State High Cost Program

60.	Does your state have a program that targets carriers serving rural or high cost areas, which is independent or supplemental to the federal High Cost program?
	(Check one.)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No (Skip to Question 71.)
	3.		Don't know (Skip to Question 71.)

61.	Please describe the role of your state High Cost program below:

62.	In what year was your state High Cost program created? Please enter a 4-digit year.

	Year the program was created:

63.	Does your state High Cost program support any of the following types of carriers?
	(Check one in each row.)

		Yes	No	Don't know
63a.	Rural incumbent carriers
63b.	Non-rural incumbent carriers
63c.	Competitive wireline carriers
63d.	Competitive wireless carriers

64.	Does your state commission measure the quality of telephone service provided by recipients of state High Cost funding using any of the following indicators?
	(Check one in each row.)

		Yes	No	Don't know
64a.	Local service penetration rates
64b.	Comparable local usage plans
64c.	E-911 or 911 capability
64d.	Number of outages
64e.	Unfulfilled service requests
64f.	Number of consumer complaints
64g.	Compliance with CTIA Wireless requirements
64h.	Other quality of service measures (please specify below)

	If "other", please specify:

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Full Report: GAO-08-633

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