DAILY DIGESTVol. 13, No. 246 December 30, 1994
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEWS RELEASES
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
FCC FILINGS [Internet file name: nrmc4007.txt]
FCC CALENDAR OF EVENTS [Internet file name:
evts4002.txt]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
PUBLIC NOTICES
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG:
December 29
PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS
ON US WEST'S PETITION FOR WAIVER OF RULES
TO PROVIDE 555 ACCESS SERVICE - Comments are
due January 25; replies February 9 - Contact: Peggy Reitzel
at (202) 418-1579 [DA 94-1498]
EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY
COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED
PROCEEDINGS - Contact: Barbara Lowe at (202) 632-
4178
Report 16078 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
Report 22056 - BROADCAST ACTIONS
Report D-780 - COMMON CARRIER BUREAU
DOMESTIC FACILITIES APPLICATIONS
Report D-780-A - COMMON CARRIER BUREAU
DOMESTIC FACILITIES
Report 1776 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BUREAU: December 19 thru December 23
Report 2049 - PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION
AND CLARIFICATION OF ACTIONS IN RULEMAKING
PROCEEDINGS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TEXTS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CABLE ORDER. Denied, in part, complaints against
NewChannels Corporation, Syracuse, NY, about the price
it was charging for cable programming service. (By MO&O
[DA 94-1592] adopted December 23 by the Chief, Cable
Services Bureau)
CABLE ORDERS. Issued two (2) orders involving petitions
for reconsideration/revocation of certifications to regulate
basic cable service rates and associated equipment file by
the following cable entities: C-Tec Cable Systems of
Michigan, Inc. [DA 94-1620]; Cablevision Industries [DA
94-1619]. (By MO&O's [DA 94-1619 and 1620] adopted
December 29 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau)
NATIONAL EXCHANGE CARRIER ASSOCIATION
(NECA). Suspended, for one day, NECA's Tariff F.C.C.
No. 5 - Transmittal No. 642 to increase its Universal
Service Fund monthly charge and instituted an investigation
into the lawfulness of those revisions. (CC Docket 93-123
by MO&O Suspending Rates and Designating Issues for
Investigation [DA 94-1614] adopted December 29 by the
Deputy Chief, Tariff Division, Common Carrier Bureau)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY
SERVICES/AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF
1990. Approved proposed TRS payment formula for the
1995 calendar year, and the fund size estimate for the period
April 1995 through March 1996 as submitted in the annual
report filed by the National Exchange Carrier Association,
Inc. (CC Docket 90-571 by Order [DA 94-1610] adopted
December 28 by the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau)
(over)
UNITED AND CENTRAL TELEPHONE COMPANIES.
Denied petition filed by MCI Telecommunications
Corporation to reject United and Central Telephone
Companies Tariff F.C.C No. 1 - Transmittal No. 22
proposing to modify tariff language to eliminate disparities
in the application of DS3 high capacity rates; restructure
rate elements; and reconcile rate levels in specific
territories. (By Order [DA 94-1617] adopted December 29
by the Deputy Chief, Tariff Division, Common Carrier
Bureau)
%*%*%*%*%*%*%
ADDENDA: The following items, released December 29,
were not listed on Digest 245:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
PUBLIC NOTICES
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CABLE SERVICES BUREAU ANNOUNCES OPTIONAL
PROCEDURES WITH RESPECT TO PENDING PRE-
MAY 15 BENCHMARK CASES - Contact: Jeffrey
Steinberg or Eli Johnson at (202) 416-0800 [DA 94-1556]
PACIFIC BELL TO SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION
FILED IN CONNECTION WITH SECTION 214 VIDEO
DIALTONE APPLICATIONS (FILE NOS. W-P-C-6913,
W-P-C-6914, W-P-C-6915, AND W-P-C-6916) - Comments
are due January 20, 1995 [DA 94-1615]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TEXTS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CABLE ORDER. Denied, in part, complaint filed against
Meredith Quad Cities Cable System of Anoka, MN,
regarding its charges for cable programming service tiers in
its Quad City Cable System. (By MO&O [DA 94-1588]
adopted December 23 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau)
C-TEC CABLE SYSTEMS. Granted two local franchising
authorities permission to withdraw complaints against C-
Tec Cable Systems alleging that the prices for cable
programming service tier services were unreasonably high;
terminated review of the resulting rate justification filings.
(By Order [DA 94-1586] adopted December 23 by the
Chief, Cable Services Bureau)
BELL ATLANTIC TELEPHONE COMPANIES, ET AL.
Suspended, for one day, Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies
Tariff F.C.C. No. 1 and NYNEX Telephone Companies
Tariff F.C.C. No. 328, to increase rates for interstate
access; instituted an investigation into the lawfulness of the
tariff revisions. (By MO&O [DA 94-1613] adopted
December 28 by the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau)
GTE TELEPHONE OPERATING COMPANIES.
Teminated investigation of GTE's below band transport
rates initiated by the Common Carrier Bureau in the 1992
Annual Access Order. (CC Docket 92-141 by MO&O
[FCC 94-349] adopted December 23 by the Commission)
OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE. Denied petitions for
reconsideration filed by the Ameritech Operating
Companies, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, and
Williams Telecommunications Group, Inc. challenging the
Commission's order revising the cost support standards
applicable to new services as defined by the Commission's
price cap rules. (CC Docket Nos. 89-79 and 87-313 by
MO&O on Third Further Reconsideration [FCC 94-348]
adopted December 23 by the Commission)
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS. Ordered all
subject carriers not to adopt Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 116, "Accounting for
Contributions Received and Contributions Made," for
federal accounting purposes. (By Order [DA 94-1616]
adopted December 29 by the Chief, Common Carrier
Bureau)
OPERATOR SERVICE ACCESS AND PAY TELEPHONE
COMPENSATION. Granted AT&T's request for waiver of
rules regarding interstate access code call compensation ,
effective January 1, 1995. (CC Docket 91-35 by MO&O
[DA 94-1612] adopted December 28 by the Chief, Common
Carrier Bureau)
-FCC-