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                                                      DA 95-2182




                                                  
                                             October 18, 1995


            The Southern New England Telephone Company Petition
         for Expedited Waiver of Part 69 of the Commission's Rules

                        Pleading Cycle Established

COMMENTS: October 30, 1995

REPLY COMMENTS: November 8, 1995

          
          On October 6, 1995, the Southern New England Telephone
Company (SNET) filed a petition for expedited waiver of Parts
69.110, 69.111, and 69.112 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. 
 9.110, 69.111, and 69.112.  SNET seeks this waiver to
establish new rate elements to offer a new Synchronous Optical
Network-based (SONET) switched transport service known as SNET
SONET Network Service (SSNS).

          SNET states that SSNS will provide special access
transport utilizing SONET transmission that transports both
special access and switched access services, and provides
customers with increased capability for remote supervision and
performance monitoring.  SNET states that SSNS will be configured
with one working and one protect path to provide facility
redundancy in the event of transmission path failure.
          Interested parties may file comments on SNET's petition
for waiver no later than October 30, 1995. Replies may be filed
no later than November 8, 1995.

          An original and four copies of all comments and replies
must be filed in accordance with Section 1.51(c) of the
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.51(c).  In addition, one copy
of each pleading must be filed with International Transcription
Service (ITS), the Commission's duplicating contractor at its
office at 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037
and one copy with the Chief, Tariff Division, Room 18, 1919 M
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.

          For further information contact Wendy Kirchick, Tariff
Division, Common Carrier Bureau, (202)418-1530.  

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