PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 15-382
Released: March 27, 2015
COMMENT DEADLINES FURTHER EXTENDED IN SPECIAL ACCESS PROCEEDING
WC Docket No. 05-25; RM-10593
New Comment Date: July 1, 2015
New Reply Comment Date: July 22, 2015
The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) hereby extends the deadlines for interested parties to 
file comments and reply comments in response to Section IV.B of the Special Access FNPRM in the 
Commission’s special access rulemaking proceeding.
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  Comments are now due by July 1, 2015. Reply 
comments are due by July 22, 2015.
On December 11, 2012, the Commission adopted an order requiring providers and purchasers of
special access and certain entities providing “best efforts” service to submit data and information for a 
comprehensive evaluation of the special access market.
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  In Section IV.B of the Special Access FNPRM
accompanying that order, the Commission sought comment on possible changes to its rules for the special 
access services provided by incumbent local exchange carriers in price cap areas.
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  The Commission set 
the comment deadlines on this portion of the Special Access FNPRM several months ahead of its release 
date to give interested parties an opportunity to review the information collected before filing comments.
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The final deadline for responding to the data collection was February 27, 2015.
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The Bureau is in 
the process of facilitating public access to the collected data consistent with the restrictions contained in 
                                                     
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See Special Access for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers; AT&T Corporation Petition for Rulemaking to Reform 
Regulation of Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier Rates for Interstate Special Access Services, WC Docket No. 05-
25, RM-10593, Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 27 FCC Rcd 16318 (2012) (Data Collection 
Order or Special Access FNPRM); Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 13189 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); Order on 
Reconsideration, 29 FCC Rcd 10899 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2014); Order, 29 FCC Rcd 14346 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 
2014) (Extension Order).
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See Data Collection Order, 27 FCC Rcd at 16340, para. 52.
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Id. at 16352-54, paras. 80-90.  
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Id. at 16359, para. 104.
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See Extension Order.
2the protective order released on October 1, 2014, but has not yet made the data available.
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Accordingly, 
there is insufficient time for the public to access and review this information before filing comments and 
reply comments under the current deadlines, April 6, 2015 and May 18, 2015, respectively.
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  The Bureau 
therefore extends the deadlines for filing comments and reply comments.
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  Comments are now due by 
July 1, 2015, and reply comments are due by July 22, 2015. 
For further information regarding this proceeding, please contact Christopher Koves of the 
Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-8209 or at 
Christopher.Koves@fcc.gov. 
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Special Access for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers; AT&T Corporation Petition for Rulemaking to Reform 
Regulation of Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier Rates for Interstate Special Access Services, WC Docket No. 05-
25, RM-10593, Order and Data Collection Protective Order, 29 FCC Rcd 11657 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2014).
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Comment Deadlines Extended in Special Access Proceeding, WC Docket No. 05-25, RM-10593, Public Notice, 29 
FCC Rcd 11015 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2014).  
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47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91(m), 1.415.