{"data":{"id":"us/47-cfr-54.616","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"47 CFR 54.616","heading":"Upfront payments.","body":"(a) Upfront payments include all non-recurring costs for services, equipment, or facilities, other than reasonable and customary installation charges of up to $5,000.\n(b) The following limitations apply to all upfront payments:\n(1) Upfront payments associated with services providing a bandwidth of less than 1.5 Mbps (symmetrical) are not eligible for support; and\n(2) Only consortium applicants are eligible for support for upfront payments.\n(c) The following limitations apply if a consortium makes a request for support for upfront payments that exceeds, on average, $50,000 per eligible site in the consortium:\n(1) The support for the upfront payments must be prorated over at least three years; and\n(2) The upfront payments must be part of a multi-year contract.","path":["Title 47—Telecommunication","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER B—COMMON CARRIER SERVICES","PART 54—UNIVERSAL SERVICE","Subpart G—Universal Service for Rural Health Care Program"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-47.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:28Z","sha256":"c292c52fab66b0993c08175662401a671a7fdcd31d8ab6dd7483f18761dda748","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/47-cfr-54.615","next":"us/47-cfr-54.617"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}