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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information:  (202)  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  (888)  835-  5322 
 DA  03-  3278  Released:  October  20,  2003 
 COMMENT  AND  REPLY  COMMENT  DATES  FOR  THE  TELRIC  NPRM 
 WC  Docket  No.  03-  173 
 COMMENTS  DUE:  December  16,  2003  REPLY  COMMENTS  DUE:  January  30,  2004 


 On  September  15,  2003,  the  Commission  released  a  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  WC  Docket  No.  03-  173  (TELRIC  NPRM),  in  which  the  Commission  initiated  a  rulemaking 
 proceeding  to  examine  the  rules  applicable  to  pricing  of  unbundled  network  elements  (UNEs)  and  resold  telecommunications  services  made  available  by  incumbent  local  exchange  carriers 
 (LECs)  to  competitive  LECs.  A  summary  of  the  TELRIC  NPRM  was  published  in  the  Federal  Register  on  October  17,  2003,  triggering  the  cycle  for  comments  and  reply  comments.  1 


 Pursuant  to  Sections  1.415  and  1.419  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.415,  1.419,  interested  parties  may  file  comments  on  or  before  December  16,  2003,  and  reply 
 comments  on  or  before  January  30,  2004.  Comments  may  be  filed  using  the  Commission's  Electronic  Comment  Filing  System  (ECFS)  or  by  filing  paper  copies.  See  Electronic  Filing  of 
 Documents  in  Rulemaking  Proceedings,  63  Fed.  Reg.  24121  (1998). 
 Comments  filed  through  the  ECFS  can  be  sent  as  an  electronic  file  via  the  Internet  to  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  cgb/  ecfs/.  Generally,  only  one  copy  of  an  electronic  submission  must  be 


 filed.  If  multiple  docket  or  rulemaking  numbers  appear  in  the  caption  of  this  proceeding,  however,  commenters  must  transmit  one  electronic  copy  of  the  comments  to  each  docket  or 
 rulemaking  number  referenced  in  the  caption.  In  completing  the  transmittal  screen,  commenters  should  include  their  full  name,  U.  S.  Postal  Service  mailing  address,  and  the  applicable  docket  or 
 rulemaking  number.  Parties  may  also  submit  an  electronic  comment  by  Internet  e-  mail.  To  get  filing  instructions  for  e-  mail  comments,  commenters  should  send  an  e-  mail  to  ecfs@  fcc.  gov,  and 
 should  include  the  following  words  in  the  body  of  the  message,  "get  form  ."  A  sample  form  and  directions  will  be  sent  in  reply. 


 Parties  who  choose  to  file  by  paper  must  file  an  original  and  four  copies  of  each  filing.  If  more  than  one  docket  or  rulemaking  number  appear  in  the  caption  of  this  proceeding, 
 1  68  FR  59757  (Oct.  17,  2003). 
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