[1] Public Notice, Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Further Comment On Specific Questions In Universal Service Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking, CC Docket No. 96-45, DA 96-1078, rel. July 3, 1996.

[2] The latter should be transitioned to zero over time, per the Telecommunications Act. All support should be explicit. See Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996) ("1996 Act").

[3] U S WEST supports adoption of the Funds-to-Schools approach, a proposal developed by representatives from Ameritech, NYNEX, Southwestern Bell, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, Pacific Telesis, GTE and the United States Telephone Association. Notwithstanding a general consensus among this ad hoc group as to the Funds-to-Schools approach, there are certain details of this plan about which the participants differ. As such, U S WEST_s responses to questions 6-25 may not be fully consistent with the views of any of the group participants.

[4] See response to Question 7 below.

[5] 1996 Act, 110 Stat. at 72 [[section]] 254(c)(1)(A).

[6] Id., 110 Stat. at 60 amending 47 USC [[section]] 153.

[7] Id.

[8] Senate Report on S.652 (Report No. 104-230) at 27 (emphasis added).

[9] 1996 Act, 110 Stat. at 153 [[section]] 706, 157-60 [[section]] 708.

[10] 1996 Act, 110 Stat. at 73 [[section]] 254(d).

[11] 1996 Act, 110 Stat. at 60 [[section]] 3(a)(47) amending 47 USC [[section]] 153.

[12] See U S WEST Petition for Waiver, filed July 24, 1996.