**PUBLIC NOTICE**![](media/image1.png){width="0.6541666666666667in"
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**Federal Communications Commission**

> **445 12th St., S.W.**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

**DA 02-2555**

**October 4, 2002**

> COMMENTS INVITED ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE NETWORK, INC.
> APPLICATION TO DISCONTINUE DOMESTIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

# Comp. Pol. File No. 607

**Comments Due: October 21, 2002**

## Section 214 Application

## Applicant: Telecommunications Cooperative Network, Inc.

> **Telecommunications Cooperative Network, Inc.** (TCN or Applicant),
> located at **359 Boylston Street, 5^th^ Floor, Boston, Massachusetts
> 02116**, filed an application with the Federal Communications
> Commission (FCC or Commission), requesting authority under section
> 214(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,[^1] to
> discontinue offering resale services in the United States to customers
> who have presubscribed to TCN or its underlying carrier.
>
> The application indicates that TCN currently provides intrastate and
> interstate long distance services to less than 1000 business and
> individual customers who are presubscribed to TCN or its underlying
> carrier in approximately 35 states, utilizing the facilities of the
> underlying incumbent local exchange carrier in each of the relevant
> regions. TCN also provides switchless interstate long distance service
> incidental to other telecommunication services provided to customers
> who are not presubscribed to TCN or its underlying carrier. TCN seeks
> to discontinue services only to its presubscribed intrastate and
> interstate long distance customers.
>
> The application states that TCN requests authority to withdraw from
> the long distance resale markets it currently serves nationwide. TCN
> asserts that reasonable alternatives are available to its customers
> either from other competitive long distance carriers or, where they
> possess authority to provide such service, the underlying incumbent
> local exchange carriers in the relevant regions. TCN states that it
> sent customers a letter notifying them of its intent to discontinue
> service. A copy of that letter is attached to the application. TCN's
> application states that it will provide customers with a toll-free
> customer assistance number for purposes of addressing any questions or
> concerns that may arise during the discontinuance of service
> transition period.
>
> In accordance with 47 C.F.R. § 63.71(c), the application will be
> deemed automatically granted on the thirty-first (31^st^) day after
> the release date of this notice, unless the Commission has notified
> Applicant that the grant will not be automatically effective. The
> Commission will normally authorize proposed discontinuances of service
> unless it is shown that customers or other end users would be unable
> to receive service or a reasonable substitute from another carrier, or
> that the public convenience and necessity would be otherwise adversely
> affected.
>
> This proceeding is considered a "permit but disclose" proceeding for
> purposes of the Commission\'s *ex parte* rules.[^2] Pursuant to
> sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission\'s rules,[^3] interested
> parties may file comments on or before **October 21, 2002**. Such
> comments should refer to **Comp. Pol. File No. 607.** Comments should
> include specific information about the impact of this proposed
> discontinuance on the commenter, including any inability to acquire
> reasonable substitute service. The original and four (4) copies of the
> comments should be sent to the Office of the Secretary, Federal
> Communications Commission, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Room TW-A325,
> Washington, DC 20554. Two (2) copies of the comments should also be
> sent to the Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau,
> Federal Communications Commission, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Room 6-A207,
> Washington, DC 20554, Attention: Carmell Weathers. In addition,
> Comments should be served upon Applicant. Commenters are also
> requested to fax their comments to the FCC at (202) 418-2345,
> Attention: Carmell Weathers.
>
> Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial
> overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service
> mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U.S.
> Postal Service mail). The Commission\'s contractor, Vistronix, 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, Office of the Secretary,
> Federal Communications Commission.
>
> The application will be available for review and copying during
> regular business hours at the FCC Reference Center, Portals II, 445
> 12^th^ Street, SW, Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418-0270.
> A copy of the application may also be purchased from the Commission's
> copy contractor, Qualex International, Portals II, 445 12^th^ Street,
> SW, Room CY-B402, Washington, DC, 20554, telephone 202-863-2893,
> facsimile 202-863-2898, or via e-mail at **qualexint@aol.com**.
>
> For further information, contact Carmell Weathers, (202) 418-2325
> (voice), **<cweather@fcc.gov>,** or John Adams (202) 418-0394 (voice),
> **<jkadams@fcc.gov> ,** of the Competition Policy Division, Wireline
> Competition Bureau. The TTY number is (202) 418-0484. For further
> information on procedures regarding Section 214 please visit
> <http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/cpd/other_adjud>.
>
> **-FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION-**

[^1]:
    > ^?^ 47 U.S.C. § 214(a). *See also* 47 C.F.R. § 63.71.

[^2]: ^?^ *See generally* 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200 ‑ 1.1216.

[^3]: ^?^ 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.415, 1.419.