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What's New Archive 2002 - USAC
December 2002
USF Billing, Collections, and Disbursements
new e-mail address (12/1/02)
The USF Billing, Collections, and Disbursements customer service e-mail address
has changed. Please discontinue use of eusac@us.pwcglobal.com. To continue
to provide service without any delays in processing your requests, please
make note of our new e-mail address, customerservice@bcd.universalservice.org.
November 2002
Credit Balance Refunds Processing Update
(11/12/02)
USAC will be issuing credit balance refunds on Monday 11/25 in the form of
a check. If your company will be receiving a credit balance refund, there
is a line item on your November 2002 invoice labeled "Credit Balance
Refund." This line item represents the amount of the check you will receive.
Credit balance refunds were calculated by applying any anticipated November
2002 and December 2002 Support Mechanism Charges and Adjustments to the October
2002 invoice balance. Contributors whose accounts resulted in a credit balance
using the above process were eligible for credit balance refunds this month.
In February 2002, credit balance refunds will be issued to contributors with
a credit balance as of December 2002. Credit balance refund checks will be
mailed to the most recent address submitted with the latest 499Q filing or
the address listed on the November 2002 invoice.
Credit Balance Refund Checks (11/12/02)
Credit balance refund checks for eligible contributors will be issued during
the same period as the November 2002 invoices which will be no later than
November, 25, 2002..
October 2002
Informational Notice Regarding October 2002 USF Invoices
(10/25/02)
Please note a clarification regarding a date reference on all October 2002
USF Invoices which were mailed on October 22, 2002.
The "Form 499Q Data" section in the lower left corner of your invoice
contains information on the current FCC Contribution Factor and the 499Q that
was used in determining current charges. This quarter's charges were calculated
using the 499Q Form that was due to USAC on August 1,
2002, not May 1, 2002 as stated on the October invoice.
Web Site Down for Maintenance (10/4/02)
We will be performing routine maintenance on our equipment starting Sunday,
October 6 at 12:01AM, EDT. During this time, users will be unable to visit
the Rural Health Care and Schools an Libraries area of the web site. We are
expecting normal service to be returned October 7 at 7:00 a.m., EDT. We apologize
for any inconvenience this may cause and look forward to serving you.
September 2002
Disbursement Status Via an Online Request Form (9/30/02)
You can now submit a request for the status of a disbursement or a duplicate
remittance statement online.
Read More 
August 2002
August 2002 Billing and Disbursement Newsletter (9/11/02)
Read the
most recent B&D newsletter for important billing and disbursement
information. This newsletter includes information about the customer contact
center hours, new bank information, and 499 filing dates. Note:
You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your machine to view the newsletter.
Frequently Asked Questions about the FCC FORM 498 Updated (8/26/02)
Read More
July 2002
Circularity Deduction for Carriers(7/26/02)
The circularity deduction for a given quarter's revenue data will be calculated
by summing the contributor's payments and disbursement credits applied during
that quarter and then subtracting out any late filing fees and late payment
fees applied to the contributor's account in that quarter.
Read More
499 A/Q True-Up for Carriers(7/26/02)
Each year carriers are required to submit a Form 499A documenting revenues
for the prior year. Revenue data from this filing will be used to true-up
revenue data submitted in the prior year's four Form 499Qs. Based on the true-up,
USAC will adjust previous quarters' support mechanism billings accordingly
on subsequent invoice statements.
Read More
June 2002
FCC Form 499 Processing / Revisions / Monthly Invoices (6/4/02)
Carriers who file Form 499 revenue data should be aware of the following
issues when sending in Form 499 revisions and the reflection of those revisions
on their monthly invoices.
Read More
May 2002
Please read the latest B&D newsletter (PDF format, 356kb).
View the newsletter
April 2002
USAC releases new format for BEAR checks to Service Providers
(4/22/02)
As of April 22, 2002, BEAR check will now have the date that the BEAR invoice
was approved on the stub portion of the check. This will allow you to match
dates with your BEAR remittance and BEAR approval letter. Go
to Sample BEAR documents [PDF document, 127kb].
March 2002
Billing Address Changes (3/11/02)
USAC Billing and Disbursement does not accept address changes on your payment
coupons. To provide better service, we have determined that your billing address
change is best updated with the Form 499.
Read more
February 2002
Holiday Announcement
(2/14/2002)
The following USAC Customer Support Centers will be closed
on Monday, February 18, 2002 in observance of President's Day:
- Rural Health Care Customer Service Center
The Customer Service Centers will resume normal operations on Tuesday,
February 19, 2002.
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