FUSF - Federal Universal Service Fee

Indicates the service being ordered on this request should be either assessed or exempted from the Federal Universal Service Fee (FUSF).

NOTE 1: Services that are ordered to provide an information service, used for internal consumption or used for administrative purposes are services that are to be assessed a FUSF.

VALID ENTRIES:

E = Exempt Federal Universal Service Fee

N = Non–Exempt (Assessed) Federal Universal Service Fee

NOTE 1: Exempt indicates the customer is both (a) reselling the Special Access as a telecommunications service and (b) contributing directly into the Federal Universal Service Fund for the service being ordered. For a valid entry of “E” both conditions must be met.

NOTE 2: Non-Exempt (Assess) indicates the customer is (a) not reselling the Special Access as a telecommunications service and/or (b) not contributing directly into the Federal Universal Service Fund for the service being ordered.

NOTE 3: An entry in this field applies to all the circuits being ordered on this service request.

USAGE: This field is conditional.

NOTE 1: Required when the ACT field is “N”, “C” or “T”.

NOTE 2: Optional when the ACT field is “R”.

NOTE 3: Otherwise prohibited.

DATA CHARACTERISTICS: 1 alpha character

EXAMPLE: E