Common carrier services: Advanced telecommunications capability; comment request,

[Federal Register: August 25, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 164)]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CC Docket 98-146; DA 98-1624]

Inquiry Concerning Advanced Telecommunications Capability

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice of inquiry; extension of comment deadline.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sua sponte extended the filing period for comments on its Notice of Inquiry about the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans. The intended effect of this action is to allow parties to have additional time in which to file comments in this proceeding.

DATES: Comments are due on or before September 14, 1998. Reply comments are still due on or before October 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments and reply comments should be sent to the Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, NW, Suite 222, Washington, DC 20554, with a copy to John W. Berresford of the Common Carrier Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 2033 M Street, NW, Suite 399-A, Washington, DC 20054. Comments may also be filedusing the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (May 1, 1998). Comments filedthrough the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to ‹http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ ecfs.html›. Parties should also file one copy of any document filedin this docket with the Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS), 1231 20th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857-3800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janice M. Myles, Policy and Program Planning Division, Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-1580 or jmyles@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Public Notice, DA 98-1624, released August 12, 1998, extending the time for filing comments in CC Docket 98-146. The full text of the Public Notice is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Room 239, 1919 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20554. The complete text also may be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS), 1231 20th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857-3800.

Summary of the Public Notice

1. In the Notice of Inquiry (Notice), the Commission solicits public comment about several aspects of the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans in a timely and reasonable manner. The Notice set the comment filing deadline at September 8, 1998, and the reply comment filing deadline at October 8, 1998.

2. Because of the proximity of the September 8, 1998, date to certain holidays, the Commission has decided to extend the filing deadline for filing comments to September 14, while keeping the deadline for reply comments at October 8.

3. Accordingly, it is ordered that the time for filing comments in CC Docket No. 98-146 is extended by six days, until September 14, 1998.

4. This action is taken pursuant to section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. sections 154(i) and sections Secs. 1.415 and 1.430 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.430.

Federal Communications Commission. Kathryn C. Brown, Chief, Common Carrier Bureau.

[FR Doc. 98-22759Filed8-24-98; 8:45 am]

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