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Release Date: January 10, 2012
WERELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON
SANDWICH ISLES COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PETITION FOR WAIVER OF UNWERSAL
SERVICE AND INTERCARREER COMPENSATION REFORM RULES
WC Docket No. 10-90
WT Docket No. 10-208
Comment Date: February 9, 2012
Reply Comment Date: February 24, 2012
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Sandwich Isles
Communications, Inc. (Sandwich Isles) for "waiver of the universal service and intercarrier compensation
reform rules." In particular, Sandwich Isles seeks a waiver of section 54.302 of the Commission's rules
for receipt of high-cost universal service support.2 Section 54.302 establishes a total limit on universal
service support of $250 per line per month, beginning July 1, 20l2.
Interested parties may file comments on or before February 9, 2012, and reply comments on
or before February 24, 2012. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 10-90 and WT Docket
No. 10-208. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System
(ECFS), or by filing paper copies.4
• Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the
ECFS: http://fiallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/.
Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and four copies of each
filing. If more than one docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding,
filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number.
'Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.302 of the Commission's Rules, WC
Docket No. 10-90 and WT Docket No. 10-208 (filed December 30, 2011); see also Connect America Fund et al.,
WC Docket No. 10-90 et a!., Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 11-161, (rel. Nov.
18, 2011) (USF/ICC Transformation Order and FNPRM).
247 C.F.R. § 54.302.
31d.
4See Electronic Filing ofDocuments in Rulemaking Proceedings, GC Docket No. 97-113, Report and Order, 13
FCC Rcd 11322 (1998).
Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-
class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary,
Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary must be
delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 12th St., SW, Room TW-A325, Washington, D.C. 20554. All hand
deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of
before entering the building. The filing hours are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Commercial overnight mail
(other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton
Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be
addressed to 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington D.C. 20554.
People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities
(Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504(2lfcc.gov or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (tty).
In addition, one copy of each pleading must be sent to each of the following:
(1) The Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, S .W., Room
CY-B402, Washington, D.C. 20554, www.bcpiweb.com; phone: (202) 488-5300 fax: (202) 488-
5563;
(2) Abdel Eqab, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th
Street, S.W., Room 5-B43 1, Washington, D.C. 20554; e-mail: Abdel-Hamid.Eqabfcc.gov; and
(3) Charles Tyler, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th
Street, S.W., Room 5-A452, Washington, D.C. 20554; e-mail: Charles.Tylerfcc.gov.
Filings and comments are also available for public inspection and copying during regular
business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, S .W., Room CY-
A257, Washington, D.C. 20554. They may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-B402, Washington,
D.C. 20554, telephone: (202) 488-5300, fax: (202) 488-5563, or via e-mail www.bcpiweb.com.
This matter shall be treated as a "permit-but-disclose" proceeding in accordance with the
Commission's exparte rules.5 Persons making oral exparte presentations are reminded that memoranda
summarizing the presentations must contain summaries of the substance of the presentation and not
merely a listing of the subjects discussed. More than a one or two sentence description of the views and
arguments presented generally is required.6 Other rules pertaining to oral and written exparte
presentations in permit-but-disclose proceedings are set forth in section 1.1206(b) of the Commission's
rules.7
547 C.F.R. § 1.1200 etseq.
6See47 C.F.R. § l.1206(b)(2).
747 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b).
For further information, please contact Abdel Eqab, Telecommunications Access Policy Division,
Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-7400 or TTY (202) 418-0484.
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