FCC Invites Comments on Broadband Petition

FCC INVITES COMMENTS ON BROADBAND PETITION
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
The FCC invites comment on a petition filed by Covad Communications Group, NuVox Communications, Inc., and XO Communications, LLC requesting that the Commission issue a written order addressing the Verizon Telephone Companies’ petition seeking forbearance from certain regulatory requirements applicable to its provision of broadband services. Specifically, Petitioners seek either a written order denying Verizon any regulatory forbearance for its broadband services, or an order expressly limiting the grant of forbearance to the particular types of broadband services and the Title II regulations specified by Verizon in its February 7, 2006 ex parte letter. Petitioners request that the Commission address the merits of the Verizon broadband forbearance petition prior to the expiration of the statutory deadline for Commission action on pending forbearance petitions seeking similar relief filed by Qwest Corp., AT&T Inc., BellSouth Corp., Frontier and Citizens, and the Embarq local operating companies. Comment Date: August 13, 2007 Reply Comment Date: August 17, 2007. Public Notice, WC Docket No. 04-440, DA 07-3473
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