| The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Achieve Telecom Networks seeking review and reversal of a decision by USAC in which USAC denied Achieve's request to accept its amended FCC Form 499-Q. |
WC DKT
06-122 |
DA 08-1641 |
August 11, 2008 |
August 25, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Sage Telecom, Inc. and Sage Telecom of Texas, L.P., seeking waiver of the requirement that USAC calculate the universal service annual contribution true-up for under-projections based on the average of the two highest contribution factors, and that USAC calculate the true-up for over-projections based on the average of the two lowest contribution factors. |
WC DKT
06-122 |
DA 08-1613 |
August 7, 2008 |
August 21, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed by Virgin Mobile USA, L.P. (Virgin Mobile) for a limited designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier in Massachusetts. Virgin Mobile is seeking eligibility for Lifeline universal service support only. |
CC DKT
96-45 |
DA 08-1570 |
July 31, 2008 |
August 15, 2008 |
Northwest Iowa Telephone Company Public Notice:
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a petition filed
by Northwest Iowa Telephone Company for waiver of a filing deadline
required by section 54.301(e)(1) of the Commission's rules for receipt
of universal service support. |
WC DKT
08-71 |
DA-08-1425 |
July 17, 2008 |
August 1, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on
two Requests for Review filed by Lake Delton Urgent Care and Franciscan
Skemp Prairie du Chien Clinic that seek review of decisions of USAC.
USAC’s decisions reduced the applicants' Rural Health Care funding
requests for Funding Year 2006. |
WC DKT
02-60 |
DA-08-1365 |
July 10, 2008 |
July 25, 2008 |
Palmerton/Northeastern Pennsylvania Telephone Company
Waiver Public Notice: The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment
on a petition filed by Palmerton Telephone Company and Northeastern
Pennsylvania Telephone Company for waiver of a filing deadline required
by section 54.301(e)(1) of the Commission’s rules for receipt of
universal service funds. |
WC DKT
08-71 |
DA-08-1328 |
July 7, 2008 |
July 22, 2008 |
In this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition
Bureau seeks comment on Fort HealthCare—Fort Memorial Hospital, Fort
HealthCare—Lake Mills Clinic, and Fort HealthCare—Whitewater Clinic,
and Franciscan Skemp Waukon Clinic’s requests for review of decisions
by the Universal Service Administrative Company. |
WC DKT
02-60 |
DA-08-1230 |
June 30, 2008 |
July 14, 2008 |
The Bureau seeks comment on two petitions filed
by Virgin Mobile USA, L.P., seeking eligible telecommunications carrier
(ETC) designation in North Carolina and Tennessee. Virgin Mobile
is seeking limited eligibility for Lifeline universal service support
only. |
CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-1203 |
June 23, 2008 |
July 8, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on
a petition filed by Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. to extend its
previously received waiver of sections 36.611 and 36.612 of the Commission's
rules. The Commission previously granted Sacred Wind, a new incumbent
local exchange carrier, a waiver of sections 36.611 and 36.612 in
order that it may immediately receive high-cost loop universal service
support. |
CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-1175 |
June 16, 2008 |
July 1, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on
a joint petition for waiver filed by Dubois Telephone Exchange, Inc.
(Dubois) and Qwest Corporation (Qwest). Dubois and Qwest seek a waiver
of the study area boundary freeze to transfer an unserved portion
of Qwest's Wyoming study area to Dubois' Wyoming study area. |
CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-1174 |
June 16, 2008 |
July 1, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on
a request filed by ETS Telephone Company, Inc. (ETS), f/k/a Kingsgate
Telephone, Inc., regarding potential retroactive application of the
Commission's 2004 Skyline Order to ETS' Texas study area. ETS requests
confirmation that the Commission's 2004 Skyline Order cannot have
retroactive effect on its study area. ETS' Texas study area was created
in 1996 when Kingsgate began serving a previously unserved area. |
CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-1173 |
June 16, 2008 |
July 1, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on
two petitions for waiver of filing deadlines associated with receipt
of universal service high-cost support filed by iBroadband Networks,
Inc. d/b/a Cedar Valley Communications and HTC Services Inc. |
CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-1172 |
June 16, 2008 |
July 1, 2008 |
In this Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau
extends the deadline for filing reply comments in response to the
three High-Cost Notices of Proposed Rulemaking from May 19, 2008,
to June 2, 2008. |
WC DKT
05-337 and CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-1168 |
May 5, 2008 |
June 2, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on
a Qwest request for review of three USAC low-income audit findings.
Comments are due on June 16, 2008 and reply comments are due on July
1, 2008. |
WC DKT
03-109 |
DA-08-1144 |
June 16, 2008 |
July 1, 2008 |
WCB extends the deadline for filing reply comments
in response to the three High-Cost NPRMs from May 19, 2008, to June
2, 2008. |
WC DKT
05-337 |
DA-08-1068 |
May 19 , 2008 |
June 2, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on
a petition filed by the Kansas Corporation Commission for a declaratory
ruling affirming the lawfulness of its procedure for certifying carriers’ receipt
of federal universal service support. The Kansas Corporation Commission
filed its petition in response to a primary jurisdiction referral
by the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. |
WC DKT
08-55 |
DA-08-1060 |
June 2, 2008 |
June 17, 2008 |
This Public Notice seeks comment on Ascent Media
Group's (Ascent) request for review and reversal of a decision by
USAC, in which USAC denied Ascent’s request to accept its amended
August 2007 FCC Form 499-Q after the 45-day FCC Form 499-Q revision
window. Ascent asserts that it inadvertently included its total projected
revenue in place of its projected billed universal service fund revenues
on the FCC Form 499-Q. |
WC DKT
06-122 |
DA-08-1010 |
May 13, 2008 |
May 20, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau provides notice,
pursuant to section 54.207 of the Commission’s rules, that it is
initiating a proceeding to consider a petition filed by Sagebrush
Cellular, Inc for agreement with a decision by the North Dakota Public
Service Commission to redefine the service area of Northwest Communications
Cooperative. |
CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-917 |
May 19, 2008 |
June 3, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on
three separate petitions filed by IT&E Overseas, Inc. for waiver
of various filing deadlines required by sections 54.209, 54.314,
54.809, and 54.904 of the Commission’s rules for receipt of universal
service funds. |
CC DKTS
96-45 |
DA-08-877 |
May 19, 2008 |
June 3, 2008 |
In this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition
Bureau seeks comment on the Central Atlantic Pennsylvania Payphone
Association's (CAPA) petition for clarification, or, in the alternative,
reconsideration of the Commission's APCC Reconsideration Order. CAPA
is seeking refunds from local exchange carriers for universal service
fees paid by independent payphone providers. |
CC DKTS
96-45, 98-171, 90-571, 92-237, 99-200, 95-116, 98-170 |
DA-08-874 |
May 14, 2008 |
May 29, 2008 |
Bureau seeks comment on SEND’s petition for partial
reconsideration of the Bureau’s Caldwell Parish Order, which, among
other things, denied SEND’s Request for Review of a decision by USAC
related to one applicant, Jackson Parish School District, denying
it discounted services for Funding Years 2003 and 2004 under the
E-rate program. |
CC DKT
02-6 |
DA-08-859 |
May 14, 2008 |
May 29, 2008 |
Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on an
AT&T petition, filed Jan. 7, 2008, seeking review of a USAC audit
decision. ATT seeks review of USAC’s finding that an ETC must use
Line 9 of FCC Form 497 if the ETC gains or loses Lifeline customers
mid-month. In its petition, AT&T asks the Commission to find that
USAC erred when it concluded that AT&T is required to populate Line
9 of the FCC Form 497 with partial or pro-rata dollars attributable
to Lifeline subscribers who entered or left the Lifeline program
during any given month, regardless of whether the company sought
partial or pro-rata dollars from USAC. |
WC DKT
03-109 |
DA-08-855 |
May 14, 2008 |
May 29, 2008 |
In this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition
Bureau seeks comment on a joint petition filed by Qwest Corporation
and Pine Telephone System, Inc. and a petition filed by Mid-Rivers
Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Mid-Rivers) seeking a waiver of the
study area boundary freeze. Mid-Rivers also requests, if necessary,
waiver of section 69.3(e)(11) of the Commission’s rules. |
CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-779 |
May 5, 2008 |
May 20, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on
a petition filed LBH, LLC seeking waiver of the December 31, 2007,
filing deadline required by section 54.802(a) of the Commission’s
rules for receipt of universal service funds. |
CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-777 |
May 5, 2008 |
May 20, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on
a petition filed by USCOC of Illinois RSA #1, LLC, USCOC of Illinois
RSA #4, LLC, USCOC of Rockford, LLC and USCOC of Central Illinois,
LLC, pursuant to section 54.207 of the Commission’s rules, requesting
the Commission’s agreement with the decision of the Illinois Commerce
Commission to redefine the service area of certain rural telephone
carriers at the wire center level. |
CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-768 |
April 30, 2008 |
May 15, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on
a petition filed by Centennial U.S.V.I. Operations Corp. (Centennial)
seeking waiver of section 54.314(d)(1) of the Commission’s rules.
Centennial seeks a waiver to enable it to receive universal service
support starting on December 2, 2006. |
CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-747 |
April 28, 2008 |
May 13, 2008 |
Comment Deadlines for Three Universal Service High-Cost
Support Notices of Proposed Rulemaking Extended by Two Weeks. |
WC DKT
05-337 and CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-674 |
April 17, 2008 |
May 19, 2008 |
The Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on
a petition filed by Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. seeking waiver of the
October 1, 2006, filing deadline required by section 54.209 of the
Commission’s rules for receipt of universal service funds. |
CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-600 |
April 18, 2008 |
May 5, 2008 |
Comment cycles were established for the Identical
Support Rule NPRM, the Reverse Auctions NPRM, and the Joint Board
Comprehensive Reform NPRM. Parties may consolidate their comments
and reply comments for the three NPRMs. |
WC DKT
05-337 and CC DKT
96-45 |
DA-08-499 |
April 3, 2008 |
May 5, 2008 |
