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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 DA  05-  2658  Released:  October  5,  2005 
 DOMESTIC  SECTION  214  APPLICATION  FILED  FOR  ACQUISITION  OF  ASSETS  OF  AMERICAN  FARM  BUREAU,  INC.,  TO  IBFA  ACQUISITION  COMPANY,  LLC, 
 D/  B/  A  FARM  BUREAU  CONNECTION 
 STREAMLINED  PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED 
 WC  Docket  No.  05-  272 
 Comments  Due:  October  19,  2005  Reply  Comments  Due:  October  26,  2005 


 On  September  2,  2005,  IBFA  Acquisition  Company,  LLC,  d/  b/  a  Farm  Bureau  Connection  (“  IBFA”)  and  American  Farm  Bureau,  Inc.  (“  AFB”)  (together  “Applicants”),  filed 
 an  application,  pursuant  to  section  63.04  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  1  requesting  approval  to  enable  IBFA  to  acquire  certain  telecommunications  assets,  including  the  subscriber  base,  of 
 AFB.  2 
 Applicants  assert  that  this  transaction  is  entitled  to  presumptive  streamlined  treatment  under  section  63.03(  b)(  2)(  i)  of  the  Commission’s  rules  because  the  proposed  transaction  will 
 result  in:  (1)  IBFA  having  less  than  a  10  percent  market  share  in  the  interstate,  interexchange  marketplace;  (2)  IBFA  providing  competitive  telephone  exchange  services  or  exchange  access 
 services  exclusively  in  geographic  areas  served  by  a  dominant  local  carrier  that  is  not  a  party  to  the  proposed  transaction;  and  (3)  neither  of  the  Applicants  is  dominant  with  respect  to  any 
 service.  3 
 AFB,  an  Illinois  corporation,  is  authorized  to  provide  domestic  interstate  and  international  telecommunications  service.  AFB  also  has  authority  to  provide  intrastate, 


 1  47  C.  F.  R  §  63.04;  see  47  U.  S.  C.  §  214. 
 2  Any  action  on  this  domestic  section  214  application  is  without  prejudice  to  Commission  action  on  other 
 related,  pending  applications.  Applicants  filed  two  amendments  to  their  application  on  September  30,  2005  and  October  3,  2005. 


 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §  63.03(  b)(  2)(  i). 
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