If a common carrier proposes an eligible telecommunications carrier service area that differs from the study area of the incumbent local exchange carrier, the requesting carrier must provide

1. (1) the population, square miles, and road miles of each wire center area where the common carrier seeks eligible telecommunications carrier designation;
2. (2) the population, square miles, and road miles of each wire center area where the common carrier does not seek eligible telecommunications carrier designation;
3. (3) the source of the information provided in (1) and (2) of this section;
4. (4) information on the approved plan for disaggregation of support by the incumbent local exchange carrier under 47 C.F.R. 54.315;
5. (5) if the study area is the area served by a rural telephone company, an acknowledgement that commission approval of a proposed rural service area is conditioned upon approval by the Federal Communications Commission after taking into account the recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service in accordance with 47 U.S.C. 214(e)(5);
6. (6) a demonstration that the proposed eligible telecommunications carrier service area is in the public interest; and

7. (7) a discussion of creamskimming that includes

   1. (A) a demonstration that the proposed redefinition of a service area does not result in an opportunity for creamskimming; or

   2. (B) if the opportunity for creamskimming does exist, an explanation of how

      1. (i) the public interest would be served by designating the common carrier as an eligible telecommunications carrier for an area other than the incumbent local exchange carrier study area; and
      2. (ii) disaggregation of the incumbent local exchange carrier's universal service support under 47 C.F.R. 54.315 would affect the opportunity for creamskimming.

(Eff. 7/12/2009, Register 191)

Authority: AS 42.05.141, AS 42.05.145, AS 42.05.151, AS 42.05.291