10 FCC Red No. 20 Federal Communications Commission Record DA 95-1790
Before the
Federal Communications Commission 
Washington, D.C. 20554
PUBLIC NOTICE
Released: August 14, 1995
US WEST REFILES TARIFF INTRODUCING BASIC
VIDEO DIALTONE MARKET TRIAL IN OMAHA,
AND FILES REQUEST FOR SPECIAL PERMISSION
TO WAIVE SECTION 61.49 OF THE
COMMISSION'S RULES
Petitions/Comments: August 18, 1995 
Replies: August 23, 1995
On August 11. 1995. US West Communications. Inc. (US 
West) filed Transmittal No. 657. revising US West's Tariff 
F.C.C. No. 5 to introduce its proposed hasic video dialtone 
market trial in Omaha. Nebraska. The market trial is to 
last for one year. US West had filed Transmittal No. 613 on 
April 3. 1995 to introduce this service, hut withdrew that 
transmittal on August 10. 1995. Transmittal No. 657 re 
flects revised cost information for the basic video dialtone 
service in Omaha. Transmittal No. 657 was filed on 20 
days' notice and has a scheduled effective date of August 
31. 1995.
Simultaneous with its filing Transmittal No. 657. US 
West filed a request for special permission to waive the cost 
support requirements of Section 61.49 of the Commission's 
rules, 47 C.F.R. § 61.49, for the digital channel service to 
be offered in Omaha. Specifically. US West requests special 
permission to file the tariff for its provision of digital 
channel service during the market trial in Omaha without 
the economic support material required by Section 61.49 
of the Commission's rules for new services by carriers 
subject to price cap regulation. US West claims that a 
waiver of Section 61.49 is necessary because the costs of the 
digital channel service for the Omaha system are far dif 
ferent than the costs of currently available digital equip 
ment for video dialtone systems. US West claims that 
conducting a market trial based On outdated cost structures 
that would not be repeated in future video dialtone 
deployments would not provide relevant market informa 
tion.
Interested parties may file petitions against Transmittal 
No. 657 and comments on US West's special permission 
request by no later than August 18, 1995. Parties should 
hand serve US West with a copy of their comments or 
serve US West by facsimile. If facsimile transmission is 
used, the party should contact US West to verify that the 
facsimile was properly received. Reply Comments should 
be filed by no later than August 23, 1995. US West should 
hand serve its reply on parties which filed comments or 
serve such parties by facsimile. If facsimile transmission is 
used, the US West should contact such parties to verify that 
the facsimile was properly received.
Parties may combine their comments and/or replies re 
garding Transmittal No. 657 and US West's special permis 
sion request into a single document. The discussion of the 
special permission request should be separated from the 
discussion of the tariff revisions.
Parties should file an original and four copies of all 
comments and reply comments with the Secretary. FCC. 
1919 M Street. N.W.. Washington. D.C. 20554. Two copies 
of all comments and reply comments should be sent to the 
Chief. Tariff Division. Room 518. 1919 M Street. N.W.. 
Washington. D.C. 20554. In addition, one copy of each 
pleading also must be sent to the Commission's contractor 
for public service records duplication. ITS. Inc.. 2100 M 
Street. N.W.. Suite 140. Washington. D.C. 20037. Copies of 
the proposed tariff revisions can be obtained from ITS at 
(202) 857-3800.
For further information, contact David Krech or Kalpak 
Gude, Tariff Division. Common Carrier Bureau. (202) 
418-1530.
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