Federal Communications Commission DA 10-55
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C.  20554
In the Matter of
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service;
Petition by the Colorado Public Utilities 
Commission, Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.207(c), 
for Commission Agreement in Redefining the 
Service Area of CenturyTel of Eagle, Inc., a Rural 
Telephone Company
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CC Docket No. 96-45
ORDER
Adopted:  January 12, 2010 Released:  January 12, 2010
By the Acting Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. On August 1, 2002, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission petitioned the Commission 
for agreement with its proposed redefinition of the service area of CenturyTel of Eagle, Inc. 
(CenturyTel).1 On November 25, 2002, that petition was deemed approved under Commission rule 
54.207(c)(2)(ii).2 CenturyTel filed an application for review arguing that the Commission’s deemed-
approved process violates the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and that the redefinition of its 
service area was not in the public interest.3 On October 20, 2009, CenturyTel filed a request for 
withdrawal of its application for review.4 We grant CenturyTel’s withdrawal request and, accordingly, 
we dismiss CenturyTel’s pending application for review.
2. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under sections 0.91, 
0.204(b), and 0.291 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.204(b), 0.291, that the request for 
withdrawal submitted by CenturyTel of Eagle, Inc., filed October 20, 2009, IS GRANTED.
3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under sections 0.91, 
0.204(b), and 0.291 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.204(b), 0.291, that the application for 
review submitted by CenturyTel of Eagle, Inc., filed December 17, 2002, IS DISMISSED.
  
1 Petition by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.207(c), for Commission 
Agreement in Redefining the Service Area of CenturyTel of Eagle, Inc., a Rural Telephone Company, CC Docket 
No. 96-45 (filed Aug. 1, 2002).
2 47 C.F.R. § 54.207(c)(2)(ii) (providing that a petition proposing redefinition of a service area will be deemed 
approved if the Commission does not act on the petition within 90 days of release of a public notice seeking 
comment on the petition).
3 CenturyTel of Eagle, Inc. Application for Review, or Alternatively, Petition for Reconsideration of the 
Commission’s Approval of the Redefinition of the Service Area of CenturyTel, Inc. Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.207, 
CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed Dec. 17, 2002).  CenturyTel notes that its application for review might also be titled a 
petition for reconsideration “if the FCC is deemed to have acted on the underlying Colorado Petition.”  Id. at 1 n.1.  
Because CenturyTel has withdrawn its application for review, that question is moot.
4 Withdrawal of Application for Review or, Alternatively, Petition for Reconsideration of CenturyTel of Eagle, Inc., 
CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed Oct. 20, 2009).
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4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to section 1.102(b)(1) of the Commission’s rules, 
47 C.F.R. § 1.102(b)(1), that this order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Jennifer K. McKee
Acting Chief
Telecommunications Access Policy Division
Wireline Competition Bureau