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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  06-  1184  Released:  June  2,  2006 
 IOWA  TELECOM  SERVICES,  INC.  SEEKS  FORBEARANCE  FROM  OR  WAIVER  OF  THE  COMMISSION’S  UNIVERSAL  SERVICE  RULES  TO  PERMIT  IT  TO  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR 
 UNIVERSAL  SERVICE  SUPPORT  UNDER  THE  HIGH-  COST  MECHANISM  FOR  NON-RURAL  CARRIERS 


 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED 
 WC  Docket  No.  05-  337 


 Comments  Due:  July  3,  2006  Reply  Comments  Due:  July  18,  2006 


 By  this  public  notice,  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  seeks  comment  on  two  petitions  filed  on  May  8,  2006,  by  Iowa  Telecom  Services,  Inc.  (Iowa  Telecom).  1  In  the  first  petition,  Iowa  Telecom 
 requests  forbearance,  pursuant  to  Section  10  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  from  enforcement  of  Sections  36.01-  631,  54.305,  54.309,  54.313,  and  54.314  of  the  Commissions  rules  to  the 
 extent  necessary  to  permit  Iowa  Telecom  to  be  eligible  for  high-  cost  universal  service  support  under  the  non-  rural  high-  cost  mechanism.  In  the  second  petition,  Iowa  Telecom  requests  waiver  of  Sections  36.01- 
 631,  54.305,  54.309,  54.313,  and  54.314  of  the  Commissions  rules  to  the  extent  necessary  to  accomplish  the  same  purpose.  Iowa  Telecom  requests  that  the  forbearance  or  waiver  be  effective  “until  such  time  as 
 the  FCC  adopts  a  final  successor  regime  to  the  Rural  Task  Force  Order  that  allows  rural  price  cap  carriers  such  as  Iowa  Telecom  to  receive  loop  support  based  on  its  network’s  forward-  looking  economic  costs.”  2 


 Pursuant  to  sections  1.415  and  1.419  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  CFR  §§  1.415,  1.419,  interested  parties  may  file  comments  and  reply  comments  on  or  before  the  dates  indicated  on  the  first 
 page  of  this  document.  Comments  may  be  filed  using:  (1)  the  Commission’s  Electronic  Comment  Filing 
 1  Iowa  Telecom  Petition  for  Interim  Waiver  of  the  Commission’s  Universal  Service  High-  Cost  Loop  Support 
 Mechanism,  WC  Docket  No.  05-  337  (filed  May  8,  2006)  (Iowa  Telecom  Forbearance  Petition);  Iowa  Telecom  Petition  for  Interim  Waiver  of  the  Commission’s  Universal  Service  High-  Cost  Loop  Support  Mechanism,  WC 


 Docket  No.  05-  337  (filed  May  8,  2006)  (Iowa  Telecom  Waiver  Petition). 
 2  Iowa  Telecom  Forbearance  Petition,  at  1;  Iowa  Telecom  Waiver  Petition,  at  1;  see  also  Federal-  State  Joint 
 Board  on  Universal  Service,  CC  Docket  No.  96-  45,  Fourteenth  Report  and  Order  and  Twenty-  Second  Order  on  Reconsideration,  Multi-  Association  Group  (MAG)  Plan  for  Regulation  of  Interstate  Services  of  Non-  Price  Cap 


 Incumbent  Local  Exchange  Carriers  and  Interexchange  Carriers,  CC  Docket  No.  00-  256,  Report  and  Order,  16  FCC  Rcd  11244  (2001)  (Rural  Task  Force  Order). 
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