ARM 38.5.3209. DESIGNATION AND MAINTENANCE -- MINIMUM ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

(1) An applicant for eligible telecommunications carrier status must demonstrate the requirements for designation will be met upon designation or within a reasonable time following designation, and, on request by the commission, existing eligible telecommunications carriers must demonstrate the requirements for designation are being met or will be met within a reasonable time following a review of status proceeding. (2) The minimum requirements for designation and maintenance of status as an eligible telecommunications carrier include: (a) offering the services that are supported by the federal universal service support mechanisms as required by 47 CFR 54.201(d) (1) and identified in 47 CFR 54.101 and 47 USC 254(c) ; (b) advertising the availability of the supported services and the charges for those services using media of general distribution as required by 47 CFR 54.201(d) (2) ; (c) providing the supported services throughout the designated service area to all customers making a reasonable request for service, including low-income, low-density, rural, insular, and high-cost customers, and, for service in rural areas, in a manner reasonably comparable and at a rate reasonably comparable to similar services offered in urban areas; (d) satisfying applicable consumer protection and service quality standards; (e) offering a local usage plan comparable to the one offered by the incumbent local exchange carrier; and (f) demonstrating eligible telecommunications carrier status is in the public interest.