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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 DA  03-  3608 
 November  10,  2003 
 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  COMMENTS  ON  SBC’S  PETITION  FOR  FORBEARANCE 
 FROM  APPLICATION  OF  SECTION  271 
 WC  Docket  No.  03-  235 
 Comments  Due:  December  2,  2003  Reply  Comments  Due:  December  12,  2003 


 On  November  6,  2003,  SBC  Communications  Inc.  (SBC)  filed  a  petition  pursuant  to  section  10  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  1  requesting  that  the  Commission 
 forbear  from  applying  the  terms  of  section  271(  c)(  2)(  B)  to  the  extent,  if  any,  those  provisions  impose  unbundling  obligations  on  SBC  that  this  Commission  has  determined  should  not  be 
 imposed  on  incumbent  LECs  pursuant  to  section  251.  2  In  its  Petition,  SBC  argues  that  the  Commission  has  consistently  held  that  the  scope  of  the  unbundling  obligations  under  the  section 
 271  competitive  checklist  is  no  more  extensive  than  the  scope  of  those  same  obligations  under  section  251.  3  If  the  Commission  declines  to  grant  relief  on  that  point,  SBC’s  Petition  requests 
 that  the  Commission  at  a  minimum  should  forbear  from  applying  those  section  271  unbundling  obligations  to  the  broadband  network  elements  that  the  Commission  already  has  determined  need 
 not  be  unbundled  under  section  251.  4 
 This  Public  Notice  establishes  certain  procedural  requirements  relating  to  consideration  of  SBC’s  Petition.  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 


 1  47  U.  S.  C.  §  160  et  seq. 
 2  Petition  of  SBC  Communications  Inc.  for  Forbearance  Under  47  U.  S.  C.  160(  c),  WC  Docket  No.  03-  235 
 (filed  Nov.  6,  2003)  (SBC  Petition  or  Petition). 
 3  SBC  Petition  at  1-  2. 


 4  SBC  Petition  at  8-  14. 
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