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FCC Seeks Comment on ITC, Qwest/CenturyLink Waiver To Transfer Unserved Area

The FCC teed up a petition by Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative and Qwest (CenturyLink) for a waiver of the "study area" definition to transfer a piece of a South Dakota exchange between them. Comments are due March 30, replies April 14,…

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said a Wireline Bureau public notice Monday in docket 96-45. The waiver would permit Qwest/CenturyLink to shift a portion of its Flandreau exchange from its study area to ITC's study area, the companies said in their November petition. The change wouldn't involve a transfer of any facilities or customers, they said; the territory in question has no current active subscriber lines, one requesting subscriber line, and no non-active subscriber locations.