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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  11 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Petition  of  Qwest  Corporation  for  Forbearance  Pursuant  to  47  U.  S.  C.  §  160(  c)  Pertaining  to 
 Qwest’s  xDSL  Services 


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 WC  Docket  No.  04-  416 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  January  4,  2005  Released:  January  4,  2005 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  On  November  10,  2004,  Qwest  Corporation  (Qwest)  filed  a  petition  for  forbearance,  pursuant  to  47  U.  S.  C.  §  160(  c),  pertaining  to  xDSL  services.  On  November  16,  2004,  the  Wireline  Competition 
 Bureau  released  a  public  notice  establishing  comment  and  reply  dates  for  Qwest’s  petition  of  January  5,  2005,  and  February  7,  2005,  respectively.  1  On  December  28,  2004,  the  Washington  Bureau  for  ISP 
 Advocacy  (WBIA)  filed  a  motion  pursuant  to  section  1.46  of  the  Commission’s  rules  2  asking  the  Commission  to  extend  the  period  for  all  parties  to  file  comments  and  replies  to  January  20,  2005,  and 
 February  22,  2005,  respectively.  WBIA  states  that  an  extension  is  necessary  due  to  holiday  and  vacation  schedules  typical  for  this  time  of  year  and  the  large  number  of  proceedings  currently  open  for  comment. 


 2.  The  Bureau  hereby  denies  WBIA’s  request.  It  is  the  policy  of  the  Commission  that  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted.  3  All  parties  had  notice  that  comments  would  be  due  after  the 
 holidays,  and  granting  an  extension  at  this  date  would  not  provide  ample  notice  of  the  additional  time  such  that  all  commenters  could  take  advantage  of  the  extension.  The  Commission’s  rules,  however,  do 
 provide  that  when  a  timely  motion  for  extension  of  time  such  as  WBIA’s  is  denied,  comments  need  not  be  filed  until  two  business  days  after  the  Commission  acts  on  the  motion.  4  Thus,  any  party’s  comments  that 
 are  filed  on  or  before  January  6,  2005  will  be  considered  timely  filed. 
 3.  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 


 1  Public  Notice,  Comments  Invited  on  Petition  for  Forbearance  Filed  by  Qwest  Corporation  Regarding  Qwest’s 
 DSL  Service,  WC  Docket  No.  04-  416,  DA  04-  3602  (Nov.  16,  2004). 
 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46. 


 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
 4  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  b). 
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 Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  1.46,  the  request  for  extension  of  time  filed  by  WBIA  IS  DENIED. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Michelle  M.  Carey  Deputy  Chief,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau 
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