Federal Communications Commission DA 14-1276
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Connect America Fund
Universal Service Reform – Mobility Fund
ETC Annual Reports and Certifications
Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for
Local Exchange Carriers
Developing an Unified Intercarrier Compensation 
Regime
Motion by Competitive Carriers Association for an 
Extension of Time to Submit Reply Comments
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WC Docket No. 10-90
WT Docket No. 10-208
WC Docket No. 14-58
WC Docket No. 07-135
CC Docket No. 01-92
ORDER
Adopted:  September 3, 2014 Released:  September 3, 2014
By the Acting Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, and the 
Chief, Auctions & Spectrum Access Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
1. In this Order, the Telecommunications Access Policy Division of the Wireline Competition 
Bureau, and the Auctions & Spectrum Access Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau deny a 
request for an extension of time to file reply comments in the Commission’s universal service and 
intercarrier compensation rulemaking proceeding, filed by the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA).
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On June 10, 2014, the Commission released the Connect America Fund, et al. FNPRM, which proposes to 
update and implement further the high-cost universal service reform framework adopted by the 
Commission in 2011.
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  The Connect America Fund et al. FNPRM set dates for comments and reply 
comments of August 8 and September 8, 2014, respectively.
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2. CCA requests a 30-day extension of the reply comment deadline, to October 8, 2014.  
CCA seeks additional time to review the number of comments filed in response to the FNPRM and to 
review comments to be filed in the Commission’s 10th Broadband Progress Notice of Inquiry.
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Motion by Competitive Carriers Association for an Extension of Time to Submit Reply Comments, WC Docket 
No. 10-90 et al. (filed Aug. 22, 2014) (Competitive Carriers Association Request).
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See Connect America Fund, et al., WC Docket No. 10-90 et al., Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 29 FCC 
Rcd 7051, 7100 (2014) (Connect America Fund FNPRM).
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See 79 Fed. Reg. 39163, 39196 (July 9, 2014).
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Competitive Carriers Association Request at 2-3; see also Inquiry Concerning the Deployment of Advanced 
Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, and Possible Steps to 
Accelerate Such Deployment Pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended by the 
Broadband Data Improvement Act, GN Docket No. 14-146, Tenth Broadband Progress Notice of Inquiry, FCC 14-
113 (rel. Aug. 5, 2014).
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Additionally, CCA notes that “it has commissioned an independent study of mobile broadband coverage 
in several rural states at county and sub-county levels,” the conclusions of which it would like to 
incorporate into its reply comments.
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3. We conclude that grant of an extension of time in the above captioned proceedings is not 
warranted under the present circumstances.  Extensions of time are not routinely granted,
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and we do not 
believe that circumstances cited by CCA warrant a grant of additional time.  Commission proceedings 
often involve a significant number of comments and overlapping comment cycles are not unusual given 
the press of Commission business.
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  We find the comment cycle established by the Commission in this 
proceeding affords sufficient time for public participation.  If CCA wishes to submit its research into the 
docket, it is free to submit a written ex parte.
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  We therefore deny the CCA Motion for Extension of Time, 
and the pleading cycles originally established in the FNPRM in WC Docket No. 10-90 et al. will remain 
in effect.
4. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to sections 4(i), 4(j), 5(c) and 303(r) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 154(j), 155(c) and 303(r), and sections 
0.91, 0.291, and 1.46 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, 1.46, the Motion for an 
Extension of Time to Submit Reply Comments filed by Competitive Carriers Association IS DENIED.
5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to section 1.102(b)(1) of the Commission’s 
rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.102(b)(1), this Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Vickie Robinson
Acting Chief
Telecommunications Access Policy Division
Wireline Competition Bureau
Margaret W. Wiener
Chief
Auctions & Spectrum Access Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
                                                     
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Competitive Carriers Association Request at 2.
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47 C.F.R. § 1.46.
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See, e.g., Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet, GN Docket No. 14-28, Order, DA 14-988 (Wireline Comp. 
Bur. rel. July 10, 2014); Petition of the City of Wilson, North Carolina, Pursuant to Section 706 of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, for Removal of Barriers to Broadband Investment and Competition, WC Docket 
No. 14-115, Petition of the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Pursuant to Section 706 of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, for Removal of Barriers to Broadband Investment and Competition, WC Docket 
No. 14-116, Order, DA 14-1246 (Wireline Comp. Bur. rel. Aug. 27, 2014) (denying requests for extensions of time 
to file comments and reply comments).
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See Connect America Fund FNPRM, 29 FCC Rcd at 7155, para. 337; see also 47 C.F.R. § 1.1200 et seq.