DA 03-3901

December 8, 2003

**INVESTIGATION OF ALASCOM, INC. TARIFF FCC NO. 11**

**CLARIFICATION OF FILING DEADLINES**

**CC Docket No. 95-182**

This Public Notice clarifies filing deadlines in response to Alascom,
Inc. (Alascom) Tariff FCC No. 11, Transmittal No. 1281,[^1] and the
Public Notice seeking further comment in the investigation of Alascom's
Tariff FCC No. 11, CC Docket No. 95-182, issued October 31, 2003.[^2]
Petitions to reject, or in the alternative, suspend and investigate
Alascom's Tariff FCC No. 11, Transmittal No. 1281 are due **December 10,
2003.** Comments in response to the Public Notice seeking further
comment in the tariff investigation are due **December 15, 2003.**

Commission rules require Alascom to file annual revisions to its Tariff
FCC No. 11 on 35 days' notice.[^3] To comply with this requirement,
Alascom's annual rate revision for 2004 was due to be filed no later
than November 28, 2003. Alascom chose to file its 2004 annual rate
revision on November, 25, 2003. Commission rules require any petitions
to reject, or in the alternative, suspend and investigate Alascom's
Tariff FCC No. 11, Transmittal No. 1281 to be filed 15 days after the
tariff filing, or by December 10, 2003.[^4] Replies to any such
petitions must be filed by December 17, 2003.[^5]

On October 31, 2003, the Wireline Competition Bureau issued a Public
Notice seeking further comment on a broad investigation of all of
Alascom's Tariff FCC No. 11 annual tariffs except Transmittal No.
1281.[^6] This Public Notice requested comments by December 15, 2003, a
date which, according to the Public Notice, coincided with the date that
petitions to reject, or in the alternative, suspend and investigate,
Alascom's annual tariff filing for 2004 would have been due, had Alascom
made its annual filing on precisely 35 days' notice, or on November 28,
2003. Alascom instead chose to file its annual rate revision on November
25, 2003. Therefore, petitions to reject, or in the alternative, suspend
and investigate Alascom's Tariff FCC No. 11 annual filing for 2004 are
due December 10, 2003. Because parties may be confused by the date of
December 15, 2003, mentioned in the Public Notice for filing petitions
to reject, or in the alternative, suspend and investigate, and the
actual filing deadline of December 10, 2003, triggered by Alascom's
early filing, we clarify that the filing deadline for petitions to
reject, or in the alternative, suspend and investigate Alascom's Tariff
FCC No. 11, Transmittal No. 1281 is December 10, 2003. Replies to such
petitions are due December 17, 2003. Comments in response to the Public
Notice seeking further comment in the broader investigation of Alascom's
Tariff FCC No. 11, CC Docket No. 95-182, are due December 15, 2003, and
replies to such comments are due January 9, 2003.

For further information regarding this Public Notice, contact Julie
Saulnier, Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, (202)
418-1530.

[^1]: Alascom, Inc., Tariff FCC No. 11, Transmittal No. 1281 (filed Nov.
    25, 2003).

[^2]: *Further Comment Requested in Investigation of Alascom, Inc.
    Tariff FCC No. 11, Pleading Cycle Established,* CC Docket No.
    95-182, Public Notice, DA 03-3508 (rel. Oct. 31, 2003).

[^3]: 47 C.F.R. § 61.58(e)(3).

[^4]: *Id.,* § 1.773(a)(2)(iv), (3), and (4).

[^5]: *Id.,* § 1.773(b)(1)(iv), (2), and (3).

[^6]: *Further Comment Requested in Investigation of Alascom, Inc.
    Tariff FCC No. 11, Pleading Cycle Established,* CC Docket No.
    95-182, Public Notice, DA 03-3508 (rel. Oct. 31, 2003).