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 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  DA  01-  1014 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  File  No.  EB  00-  IH-  0241 
 )  TRS  Company  Code:  811135 
 Advanced  Telecom.  Network,  Inc.  )  NAL/  Acct.  No.  200132080020 


 FORFEITURE  ORDER 
 Adopted:  April  19,  2001  Released:  April  20,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Enforcement  Bureau: 
 1.  In  this  Forfeiture  Order,  we  find  that  Advanced  Telecom.  Network,  Inc.  (“  Advanced”) 
 has  violated  47  U.  S.  C.  §  254(  d)  and  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  706  by  willfully  and  repeatedly  failing  to  make 
 required  contributions  to  universal  service  support  programs.  We  conclude  that  Advanced  is  liable 
 for  a  forfeiture  in  the  amount  of  forty-  six  thousand  seven  hundred  dollars  ($  46,700),  the  amount 
 proposed  in  the  Notice  of  Apparent  Liability  (“  NAL”)  in  this  matter.  1 


 2.  On  March  2,  2001,  the  Commission,  by  the  Chief,  Enforcement  Bureau,  acting 
 pursuant  to  delegated  authority,  issued  the  NAL  to  Advanced.  We  issued  the  NAL  because  it 
 appeared  that  Advanced  had  been  chronically  tardy  in  submitting  its  required  universal  service 
 contributions  and  owed  more  than  $266,000  to  universal  service  funds.  Pursuant  to  paragraph  15 
 of  the  NAL,  we  sent  the  NAL  by  certified  mail  to  Advanced.  Although  the  return  receipt  reflects 
 that  Advanced  received  the  NAL  on  March  5,  2001,  we  have  not  received  a  response  or  payment. 
 Having  received  nothing  that  would  undermine  the  factual  findings  described  in  the  NAL,  we 
 conclude  that  the  violations  as  described  occurred  and  that  the  proposed  forfeiture  should  issue. 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  THAT,  pursuant  to  47  U.  S.  C.  §  503(  b)  and  47  C.  F.  R. 
 §  1.  80(  f)(  4),  Advanced  Telecom.  Network,  Inc.  is  LIABLE  FOR  A  FORFEITURE  in  the  amount 
 of  forty-  six  thousand  seven  hundred  dollars  ($  46,700)  for  willfully  and  repeatedly  violating  47 
 U.  S.  C.  §  254(  d)  and  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  706. 


 4.  Payment  of  the  forfeiture  shall  be  made  in  the  manner  provided  for  in  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  80 
 within  thirty  days  of  the  release  of  this  Forfeiture  Order.  If  the  forfeiture  is  not  paid  within  the 
 period  specified,  the  case  may  be  referred  to  the  Department  of  Justice  for  collection  pursuant  to 
 47  U.  S.  C.  §  504(  a).  Advanced  Telecom.  Network,  Inc.  may  pay  the  forfeiture  by  mailing  a  check 
 or  money  order,  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission,  to  the 
 Forfeiture  Collection  Section,  Finance  Branch,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  P.  O.  Box 
 73482,  Chicago,  Illinois  60673-  7482.  The  payment  should  note  the  NAL/  Acct.  No.  referenced 
 above.  A  request  for  payment  of  the  full  amount  of  this  Forfeiture  Order  under  an  installment 
 plan  should  be  sent  to:  Chief,  Revenue  and  Receivables  Operations  Group,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W., 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  2 


 1  Advanced  Telecom.  Network,  Inc.,  Notice  of  Apparent  Liability,  DA  01-  542  (Enforcement  Bureau  March  2, 
 2001). 


 2  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1914. 
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 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  THAT  a  copy  of  this  Forfeiture  Order  shall  be  sent  by 
 Certified  Mail  Return  Receipt  Requested  to  Advanced  Telecom.  Network,  Inc.,  4  Executive 
 Campus,  Suite  200,  Cherry  Hill,  New  Jersey  08002,  attention:  Phillip  Krieger. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 David  H.  Solomon 
 Chief,  Enforcement  Bureau 
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