Federal Communications Commission DA 07-3342
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
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ORDER
Adopted:  July 20, 2007  Released:  July 20, 2007
By the Associate Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. In this Order, pursuant to section 10(c) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the 
Act),1 we extend by 90 days the date by which the petition requesting forbearance, filed by Frontier and 
Citizens Communications incumbent local exchange carriers (collectively, Frontier),2 shall be deemed 
granted in the absence of a Commission decision that the petition fails to meet the standards for 
forbearance under section 10(a) of the Act.3
2. On August 4, 2006, Frontier filed a petition requesting that the Commission forbear from
applying Title II of the Act and the Commission’s Computer Inquiry rules to certain broadband services 
offered by Frontier and similarly situated carriers.4 Specifically, Frontier seeks forbearance relief with 
regard to “packet-switched services” capable of transmitting 200 kilobits per second (kbps) or greater in 
each direction as well as “non-TDM-based optical networking, optical hubbing, and optical transmission 
services.”5
3. Section 10(c) of the Act states that a petition for forbearance shall be deemed granted if the 
Commission does not deny the petition for failure to meet the requirements for forbearance under section 
10(a) within one year after the Commission receives it, unless the Commission extends the one-year 
period.6 The Commission may extend the initial one-year period by an additional 90 days if the 
Commission finds that an extension is necessary to meet the requirements of section 10(a).7
  
1 47 U.S.C. § 160(c).
2 See Petition of the Frontier and Citizens Communications Incumbent Local Exchange Telephone Carriers 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. 06-147 (filed Aug. 4, 2006).
3 47 U.S.C. § 160(a).
4 Frontier Petition at 1.
5 Id. at 7-8.  TDM is an acronym for time division multiplexing.  Frontier does not seek relief for “TDM-based 
special access services used to serve business customers.”  See id. at 7-8.  Nor does Frontier’s petition seek relief 
from any universal service contribution obligations.  Id. at 8.
6 47 U.S.C. § 160(c).
7 See, e.g., Petition of Ameritech Corporation for Forbearance from Enforcement of Section 275(a) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, CC Docket No. 98-65, Order, 14 FCC Rcd 6415 (Com. Car. Bur. 1999).
In the Matter of
Petition of the Frontier and Citizens  
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers for 
Forbearance under 47 U.S.C. § 160(c) from 
Title II and Computer Inquiry Rules with 
Respect to Their Broadband Services
Federal Communications Commission DA 07-3342
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4. The petition under review raises significant questions regarding whether forbearance from 
application of Title II of the Act and the Commission’s Computer Inquiry rules to Frontier’s and other 
similarly situated carriers’ broadband services meets the statutory requirements set forth in section 10(a).  
The Bureau thus finds that a 90-day extension is warranted under section 10(c).
5. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to section 10 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 160, and authority delegated under sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the 
Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291,8 the date on which Frontier’s forbearance petition shall be 
deemed granted, in the absence of a Commission denial of the petition for failure to meet the statutory 
standards for forbearance, is extended to November 2, 2007.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Marcus Maher
Associate Chief
Wireline Competition Bureau 
  
8 See 47 U.S.C. § 155(c).