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  • rel. May 22, 2003) (Texas Commission ETC Designation Order). Letter from Patrick Tyler, Public Utility Commission of Texas, to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, and Irene Flannery, USAC, dated June 26, 2003; 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. See also Letter from Gabriel Garcia, Grande Communications Networks, Inc., to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, Irene Flannery, USAC, dated June 2, 2003; 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. Competitive ETCs that wish to receive ICLS must file a separate certification with the Commission and USAC stating that any ICLS will be used for its intended purposes. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. Unlike certifications for receiving high-cost support, certifications for ICLS are not correlated with the quarterly receipt of support. Instead, certifications are due on or before a carrier
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  • with sections 54.313 and 54.314 of the Commission's rules, all federal high-cost support will be ``used only for the provision, maintenance and upgrading of facilities and services for which support is intended pursuant to Section 254(e)'' of the Act in the areas for which Nextel is designated as an ETC. In addition, Nextel has certified pursuant to sections 54.809 and 54.904 of the Commission's rules that all interstate access universal service support and all interstate common line support provided will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. Nextel has further requested that the Commission find that Nextel has met the appropriate certification filing deadline in order for it to
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  • Exchange Carriers, CC Docket No. 98-166, Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 00-256, Fifteenth Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, and Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 98-77 and 98-166, 16 FCC Rcd 19613, para. 128 (2001) (subsequent history omitted). See also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.901-904. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). See Petition at 1-2. See Petition at 2. 47 C.F.R. § 1.3. Northeast Cellular Telephone Co. v. FCC, 897 F.2d 1164, 1166 (D.C. Cir. 1990) (Northeast Cellular). WAIT Radio v. FCC, 418 F.2d 1153, 1159 (D.C. Cir. 1969) (WAIT Radio); Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. Tucson Radio, Inc. v.
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  • Date: May 6, 2005 Interested parties are invited to comment on petitions filed by the following telecommunications carriers seeking waivers of various filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service support pursuant to the Commission's rules. Petitioner Rule Date Filed Wapsi Wireless, LLC 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(b) and 54.307(c) 2/8/05 Unity Telephone Company d/b/a UniTel, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d) 2/17/05 Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313 3/3/05 Inland Cellular Telephone Company 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d) 3/30/05 Pursuant to Sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments on or before April 29, 2005, and reply comments on or before May 6, 2005. Comments may be filed using the
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  • Order, 19 FCC Rcd at 6771-71, paras. 25-28. See WAIT Radio, 418 F.2d 1159; Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. See Allband Petition at 4-5. See M&L Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Skyline Telephone Company, Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, and 69.2(hh) of the Commission's Rules. CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 653 (WCB 2005)(2005 Skyline Order). Section 54.904 of the Commission's rules requires that carriers desiring to receive ICLS must file an annual certification that such support will be used as intended on the date that it first files its line count data pursuant to section 54.903. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. In the 2005 Skyline Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau, on its own motion, waived state certification and
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  • 6771-71, paras. 25-28. See WAIT Radio, 418 F.2d 1159; Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. See WeavTel Petition at 4; Beaver Creek Petition at 5. See M&L Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Skyline Telephone Company, Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, and 69.2(hh) of the Commission's Rules. CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 653 (WCB 2005)(2005 Skyline Order). Section 54.904 of the Commission's rules requires that carriers desiring to receive ICLS must file an annual certification that such support will be used as intended on the date that it first files its line count data pursuant to section 54.903. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. In the 2005 Skyline Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau, on its own motion, waived state certification and
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  • Communications is required to file with the fund Administrator and the Commission, on the date it first files its line count information pursuant to section 54.903, a certification that all ICLS support provided to Direct Communications will be used only for the provision and maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. See Part 69 Petition at 2. See 47 C.F.R. § 69.601. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 69.601-.610. See 47 C.F.R. § 69.606(a). 47 C.F.R. § 69.605(c). An incumbent LEC may convert from an average schedule company to a cost company, but a carrier must obtain a waiver of the definition of ``average schedule company'' in section 69.605(c) to change from a
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  • of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules Nebraska Technology & Telecommunications Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules Northeast Iowa Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules United States Cellular Corporation Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Unity Telephone Company d/b/a UniTel, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) of the Commission's Rules Wapsi Wireless, LLC Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: November
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  • is required to file with the fund Administrator and the Commission, on the date it first files its line count information pursuant to section 54.903, a certification that all ICLS support provided to Adak Telephone will be used only for the provision and maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.903, 54.904. See Petition at 15. Id. at 17 Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996) (1996 Act). See 47 C.F.R. § 69.601. 47 C.F.R. § 69.2(hh). See 47 U.S.C. § 251(h)(1). For example, section 36.611 of the Commission's rules governs the submission of data to NECA for purposes of calculating high-cost support and only applies to
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  • C.F.R. § 54.301. 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(3). 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(1). Section 54.903(a)(2) provides that rate-of-return LECs must file such line count data quarterly in areas where a competitive ETC has initiated service and reported line count data to USAC in order to receive support. 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(2). Skyline Telephone also filed the carrier certification required pursuant to section 54.904 in order to receive ICLS. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. 47 C.F.R. § 1.3. Northeast Cellular Telephone Co. v. FCC, 897 F.2d 1164, 1166 (D.C. Cir. 1990) (Northeast Cellular). WAIT Radio v. FCC, 418 F.2d 1153, 1159 (D.C. Cir. 1969); Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. Skyline Order, 19 FCC Rcd at 6767-68. Although
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  • Comment Date: July 21, 2006 Interested parties are invited to comment on petitions filed by the following telecommunications carriers seeking waivers of various filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service support pursuant to the Commission's rules. Petitioner Rule Date Filed Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c) 6/2/06 Sagebrush Cellular, Inc. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d), 54.314(a) and 54.904(d) 6/5/06 Cedar Valley Communications, Inc. 47 C.F.R. §§ 36.311(h), 36.612, 54.307(c)(3), 54.314(a), 54.903(a) 6/16/06 Interested parties may file comments on or before July 14, 2006 and reply comments on or before July 21, 2006. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using: (1) the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), (2) the Federal Government's
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  • of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules; Nebraska Technology & Telecommunications Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules; Northeast Iowa Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules; United States Cellular Corporation Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules; Unity Telephone Company d/b/a UniTel, Inc., Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) of the Commission's Rules; Wapsi Wireless, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 19212 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005) (Benton/Linn Wireless Order) (one to eight days late). See Mary Ann Salvatoriello, FCC 91-243, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 6 FCC Rcd 4705, paras. 2-4. In that case, the subject applications
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  • is required to file with the fund Administrator and the Commission, on the date it first files its line count information pursuant to section 54.903, a certification that all ICLS support provided to Sacred Wind will be used only for the provision and maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.903, 54.904. . See Petition at 14-15. Sacred Wind explains that the term ``exchange'' is not defined in the applicable regulations, but references a definition in an industry reference. See id. at 14. See Petition at Exh. 1, New Mexico Order (attaching Amended Recommended Decision of the Hearing Examiner at 7). In this Order, we do not define the term ``exchange'' as
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  • C.F.R. § 1.3. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e)(2) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs, but section 214(e)(6) allows the Commission to designate as ETCs carriers not subject to the jurisdiction of a state commission. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2), (6). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC Docket No.
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  • Docket No. 96-45, filed July 6, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). The Verizon companies on behalf of whom Verizon filed the petition are the regulated, wholly owned subsidiaries of Verizon Communications Inc. See Petition at 1 n.1. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.802(a), (b). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in
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  • of 2003 because USAC determined that it had received Thumb Cellular's FCC Form 507, which includes line count data, after USAC's calculated filing date. For the reasons set forth below, we grant Thumb Cellular's appeal and direct USAC to implement the findings set forth in this Order. Background Thumb Cellular receives high-cost support from USAC pursuant to sections 54.901 through 54.904 of the Commission's rules, which establish the ICLS mechanism. In order to receive ICLS support, carriers must file FCC Form 507 with USAC. Thumb Cellular began receiving ICLS in July 2003, and continued to receive support payments through October of that year. In October 2003, USAC determined that Thumb Cellular's FCC Form 507, which USAC received on March 31, 2003,
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  • Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: December 28, 2006 Released: December 28, 2006 By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: Introduction In this Order, we grant in part and deny in part a petition from Mid-Tex Cellular, Ltd. (Mid-Tex), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Texas, for a waiver of sections 54.314(d)(5) and 54.904 of the Commission's rules. We find that Mid-Tex has demonstrated that good cause warrants a waiver of section 54.314(d)(5), but not section 54.904. Background Section 254(e) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), provides that ``only an eligible telecommunications carrier designated under section 214(e) shall be eligible to receive specific Federal universal service support.'' Once a carrier
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' ¨ ì $ h '' '' '' Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of: Federal-State Joint Board on ) CC Docket No. 96-45 Universal Service North River Telephone Cooperative Petition for Waiver of the Deadline in 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 order Adopted: December 28, 2006 Released: December 28, 2006 By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: Introduction In this Order, we grant the request of North River Telephone Cooperative (North River), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Virginia, for a waiver of the annual filing deadline set
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  • 20, 2006 Reply Comment Date: March 27, 2006 Interested parties are invited to comment on petitions filed by the following telecommunications carriers seeking waivers of various filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service support pursuant to the Commission's rules. Petitioner Rule Date Filed Pembroke Telephone Cooperative 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(b) 10/31/05 North River Telephone Cooperative 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d) 11/17/05 Nebraska Technology & Telecommunications, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a) 12/19/05 Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.802, 54.809, 54.904 2/1/06 Pursuant to Sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments on or before March 20, 2006, and reply comments on or before March 27, 2006. All
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  • 1.102, this Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Thomas J. Navin Chief Wireline Competition Bureau NPCR, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed September 29, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, 15 FCC Rcd
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  • § 54.802(a), CC Docket No. 96-45, filed March 23, 2004 (SEI Petition); SouthEast Telephone, Inc., Petition of Waiver of Deadlines In 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c), CC Docket No. 96-45, filed December 17, 2003 (SouthEast Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(c), 54.802(a), 54.809(c), and 54.903. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Interstate access universal service support was established to replace implicit support that was collected through interstate access charges. See Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board On Universal Service, CC Docket Nos. 96-262, 94-1, 99-249, 96-45, Sixth Report and Order
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  • COMMISSION Renee R. Crittendon Acting Deputy Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Corr Wireless Communications, LLC, Petition for Limited Waiver of Sections 54.307(c) and 54.313(d) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed Mar. 18, 2003 (Corr Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(c), and 54.313(d)(3). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(b). 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d). If the October 1 deadline for first quarter support is missed, the certification must be filed by January 1 for support to begin in the second quarter, by April 1 for support to begin in the third quarter, and by July 1 for support to begin in the fourth quarter. Id. See
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit n ú ú ú ú ú ¾ â ú ú ú Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Cellular South Licenses, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: March 29, 2007 Released: March 29, 2007 By the Acting Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: INTRODUCTION In this Order, we grant a request by Cellular South Licenses, Inc. (Cellular South), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC), for a waiver of section 54.904(d) the Commission's
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  • 1.102, this Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau AT&T Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed October 17, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, 15 FCC Rcd
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  • EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Kansas Corporation Commission Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.313 and 54.314 of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed July 14, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d), 54.314(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(a), 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirements for rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(b), 54.314(b); see also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Fourteenth Report and Order and Twenty-Second Order on Reconsideration, CC Docket No. 96-45,
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  • EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau MTA Communications, Inc. d/b/a MTA Wireless Petition for Waiver of Section 54.314(d) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed November 11, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(b); Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Fourteenth Report and Order and Twenty-Second Order on Reconsideration, CC Docket No. 96-45, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, Report and Order, CC Docket No. 00-256, 16 FCC Rcd 11244, 11318, para.
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  • SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Pine Cellular Phones, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307 of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed September 29, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. 1. Id. at 2-3. Id. at 2. Id. Id. Id. at 2-3. Id. at 1 Id. at 3-7. Id. at 7. Id. at 2. Id. at 7. Id. at 5-6; see also Northwest Dakota Cellular of North Dakota Limited Partnership; North Central RSA 2 of North Dakota Limited Partnership; North Dakota RSA No. 3 Limited
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit $ Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Sagebrush Cellular, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Filing Deadline in 47 C.F.R. Sections 54.307(d), 54.314(a) and 54.904(d) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: August 13, 2007 Released: August 13, 2007 By the Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau: introduction In this order, we grant a request from Sagebrush Cellular, Inc (Sagebrush), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Montana, for a waiver of the annual filing
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  • arguments presented generally is required. Other rules pertaining to oral and written ex parte presentations in permit-but-disclose proceedings are set forth in section 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules. For further information, please contact Jennifer McKee, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-7400 or TTY (202) 418-0484. - FCC - Pattersonville Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Carrier Certification for Interstate Common Line Support, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed August 8, 2007). See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, GC Docket No. 97-113, Report and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 11322 (1998). 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200 et seq. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b)(2). 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b). PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington,
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  • FOR WAIVER OF A FILING DEADLINE RELATED TO THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROGRAM CC Docket No. 96-45 Comment Date: October 1, 2007 Reply Comment: October 15, 2007 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Decatur Telephone Company seeking waiver of the June 30, 2007, filing deadline associated with the receipt of universal service funds pursuant to section 54.904 of the Commission's rules. Interested parties may file comments on or before October 1, 2007 and reply comments on or before October 15, 2007. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. . Filers should follow the instructions provided on the website
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  • Although certain Petitioners have requested the Bureau review the decision of the Administrator under section 54.723 of the Commission's rules, we find the appropriate procedural relief is to waive the filing deadline. 47 C.F.R. §§1.3, 54.722(a); see also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sagebrush Cellular, Inc., Petition for Waiver of Filing Deadline in 47 C.F.R. Sections 54.307(d), 54.314(a) and 54.904(d), Order, 22 FCC Rcd 15139 (Aug. 13, 2007) (Action in which the Bureau waived a filing deadline). See Appendix A. See e.g., Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, FCC Form 499-A (2007) at http://www.usac.org/fund-administration/forms/ See http://www.usac.org/fund-administration/forms/. Request for Review by Atlantic Digital, Inc. of Decision of Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 4224, 4225-26, paras. 3, 5 (2005).
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  • 20, 2008 COMMENT SOUGHT ON PETITIONS FOR WAIVER OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINES WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: September 19, 2008 Reply Comment: October 6, 2008 Petitioner Rule(s) Date Filed H&B Cable Service, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.809 7/1/08 Flat Rock Telephone Co-Op, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e) 7/17/08 Western New Mexico Telephone Company, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d) 7/17/08 Yukon Telephone Company, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d) 7/23/08 Windstream Communications, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(1) 7/28/08 Northern New England Telephone Operation LLC and Telephone Operating Company of Vermont LLC 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.802(a); 54.809(c) 8/5/08 Interested parties may file comments on or before September 19, 2008 and reply comments on or before October 6, 2008. All pleadings are
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  • FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Dana R. Shaffer Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel Petition of Waiver of the Section 54.903 Interstate Common Line Support Reporting Date, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed July 9, 2007) (Petition); 47 C.F.R. § 54.903. Petition at 1. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. § 54.903. 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(3). Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(4). (MAG Order) (subsequent history omitted). Petition at 1. WeavTel also submitted supplemental information. See Letter from Richard Weaver, Manager of Operations, WeavTel, to Marlene Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed Dec. 17, 2007) (asserting that without a waiver, WeavTel will no longer be
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit T T T Ø T ( T x ¬ DA 08-2106 Released: September 17, 2008 COMMENT SOUGHT ON PETITIONS FOR WAIVER OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINES WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: October 17, 2008 Reply Comment: November 3, 2008 Petitioner Rule(s) Date Filed Ballard Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d) 8/15/08 HTC Communications, LLC 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a) 8/22/08 Interested parties may file comments on or before October 17, 2008 and reply comments on or before November 3, 2008. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 08-71. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. . Filers should follow the
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  • §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id.; see also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report
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  • §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id.; see also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ó h ° ä Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Cedar Valley Communications, Inc. Petition for Waiver of 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d), 54.314(a), and 54.904(d) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: January 8, 2008 Released: January 8, 2008 By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: introduction In this order, we deny a petition by Cedar Valley Communications, Inc. (Cedar Valley), a competitive eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Texas, for a waiver of the filing deadlines in section
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ^ ^ ^ â ^ 2 ^ ‚ ¶ DA 08-877 Released: April 17, 2008 COMMENT SOUGHT ON THREE SEPARATE PETITIONS FILED BY IT&E OVERSEAS, INC. FOR WAIVER OF SECTIONS 54.209, 54.314, 54.809, AND 54.904 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES CC Docket No. 96-45 Comment Date: May 19, 2008 Reply Comment: June 3, 2008 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on three separate petitions filed by IT&E Overseas, Inc. for waiver of various filing deadlines required by sections 54.209, 54.314, 54.809, and 54.904 of the Commission's rules for receipt of universal service funds. Interested parties may
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  • Commission Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d)(3), 54.314(d). We note that on January 10, 2007, the Illinois Commission attempted but failed to electronically file its petition with the Commission. The Illinois Commission ultimately filed its petition with the Commission on May 11, 2007. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(a), 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirements for rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d), 54.314(b); see also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent
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  • §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802. 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(a). 47 C.F.R. §54.809(c). Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Report and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 6371, 6413-14, para. 94 (2005) (ETC Designation Order); 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c). Centennial Petition at 1; 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c). Centennial Petition at 3 and Attach.
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ª ª ª ª j ª Î DA 09-1557 Release Date: July 21, 2009 COMMENT SOUGHT ON PETITIONS FOR WAIVER OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINES WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: August 20, 2009 Reply Comment Date: September 4, 2009 Petitioner Rule(s) Date Filed Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.314, 54.904 05/29/2009 Windy City Cellular, LLC 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(d) 06/12/2009 Interested parties may file comments on or before August 20, 2009, and reply comments on or before September 4, 2009. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 08-71. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies. Electronic Filers: Comments may
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  • the March 2008 amounts available to competitive ETCs under the interim cap. See LBH, L.L.C. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules, Knology of the Black Hills, LLC f/k/a PrairieWave Black Hills, LLC Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules, USCOC of Cumberland, Inc. Hardy Cellular Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.809(c), 54.904(d), 54.313(d) and 54.314(d) of the Commission's Rules, WC Docket No. 08-71, Order, 24 FCC Rcd 4806, 4811, para. 11 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2009) (LBH et al. High-Cost Waiver Order). Centennial December 31 Letter at 4-9. Letter from Danielle Frappier, Counsel for Centennial, to Marlene H. Dortch, Federal Communications Commission, WC Docket No. 05-337, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed Jan. 28,
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  • PETITION FILED BY MINERVA VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR WAIVER OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: April 29, 2009 Reply Comment Date: May 14, 2009 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Minerva Valley Telephone Company seeking a waiver of the June 30, 2008 filing deadline set forth in section 54.904(d) of the Commission's rules for receipt of universal service funds. Interested parties may file comments on or before April 29, 2009, and reply comments on or before May 14, 2009. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 08-71. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. Electronic Filers: Comments may
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  • of Sections 54.307(c) and 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules Hardy Telecommunications, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.307(c)(2) and 54.802(a) Applicable to the Line Count Submission for High-Cost Loop and Interstate Access Support Petition of iBroadband Network, Inc., d/b/a Cedar Valley Communications Section 54.314 of the Commission's Rules IT&E Overseas, Inc. Petition for Protective Waiver of Section 54.314, 54.809, and 54.904 of the Commission's Rules Petition of the Micronesian Telecommunications Company for Waiver of Section 54.314 of the Commission's Rules Pattersonville Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Carrier Certification for Interstate Line Support Petition of PTI Pacifica Inc. for Waiver of Section 54.314 of the Commission's Rules Texas RSA 8 South Limited Partnership dba Westex Wireless Petition for Waiver
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  • In the Matter of Petitions for Waiver of Universal Service High-Cost Filing Deadlines LBH, L.L.C. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules Knology of the Black Hills, LLC f/k/a PrairieWave Black Hills, LLC Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules USCOC of Cumberland, Inc. Hardy Cellular Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.809(c), 54.904(d), 54.313(d) and 54.314(d) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) WC Docket No. 08-71 ORDER Adopted: April 21, 2009 Released: April 21, 2009 By the Acting Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: INTRODUCTION In this order, we deny three requests, filed by LBH, L.L.C (LBH); Knology of the
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  • §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id.; see also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report
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  • If the October 1 deadline for first quarter support is missed, the certification must be filed by January 1 for support to begin in the second quarter, by April 1 for support to begin in the third quarter, and by July 1 for support to begin in the fourth quarter. To receive interstate common line support (ICLS) pursuant to section 54.904 of the Commission's rules, an ETC must file a certification stating that all ICLS received by it will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which such support is intended. This certification must be filed with USAC and the Commission on the date that the ETC first files its line count information, and,
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  • Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d)(1). If the October 1 deadline for first quarter support is missed, the certification must be filed by January 1 for support to begin in
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Petitions for Waiver of Universal Service High-Cost Filing Deadlines Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Western New Mexico Telephone Company, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Filing Deadline For Submission of Annual Interstate Common Line Support Certification for a Rural Rate-of-Return Carrier Yukon Telephone Company, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Filing Deadline For Submission of Annual Interstate Common Line Support Certification for a Rural Rate-of-Return Carrier Northern New England Telephone Operations LLC and Telephone Operating Company of Vermont LLC Petition for Waiver of Sections
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  • Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to calculate first quarter support for the
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  • Release Date: January 29, 2010 COMMENT SOUGHT ON THE BAYLAND COMMUNICATIONS, LLC PETITION FOR WAIVER OF A UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: March 1, 2010 Reply Comment Date: March 15, 2010 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Bayland Communications, LLC seeking waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.904(d) of the Commission's rules for receipt of universal service high-cost support funds. Interested parties may file comments on or before March 1, 2010, and reply comments on or before March 15, 2010. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 08-71. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies. . Paper
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  • THE ALLIED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION PETITION FOR WAIVER OF A UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: December 09, 2010 Reply Comment Date: December 27, 2010 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by the Allied Wireless Communications Corporation for a waiver of the filing deadline required by sections 54.313, 54.314, 54.307(d), 54.809(a), 54.904(a) and 54.904(d) of the Commission's rules for receipt of universal service high-cost support. Interested parties may file comments on or before December 09, 2010, and reply comments on or before December 27, 2010. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 08-71. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies. .
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  • line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost universal service support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost universal service support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(a). 47 C.F.R. §54.809(c). In the ETC Designation Order, the Commission adopted a quarterly IAS certification schedule to accommodate late filings, whereby a late-filing carrier's IAS support is curtailed by a quarter's worth of support for each quarter
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  • Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d). Id. Petition at 1, Attach. A. Id. at 1, Attach. B, C. Id. at 2, Attach. A. Id. Id. at 2. The Commission sought
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  • common line support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for interstate access support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301. 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(b). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(1). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(2). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(2)(iv). Flat Rock Petition at 1; 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(1). Flat Rock Petition at 1-2. Id. at 2. Id. Id. at 8. Id. at 2, 5-8. Id. at 9. Letter from Gerard Duffy,
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  • Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), and 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301. The certification requirements for non-rural carriers are found in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirements for rural carriers are found in section 54.314 of the rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. In instances where carriers are not subject to state jurisdiction, an
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Petitions for Waiver of Universal Service High-Cost Filing Deadlines Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Cedar-Wapsie Communications, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Filing Deadline For Submission of Annual Interstate Common Line Support Certification DialToneServices, L.P. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Virgin Islands Telephone Corp. d/b/a Innovative Telephone for Waiver of Section 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules Wildflower Telecommunications, LLC Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.802(a) and 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) )
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  • common line support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for interstate access support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See, e.g., Benton/Linn Wireless, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules, et al., CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 19212, 19218, 19220, paras. 12, 18 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. Inland Cellular Petition at 1.
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  • Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to calculate first quarter support for the
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  • policy on an individual basis.15Waiver of the Commission's rules is appropriate only if both (i) special circumstances warrant a deviation from the general rule, and (ii) such deviation will serve the public interest.16 (Continued from previous page) count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 5See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to calculate first quarter support for the
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  • January 12, 2011 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON CEDAR-WAPSIE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PETITION FOR WAIVER OF A UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: February 11, 2011 Reply Comment Date: February 28, 2011 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Cedar-Wapsie Communications, Inc. for waiver of the filing deadline required by section 54.904(d) of the Commission's rules for receipt of universal service high-cost support. Section 54.904(d) sets forth the deadline for rate-of-return carriers and competitive eligible telecommunications carriers serving rate-of-return service areas to file an annual certification with the Universal Service Administrative Company and the Commission to receive Interstate Common Line Support. Interested parties may file comments on or before February 11, 2011,
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  • Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate second quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in June to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to calculate fourth quarter support for
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  • Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to calculate first quarter support for the
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  • (filed Nov. 2, 2010) (Allied Wireless Petition). Georgia RSA #8 Partnership Petition for Waiver, WC Docket Nos. 09-197, 08-71, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed Oct. 27, 2010) (Georgia RSA #8 Petition). Allied Wireless is one of the partners in Georgia RSA #8. See Georgia RSA #8 Petition at 1. Allied Wireless seeks waivers of sections 54.307(d), 54.313(d)(vi), 54.314(d)(6), 54.809, and 54.904 of the Commission's rules. Allied Wireless Petition at 3-4; see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d), 54.313-314, 54.809(a), 54.904(a), (d). Georgia RSA #8 seeks waivers of sections 54.307(d), 54.313, and 54.314 of the Commission's rules. Georgia RSA #8 Petition at 4; see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d), 54.313-314. As explained below, petitioners seek waiver of these rules to permit them to
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  • universal service support mechanisms), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for the interstate access support (IAS) mechanism), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for the ICLS mechanism), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See, e.g., Benton/Linn Wireless, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules, et al., CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 19212, 19218, 19220, paras. 12, 18 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(d). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. Mandatory line count data are due on
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on ) CC Docket No. 96-45 Universal Service Allo Communications Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Bayland Communications, LLC Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Deadline for Submission of Annual Certification by Eligible Telecommunication Carrier Serving Lines in the Service Area of a Rate-of-Return Carrier to Receive Interstate Common Line Support Columbus Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. Petition for Waiver of the Commission's Universal Service Rules HTC Communications, LLC Petition for Waiver of
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  • text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Petitions for Waiver of Universal Service High-Cost Filing Deadlines Grande Communications Networks, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Advantage Cellular Systems, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Decatur Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) of the Commission's Rules Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Petition for Waiver of the Commission's Universal Service Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) WC Docket No. 08-71 CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: April 28, 2011 Released: April 28, 2011 By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:
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  • Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier In the Commonwealth of Virginia (CC Docket No. 96-45). Comments - The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. In the Matter of Grande Communications, Inc. (CC Docket No. 96-45). Petition for Waiver -Expedited Treatment Requested. July 1 In the Matter of Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support Certification Pursuant to Section 54.904 of the Commission's Rules. Certification - Perry Spencer Rural Tel. Coop., Inc. In the Matter of Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support Certification Pursuant to Section 54.904 of the Commission's Rules. Certification - Concord Telephone Company. In the Matter of Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support Certification Pursuant to Section 54.904 of the Commission's Rules. Certification
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  • Revenue Requirement Form'' and FCC Form 509 ``Interstate Common Line Support Mechanism Annual Common Line Actual Cost Data Collection Form'' pursuant to the guidelines set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(1) - (4) (47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(1) - (4)). Carrier certification - has filed the annual certification (in compliance with the format and filing deadline described in 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(b) and (d)) with USAC and the FCC stating that all Interstate Common Line support provided to the Beneficiary will be used only for the provision, maintenance and upgrading of facilities and services for which support is intended (47 C.F.R. § 54.904(a)). E. Part 36: Subpart F -Universal Service Fund - The Beneficiary (SAC No. XXX): Calculation of safety net additive
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  • subpart in accordance with subpart H of this part; Distribute support calculated pursuant to the rules contained in this subpart; and Report quarterly to the Commission on the collection and distribution of funds under this subpart as described in § 54.702(i) of this part. Fund distribution reporting will be by state and by eligible telecommunications carrier within the state. § 54.904 Carrier certification. (a) Certification. Carriers that desire to receive support pursuant to this subpart shall file a certification with the Administrator and the Federal Communications Commission stating that all Interstate Common Line Support provided to such carrier will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. Support provided pursuant
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  • to file common line tariffs that comply with Part 69 of the Commission's rules. Waiver of the June 30, 2002, Filing Requirement Background In the MAG Order, we created a new, explicit universal service support mechanism, ICLS, to replace implicit support in the access rate structure of rate-of-return carriers. The ICLS mechanism will be implemented on July 1, 2002. Section 54.904(d) provides that each carrier must file an annual certification ``on the date it first files its line count information pursuant to section 54.903[.]'' Pursuant to this requirement, carriers filed annual certifications for the initial ICLS funding year on April 18, 2002. Each carrier that wishes to receive ICLS also must file with the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) and the
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  • ``NECA Category I.B. expenses be apportioned to individual study areas on a pro rata basis''). See 47 C.F.R. § 69.603(g). Joint Petition for Reconsideration, Attachment at 3. We are unaware of any objections to NECA's apportionment method. We also dismiss as moot the Joint Petitioners' request that we eliminate duplicative 2002 certifications regarding the use of ICLS funds under section 54.904(d) of our rules. Joint Petition for Reconsideration, Attachment at 3 n.6. On June 13, 2002, the Commission adopted an order waiving the June 30, 2002, filing, eliminating the one-time duplicative certification contained in our rules. Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, CC Docket No. 00-256, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal
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  • Return From Interstate Services of Local Exchange Carriers, Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 00-256, Fifteenth Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 98-77, Report and Order in CC Docket 98-166, 16 FCC Rcd 19613, 19687-88, para. 176 (2001) (MAG Order); 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d). 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c). See generally 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1202, 1.1203, 1.1206. See 5 U.S.C. § 603. The RFA, see 5 U.S.C. § 601-612, has been amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), Pub. L. No. 104-121, Title II, 110 Stat. 847 (1996). See 5 U.S.C. § 603(a). See id. See 47 U.S.C. § 254(b).
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  • Return From Interstate Services of Local Exchange Carriers, Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 00-256, Fifteenth Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 98-77, Report and Order in CC Docket 98-166, 16 FCC Rcd 19613, 19687-88, para. 176 (2001) (MAG Order); 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d). MAG Order, 16 FCC Rcd at 19687-88, para. 176. See ETC Designation NPRM, 19 FCC Rcd at 10801, para. 5. See Appendix A for the revised rule. See 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(1)(A). See 5 U.S.C. § 604(b). 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.415, 1.419. See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 13 FCC Rcd 11322, 11326 (1998). See 5 U.S.C. §
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  • (Fed.-State Jt. Bd. 2006); 2007 Joint Board Public Notice, 22 FCC Rcd at 9024, para. 3. If the Commission ultimately concludes that competitive ETCs are not eligible for LSS, the ceiling would be set at the per-line support amounts that the incumbent LEC receives from the HCLS. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313, 54.314. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.809, 54.904. See Rural ILECs Petition for Revocation of Sprint/Nextel's ETC Designation in Virginia or, Alternatively, Motion to Show Cause, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed June 4, 2007). On July 9, 2007, the Wireline Competition Bureau sought comment on this petition. Comment Sought on a Petition by TDS Telecommunications Corp., Fairpoint Communications, Inc., and Burke's Garden Telephone Company for Revocation of Spring/Nextel's
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  • Docket No. 06-113, at 1 (dated Dec. 31, 2009). Indeed, we note that PRTC's wireless affiliate received $38.8 million in high-cost universal service support in 2008. See 2009 Universal Service Monitoring Report, Table 3.30. Presumably PRTC's wireless affiliate uses this support for universal service purposes, as it is required to certify pursuant to the Commission's rules. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(a). See infra. paras. 26 and n.88. . Alenco Commc'ns, Inc. v. FCC, 601 F.3d 608, 620 (5th Cir. 2000) (Alenco). Alenco, 201 F.3d at 620. Alenco, 201 F.3d at 621; see also Rural Cellular Assn., 588 F.3d at 1103-04 (rejecting a challenge to an interim cap the Commission imposed on high-cost support disbursements to competitive ETCs, and finding that petitioners
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  • for IAS and ICLS. As discussed above, we are eliminating IAS as a standalone support mechanism, and this obviates the need for IAS-specific certifications. Although ICLS will remain in place for some carriers, those carriers will certify compliance through new section 54.314. However, to ensure there is no gap in coverage, those carriers will file a final certification under section 54.904 due June 30, 2012, covering the 2012-13 program year. Thus, by this Order, we eliminate section 54.809 and, effective July 2013, section 54.904 of our rules. And as discussed in section VII.C.1. above, we also eliminate section 54.316 of our rules, relating to rate comparability. Consequences for Non-Compliance with Program Rules Background. In the USF/ICC Transformation NPRM, we sought comment
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  • of stations KFCD(AM), Farmersville, TX and KHSE(AM), Wylie, Texas to Bernard Dallas LLC. Action by: Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau by LETTER. (DA No. 06-2607). MB [41]DA-06-2607A1.doc [42]DA-06-2607A1.pdf [43]DA-06-2607A1.txt MID-TEX CELLULAR, LTD. Granted in part and denied in part a petition from Mid-Tex Cellular, Ltd. (Mid-Tex), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Texas, for a waiver of sections 54.314(d)(5) and 54.904 of the Commission's rules. (Dkt No. 96-45). Action by: Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted: 12/28/2006 by ORDER. (DA No. 06-2582). WCB [44]DA-06-2582A1.doc [45]DA-06-2582A1.pdf [46]DA-06-2582A1.txt NORTH RIVER TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE. Granted the request of North River Telephone Cooperative , an eligible telecommunications carrier in Virginia, for a waiver of the annual filing deadline set forth in section 54.904(d) of the Commission's rules.
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  • REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 10.7 - 11.7 GHZ BAND. Issued an Erratum correcting Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 07-38, released March 27, 2007. (Dkt No. RM-11043, 07-54). Action by: the Commission by ERRATUM. OMD [253]DOC-271961A1.doc [254]DOC-271961A1.pdf [255]DOC-271961A1.txt FEDERAL-STATE JOINT BOARD ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE. Granted the request by Cellular South Licenses, Inc., an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC), for a waiver of section 54.904(d) the Commission's rules. Action by: Acting Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted: 03/29/2007 by ORDER. (DA No. 07-1532). WCB [256]DA-07-1532A1.doc [257]DA-07-1532A1.pdf [258]DA-07-1532A1.txt References 1. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1551A1.pdf 2. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1551A1.txt 3. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271968A1.pdf 4. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271968A1.txt 5. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271979A1.pdf 6. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271979A1.txt 7. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271967A1.pdf 8. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271967A1.txt 9. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271897A2.txt 10. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271897A1.pdf 11. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271896A2.txt 12. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271896A1.pdf 13. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1560A1.doc 14. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1560A1.pdf 15. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1560A1.txt 16. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1561A1.doc 17. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1561A1.pdf 18. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1561A1.txt 19.
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  • PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSURE PROCEEDINGS (1 OF 2). OMD. Contact: Jason Brown at (202) 418-0310 [8]DOC-275888A1.pdf [9]DOC-275888A1.txt Released: 08/13/2007. EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILING IN PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSURE PROCEEDINGS (2 OF 2). OMD. Contact: Jason Brown at (202) 418-0310 [10]DOC-275890A1.pdf [11]DOC-275890A1.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- TEXTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- SAGEBRUSH CELLULAR, INC. PETITION FOR WAIVER OF FILING DEADLINE IN 47 C.F.R. SECTIONS 54.307(D), 54.314(A) AND 54.904(D). Granted a request from Sagebrush Cellular, Inc. for a waiver of the annual certification filing deadline to receive interstate common line support. (Dkt No. 96-45). Action by: Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted: 08/13/2007 by ORDER. (DA No. 07-3572). WCB [12]DA-07-3572A1.doc [13]DA-07-3572A1.pdf [14]DA-07-3572A1.txt ADDENDA: THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, RELEASED AUGUST 10, 2007, DID NOT APPEAR IN DIGEST NO.
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  • Jane Frenette at (202) 418-2245, TTY: (202) 418-7172. News Media Contact: Mary Diamond at (202) 418-2388 [5]DA-08-866A1.doc [6]DA-08-866A1.pdf [7]DA-08-866A1.txt Report No: 46717 Released: 04/17/2008. BROADCAST ACTIONS. MB [8]DOC-281584A2.txt [9]DOC-281584A1.pdf Report No: 26717 Released: 04/17/2008. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. MB [10]DOC-281583A2.txt [11]DOC-281583A1.pdf Released: 04/17/2008. COMMENT SOUGHT ON THREE SEPARATE PETITIONS FILED BY IT&E OVERSEAS, INC. FOR WAIVER OF SECTIONS 54.209, 54.314, 54.809, AND 54.904 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES. (DA No. 08-877). (Dkt No 96-45). Comments Due: 05/19/2008. Reply Comments Due: 06/03/2008. WCB. Contact: Jennifer Prime at (202) 418-7400, TTY: (202) 418-0484 [12]DA-08-877A1.doc [13]DA-08-877A1.pdf [14]DA-08-877A1.txt * * * * * ADDENDA: THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, RELEASED APRIL 16, 2008, DID NOT APPEAR IN DIGEST NO. 74: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- NEWS RELEASES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- FCC ANNOUNCES AGENDA AND
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  • 08-71). Action by: Acting Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted: 04/21/2009 by ORDER. (DA No. 09-886). WCB [70]DA-09-886A1.doc [71]DA-09-886A1.pdf [72]DA-09-886A1.txt LBH, L.L.C. PETITION FOR WAIVER OF SECTION 54.802(A) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES ET AL. Denied three requests, filed by LBH, Knology, U.S. Cellular for waivers of various high-cost universal service support filing deadlines set forth in sections 54.307(c), 54.802, 54.809, and 54.904 of the Commission's rules. (Dkt No. 08-71). Action by: Acting Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted: 04/21/2009 by ORDER. (DA No. 09-884). WCB [73]DA-09-884A1.doc [74]DA-09-884A1.pdf [75]DA-09-884A1.txt GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INC. PETITION FOR WAIVER OF SECTIONS 54.307(C) AND 54.802(A) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES ET AL. Acted on nine requests, filed by Grande Communications Networks, Inc., for waivers of various high-cost universal service
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  • (LECs) from establishing separate study areas made up only of high-cost exchanges to maximize their receipt of high-cost universal service support. CC DKT No. 96-45 [132]DA-11-53 February 11, 2011 February 28, 2011 Cedar-Wapsie Communications, Inc. Public Notice: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Cedar-Wapsie Communications, Inc. for waiver of the filing deadline required by section 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules for receipt of universal service high-cost support. Section 54.904(d) sets forth the deadline for rate-of-return carriers and competitive eligible telecommunications carriers serving rate-of-return service areas to file an annual certification with the Universal Service Administrative Company and the Commission to receive Interstate Common Line Support. CC DKT No. 08-71 [133]DA-11-43 February 11, 2011 February 28, 2011
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  • Archives [16]WCB site map Search the FCC: _______________ Submit [17]Help | [18]Advanced | [19]Share Universal Service for High Cost Areas 2006 Headlines December 2006 Releases 12/28/2006 Order: In this Order, we grant the request of North River Telephone Cooperative (North River), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Virginia, for a waiver of the annual filing deadline set forth in section 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules. We find that North River has demonstrated good cause that warrants this waiver. 12/28/06. [20]Word | [21]Acrobat| [22]Text 12/28/06 Order: In this Order, we grant MCI's petition for waiver of sections 54.802(a) and 54.809(c) of the Commission's rules. MCI missed its annual certification and three quarterly line reports for interstate access support (IAS) during a time
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  • Communications LLC's petition for designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier in the U.S. Virgin Islands. 9/20/07. [69]Word | [70]Acrobat| [71]Text August 2007 Releases 8/30/2007 Public Notice: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Decatur Telephone Company seeking waiver of the June 30, 2007, filing deadline associated with the receipt of universal service funds pursuant to section 54.904 of the Commission's rules. Comments on the petition are due October 1, 2007 and reply comments are due October 15, 2007. 8/30/07. [72]Word | [73]Acrobat| [74]Text 8/29/2007 Public Notice: Triangle Communication Redefinition: The Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) seeks comment on a petition filed by Triangle Communication System Inc. requesting the Commissions agreement with the decision of the Montana Public Service
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  • Service > Headline Archives 2006 Archives [15]WCB site map Search the FCC: _______________ Submit [16]Help | [17]Advanced | [18]Share Universal Service 2006 Headlines December 2006 12/28/06 Order: In this Order, we grant the request of North River Telephone Cooperative (North River), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Virginia, for a waiver of the annual filing deadline set forth in section 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules. We find that North River has demonstrated good cause that warrants this waiver. 12/28/06. [19]Word | [20]Acrobat| [21]Text Order: In this Order, we grant MCI's petition for waiver of sections 54.802(a) and 54.809(c) of the Commission's rules. MCI missed its annual certification and three quarterly line reports for interstate access support (IAS) during a time when
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  • Competition Bureau seeks comment on GRTIs petition. Comments due October 1, 2007 and reply comments due October 15, 2007. [138]Word | [139]Acrobat| [140]Text 8/30/07 Public Notice: The Wireline competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Decatur Telephone Company seeking waiver of the June 30, 2007, filing deadline associated with the receipt of universal service funds pursuant to section 54.904 of the Commission's rules. Comments due October 1, 2007 and reply comments due October 15, 2007. [141]Word | [142]Acrobat| [143]Text 8/29/07 Public Notice: American Telecommunications Systems, Inc.: In the Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) seeks comment on two applications for review of WCB orders denying universal service fund contributor appeals by American Cyber corp. et al. American Telecommunications
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  • area of Northwest Communications Cooperative Comments on the petition are due by May 19, 2008, and reply comments are due by June 3, 2008. Public Notice: [307]Word | [308]Acrobat 4/17/08 Public Notice: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on three separate petitions filed by IT&E Overseas, Inc. for waiver of various filing deadlines required by sections 54.209, 54.314, 54.809, and 54.904 of the Commissions rules for receipt of universal service funds. Comments on the petition are due by May 19, 2008, and reply comments are due by June 3, 2008. Public Notice: [309]Word | [310]Acrobat 4/14/08 Public Notice: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on the Central Atlantic Pennsylvania Payphone Association's (CAPA) petition for clarification, or, in the alternative, reconsideration of
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  • Alltel Corporation. Public Notice [145]Word | [146]PDF April 2011 Releases 4/28/2011 Grande Communications Networks, Inc. Order: In this order, we address four separate petitions filed by Grande Communications Networks, Inc. (Grande), Advantage Cellular Systems, Inc. (Advantage), Decatur Telephone Co. (Decatur), and Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Range) for waiver of high-cost universal service filings deadlines set forth in sections 54.307(c) or 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules. Order [147]Word | [148]PDF 4/28/2011 Allo Communications Order: In this Order, we deny seven separate petitions filed by Allo Communications (Allo), Bayland Communications, LLC (Bayland), Columbus Telephone Company (Columbus), Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. (Great Lakes), HTC Communications, LLC (HTC), Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. (Pine Belt), and Windy City Cellular, LLC (Windy City) for waiver of
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  • ETC has complied with the state verification procedures. [569]Word [570]PDF 4/28/2011 Grande Communications Networks, Inc. Order: In this order, we address four separate petitions filed by Grande Communications Networks, Inc. (Grande), Advantage Cellular Systems, Inc. (Advantage), Decatur Telephone Co. (Decatur), and Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Range) for waiver of high-cost universal service filings deadlines set forth in sections 54.307(c) or 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules. [571]Word [572]PDF 4/28/2011 Allo Communications Order: In this Order, we deny seven separate petitions filed by Allo Communications (Allo), Bayland Communications, LLC (Bayland), Columbus Telephone Company (Columbus), Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. (Great Lakes), HTC Communications, LLC (HTC), Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. (Pine Belt), and Windy City Cellular, LLC (Windy City) for waiver of high-cost universal
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  • rel. May 22, 2003) (Texas Commission ETC Designation Order). Letter from Patrick Tyler, Public Utility Commission of Texas, to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, and Irene Flannery, USAC, dated June 26, 2003; 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. See also Letter from Gabriel Garcia, Grande Communications Networks, Inc., to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, Irene Flannery, USAC, dated June 2, 2003; 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. Competitive ETCs that wish to receive ICLS must file a separate certification with the Commission and USAC stating that any ICLS will be used for its intended purposes. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. Unlike certifications for receiving high-cost support, certifications for ICLS are not correlated with the quarterly receipt of support. Instead, certifications are due on or before a carrier
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  • with sections 54.313 and 54.314 of the Commission's rules, all federal high-cost support will be ``used only for the provision, maintenance and upgrading of facilities and services for which support is intended pursuant to Section 254(e)'' of the Act in the areas for which Nextel is designated as an ETC. In addition, Nextel has certified pursuant to sections 54.809 and 54.904 of the Commission's rules that all interstate access universal service support and all interstate common line support provided will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. Nextel has further requested that the Commission find that Nextel has met the appropriate certification filing deadline in order for it to
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  • Exchange Carriers, CC Docket No. 98-166, Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 00-256, Fifteenth Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, and Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 98-77 and 98-166, 16 FCC Rcd 19613, para. 128 (2001) (subsequent history omitted). See also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.901-904. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). See Petition at 1-2. See Petition at 2. 47 C.F.R. § 1.3. Northeast Cellular Telephone Co. v. FCC, 897 F.2d 1164, 1166 (D.C. Cir. 1990) (Northeast Cellular). WAIT Radio v. FCC, 418 F.2d 1153, 1159 (D.C. Cir. 1969) (WAIT Radio); Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. Tucson Radio, Inc. v.
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  • Date: May 6, 2005 Interested parties are invited to comment on petitions filed by the following telecommunications carriers seeking waivers of various filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service support pursuant to the Commission's rules. Petitioner Rule Date Filed Wapsi Wireless, LLC 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(b) and 54.307(c) 2/8/05 Unity Telephone Company d/b/a UniTel, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d) 2/17/05 Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313 3/3/05 Inland Cellular Telephone Company 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d) 3/30/05 Pursuant to Sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments on or before April 29, 2005, and reply comments on or before May 6, 2005. Comments may be filed using the
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  • Order, 19 FCC Rcd at 6771-71, paras. 25-28. See WAIT Radio, 418 F.2d 1159; Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. See Allband Petition at 4-5. See M&L Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Skyline Telephone Company, Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, and 69.2(hh) of the Commission's Rules. CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 653 (WCB 2005)(2005 Skyline Order). Section 54.904 of the Commission's rules requires that carriers desiring to receive ICLS must file an annual certification that such support will be used as intended on the date that it first files its line count data pursuant to section 54.903. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. In the 2005 Skyline Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau, on its own motion, waived state certification and
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  • 6771-71, paras. 25-28. See WAIT Radio, 418 F.2d 1159; Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. See WeavTel Petition at 4; Beaver Creek Petition at 5. See M&L Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Skyline Telephone Company, Petition for Waiver of Sections 36.611, 36.612, and 69.2(hh) of the Commission's Rules. CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 653 (WCB 2005)(2005 Skyline Order). Section 54.904 of the Commission's rules requires that carriers desiring to receive ICLS must file an annual certification that such support will be used as intended on the date that it first files its line count data pursuant to section 54.903. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. In the 2005 Skyline Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau, on its own motion, waived state certification and
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  • Communications is required to file with the fund Administrator and the Commission, on the date it first files its line count information pursuant to section 54.903, a certification that all ICLS support provided to Direct Communications will be used only for the provision and maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. See Part 69 Petition at 2. See 47 C.F.R. § 69.601. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 69.601-.610. See 47 C.F.R. § 69.606(a). 47 C.F.R. § 69.605(c). An incumbent LEC may convert from an average schedule company to a cost company, but a carrier must obtain a waiver of the definition of ``average schedule company'' in section 69.605(c) to change from a
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  • of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules Nebraska Technology & Telecommunications Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules Northeast Iowa Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules United States Cellular Corporation Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Unity Telephone Company d/b/a UniTel, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) of the Commission's Rules Wapsi Wireless, LLC Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: November
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  • is required to file with the fund Administrator and the Commission, on the date it first files its line count information pursuant to section 54.903, a certification that all ICLS support provided to Adak Telephone will be used only for the provision and maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.903, 54.904. See Petition at 15. Id. at 17 Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996) (1996 Act). See 47 C.F.R. § 69.601. 47 C.F.R. § 69.2(hh). See 47 U.S.C. § 251(h)(1). For example, section 36.611 of the Commission's rules governs the submission of data to NECA for purposes of calculating high-cost support and only applies to
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  • C.F.R. § 54.301. 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(3). 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(1). Section 54.903(a)(2) provides that rate-of-return LECs must file such line count data quarterly in areas where a competitive ETC has initiated service and reported line count data to USAC in order to receive support. 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(2). Skyline Telephone also filed the carrier certification required pursuant to section 54.904 in order to receive ICLS. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.904. 47 C.F.R. § 1.3. Northeast Cellular Telephone Co. v. FCC, 897 F.2d 1164, 1166 (D.C. Cir. 1990) (Northeast Cellular). WAIT Radio v. FCC, 418 F.2d 1153, 1159 (D.C. Cir. 1969); Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166. Skyline Order, 19 FCC Rcd at 6767-68. Although
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  • Comment Date: July 21, 2006 Interested parties are invited to comment on petitions filed by the following telecommunications carriers seeking waivers of various filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service support pursuant to the Commission's rules. Petitioner Rule Date Filed Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c) 6/2/06 Sagebrush Cellular, Inc. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d), 54.314(a) and 54.904(d) 6/5/06 Cedar Valley Communications, Inc. 47 C.F.R. §§ 36.311(h), 36.612, 54.307(c)(3), 54.314(a), 54.903(a) 6/16/06 Interested parties may file comments on or before July 14, 2006 and reply comments on or before July 21, 2006. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using: (1) the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), (2) the Federal Government's
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  • of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules; Nebraska Technology & Telecommunications Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules; Northeast Iowa Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules; United States Cellular Corporation Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules; Unity Telephone Company d/b/a UniTel, Inc., Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) of the Commission's Rules; Wapsi Wireless, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 19212 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005) (Benton/Linn Wireless Order) (one to eight days late). See Mary Ann Salvatoriello, FCC 91-243, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 6 FCC Rcd 4705, paras. 2-4. In that case, the subject applications
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  • is required to file with the fund Administrator and the Commission, on the date it first files its line count information pursuant to section 54.903, a certification that all ICLS support provided to Sacred Wind will be used only for the provision and maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.903, 54.904. . See Petition at 14-15. Sacred Wind explains that the term ``exchange'' is not defined in the applicable regulations, but references a definition in an industry reference. See id. at 14. See Petition at Exh. 1, New Mexico Order (attaching Amended Recommended Decision of the Hearing Examiner at 7). In this Order, we do not define the term ``exchange'' as
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  • C.F.R. § 1.3. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Section 214(e)(2) of the Act provides that state commissions shall designate carriers as ETCs, but section 214(e)(6) allows the Commission to designate as ETCs carriers not subject to the jurisdiction of a state commission. 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2), (6). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802, 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC Docket No.
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  • Docket No. 96-45, filed July 6, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). The Verizon companies on behalf of whom Verizon filed the petition are the regulated, wholly owned subsidiaries of Verizon Communications Inc. See Petition at 1 n.1. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.802(a), (b). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in
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  • of 2003 because USAC determined that it had received Thumb Cellular's FCC Form 507, which includes line count data, after USAC's calculated filing date. For the reasons set forth below, we grant Thumb Cellular's appeal and direct USAC to implement the findings set forth in this Order. Background Thumb Cellular receives high-cost support from USAC pursuant to sections 54.901 through 54.904 of the Commission's rules, which establish the ICLS mechanism. In order to receive ICLS support, carriers must file FCC Form 507 with USAC. Thumb Cellular began receiving ICLS in July 2003, and continued to receive support payments through October of that year. In October 2003, USAC determined that Thumb Cellular's FCC Form 507, which USAC received on March 31, 2003,
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  • Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: December 28, 2006 Released: December 28, 2006 By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: Introduction In this Order, we grant in part and deny in part a petition from Mid-Tex Cellular, Ltd. (Mid-Tex), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Texas, for a waiver of sections 54.314(d)(5) and 54.904 of the Commission's rules. We find that Mid-Tex has demonstrated that good cause warrants a waiver of section 54.314(d)(5), but not section 54.904. Background Section 254(e) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), provides that ``only an eligible telecommunications carrier designated under section 214(e) shall be eligible to receive specific Federal universal service support.'' Once a carrier
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' ¨ ì $ h '' '' '' Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of: Federal-State Joint Board on ) CC Docket No. 96-45 Universal Service North River Telephone Cooperative Petition for Waiver of the Deadline in 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 order Adopted: December 28, 2006 Released: December 28, 2006 By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: Introduction In this Order, we grant the request of North River Telephone Cooperative (North River), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Virginia, for a waiver of the annual filing deadline set
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  • 20, 2006 Reply Comment Date: March 27, 2006 Interested parties are invited to comment on petitions filed by the following telecommunications carriers seeking waivers of various filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service support pursuant to the Commission's rules. Petitioner Rule Date Filed Pembroke Telephone Cooperative 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(b) 10/31/05 North River Telephone Cooperative 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d) 11/17/05 Nebraska Technology & Telecommunications, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a) 12/19/05 Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.802, 54.809, 54.904 2/1/06 Pursuant to Sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments on or before March 20, 2006, and reply comments on or before March 27, 2006. All
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  • 1.102, this Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Thomas J. Navin Chief Wireline Competition Bureau NPCR, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed September 29, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, 15 FCC Rcd
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  • § 54.802(a), CC Docket No. 96-45, filed March 23, 2004 (SEI Petition); SouthEast Telephone, Inc., Petition of Waiver of Deadlines In 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c), CC Docket No. 96-45, filed December 17, 2003 (SouthEast Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(c), 54.802(a), 54.809(c), and 54.903. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Interstate access universal service support was established to replace implicit support that was collected through interstate access charges. See Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board On Universal Service, CC Docket Nos. 96-262, 94-1, 99-249, 96-45, Sixth Report and Order
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  • COMMISSION Renee R. Crittendon Acting Deputy Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Corr Wireless Communications, LLC, Petition for Limited Waiver of Sections 54.307(c) and 54.313(d) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed Mar. 18, 2003 (Corr Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(c), and 54.313(d)(3). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(b). 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d). If the October 1 deadline for first quarter support is missed, the certification must be filed by January 1 for support to begin in the second quarter, by April 1 for support to begin in the third quarter, and by July 1 for support to begin in the fourth quarter. Id. See
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit n ú ú ú ú ú ¾ â ú ú ú Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Cellular South Licenses, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: March 29, 2007 Released: March 29, 2007 By the Acting Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: INTRODUCTION In this Order, we grant a request by Cellular South Licenses, Inc. (Cellular South), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC), for a waiver of section 54.904(d) the Commission's
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  • 1.102, this Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau AT&T Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed October 17, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. See also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, 15 FCC Rcd
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  • EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Kansas Corporation Commission Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.313 and 54.314 of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed July 14, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d), 54.314(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(a), 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirements for rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(b), 54.314(b); see also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Fourteenth Report and Order and Twenty-Second Order on Reconsideration, CC Docket No. 96-45,
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  • EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau MTA Communications, Inc. d/b/a MTA Wireless Petition for Waiver of Section 54.314(d) of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed November 11, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d). 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(b); Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Fourteenth Report and Order and Twenty-Second Order on Reconsideration, CC Docket No. 96-45, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, Report and Order, CC Docket No. 00-256, 16 FCC Rcd 11244, 11318, para.
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  • SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kirk S. Burgee Associate Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Pine Cellular Phones, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307 of the Commission's Rules, CC Docket No. 96-45, filed September 29, 2006 (Petition). See also 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. 1. Id. at 2-3. Id. at 2. Id. Id. Id. at 2-3. Id. at 1 Id. at 3-7. Id. at 7. Id. at 2. Id. at 7. Id. at 5-6; see also Northwest Dakota Cellular of North Dakota Limited Partnership; North Central RSA 2 of North Dakota Limited Partnership; North Dakota RSA No. 3 Limited
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit $ Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Sagebrush Cellular, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Filing Deadline in 47 C.F.R. Sections 54.307(d), 54.314(a) and 54.904(d) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: August 13, 2007 Released: August 13, 2007 By the Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau: introduction In this order, we grant a request from Sagebrush Cellular, Inc (Sagebrush), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Montana, for a waiver of the annual filing
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  • arguments presented generally is required. Other rules pertaining to oral and written ex parte presentations in permit-but-disclose proceedings are set forth in section 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules. For further information, please contact Jennifer McKee, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-7400 or TTY (202) 418-0484. - FCC - Pattersonville Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Carrier Certification for Interstate Common Line Support, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed August 8, 2007). See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, GC Docket No. 97-113, Report and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 11322 (1998). 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200 et seq. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b)(2). 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b). PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington,
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  • FOR WAIVER OF A FILING DEADLINE RELATED TO THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROGRAM CC Docket No. 96-45 Comment Date: October 1, 2007 Reply Comment: October 15, 2007 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Decatur Telephone Company seeking waiver of the June 30, 2007, filing deadline associated with the receipt of universal service funds pursuant to section 54.904 of the Commission's rules. Interested parties may file comments on or before October 1, 2007 and reply comments on or before October 15, 2007. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. . Filers should follow the instructions provided on the website
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  • Although certain Petitioners have requested the Bureau review the decision of the Administrator under section 54.723 of the Commission's rules, we find the appropriate procedural relief is to waive the filing deadline. 47 C.F.R. §§1.3, 54.722(a); see also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sagebrush Cellular, Inc., Petition for Waiver of Filing Deadline in 47 C.F.R. Sections 54.307(d), 54.314(a) and 54.904(d), Order, 22 FCC Rcd 15139 (Aug. 13, 2007) (Action in which the Bureau waived a filing deadline). See Appendix A. See e.g., Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, FCC Form 499-A (2007) at http://www.usac.org/fund-administration/forms/ See http://www.usac.org/fund-administration/forms/. Request for Review by Atlantic Digital, Inc. of Decision of Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 4224, 4225-26, paras. 3, 5 (2005).
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  • 20, 2008 COMMENT SOUGHT ON PETITIONS FOR WAIVER OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINES WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: September 19, 2008 Reply Comment: October 6, 2008 Petitioner Rule(s) Date Filed H&B Cable Service, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.809 7/1/08 Flat Rock Telephone Co-Op, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e) 7/17/08 Western New Mexico Telephone Company, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d) 7/17/08 Yukon Telephone Company, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d) 7/23/08 Windstream Communications, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(1) 7/28/08 Northern New England Telephone Operation LLC and Telephone Operating Company of Vermont LLC 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.802(a); 54.809(c) 8/5/08 Interested parties may file comments on or before September 19, 2008 and reply comments on or before October 6, 2008. All pleadings are
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  • FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Dana R. Shaffer Chief Wireline Competition Bureau Westgate Communications LLC d/b/a WeavTel Petition of Waiver of the Section 54.903 Interstate Common Line Support Reporting Date, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed July 9, 2007) (Petition); 47 C.F.R. § 54.903. Petition at 1. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. § 54.903. 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(3). Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(4). (MAG Order) (subsequent history omitted). Petition at 1. WeavTel also submitted supplemental information. See Letter from Richard Weaver, Manager of Operations, WeavTel, to Marlene Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed Dec. 17, 2007) (asserting that without a waiver, WeavTel will no longer be
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit T T T Ø T ( T x ¬ DA 08-2106 Released: September 17, 2008 COMMENT SOUGHT ON PETITIONS FOR WAIVER OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINES WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: October 17, 2008 Reply Comment: November 3, 2008 Petitioner Rule(s) Date Filed Ballard Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation, Inc. 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d) 8/15/08 HTC Communications, LLC 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a) 8/22/08 Interested parties may file comments on or before October 17, 2008 and reply comments on or before November 3, 2008. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 08-71. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. . Filers should follow the
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  • §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id.; see also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report
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  • §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id.; see also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report and Order in CC
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ó h ° ä Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Cedar Valley Communications, Inc. Petition for Waiver of 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d), 54.314(a), and 54.904(d) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: January 8, 2008 Released: January 8, 2008 By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: introduction In this order, we deny a petition by Cedar Valley Communications, Inc. (Cedar Valley), a competitive eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Texas, for a waiver of the filing deadlines in section
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ^ ^ ^ â ^ 2 ^ ‚ ¶ DA 08-877 Released: April 17, 2008 COMMENT SOUGHT ON THREE SEPARATE PETITIONS FILED BY IT&E OVERSEAS, INC. FOR WAIVER OF SECTIONS 54.209, 54.314, 54.809, AND 54.904 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES CC Docket No. 96-45 Comment Date: May 19, 2008 Reply Comment: June 3, 2008 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on three separate petitions filed by IT&E Overseas, Inc. for waiver of various filing deadlines required by sections 54.209, 54.314, 54.809, and 54.904 of the Commission's rules for receipt of universal service funds. Interested parties may
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  • Commission Petition); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d)(3), 54.314(d). We note that on January 10, 2007, the Illinois Commission attempted but failed to electronically file its petition with the Commission. The Illinois Commission ultimately filed its petition with the Commission on May 11, 2007. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). Id. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307, 54.313, 54.314, 54.802(a), 54.809, 54.903, 54.904. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(a), 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirements for rural carriers is set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313(d), 54.314(b); see also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent
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  • §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802. 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(a). 47 C.F.R. §54.809(c). Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Report and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 6371, 6413-14, para. 94 (2005) (ETC Designation Order); 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c). Centennial Petition at 1; 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c). Centennial Petition at 3 and Attach.
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ª ª ª ª j ª Î DA 09-1557 Release Date: July 21, 2009 COMMENT SOUGHT ON PETITIONS FOR WAIVER OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINES WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: August 20, 2009 Reply Comment Date: September 4, 2009 Petitioner Rule(s) Date Filed Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.314, 54.904 05/29/2009 Windy City Cellular, LLC 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(d) 06/12/2009 Interested parties may file comments on or before August 20, 2009, and reply comments on or before September 4, 2009. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 08-71. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies. Electronic Filers: Comments may
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  • the March 2008 amounts available to competitive ETCs under the interim cap. See LBH, L.L.C. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules, Knology of the Black Hills, LLC f/k/a PrairieWave Black Hills, LLC Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules, USCOC of Cumberland, Inc. Hardy Cellular Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.809(c), 54.904(d), 54.313(d) and 54.314(d) of the Commission's Rules, WC Docket No. 08-71, Order, 24 FCC Rcd 4806, 4811, para. 11 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2009) (LBH et al. High-Cost Waiver Order). Centennial December 31 Letter at 4-9. Letter from Danielle Frappier, Counsel for Centennial, to Marlene H. Dortch, Federal Communications Commission, WC Docket No. 05-337, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed Jan. 28,
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  • PETITION FILED BY MINERVA VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR WAIVER OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: April 29, 2009 Reply Comment Date: May 14, 2009 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Minerva Valley Telephone Company seeking a waiver of the June 30, 2008 filing deadline set forth in section 54.904(d) of the Commission's rules for receipt of universal service funds. Interested parties may file comments on or before April 29, 2009, and reply comments on or before May 14, 2009. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 08-71. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. Electronic Filers: Comments may
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  • of Sections 54.307(c) and 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules Hardy Telecommunications, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.307(c)(2) and 54.802(a) Applicable to the Line Count Submission for High-Cost Loop and Interstate Access Support Petition of iBroadband Network, Inc., d/b/a Cedar Valley Communications Section 54.314 of the Commission's Rules IT&E Overseas, Inc. Petition for Protective Waiver of Section 54.314, 54.809, and 54.904 of the Commission's Rules Petition of the Micronesian Telecommunications Company for Waiver of Section 54.314 of the Commission's Rules Pattersonville Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Carrier Certification for Interstate Line Support Petition of PTI Pacifica Inc. for Waiver of Section 54.314 of the Commission's Rules Texas RSA 8 South Limited Partnership dba Westex Wireless Petition for Waiver
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  • In the Matter of Petitions for Waiver of Universal Service High-Cost Filing Deadlines LBH, L.L.C. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules Knology of the Black Hills, LLC f/k/a PrairieWave Black Hills, LLC Petition for Waiver of Section 54.802(a) of the Commission's Rules USCOC of Cumberland, Inc. Hardy Cellular Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.809(c), 54.904(d), 54.313(d) and 54.314(d) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) WC Docket No. 08-71 ORDER Adopted: April 21, 2009 Released: April 21, 2009 By the Acting Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: INTRODUCTION In this order, we deny three requests, filed by LBH, L.L.C (LBH); Knology of the
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  • §§ 54.307 (competitive ETC line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id.; see also Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-262 and 94-1, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-249, Eleventh Report
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  • If the October 1 deadline for first quarter support is missed, the certification must be filed by January 1 for support to begin in the second quarter, by April 1 for support to begin in the third quarter, and by July 1 for support to begin in the fourth quarter. To receive interstate common line support (ICLS) pursuant to section 54.904 of the Commission's rules, an ETC must file a certification stating that all ICLS received by it will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which such support is intended. This certification must be filed with USAC and the Commission on the date that the ETC first files its line count information, and,
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  • Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d)(1). If the October 1 deadline for first quarter support is missed, the certification must be filed by January 1 for support to begin in
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Petitions for Waiver of Universal Service High-Cost Filing Deadlines Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Western New Mexico Telephone Company, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Filing Deadline For Submission of Annual Interstate Common Line Support Certification for a Rural Rate-of-Return Carrier Yukon Telephone Company, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Filing Deadline For Submission of Annual Interstate Common Line Support Certification for a Rural Rate-of-Return Carrier Northern New England Telephone Operations LLC and Telephone Operating Company of Vermont LLC Petition for Waiver of Sections
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  • Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to calculate first quarter support for the
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  • Release Date: January 29, 2010 COMMENT SOUGHT ON THE BAYLAND COMMUNICATIONS, LLC PETITION FOR WAIVER OF A UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: March 1, 2010 Reply Comment Date: March 15, 2010 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Bayland Communications, LLC seeking waiver of a filing deadline required by section 54.904(d) of the Commission's rules for receipt of universal service high-cost support funds. Interested parties may file comments on or before March 1, 2010, and reply comments on or before March 15, 2010. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 08-71. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies. . Paper
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  • THE ALLIED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION PETITION FOR WAIVER OF A UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: December 09, 2010 Reply Comment Date: December 27, 2010 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by the Allied Wireless Communications Corporation for a waiver of the filing deadline required by sections 54.313, 54.314, 54.307(d), 54.809(a), 54.904(a) and 54.904(d) of the Commission's rules for receipt of universal service high-cost support. Interested parties may file comments on or before December 09, 2010, and reply comments on or before December 27, 2010. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 08-71. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies. .
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  • line count filing requirements), 54.313 (certification requirements regarding use of high-cost universal service support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost universal service support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)), 54.904 (certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(c). Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(a). 47 C.F.R. §54.809(c). In the ETC Designation Order, the Commission adopted a quarterly IAS certification schedule to accommodate late filings, whereby a late-filing carrier's IAS support is curtailed by a quarter's worth of support for each quarter
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  • Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(a). The certification requirement for non-rural carriers is set forth in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314(d). Id. Petition at 1, Attach. A. Id. at 1, Attach. B, C. Id. at 2, Attach. A. Id. Id. at 2. The Commission sought
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  • common line support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for interstate access support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301. 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(b). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(1). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(2). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(2)(iv). Flat Rock Petition at 1; 47 C.F.R. § 54.301(e)(1). Flat Rock Petition at 1-2. Id. at 2. Id. Id. at 8. Id. at 2, 5-8. Id. at 9. Letter from Gerard Duffy,
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  • Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), and 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.301. The certification requirements for non-rural carriers are found in section 54.313 of the Commission's rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.313. The certification requirements for rural carriers are found in section 54.314 of the rules. 47 C.F.R. § 54.314. In instances where carriers are not subject to state jurisdiction, an
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Petitions for Waiver of Universal Service High-Cost Filing Deadlines Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Cedar-Wapsie Communications, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Filing Deadline For Submission of Annual Interstate Common Line Support Certification DialToneServices, L.P. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Virgin Islands Telephone Corp. d/b/a Innovative Telephone for Waiver of Section 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules Wildflower Telecommunications, LLC Petition for Waiver of Sections 54.802(a) and 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules ) ) ) ) ) )
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  • common line support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for interstate access support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See, e.g., Benton/Linn Wireless, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules, et al., CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 19212, 19218, 19220, paras. 12, 18 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. Id. 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. Inland Cellular Petition at 1.
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  • Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to calculate first quarter support for the
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  • policy on an individual basis.15Waiver of the Commission's rules is appropriate only if both (i) special circumstances warrant a deviation from the general rule, and (ii) such deviation will serve the public interest.16 (Continued from previous page) count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 5See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to calculate first quarter support for the
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  • January 12, 2011 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON CEDAR-WAPSIE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PETITION FOR WAIVER OF A UNIVERSAL SERVICE HIGH-COST FILING DEADLINE WC Docket No. 08-71 Comment Date: February 11, 2011 Reply Comment Date: February 28, 2011 The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Cedar-Wapsie Communications, Inc. for waiver of the filing deadline required by section 54.904(d) of the Commission's rules for receipt of universal service high-cost support. Section 54.904(d) sets forth the deadline for rate-of-return carriers and competitive eligible telecommunications carriers serving rate-of-return service areas to file an annual certification with the Universal Service Administrative Company and the Commission to receive Interstate Common Line Support. Interested parties may file comments on or before February 11, 2011,
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  • Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). 47 C.F.R. § 54.802(a). Id. Id. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate second quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in June to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to calculate fourth quarter support for
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  • Common Line Support (ICLS) and other high-cost support), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for Interstate Access Support (IAS)), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for ICLS), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. USAC uses line count data filed in March to calculate third quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in July to calculate fourth quarter support for the current calendar year, line count data filed in September to calculate first quarter support for the
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  • (filed Nov. 2, 2010) (Allied Wireless Petition). Georgia RSA #8 Partnership Petition for Waiver, WC Docket Nos. 09-197, 08-71, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed Oct. 27, 2010) (Georgia RSA #8 Petition). Allied Wireless is one of the partners in Georgia RSA #8. See Georgia RSA #8 Petition at 1. Allied Wireless seeks waivers of sections 54.307(d), 54.313(d)(vi), 54.314(d)(6), 54.809, and 54.904 of the Commission's rules. Allied Wireless Petition at 3-4; see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d), 54.313-314, 54.809(a), 54.904(a), (d). Georgia RSA #8 seeks waivers of sections 54.307(d), 54.313, and 54.314 of the Commission's rules. Georgia RSA #8 Petition at 4; see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.307(d), 54.313-314. As explained below, petitioners seek waiver of these rules to permit them to
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  • universal service support mechanisms), 54.313 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by non-rural carriers), 54.314 (state certification requirements regarding the use of high-cost support by rural carriers), 54.802(a) (ETC line count filing requirements for the interstate access support (IAS) mechanism), 54.809 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of IAS), 54.903 (data filing requirements for the ICLS mechanism), 54.904 (carrier certification requirements regarding the use of ICLS). See, e.g., Benton/Linn Wireless, LLC, Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules, et al., CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 19212, 19218, 19220, paras. 12, 18 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2005). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307(d). See 47 C.F.R. § 54.307. Mandatory line count data are due on
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  • Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on ) CC Docket No. 96-45 Universal Service Allo Communications Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Bayland Communications, LLC Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) Deadline for Submission of Annual Certification by Eligible Telecommunication Carrier Serving Lines in the Service Area of a Rate-of-Return Carrier to Receive Interstate Common Line Support Columbus Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.903(a) of the Commission's Rules Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. Petition for Waiver of the Commission's Universal Service Rules HTC Communications, LLC Petition for Waiver of
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  • text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Petitions for Waiver of Universal Service High-Cost Filing Deadlines Grande Communications Networks, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Advantage Cellular Systems, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Section 54.307(c) of the Commission's Rules Decatur Telephone Company Petition for Waiver of Section 54.904(d) of the Commission's Rules Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Petition for Waiver of the Commission's Universal Service Rules ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) WC Docket No. 08-71 CC Docket No. 96-45 ORDER Adopted: April 28, 2011 Released: April 28, 2011 By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:
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  • Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier In the Commonwealth of Virginia (CC Docket No. 96-45). Comments - The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. In the Matter of Grande Communications, Inc. (CC Docket No. 96-45). Petition for Waiver -Expedited Treatment Requested. July 1 In the Matter of Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support Certification Pursuant to Section 54.904 of the Commission's Rules. Certification - Perry Spencer Rural Tel. Coop., Inc. In the Matter of Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support Certification Pursuant to Section 54.904 of the Commission's Rules. Certification - Concord Telephone Company. In the Matter of Interstate Common Line Support and Long Term Support Certification Pursuant to Section 54.904 of the Commission's Rules. Certification
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  • Revenue Requirement Form'' and FCC Form 509 ``Interstate Common Line Support Mechanism Annual Common Line Actual Cost Data Collection Form'' pursuant to the guidelines set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(1) - (4) (47 C.F.R. § 54.903(a)(1) - (4)). Carrier certification - has filed the annual certification (in compliance with the format and filing deadline described in 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(b) and (d)) with USAC and the FCC stating that all Interstate Common Line support provided to the Beneficiary will be used only for the provision, maintenance and upgrading of facilities and services for which support is intended (47 C.F.R. § 54.904(a)). E. Part 36: Subpart F -Universal Service Fund - The Beneficiary (SAC No. XXX): Calculation of safety net additive
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  • subpart in accordance with subpart H of this part; Distribute support calculated pursuant to the rules contained in this subpart; and Report quarterly to the Commission on the collection and distribution of funds under this subpart as described in § 54.702(i) of this part. Fund distribution reporting will be by state and by eligible telecommunications carrier within the state. § 54.904 Carrier certification. (a) Certification. Carriers that desire to receive support pursuant to this subpart shall file a certification with the Administrator and the Federal Communications Commission stating that all Interstate Common Line Support provided to such carrier will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. Support provided pursuant
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  • to file common line tariffs that comply with Part 69 of the Commission's rules. Waiver of the June 30, 2002, Filing Requirement Background In the MAG Order, we created a new, explicit universal service support mechanism, ICLS, to replace implicit support in the access rate structure of rate-of-return carriers. The ICLS mechanism will be implemented on July 1, 2002. Section 54.904(d) provides that each carrier must file an annual certification ``on the date it first files its line count information pursuant to section 54.903[.]'' Pursuant to this requirement, carriers filed annual certifications for the initial ICLS funding year on April 18, 2002. Each carrier that wishes to receive ICLS also must file with the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) and the
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  • ``NECA Category I.B. expenses be apportioned to individual study areas on a pro rata basis''). See 47 C.F.R. § 69.603(g). Joint Petition for Reconsideration, Attachment at 3. We are unaware of any objections to NECA's apportionment method. We also dismiss as moot the Joint Petitioners' request that we eliminate duplicative 2002 certifications regarding the use of ICLS funds under section 54.904(d) of our rules. Joint Petition for Reconsideration, Attachment at 3 n.6. On June 13, 2002, the Commission adopted an order waiving the June 30, 2002, filing, eliminating the one-time duplicative certification contained in our rules. Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers, CC Docket No. 00-256, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal
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  • Return From Interstate Services of Local Exchange Carriers, Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 00-256, Fifteenth Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 98-77, Report and Order in CC Docket 98-166, 16 FCC Rcd 19613, 19687-88, para. 176 (2001) (MAG Order); 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d). 47 C.F.R. § 54.809(c). See generally 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1202, 1.1203, 1.1206. See 5 U.S.C. § 603. The RFA, see 5 U.S.C. § 601-612, has been amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), Pub. L. No. 104-121, Title II, 110 Stat. 847 (1996). See 5 U.S.C. § 603(a). See id. See 47 U.S.C. § 254(b).
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  • Return From Interstate Services of Local Exchange Carriers, Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 00-256, Fifteenth Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, Report and Order in CC Docket No. 98-77, Report and Order in CC Docket 98-166, 16 FCC Rcd 19613, 19687-88, para. 176 (2001) (MAG Order); 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(d). MAG Order, 16 FCC Rcd at 19687-88, para. 176. See ETC Designation NPRM, 19 FCC Rcd at 10801, para. 5. See Appendix A for the revised rule. See 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(1)(A). See 5 U.S.C. § 604(b). 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.415, 1.419. See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 13 FCC Rcd 11322, 11326 (1998). See 5 U.S.C. §
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  • (Fed.-State Jt. Bd. 2006); 2007 Joint Board Public Notice, 22 FCC Rcd at 9024, para. 3. If the Commission ultimately concludes that competitive ETCs are not eligible for LSS, the ceiling would be set at the per-line support amounts that the incumbent LEC receives from the HCLS. 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.313, 54.314. 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.809, 54.904. See Rural ILECs Petition for Revocation of Sprint/Nextel's ETC Designation in Virginia or, Alternatively, Motion to Show Cause, CC Docket No. 96-45 (filed June 4, 2007). On July 9, 2007, the Wireline Competition Bureau sought comment on this petition. Comment Sought on a Petition by TDS Telecommunications Corp., Fairpoint Communications, Inc., and Burke's Garden Telephone Company for Revocation of Spring/Nextel's
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  • Docket No. 06-113, at 1 (dated Dec. 31, 2009). Indeed, we note that PRTC's wireless affiliate received $38.8 million in high-cost universal service support in 2008. See 2009 Universal Service Monitoring Report, Table 3.30. Presumably PRTC's wireless affiliate uses this support for universal service purposes, as it is required to certify pursuant to the Commission's rules. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.904(a). See infra. paras. 26 and n.88. . Alenco Commc'ns, Inc. v. FCC, 601 F.3d 608, 620 (5th Cir. 2000) (Alenco). Alenco, 201 F.3d at 620. Alenco, 201 F.3d at 621; see also Rural Cellular Assn., 588 F.3d at 1103-04 (rejecting a challenge to an interim cap the Commission imposed on high-cost support disbursements to competitive ETCs, and finding that petitioners
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  • for IAS and ICLS. As discussed above, we are eliminating IAS as a standalone support mechanism, and this obviates the need for IAS-specific certifications. Although ICLS will remain in place for some carriers, those carriers will certify compliance through new section 54.314. However, to ensure there is no gap in coverage, those carriers will file a final certification under section 54.904 due June 30, 2012, covering the 2012-13 program year. Thus, by this Order, we eliminate section 54.809 and, effective July 2013, section 54.904 of our rules. And as discussed in section VII.C.1. above, we also eliminate section 54.316 of our rules, relating to rate comparability. Consequences for Non-Compliance with Program Rules Background. In the USF/ICC Transformation NPRM, we sought comment
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  • of stations KFCD(AM), Farmersville, TX and KHSE(AM), Wylie, Texas to Bernard Dallas LLC. Action by: Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau by LETTER. (DA No. 06-2607). MB [41]DA-06-2607A1.doc [42]DA-06-2607A1.pdf [43]DA-06-2607A1.txt MID-TEX CELLULAR, LTD. Granted in part and denied in part a petition from Mid-Tex Cellular, Ltd. (Mid-Tex), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Texas, for a waiver of sections 54.314(d)(5) and 54.904 of the Commission's rules. (Dkt No. 96-45). Action by: Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted: 12/28/2006 by ORDER. (DA No. 06-2582). WCB [44]DA-06-2582A1.doc [45]DA-06-2582A1.pdf [46]DA-06-2582A1.txt NORTH RIVER TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE. Granted the request of North River Telephone Cooperative , an eligible telecommunications carrier in Virginia, for a waiver of the annual filing deadline set forth in section 54.904(d) of the Commission's rules.
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  • REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 10.7 - 11.7 GHZ BAND. Issued an Erratum correcting Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 07-38, released March 27, 2007. (Dkt No. RM-11043, 07-54). Action by: the Commission by ERRATUM. OMD [253]DOC-271961A1.doc [254]DOC-271961A1.pdf [255]DOC-271961A1.txt FEDERAL-STATE JOINT BOARD ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE. Granted the request by Cellular South Licenses, Inc., an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC), for a waiver of section 54.904(d) the Commission's rules. Action by: Acting Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted: 03/29/2007 by ORDER. (DA No. 07-1532). WCB [256]DA-07-1532A1.doc [257]DA-07-1532A1.pdf [258]DA-07-1532A1.txt References 1. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1551A1.pdf 2. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1551A1.txt 3. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271968A1.pdf 4. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271968A1.txt 5. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271979A1.pdf 6. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271979A1.txt 7. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271967A1.pdf 8. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271967A1.txt 9. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271897A2.txt 10. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271897A1.pdf 11. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271896A2.txt 12. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-271896A1.pdf 13. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1560A1.doc 14. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1560A1.pdf 15. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1560A1.txt 16. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1561A1.doc 17. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1561A1.pdf 18. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-1561A1.txt 19.
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  • PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSURE PROCEEDINGS (1 OF 2). OMD. Contact: Jason Brown at (202) 418-0310 [8]DOC-275888A1.pdf [9]DOC-275888A1.txt Released: 08/13/2007. EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILING IN PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSURE PROCEEDINGS (2 OF 2). OMD. Contact: Jason Brown at (202) 418-0310 [10]DOC-275890A1.pdf [11]DOC-275890A1.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- TEXTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- SAGEBRUSH CELLULAR, INC. PETITION FOR WAIVER OF FILING DEADLINE IN 47 C.F.R. SECTIONS 54.307(D), 54.314(A) AND 54.904(D). Granted a request from Sagebrush Cellular, Inc. for a waiver of the annual certification filing deadline to receive interstate common line support. (Dkt No. 96-45). Action by: Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted: 08/13/2007 by ORDER. (DA No. 07-3572). WCB [12]DA-07-3572A1.doc [13]DA-07-3572A1.pdf [14]DA-07-3572A1.txt ADDENDA: THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, RELEASED AUGUST 10, 2007, DID NOT APPEAR IN DIGEST NO.
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  • Jane Frenette at (202) 418-2245, TTY: (202) 418-7172. News Media Contact: Mary Diamond at (202) 418-2388 [5]DA-08-866A1.doc [6]DA-08-866A1.pdf [7]DA-08-866A1.txt Report No: 46717 Released: 04/17/2008. BROADCAST ACTIONS. MB [8]DOC-281584A2.txt [9]DOC-281584A1.pdf Report No: 26717 Released: 04/17/2008. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. MB [10]DOC-281583A2.txt [11]DOC-281583A1.pdf Released: 04/17/2008. COMMENT SOUGHT ON THREE SEPARATE PETITIONS FILED BY IT&E OVERSEAS, INC. FOR WAIVER OF SECTIONS 54.209, 54.314, 54.809, AND 54.904 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES. (DA No. 08-877). (Dkt No 96-45). Comments Due: 05/19/2008. Reply Comments Due: 06/03/2008. WCB. Contact: Jennifer Prime at (202) 418-7400, TTY: (202) 418-0484 [12]DA-08-877A1.doc [13]DA-08-877A1.pdf [14]DA-08-877A1.txt * * * * * ADDENDA: THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, RELEASED APRIL 16, 2008, DID NOT APPEAR IN DIGEST NO. 74: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- NEWS RELEASES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- FCC ANNOUNCES AGENDA AND
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  • 08-71). Action by: Acting Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted: 04/21/2009 by ORDER. (DA No. 09-886). WCB [70]DA-09-886A1.doc [71]DA-09-886A1.pdf [72]DA-09-886A1.txt LBH, L.L.C. PETITION FOR WAIVER OF SECTION 54.802(A) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES ET AL. Denied three requests, filed by LBH, Knology, U.S. Cellular for waivers of various high-cost universal service support filing deadlines set forth in sections 54.307(c), 54.802, 54.809, and 54.904 of the Commission's rules. (Dkt No. 08-71). Action by: Acting Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted: 04/21/2009 by ORDER. (DA No. 09-884). WCB [73]DA-09-884A1.doc [74]DA-09-884A1.pdf [75]DA-09-884A1.txt GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INC. PETITION FOR WAIVER OF SECTIONS 54.307(C) AND 54.802(A) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES ET AL. Acted on nine requests, filed by Grande Communications Networks, Inc., for waivers of various high-cost universal service
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  • (LECs) from establishing separate study areas made up only of high-cost exchanges to maximize their receipt of high-cost universal service support. CC DKT No. 96-45 [143]DA-11-53 February 11, 2011 February 28, 2011 Cedar-Wapsie Communications, Inc. Public Notice: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Cedar-Wapsie Communications, Inc. for waiver of the filing deadline required by section 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules for receipt of universal service high-cost support. Section 54.904(d) sets forth the deadline for rate-of-return carriers and competitive eligible telecommunications carriers serving rate-of-return service areas to file an annual certification with the Universal Service Administrative Company and the Commission to receive Interstate Common Line Support. CC DKT No. 08-71 [144]DA-11-43 February 11, 2011 February 28, 2011
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  • Archives [16]WCB site map Search the FCC: _______________ Submit [17]Help | [18]Advanced | [19]Share Universal Service for High Cost Areas 2006 Headlines December 2006 Releases 12/28/2006 Order: In this Order, we grant the request of North River Telephone Cooperative (North River), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Virginia, for a waiver of the annual filing deadline set forth in section 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules. We find that North River has demonstrated good cause that warrants this waiver. 12/28/06. [20]Word | [21]Acrobat| [22]Text 12/28/06 Order: In this Order, we grant MCI's petition for waiver of sections 54.802(a) and 54.809(c) of the Commission's rules. MCI missed its annual certification and three quarterly line reports for interstate access support (IAS) during a time
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  • Communications LLC's petition for designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier in the U.S. Virgin Islands. 9/20/07. [69]Word | [70]Acrobat| [71]Text August 2007 Releases 8/30/2007 Public Notice: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Decatur Telephone Company seeking waiver of the June 30, 2007, filing deadline associated with the receipt of universal service funds pursuant to section 54.904 of the Commission's rules. Comments on the petition are due October 1, 2007 and reply comments are due October 15, 2007. 8/30/07. [72]Word | [73]Acrobat| [74]Text 8/29/2007 Public Notice: Triangle Communication Redefinition: The Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) seeks comment on a petition filed by Triangle Communication System Inc. requesting the Commissions agreement with the decision of the Montana Public Service
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  • Service > Headline Archives 2006 Archives [15]WCB site map Search the FCC: _______________ Submit [16]Help | [17]Advanced | [18]Share Universal Service 2006 Headlines December 2006 12/28/06 Order: In this Order, we grant the request of North River Telephone Cooperative (North River), an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in Virginia, for a waiver of the annual filing deadline set forth in section 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules. We find that North River has demonstrated good cause that warrants this waiver. 12/28/06. [19]Word | [20]Acrobat| [21]Text Order: In this Order, we grant MCI's petition for waiver of sections 54.802(a) and 54.809(c) of the Commission's rules. MCI missed its annual certification and three quarterly line reports for interstate access support (IAS) during a time when
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  • Competition Bureau seeks comment on GRTIs petition. Comments due October 1, 2007 and reply comments due October 15, 2007. [138]Word | [139]Acrobat| [140]Text 8/30/07 Public Notice: The Wireline competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Decatur Telephone Company seeking waiver of the June 30, 2007, filing deadline associated with the receipt of universal service funds pursuant to section 54.904 of the Commission's rules. Comments due October 1, 2007 and reply comments due October 15, 2007. [141]Word | [142]Acrobat| [143]Text 8/29/07 Public Notice: American Telecommunications Systems, Inc.: In the Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) seeks comment on two applications for review of WCB orders denying universal service fund contributor appeals by American Cyber corp. et al. American Telecommunications
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  • area of Northwest Communications Cooperative Comments on the petition are due by May 19, 2008, and reply comments are due by June 3, 2008. Public Notice: [307]Word | [308]Acrobat 4/17/08 Public Notice: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on three separate petitions filed by IT&E Overseas, Inc. for waiver of various filing deadlines required by sections 54.209, 54.314, 54.809, and 54.904 of the Commissions rules for receipt of universal service funds. Comments on the petition are due by May 19, 2008, and reply comments are due by June 3, 2008. Public Notice: [309]Word | [310]Acrobat 4/14/08 Public Notice: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on the Central Atlantic Pennsylvania Payphone Association's (CAPA) petition for clarification, or, in the alternative, reconsideration of
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  • Alltel Corporation. Public Notice [161]Word | [162]PDF April 2011 Releases 4/28/2011 Grande Communications Networks, Inc. Order: In this order, we address four separate petitions filed by Grande Communications Networks, Inc. (Grande), Advantage Cellular Systems, Inc. (Advantage), Decatur Telephone Co. (Decatur), and Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Range) for waiver of high-cost universal service filings deadlines set forth in sections 54.307(c) or 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules. Order [163]Word | [164]PDF 4/28/2011 Allo Communications Order: In this Order, we deny seven separate petitions filed by Allo Communications (Allo), Bayland Communications, LLC (Bayland), Columbus Telephone Company (Columbus), Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. (Great Lakes), HTC Communications, LLC (HTC), Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. (Pine Belt), and Windy City Cellular, LLC (Windy City) for waiver of
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  • ETC has complied with the state verification procedures. [632]Word [633]PDF 4/28/2011 Grande Communications Networks, Inc. Order: In this order, we address four separate petitions filed by Grande Communications Networks, Inc. (Grande), Advantage Cellular Systems, Inc. (Advantage), Decatur Telephone Co. (Decatur), and Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Range) for waiver of high-cost universal service filings deadlines set forth in sections 54.307(c) or 54.904(d) of the Commissions rules. [634]Word [635]PDF 4/28/2011 Allo Communications Order: In this Order, we deny seven separate petitions filed by Allo Communications (Allo), Bayland Communications, LLC (Bayland), Columbus Telephone Company (Columbus), Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. (Great Lakes), HTC Communications, LLC (HTC), Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. (Pine Belt), and Windy City Cellular, LLC (Windy City) for waiver of high-cost universal