Federal Communications Commission DA 11-707 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 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 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: April 18, 2011 Released: April 18, 2011 By the Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: 1. On April 13, 2011, three business days before comments were due in the above captioned matter, COMPTEL filed a motion for extension of time (“Motion”).1 COMPTEL seeks an extension of seven days for filing comments, asserting that such an extension is warranted because of the scope of the issues raised in the above captioned proceeding. 2. Under Section 1.46(a) of the Commission’s rules,2 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. 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, 03-109 (filed April 13, 2011). 2 47 C.F.R. § 1.46(a). Federal Communications Commission DA 11-707 2 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 motion for extension of time filed by COMPTEL is DENIED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Carol Mattey Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau