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prominently and in plain language, the 

circumstances under which E911 

service may not be available through the 

interconnected VoIP service or may be 

in some way limited by comparison to 

traditional E911 service. 

D. Record of Customer Notification. 

The Order requires VoIP providers to 

obtain and keep a record of affirmative 

acknowledgement by every subscriber, 

both new and existing, of having 

received and understood this advisory. 

E. User Notification. In addition, in 

order to ensure to the extent possible 

that the advisory is available to all 

potential users of an interconnected 

VoIP service, interconnected VoIP 

service providers must distribute to all 

subscribers, both new and existing, 

warning stickers or other appropriate 

labels warning subscribers if E911 

service may be limited or not available 

and instructing the subscriber to place 

them on and/or near the customer 

premises equipment used in 

conjunction with the interconnected 

VoIP service. 

F. Compliance Letter. The Order 

requires all interconnected VoIP 

providers to submit a letter to the 

Commission detailing their compliance 

with the rules set forth in the Order no 

later than 120 days after the effective 

date of the Order. This letter will enable 

the Commission to ensure that 

interconnected VoIP providers have 

achieved E911 compliance by the 

established deadline. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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[CC Docket No. 94–129; DA 05–3131] 

Policies and Rules Concerning 

Unauthorized Changes of Consumers’

Long Distance Carriers 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; comments requested. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on an 

application for review filed by a group 

of rural local exchange carriers (Rural 

LECs) regarding the obligations of local 

exchange carriers (LECs) when 

executing preferred interexchange 

carrier (IXC) changes. The Rural LECs 

request that the Bureau’s initial ruling 

denying their petition regarding the 

Commission’s carrier change 

verification rules be reversed and their 

petition granted. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

February 13, 2006, and reply comments 

are due on or before February 16, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and/or 

rulemaking number, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s Web site: http:// 

www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Parties who choose to file by 

paper should also submit their comment 

on diskette. These diskettes should be 

submitted, along with three paper 

copies to Kelli Farmer, Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, Policy 

Division, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 5–

A866, Washington, DC 20554. Such a 

submission should be on a 3.5 inch 

diskette formatted in an IBM compatible 

formatted using Word 97 or compatible 

software. The diskette should be 

accompanied by a cover letter and 

should be submitted in ‘‘read only’’

mode. The diskette should be clearly 

labeled with the commenter’s name, 

proceeding (including the lead docket 

number in this case CC Docket No. 94–

129), type of pleading (comment or 

reply comment), date of submission, 

and the name of the electronic file on 

the diskette. The label should also 

include the following phrase: ‘‘Disk 

Copy-Not an Original.’’ Each diskette 

should contain only one party’s 

pleadings, preferably in a single 

electronic file. In addition, commenters 

must send diskette copies to the 

Commission’s contractor at Portals II, 

445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

• People with Disabilities: Contact 

the FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by e-mail: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202–

418–0432. 

For detailed instructions for 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Marks, Consumer Policy Division, 

Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau, (202) 418–2512 (voice), 

David.Marks@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s 

document, DA 05–3131, released 

December 2, 2005. The full text of 

document DA 05–3131, the Rural LECs’

submission, and copies of any 

subsequently filed documents in this 

matter will be available for public 

inspection and copying during regular 

business hours at the FCC Reference 

Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Room CY–A257, 

Washington, DC 20554. Document DA 

05–3131, the Rural LECs’ submission, 

and copies of subsequently filed 

documents in this matter may also be 

purchased from the Commission’s 

contractor at Portals II, 445 12th Street, 

SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 

20554. Customers may contact the 

Commission’s contractor at their Web 

site http://www.bcpiweb.com or call 1–

800–378–3160. A copy of the Rural 

LECs’ submission may also be found by 

searching ECFS at http://www.fcc.gov/ 

cgb/ecfs (insert CC Docket No. 94–129 

into the proceeding block). To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (Braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202–

418–0432 (TTY). Document DA 05–3131 

can also be downloaded in Word or 

Portable Document Format (PDF) at 

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/policy. Pursuant 

to §§ 1.415 and 1.419 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 

1.419, interested parties may file 

comments and reply comments on or 

before the dates indicated on the first 

page of this document. Comments may 

be filed using: (1) The Commission’s 

Electronic Comment Filing System 

(ECFS), (2) the Federal Government’s 

eRulemaking Portal, or (3) by filing 

paper copies. See Electronic Filing of 

Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 

63 FR 24121 (1998). 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the Internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://www.fcc.gov/ 

cgb/ecfs/ or the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Filers should follow the instructions 

provided on the website for submitting 

comments. 

• For ECFS filers, if multiple docket 

or rulemaking numbers appear in the 

caption of this proceeding, filers must 

transmit one electronic copy of the 

comments for each docket or 

rulemaking number referenced in the 

caption. In completing the transmittal 

screen, filers should include their full 

name, U.S. Postal Service mailing 

address, and the applicable docket or 

rulemaking number. Parties may also 

submit an electronic comment by 

Internet e-mail. To get filing 

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mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and include the 

following words in the body of the 

message, ‘‘get form.’’ A sample form and 

directions will be sent in response. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

four copies of each filing. If more than 

one docket or rulemaking number 

appears in the caption of this 

proceeding, filers must submit two 

additional copies for each additional 

docket or rulemaking number. 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 the 

Commission continues to experience 

delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service 

mail). All filings must be addressed to 

the Commission’s Secretary, Office of 

the Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

• The Commission’s contractor will 

receive hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the 

Commission’s Secretary at 236 

Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, 

Washington, DC 20002. The filing hours 

at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 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, 

Express, and Priority mail should be 

addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington DC 20554. 

Synopsis 

On February 1, 2005, a group of rural 

local exchange carriers (Rural LECs) 

filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling 

with the Commission regarding the 

obligations of local exchange carriers 

when executing preferred interexchange 

carrier (PIC) changes. See The Rural 

LECs, Petition for Declaratory Ruling 

with Respect to Obligations of Local 

Exchange Carriers to Execute Primary 

Interexchange Carrier Changes with 

Incorrect Subscriber Information, filed 

February 1, 2005 by 3 Rivers Telephone 

Cooperative, et al. (‘‘Petition’’). The 

Petition requested a Commission 

declaration that the Commission’s rules 

do not prohibit the practice by rural 

LECs of rejecting requests from 

Interexchange Carriers (IXCs) to change 

a subscriber’s preferred interexchange 

carrier where the name or telephone 

number on the request does not match 

that of the subscriber of record or person 

authorized by the subscriber to make 

changes to the account. On June 9, 2005, 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau (‘‘Bureau’’) issued a Declaratory 

Ruling (‘‘Ruling’’) denying the Petition 

filed by the Rural LECs regarding the 

Commission’s carrier change 

verification rules. Declaratory Ruling, 

CC Docket No. 94–129, DA 05–1618, 

released June 9, 2005 (‘‘Ruling’’), 

published at 71 FR 2895 (January 18, 

2006). On July 8, 2005, the Rural LECs 

submitted an application for review 

requesting that the Bureau’s Ruling be 

reversed and their Petition granted. See 

The Rural LECs, Application for 

Review, filed July 8, 2005. The Rural 

LECs argue that the Bureau’s Ruling 

misreads their Petition, the 

Communications Act, the Commission’s 

rules, and the law of agency. According 

to the Rural LECs, the Bureau ignored 

relevant appellate interpretation of the 

rules at issue and decided a significant 

question of law and policy not 

previously resolved by the Commission. 

Accordingly, the Rural LECs ask that the 

Bureau’s Ruling be vacated and their 

Petition granted. In this document, the 

Bureau seeks comment on the issues 

raised by the Rural LECs. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Jay Keithley, 

Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau. 

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COMMISSION 

[Report No. 2751] 

Petitions for Reconsideration of Action 

in Rulemaking Proceeding 

January 23, 2006. 

Petitions for Reconsideration have 

been filed in the Commission’s 

Rulemaking proceeding listed in this 

Public Notice and published pursuant to 

47 CFR 1.429(e). The full text of these 

documents is available for viewing and 

copying in Room CY–B402, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC or may be 

purchased from the Commission’s copy 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. 

(BCPI) (1–800–378–3160). Oppositions 

to these petitions must be filed by 

February 16, 2006. See § 1.4(b)(1) of the 

Commission’s rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1)). 

Replies to an opposition must be filed 

within 10 days after the time for filing 

oppositions have expired. 

Subject: In the Matter of Amendment 

of Section 73.202(b), Table of 

Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations 

(Connersville, Madison, and Richmond, 

Indiana, Erlanger and Lebanon, 

Kentucky, and Norwood, Ohio; and 

Lebanon, Lebanon Junction, New 

Haven, and Springfield, Kentucky) (MB 

Docket No. 05–17). 

Number of Petitions Filed: 1. 

Subject: In the Matter of Amendment 

of Section 73.202(b), Table of 

Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations 

(Lake City, Chattanooga, Harrogate, and 

Halls Crossroads, Tennessee) (MB 

Docket No. 03–120). 

Number of Petitions Filed: 1. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[Report No. 2752] 

Petitions for Reconsideration of 

Commission Action 

January 23, 2006. 

Petitions for Reconsideration have 

been filed in response to the 

Commission’s Order in the proceeding 

listed in this Public Notice, and 

published pursuant to 47 CFR 1.106. 

Notwithstanding any statement to the 

contrary in any previous public notice, 

this proceeding is conducted 

consistently with section 316 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 

316. The full text of these documents is 

available for viewing and copying in 

Room CY–B402, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC or may be purchased 

from the Commission’s copy contractor, 

Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI) (1–

800–378–3160). Oppositions to these 

petitions must be filed by February 16, 

2006. See section 1.4(b)(1) of the 

Commission’s rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1)). 

Replies to an opposition must be filed 

within 10 days after the time for filing 

oppositions have expired. 

Subject: In the Matter of Use of 

Returned Spectrum in the 2 GHz Mobile 

Satellite Service Frequency Bands (IB 

Docket Nos. 05–220 & 05–221). 

Number of Petitions Filed: 2. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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Notice of Agreements Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of the filing of the following agreements 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Interested parties may submit comments 

on an agreement to the Secretary, 


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