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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  3727 
 Before  the  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Fiber  Technologies  Networks,  L.  L.  C., 
 Petitioner, 
 v. 
 Verizon  New  England,  Inc.  d/  b/  a  Verizon  Rhode  Island, 


 Respondent. 


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 File  No.  EB-  03-  MD-  007 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  November  19,  2003  Released:  November  20,  2003 


 By  the  Chief,  Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division,  Enforcement  Bureau: 
 1.  On  November  18,  2003,  the  petitioner,  Fiber  Technologies  Networks,  L.  L.  C.  (“  Fiber  Tech”),  and  the  respondent,  Verizon  New  England  Inc.  d/  b/  a  Verizon 
 Rhode  Island  (“  Verizon”),  filed  a  Stipulation  of  Dismissal  With  Prejudice  1  seeking  dismissal  of  the  Petition  for  Temporary  Stay  that  the  petitioner  filed  on  April  21,  2003.  2 
 The  Stipulation  of  Dismissal  is  signed  by  counsel  for  both  petitioner  and  respondent  and  states  that  all  parties  to  the  proceeding  “hereby  stipulate  that  all  claims  and  counterclaims 
 asserted  in  such  proceeding  are  hereby  dismissed  with  prejudice.”  3 
 2.  We  are  satisfied  that  dismissing  the  Petition  for  Stay  will  serve  the  public  interest  by  promoting  the  private  resolution  of  disputes  and  by  eliminating  the  need  for 


 1  Stipulation  of  Dismissal  With  Prejudice,  File  No.  EB-  03-  MD-  007  (filed  Nov.  18,  2003)  (“  Stipulation  of 
 Dismissal”).  2 
 Petition  for  Temporary  Stay,  File  No.  EB-  03-  MD-  007  (filed  Apr.  21,  2003)  (“  Petition  for  Stay”).  3 
 Petition  for  Stay  at  1. 
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 further  litigation  and  the  expenditure  of  further  time  and  resources  of  the  parties  and  this  Commission. 
 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  sections  1,  4(  i),  4(  j),  and  224  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  151,  154(  i),  154(  j),  224, 
 and  the  authority  delegated  in  sections  0.111  and  0.311  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.111  and  0.311,  that  the  Stipulation  of  Dismissal  With  Prejudice  is 
 GRANTED,  and  that  the  Petition  for  Temporary  Stay  is  DISMISSED  with  prejudice. 
 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  the  above-  captioned  proceeding  is  TERMINATED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Alexander  P.  Starr  Chief,  Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division 
 Enforcement  Bureau 
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