calculated from National Exchange Carrier Association data. Requirement Loops per Loop Later Year* NTS Revenue of Requirement Projections in Unseparated High Cost Loop Unseparated Number NTS Revenue Support Payment 3 - 30 Table 3.19 State or Jurisdiction 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 ALABAMA 669,940,042 725,835,191 747,265,108 776,864,426 790,346,242 ALASKA 180,391,482 186,752,252 200,251,278 204,525,800 201,609,156 AMERICAN SAMOA 2,691,847 3,071,640 4,690,301 4,782,632 4,473,785 ARIZONA 975,543,328 1,015,671,071 978,823,361 986,180,276 950,456,897 ARKANSAS 583,472,044 611,880,128 581,903,414 568,890,582 566,111,989 CALIFORNIA 4,067,552,668 4,378,254,907 4,267,027,021 4,037,737,264 3,990,705,231 COLORADO 985,964,760 1,004,931,399 982,055,391 969,904,686 922,575,541 CONNECTICUT 593,307,436 599,630,095 632,545,178 602,315,677 567,921,756 DELAWARE 128,596,960 132,047,164 132,508,550 149,771,200 149,350,405 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 87,449,089 87,254,075 86,463,630 96,254,122 88,113,591 FLORIDA 3,074,659,873 3,215,805,631 3,081,404,543 3,216,665,277 3,336,298,402 GEORGIA 1,628,617,536 1,734,932,704 1,737,092,635 1,732,051,271 1,796,780,679 GUAM 21,077,211 24,249,390 23,448,325 30,511,111 30,758,191 HAWAII 162,023,709 179,547,806 180,654,867 187,089,931 200,229,344 IDAHO 228,344,879 234,020,415 237,745,862 242,925,904 227,910,908 ILLINOIS 1,559,067,428 1,547,277,135 1,589,784,573 1,583,108,249 1,548,369,952 INDIANA 830,254,110 828,418,542 864,781,810 886,813,376 867,889,437 IOWA 378,598,049 379,166,855 369,582,180 387,969,576 383,938,107 KANSAS 545,366,462 557,403,069 566,599,415 548,325,820 532,601,172 KENTUCKY 682,716,921 695,225,510 731,596,182 735,902,007 722,114,291 LOUISIANA 761,953,677 798,800,305 815,948,278 807,000,248 806,889,605 MAINE 222,672,359 239,822,901 232,935,166 240,584,261 243,238,772 MARYLAND 760,703,976 778,078,394 782,021,570 828,774,794 822,380,232 MASSACHUSETTS 732,113,189 807,628,938 802,872,856 841,880,171 829,626,776 MICHIGAN 1,460,076,551 1,484,725,945 1,499,747,138 1,456,175,046 1,426,394,565 MINNESOTA 762,419,393 776,711,619 759,722,363 770,670,548 758,117,812 MISSISSIPPI 507,387,567 540,192,086 557,151,509 555,003,956 565,450,403 MISSOURI 1,001,680,085 1,105,784,931 1,101,685,502 1,089,215,268 1,056,164,295 MONTANA 193,188,812 195,002,325 197,252,629 201,276,114 200,957,580 NEBRASKA 271,299,490 281,616,474 271,039,225 279,743,182 277,903,679 NEVADA 269,180,068 277,924,954 280,144,592 278,705,038 272,845,016 NEW HAMPSHIRE 215,226,756 214,873,397 202,597,042 211,828,637 213,517,697 NEW JERSEY 1,348,962,395 1,375,211,797 1,362,051,996 1,433,913,120 1,437,766,879 NEW MEXICO 318,821,995 317,076,652 327,228,914 331,406,721 324,658,786 NEW YORK 3,210,322,334 2,870,432,134 2,928,851,460 2,993,947,747 2,019,108,683 NORTH CAROLINA 1,431,007,194 1,478,801,529 1,473,158,486 1,465,894,177 1,441,384,620 NORTH DAKOTA 126,033,362 126,403,939 123,824,799 127,585,779 126,231,418 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 9,990,710 7,977,383 7,094,854 5,891,915 6,382,604 OHIO 1,446,859,118 1,466,204,074 1,541,593,950 1,534,467,499 1,539,340,456 OKLAHOMA 585,979,346 634,435,976 638,174,319 601,140,994 595,427,418 OREGON 586,590,503 617,745,921 627,355,360 634,001,446 612,923,837 PENNSYLVANIA 1,808,851,259 1,786,141,501 1,784,133,147 1,834,282,847 1,868,867,802 PUERTO RICO 554,669,798 555,774,478 532,612,088 484,288,020 475,135,290 RHODE ISLAND 129,731,515 130,539,337 125,770,240 124,459,901 130,127,928 SOUTH CAROLINA 747,231,044 787,524,763 794,354,739 807,412,940 787,313,522 SOUTH DAKOTA 135,121,352 136,525,873 138,513,382 144,713,936 145,758,204 TENNESSEE 945,534,208 978,728,688 994,603,723 996,594,771 995,522,735 TEXAS 3,828,529,844 3,987,087,459 4,109,295,716 3,837,459,203 3,837,125,255 UTAH 325,988,333 341,597,854 349,547,352 337,722,232 327,063,144 VERMONT 123,339,374 130,149,275 128,419,319 137,421,675 141,236,312 VIRGIN ISLANDS 45,609,734 41,817,775 43,049,491 44,663,332 40,860,498 VIRGINIA 1,189,758,641 1,227,839,225 1,202,089,310 1,277,241,325 1,244,654,988 WASHINGTON 993,329,029 980,443,096 972,362,761 992,386,178 968,547,890 WEST VIRGINIA 348,990,894 353,549,727 345,937,519 347,233,812 366,629,944 WISCONSIN 779,037,333 813,423,230 864,385,121 843,145,486 841,124,231 WYOMING 137,291,379 135,419,509 136,132,048 138,562,903 130,511,585 GRAND TOTAL 45,701,118,452 46,923,388,444 47,049,881,588 46,985,284,409 45,755,745,534 Source: National Exchange Carrier Association, Universal Service Fund 2005 Submission of 2004 Study Results (October 1, 2005) Unseparated ILEC Non-Traffic-Sensitive Revenue Requirement by State or Jurisdiction ($) 3 - 31 Table 3.20 Number of ILEC Loops by State or Jurisdiction State or Jurisdiction 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 ALABAMA 2,534,276 2,496,947 2,417,805 2,346,935 2,275,897 ALASKA 455,980 462,321 451,038 443,468 414,396 AMERICAN SAMOA 9,978 10,325 10,651 10,758 10,872 ARIZONA 3,138,832 3,094,396 2,929,001 2,745,145 2,577,209 ARKANSAS 1,547,626 1,508,982 1,453,606 1,415,011 1,371,860 CALIFORNIA 23,777,518 23,385,490 22,684,627 21,895,130 21,285,036 COLORADO 3,004,825 2,948,466 2,808,728 2,706,846 2,606,818 CONNECTICUT 2,552,614 2,406,704 2,322,733 2,229,844 2,135,021 DELAWARE 598,874 589,979 580,535 564,508 546,439 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 924,593 919,587 897,193 832,290 791,292 FLORIDA 11,485,726 11,318,585 11,050,407 10,760,153 10,356,878 GEORGIA 5,286,069 5,147,960 4,952,235 4,802,203 4,611,880 GUAM 74,006 72,441 70,975 67,274 67,059 HAWAII 723,509 721,233 706,080 687,622 665,486 IDAHO 769,763 762,986 742,213 726,447 714,999 ILLINOIS 8,211,379 8,012,703 7,988,557 7,658,752 7,323,440 INDIANA 3,709,437 3,802,410 3,723,546 3,620,181 3,492,042 IOWA 1,729,130 1,704,659 1,659,718 1,608,428 1,540,622 KANSAS 1,732,684 1,666,564 1,572,621 1,484,111 1,380,168 KENTUCKY 2,225,421 2,208,111 2,162,188 2,085,774 2,003,264 LOUISIANA 2,612,593 2,574,481 2,497,719 2,388,541 2,268,720 MAINE 874,170 884,468 877,219 849,825 808,894 MARYLAND 3,932,364 3,940,213 3,843,853 3,741,166 3,606,266 MASSACHUSETTS 4,531,432 4,410,407 4,189,345 3,984,705 3,779,199 MICHIGAN 6,478,491 6,149,400 6,279,351 5,962,423 5,688,091 MINNESOTA 3,200,879 3,133,779 2,984,319 2,848,159 2,703,043 MISSISSIPPI 1,453,527 1,443,427 1,410,890 1,376,874 1,328,966 MISSOURI 3,695,851 3,629,551 3,517,678 3,386,695 3,247,315 MONTANA 559,817 553,983 541,045 523,159 506,462 NEBRASKA 1,015,040 954,568 911,123 850,241 815,003 NEVADA 1,336,899 1,350,053 1,346,815 1,314,168 1,267,684 NEW HAMPSHIRE 860,595 855,403 812,911 784,265 754,305 NEW JERSEY 6,927,404 6,923,410 6,628,315 6,327,653 5,983,090 NEW MEXICO 1,010,033 1,004,001 990,078 967,127 940,723 NEW YORK 13,230,548 13,076,534 12,580,872 11,999,874 11,284,257 NORTH CAROLINA 5,213,336 5,107,187 4,999,581 4,841,747 4,596,547 NORTH DAKOTA 397,232 392,470 380,073 366,430 347,899 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 20,990 21,521 22,206 24,047 24,480 OHIO 7,001,885 7,053,885 6,891,145 6,659,078 6,372,077 OKLAHOMA 2,111,252 2,035,224 1,933,070 1,826,759 1,732,719 OREGON 2,206,505 2,170,308 2,083,042 2,004,027 1,933,674 PENNSYLVANIA 8,385,307 8,301,408 8,001,521 7,672,419 7,345,084 PUERTO RICO 1,331,851 1,337,732 1,289,665 1,242,555 1,180,127 RHODE ISLAND 660,645 641,977 595,651 549,546 491,107 SOUTH CAROLINA 2,387,760 2,366,467 2,312,709 2,253,873 2,174,893 SOUTH DAKOTA 428,561 410,303 394,207 370,306 348,183 TENNESSEE 3,475,327 3,387,161 3,291,723 3,206,196 3,085,923 TEXAS 13,428,870 13,192,188 12,752,894 12,039,383 11,590,562 UTAH 1,212,937 1,171,918 1,115,866 1,091,111 1,056,543 VERMONT 425,920 426,058 421,959 414,410 407,202 VIRGIN ISLANDS 68,283 68,817 69,375 69,691 69,425 VIRGINIA 4,842,764 4,760,632 4,638,502 4,468,986 4,290,319 WASHINGTON 3,829,617 3,743,441 3,617,144 3,526,338 3,419,234 WEST VIRGINIA 1,040,228 1,035,885 1,021,883 995,947 980,333 WISCONSIN 3,508,057 3,525,422 3,362,215 3,225,816 3,089,638 WYOMING 310,376 312,629 304,912 295,944 289,052 GRAND TOTAL 188,499,586 185,587,160 180,095,333 173,140,364 165,977,717 Source: National Exchange Carrier Association, Universal Service Fund 2005 Submission of 2004 Study Results (October 1, 2005) 3 - 32 Table 3.21 Unseparated ILEC NTS Revenue Requirement per Loop by State or Jurisdiction ($) State or Jurisdiction 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 ALABAMA 264.35 290.69 309.07 331.01 347.27 ALASKA 395.61 403.94 443.98 461.20 486.51 AMERICAN SAMOA 269.78 297.50 440.36 444.57 411.50 ARIZONA 310.80 328.23 334.18 359.25 368.79 ARKANSAS 377.01 405.49 400.32 402.04 412.66 CALIFORNIA 171.07 187.22 188.10 184.41 187.49 COLORADO 328.13 340.83 349.64 358.32 353.91 CONNECTICUT 232.43 249.15 272.33 270.12 266.00 DELAWARE 214.73 223.82 228.25 265.31 273.32 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 94.58 94.88 96.37 115.65 111.35 FLORIDA 267.69 284.12 278.85 298.94 322.13 GEORGIA 308.10 337.01 350.77 360.68 389.60 GUAM 284.80 334.75 330.37 453.53 458.67 HAWAII 223.94 248.95 255.86 272.08 300.88 IDAHO 296.64 306.72 320.32 334.40 318.76 ILLINOIS 189.87 193.10 199.01 206.71 211.43 INDIANA 223.82 217.87 232.25 244.96 248.53 IOWA 218.95 222.43 222.68 241.21 249.21 KANSAS 314.75 334.46 360.29 369.46 385.90 KENTUCKY 306.78 314.85 338.36 352.82 360.47 LOUISIANA 291.65 310.28 326.68 337.86 355.66 MAINE 254.72 271.15 265.54 283.10 300.71 MARYLAND 193.45 197.47 203.45 221.53 228.04 MASSACHUSETTS 161.56 183.12 191.65 211.28 219.52 MICHIGAN 225.37 241.44 238.84 244.23 250.77 MINNESOTA 238.19 247.85 254.57 270.59 280.47 MISSISSIPPI 349.07 374.24 394.89 403.09 425.48 MISSOURI 271.03 304.66 313.19 321.62 325.24 MONTANA 345.09 352.00 364.58 384.73 396.79 NEBRASKA 267.28 295.02 297.48 329.02 340.98 NEVADA 201.35 205.86 208.01 212.08 215.23 NEW HAMPSHIRE 250.09 251.20 249.22 270.10 283.07 NEW JERSEY 194.73 198.63 205.49 226.61 240.31 NEW MEXICO 315.66 315.81 330.51 342.67 345.12 NEW YORK 242.64 219.51 232.80 249.50 178.93 NORTH CAROLINA 274.49 289.55 294.66 302.76 313.58 NORTH DAKOTA 317.28 322.07 325.79 348.19 362.84 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 475.97 370.68 319.50 245.02 260.73 OHIO 206.64 207.86 223.71 230.43 241.58 OKLAHOMA 277.55 311.73 330.14 329.08 343.64 OREGON 265.85 284.64 301.17 316.36 316.97 PENNSYLVANIA 215.72 215.16 222.97 239.07 254.44 PUERTO RICO 416.47 415.46 412.98 389.75 402.61 RHODE ISLAND 196.37 203.34 211.15 226.48 264.97 SOUTH CAROLINA 312.94 332.79 343.47 358.23 362.00 SOUTH DAKOTA 315.29 332.74 351.37 390.80 418.63 TENNESSEE 272.07 288.95 302.15 310.83 322.60 TEXAS 285.10 302.23 322.22 318.74 331.06 UTAH 268.76 291.49 313.25 309.52 309.56 VERMONT 289.58 305.47 304.34 331.61 346.85 VIRGIN ISLANDS 667.95 607.67 620.53 640.88 588.56 VIRGINIA 245.68 257.92 259.15 285.80 290.11 WASHINGTON 259.38 261.91 268.82 281.42 283.26 WEST VIRGINIA 335.49 341.30 338.53 348.65 373.99 WISCONSIN 222.07 230.73 257.09 261.37 272.24 WYOMING 442.34 433.16 446.46 468.21 451.52 GRAND TOTAL 242.45 252.84 261.25 271.37 275.67 Source: National Exchange Carrier Association, Universal Service Fund 2005 Submission of 2004 Study Results (October 1, 2005) 3 - 33 Study Area 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ID Code Study Area Name Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total TOTAL ALABAMA 21,800,835 21,708,609 13,576,288 15,453,729 16,050,478 18,042,245 16,927,983 19,306,707 22,108,791 250282 BLOUNTSVILLE TEL. CO., INC. 601,168 517,764 582,180 584,166 631,392 811,072 935,706 1,016,310 611,511 250283 BRINDLEE MOUNTAIN TEL. CO. 000000000 250284 BUTLER TEL. CO., INC. 1,199,885 1,262,730 1,165,956 1,171,074 1,161,216 1,077,138 879,120 915,360 950,466 250285 CASTLEBERRY TEL. CO., INC. 5,202 10,980 10,980 12,672 20,964 24,956 24,420 41,916 47,778 250286 NATIONAL TEL. CO. OF AL 19,157 40,296 43,068 49,854 66,648 265,139 319,872 464,208 631,161 250290 FARMERS TEL. COOP., INC.-AL 513,017 590,040 958,500 902,772 1,170,114 1,310,610 1,198,740 1,480,872 1,514,673 250295 GRACEBA TOTAL COMM. 0 0 0 3,540 444,957 672,310 726,732 713,636 853,878 250298 GULF TEL. CO.-AL 0 0 1,698,264 1,566,900 0 (8,088) 0 742,164 1,474,002 250299 HAYNEVILLE TEL. CO., INC. 242,799 316,008 313,752 423,636 437,496 542,946 567,144 405,840 496,371 250300 HOPPER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., INC. 840,087 905,112 906,108 2,093,751 2,026,806 2,263,228 2,156,643 1,946,709 2,379,387 250301 FRONTIER COMM. OF LAMAR COUNTY, INC. 4,320 12,384 12,372 16,392 32,664 40,322 40,998 78,420 90,090 250302 ALLTEL ALABAMA 2,423,657 2,513,478 2,518,548 2,345,037 2,917,176 2,654,798 1,935,363 1,815,771 1,501,257 250304 MILLRY TEL. CO., INC. 1,025,676 1,106,028 1,114,536 931,122 1,039,248 847,936 782,124 668,136 511,734 250305 MON-CRE TEL. COOP. INC. 335,246 330,228 293,844 266,532 380,844 1,155,380 1,400,688 1,399,188 1,344,537 250306 FRONTIER COMM. OF AL, INC. 110,234 88,440 209,484 200,934 325,752 140,666 (16,416) 1,007,340 732,825 250307 MOUNDVILLE TEL. CO. 0 0 28,972 342,288 421,992 477,742 540,876 455,367 473,097 250308 NEW HOPE TEL. COOP., INC.-AL 0000617,632 1,062,996 1,124,820 1,395,648 1,172,706 250311 OAKMAN TEL. CO., INC. 26,856 55,524 59,508 68,586 85,620 101,736 107,124 167,088 166,083 250312 OTELCO TELEPHONE LLC 000000000 250314 PEOPLES TEL. CO. 1,433,892 1,960,209 2,020,572 2,356,767 2,393,106 2,150,460 2,103,222 2,175,654 2,581,926 250315 PINE BELT TEL. CO. 504,686 440,976 423,528 600,324 619,248 652,654 573,600 576,168 761,814 250316 RAGLAND TEL. CO. 306,570 348,696 394,992 438,036 350,232 518,556 766,032 705,852 764,109 250317 ROANOKE TEL. CO., INC. 0000022,979 112,576 321,651 552,108 250318 FRONTIER COMM. OF THE SOUTH, INC. 518,951 330,912 796,692 1,047,084 831,720 1,093,024 400,380 229,560 610,824 250322 UNION SPRINGS TEL. CO. 9,502 21,144 24,432 32,262 66,780 80,712 82,572 157,392 182,160 255181 SOUTH CENTRAL BELL-AL 000000000 259001 RCC HOLDINGS 00008,871 77,513 126,552 183,387 219,132 259004 CELLULAR SOUTH LICENSES, INC. (ALABAMA) 000005,460 5,115 15,360 61,833 259005 CORR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 00000000721,218 259007 NPCR, INC. 00000033,980 227,710 702,111 259788 CENTURYTEL OF ALABAMA, LLC (SOUTHERN) 8,660,284 6,750,840 0000000 259789 CENTURYTEL OF ALABAMA, LLC (NORTHERN) 3,019,646 4,106,820 TOTAL ALASKA 32,000,263 36,858,696 38,592,012 43,763,238 44,675,073 42,820,132 48,040,754 53,747,618 61,508,019 610989 ADAK EAGLE ENTERPRISES D/B/A ADAK TEL UTILITY 000000000 613000 ACS OF ANCHORAGE, INC. 613001 ARCTIC SLOPE TEL. ASSOCIATION COOP.INC. 691,758 496,176 605,544 706,548 871,200 890,076 938,556 1,056,084 1,084,863 613002 BETTLES TELEPHONE CO. INC. 37,183 60,324 53,028 46,566 38,940 35,214 37,320 35,556 27,561 613003 BRISTOL BAY TELEPHONE COOP. INC. 278,262 354,612 377,568 317,544 325,620 445,732 472,692 498,408 443,202 613004 BUSH-TELL INC. 210,827 225,792 201,324 202,764 275,196 298,902 338,124 374,761 347,121 613005 CIRCLE UTILITIES 9,478 9,012 9,012 9,576 5,712 7,206 6,636 6,720 9,621 613006 COPPER VALLEY TEL. COOP. INC. 1,672,245 2,406,696 2,772,024 3,396,252 3,512,772 3,885,384 4,262,112 4,836,444 5,152,485 613007 CORDOVA TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC. 147,054 234,528 254,880 233,118 266,028 266,292 288,162 352,296 440,631 613008 ACS OF FAIRBANKS, INC. 1,275,406 1,486,218 1,912,584 3,027,126 3,093,108 1,328,302 2,833,728 1,792,128 1,404,816 613010 ACS - NORTHLAND GLACIER STATE 10,806,330 11,400,843 10,869,804 13,288,902 12,097,152 11,607,612 12,440,412 12,498,192 11,493,267 613011 INTERIOR TELEPHONE COMPANY INC. 1,379,388 1,849,803 2,112,876 2,359,200 2,619,804 2,875,436 2,867,370 2,644,860 2,597,511 613012 ACS - ALASKA JUNEAU 000000000 613013 KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES 248,037 327,552 920,244 684,366 845,280 1,181,742 1,350,240 1,338,348 1,506,054 613015 MATANUSKA TELEPHONE ASSOC., INC. 10,667,579 12,341,568 13,094,592 12,871,116 13,079,928 12,965,826 14,133,732 13,624,920 13,525,740 613016 MUKLUK TEL. COMPANY, INC. 469,274 585,945 674,532 675,102 649,032 841,746 767,484 766,716 749,592 613017 ALASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY 170,322 140,388 157,176 574,128 687,216 762,368 1,017,438 1,034,916 1,148,766 613018 NUSHAGAK ELECTRIC & TELEPHONE COOP., INC. 355,601 365,244 363,480 466,212 589,632 568,478 509,508 711,564 669,156 613019 OTZ TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC. 384,956 610,632 722,736 688,188 931,776 742,068 683,100 666,324 769,356 613020 ACS - NORTHLAND SITKA 1,277,039 2,009,715 1,650,048 2,166,870 2,490,396 1,908,940 1,943,484 1,653,948 1,429,947 613022 ACS - ALASKA GREATLAND 000000000 613023 UNITED UTILITIES INC. 1,586,157 1,639,800 1,480,752 1,625,280 1,740,672 1,653,200 1,453,716 1,415,496 1,045,371 613025 YUKON TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. 119,323 129,024 103,560 139,386 141,000 145,772 146,712 100,872 136,719 613026 NORTH COUNTRY TELEPHONE COMPANY 17,302 15,000 15,024 16,314 23,028 27,756 23,712 22,392 30,648 613028 SUMMIT TEL & TEL CO OF ALASKA 196,742 169,824 241,224 268,680 315,804 328,518 379,608 444,768 442,407 619001 GCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 000075,777 53,562 889,416 680,994 589,317 619002 ALASKA DIGITEL LLC 000000257,492 559,375 1,090,023 619003 MATANUSKA-KENAI, INC. 00000001,981,353 3,122,154 619004 DOBSON CELLULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 000000006,061,806 619005 ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS HOLDING, INC. 4,650,183 6,189,885 Table 3.22 High-Cost Loop Support Payments By Study Area (Dollars) 3 - 34 Study Area 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ID Code Study Area Name Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Table 3.22 High-Cost Loop Support Payments By Study Area (Dollars) TOTAL AMERICAN SAMOA 0 0 0 17,676 0 (1,650) 767,700 654,012 309,822 673900 AMERICAN SAMOA TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY 0 0 0 17,676 0 (1,650) 767,700 654,012 309,822 TOTAL ARIZONA 20,543,238 18,362,646 19,688,325 24,449,474 26,403,756 30,528,308 39,848,583 33,039,188 40,269,906 452169 SAN CARLOS APACHE TELECOMM. UTILITY, INC. 12,843 302,343 748,146 1,486,524 1,885,047 1,875,213 1,853,214 1,395,684 1,362,804 452171 ARIZONA TEL. CO. 543,520 727,812 664,284 657,102 605,436 556,040 450,576 419,616 411,792 452172 CITIZENS UTIL RURAL CO INC DBA FRONTIER 6,668,295 5,120,088 4,525,896 5,900,988 3,746,832 3,253,874 4,286,580 2,236,560 2,965,203 452173 TOHONO O'ODHAM UTILITY AUTHORITY 268,953 235,716 638,340 472,350 463,356 759,094 917,925 1,094,436 1,481,481 452174 SOUTHWESTERN TEL. CO. 201,465 315,756 362,976 336,204 362,979 627,713 592,386 550,407 753,834 452175 CENTURYTEL OF SOUTHWEST, INC.-AZ 198,282 173,994 215,904 204,519 208,608 334,099 277,866 242,751 264,165 452176 VALLEY TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE INC-AZ 1,007,964 1,007,964 1,706,652 1,873,908 2,000,586 3,472,455 4,476,669 5,213,415 5,870,778 452179 GILA RIVER TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 976,607 1,333,296 1,250,736 1,080,408 1,131,693 1,326,122 1,571,502 1,666,248 1,629,090 452191 ACCIPITER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 157,311 231,060 436,503 609,618 676,326 728,302 773,292 801,990 991,824 452200 FORT MOJAVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 298,628 308,517 267,444 252,036 290,682 279,194 292,800 314,811 475,683 452226 MIDVALE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, INC.-ARIZONA 122,700 122,700 327,276 287,064 327,498 429,792 430,731 778,311 897,705 452302 VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC. - AZ 549,618 78,168 396,588 0 1,075,008 554,592 685,620 547,368 1,644,234 453334 TABLE TOP TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. 219,288 219,288 621,996 710,556 945,636 1,312,366 1,402,218 1,635,990 1,515,468 454426 CITIZENS TEL CO-WHITE MT DBA FRONTIER COMM 4,224,035 4,485,576 4,792,920 7,198,920 6,881,772 8,025,124 8,245,536 5,179,872 6,644,601 454449 NAVAJO COMM CO INC DBA FRONTIER NAVAJO COM-AZ 2,902,081 2,204,052 2,732,664 2,861,088 3,507,708 3,381,308 4,241,640 3,186,756 3,716,730 455101 QWEST CORPORATION - AZ 2,191,648 1,496,316 0000000 457991 SADDLEBACK COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY 00000852,057 1,241,970 1,262,630 1,419,132 459001 SMITH BAGLEY, INC. 0 0 0 518,189 2,294,589 2,760,963 5,779,902 5,285,433 6,524,730 459002 SMITH BAGLEY, INC. (NON-RESERVATION) 0000002,328,156 1,226,910 1,700,652 TOTAL ARKANSAS 45,888,519 50,973,342 45,564,663 45,664,170 62,532,024 60,858,997 65,480,010 70,408,890 67,262,784 401142 CENTURYTEL OF NW ARKANSAS, LLC - RUSSELLVILLE 5,606,964 7,649,220 3,063,192 1,815,480 6,817,095 8,818,429 7,869,765 8,072,787 7,804,917 401143 CENTURYTEL OF NW ARKANSAS, LLC-SILOAM SPRINGS 0 0 185,724 0 1,248,813 1,076,439 1,759,389 1,671,870 1,527,063 401144 CENTURYTEL OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS, LLC 7,936,361 9,150,960 7,891,962 10,017,396 19,320,696 14,865,579 16,079,595 14,720,823 14,279,553 401691 ALLTEL ARKANSAS, INC. 8,400,167 9,976,839 9,387,780 9,933,462 8,709,720 7,050,932 3,209,316 2,967,792 1,160,340 401692 ARKANSAS TELEPHONE COMPANY 103,793 281,424 389,532 308,310 509,460 216,170 43,584 (1,872) 0 401697 CENTRAL ARKANSAS TEL. COOP INC. 237,389 234,672 277,164 416,016 543,984 902,092 1,217,034 961,161 841,851 401698 CLEVELAND CTY TEL. CO. 364,531 476,709 426,804 479,964 433,938 612,802 456,978 454,104 429,804 401699 DECATUR TELEPHONE CO INC- ARKANSAS 19,882 20,982 10,338 3,702 6,108 50,179 26,286 22,362 30,546 401702 SOUTH ARKANSAS TEL. CO.,INC. 198,366 464,373 408,960 587,523 602,364 780,470 813,540 1,042,239 1,283,307 401704 LAVACA TELEPHONE-AR 0 0 0 96 0 (32) 0 29,850 79,857 401705 CENTURYTEL OF ARKANSAS, INC. 6,199,433 6,458,352 6,985,749 7,418,940 8,368,698 7,189,214 6,881,673 6,751,215 6,442,914 401709 MADISON COUNTY TEL. CO. INC. 249,710 333,312 282,252 299,076 370,980 405,752 287,668 226,476 296,682 401710 MAGAZINE TELEPHONE COMPANY 18,845 25,620 27,660 32,706 49,236 55,622 58,392 79,548 90,174 401711 CENTURYTEL OF MOUNTAIN HOME, INC. 2,412,143 2,608,464 3,299,526 3,999,351 4,332,144 4,188,264 3,863,754 3,871,965 3,487,551 401712 MOUNTAIN VIEW TELEPHONE COMPANY 51,218 106,620 111,012 124,794 175,644 209,408 215,436 352,200 364,899 401713 NORTHERN ARKANSAS TEL. CO.,INC. 2,559,612 2,622,228 2,656,692 2,185,068 2,367,696 2,478,714 2,422,800 2,776,788 2,427,384 401718 PRAIRIE GROVE TELEPHONE COMPANY 000001,638,156 1,571,193 1,742,400 1,703,835 401720 CENTURYTEL OF REDFIELD, INC. 211,282 310,275 331,176 392,244 329,628 604,059 457,107 506,835 486,585 401721 RICE BELT TEL. CO.,INC. 36,041 33,804 36,036 40,926 88,464 170,982 113,328 200,616 199,035 401722 E. RITTER TELEPHONE COMPANY 53,362 109,584 118,380 137,040 171,480 203,866 211,728 318,468 356,055 401724 SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TEL. COOP. INC. 1,522,364 1,445,808 1,323,840 1,403,448 1,550,700 1,600,392 1,454,688 1,476,840 1,537,854 401726 TRI-COUNTY TEL. CO. INC.-AR 824,206 943,380 1,159,092 1,295,970 1,493,568 2,539,941 1,614,834 2,202,027 2,254,353 401727 CENTURYTEL OF SOUTH ARKANSAS, INC. 655,551 795,900 633,912 658,392 597,780 616,935 564,723 586,632 608,739 401729 WALNUT HILL TELEPHONE COMPANY 2,335,619 2,244,024 2,482,164 2,866,338 3,099,084 3,057,450 2,893,844 2,779,704 3,379,431 401733 YELCOT TEL. CO.,INC. 414,650 385,932 433,248 471,528 481,092 571,024 423,840 382,188 455,154 401734 YELL COUNTY TELEPHONE COMPANY 439,018 507,204 633,036 666,606 750,132 837,058 821,712 886,476 986,676 403031 SCOTT COUNTY TELEPHONE COMPANY 118,634 124,416 107,484 109,794 113,520 119,100 106,734 112,572 104,340 405211 SOUTHWESTERN BELL-ARKANSAS 4,919,378 3,663,240 2,901,948 000000 409001 SPRINT SPECTRUM DBA SPRINT PCS 000000860,156 1,056,166 1,286,037 409003 ALLTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 9,180,913 14,158,658 13,357,848 TOTAL CALIFORNIA 32,452,556 29,726,451 28,187,757 30,031,809 32,376,201 33,316,344 37,448,856 36,639,006 41,714,100 542301 CALAVERAS TELEPHONE COMPANY 663,376 573,492 755,856 556,704 831,804 1,007,854 1,192,476 1,286,988 1,829,655 542302 VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC.-CA (CONTEL) 2,479,298 31,116 0000000 542308 CITIZENS TEL CO OF CA INC. DBA FRONTIER COMM 8,993,236 9,063,456 8,895,108 10,160,424 11,348,028 10,376,770 11,081,604 9,957,012 14,528,349 542311 CAL-ORE TELEPHONE CO. 656,297 527,376 431,856 410,676 701,196 807,118 1,176,096 1,351,380 1,508,520 542313 DUCOR TELEPHONE COMPANY 292,107 414,336 526,152 509,274 830,412 780,998 856,740 1,019,124 1,016,280 542315 EVANS TELEPHONE COMPANY 861,123 767,088 524,904 566,118 418,008 11,056 (35,784) 0 0 542318 FORESTHILL TELEPHONE COMPANY 515,288 435,096 493,176 450,384 408,456 533,698 549,444 314,460 426,213 542319 VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC.-CA (GTE) 000000000 542321 HAPPY VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY 1,098,736 1,131,732 1,153,698 1,067,292 1,141,896 899,486 743,736 525,072 408,513 3 - 35 Study Area 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ID Code Study Area Name Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Table 3.22 High-Cost Loop Support Payments By Study Area (Dollars) CALIFORNIA (CONT.) 542322 HORNITOS TELEPHONE COMPANY 320,366 380,136 342,300 285,222 240,540 199,190 158,304 160,992 149,658 542323 WINTERHAVEN TELEPHONE COMPANY 438,093 438,087 449,142 374,970 334,725 296,029 263,868 272,649 322,428 542324 KERMAN TELEPHONE COMPANY 235,014 399,048 375,300 377,382 440,592 987,955 1,354,956 2,082,192 1,908,567 542332 THE PONDEROSA TELEPHONE COMPANY 3,148,441 3,097,236 3,496,968 3,798,210 4,984,908 4,858,278 5,630,100 5,577,732 5,880,552 542334 SUREWEST TELEPHONE 1,665,887 828,396 1,459,713 642,543 00000 542338 SIERRA TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. 2,907,300 2,950,236 2,528,628 3,051,132 3,972,072 5,738,286 6,434,574 6,077,475 6,151,980 542339 THE SISKIYOU TELEPHONE CO. 1,799,536 1,564,620 1,658,796 1,799,754 1,878,252 2,010,752 2,226,342 2,010,702 1,801,698 542343 VOLCANO TELEPHONE COMPANY 1,206,839 1,595,460 1,307,592 750,684 875,220 1,770,660 3,069,2