Federal Communications Commission DA 17-1106
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Connect America Fund
Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation  
Regime
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WC Docket No. 10-90
CC Docket No. 01-92
ORDER
Adopted:  November 9, 2017 Released:  November 9, 2017
Revised Reply Comment Date:  November 20, 2017
By the Associate Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. In this order, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants in part the motion of 
USTelecom
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for an extension of time to file reply comments in the above captioned proceeding in 
response to a public notice we released on September 8, 2017 inviting interested parties to update the 
record on issues raised by the Commission in the 2011 ICC Transformation FNPRM regarding (1) the 
network edge for traffic that interconnects with the Public Switched Telephone Network, (2) tandem 
switching and transport, and (3) transit (the non-access traffic functional equivalent of tandem switching 
and transport) (the September Public Notice).
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  As discussed more fully below, we find that good cause 
exists to grant a 7-day extension of time for all comment filers to file comments in response to the 
September Public Notice.
2. Comments and reply comments were set at 30 and 45 days, respectively, after publication 
of the summary of the September Public Notice in the Federal Register.  Publication of this summary in 
the Federal Register occurred on September 26, 2017.
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  Accordingly, comments were filed on October 26, 
2017 and reply comments were set for November 13, 2017.
3. USTelecom requests that the parties be granted a 17-day extension for reply comments, 
until November 30, 2017.
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  US Telecom states that the issues in this proceeding are highly complex and 
                                                     
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SeeMotion for Extension of Time to File Reply Comments, WC Docket No. 10-90, CC Docket No. 01-92 (filed 
Nov. 9, 2017) (USTelecom Motion).  
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Parties Asked to Refresh the Record on Intercarrier Compensation Reform Related to the Network Edge, Tandem 
Switching and Transport, and Transit, WC Docket No. 10-90; CC Docket No. 01-92, Public Notice, DA 17-863
(WCB Sept. 8, 2017), 2017 WL 3953397; 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 an 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; GN 
Docket No. 09-51; CC Docket Nos. 01-92 and 96-45; WT Docket No. 10-208, Report and Order and Further Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 17663, 18111-13 and 18117, paras. 1297, 1306-13, and 1320-21 (2011) 
(2011 ICC Transformation FNPRM).  
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See 82 FR 44754–55 (Sept. 26, 2017).
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USTelecom Motion at 1.
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that numerous parties have filed comments with very divergent views on the proper path forward.
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  Under 
the current schedule, parties have 15 days to digest, consider and draft written replies to these numerous 
and complex proposals, which USTelecom claims is not sufficient time to provide complete and 
thoughtful replies.
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  USTelecom further argues that this modest extension of time will not cause undue 
delay or prejudice, and will ensure a more robust record in this proceeding.
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4. Section 1.46 of the Commission’s rules provides that “[i]t is the policy of the 
Commission that extensions of time shall not be routinely granted.”
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  However, given the complexities of 
this proceeding, we agree that a modest time extension will allow parties to provide us with more robust
comments that will facilitate the compilation of a complete record in this proceeding, without causing 
undue delay to the Commission’s consideration of these issues. In light of the time parties have been 
provided to work on reply comments, we conclude that a 7-day extension should be sufficient for parties 
to draft complete and robust comments.  
5. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 4(i), 4(j), 5, and 303(r) of the 
Communications Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 154(j), 155, and 303(r), and sections 0.91, 0.291, 
1.46, and 1.415 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, 1.46, and 1.415, that the
USTelecom Motion filed on November 9, 2017 IS GRANTED IN PART to the extent described herein, 
and the deadline for filing reply comments IS November 20, 2017.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Elizabeth A. Hone
Associate Chief
Wireline Competition Bureau
                                                     
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Id. at 2.
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Id. at 2-3.
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Id. at 3-4.
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47 C.F.R. § 1.46.