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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information:  (202)  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  (888)  835-  5322  DA  04-  411 
 Released:  February  19,  2004 
 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  AMERITECH  PETITION  FOR  PRICING  FLEXIBILITY  FOR  SPECIAL  ACCESS  AND  DEDICATED  TRANSPORT  SERVICES 


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 COMMENTS:  March  1,  2004  REPLY  COMMENTS:  March  11,  2004 


 On  February  13,  2004,  Ameritech  Illinois,  Ameritech  Indiana,  Ameritech  Michigan,  Ameritech  Ohio,  and  Ameritech  Wisconsin  (Ameritech)  filed  a  petition  for  pricing  flexibility  for 
 special  access  and  dedicated  transport  services  in  designated  geographic  areas  pursuant  to  sections  1.774  and  69.701  et  seq.  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.774  and  69.701  et  seq.  The 
 petition  is  available  for  review  through  the  Commission’s  Electronic  Tariff  Filing  System  (ETFS).  Comments  or  oppositions  may  be  filed  no  later  than  March  1,  2004.  1  Interested  parties  are 
 strongly  encouraged  to  file  comments  electronically  through  ETFS,  although  they  are  not  required  to  do  so.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.774(  e)(  2)(  i).  The  ETFS  provides  instructions  for  filing  both  public 
 and  confidential  versions  of  comments,  and,  if  interested  parties  require  additional  assistance,  they  may  call  the  ETFS  Information  Line  at  (202)  418-  7700.  Parties  electing  to  file  comments 
 through  a  method  other  than  ETFS  must  file  such  comments  in  accordance  with  section  1.774(  e)(  2)(  ii)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.774(  e)(  2)(  ii).  In  addition,  Ameritech 
 may  file  a  reply  no  later  than  March  11,  2004,  10  days  after  the  deadline  for  comments  or  oppositions.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.774(  d).  Any  such  reply  must  be  filed  through  ETFS.  47  C.  F.  R.  § 
 1.774(  e)(  3).  For  additional  information  about  the  filing  and  service  of  comments  and  replies,  see  sections  1.774(  c)-(  e)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.774(  c)-(  e). 


 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  must  contain  summaries  of  the  substance  of  the  presentations  and  not  merely  a  listing  of  the  subjects 
 discussed.  More  than  a  one-  or  two-  sentence  description  of  the  views  and  arguments  presented  generally  is  required.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b).  Other  rules  pertaining  to  oral  and  written 
 ex  parte  presentations  in  permit-  but-  disclose  proceedings  are  set  forth  in  section  1.1206(  b)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b). 


 1  The  Commission’s  rules  require  that  comments  or  oppositions  be  filed  15  days  after  the  petition  is  filed.  47  C.  F.  R. 
 §  1.  774(  c).  In  this  case,  the  fifteenth  day  falls  on  February  28,  a  Saturday;  thus,  comments  or  oppositions  are  due  on  Monday,  March  1.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.4(  j). 
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 For  further  information,  contact  Monica  Desai,  Pricing  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  (202)  418-  7419. 
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