47 CFR 36.421
§ 36.421 Equal access expenses.
United States · 47 CFR — Telecommunication · Status: effective
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- 47 CFR 36.421, § 36.421 Equal access expenses, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/235495
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(a) Equal access expenses include only initial incremental pre-subscription costs and other initial incremental expenditures related directly to the provision of equal access, that would not be required to upgrade the capabilities of the office involved absent the provision of equal access. Equal access expenses are limited to such expenditures for converting central offices that serve competitive interexchange carriers or where there has been a bona fide request for conversion to equal access.
(b) Equal access expenses are apportioned between the jurisdictions by first segregating them from all other expenses in the primary accounts and then allocating them on the same basis as equal access investment.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.