[1] DA 96-1078 (July 3, 1996).

[2] Amendment of Part 36 of the Commission's Rules and Establishment of a Joint Board, CC Docket 80-286, [[paragraph]] 9 (July 15, 1995).

[3] The SLC is capped at $3.50 per month for residential customers and single line business customers, and $6.50 per month for multiline business customers. Federal State Joint Board On Universal Service, CC Docket 96-45, [[paragraph]] 112 (Mar. 8, 1996) ("Original Notice").

[4] Original Notice, [[paragraph]] 112.

[5] Id., [[paragraph]] 113.

[6] Id., [[paragraph]] 66.