PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 17-473
Released: May 16, 2017
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU ANNOUNCES DEADLINES
FOR FILING COMMENTS AND REPLY COMMENTS IN THE WIRELINE 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROCEEDING
WC Docket No. 17-84
Comment Date:  June 15, 2017
Reply Comment Date:  July 17, 2017
By this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announces and clarifies the 
deadlines for the filing of comments and reply comments in response to the 2017 Wireline Infrastructure 
NPRM, NOI, and Request for Comment (Notice).
1
  
In the Notice, the Commission specified that comments on the item would be due 30 days after 
the date of publication in the Federal Register, and that reply comments would be due 60 days after the 
date of publication in the Federal Register.
2
  The Notice made clear the Commission’s intent to adopt a 
simultaneous comment and reply comment date for the entirety of the Notice.
3
The Notice of Inquiry was published in the Federal Register on May 11, 2017.
4
  The Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking was published separately on May 16, 2017.
5
  To effectuate the Commission’s 
intent for consistent comment and reply comment dates, and to avoid any confusion regarding filing 
deadlines, the Bureau announces that all comments in response to all parts of the Notice will be due 30 
days from the May 16, 2017 Federal Register publication date.  Similarly, all reply comments will be due 
                                                     
1
See Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, WC Docket 
No. 17-84, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Notice of Inquiry, and Request for Comment, FCC 17-37 (Apr. 21, 
2017) (2017 Wireline Infrastructure Notice).
2
Id. at 1, 40, para. 124.
3
Id. at 40, para. 124. Although the Request for Comment is not required to be published in the Federal Register, the
Commission specifically adopted a simultaneous comment deadline for the Request for Comment as for the Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry. Id.
4
See Federal Communications Commission, Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers 
to Infrastructure Investment, 82 Fed. Reg. 22000 (May 11, 2017), https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-05-
11/pdf/2017-09541.pdf.
5
See Federal Communications Commission, Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers 
to Infrastructure Investment, 82 Fed. Reg. 22453 (May 16, 2017), https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-05-
16/pdf/2017-09689.pdf.
60 days from the May 16, 2017 Federal Register publication date.  Accordingly, interested parties have 
until Thursday, June 15, 2017 to file comments in this proceeding, and until Monday, July 17, 2017 to file 
reply comments.
6
  These same filing dates apply to any other comment periods related to the Notice in 
this docket, including the Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
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and any of the proposed information 
collection requirements contained in the Notice.
For further information, please contact John Visclosky of the Wireline Competition Bureau, 
Competition Policy Division, at (202) 418-0825 or John.Visclosky@fcc.gov.
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6
Sixty days from May 16, 2017 is Saturday, July 15, 2017. Pursuant to Section 1.4(j) of the rules, when a filing 
date falls on a Saturday, the due date is the next business day, in this case, Monday, July 17, 2017. See 47 CFR § 
1.4(j).
7
See 2017 Wireline Infrastructure Notice, FCC 17-37 at 41, para. 126.