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                                                                                                                     DA-00-2912
                                                               
   COMMENTS REQUESTED IN CONNECTION WITH SOUTHWESTERN BELL'S
        SECTION 271 APPLICATION FOR KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA
                      CC Docket No. 00-217
                                   Released:  December 27, 2000
                                                               
Comments:  January 8, 2001
Reply Comments:  January 12, 2001


Today, the Commission received the attached ex parte filing from Southwestern Bell in
the above-referenced docket.  Without deciding what reliance, if any, the Commission will place
on this information, the Commission encourages interested parties to respond to this evidence. 
We emphasize that this public notice does not represent a decision about whether we will accord
any weight to the supplemental evidence.

The Commission expects that a section 271 application, as originally filed, will include all
of the factual evidence on which the applicant would have the Commission rely in making its
determination.  If parties in a section 271 proceeding choose to submit new evidence, however,
the Commission retains the discretion to waive its procedural rules and consider the evidence, "to
start the 90-day review process anew, or to accord such evidence no weight."

Pursuant to our procedures governing section 271 applications and sections 1.415 and
1.419 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments
on such information.  Comments must be filed by January 8, 2001 and reply comments must be
filed by January 12, 2001.  All such filings shall refer to the Commission docket number, CC
Docket No. 00-217.  Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing
System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies.  Comments filed through ECFS can be sent as an
electronic file via the Internet to http://www.fcc.gov.e-file/ecfs.html.  Parties choosing to file by
paper must file an original and two copies of each pleading with the Secretary, Federal
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.  A copy should
also be sent to Janice Myles, Common Carrier Bureau, Policy and Program Planning Division,
Federal Communications Commission, Room 5-C327, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20554.  One copy of all pleadings should also be sent to the Commission's contractor for public
service records duplication, ITS, 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.  Comment
filings will be available for public inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC
Reference Center, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.  Copies may also be obtained
from ITS, 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 or by calling ITS at (202) 857-3800,
or faxing ITS at (202) 857-3805.

Common Carrier Contact:  John Stanley  (202) 418-1496.

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