Federal Communications Commission DA 14-999
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Federal-State Joint Board on 
Universal Service
Kingsgate Telephone, Inc.
Petition for Waiver of the Definition
of “Study Area” in the Appendix –
Glossary of Part 36
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CC Docket No. 96-45 
ORDER
Adopted:  July 15, 2014 Released:  July 15, 2014
By the Acting Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. On June 30, 2014, ETS Telephone Company, Inc. (ETS) requested a 60-day extension of 
time to file a study area waiver request in the above-captioned proceeding.1 ETS claims that an extension 
is warranted because the employees who addressed this issue in 1996 are no longer with the company, the 
records required may be several years old and are not readily available, and ETS is a small company with 
few employees.2
2. We grant a 60-day extension, until September 16, 2014, of the deadline for ETS to file a 
study area waiver request.3 Although the Commission does not routinely grant extensions of time, we 
find the circumstances in this case constitute good cause.  We urge ETS to use this extension of time to 
discuss its waiver request with other relevant incumbent local exchange carriers and the Public Utility 
Commission of Texas and to ensure that ETS files a complete request.      
  
1 Motion of ETS Telephone Company, Inc. for Extension of Time, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed June 30, 2014) (ETS 
Motion).
2 ETS Motion at 1.
3 47 C.F.R. § 1.46. 
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3. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 1-5 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151-155, and sections 0.91, 0.291, and 1.46 of the Commission’s rules, 
47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, and 1.46, that ETS Telephone Company, Inc.’s Motion for Extension of Time, 
IS GRANTED to the extent described herein.
4. 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 S. Robinson 
Acting Chief
Telecommunications Access Policy Division
Wireline Competition Bureau