**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

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| In the Matter of                 | * | WC Docket No. 05-337         |
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| High-Cost Universal Service      | ) | CC Docket No. 96-45          |
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| Lifeline and Link Up             | ) | CC Docket No. 99-200         |
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**ORDER**

**Adopted: December 2, 2008 Released: December 2, 2008**

**Revised Filing Date:**

**Reply Comment Date: December 22, 2008**

By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:

1.  The Commission has received motions for extension of time to file
    reply comments in the above-captioned proceedings from the National
    Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) and the
    Rural Cellular Association (RCA).[^1] Reply comments in these
    proceedings are due on December 3, 2008.[^2]

2.  NASUCA requests a three week extension of time.[^3] RCA requests a
    two week extension of time.[^4] Both parties cite the volume of
    comments, the federal holiday the day after the comments were due,
    the length of the document upon which the public may comment, and
    the complexity of the issues presented as reasons for the Commission
    to grant the requests.[^5]

3.  We note that it is the policy of the Commission that motions for
    extension of time shall not be routinely granted.[^6] In the
    *Comprehensive Reform Order and FNPRM* the Commission is seeking
    comment on matters that have been extensively briefed by interested
    parties since these proceedings began.[^7] However, given the volume
    of comments to which parties are responding, the complexity of the
    issues involved, and the intervening holidays, we find that good
    cause exists to provide all parties an extension of time from
    December 3, 2008 to December 22, 2008 for filing reply comments in
    these proceedings.

4.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j),
    and 5(c) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§
    154(i), 154(j), 155(c) and Sections 0.91, 0.291, and 1.46 of the
    Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, 1.46, reply comments
    in these proceedings shall be filed on or before December 22, 2008.

5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion for Extension of Time for
    Reply Comments by the National Association of State Utility Consumer
    Advocates and the Motion for Extension of Time filed by the Rural
    Cellular Association ARE GRANTED, as set forth herein.

    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

    Dana R. Shaffer

    Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau

[^1]: *See* Motion for Extension of Time for Reply Comments by the
    National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, CC Docket
    Nos. 96-45, 99-200, 96-98, 01-92, 99-68, WC Docket Nos. 05-337,
    03-109, 06-122, 04-36 (filed Nov. 28, 2008) (NASUCA Motion for
    Extension); Motion of the Rural Cellular Association for Extension
    of Time, CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 99-200, 96-98, 01-92, 99-68, WC
    Docket Nos. 05-337, 03-109, 06-122, 04-36 (filed Nov. 26, 2008) (RCA
    Motion for Extension).

[^2]: *See Comment Dates Established for Comprehensive Intercarrier
    Compensation and Universal Service Fund Reform Further Notice of
    Proposed Rulemaking*, CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 99-200, 96-98, 01-92,
    99-68, WC Docket Nos. 05-337, 03-109, 06-122, 04-36, Public Notice,
    DA 08-2486 (WCB rel. Nov. 12, 2008).

[^3]: *See* NASUCA Motion for Extension at 3.

[^4]: *See* RCA Motion for Extension at 3.

[^5]: *See*, *e.g.*, NASUCA Motion for Extension at 2-3; RCA Motion for
    Extension at 2-3.

[^6]: *See 47 C.F.R.* § 1.46.

[^7]: *See generally High Cost Universal Service Support, Federal-State
    Joint Board on Universal Service, Lifeline and Link Up, Universal
    Service Contribution Methodology, Numbering Resource Optimization,
    Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions in the
    Telecommunications Act of 1996, Developing a Unified Intercarrier
    Compensation Regime, Intercarrier Compensation for ISP-Bound
    Traffic, IP-Enabled Services*, CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 99-200, 96-98,
    01-92, 99-68, WC Docket Nos. 05-337, 03-109, 06-122, 04-36, Order on
    Remand and Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed
    Rulemaking, FCC 08-262 (rel. Nov. 5, 2008) (*Comprehensive Reform
    Order and FNPRM*).