[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30024-30025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12932]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[WC Docket No. 05-337; DA 10-910]


Comment Sought on the Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. 
Petition for Reconsideration of the Commission's Universal Service 
High-Cost Insular Support Order

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice; solicitation of comments.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau seeks 
comment on a petition filed by Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. 
(PRTC) requesting that the Commission reconsider its decision declining 
to establish a new universal service high-cost support mechanism for 
non-rural insular carriers. PRTC says the Commission should 
expeditiously reconsider its decision and adopt an insular mechanism 
that will provide explicit universal service loop support to address 
its elevated costs to deploy wireline infrastructure.

DATES: Interested parties may file comments on the petition for 
reconsideration no later than June 14, 2010. Reply comments may be 
filed no later than June 22, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by WC Docket No. 05-337, 
by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Federal Communications Commission's Web Site: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments.
     People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request 
reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language 
interpreters, CART, etc.) by e-mail: [email protected] or phone: (202) 
418-0530 or TTY: (202) 418-0432.
    For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional 
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie King or Ted Burmeister, 
Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 
(202) 418-7400, TTY: (202) 418-0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a public notice in this proceeding 
released on May 21, 2010, the Wireline Competition Bureau invites 
interested parties to comment on a petition filed by Puerto Rico 
Telephone Company, Inc. (PRTC) requesting that the Commission 
reconsider its decision declining to establish a new universal service 
high-cost support mechanism for non-rural insular carriers. In an order 
in WC Docket No. 05-337, CC Docket No. 96-45, and WC Docket No. 03-109 
(75 FR 25113, May 7, 2010), the Commission concluded that dramatic 
increases in telephone subscribership in Puerto Rico over the last 
several years made it unnecessary to adopt a new high-cost support 
mechanism for non-rural insular carriers as proposed by PRTC.
    Pursuant to Sec. Sec.  1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules, 
47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments and reply 
comments on or

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before the dates indicated on the first page of this document. Comments 
may be filed using: (1) The Commission's Electronic Comment Filing 
System (ECFS), (2) the Federal Government's eRulemaking Portal, or (3) 
by filing paper copies. See Electronic Filing of Documents in 
Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121, May 1, 1998.
     Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically 
using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/ 
or the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Filers 
should follow the instructions provided on the Web site for submitting 
comments.
     Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must 
file an original and four copies of each filing. If more than one 
docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, 
filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or 
rulemaking number.
    Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial 
overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service 
mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U.S. 
Postal Service mail). All filings must be addressed to the Commission's 
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
    [cir] All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for 
the Commission's Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 
12th St., SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours are 
8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber 
bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering 
the building.
    [cir] Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service 
Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton 
Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743.
    [cir] U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail 
should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
    In addition, one copy of each pleading must be sent to each of the 
following:
     The Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and 
Printing, Inc, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 
20554; Web site: http://www.bcpiweb.com; phone: 1-800-378-3160; and
     Charles Tyler, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, 
Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 5-A452, 
Washington, DC 20554; e-mail: [email protected].
    People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible 
formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic 
files, audio format), send an e-mail to [email protected] or call the 
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice) or 
(202) 418-0432 (TTY). Contact the FCC to request reasonable 
accommodations for filing comments (accessible format documents, sign 
language interpreters, CART, etc.) by e-mail: [email protected]; phone: 
(202) 418-0530 or (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
    Filings and comments are also available for public inspection and 
copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information 
Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 
20554. Copies may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating 
contractor, BCPI, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 
20554. Customers may contact BCPI through its Web site: 
www.bcpiweb.com, by e-mail at [email protected], by telephone at (202) 
488-5300 or (800) 378-3160 (voice), (202) 488-5562 (TTY), or by 
facsimile at (202) 488-5563.

Jennifer K. McKee,
Acting Division Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, 
Federal Communications Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-12932 Filed 5-27-10; 8:45 am]
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