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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  04-  4030 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  matter  of 
 Petitions  of  Global  Crossing  Telecommunications,  Inc. 
 and  SBC  Communications,  Inc.  for  Declaratory  Ruling 


 )  ) 
 )  ) 
 )  )  WC  Docket  No.  04-  424 


 ORDER  EXTENDING  PLEADING  CYCLE 
 Adopted:  December  22,  2004  Released:  December  23,  2004 
 Revised  Filing  Dates: 
 Comments  Due:  January  7,  2005  Reply  Comments  Due:  January  18,  2005 


 By  the  Chief,  Pricing  Policy  Division: 
 I.  INTRODUCTION 
 1.  CompTel/  ASCENT  (“  CompTel/  ASCENT”)  Alliance  filed  a  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  requesting  that  the  Commission  extend  the  period  for  all  interested  parties  to  file  comments  and 
 reply  comments  in  the  above-  captioned  proceeding  from  December  29,  2004  and  January  10,  2005,  respectively,  to  January  20,  2005  and  February  9,  2005  respectively.  1  CompTel/  ASCENT  states  that  this 
 extension  would  permit  more  substantive  and  complete  responses  to  the  legal  and  factual  issues  raised  in  this  proceeding  and  would  not  prejudice  any  interest  parties.  We  agree  that  providing  additional  time  to 
 file  comments  and  reply  comments  will  allow  a  more  substantive  and  complete  record  in  this  proceeding.  We  note,  however,  that  it  is  the  policy  of  the  Commission  that  extensions  of  time  shall  not  be  routinely 
 granted.  2  In  light  of  that  policy,  we  do  not  agree  that  the  extension  of  time  sought  by  CompTel/  ASCENT  is  reasonable  given  the  limited  scope  of  the  proceeding  and  the  bases  for  the  extension  request. 
 Therefore,  we  will  extend  the  deadline  for  filing  comments  in  this  proceeding  until  January  7,  2005,  and  for  filing  reply  comments  until  January  18,  2005. 


 2.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  sections  4(  i),  4(  j),  and  5(  c)  of  the  Communications  Act,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i),  154(  j),  155(  c),  and  sections  0.91,  0.291,  and  1.46  of  the 
 Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.  91,  0.291,  1.46,  the  pleading  cycle  established  in  this  matter  shall  be  modified  as  follows: 


 Comments  Due:  January  7,  2005  Reply  Comments  Due:  January  18,  2005 


 1  See  Pleading  Cycle  Established  for  Petitions  of  Global  Crossing  Telecommunications,  Inc.  and  SBC 
 Communications,  Inc.  for  Declaratory  Ruling,  WC  Docket  No.  04-  424,  Public  Notice,  DA  04-  3865  (released  Dec.  8,  2004). 


 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
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 3.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  the  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  of  COMPTEL/  ASCENT  ALLIANCE  is  GRANTED  in  part  and  DENIED  in  part,  as  set  forth  herein. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Tamara  Preiss  Chief,  Pricing  Policy  Division 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau 
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