**Released March 8, 2005**

**WIRELESS BROADBAND ACCESS TASK FORCE SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT**

**ON TASK FORCE REPORT**

**GN Docket No. 04-163**

**Comments Due: April 22, 2005**

**Reply Comments Due: May 23, 2005**

On March 8, 2005, the Commission's Wireless Broadband Access Task Force
(Task Force) released its Report to the Commission containing its
findings and recommendations. The Task Force hereby seeks comment on the
Wireless Broadband Access Task Force Report. We request that interested
parties submit written comments on the specific findings and
recommendations in the Report and we welcome comments from all
interested parties, including, but not limited to, academia, private
industry, consumers, and all levels of government. The Report was
drafted by FCC staff and was not voted on or approved by the Commission.
Accordingly, neither the Report nor any of the recommendations contained
therein necessarily reflect the views of the Commission.

The text of the Report and other Task Force documents may be downloaded
from the Task Force's web site at <http://www.fcc.gov/wbatf/> or may be
obtained from the Commission's copy contractor, Qualex (see contact
information below).

Interested parties may file comments no later than April 22, 2005. Reply
comments are due May 23, 2005. All filings should refer to **GN Docket
No. 04-163**.

*How to file comments.* Comments may be filed either by filing
electronically, such as by using the Commission's Electronic Comment
Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies.[^1] Parties are
strongly urged file their comments using ECFS (given recent changes in
the Commission's mail delivery system). Comments filed through the ECFS
can be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to
\<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html\>. Only one copy of an electronic
submission must be filed. In completing the transmittal screen, the
electronic filer should include its full name, Postal Service mailing
address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number, **GN Docket No.
04-163**. Parties also may submit comments electronically by Internet
e-mail. To receive filing instructions for e-mail comments, commenters
should send an e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should include the following
words in the body of the message, "get form \<your e-mail address\>." A
sample form and directions will be sent in reply.

Parties who choose to file by paper may submit such filings by hand or
messenger delivery, by U.S. Postal Service mail (First Class, Priority,
or Express Mail), or by commercial overnight courier. Parties must file
an original and four copies of each filing in **GN Docket No. 04-163**.
Parties that want each Commissioner to receive a personal copy of their
comments must file an original plus nine copies. If paper filings are
hand-delivered or messenger-delivered for the Commission's Secretary,
they must be delivered to the Commission's contractor, Natek, Inc., at
236 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Suite 110, Washington, D.C. 20002-4913.
To receive an official "Office of the Secretary" date stamp, documents
must be addressed to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal
Communications Commission. (The filing hours at this facility are 8:00
a.m. to 7:00 p.m.) If paper filings are submitted by mail though the
U.S. Postal Service (First Class mail, Priority Mail, and Express Mail),
they must be sent to the Commission's Secretary, Marlene H. Dortch,
Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 445 12th
Street, S.W., Washington D.C. 20554. If paper filings are submitted by
commercial overnight courier (*i.e.*, by overnight delivery other than
through the U.S. Postal Service), such as by Federal Express or United
Parcel Service, they must be sent to the Commission's Secretary, Marlene
H. Dortch, Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary,
9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743.[^2]

Parties may also file with the Commission some form of electronic media
submission (*e.g.*, diskettes, CDs, tapes, etc.) as part of their
filings. In order to avoid possible adverse affects on such media
submissions (potentially caused by irradiation techniques used to ensure
that mail is not contaminated), the Commission advises that they should
not be sent through the U.S. Postal Service. Hand-delivered or
messenger-delivered electronic media submissions should be delivered to
the Commission's contractor, Natek, Inc., at 236 Massachusetts Avenue,
N.E., Suite 110, Washington, D.C. 20002-4913. Electronic media sent by
commercial overnight courier should be sent to the Commission's
Secretary, Marlene H. Dortch, Federal Communications Commission, Office
of the Secretary, 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD
20743.[^3]

Regardless of whether parties choose to file electronically or by paper,
they should also send one copy of any documents filed, either by paper
or by e-mail, to Best Copy & Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th
Street, S.W., Room CY-B402, Washington, D.C., 20554, facsimile (202)
488-5563, or e-mail at fcc@bcpiweb.com.

*Availability of documents*. Comments, reply comments, and *ex parte*
submissions will be available for public inspection during regular
business hours in the FCC Reference Information Center, Federal
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-A257,
Washington, D.C. 20554. These documents also will be available
electronically at the Commission's Disabilities Issues Task Force web
site, www.fcc.gov/dtf, and from the Commission's Electronic Comment
Filing System. Documents are available electronically in ASCII text,
Word 97, and Adobe Acrobat. Copies of filings in this proceeding may be
obtained from Best Copy & Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street,
S.W., Room CY-B402, Washington, D.C., 20554, telephone (800) 378-3160,
facsimile (202) 488-5563, or via e-mail at fcc@bcpiweb.com. This
document is also available in alternative formats (computer diskette,
large print, audio cassette, and Braille). Persons who need documents in
such formats may contact Brian Millin at (202) 418-7426, TTY (202)
418-7365, <Brian.Millin@fcc.gov>, or send an e-mail to access@fcc.gov.

For further information, contact Lauren Van Wazer, at 202-418-0030, or
wbatf@fcc.gov.

[^1]: Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 Fed.
    Reg. 24121 (1998).

[^2]: *See* "FCC Announces a New Filing Location for Paper Documents and
    a New Fax Number for General Correspondence," *Public Notice*, DA
    01-2919 (rel. Dec. 14, 2001); "Reminder\[:\] Filing Locations for
    Paper Documents and Instructions for Mailing Electronic Media,"
    *Public Notice*, DA 03-2730 (rel. Aug. 22, 2003).

[^3]: *See* "Reminder\[:\] Filing Locations for Paper Documents and
    Instructions for Mailing Electronic Media," *Public Notice*, DA
    03-2730 (rel. Aug. 22, 2003).