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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  03-  346 
 Released:  February  3,  2003 


 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  PETITIONS  FOR  PRICING  FLEXIBILITY  FOR  SPECIAL  ACCESS  AND  DEDICATED 
 TRANSPORT  SERVICES  FILED  BY  THE  AMERITECH  OPERATING  COMPANIES,  NEVADA  BELL,  PACIFIC  BELL,  SOUTHERN  NEW  ENGLAND,  AND 
 SOUTHWESTERN  BELL  TELEPHONE  COMPANIES 
 WCB/  PPD  03-  08 


 COMMENTS:  February  14,  2003  REPLY  COMMENTS:  February  24,  2003 


 On  January  30,  2003,  SBC  local  telephone  companies  (SBC)  filed  petitions  for  pricing  flexibility  for  special  access  and  dedicated  transport  services  pursuant  to  sections  1.774  and 
 69.701  et  seq.  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.774  and  69.701  et  seq.  1  Comments  and  oppositions  may  be  filed  no  later  than  February  14,  2003,  15  days  after  the  petition  was  filed.  47 
 C.  F.  R.  §  1.774(  c).  Interested  parties  are  strongly  encouraged  to  file  comments  electronically  through  the  Commission’s  Electronic  Tariff  Filing  System  (ETFS),  although  they  are  not 
 required  to  do  so.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.774(  e)(  2)(  i).  The  ETFS  provides  instructions  for  filing  both  public  and  confidential  versions  of  comments,  and,  if  interested  parties  require  additional 
 assistance,  they  may  call  the  ETFS  Information  Line  at  (202)  418-  7700.  Parties  electing  to  file  comments  through  a  method  other  than  ETFS  must  file  such  comments  in  accordance  with 
 section  1.774(  e)(  2)(  ii)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.774(  e)(  2)(  ii).  In  addition,  SBC  may  file  a  reply  no  later  than  February  24,  2003,  10  days  after  comments  are  filed.  47  C.  F.  R.  § 
 1.774(  d).  Any  such  reply  must  be  filed  through  ETFS.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.774(  e)(  3).  For  additional  information  about  the  filing  and  service  of  comments  and  replies,  see  sections  1.774(  c)-(  e)  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.774(  c)-(  e). 
 This  matter  shall  be  treated  as  a  "permit-  but-  disclose"  proceeding  in  accordance  with  the  Commission's  ex  parte  rules.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.1200,  1.1206.  Persons  making  oral  ex  parte 


 presentations  are  reminded  that  memoranda  summarizing  the  presentations  must  contain 


 1  SBC  filed  on  behalf  of  the  following  telephone  companies:  The  Ameritech  Operating 
 Companies,  Nevada  Bell,  Pacific  Bell,  Southern  New  England,  and  Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Companies. 
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 summaries  of  the  substance  of  the  presentations  and  not  merely  a  listing  of  the  subjects  discussed.  More  than  a  one-  or  two-  sentence  description  of  the  views  and  arguments  presented  generally  is 
 required.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b).  Other  rules  pertaining  to  oral  and  written  ex  parte  presentations  in  permit-  but-  disclose  proceedings  are  set  forth  in  section  1.1206(  b)  of  the 
 Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b). 
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 For  additional  information,  please  contact  Joshua  E.  Swift,  Pricing  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  (202)  418-  2019. 
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