[1] Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Order Establishing Joint Board, CC Docket No. 96-45, FCC 96-93 released March 8, 1996 ("NPRM").

[2] See April 12, 1996 Comments of GSA, pp. 7-8.

[3] Id., p. 13.

[4] While the SLC revenues from urban residential subscribers might not match the urban residential NTS costs for each carrier, a system of intercarrier transfers, outlined on page 13 of GSA's April 12, 1996 Comments in this Docket, would offset these differences while still providing incentives for the carriers to minimize their costs.