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X $(#(#(#(#!$WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554  S((#(#(#(# X     S( #TxP7ĐP#News Media Information 202/4180500 Recorded listing of releases and texts 202/4182222.  X ` `  St2` ` #X~xP7.XP# ,hhhppX DA 98469  S] (  SF 2[ COMMISSION SEEKS COMMENT ON U S WEST PETITION FOR  XX  RELIEF FROM BARRIERS TO DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED  S 2V FTELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES ă  S 2 XX  CC DOCKET NO. 9826  S( ` `  ,hhhppXReleased: March 6, 1998   ZOn February 25, 1998, U S WEST Communications, Inc., filed a petition in  xwhich it asks the Commission to forbear from imposing certain regulatory restrictions  xthat U S WEST contends "frustrate the deployment to rural America of advanced  x>telecommunications capabilities." In its petition, U S WEST states that section 706  xof the Telecommunications Act of 1996 directs the Commission to forbear from  xapplying rules that hinder the rapid development and deployment of innovative new technologies.   Specifically, U S WEST asks the Commission to: (1) allow it to build and  xoperate packet and cellswitched data networks across LATA boundaries within its  xRinregion states; (2) permit it to carry inregion, interLATA data traffic incident to its  xRprovision of digital subscriber line services; (3) forbear from requiring U S WEST to  xunbundle for its competitors the nonbottleneck network elements used to provide  x^these data services; and (4) forbear from requiring U S WEST to make these competitive services available at a wholesale discount for resale.    " S!(  "Interested parties are to file an original and 12 copies of their comments on the  S"2 xU S WEST petition no later than April 6, 1998, with the Secretary, FCC, 1919 M  S#( x@Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554. An original and 12 copies of all reply  S$2 xRcomments are to be filed with the Secretary, FCC no later than May 6, 1998. All  S%2 xpleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 9826. An additional copy of all pleadings  S}&( xmust also be sent to Janice M. Myles, Common Carrier, Bureau, FCC, Room 544,  x1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554, and to the Commission's contractor  SO(2 xfor public service records duplication, International Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS,  S8)2 xInc.) , 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 2003 6 . The U S WEST petition isX8)0*0*0*J)3' !XX  xavailable for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC's  xReference Center, Room 239, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.  d(#Copies also can be obtained from ITS at 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, DC  S-20036 , or by calling ITS at (202)-857-3800 or faxing ITS at 202-857-3805.  S- v @ We will treat this proceeding as permit, but disclose for purposes of the  Sv- d(#[Commission's ex parte rules. See generally 47 C.F.R.  1.12001.1216. Parties  S_- d(#making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the  d(#presentation must contain a summary of the substance of the presentation and not  d(#merely a listing of the subjects discussed. More than a one or two sentence  S - d(#description of the views and arguments presented is generally required. See 47 C.F.R.  d(#1.1206(b)(2), as revised. Other rules pertaining to oral and written presentations  d(#are set forth in section 1.1206(b) as well. Interested parties are to file with the  S - d(#Commission Secretary, and serve Janice M. Myles and ITS with copies of any written  S - d(#lex parte presentations or summaries of oral ex parte presentations in these  S - d(#proceedings in the manner specified above. We also require all written ex parte  S- d(#presentations or summaries of oral ex parte presentations in this proceeding to be served on all parties to the proceeding.  s FCC "40*(("  S- $// PN, Bell Atlantic Petition, DA 98184, CC 9811 //$  S-$/ 47 USC  230(b)(1) & (2) /$ "0*(("