not be made for service provided by any public coast station unless tariffs for the service are on file with the Commission'') be amended to provide that public coast licensees should not be required to file tariffs for domestic services and for international services, unless there is an affiliation with a foreign carrier. Maritel also recommends the elimination of Section 80.471 of the Commission's Rules (``a public coast station must not discontinue or impair service unless authorized to do so by the Commission''). Maritel argues that this requirement is inconsistent with the way other CMRS licensees are treated. We tentatively conclude that we should decline to adopt Maritel's recommendations for the following reasons. The Commission generally does not revise its service
not be made for service provided by any public coast station unless tariffs for the service are on file with the Commission'') be amended to provide that public coast licensees should not be required to file tariffs for domestic services and for international services, unless there is an affiliation with a foreign carrier. Maritel also recommends the elimination of Section 80.471 of the Commission's Rules (``a public coast station must not discontinue or impair service unless authorized to do so by the Commission''). Maritel argues that this requirement is inconsistent with the way other CMRS licensees are treated. We tentatively conclude that we should decline to adopt Maritel's recommendations for the following reasons. The Commission generally does not revise its service
In the 4th FNPRM, the Commission tentatively rejected a Maritel request to amend the Part 80 rules to clearly apply these forbearance decisions to VPC licensees. Specifically, it tentatively declined to adopt Maritel's recommendation that the Commission remove both the requirement in section 80.95(a)(1) of the Commission's rules that VPC stations charge only tariffed rates, and the requirement in section 80.471 of our rules that a public coast station not discontinue or impair service unless authorized to do so by the Commission. The Commission reasoned that it generally does not revise its service rules to eliminate requirements from which it is forbearing. The Commission further noted that ``what Maritel recommends is already in effect,'' in that we no longer require VPC