PUBLIC NOTICE
                                                                              
   Federal Communications Commission
   1919 M St., N.W.
   Washington, D.C. 20554

                                                                              
                                                                         
                                                                         
DA 96-355
                                                                         
                PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON
         BELL ATLANTIC'S COMPARABLY EFFICIENT INTERCONNECTION PLAN

                               CCBPol 96-09
 
Released:  March 13, 1996

On March 8, 1995, The Bell Atlantic telephone companies (Bell Atlantic) filed a
Comparably Efficient Interconnection (CEI) Plan for their proposed Internet Access Service.  
Bell Atlantic states that the service will be made available in all in-region Bell Atlantic
jurisdictions.  

Bell Atlantic states that Internet Access Service will provide residence and business users
a convenient and user-friendly way to connect to the Internet.  Bell Atlantic states that it will
provide users with a full range of Internet and supporting services, including access to the World
Wide Web, access to Usenet, electronic mail, and chat services.  Bell Atlantic states that end
user customers using switched access will be connected to a digital modem or ISDN access port
at Bell Atlantic's premises; the modems and ports provide the customer with connection to a
terminal router.   Bell Atlantic further states that it will not transport in-region Internet traffic
across LATA boundaries until it obtains in-region InterLATA relief; Internet traffic will be
carried across LATA boundaries by interexchange service providers. 

Interested parties are asked to file comments on the CEI Plan by April 12, 1996, and
reply comments by April 29, 1996, with the Secretary, FCC, 1919 M Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20554.   A copy should also be sent to Janice Myles, Common Carrier
Bureau, FCC, Room 544, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554, and to the
Commission's contractor for public service records duplication: ITS, Inc., 2100 M Street, N.W.,
Suite 140, Washington, D.C.  20037.  Parties filing comments in this non-docketed
proceeding should include the Policy Division internal reference number, CCBPol 96-09,
on their pleadings.  Bell Atlantic's CEI Plan is available for inspection and copying in the
Common Carrier Bureau Reference Room, Room 509, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20554.  Copies can also be obtained from ITS at (202) 857-3800. 
    
We will treat these proceedings as non-restricted for purposes of the Commission's ex
parte rules.  See generally 47 C.F.R. 1.1200-1.1216.  For further information contact Janice
M. Myles, Policy and Program Planning Division of the Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-
1577.


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