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Sd-WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554`(#C DA 99525 ă  1yx dddhy  aE@  #5\  P6QaP#News media information 202/4180500 FaxOnDemand 202/4182830 TTY 202/4180484 202/4180485 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov  S-#&I\  P6Q&P#`(# Released: March 17, 1999 ă  SN -Po The National Exchange Carrier Association Petitions for Expedited Waiver of Part 69 of the  S --Commission's Rules lU  S - Pleading Cycle Established ă  SO -0 CCB/CPD NO. 995 ĐlU  S- COMMENTS : March 29, 1999  S- REPLY COMMENTS: April 5, 1999  S-  On March 8, 1999, The National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA) filed an expedited   petition pursuant to section 1.3 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.3, requesting that the   =Commission waive sections 69.110, 69.111, and 69.112 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  69.110,  SQ-  69.111, and 69.112, to permit NECA to establish the following new rate elements to offer Switched   Access Synchronous Optical Transport (SASOCT) service: Entrance Facility, Direct Trunked Transport, and Optional Features and Functions, including Customer Node and Add/Drop Multiplexing.  /In its Petition, NECA states that the proposed SASOCT service will complement its current special   access Synchronous Optical Channel Service (SOCS). NECA states that the required rate elements for   SASOCT Service are similar to those currently used in NECA's SOCS Special Access Service and parallel the elements offered in SNET's SONET Network Service.  NECA asserts that there is good cause for a waiver of the Commission's rules. Specifically,   NECA asserts that waiver of our rules would provide special access customers with more choices and   services, increased flexible bandwidth, higher transmissions speeds, automatically protected transmissions,   and upgrading of the rural public switched access network. In addition, NECA asserts that allowing   access customers to consolidate switched and special traffic on a common SONET trunk group will   eliminate duplicate facilities, reduce assess customer's unit costs, and permit NECA member companies   to offer transport options similar to those offered by larger companies. NECA states that its proposed   offering of SASOCT Service is consistent with other SONETbased switched access services for which the Commission has previously granted waivers to other local exchange companies.  This matter shall be treated as a "permitbutdisclose" proceeding in accordance with the  SU%-  Commission's ex parte rules. See 47 C.F.R.  1.1200, 1.1206. Persons making oral ex parte   presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentations must contain summaries of the   substance of the presentations and not merely a listing of the subjects discussed. More that a one or two   0sentence description of the views and arguments presented is generally required. See 47 C.F.R.   S(-  1.1206(b). Other rules pertaining to oral and written ex parte presentations in permitbutdisclose proceedings are set forth in section 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.1206(b).  Interested parties may file comments no later than March 29, 1999. Reply comments may be filed*,,,+/e@d;[!,L|  '#  h      Lno later than April 5, 1999. When filing comments, please reference the internal file number: CCB/CPD 995.  ~An original and four copies of all comments and reply comments must be filed with the   !Commission's Secretary, Magalie Roman Salas, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications   Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., TWA325, Washington, D.C. 20554. In addition, one copy of each   /pleading must be filed with International Transcription Services (ITS), the Commission's duplicating   >contractor, at its office at 1231 20th Street, N q&T .W., Washington, D.C. 20036, and one copy with the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room 5A225, Washington, D.C. 20554.   @For further information, contact Renee Terry, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau, (202) 4181520.  Si -wQ é FCC