The equal access investment is allocated between the intrastate and interstate jurisdictions based on 47 C.F.R. Part 36 (1991). Intrastate equal access investment which remains and which is not related to centralized equal access provisioning is directly assigned to toll. Centralized equal access investment is recovered separately by the centralized equal access provider. Costs incurred by a local exchange company to provide centralized equal access are directly assigned to toll.
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General Authority: SDCL 49-1-11, 49-31-5, 49-31-18.
Law Implemented: SDCL 49-31-18.
Equal access equipment, 47 C.F.R. § 36.191(b)(c) (1991).