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                                                                                                                                      PUBLIC NOTICE
                                                                         
                                        Federal Communications Commission
                                                         445 12th St., SW
                                                   Washington, D.C. 20554
                                                                         
                                                               
                                                     DA 00-1979
                                                               
             SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY
           LETTER OF WITHDRAWL OF PETITION FOR WAIVER
                                
                                        Released:  August 29, 2000


               On April 28, 2000, the Southern New England Telephone Company (SNET) filed
a petition for limited waiver of loop qualification implementation schedule.  In the
Petition, SNET requested a limited waiver or extension until July 22, 2000, of the
Commission May 17, 2000, deadline for providing electronic access to loop qualification
information in SNET's region.

     On July 26, 2000, by letter, SNET advised the Common Carrier Bureau that it was able to
deploy the necessary systems and software to establish an electronic interface for the retrieval of
loop qualification information on July 22, 2000. On August 28, 2000, SNET filed a letter
withdrawing its petition for limited waiver of the loop qualification implementation schedule. 
Accordingly, the Petition is now moot and SNET's Petition is hereby withdrawn. 

     For further information, contact Jon Reel or Janice M. Myles, Policy and Program
Planning Division, Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-1580, e-mail jmyles@fcc.gov.

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