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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-  1490  July  21,  2006 
 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  COMMENTS  ON  BELLSOUTH  PETITION  FOR  FORBEARANCE  UNDER 
 47  U.  S.  C.  §  160(  c)  FROM  TITLE  II  AND  COMPUTER  INQUIRY  RULES  WITH  RESPECT  TO  BROADBAND  SERVICES 


 WC  Docket  No.  06-  125 
 Comments  Due:  August  3,  2006  Reply  Comments  Due:  August  18,  2006 


 On  July  20,  2006,  BellSouth  Corporation  (BellSouth)  filed  a  petition  for  forbearance  pursuant  to  section  10(  c)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the  Act),  47  U.  S.  C. 
 §  160(  c).  In  its  petition,  BellSouth  asks  the  Commission  to  grant  BellSouth  and  similarly  situated  carriers  forbearance  from  Title  II  and  the  Computer  Inquiry  rules  to  certain  specified 
 broadband  services.  1 
 This  Public  Notice  establishes  certain  procedural  requirements  relating  to  consideration  of  the  BellSouth  petition  for  forbearance.  This  matter  shall  be  treated  as  a  “permit-  but-  disclose” 


 proceeding  in  accordance  with  the  Commission’s  ex  parte  rules.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.1200,  1.1206.  Persons  making  oral  ex  parte  presentations  are  reminded  that  memoranda  summarizing 
 the  presentations  must  contain  summaries  of  the  substance  of  the  presentations  and  not  merely  a  listing  of  the  subjects  discussed.  More  than  a  one  or  two  sentence  description  of  the  views  and 
 arguments  presented  generally  is  required.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b).  Other  rules  pertaining  to  oral  and  written  ex  parte  presentations  in  permit-  but-  disclose  proceedings  are  set  forth  in  Section 


 1  Petition  of  BellSouth  Corporation  for  Forbearance  Under  47  U.  S.  C.  §  160(  c)  from  Title  II  and  Computer  Inquiry 
 Rules  with  Respect  to  Its  Broadband  Services,  WC  Docket  06-  125  (July  20,  2006).  Attachment  A  to  BellSouth’s  petition  lists  these  broadband  services.  We  note  that  Qwest  and  AT&  T  have  also  filed  petitions  for  forbearance 


 seeking  similar  relief.  See  Pleading  Cycle  Established  for  Comments  on  Qwest  and  AT&  T  Petitions  for  Forbearance  Under  47  U.  S.  C.  §  160(  c)  from  Title  II  and  Computer  Inquiry  Rules  with  Respect  to  Broadband 
 Services,  WC  Docket  No.  06-  125,  Public  Notice,  DA  06-  1464  (rel.  July  19,  2006).  The  Qwest,  AT&  T,  and  BellSouth  forbearance  petitions  have  identical  comment  and  reply  comment  dates  and  are  filed  in  the  same  WC 
 Docket  No.  06-  125.  Accordingly,  we  ask  each  party  commenting  on  two  or  more  of  these  petitions  to  combine  its  comments  into  one  filing. 
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