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DA 01-2426                                        Released: October 18, 2001            
                                                                            
Core Communications Files Petition for Waiver of the Commission's Growth Cap and
New Market Rules Pertaining to Intercarrier Compensation for ISP-Bound Traffic 
                       CCB/CPD File No. 01-20 
                     Pleading Cycle Established

Comment Date: November 2, 2001               
Reply Comment Date: November 12, 2001

     On August 17, 2001, Core Communications, Inc., (Core) filed a petition requesting a one-year
waiver of application of the ten-percent growth cap and new market rules that mandate the application
of bill-and-keep for ISP-bound traffic with respect to carriers that were not exchanging traffic pursuant
to interconnection agreements prior to April 18, 2001.   See In the Matter of Intercarrier Compensation
for ISP-Bound Traffic, 16 FCC Rcd 9151, Order on Remand and Report and Order, CC Docket No. 96-
98, 99-68 (2001).  
     
     Core argues that it would be unreasonable to apply the ten-percent growth cap and the new
market rules when delays in Core's ability to expand into the Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania
markets were attributable to Verizon's delays in providing interconnection.

     Comments on Core's waiver petition must be filed on or before November 2, 2001.  Reply
comments must be filed on or before November 12, 2001.  When filing comments and reply comments,
please reference CCB/CPD File No. 01-20.  Interested parties must file an original and five copies of all
comments and reply comments.  Pleadings must be filed with the Office of the Secretary, Federal
Communications Commission, 445  12th Street S.W., TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554.  In addition, one
copy of each comment or reply comment must be filed with the Commission's duplicating contractor,
Qualex International, Inc., 445 12th St., S.W. Room CY-B402, Washington, D.C. 20554.  One copy also
must be filed with the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau, Room 5-A225, 445 
12th Street S.W., Washington, DC 20554.

     The full text of Core's waiver petition is available for public inspection and copying from 9:00 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the FCC Reference Information Center, Room CY-A257, 445  12th
St. S.W., Washington, DC 20554.  The duplicating contractor, Qualex International, will provide, for a fee,
copies of this document.  Qualex International may be contacted at 445 12th St., S.W. Room CY-B402,
Washington, D.C. 20554, or by calling (202) 863-2893.  

     This matter shall be treated as a "permit-but-disclose" proceeding in accordance with the
Commission's ex parte rules.  See 47 C.F.R.  1.1200 and 1.1206.  Persons making oral ex parte
presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentations must contain summaries of the
substance of the presentations and not merely a listing of the subjects discussed.  More than a one or two
sentence description of the views and arguments presented is generally required.  See 47 C.F.R. 
 1.1206(b).  Other rules pertaining to oral and written ex parte presentations in permit-but-disclose
proceedings are set forth in 47 C.F.R.  1.1206(b).
          
     For further information, contact Ana J. Curtis, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier
Bureau, (202) 418-1520, TTY (202) 418-0484.


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