Rate Changes & Fees

Federal Access Recovery Assessment (Federal ARA)
Posted:  May 15, 2013

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Notice of Rate Change 
Posted:  July 1, 2010 

Effective July 12, 2010, First Communications will be increasing its InterState and International rates by $0.07 per minute.  

This rate change does not affect call rounding for the initial minute or any additional minutes of use.  The per minute rate change is effective for all calls subsequent to the effective data and is not retroactive to calls placed prior to this date.  

Switched Rates

International Rates

Notice of New Packages 

First Communications is releasing new analog phone packages in our Iowa, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon and Washington service territories.   

Commercial – FirstVoice Basic 

Includes: 

◦ Touchtone
◦ 900/976 Blocking
◦ Unlimited Local Calling
◦ Caller ID (Name and Number)
◦ Call Forwarding
◦ Hunting Optional 

 
Residential – FirstVoice Basic 

Includes: 

◦ Touchtone
◦ 900/976 Blocking
◦ Unlimited Local Calling
◦ Caller ID (Name and Number)
◦ Call Waiting 

 Package pricing does not include applicable taxes and surcharges.  Packages are only available in the designated First Communications service territories. 

USF Administrative Fee Notification
Posted July 15, 2010 

Effective August 1, 2010, First Communications will begin to charge the Universal Service Fund (USF) Administrative Fee on all Local Exchange Carriers (LEC) billed customers.  This fee will equal 1.5% of all Interstate and International usage charges.  The USF Administrative Fee is a monthly surcharge paid by the customer to recover costs associated with billing, collecting and remitting the federally mandated Universal Service Fee that is used to support telecommunications and information services in schools, public libraries and rural healthcare facilities as well as subsidizing local service to high-cost areas and low-income customers.  This is a FCC regulated charge.