---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 54.616"
title: "47"
number: "54.616"
heading: "Upfront payments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/54.616"
---

# §54.616. Upfront payments.

- (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.
- (b) **The following limitations apply to all upfront payments—**
  - (1) Upfront payments associated with services providing a bandwidth of less than 1.5 Mbps (symmetrical) are not eligible for support; and
  - (2) **Only consortium applicants are eligible for support for upfront payments.**
- (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:
  - (1) The support for the upfront payments must be prorated over at least three years; and
  - (2) The upfront payments must be part of a multi-year contract.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 84 FR 54979, Oct. 11, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 229, 254, 303(r), 403, 1004, 1302, 1601-1609, and 1752, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 32948, June 17, 1997, unless otherwise noted.