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 09-2128 Release Date: September 28, 2009 AT&T PETITION FOR IMMEDIATE COMMISSION ACTION TO REFORM ITS UNIVERSAL SERVICE CONTRIBUTION METHODOLOGY TO BE INCORPORATED INTO RECORD OF COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSAL SERVICE REFORM FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING WC Docket No. 06-122 On July 10, 2009, AT&T filed a petition for immediate Commission action to reform the universal service contribution methodology.1 AT&T requests that the Commission adopt its previously submitted proposed numbers-based contribution methodology,2 or in the alternative, a numbers and connections contribution methodology based on its October 20, 2008 filing.3 The petition will be treated as an ex parte filing in the open rulemaking proceeding seeking comment on comprehensive universal service and intercarrier compensation reform.4 For further information, please contact Carol Pomponio, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-7400, Carol.Pomponio@fcc.gov, or TTY (202) 418- 0484. - FCC - 1 Petition for Immediate Commission Action to Reform its Universal Service Contribution Methodology by AT&T, WC Docket No. 06-122 (filed July 10, 2009) (Petition). 2 Petition at 12; Letter from Mary Henze, AT&T, and Kathleen Grillo, Verizon, to Marlene Dortch, FCC, CC Docket No. 96-45, WC Docket No. 06-122 (filed Sept. 11, 2008). 3 Petition at 19; Letter from Mary Henze, AT&T, and Kathleen Grillo, Verizon, to Marlene Dortch, FCC, CC Docket No. 96-45, WC Docket No. 06-122 (filed Oct. 20, 2008). 4 High-Cost Universal Service Support, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Lifeline and Link Up, Universal Service Contribution Methodology, Numbering Resource Optimization, Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime, Intercarrier Compensation for ISP-Bound Traffic, IP-Enabled Services, CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 99-200, 96-98, 01-92, 99-68, WC Docket Nos. 05-337, 03-109, 06-122, 04-36, Order on Remand and Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 24 FCC Rcd 6475 (2008). That rulemaking proceeding is a permit-but- disclose proceeding for purposes of ex parte submissions. See id. at 6493, para. 42. As the issues raised in AT&T’s petition are currently pending before the Commission in an open rulemaking proceeding, we waive the requirement in section 1.403 of the Commission’s rules that a separate file number be established. 47 C.F.R. § 1.403.