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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  2854 
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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  Verizon  Telephone  Companies 
 Tariff  F.  C.  C.  Nos.  1,  11,  14,  and  16  Transmittal  No.  243 


 Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Company  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  73 
 Transmittal  No.  2913 
 Ameritech  Operating  Companies  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  2 
 Transmittal  No.  1318 
 Southern  New  England  Telephone  Company  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  39 
 Transmittal  No.  774 
 Pacific  Bell  Telephone  Company  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1 
 Transmittal  No.  82 
 Nevada  Bell  Telephone  Company  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1 
 Transmittal  No.  22 


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 WCB/  Pricing  No.  02-  27 


 Order  on  Reconsideration 
 Adopted:  October  28,  2002  Released:  October  28,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Pricing  Policy  Division: 
 1.  In  a  September  30,  2002,  order  in  this  docket,  the  Pricing  Policy  Division  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  suspended  for  five  months  and  set  for  investigation  Verizon 
 Telephone  Companies  (Verizon)  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  Nos.  1,  11,  14,  and  16,  Transmittal  No.  243.  1  The 


 1  Verizon  Telephone  Companies  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  Nos.  1,  11,  14,  at  16  Transmittal  No.  243,  et  al.,  Order,  DA  02- 
 2472  (WCB  released  Sept.  30,  2002)(  Suspension  Order).  In  that  order  the  Pricing  Policy  Division  also  suspended  (continued….) 
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 transmittals  addressed  in  that  order  sought  to  establish  rates  for  Universal  Service  Fund  charges  billed  to  residential  and  business  customers  to  reflect  the  companies’  fourth  quarter  2002 
 contribution  obligations. 
 2.  Verizon  withdrew  its  Transmittal  No.  243  on  October  8,  2002.  2  This  withdrawal  renders  moot  the  investigation  of  the  Verizon  tariff  changes  included  in  its  Transmittal  No.  243. 


 Therefore,  on  our  own  motion,  we  reconsider  our  decision  to  suspend  and  investigate  Verizon’s  Transmittal  No.  243,  and  we  terminate  the  investigation  of  those  tariff  provisions. 


 3.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  section  204  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  204,  and  sections  0.91,  0.291,  and  1.108 
 of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  and  1.108,  we  reconsider,  on  our  own  motion,  our  decision  in  the  Suspension  Order  to  suspend  for  five  months  and  investigate  the 
 revisions  filed  by  Verizon  Telephone  Companies,  under  Transmittal  No.  243. 
 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  section  204  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  204,  and  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the 


 Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91  and  0.291,  the  investigation  imposed  in  WCB/  Pricing  File  No.  02-  27  IS  TERMINATED  with  respect  to  Verizon  Telephone  Companies. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Tamara  L.  Preiss  Chief,  Pricing  Policy  Division 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau 


 (Continued  from  previous  page)  for  five  months  and  set  for  investigation  certain  rates  for  Ameritech  Operating  Companies  (Ameritech)  Tariff 
 F.  C.  C.  No.  2,  Transmittal  No.  1318.  We  also  suspended  for  one  day,  imposed  an  accounting  order,  and  set  for  investigation  Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Company  (Southwestern)  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  73,  Transmittal  No.  2913, 
 Nevada  Bell  Telephone  Company  (Nevada)  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.,  1,  Transmittal  No.  22,  Pacific  Bell  Telephone  Company  (Pacific)  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  82,  Southern  New  England  Telephone  Company  (SNET) 
 Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  39,  Transmittal  No.  774,  and  certain  rates  for  Ameritech  Operating  Companies  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  2,  Transmittal  No.  1318. 


 2  Verizon  Transmittal  No.  248,  filed  Oct.  8,  2002  pursuant  to  Special  Permission  No.  02-  127. 
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