**DA 05-1274**

**Released: May 2, 2005**

**COMMENTS SOUGHT ON SBC PETITION FOR A WAIVER OF SECTION 61.42(G) OF
THE COMMISSIONS RULES**

**WCB/Pricing File No. 05-24**

**COMMENTS: May 9, 2005**

**REPLY COMMENTS: May 16, 2005**

By this Public Notice, we seek comment on a petition filed on April 22,
2005 by SBC Services, Inc., on behalf of the Pacific Bell Telephone
Company, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, The Ameritech Operating
Companies, The Southern New England Telephone Company, and Nevada Bell
Telephone Company (collectively "SBC"), requesting a waiver of section
61.42(g) of the Commission's rules so that it may its exclude True IP to
PSTN (TIPToP) service from any price cap basket in the upcoming 2005
annual access tariff filing. TIPToP is a new service that provides VoIP
providers with connectivity to the SBC network. TIPToP was introduced in
2004, but there was no demand for the service in 2004.

Interested parties may file comments on or before May 9, 2005 and reply
comments on or before May 16, 2005. When filing comments, please
reference WCB/Pricing File No. 05-24.

An original and four copies of all pleadings shall be filed with the
Secretary of the Commission. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger
delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first class or
overnight U.S. Postal Service (although we continue to experience delays
in receiving U.S. Postal Service mail).

The Commission\'s contractor, Natek, Inc., will receive hand-delivered
or messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission\'s Secretary at
236 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Suite 110, Washington, D.C. 20002.

> -The filing hours at this location are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
>
> -All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or
> fasteners.
>
> -Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building.
>
> -Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express
> Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive,
> Capitol Heights, MD 20743.
>
> -U.S. Postal Service first-class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail
> should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20554.

All filings must be addressed to the Commission\'s Secretary, Marlene H.
Dortch, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Room
TW-A325, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20554. Parties should
also send a copy of their filings to Margaret Dailey and Marvin Sacks
via

e-mail ([margaret.dailey@fcc.gov]{.underline}, <marvin.sacks@fcc.gov>).
Parties shall also serve one copy with the Commission's copy contractor,
Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW,
Room CY-B402, Washington, D.C. 20554, (202) 488-5300, or via e-mail to
<fcc@bcpiweb.com>. Documents in the proceeding are available for public
inspection and copying during business hours at the FCC Reference
Information Center, Portals II, 445 12^th^ Street, S.W., Room CY-A257,
Washington, D.C. 20554, telephone (202) 418-0270, TTY (188)835-5322. The
documents may also be purchased from BCPI, telephone (202) 488-5300,
facsimile (202) 488-5563, TTY (202) 488-5562, e-mail <fcc@bcpiweb.com>.

This matter shall be treated as a "permit-but-disclose" proceeding in
accordance with the Commission\'s *ex parte* rules.[^1] Persons making
oral *ex parte* presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing
the presentations must contain summaries of the substance of the
presentations and not merely a listing of the subjects discussed. More
than a one or two sentence description of the views and arguments
presented generally is required.[^2] Other requirements pertaining to
oral and written presentations are set forth in section 1.1206(b) of the
Commission\'s rules.[^3]

For further information, contact Marvin Sacks of the Pricing Policy
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-1520.

**- FCC -**

[^1]: 47 C.F.R. § 1.1200 *et seq.*

[^2]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b)(2).

[^3]: 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b).