PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 15-707 Released: June 16, 2015 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU AUTHORIZES FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION TO RECEIVE OVER $283 MILLION IN CONNECT AMERICA PHASE II SUPPORT TO SERVE 1.3 MILLION RURAL AMERICANS IN 28 STATES WC Docket No. 10-90 By this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) authorizes Frontier Communications Corporation (Frontier) to receive Connect America Phase II model-based support for the 28 states identified below. On April 29, 2015, the Bureau released a public notice announcing the offers of model-based Phase II support to each price cap carrier to fund the deployment of voice and broadband- capable networks in their service territories. 1 On June 15, 2015, Frontier submitted a letter to the Commission accepting model-based support for each of the 28 states it serves and committing to satisfy the service obligations for Phase II. 2 Frontier also indicated that in the states where model-based support is greater than Phase I support, it elects to receive immediately the lump sum payment associated with prior months that reflects the difference between model-based Phase II support and Phase I support for those months. 3 Accordingly, we authorize and direct the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to obligate and disburse from the Universal Service Fund the support amounts identified below for each state where Frontier has accepted support. As required by the Commission, 4 consistent with Frontier’s election, we direct USAC to disburse from the broadband reserve account a lump sum payment associated with January through June 2015 for those states where model-based support is greater than Phase I support. 1 Wireline Competition Bureau Announces Connect America Phase II Support Amounts Offered to Price Cap Carriers to Expand Rural Broadband, WC Docket No. 10-90, Public Notice, 30 FCC Rcd 3905 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2015). 2 Letter from John Lass, Executive Vice President, Field Operations, Frontier Communications Corporation, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, WC Docket No. 10-90 (filed June 15, 2015). 3 Id. at 2. See also Connect America Fund et al., WC Docket No. 10-90 et al., Report and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 15644, 15677-678, paras. 92-93 (2014) (December 2014 Connect America Order). 4 December 2014 Connect America Order, 29 FCC Rcd at 15678, para. 93. 2State Number of Funded Locations Amount of Support Frontier Nationwide Total 659,587 $283,401,855 AL 7,376 $2,998,480 AZ 22,768 $13,281,066 CA 12,822 $6,096,767 CT 1,388 $435,139 FL 951 $342,490 GA 1,105 $375,826 IA 5,438 $4,240,587 ID 10,012 $5,223,121 IL 56,001 $31,017,498 IN 59,894 $22,815,087 MI 68,512 $21,733,859 MN 46,910 $27,551,363 MS 2,528 $816,996 MT 2,303 $1,114,484 NC 11,981 $3,596,156 NE 3,380 $2,735,761 NM 7,032 $4,426,327 NV 2,970 $1,379,494 NY 45,610 $17,381,485 OH 66,592 $22,927,850 OR 8,542 $3,897,357 PA 11,031 $3,891,253 SC 7,205 $2,709,651 TN 6,458 $2,126,605 UT 5,140 $2,547,047 WA 19,713 $8,688,054 WI 76,735 $30,983,715 WV 89,190 $38,068,337 For additional information on this proceeding, contact Heidi Lankau (Heidi.Lankau@fcc.gov) of the Wireline Competition Bureau, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, (202) 418-7400. – FCC