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If you need the complete document, download the WordPerfect version or Adobe Acrobat version, if available. ***************************************************************** Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Federal-State Joint Board on ) CC Docket No. 96-45 Universal Service ) ) ERRATA By the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau Released: November 19, 1996 On November 7, 1996, the Federal-State Joint Board on universal service adopted a Recommended Decision in the above-captioned proceeding. That Recommended Decision was released on November 8, 1996. These errata amend the Recommended Decision as follows: Amend footnote 11 to read: "In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order Establishing a Joint Board, CC Docket No. 96-45, FCC 96-93 (rel. March 8, 1996) (NPRM) at paras. 4, 8"; Amend paragraph 13 by changing "NPRM" to "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order Establishing a Joint Board (NPRM)"; Amend footnote 45 by changing "47 U.S.C.  25(b)-(c)" to "47 U.S.C.  255(b)-(c)"; Amend paragraph 48, first sentence, by changing "its" to "is"; Amend paragraph 19, currently located between paragraphs 129 and 130, by changing paragraph 19's number to 129A; Amend footnote 816 to read: "See, e.g., Citizens Utilities comments at 13; CPI reply comments at 7; Cathey, Hutton reply comments at 7. Contra Telec Consulting comments at 8-9 (FCC will face administrative burdens in handling complaints by those who claim they are aggrieved by proxy cost determination)."; Amend paragraph 576, fourth sentence, by adding a close quotation after "purposes" so that the quoted phrase reads "educational purposes"; Amend paragraph 598, first sentence, by changing "Section 254(c)(3)" to "Section 254(h)(3)'s"; Amend paragraph 778, first sentence, by deleting "interstate and intrastate" and adding "of" between "net" and "payments"; Amend paragraph 830, fourth sentence, by changing second "(3)" to "(4)"; Amend Appendix B by replacing current Appendix B with version attached to this erratum; Add Appendices C, D, and E (attached to this erratum). FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Regina M. Keeney Chief, Common Carrier Bureau APPENDIX B PARTIES FILING REPLY COMMENTS Commenter Abbreviation 360 Degree Communications Co. 360 AARP, AARP CFA, Consumer Union Access to Communication for Education Coalition ACE AD HOC Rural Consortium ARC AD HOC Telecommunications Users Committee Ad Hoc Telecom. Users Airtouch Communications, Inc. Airtouch Alaska Public Utilities Commission Alaska PUC Alaska Telephone Association Alaska Tel. Alliance for Community Media Alliance for Public Technology Alliance for PublicTechnology American Association of Community Colleges, Community Colleges Association of Community College Trustees American Library Association ALA American Public Power Association APPA Ameritech Association for Local Telecommunications Services ALTS AT&T Corp. AT&T Bell Atlantic BellSouth/National Economic Research Associates BellSouth Benton Foundation Benton Black Community Crusade for Children California Department of Education CDE Cathey, Hutton and Associates Cathey, Hutton Century Telephone & TDS Telecommunications Century Cincinnati Bell Cincinnati Bell Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation CSE Foundation Colorado State Libraries Commnet Cellular, Inc. Commnet Cellular Commnet Cellular Inc. (Erratum) Communications Workers of America CWA Community Technology Centers' Network Competition Policy Institute CPI Competitive Telecommunications Association CompTel CompuServe Inc. CompuServe Council for Education Development and Research CEDR Council of Organizational Representatives Curtis Telephone Curtis Tel. Dell Telephone Cooperative Dell Tel. Edgemont Neighborhood Coalition Edgemont ETEX Telephone Cooperative EXTEX Tel. Coop. Evans Telephone Co. Evans Tel. Humboldt Telephone Co., Kerman Telephone Co., Oregon-Idaho Utilities, Inc., Pinnacles Telephone Co., The Ponderosa Telephone Co., Siskiyou Telephone Co., The Volcano Telephone Co. Florida Public Service Commission Florida PSC General Communications, Inc. GCI General Service Administration GSA Governor of Guam GTE Guam Telephone Authority Guam Tel. Authority GVNW, Inc/Management GVNW Hauben, Ronda Idaho Public Utilities Commission (States' Joint Reply) Idaho PUC Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Indiana URC Information Renaissance Information Rennaissance InformationTechhnology Association of America, ITA/EMA Electric Messaging Association, Information Technology Industry Council, Information Industry Association, National Retail Federation Iowa Telephone Association Iowa Tel. Ass'n ISTE LDDS Worldcom LDDS Libraries for the Future Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Lincoln MCI Metricom, Inc. Metricom MFS Communications Company, Inc. MFS Milbury, Peter Minnesota Independent Coalition Minn. Indep. Coalition MobileMedia Communications, Inc. MobileMedia Motorola and Iridium North America National Association of Broadcasters National Association of the Deaf NAD National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners NARUC National Cable Television Association NCTA National Council of La Raza (aka Public Advocates, Inc.) National Council of La Raza National Emergency Number Association NENA National Exchange Carrier Association NECA National Public Telecomputing Network National School Boards Association American Library Association, American Library Association, including the American Association of School Librarians, A Division of ALA, National Education Association, Consortium for School Networking, Council of Chief State School Officers, Education Legislative Service, Inc., National Association of Independent Schools, National Association of Secondary School Principals, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, National Association of Elementary School Principals, American Association of School Administrators, American Psychological Association, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Council for American Private Education, Council for Educational Development and Research, Global Village Schools Institute, National Association of State Boards of Education, National Parents and Teachers Association, United States Distance Learning Association, Center for Media Education (Comments) NSBA I (Flexibility Analysis) NSBA II New York State Department of Public Service New York DPS Northern Telecommunications NorTel Nynex NYNEX Oakland Unified School District Oakland School District Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel Ohio Consumers' Counsel Office of People's Counsel of the District of Columbia OPC-DC Pacific Telesis Group PacTel Pennsylvania Library Association Pennsylvania Library Ass'n Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Pennsylvania PUC People of the State of California, California PUC, California PUC The Public Utilities Commission of the State of California Personal Communications Industry Ass'n PCIA Plummer, Paul Public Broadcasting System PBS Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia DC PSC Puerto Rico Telephone Company Puerto Rico Tel. Co. Reed Smith Shaw & McClay Reed, Smith Rural Telephone Coalition RTC Rural Utilities Serv. RUS Siskiyou Telephone Company Siskiyou South Dakota Independent Telephone Coalition SDITC Southern New England Telephone Co. SNET Southwestern Bell Telephone Company SWBT Sprint Corporation Sprint Taconic Telephone Corporation Taconic Tel. Corp. TCA, Inc. TCA Teledesic Telefonica Larga Distancia de Puerto Rico TLD Telephone Association of Michigan Tel. Assoc. of Michigan Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Teleport Texas Advisory Comm'n on State Emergency Comm. Texas Emergency Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel Texas OPUC Union City Board of Education United Cerebral Palsy Associations United Cerebral Palsy Ass'n United States Telephone Association USTA United Utilities Inc. United Utilities US Catholic Conf., Catholic Conference National Coalition for the Homeless, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, American Women's Roundtable, Community Technology Institute, Consumer Action, Fifth Street Connection, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights, Interstate Migrant Education Council, National Association for Migrant Educators, Marcia Zashin, Education Consultant to Cleveland Public Schools and Project Act, Migrant Legal Action Program, Vermont Migrant Education Program US Distance Learning Association US National Comm'n on Libraries & Information Science U.S. Libraries U S West, Inc. U S West Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Vanguard Virgin Island Telephone Co. Vitelco Virginia State Corporate Commission Virginia CC Washington Independent Telephone Association WITA Washington State Department of Information Services Washington DIS Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Washington UTC West Virginia Consumer Advocate Western Alliance Western Alliance WinStar Communications, Inc. Winstar Wyoming Public Service Commission Wyoming PSC APPENDIX C PARTIES FILING FURTHER COMMENTS Commenter Abbreviation AirTouch Communications, Inc. AirTouch Alaska Telephone Association Alaska Tel. Alaska Public Utilities Commission Alaska PUC Alliance for Public Technology Alliance for Public Technology American Library Association ALA American Public Television Stations and Public Broadcasting APTS/PBS Service Association Ameritech Apple Computer, Inc. Apple Association for Local Telecommunications Services ALTS AT&T Corp. AT&T Bell Atlantic BellSouth/National Economic Research Associates BellSouth Benton Foundation Benton California Library Association Cathey, Hutton, & Assoc. Cathey, Hutton Century Telephone & TDS Telecommunications Century Citizens Utilities Companies Citizens Utilities Colorado State Library Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands CNMI Competitive Telecommunications Association CompTel Consumer Federation of America Council of the Great City Schools Great City Schools Council of Pennsylvania Library Networks Education and Library Network Coalition EDLINC Florida Public Service Commission Florida PSC General Communications, Inc. GCI General Service Administration GSA GTE GVNW, Inc./Management GVNW Illinois State Library Information Renaissance Information Renaissance International Business Machines Corporation IBM ITCs, Inc. ITC Maine PUC, Maine PUC The State of Maine Public Utilities Commission, The State of Montana Public Service Commission, The State of Nebraska Public Service Commission, The State of New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, The State of New Mexico State Corporation Commission, The State of Utah Public Service Commission, The State of Vermont Department of Public Service and Public Service Board, Public Service Commission of West Virginia Maryland State Department of Education Maryland DOE MCI Media Access Project and People for the American Way MAP Metricom, Inc. Metricom MFS Communications Company, Inc. MFS Minnesota Independent Coalition Minnesota Indep. Coalition National Association of Manufacturers National Association of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners NARUC National Cable Television Association NCTA National Coalition for the Homeless, American Women's Roundtable, Community Technology Institute, Consumer Action, Fifth Street Connection, Heartland Alliance for Human Rights and Needs, Interstate Migrant Education Council, Migrant Legal Action Program, National Association of Migrant Educators, United Church of Christ, Office of Communications, Marcia Zashin, Education Consultant to Cleveland Public Schools and Project Act, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Vermont Migrant Education Program National Emergency Number Association NENA National Exchange Carrier Association NECA National Public Telecomputing Network Netscape Communications Corporation Netscape New York State Department of Education New York DOE Nynex NYNEX Oakland Unified School District Oakland School District Pacific Telecom, Inc. Pacific Telesis Group PacTel Personal Communications Industry Association PCIA Puerto Rico Telephone Company Puerto Rico Tel. Co. Rural Telephone Coalition RTC Rural Utilities Serv. RUS Senate Education Technololgy Working Group Southern New England Telephone Company SNET Southwestern Bell Telephone Company SWBT Sprint Corporation Sprint Superintendent of Public Schools Tele-Communications, Inc. TCI Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Teleport Time Warner Communications Hlds, Inc. Time Warner Union City Board of Education United Utilities, Inc. United Utilities University of California US Distance Learning Association US National Commission on Libraries & Information Science U.S. Libraries US Telephone Association USTA US West, Inc. U S West Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Vanguard Virgin Island Telephone Corp. Vitelco Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Washington SPI Wireless Field Tests Worthy, Patricia M. APPENDIX D PARTIES FILING COMMENTS ON PROXY MODELS Commenter Abbreviation Alaska Public Utilities Commission Alaska PUC Ameritech AT&T Corp. AT&T BellSouth/National Economic Research Associates BellSouth California Public Utility Commission California PUC GTE Maine PUC Maine PUC MCI MFS Communications Company, Inc. MFS National Cable Television Association NCTA National Exchange Carrier Association NECA Nynex NYNEX Pacific Telesis Group PacTel Rural Telephone Coalition RTC Rural Utilities Serv. RUS Sprint Corporation Sprint Southwestern Bell Telephone Company SWBT United States Telephone Association USTA U S West, Inc. U S West APPENDIX E PARTIES FILING INITIAL AND REPLY COMMENTS CC DOCKET 80-286 Commenter Abbreviation Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee Ad Hoc Telecom. Users Alabama Public Service Commission Alabama PSC Alaska Public Utilities Commission Alaska PUC Alaska Telephone Association Alaska Tel. Albion Telephone Company Albion Tel. Alenco Communications, Inc. Alenco Allnet Communications Services Allnet ALLTEL Telephone Services Corporation ALLTEL Alma Telephone Company Alma Ameritech AMSC Subsidiary Corporation AMSC Arctic Slope Telephone Association Arctic Arkansas Public Service Commission APSC Ascension Telephone Company Ascension Associated Communications & Research Services, Inc. Associated Communications Association for Local Telecommunications Services ALTS AT&T Corporation AT&T Baltic Telecom Cooperative Baltic Bell Atlantic Bell Atlantic BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. BellSouth Blanca Telephone Company BTC Buffalo Commons Group BCG California Telephone Association CTA Cambridge Telephone Co. Cambridge Canby Telephone Association Canby Cascade Utilities Cascade Cathey, Hutton and Assoc., Inc. Cathey, Hutton Central Utah Telephone, Inc. CUT Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc. Century Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority Cheyenne River Sioux Tel. Chillicothe Telephone Company Chillicothe Churchill County Telephone and Telegraph System Churchill County Cincinnati Bell Telephone Cincinnati Bell Citizens Utilities Company Citizens Utilities City of Ketchikan, Alaska d/b/a Ketchikan Public Utilities KPU Coastal Utilities, Inc. Coastal Colorado Independent Telephone Association, Inc. Colorado Indep. Tel. Colton Telephone Company Colton Competition Telecommunications Association CompTel Consumers of Ohio, South Carolina and Florida Consumers Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative Copper Valley Cowiche Telephone Cowiche Crossville Communications Crossville Dell Telephone Cooperative Dell Tel. Deposit Telephone Company Deposit Ellensburg Telephone Company Ellensburg Emery Telephone Emery Farmers Telephone Company Farmers Florida Public Service Commission Florida PSC Fred Williamson and Associates Fred Williamson General Communications, Inc. GCI Golden West Communications, Inc., Golden West Great Plains Communications, Inc. Great Plains GTE GTE Gulf Telephone Company Gulf GVNW, Inc./Management GVNW Home Telephone Company Home ICORE, Inc. ICORE InterBel Telephone Cooperation InterBel International Communications Association International Communications Ass'n ITELCO John Staurulakis, Inc. John Staurulakis Kalona Cooperative Telephone Company Kalona Kerrville Telephone Company Kerrville Kingdom Telephone Company Kingdom La Jicarita Rural Telephone Cooperative La Jicarita LDDS Wolrdcom LDDS Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative Leaco Lincoln County Telephone System, Inc. Lincoln County Mantanuska Telephone Assn., Inc. Matanuska Tel. Ass'n MCI Telecommunications Corporation MCI MFS Communications Company, Inc. MFS Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. MRTC Minnesota Telephone Association Minnesota Tel. Ass'n Missouri Public Service Commission Missouri PSC Molalla Telephone Company Molalla Montana Telephone Assn. Montana Telephone Company Montana Tel. Co. Montrose Mutual Telephone Company Montrose National Exchange Carrier Association NECA National Rural Telecom Association NRTA National Telephone Cooperative Association NCTA Nehalem Telephone & Telegraph Company New York State Department of Public Service New York DPS North Carolina Utilities Commission North Carolina UC North Dakota Telephone Company North Dakota Tel. Co. North State Telephone Company North State Tel. Northeast Florida Telephone Company Northeast Florida Nynex NYNEX Oregon Telephone Cooperative OTC Oregon Utilities, Inc. Oregon Utilities Organization for the Protection and Advancement OPASTCO of Small Telephone Companies Otz Telephone Cooperative Otz Pacific Bell Pacific Telecom, Inc. Peetz Telephone Company Peetz Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Pennsylvania PUC People of the State of California and the Public Utilities California PUC Pigeon Telephone Company Pigeon Pioneer Telephone Pioneer Telephone Company Pioneer Tel. Pond Branch Telephone Company Pond Branch Tel. Puerto Rico Telephone Company Puerto Rico Tel. Co. Range Telephone Cooperative Range Rio Virgin Telephone Company Rio Virgin Tel. Rochester Telephone Corporation Rochester Tel. Rock Hill Telephone Company Roggen Telephone Cooperative Roggen Roosevelt County Rural Telephone Coop. Roosevelt Tel. Roseville Telephone Company Roseville Tel. Rural Telephone Company - Idaho RTC-I Rural Telephone Company - Nevada RTC-N SBA Scott County Telephone Company Scott County Tel. Silver Star Telephone Company Silver Star Smithville Telephone Company Smithville Tel. South Central Utah Telephone Assn. South Central Utah Tel. Southern Montana Telephone Company Southern Montana Tel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company SWBT Sprint Corporation Sprint Taconic Telephone Corp. Taconic Tel. Corp. Tallon, Cheeseman & Associates, Inc. Tallon, Cheeseman TDS Telecom Telec Consulting Resources, Inc. Telephone Electronics Corporation TEC Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Teleport Texas Public Utilities Commission Texas PUC Time Warner Telecommunications Time Warner Trans-Cascade Telephone Co. Trans-Cascade United States Telephone Association USTA United Telephone Mutual Aid Corporation UTMAC United Utilities, Inc. United U S WEST, Inc. U S WestUTC UTC Vermont Department of Public Service Vermont DPS Virgin Islands Public Service Commission VIPSC Virgin Islands Telephone Corporation Vitelco Washington Independent Telephone Assn. WIT Small Company Committee West River Telecommunications Cooperative West River Western Alliance Western Alliance Western Wahkiakum County Telephone Company Western Wahkiakum Tel. Wyoming Public Service Commission Wyoming PSC Yelm Telephone Company Yelm Tel.