Federal Communications Commission DA 07-1366 
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Implementation of Pay Telephone
Reclassification and Compensation
Provisions of the Telecommunications
Act of 1996
Petition for Rulemaking or, in the 
Alternative, Petition to Address Referral 
Issues in Pending Rulemaking
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CC Docket No. 96-128
ORDER
Adopted:  March 21, 2007 Released:  March 21, 2007
Revised Filing Dates:
Comments Due:   May 2, 2007
Reply Comments Due:  May 23, 2007
By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. On March 1, 2007, Martha Wright, et al. (Petitioners) filed an alternative rulemaking 
proposal1 asking the Commission to establish benchmark rates for long distance prison inmate calling 
services as an alternative to the approach the Petitioners previously proposed in an earlier petition for 
rulemaking.2 On March 2, 2007, the Commission established a pleading cycle for comments on the 
Alternative Proposal.3  
2. On March 20, 2007, the Ad Hoc Coalition for the Right to Communicate, the Innocence 
Project, and the Sentencing Project (Interested Parties) filed a Joint Motion to Extend Time to File Public 
Comments.4 In support of its motion, the Interested Parties explain that the current deadline does not 
allow enough time for them to collect information from their numerous members to adequately 
comment.5 In addition, the Interested Parties believe that an extension of time will best serve the public 
  
1 Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications 
Act of 1996, Petitioners’ Alternative Rulemaking Proposal, CC Docket No. 96-128 (filed Mar. 1, 2007) (Alternative 
Proposal).
2 Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications 
Act of 1996, Petition for Rulemaking or, in the Alternative, Petition to Address Referral Issues in Pending 
Rulemaking, CC Docket No. 96-128 (filed Nov. 3, 2003).
3 Comment Sought on Alternative Rulemaking Proposal Regarding Issues Related to Inmate Calling Services, Public 
Notice, CC Docket No. 96-128, DA 07-961 (WCB rel. Mar. 2, 2007).
4 Implementation of Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act 
of 1996, Joint Motion to Extend Time to File Public Comments, CC Docket No. 96-128 (filed Mar. 20, 2007).
5 Id. at 3.
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interest by allowing a complete and thorough analysis of the complex issues presented in the Alternative 
Proposal.6 Finally, the Interested Parties contend that an extension will not prejudice other parties 
because the item has not yet been acted on by the Commission.  The motion requests that the Commission 
extend the time for comments by 30 days to May 2, 2007 and the time for reply comments by 36 days to 
May 23, 2007.7
3. We agree that providing additional time to file comments and reply comments will 
facilitate the development of a more accurate and complete record in this proceeding.  We note that it is 
the policy of the Commission that extensions of time shall not be routinely granted.8 Given the numerous 
parties involved and the complexity of the issues, however, we find that good cause exists to provide all 
parties an extension of time from April 2, 2007 to May 2, 2007 for filing comments in this proceeding and 
from April 17, 2007 to May 23, 2007 for filing reply comments in this proceeding.
4. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to section 4(i), 4(j), and 5(c) of the 
Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 154(j), 155(c), and section 0.91, 0.291, and 1.46 of the 
Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, 1.46, the pleading cycle established in this matter shall be 
modified as follows:
Comments Due:  May 2, 2007
Reply Comments Due:  May 23, 2007
5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Extend Time to File Public 
Comments is GRANTED, as set forth herein.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Thomas J. Navin
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau
  
6 Id. at 3-4.
7 Id. at 1.
8 47 C.F.R. § 1.46(a).