[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 34405-34406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16760]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Chapter I


Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of 1996 
Telecommunications Act

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment date.

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SUMMARY: The Public Notice extends an additional Comment opportunity in 
CC Docket 96-98 in order to allow parties to that proceeding to comment 
on a staff-prepared working copy of an industry demand and supply 
simulation model. The model, using publicly-available, industry-wide 
information, allows users to simulate the relative impact of particular 
changes in the industry.

DATES: Comments are due on or before July 8, 1996. (No reply comments 
allowed).

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas J. Beers at (202) 418-0952.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

[DA 96-1030; IAD 96-176]

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Supplemental Comment Period Extended for Local Competition Proceeding, 
CC Docket 96-98

Released June 25, 1996.
    1. On June 17, 1996, the FCC's Industry Analysis Division, Common 
Carrier Bureau, and the Competition Division, Office of General 
Counsel, released a staff model of the telecommunications industry 
which allows model users to calculate a variety of outputs from nearly 
200 specifications (News Release, ``FCC Staff Releases Working Copy of 
an Industry Demand & Supply Simulation Model,'' released June 17, 
1996.) The staff model allows the user to specify growth rates, pricing 
trends, demand elasticities and cost relationships to simulate effects 
in traditional industry segments. The staff model, using publicly-
available, industry-wide information, allows the user to simulate the 
relative impact of particular changes in the industry. On June 20, 
1996, the Common Carrier Bureau, on delegated authority, issued a 
Public Notice that announced that a copy of the staff model had been 
placed in the public file in CC Docket No. 96-98, Implementation of the 
Local Competition Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. 
Parties were requested to file Comments on the staff model in that 
proceeding no later than Monday, July 1, 1996. (Public Notice, 
``Supplemental Comment Period Designated for Local Competition 
Proceeding, CC Docket 96-98,'' DA 96-1007, released June 20, 1996.) (61 
FR 32766, June 25, 1996).
    2. On June 21, 1996, Cox Communications, Inc. (``Cox'') filed a 
Motion for Extension of Time seeking an extension, to July 8, 1996, to 
file its supplemental comments about the staff model.1 In its 
petition, Cox argues, inter alia, that the comment period is 
insufficient to give parties a meaningful opportunity to analyze and 
comment on the staff model.2
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    \1\ Motion for Extension of Time of Cox Communications, Inc. 
(``Cox Petition''), CC Docket No. 96-98 (filed June 21, 1996). On 
June 24, 1996, Cox supplemented its petition with an Attachment to 
the original motion. See Affidavit of Joshua E. Fine In Support of 
Cox Communications, Inc. Motion for Extension of Time (filed June 
24, 1996).
    \2\ Cox Petition, 2-5.
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    3. The Commission faces severe time constraints, imposed by Section 
251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. Sec. 251, 
to resolve the interconnection proceeding within the timeframe 
prescribed. Nevertheless, in order to afford commenters in CC Docket 
No. 96-98 as much opportunity as possible to analyze and utilize the 
staff model, a limited extension of the supplemental comment period is 
authorized. Parties who wish to comment on the model, use the model, 
create variations of the model, or file models of their own, in that 
proceeding are requested to file Comments no later than Monday, July 8, 
1996. As stated in the June 20 Public Notice, there will be no Reply 
Comment filing opportunity.
    4. Copies of the model may be purchased by calling International 
Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS) at (202) 857-3800. The model also 
can be downloaded from the Common Carrier Bureau's home page on the 
World Wide Web. The home page can be accessed directly (http://
www.fcc.gov/ccb.html) or through a direct link from the main FCC home 
page (http://www.fcc.gov). The model also can be downloaded from the 
FCC-State Link computer bulletin board at (202) 418-0241 [BBS file 
name: MODELV30.ZIP].
    For further information, contact Thomas J. Beers at (202) 418-0952 
(e-mail: [email protected]). For further information about the model, 
contact Jim Lande at (202) 418-0498 (e-mail: [email protected]) or Doron 
Fertig at (202) 418-1869 (e-mail: [email protected]).

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-16760 Filed 6-28-96; 8:45 am]
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