December
19, 2001
Josephine
Scarlett
Office
of the Chief Counsel
National
Telecommunications and Information Administration
4713
HCHB
1401
Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington,
D.C.20230
Dear
Ms. Scarlett:
Re:Request
for Comments on Deployment of Broadband Networks
and
Advanced Telecommunications, Docket No. 011109273-1273-01
The
United States Telecom Association (“USTA”) hereby files its response in
the above-referenced docket.USTA’s
filing in this proceeding includes comments filed in the FCC Third Notice
of Inquiry in CC Docket No. 98-146 on deployment of advanced telecommunications
capability to all Americans.Comments
were filed by USTA in the FCC’s docket on September 24, 2001 and reply
comments on October 9, 2001.
Sincerely,
Keith
Townsend
Director
Legal & Regulatory Affairs
andSenior
Counsel