FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON 
OFFICE OF 
THE CHAIRMAN 
The Honorable Lamar Smith 
U.S. House of Representatives 
2409 Rayburn House Office Building 
Washington, D.C. 20515 
Dear Congressman Smith: 
February 6, 2015 
Thank you for your letter regarding a petition filed by Guadalupe Valley Telephone 
Cooperative (GVTC) for a limited waiver of the Commission's intercarrier compensation 
revenue recovery rules for rate of return carriers. In your letter, you encourage the Commission 
to expedite a resolution ofGVTC's petition and to give the waiver request full and fair 
consideration. Your views are very important and will be included in the record of the 
proceeding and considered as part of the Commission's review. 
The Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) released a Public Notice 
seeking comment on GVTC's petition, and the comment cycles on the matter have been 
completed. Commission staff is carefully reviewing the record in the proceeding. In addition, 
WCB staff has met with representatives of GVTC to further discuss their views on the waiver 
petition. I can assure you that we will take into consideration the issues and concerns presented 
by all stakeholders as the Commission makes every effmi to conclude its review as quickly and 
equitably as possible. 
I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further 
assistance. 
Tom Wheeler