PUBLIC NOTICE
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  DA 12-991
Released:  June 22, 2012
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU ANNOUNCES ACCESS 
TO HIGH-COST LOOP SUPPORT DATA SUBMITTED BY NECA
WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 05-337
In the USF/ICC Transformation Order, the Commission adopted a benchmarking rule intended to
moderate the expenses of rate-of-return carriers with very high costs compared to their similarly situated 
peers, while encouraging other rate-of-return carriers to advance broadband deployment.
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  On April 25, 
2012, in the HCLS Benchmarks Implementation Order, the Bureau adopted the methodology for 
implementing the benchmarking rule, which establishes limits on recovery of capital costs and operating 
expenses for high-cost loop support (HCLS).
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In the HCLS Benchmarks Implementation Order, the Bureau directed the National Exchange 
Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA) to “provide to the Bureau a recalculated [national average cost per loop 
(NACPL)] for redistribution and a schedule of HCLS for all carriers for the six-month period of July 1, 
2012 to December 31, 2012 within 30 days of the release of [the HCLS Benchmarks Implementation 
Order].”
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  NECA provided the data, as well as an overview of the filing.
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  Through this Public Notice, the 
Bureau announces that NECA’s submission is publicly available through ECFS.  
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@fcc.gov or call the 
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).
                                                     
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See 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 a Unified Intercarrier 
Compensation Regime; Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Lifeline and Link-Up; Universal Service 
Reform—Mobility Fund; WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 07-135, 05-337, 03-109, CC Docket Nos. 01-92, 96-45, GN 
Docket No. 09-51, WT Docket No. 10-208, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC 
17663, 17741-47, paras. 210-26 (2011) (USF/ICC Transformation Order and FNPRM); pets. for review pending sub 
nom. In re: FCC 11-161, No. 11-9900 (10th Cir. filed Dec. 8, 2011).
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Connect America Fund; High-Cost Universal Service Support; WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 05-337, Order, DA 12-646 
(Wireline Comp. Bur. rel. Apr. 25, 2012) (HCLS Benchmarks Implementation Order).
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Id., para. 10 n.29.  
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Letter from Jennifer Leonard, NECA, to Sharon Gillett, FCC (dated May 24, 2012).  
For further information regarding this proceeding, please contact Katie King,
Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-7400 or TTY 
(202) 418-0484.
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