Federal Communications Commission FCC 07-126
STATEMENT OF
COMMISSIONER JONATHAN ADELSTEIN
Re: MariTel, Inc.; Request to Extend Construction Deadline for Certain VHF Public Coast Station 
Geographic Area Licenses; File Nos. 0001252148 et al.
I write separately to emphasize the narrow scope of our decision today.  We should only rarely allow a 
waiver of our construction deadlines.  I believe that the atypical circumstances and obligations presented 
by the VHF Public Coast Service are sufficiently unique to warrant a modest amount of additional time to 
allow MariTel to comply with its construction requirement.  
I am particularly pleased that we have conditioned our waiver grant on the submission by MariTel of a 
deployment plan explaining how the construction obligations will be satisfied in its unserved areas.  I also 
support our willingness to take appropriate action in the event the deployment plan is not sufficiently 
meaningful to give us the necessary assurance that construction will occur on a timely basis.