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 Federal  Communications  Commission  FCC  02-  341 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  matter  of 
 BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.  Tariff  FCC  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  657 
 )  ) 
 )  ) 
 )  )  WC  Docket  No.  02-  304 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  December  31,  2002  Released:  January  2,  2003 
 By  the  Commission: 
 1.  In  this  order  we  terminate  the  investigation  of  the  tariff  revisions  proposed  in  BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.  (BellSouth)  Tariff  FCC  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  657. 


 2.  On  July  19,  2002,  BellSouth  filed  Transmittal  No.  657  to  become  effective  August  3,  2002.  1  In  this  transmittal,  BellSouth  sought  to  expand  the  deposit  provisions  of  its 
 interstate  access  tariff.  BellSouth’s  existing  tariff  allows  it  to  collect  deposits  from  a  customer  with  a  proven  history  of  late  payment  or  no  established  credit.  BellSouth’s  proposed  revisions 
 also  would  have  allowed  it  to  collect  deposits  from  a  customer,  “if  that  existing  [c]  ustomer’s  credit  worthiness  decreases  to  a  commercially  significant  extent  as  compared  to  the  level  of 
 credit  worthiness  determined  by  BellSouth  when  that  [c]  ustomer’s  service  was  established.”  2  On  August  2,  2002,  the  Pricing  Policy  Division  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  suspended  for 
 five  months  and  set  for  investigation  BellSouth’s  proposed  revisions.  3  On  September  18,  2002,  the  Pricing  Policy  Division  designated  issues  for  investigation  of  BellSouth’s  proposed 
 revisions.  4  BellSouth  filed  its  Direct  Case  on  October  10,  2002.  On  October  24,  2002  ten  parties,  including  two  groups  of  competitive  local  exchange  carriers,  AT&  T,  WorldCom,  and 
 Sprint,  filed  oppositions.  On  December  23,  2002,  BellSouth  withdrew  the  proposed  deposit  revisions.  5  BellSouth’s  withdrawal  renders  moot  the  investigation  of  the  proposed  deposit 
 revisions.  Accordingly,  we  terminate  the  investigation  of  the  revisions. 
 3.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  section  204  of  the 
 1  BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.,  Tariff  FCC  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  657  (July  19,  2002). 
 2  BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.,  Tariff  FCC  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  657,  Second  Revised  Page  2-  21.  1,  section 
 2.4.1(  A).  3 
 BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.,  Tariff  FCC  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  657,  Order,  DA  02-  1886  (WCB  rel.  Aug.  2,  2002). 


 4  BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.,  Tariff  FCC  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  657,  Order,  WC  Docket  No.  02-  304,  DA 
 02-  2318  (WCB  rel.  Sept.  18,  2002).  5 
 BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.,  Tariff  FCC  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  687  (Dec.  23,  2002). 
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 Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  204,  the  investigation  order  imposed  by  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  in  WC  Docket  No.  02-  304  with  respect  to  BellSouth 
 Telecommunications,  Inc.,  Tariff  FCC  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  657,  IS  TERMINATED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Marlene  H.  Dortch  Secretary 
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