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March 16, 2015
CenturyLink’s Petition for Forbearance from Dominant Carrier Regulation and 
the Computer Inquiry Tariffing Requirement with Respect 
to its Enterprise Broadband Services Is Granted by Operation of Law 
Washington, D.C. – On December 13, 2013, CenturyLink filed a petition pursuant to 
section 10 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act), requesting that the 
Commission forbear from “dominant carrier regulation and the Computer Inquiry tariffing 
requirement with respect to its packet-switched and optical transmission services 
(together,‘enterprise broadband services’) that are still subject to those regulations.”  On 
November 7, 2014, the Wireline Competition Bureau extended the forbearance deadline to 
March 13, 2015.  Section 10(c) of the Act provides that a forbearance petition “shall be deemed 
granted if the Commission does not deny the petition for failure to meet the requirements for 
forbearance under subsection (a) within one year after the Commission receives it, unless the one 
year period is extended by the Commission.”  This is to inform the public that, pursuant to 
section 10(c), the relief requested in CenturyLink’s petition was deemed granted by operation of 
law, effective March 13, 2015.    
WC Docket No.: 14-9.
Wireline Competition Bureau Staff Contact:  Alex Johns, 202-418-1167 or
Alexis. Johns@fcc.gov.