Federal Communications Commission DA 11-1374
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Connect America Fund
A National Broadband Plan for Our Future
Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local 
Exchange Carriers
High-Cost Universal Service Support
Developing an Unified Intercarrier Compensation 
Regime
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service
Lifeline and Link-Up
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WC Docket No. 10-90
GN Docket No. 09-51
WC Docket No. 07-135
WC Docket No. 05-337
CC Docket No. 01-92
CC Docket No. 96-45
WC Docket No. 03-109
ORDER
Adopted:  August 8, 2011 Released:  August 8, 2011
By the Chiefs, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. On August 4, 2011, the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates and 
the New Jersey Division of Rate Counsel (collectively, “Consumer Advocates”) filed a motion for 
extension of time (“Motion”)1 to file comments and reply comments in response to a Public Notice 
seeking comment on aspects of certain proposals filed in the record and on additional issues that are not 
fully developed in the record.  The Consumer Advocates seek an extension of 19 days for filing 
comments and 30 days for filing reply comments, asserting that such an extension is warranted because 
of the scope of the issues raised in the Public Notice.2 On August 5, 2011, the National Association of 
  
1 Motion for Extension of Time, WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 07-135, 05-337, 03-109; GN Docket No. 09-51; CC 
Docket Nos. 01-92, 96-45 (filed Aug. 4, 2011).  On August 5, 2011, the State Members of the Universal Service 
Joint Board filed a letter in support of the Consumer Advocates Motion.  See Letter from James Bradford Ramsay, 
Counsel to State Members of the Universal Service Joint Board, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, WC Docket 
Nos. 10-90, 07-135, 05-337, 03-109; GN Docket No. 09-51; CC Docket Nos. 01-92, 96-45 (filed Aug. 5, 2011).
2 Further Inquiry Into Certain Issues in the Universal Service-Intercarrier Compensation Transformation Proceeding, 
Public Notice, WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 07-135, 05-337, 03-109; GN Docket No. 09-51; CC Docket Nos. 01-92, 96-
45, DA 11-1348 (rel. Aug. 3, 2011).  
Federal Communications Commission DA 11-1374
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Regulatory Utility Commissioners filed a motion seeking an extension for the same time periods as 
requested by the Consumer Advocates.3  
2. Under Section 1.46(a) of the Commission’s rules,4 it is the policy of the Commission that 
extensions of time shall not be routinely granted.  We do not find that the circumstances presented here 
warrant granting an extension.
3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to sections 4(i), 4(j), and 5(c) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 154(j), 155(c), section 1.46 of the 
Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.46, and pursuant to the authority delegated in sections 0.91 and 0.291 
of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, the motions for extension of time filed by the 
National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates and the New Jersey Division of Rate Counsel, 
and by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners are DENIED.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Sharon E. Gillett 
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau
Rick Kaplan
Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
  
3 See Motion of The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners for Extension of Time, WC Docket 
Nos. 10-90; 07-135, 05-337, 03-109; GN Docket No. 09-51; CC Docket Nos. 01-92, 96-45 (filed Aug. 5, 2011).
4 47 C.F.R. § 1.46(a).