*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 60947.doc* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418- 0500 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov TTY: 1- 888- 835- 5322 DA 06- 2294 Released: November 8, 2006 COMMENT SOUGHT ON MISSOULA PLAN PHANTOM TRAFFIC INTERIM PROCESS AND CALL DETAIL RECORDS PROPOSAL CC Docket No. 01- 92 COMMENTS DUE: December 7, 2006 REPLY COMMENTS DUE: December 22, 2006 By this Public Notice, we seek comment on a proposed interim process to address phantom traffic issues and a related proposal for the creation and exchange of call detail records. These proposals were contained in a written ex parte filed November 6, 2006 by the Supporters of the Missoula Plan. 1 Supporters of the original plan include AT& T, BellSouth Corp., Cingular Wireless, Global Crossing, Level 3 Communications, and 336 members of the Rural Alliance, among others. 2 According to its supporters, the original Missoula Plan sets forth a Comprehensive Solution for Phantom Traffic. 3 As part of that solution, the Plan called “for the filing of an industry proposal for a uniform process for the creation and exchange of call detail records.” 4 It also called “for the filing of a process to be used in the interim until the uniform process can be implemented fully.” 5 The supporters of the Missoula Plan state that this most recent ex parte filing meets these requirements. 6 1 See Letter from Supporters of the Missoula Plan to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, CC Docket No. 01- 92 (filed November 6, 2006) (Missoula Plan Nov. 6 Ex Parte). The Missoula Plan for intercarrier compensation reform was filed July 24, 2006 by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ Task Force on Intercarrier Compensation (NARUC Task Force). See Letter from Tony Clark, Commissioner and Chair, NARUC Committee on Telecommunications, Ray Baum, Commissioner and Chair, NARUC Task Force, and Larry Landis, Commissioner and Vice- Chair, NARUC Task Force, CC Docket No. 01- 92, at 2 (filed July 24, 2006) (attaching the Missoula Plan) (Missoula Plan July 24 Ex Parte). On July 25, 2006, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) released a Public Notice establishing a pleading cycle for comments on the Missoula Plan. See Comment Sought on Missoula Intercarrier Compensation Reform Plan, Public Notice, CC Docket No. 01- 92, DA 06- 1510 (WCB July 25, 2006). In response to a NARUC request for additional time, the pleading cycle on the Missoula Plan was extended so that comments were due October 25, 2006 and reply comments are due December 11, 2006. See Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime, Order, CC Docket No. 01- 92, DA 06- 1730 (WCB Aug. 29, 2006). 2 See Missoula Plan July 24 Ex Parte. See also id., Attach. (providing a complete list of supporters). 3 Missoula Plan Nov. 6 Ex Parte at 1. 4 Id. 5 Id. 6 Id. 1 3 SW., Washington, D. C. 20554, or by e- mail to Randy. Clarke@ fcc. gov. Parties shall also serve one copy with the Commission’s copy contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY- B402, Washington, D. C. 20554, (202) 488- 5300, or via e- mail to fcc@ bcpiweb. com. Documents in CC Docket No. 01- 92 are available for public inspection and copying during business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12 th St. SW., Room CY- A257, Washington, DC 20554. The documents may also be purchased from BCPI, telephone (202) 488- 5300, facsimile (202) 488- 5563, TTY (202) 488- 5562, e- mail fcc@ bcpiweb. com. These documents may also be viewed on the Commission’s website at http:// www. fcc. gov/ cgb/ ecfs. For further information, contact Randy Clarke of the Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418- 1587 or Victoria Goldberg of the Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418- 7353. -FCC- 3