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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-  1263  June  12,  2006 
 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  COMMENTS  ON  PETITION  OF  ACS  OF  ANCHORAGE,  INC.  FOR  FORBEARANCE  FROM  CERTAIN  DOMINANT  CARRIER 
 REGULATION  OF  ITS  INTERSTATE  ACCESS  SERVICES  AND  FROM  TITLE  II  REGULATION  OF  ITS  BROADBAND  SERVICES  IN  THE  ANCHORAGE,  ALASKA 
 INCUMBENT  LOCAL  EXCHANGE  CARRIER  STUDY  AREA 
 WC  Docket  No.  06-  109 
 Comments  Due:  August  11,  2006  Reply  Comments  Due:  September  11,  2006 


 On  May  22,  2006,  ACS  of  Anchorage,  Inc.  (ACS)  filed  a  petition  pursuant  to  section  10  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the  Act).  1  ACS  requests  forbearance  from  certain  dominant 
 carrier  regulation  of  its  interstate  access  services  in  the  Anchorage,  Alaska  incumbent  local  exchange  carrier  (LEC)  study  area,  consistent  with  the  relief  that  the  Commission  granted  to  Qwest  Corporation  in 
 the  Omaha,  Nebraska  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area.  2  ACS  also  seeks  forbearance  from  Title  II  regulation  of  its  broadband  services  in  the  Anchorage  study  area,  consistent  with  the  relief  deemed  granted  to 
 Verizon  Telephone  Companies  by  operation  of  law  on  March  19,  2006.  3  In  support  of  its  petition,  ACS  asserts  that  it  does  not  have  market  power  in  any  relevant  product  market  in  the  study  area,  and  claims 


 1  47  U.  S.  C.  §  160. 
 2  Petition  of  ACS  of  Anchorage,  Inc.  Pursuant  to  Section  10  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended 
 (47  U.  S.  C.  160(  c)),  for  Forbearance  From  Certain  Dominant  Carrier  Regulation  of  Its  Interstate  Access  Services,  and  for  Forbearance  From  Title  II  Regulation  of  Its  Broadband  Services,  in  the  Anchorage,  Alaska,  Incumbent 


 Local  Exchange  Carrier  Study  Area,  WC  Docket  No.  06-  109,  at  3  &  Appendix  A  (filed  May  22,  2006)  (Petition);  see  also  Petition  of  Qwest  Corporation  for  Forbearance  Pursuant  to  47  U.  S.  C.  §  160(  c)  in  the  Omaha 
 Metropolitan  Statistical  Area,  WC  Docket  No.  04-  223,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  20  FCC  Rcd  19415,  19434-  36,  paras.  39-  43  (2005). 


 3  Petition  at  6;  see  also  Verizon  Telephone  Companies'  Petition  for  Forbearance  from  Title  II  and  Computer 
 Inquiry  Rules  with  Respect  to  Their  Broadband  Services  is  Granted  by  Operation  of  Law,  WC  Docket  No.  04-  440,  Press  Release  (rel.  Mar.  20,  2006);  Petition  of  the  Verizon  Telephone  Companies  for  Forbearance  Under  47 


 U.  S.  C.  §160(  c)  from  Title  II  and  Computer  Inquiry  Rules  with  Respect  to  Their  Broadband  Services,  WC  Docket  No.  04-  440  (filed  Dec.  20,  2004);  Letter  from  Edward  Shakin,  Vice  President  and  Associate  General  Counsel, 
 Verizon,  to  Marlene  H.  Dortch,  Secretary,  FCC,  WC  Docket  No.  04-  440  (filed  Feb.  7,  2006);  Letter  from  Susanne  Guyer,  Senior  Vice  President,  Federal  Regulatory  Affairs,  Verizon,  to  Marlene  H.  Dortch,  Secretary,  FCC,  WC 
 Docket  No.  04-  440  (filed  Feb.  17,  2006). 
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