110 STAT. 64 PUBLIC LAW 104-104—FEB. 8, 1996 "(C) does not substantially prevent implementation of the requirements of this section and the purposes of this part. " (e) NUMBERING ADMINISTRATION.— " (1) COMMISSION AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION. —The Commission shall create or designate one or more impartial entities to administer telecommunications numbering and to make such numbers available on an equitable basis. The Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over those portions of the North American Numbering Plan that pertain to the United States. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Commission from delegating to State commissions or other entities all or any portion of such jurisdiction. "(2) COSTS. —The cost of establishing telecommunications numbering administration arrangements and number portability shall be borne by all telecommunications carriers on a competitively neutral basis as determined by the Commission. " (f) EXEMPTIONS, SUSPENSIONS, AND MODIFICATIONS.— " (1) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN RURAL TELEPHONE COMPA- NIES.- - "(A) EXEMPTION.— Subsection (c) of this section shall not apply to a rural telephone company until (i) such company has received a bona fide request for interconnection, services, or network elements, and (ii) the State commission determines (under subparagraph (B)) that such request is not unduly economically burdensome, is technically feasible, and is consistent with section 254 (other than subsections (b)(7) and (c)(1)(D) thereof). "(B) STATE TERMINATION OF EXEMPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE.— The party making a bona fide request of a rural telephone company for interconnection, services, or network elements shall submit a notice of its request to the State commission. The State commission shall conduct an inquiry for the purpose of determining whether to terminate the exemption under subparagraph (A). Within 120 days after the State commission receives notice of the request, the State commission shall terminate the exemption if the request is not unduly economically burdensome, is technically feasible, and is consistent with section 254 (other than subsections (b)(7) and (c)(1)(D) thereof). Upon termination of the exemption, a State commission shall establish an implementation schedule for compliance with the request that is consistent in time and manner with Commission regulations. "(C) LIMITATION ON EXEMPTION. —The exemption provided by this paragraph shall not apply with respect to a request under subsection (c) from a cable operator providing video programming, and seeking to provide any telecommunications service, in the area in which the rural telephone company provides video programming. The limitation contained in this subparagraph shall not apply to a rural telephone company that is providing video programming on the date of enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. " (2) SUSPENSIONS AND MODIFICATIONS FOR RURAL CAR- RIERS.— A local exchange carrier with fewer than 2 percent of the Nation's subscriber lines installed in the aggregate
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