Comment Requested on BellSouth Broadband Forbearance Petition
In Public Notice DA 06-1490, the Commission requested comments on BellSouth's petition asking the Commission to grant BellSouth and similarly situated carriers forbearance from Title II and the Computer Inquiry rules to certain specified broadband services. Qwest and AT&T have also filed petitions for forbearance seeking similar relief. The Qwest, AT&T, and BellSouth forbearance petitions have identical comment and reply comment dates and are filed in the same WC Docket No. 06-125. A party commenting on two or more of these petitions should combine its comments into one filing. Comments are due by August 3, 2006, and replies by August 18, 2006.