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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov 
 ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 DA-  00-  2917 
 SOUTHWESTERN  BELL  FILES  AMENDMENT  TO  DECEMBER  27TH  EX  PARTE  IN 
 SECTION  271  KANSAS  AND  OKLAHOMA  PROCEEDING: 

 Comment  Schedule  Set  In  December  27  th  Public  Notice  Remains  the  Same 
 CC  Docket  No.  00-  217 

 Released:  December  28,  2000 

 Yesterday,  the  Commission  received  an  ex  parte  filing  from  Southwestern  Bell  (SWBT)  in 
 the  above-  referenced  docket  in  which  SWBT  detailed  various  reductions  it  is  voluntarily  making 
 to  its  recurring  and  non-  recurring  charges  in  Oklahoma  and  its  non-  recurring  charges  in  Kansas. 
 Shortly  thereafter,  the  Commission  released  a  public  notice  requesting  comment  on  SWBTs  ex 
 parte.  1 

 Today,  SWBT  filed  an  amended  ex  parte  submission  that  is  identical  to  its  December  27  th 
 ex  parte  except  in  one  respect.  Specifically,  SWBT  adds  a  new  penultimate  paragraph  that 
 describes  its  voluntary  agreement  not  to  implement  the  provisions  of  the  line-  threshold  limitation, 
 and  related  reporting  provisions,  for  Oklahoma  exchanges  under  the  Oklahoma  alternative 
 regulation  transition  plan.  2 

 With  this  Public  Notice,  the  Commission  is  alerting  prospective  commenters  of  SWBTs 
 amendment  to  yesterdays  ex  parte  filing.  Parties  planning  to  file  comments  should  address 
 todays  amended  ex  parte  filing  in  their  comments,  rather  than  the  version  filed  yesterday.  The 
 comment  period,  as  set  forth  in  yesterdays  Public  Notice,  will  remain  the  same.  Comments  must 
 be  filed  by  January  8,  2001  and  reply  comments  must  be  filed  by  January  12,  2001.  All  such 
 filings  shall  refer  to  the  Commission  docket  number  for  this  proceeding,  CC  Docket  No.  00-  217. 

 1  See  Comments  Requested  In  Connection  With  Southwestern  Bells  Section  271  Application  For  Kansas 
 And  Oklahoma,  Public  Notice,  DA-  00-  2912  (CCB  December  27,  2000). 
 2  See  Letter  from  Geoffrey  M.  Klineberg,  Kellogg,  Huber,  Hansen,  Todd  &  Evans,  P.  L.  L.  C.,  to  Magalie 

 Roman  Salas,  Secretary,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  at  3  (December  28,  2000),  attached. 
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 Comments  may  be  filed  using  the  Commissions  Electronic  Comment  Filing  System 
 (ECFS)  or  by  filing  paper  copies.  Comments  filed  through  ECFS  can  be  sent  as  an  electronic  file 
 via  the  Internet  to  http://  www.  fcc.  gov.  e-  file/  ecfs.  html.  Parties  choosing  to  file  by  paper  must  file 
 an  original  and  two  copies  of  each  pleading  with  the  Secretary,  Federal  Communications 
 Commission,  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  A  copy  should  also  be  sent  to 
 Janice  Myles,  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division,  Federal 
 Communications  Commission,  Room  5-  C327,  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554. 
 One  copy  of  all  pleadings  should  also  be  sent  to  the  Commissions  contractor  for  public  service 
 records  duplication,  ITS,  1231  20  th  Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20036.  Comment  filings  will 
 be  available  for  public  inspection  and  copying  during  normal  business  hours  in  the  FCC  Reference 
 Center,  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  Copies  may  also  be  obtained  from  ITS, 
 1231  20  th  Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20036  or  by  calling  ITS  at  (202)  857-  3800,  or  faxing 
 ITS  at  (202)  857-  3805. 

 Common  Carrier  Contact:  John  Stanley  (202)  418-  1496. 
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