P.R. Laws tit. 27, § 352
The Telecommunications Regulatory Board, in coordination with the pertinent government agencies, the municipalities of Puerto Rico and the private sector, is authorized and directed to develop and implement a plan to increase access to the telecommunication services in the isolated and remote communities, through among other measures, the following:
(1) Identify those communities in Puerto Rico that still lack telephone facilities and proceed with the evaluation and calculation of the cost for providing said telephone facilities and infrastructure to every community.
(2) Using local, federal, municipal and or private funds, proceed by means of public bids and by meeting the requirements of the applicable legislation and regulations to select the company/companies that shall install said telephone infrastructure, be it wired or wireless, that shall offer their telecommunications services to said communities.
(3) Provide the bona fide resident citizens with limited financial resources of said communities, with the mechanisms and processes that are necessary for them to be able to subscribe to the telephone service and that meet the applicable legislative and regulatory requirements and to require that the telecommunications companies and the Board provide efficient mechanisms to allow the subscribers to avail themselves of the subsidies of the “Lifeline” and “Link Up” Programs through the various guaranteed social aid programs.
(4) The communities herein identified shall be deemed as suitable places to establish free internet access centers in full coordination between the Board and the municipalities for the final determination of their location and pursuant to this chapter and §§ 346—348 of this title, known as the “Act for the Development of Free Internet Access Centers throughout Puerto Rico”.
History —Nov. 14, 2006, No. 246, § 3.