**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 02-1145**

**May 14, 2002**

> COMMENTS INVITED ON ADVANCED TELCOM, INC. d/b/a ADVANCED TELCOM GROUP
> APPLICATION TO DISCONTINUE DOMESTIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

# Comp. Pol. File No. 584

**Comments Due: May 28, 2002**

## Section 214 Application

## Applicant: Advanced Telcom, Inc. d/b/a Advanced Telcom Group

> On **May 9, 2002,** **Advanced Telcom, Inc. d/b/a Advanced Telcom
> Group** (ATG or Applicant), located at **110 Stony Point Road, Second
> Floor, Santa Rosa, CA 95401**, 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, 47
> U.S.C. § 214(a), and section 63.71 of the Commission\'s rules, 47
> C.F.R. § 63.71, to discontinue certain of its domestic
> telecommunications services.
>
> The application indicates that ATG seeks authority to discontinuing
> all voice and data telecommunications services, including long
> distance, to its approximately three hundred sixty-seven (367)
> customers in the states of New York and Connecticut.[^1] Applicant
> explains that due to difficult business circumstances, it has
> reevaluated and redefined its business strategies. ATG also explains
> that on May 2, 2002, it filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter
> 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the Santa Rosa Division of
> the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California.
> Applicant states that it seeks to withdraw all of its
> telecommunications services from New York and Connecticut to conserve
> its remaining assets.
>
> Applicant states that it provided notice of the proposed
> discontinuance to all affected customers on April 11, 2002. A sample
> customer notice letter attached to the application contained the
> language required by Commission rules.[^2]
>
> In accordance with 47 C.F.R. § 63.71(c), the application will be
> deemed to be 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.[^3] Pursuant to
> Sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission\'s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§
> 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments on or before **May
> 28, 2002**. Such comments should refer to **Comp. Pol. File No. 584.**
> 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 Jon Minkoff (202) 418-2353 (voice),
> [jminkoff@fcc.gov](mailto:mschwimm@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]:
    > Discontinuance of international service is governed by 47 C.F.R. §
    > 63.19.

[^2]:
    > *See* 47 C.F.R. § 63.71(a)(5)(i).

[^3]:
    > *See generally* 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200 ‑ 1.1216.