2005 Legal and Regulatory Filings

November 2005

11/16/05 - Rural Groups Laud Senate Action on CJS: ADA Exemption Extended

11/10/05 - Joint Comments: SBC and VarTec Petitions for Declaratory Ruling

11/04/05 - Rural Groups Laud Committee's Action on ADA and Primary Line

11/01/05 - Rural Coalition Letter to Chairman Lewis on ADA

11/01/05 - Rural Coalition Letter to Ranking Member Obey on ADA

September 2005

9/30/2005 - Joint Comments: Federal State Joint Board on Universal Service
CC Docket No. 96-45

August 2005

8/17/2005 - Joint Comments: Federal State Joint Board on Universal Service-GCI Request for Clarification of Clerical Changes
CC Docket No. 96-45

8/15/2005 - Joint Reply to Oppositions to Petition for Reconsideration of ETC Designation Order: Federal State Joint Board on Universal Service
CC Docket No. 96-45

8/4/2005 - Joint Comments: Federal State Joint Board on Universal Service
CC Docket No. 96-45

July 2005

7/22/2005 - Joint Ex Parte: Appropriate Framework for Broadband Access to Internet over Wireline Facilities et. al.
CC Docket No. 02-33; WC Docket No. 04-36

7/1/2005 - Reply Brief: Virgin Islands Telephone Corporation v. FCC
No. 04-1352

June 2005

6/24/2005 - Joint Petition for Reconsideration: Federal State Joint Board on Universal Service
CC Docket No. 96-45

May 2005

5/09/2005 - Joint Comments: Accounting and Separations Information from ILECs that Receive Interstate Access Revenues on a Cost Basis
OMB Control No. 3060-XXXX

5/09/2005 - Joint Comments: Applications of MCI, Inc., Transferor and Verizon Communications, Inc., Transferee: Application for Transfer of Control
WC Docket No. 05-75; DA 05-762

5/16/2005 - Joint Comments: Lifeline and Link-Up
WC Docket No. 03-109

April 2005

4/15/2005 - Joint Comments: Regulation of Pre-paid Calling Card Services
WC Docket No. 05-68

4/25/2005 - Joint Comments: Application for Consent to Transfer of Control by SBC Communications Inc & AT&T Corp
WC Docket No. 06-65; DA 05-656

March 2005

3/09/2005 - Ex parte: Level 3 Communications Petition for Forbearance
WC Docket No. 03-266

3/10/2005 - Ex parte: Level 3 Communications Petition for Forbearance
WC Docket No. 03-266

3/25/2005 - Reply Comments: National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. Report on Timing of NECA Pool True-Up Submissions
WC Docket No. 05-29

February 2005

2/16/2005 - Ex parte: Level 3 Communications Petition for Forbearance
WC Docket No. 03-266

2/24/2005 - Ex parte: Federal State Joint Board on Universal Service; ETC Criteria
CC Docket No. 96-45

January 2005

1/13/2005 - Notification to File a Separate Brief in Support of Petitioner: Virgin Islands Telephone Corporation v. FCC et al.
Case No. 04-1 352

1/28/2005 - Ex parte: Federal State Joint Board on Universal Service
CC Docket No. 96-45

News

(May 15) ITTA stresses the importance of Universal Service contribution reform in a letter to the Senate Commerce Committee

(May 2) ITTA Files Comments Supporting FairPoint’s Petition for Conversion to Price Cap Regulation and for Limited Waiver Relief

(Apr 30) ITTA Files Letter in Connection with NCTA’s Request for Relief from the Cable-CLEC Cross-Ownership Restriction

(Apr 12) ITTA, NECA, NTCA, OPASTCO, ERTA, and WTA File Reply Comments Supporting the FCC's Proposal to Extend the Separations Freeze

(Apr 5) ITTA, NECA, NTCA, OPASTCO, ERTA, and WTA File Joint Comments Supporting the FCC's Proposal to Extend the Separations Freeze

(Apr 2) ITTA Files Comments Regarding the FCC's Reform of the Lifeline Program

(Mar 30) ITTA, CenturyLink, Frontier and Windstream Supplement Their Proposal Regarding FCC's Implementation of CAF Phase I

(Mar 30) ITTA Files Reply Comments Regarding the FCC's Implementation of Intercarrier Compensation Reforms

(Mar 27) ITTA commends the House of Representative for passing HR 3309, the FCC Reform Process bill

(Mar 9) ITTA Forms Video Task Force

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Resources

U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov/

U.S. House http://www.house.gov/

Federal Communications Commission http://www.fcc.gov/

National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.ntia.doc.gov

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