STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER ROBERT M. MCDOWELL
RE: Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2008, MD Docket No. 08-
65, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
In this Order, among other things, we agree to reform our methodology for calculating 
regulatory fees for international bearer circuits within 60 days of adoption of the Order.  The 
Commission has been reviewing this issue for three years.  We have heard and considered the 
proposals and views of the relevant parties -- common carriers and companies with submarine 
cable interests and cable landing licenses.  It is time for the Commission to make a decision that 
makes sense given the incredible expansion of capacity on these systems in relation to the 
regulatory costs generated by the operators.  I look forward to finding a solution that will result 
in lower regulatory fees and that will treat providers in a nondiscriminatory and competitively 
neutral manner.  
The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeks comment on several issues regarding 
the calculation of fees for interstate telecommunications service providers, international and 
interstate toll services, digital broadcasters, IPTV and DBS providers, cable operators and private 
land mobile radio services.  I look forward to hearing from all of you on these issues.