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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-  3988 
 December  20,  2004 


 WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  EXTENDS  REPLY  COMMENT  DEADLINE  FOR  PETITION  FOR  FORBEARANCE  FILED  BY  BELLSOUTH 
 TELECOMMUNICATIONS,  INC.  REGARDING  INCUMBENT  LEC  PROVISION  OF  BROADBAND 


 WC  DOCKET  NO.  04-  405 
 Revised  Reply  Comment  Deadline:  January  28,  2005 
 On  November  3,  2004,  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  issued  a  public  notice  indicating  that  initial  comments  regarding  BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.  ’s  (BellSouth)  petition  for 


 forbearance  from  certain  Title  II  and  Computer  Inquiry  requirements  (WC  Docket  No.  04-  405)  would  be  due  on  or  before  December  20,  2004,  and  that  reply  comments  would  be  due  on  or 
 before  January  19,  2005.  1  On  December  17,  2004,  BellSouth  requested  that  we  extend  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  this  docket  to  January  28,  2005.  2  BellSouth  indicates  that 
 it  expects  numerous  parties  to  file  comments  in  this  proceeding  and  requests  additional  time,  in  light  of  the  intervening  holidays,  to  ensure  that  BellSouth  can  fully  respond  to  the  arguments  of 
 commenting  parties.  3 
 It  is  the  policy  of  the  Commission  that  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted.  4  In  this  case,  however,  the  Bureau  finds  that  BellSouth  has  shown  good  cause  for  an  extension  of  the 
 deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  this  proceeding.  In  light  of  the  complexity  of  the  issues  involved,  we  grant  a  limited  extension  so  that  parties  may  file  reply  comments  in  this  docket  on 
 or  before  January  28,  2005. 
 For  further  information  regarding  this  proceeding,  contact  Brad  Koerner,  brad.  koerner@  fcc.  gov,  Competition  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  (202)  418- 
 0866. 
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 1  See  Public  Notice,  “Comments  Invited  on  Petition  for  Forbearance  Filed  by  BellSouth 
 Telecommunications,  Inc.  Regarding  Incumbent  LEC  Provision  of  Broadband,”  DA  04-  3507  (rel.  Nov.  3,  2004). 


 2  See  Letter  from  L.  Barbee  Ponder  IV,  BellSouth,  to  Marlene  H.  Dortch,  Secretary,  FCC,  WC  Docket 
 No.  04-  405  (filed  Dec.  17,  2004).  We  treat  BellSouth’s  Ex  Parte  presentation  as  a  motion  for  extension  of  time  filed  under  rule  1.46(  b).  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  b). 


 3  See  id. 
 4  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
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