Before the

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

In the Matter of

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| Ameritech Operating Companies    | *  | Transmittal No. 1430         |
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| Tariff FCC No. 2                 | ** | Transmittal No. 84           |
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| Nevada Bell Telephone Company    | *  | Transmittal No. 187          |
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| Tariff FCC No. 1                 | ** | Transmittal No. 843          |
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| Pacific Bell Telephone Company   | *  | Transmittal No. 3022         |
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| Southern New England Telephone   | *  |                              |
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| FCC Tariff No. 73                | *  |                              |
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**ORDER**

**Adopted: May 27, 2005 Released: May 27, 2005**

By the Commission:

1.  In this order we terminate the investigation of the tariff revisions
    proposed in Ameritech Operating Companies (Ameritech), the Nevada
    Bell Telephone Company (Nevada Bell), the Pacific Bell Telephone
    Company (Pacific Bell), the Southern New England Telephone Company
    (SNET), and the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWBT)
    Transmittal Nos. 1430, 84, 187, 843, and 3022, respectively,
    revising certain provisions of their interstate access tariffs, FCC
    Nos. 2, 1, 1, 39, and 73, respectively, filed December 13, 2004.[^1]
    Because these telephone companies are all part of SBC
    Communications, Inc., we will be refer to them collectively
    throughout this order as "SBC." These tariff revisions sought to
    change the refusal of service, discontinuance of service, and
    security deposit provisions of SBC's interstate access tariffs.

2.  SBC's existing tariffs allow it to collect deposits from a customer
    with a proven history of late payment or no established credit. In
    these proposed tariff revisions, SBC stated that a customer would be
    considered to have a late payment history "if \[it\] has failed to
    pay the undisputed amount of a monthly bill by the billed due date
    in any two of the most recent twelve months, provided that both the
    past due period and the amount of the delinquent payment are more
    than de minimus \[sic\]. A de minimus \[sic\] late payment is
    construed to mean either 1) the payment received was deficient in
    balance by 5% or less of the original billed undisputed amount or 2)
    the payment received was late by one day as compared to the required
    bill payment date."[^2] SBC's tariff revisions also sought to
    shorten from 30 to 15 calendar days the notice period for refusal
    and discontinuance of service, provided it has sent the subject bill
    to the customer within seven business days of the bill date, or more
    than 30 calendar days before giving notice of refusal or
    discontinuance.[^3] On December 27, 2004, the Pricing Policy
    Division of the Wireline Competition Bureau suspended for five
    months and set for investigation SBC's proposed tariff
    revisions.[^4] On January 21**,** 2005, SBC withdrew the proposed
    deposit revisions.[^5] SBC's withdrawal renders moot the
    investigation of the proposed deposit revisions. Accordingly, we
    terminate the investigation of the tariff revisions.[^6]

3.  ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to section 204 of the
    Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 204, the
    investigation order imposed by the Wireline Competition Bureau with
    respect to Ameritech Operating Companies (Ameritech), the Nevada
    Bell Telephone Company (Nevada Bell), the Pacific Bell Telephone
    Company (Pacific Bell), the Southern New England Telephone Company
    (SNET), and the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWBT)
    Transmittal Nos. 1430, 84, 187, 843, and 3022, respectively,
    revising certain provisions of their interstate access tariffs, FCC
    Nos. 2, 1, 1, 39, and 73, respectively, IS TERMINATED.

    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

    Marlene H. Dortch

    Secretary

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[^1]: Ameritech Operating Companies, Nevada Bell Telephone Company,
    Pacific Bell Telephone Company, Southern New England Telephone
    Company, and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Transmittal Nos.
    1430, 84, 187, 843, and 3022, respectively, Tariffs FCC Nos. 2, 1,
    1, 39, and 73, respectively, (filed December 13, 2004).

[^2]: *See, e.g.,* Ameritech Operating Companies Transmittal No. 1430,
    2^nd^ Revised Page 40.1, Section 2.4.1 (A).

[^3]: *See, e.g.,* *id.* at 6^th^ Revised Page 27, section 2.1.8.

[^4]: Ameritech Operating Companies, Nevada Bell Telephone Company,
    Pacific Bell Telephone Company, Southern New England Telephone
    Company, and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Transmittal Nos.
    1430, 84, 187, 843, and 3022, respectively, Tariffs FCC Nos. 2, 1,
    1, 39, and 73, respectively, Order, DA 04-4048 (WCB rel. Dec. 27,
    2004).

[^5]: Ameritech Operating Companies, Nevada Bell Telephone Company,
    Pacific Bell Telephone Company, Southern New England Telephone
    Company, and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Transmittal Nos.
    1441, 94, 201, 853, and 3032, respectively, filed January 21, 2005.

[^6]: On March 4, 2005, SBC filed new revisions to the security deposit
    and refusal and discontinuance of service provisions of its
    interstate access tariffs. Ameritech Operating Companies, Nevada
    Bell Telephone Company, Pacific Bell Telephone Company, Southern New
    England Telephone Company, and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company,
    Transmittal Nos. 1449, 97, 207, 860, and 3045, respectively, Tariffs
    FCC Nos. 2, 1, 1, 39, and 73, respectively (filed March 4, 2005).
    Those revisions took effect, pursuant to the streamlined tariff
    filing provisions of section 204(a)(3) of the Act, on March 19,
    2005. *See* 47 U.S.C. § 204(a)(3).