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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  1870 
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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Special  Access  Rates  for  Price  Cap  Local  Exchange  Carriers 


 AT&  T  Corp.  Petition  for  Rulemaking  to  Reform  Regulation  of  Incumbent  Local  Exchange  Carrier 
 Rates  for  Interstate  Special  Access  Services 


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 WC  Docket  No.  05-  25 
 RM-  10593 
 ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  28,  2005  Released:  June  28,  2005 
 Revised  Reply  Comment  Date:  July  29,  2005 
 By  the  Chief,  Pricing  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  On  January  31,  2005,  the  Commission  released  a  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  (NPRM)  in  the  above-  captioned  proceeding.  1  In  the  NPRM,  the  Commission  commenced  a  broad  examination  of  the 
 regulatory  framework  to  apply  to  price  cap  local  exchange  carriers’  (LECs)  interstate  special  access  services  after  June  30,  2005.  In  conducting  this  examination,  the  Commission  sought  comment  on  the 
 special  access  regulatory  regime  that  should  follow  the  expiration  of  the  Coalition  for  Affordable  Local  and  Long  Distance  Service  (CALLS)  plan,  including  whether  to  maintain  or  modify  the  Commission’s 
 pricing  flexibility  rules  for  special  access  services.  2  The  comment  deadline  was  June  13,  2005  and  the  reply  comment  deadline  is  July  12,  2005.  3 


 2.  CompTel/  ALTS  and  the  United  States  Telecom  Association  (USTA)  (together,  the  Petitioners)  filed  motions  with  the  Commission,  requesting  a  seventeen-  day  extension  of  the  deadline  for 
 filing  reply  comments.  4  The  Petitioners  explain  that  the  requested  extension  would  allow  all  parties  the 
 1  Special  Access  Rates  for  Price  Cap  Local  Exchange  Carriers;  AT&  T  Corp.  Petition  for  Rulemaking  to  Reform  of 
 Incumbent  Local  Exchange  Carrier  Rates  for  Interstate  Special  Access  Services,  WC  Docket  No.  05-  25,  RM-10593,  Order  and  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  FCC  05-  18  (rel.  Jan.  31,  2005)  (Special  Access  NPRM). 


 2  Id.,  para.  1. 
 3  See  Special  Access  Rates  for  Price  Cap  Local  Exchange  Carriers;  AT&  T  Corp.  Petition  for  Rulemaking  to  Reform 
 of  Incumbent  Local  Exchange  Carrier  Rates  for  Interstate  Special  Access  Services,  70  Fed.  Reg.  19381  (2005). 
 4  See  CompTEL/  ALTS  Request  for  Extension  of  Time  to  File  Reply  Comments,  WC  Docket  No.  05-  25,  RM-  10593 
 (filed  June  23,  2005);  United  States  Telecom  Association  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time,  WC  Docket  No.  05-  25  (filed  June  24,  2005). 
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 opportunity  to  better  evaluate,  and  respond  to,  the  complex  economic  analyses  offered  by  many  commenters  in  this  proceeding.  On  June  13,  2005,  the  Commission  received  more  than  2,000  pages  of 
 comments  from  multiple  parties,  many  of  which  contained  data  submissions  and  economic  analyses.  Moreover,  there  was  approximately  a  one-  week  delay  before  all  of  the  comments  were  available  on  the 
 Commission’s  Electronic  Comment  Filing  System  (ECFS).  USTA  claims  that  the  delay  in  posting  all  of  the  initial  comments  on  the  Commission’s  website  favors  an  extension  and  contends  that  this  modest 
 extension  of  time  would  not  prejudice  any  party. 
 3.  We  hereby  grant  the  motions  for  extensions  of  time.  We  agree  with  the  Petitioners  that,  due  to  the  voluminous  and  complex  nature  of  the  record,  it  may  be  difficult  for  the  parties  to  review  and 
 respond  to  the  comments  by  the  July  12,  2005  deadline.  In  the  interest  of  developing  a  thorough  and  complete  record  in  this  proceeding,  the  Bureau  grants  the  Petitioners’  requests,  and  hereby  extends  the 
 reply  comment  deadline  to  July  29,  2005.  This  extension  should  allow  parties  adequate  time  to  review  and  respond  to  the  record  in  this  proceeding.  All  other  filing  requirements  set  forth  in  the  NPRM  remain 
 in  effect.  5 
 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  the  authority  contained  in  sections  4(  i),  4(  j),  and  303(  r)  of  the  Communications  Act,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i),  154(  j),  and  303(  r),  and  sections 
 0.91,  0.204(  b),  0.291,  1.45,  and  1.415  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.204(  b),  0.291,  1.45,  and  1.415,  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  response  to  the  NPRM  IS  EXTENDED  to  July 
 29,  2005. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Tamara  L.  Preiss  Chief,  Pricing  Policy  Division  Wireline 
 Competition  Bureau 


 5  See  Special  Access  NPRM,  paras.  147-  51. 
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