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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  04-  1685 
 June  9,  2004 


 WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  EXTENDS  REPLY  COMMENT  DEADLINES  FOR  IP-  ENABLED  SERVICES  RULEMAKING  AND  SBC’S 
 “IP  PLATFORM  SERVICES”  FORBEARANCE  PETITION 
 WC  DOCKET  NOS.  04-  29,  04-  36 
 Revised  Reply  Comment  Deadline:  July  14,  2004 
 On  March  29,  2004,  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  issued  a  public  notice  indicating  that  initial  comments  in  the  Commission’s  IP-  Enabled  Services  rulemaking  proceeding  (WC 


 Docket  No.  04-  36)  would  be  due  on  or  before  May  28,  2004,  and  that  reply  comments  would  be  due  on  or  before  June  28,  2004.  1  On  March  30,  2004,  citing  similarities  in  the  issues  raised  by 
 the  two  proceedings,  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  extended  the  previously  established  deadlines  for  comments  and  reply  comments  relating  to  SBC  Communications  Inc.  ’s  petition  for 
 forbearance  from  application  of  Title  II  common  carrier  regulation  to  “IP  Platform  Services”  2  (WC  Docket  No.  04-  29)  to  match  the  deadlines  established  in  the  IP-  Enabled  Services  docket.  3 


 On  June  8,  2004,  CompTel/  ASCENT  (“  CompTel”)  filed  a  motion  to  extend  the  deadlines  for  filing  reply  comments  in  these  two  dockets  to  July  14,  2004.  4  CompTel  states  that  “in  light 
 of  the  volume  of  comments  that  these  matters  have  generated,  the  time  period  between  May  28  and  June  28  is  inadequate  to  permit  CompTel  and  others  to  provide  the  Commission  with  a  full, 
 informed  reply”  to  the  initial  comments.  5  CompTel  further  argues  that  the  brief  extension 


 1  See  Public  Notice,  “Pleading  Cycle  Established  for  Comments  in  IP-  Enabled  Services  Rulemaking 
 Proceeding,”  DA  04-  888  (rel.  Mar.  29,  2004). 
 2  SBC  defined  “IP  Platform  Services”  to  include  networks  relying  on  IP,  the  capabilities  and 


 functionalities  of  those  networks,  and  services  and  applications  utilizing  those  networks  to  facilitate  communications. 


 3  See  Public  Notice,  “Wireline  Competition  Bureau  Extends  Comment  Deadlines  for  SBC’s  ‘IP-  Platform 
 Services’  Forbearance  Petition,”  DA  04-  899  (rel.  Mar.  30,  2004). 
 4  See  CompTel/  ASCENT’s  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time,  WC  Docket  Nos.  04-  29,  04-  36  (filed  June  8, 


 2004). 
 5  See  id.  at  2.  Parties  have  submitted  over  150  initial  comments  in  these  two  proceedings. 
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 requested  would  not  prejudice  any  party  to  the  proceeding.  6 
 It  is  the  policy  of  the  Commission  that  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted.  7  In  this  case,  however,  the  Bureau  finds  that  CompTel  has  shown  good  cause  for  an  extension  of  the 
 deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  these  proceedings.  In  light  of  the  complexity  of  the  issues  involved  and  the  unusually  high  number  of  initial  comments  received,  we  grant  a  limited 
 extension  so  that  parties  may  file  reply  comments  in  these  two  dockets  on  or  before  July  14,  2004. 


 For  further  information  regarding  these  proceedings  contact  Russell  Hanser,  Russell.  Hanser@  fcc.  gov,  Competition  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  (202) 
 418-  0832. 
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 6  See  id. 
 7  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
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