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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-  1381  Released:  June  30,  2006 
 DOMESTIC  SECTION  214  APPLICATION  FILED  FOR  THE  TRANSFER  OF  ASSETS  OF  RURAL  TELEPHONE  SERVICE  COMPANY,  INC.  TO  GORHAM  TELEPHONE 
 COMPANY,  INC. 
 STREAMLINED  PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED 
 WC  Docket  No.  06-  117 
 Comments  Due:  July  14,  2006  Reply  Comments  Due:  July  21,  2006 


 On  May  31,  2006,  Rural  Telephone  Service  Company,  Inc.  (“  RuralTel”)  and  Gorham  Telephone  Company,  Inc.,  (“  Gorham”  collectively,  the  “Applicants”),  filed  an  application, 
 pursuant  to  section  63.04  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  1  requesting  authority  to  transfer  control  of  RuralTel’s  Luray  and  Paradise  exchanges  in  northwest  Kansas  to  Gorham.  2 


 Applicants  submit  that  this  transaction  is  entitled  to  presumptive  streamlined  treatment  pursuant  to  section  63.03(  b)(  1)(  iii)  of  the  Commission’s  rules  because  the  proposed  transaction 
 involves  only  the  transfer  of  the  local  exchange  assets  of  an  incumbent  local  exchange  company  (“  LEC”)  by  means  other  than  an  acquisition  of  corporate  control.  3 


 RuralTel,  a  Kansas  corporation,  is  an  incumbent  independent  rural  telephone  company  that  serves  approximately  10,758  customer  access  lines.  4  RuralTel  is  a  cooperative,  with  no  one 
 person  holding  ten  percent  or  more  interest  in  the  equity. 


 1  47  C.  F.  R.  §  63.04;  see  47  U.  S.  C.  §  214. 
 2  On  June  22,  2006,  the  Applicants  filed  a  supplement  to  the  application  providing  additional  information 
 regarding  the  Applicants  and  justification  for  streamlined  treatment  under  the  Commission’s  rules. 
 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §  63.  03(  b)(  1)(  iii). 


 4  RuralTel  serves  the  following  exchanges:  Agra,  Alton,  Athol,  Collyer,  Damar,  Edmond,  Galatia, 
 Gaylord,  Gove,  Grainfield,  Hill  City,  Jennings,  Kensington,  Lenora,  Logan,  Long  Island,  Morland,  Natoma,  Olmitz,  Palco,  Prairie  View,  Quinter,  Rexford,  Selden,  Victoria,  WaKeeney,  Woodruff,  Woodston,  and  Zurich. 
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