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Significant
Changes to ARMIS Reporting Instructions
Changes in Previous Years: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
Important
Changes for Reporting Year 2008 |
Commission actions taken in the AT&T
Cost Assignment Forbearance Order, the ARMIS
Forbearance Order, and the ARMIS
Financial Reporting Forbearance Order, result in major
revisions to ARMIS data filed for reporting year 2008. Following
is a chronological listing of these revisions. |
- FCC Reports 43-04, 495A, 495B:
In its April 24, 2008 AT&T Cost Assignment Forbearance
Order, the Commission relieved AT&T from filing ARMIS
Reports 43-04, 495A, and 495B, subject to Wireline Competition
Bureau (Bureau) approval of a compliance plan submitted by
AT&T. In the September 6, 2008 ARMIS Forbearance
Order, the Commission extended the same relief to Verizon
and Qwest, subject to Bureau approval of compliance plans submitted
by these companies. Subsequently, on December 31, 2008, the
Bureau approved compliance plans submitted by AT&T, Verizon,
and Qwest.
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- FCC Reports 43-05, 43-06: Also,
in the ARMIS Forbearance Order, the Commission decided
to forbear from the rules requiring that carriers file ARMIS
Reports 43-05 and 43-06 provided that the carriers committed
to file the data voluntarily for 24 months after September
6, 2008.
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- FCC Reports 43-07, 43-08: Filers are required to file ARMIS Report 43-08 Table III, columns (fc), (fd), (fe), and (fi). However, in the ARMIS Forbearance Order, the Commission granted conditional forbearance from filing ARMIS Report 43-07 in its entirety, and from filing the remaining tables in ARMIS Report 43-08 (for those carriers who committed to collect and retain data required by ARMIS Report 43-07, and the remaining tables of ARMIS Report 43-08, for 24 months after September 6, 2008).
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- FCC Reports 43-01, 43-02, 43-03:
Finally, under the December 12, 2008 ARMIS Financial Reporting
Forbearance Order, the Commission decided to forbear from the
requirement that AT&T, Qwest, and Verizon file ARMIS Reports
43-01, 43-02, 43-03. However, these three carriers must
continue to file pole attachment data, formerly filed on ARMIS
Report 43-01, annually in WC Docket No. 07-204. Forbearance
from ARMIS Report 43-01 was not extended to any other ILEC.
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Important
Changes for Reporting Year 2007 |
Pursuant to section 272(e)(3) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Telecommunications
Act of 1996, and the Commission's 272 Sunset Order FCC
07-159, released August 31, 2007, to facilitate transparency
of each carrier’s imputation of in-region, long distance costs,
AT&T, Qwest, and Verizon are required to include the imputation
charges it debits to account 32.5280 in its ARMIS filings, accompanied
by an explanatory footnote for each line item identifying the amount
imputed. These data values with explanatory footnotes are to be
provided in FCC Report 43-01, Table 1, row 1045, columns
(b) and (c); FCC Report 43-02, Table I-1, row 5280, column
(b); and FCC Report 43-03, Table I, row 5280, columns (b),
(d), and (j).
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Important
Changes for Reporting Year 2006 |
ARMIS data reporting requirements for
year 2006 data (filed not later than April 1, 2007) are the same
as those for reporting year 2005, i.e., there were no changes for
reporting year 2006.
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Important
Changes for Reporting Year 2005 |
Important changes in ARMIS data reporting
requirements for year 2005 data (filed not later than April 1,
2006) are described below. These changes are implemented by the
2005 ARMIS Annual
ARMIS Order (released December 8, 2005). In the order, the
Commission modifies two reports: first, to implement a recent Commission
order and second, as required by the Commission’s rules. In addition,
the order clarifies definitions and descriptions in several ARMIS
reports to ensure consistency among reports and to improve the
understanding of existing requirements. The order made the following
significant changes: |
- FCC Report 43-01: Removed, in
Table I (Cost and Revenue), Row 1970, Common Line Support -
Long Term. In Table II (Demand Analysis), instructions for
Row 2090 are clarified, by removing the reference to mobile
telephone/pagers.
- FCC Report 43-03: Added two new
rows and associated instructions in order to add wholesale
and retail percentages for account 6623.
- FCC Report 43-05: Made several
minor clarifying changes within the forms and instructions
for this report to update the forms for Table III (Common Trunk
Blockage) and Table V (Service Quality Complaints), and added
clarifying language to the instructions for Table IV (Total
Switch Downtime), Column (an) - Total Number of Switches.
- FCC Report 43-07: Made several
minor clarifying changes within the forms and instructions
for this report: within Table I (Switching Equipment), minor
changes to row titles for Rows 0113, and 0114. Clarified General
Instructions for this table, and modified the instructions
for Rows 0110, 0111, 0113, and 0114 in order to clarify switching
equipment nomenclature.
- FCC Report 43-08: Made several
minor clarifying changes within the forms and instructions
for this report: within Table II (Switched Access Lines in
Service), minor change to the column title for Column (ck).
Modified the instructions for Central Office Switches and for
Columns (ck) and (cl), in order to clarify the types of central
office and remote switches that are to be reported. In Table
III (Access Lines in Service by Customer), the table’s format
is modified, the column titles of Columns (fd) and (fe) are
changed, and the instructions for these columns and for Column
(fc) are modified. This was done to clarify that Payphone Lines
are a subset of Multiline Business Switched Access Lines; corrected
formulas in Columns (fc) and (fd).
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Important
Changes for Reporting Year 2004 |
Important changes in ARMIS data reporting
requirements for year 2004 data (filed April 1, 2005) are described
below. These changes are implemented by the 2004 ARMIS Annual
ARMIS Order (released December 8, 2004) which reflects requirements
set forth in the notice Office of Management and Budget - Standards
for Defining Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, 65
Fed. Reg. 82228 (2000) and in Report and Order in CC Docket No.
98-117, Fifth Memorandum Opinion and Order in AAD File No. 98-43,
14 FCC Rcd 11443 (1999). |
- FCC Report 43-01: modifies the
instructions for Row 1970, in Table I, Cost and Revenue, to
reflect time periods and multiplicative factors to be applied
to 2004 data.
- FCC Report 43-02: modifies the
General Instructions for Table C-5, Important Changes During
the Year, to require that carriers file Annual SEC 10K Reports
with the Commission electronically, rather than by paper copy.
- FCC Report 43-04: clarifies instructions
for Rows 1216 and 3090.
- FCC Report 43-05: makes several
minor clarifying changes to this report, in Table II, Installation
and Repair Intervals (Local Service), Row 0140, and Table III,
Common Trunk Blockage, Row 0180. Further, we modify the instructions
for Table II, Column (ad) and Table IV, Total Switch Downtime,
Row 0200, to incorporate the new definitions for Metropolitan
Statistical Areas.
- FCC Report 43-07: makes several
minor clarifying changes to this report, and modify the instructions
for Table I, Switching Equipment, Column (b), to incorporate
the new definitions for Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Also,
to insure consistency in calculations between this report and
FCC Report 43-08, the Operating Data Report, we direct that
in Table II, Rows 0320, 0321, 0322, and 0323, the quantities
of facilities are to be reported in whole numbers.
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Important
Changes for Reporting Year 2003 |
Important changes in ARMIS data reporting
requirements for year 2003 data (filed April 1, 2004) are described
below. These changes are implemented by the 2003 ARMIS Annual
ARMIS Order (released December 17, 2003) which reflects requirements
set forth in the following orders: the Phase
2 Report and Order (released November 5, 2001) and its Errata (released
January 18, 2002); the Phase
2 Reconsideration Order (released March 8, 2002); the Accounting
Suspension Order (released November 12, 2002); and the Accounting
Suspension Order Extension (released June 24, 2003). |
- FCC Report 43-01: adds and eliminates
rows associated with certain Class A Accounts in Table I -
Cost and Revenue - Class A Account Level Reporting. Remove
Rows 1050, 1340, 1350, 1360, 1870, and 1881, and adds Row 1365,
Nonoperating Income and Expenses, and Row 1865, Other Long-term
Liabilities and Deferred Credits. The order modifies Table
I - Cost and Revenue - Class B Account Level Reporting, by
removing Rows 1870 and 1871, and by adding Row 1365, Non-operating
Income and Expenses, and Row 1865, Other Long-term Liabilities
and Deferred Credits. All instructions affected by the deletion
and consolidation of the Class A and Class B Accounts are modified
accordingly. Deletes instructions for rows removed, and modifies
instructions for Rows 1020, 1030, 1040, 1090, 1140, 1160, 1290,
1330, 1390, 1510, 1640, 1740, 1750, and 1830, and makes clarifying
changes to instructions for Row 1970.
In Table III, Pole and Conduit Rental Calculation Information,
the instructions for Row 503, General & Administrative Expense
are revised.
- FCC Report 43-02: eliminates
rows associated with certain Class A Accounts in Table B-1,
Balance Sheet Accounts. Removes Rows 1130 - 1160, 1180 - 1210,
1290 - 1330, 1401, 1402, 1407, 1408, 1437, 1439, 2215, 2215.1,
2215.2, 2215.3, 2231.1, 2231.2, 2425, 3400, 3420, 3500, 3600,
4010, 4020, 4030, 4050, 4060, 4120, 4210 - 4270, 4310, and
4360. In the same table, row titles for Rows 1438, 2211, 2341,
2424, are changed and the following new rows are added: Row
1170, Receivables, Row 1171, Allowance for doubtful accounts,
Row 2212.1, Circuit switching, Row 2212.2, Packet switching,
Row 2232.1, Electronic circuit, Row 2232.2, Optical circuit,
Row 2690.1, Network software, Row 2690.2, General purpose computer
software, Row 4000, Current accounts and notes payable, and
Row 4300, Other long-term liabilities and deferred credits.
In the same table, Row 420 is changed to Row 4200, Long-term
debt and funded debt. Accordingly, all instructions affected
by the deletion and consolidation of the Class A Accounts are
modified. Thus, in addition to deleting instructions for rows
removed, instructions for Rows 120, 150, 2210, 340, 410, 430,
and 450 are modified. For new Class A subaccounts that have
been added to this table, instructions are added for Row 2212,
Digital Electronic Switching, Row 2232, Circuit Equipment,
and Row 2690, Intangibles.
Table B-2, Statement of Cash Flows: instructions for Rows 0130,
0140, and 0150 are clarified.
Table B-3, Investment in Affiliates and Other Companies: The
order deletes Rows 0301 through 0330, 0401 through 0430, 0440,
0450, and 0460, and deletes Columns (aa) through (ao), and modifies
the column section titles of existing Account 1401/1402, Account
1160, and Account 1180. Order adds a new Column (q), Total, as
a clarification. Order also makes row and column instructions
changes to reflect the table deletions and clarification.
Table B-5, Analysis of Entries in Accumulated Depreciation: deletes
Rows 0190, 0230, 0240, 0250, 0260, 0300, 0310 and 0440, by changing
titles of Rows 0180, 0220, 0290, and 0430, and by adding Row
0235, Digital electronic switching - circuit, Row 0237, Digital
electronic switching - packet, Row 0305, Circuit equipment -
electronic, and Row 0307, Circuit equipment - optical. Order
modifies, accordingly, all instructions affected by the Class
A Account changes. Order deletes instructions for rows removed,
modifies instructions for row title changes, adds instructions
for the new rows, and revises the instructions for Rows 0270
and 0320, and for Column (f).
Table I-1, Income Statement Accounts, is modified by deleting
Rows 5002 - 5004, 5050, 5069, 5084, 5100 - 5169, 5200, 5240 -
5270, 5301, 5302, 6215, 6425, 6612, 6710, 6711, 6712, 6721 -
6728, 7110 - 7160, 7310 - 7370, 7410 - 7450, 7510 - 7540, and
7610 - 7640, and by changing row titles for Rows 5060, 6110,
6120, 6210, 6211, 6212, 6220, 6230, 6310, 6341, 6410, 6424, 650,
6510, 6530, 6540, 690, 6610, 6611, 700, 6790, 7200, 790, 615,
625, 635, 6121 - 6124, 6211, 6212, 6231, 6232, 6311 - 6362, 6411
- 6441, 6511, 665, 6531 - 6533, 675, 685, 6561 - 6565, 6611,
6613, and 6621 - 6623. Likewise, the order adds Row 6212.1, Circuit
switching expense, Row 6212.2, Packet switching expense, Row
6232.1, Electronic circuit expense, and Row 6232.2, Optical circuit
expense. Order adds Row 526, Miscellaneous revenue, and Row 527,
Total Miscellaneous Revenues, and changes Row 510 to Row 5001,
Basic area revenue, Row 525 to Row 5100, Long distance message
revenue, and Row 5080 to Row 522, Network Access Services Revenues.
For new Class A subaccounts that have been added to this table,
instructions are added for Row 6212, Digital Electronic Switching,
and Row 6232, Circuit Equipment. All instructions affected by
Class A Account changes are modified accordingly. Order deletes
instructions for rows removed, adds instructions for the new
rows, revises the general instruction for this table, revises
the instructions for Rows 520, 5080, 530, 6210, 710, and makes
clarifying changes to the instructions for Row 790.
Table I-6, Special Charges: order clarifies the title for Row
0270 and revises the instructions for Rows 0100, 0200, 0220,
0240, and 0250, and makes changes to section definitions throughout
the instructions.
Table I-7, Donations or Payments for Services Rendered by Persons
Other Than Employees: order modifies the section definition for
Rows 1501 through 1598.
- FCC Report 43-03: modifies Table
I, Regulated/Nonregulated Data, by removing Rows 5002 - 5004,
5050, 5069, 5084, 5100 - 5169, 5200, 5240 - 5270, 5301, 5302,
6215, 6425, 6612, 6710, 6711, 6712, 6721 - 6728, 7110 - 7160,
7310 - 7370, 7510 - 7540, 7610 - 7640,1439, 2215, 2425, 3400,
3420, 3500, 3600, 4120, 4310, and 4360. Order adds Row 4300,
Other long-term liabilities and deferred credits, and adds
Row 526, Miscellaneous revenue, and Row 527, Total Miscellaneous
Revenues. Order changes titles of numerous rows in this table.
Other changes include the following row replacements: Row 510
to Row 5001, Basic area revenue; Row 525 to Row 5100, Long
distance message revenue, and Row 5080 to Row 522, Network
access services revenues. Order makes additional changes of
a clarifying nature to a number of section titles, and removes
the “N/A” from Column (m), Subject to Separations, Row 3410.
Order modifies, accordingly, all instructions affected by the
Class A Account changes, and deletes instructions for rows
removed, adds instructions for the new rows, and revises the
instructions for Rows 520, 530, 6210, 720, 2210, 370, and 495.
Order clarifies instructions for Column (m), and changes the
definitions of Columns (c), (d), (e), and (f).
- FCC Report 43-04: modifies Table
I, Separations and Access Data, by removing Rows 4013, 3220,
3230, 3240, 3250, 3260, and 3270. Order updates the Allocation
Reference Table, and removes the “N/A” from the data fields
for Column (c), State, Rows 4010, 4011, and 4012. Order requires
that data fields for Row 7330, Corporate Operations Expense
- EAS - Directly Assigned Exchange, Columns (i) through (o)
be populated with “N/A.” Order modifies, accordingly, all instructions
affected by the Class A Account changes, and deletes instructions
for rows removed and modifies the instructions for Rows 4010,
4011, 4012, 4014, and 3430. Order revises Item 3 in the report’s
General Instructions, and clarifies instructions for Row 6230.
- FCC Report 43-05: makes several
minor clarifying changes, i.e., in Table IV - Total Switch
Downtime, column instructions for the definition of “Switch
Downtime,” and in Table IV-A - Occurrences of Two Minutes or
more Duration Downtime, General Instructions, the definition
of switch downtime requires complete loss of all call processing
capability. Also, in Table IV-A, Column (t), Cause, is revised
to clarify that the definition in item 01 includes hardware
changes, as well as software and firmware changes.
- FCC Report 43-07: modifies Table
I, Switching Equipment, by changing Rows 0150 and 0160 to reflect
the renaming of “analog” switches and lines to “non-digital” switches
and lines. Order makes clarifying changes to Table II - Transmission
Facilities, by modifying language in several of the row instructions.
A number of changes are made to improve consistency in grammatical
usage among the instructions, and to refine the terminology
used in describing the data this table is designed to capture.
Order modifies the section instructions entitled Loop Plant
- Central Office Terminations, and the instructions for Rows
0370 - 0470.
- Unbundled Network Elements: Order
directs that any row/column data entry which contains UNE data
be accompanied by an explanatory footnote identifying the types
of UNEs (e.g., “UNE-P”) that are included.
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Important
Changes for Reporting Year 2002 |
Important changes in ARMIS data reporting
requirements for year 2002 data (filed April 1, 2003) are described
below. These changes are implemented by the 2002 ARMIS Annual
ARMIS Order (released December 19, 2002) which reflects requirements
set forth in the following orders: the ARMIS
Review Order (released June 30, 1999), the Phase
2 Report and Order (released November 5, 2001) and its Erratum (released
January 18, 2002), the Phase
2 Reconsideration Order (released March 8, 2002), and the Accounting
Suspension Order (released November 12, 2002). |
- Beginning April 1, 2003, ARMIS data
shall be filed electronically as mandated in the ARMIS
Review Order.
- FCC Report 43-01, Table I: incorporate
the requirement for mid-sized incumbent LECs to file annual
Part 64 certification letters, signed under oath by an officer
of the company; modify Table I - Cost and Revenue, by removing
Column (e), All Other Adjustments; revise the title of Column
(d) to Adjustments which will now include all adjustments.
All instructions affected by the deletion of Column (e) are
modified accordingly. In Table II, Demand Analysis: remove
Common Line Minutes of Use collected in Rows 2010, 2020, 2030,
and 2040, and revise the general instructions to reflect the
removal of these rows. Add Table III, Pole and Conduit Rental
Calculation Information.
- FCC Report 43-02: report is no
longer required to be filed by mid-sized carriers. Thus, all
references to Class B level reporting in the instructions and
any related tables within this report are removed.
- FCC Report 43-03: report is no
longer required to be filed by mid-sized carriers. Thus, all
references to Class B level reporting in the instructions and
any related tables within this report are removed; modify Table
I - Regulated/Nonregulated Data, by removing Column (l), Other
Adjustments; revise the title of Column (k) to Adjustments
which will now include all adjustments. All instructions affected
by the deletion of Column (l) are modified accordingly.
- FCC Report 43-04, the Access
Report, details carriers’ revenues, expenses, taxes, plant
in service, other investment and depreciation reserves by study
area, pursuant to section 43.21(f) of the Commission’s rules.
In accordance with the Phase 2 Reconsideration Order, this
report is no longer required to be filed by mid-sized carriers.
Thus, all references to Class B level reporting in the instructions
are removed.
- FCC Report 43-07: modify Table
I, Switching Equipment by removing Rows 0130, 0131, 0132, 0133,
0134, 0135, 0140, 0141, 0151, 0152, 0153, 0154, 0155, 0161,
0171, 0172, 0173, 0174, 0175, 0181, 0190, 0191, 0200, 0201,
0210, 0211, 0220, 0221, 0231, 0232, 0233, 0234, 0235, 0236,
0237, 0241, 0246, 0247, 0251, 0256, 0257, 0271, 0281, 0291,
and 0301; modify the instructions for the following: Row 0110,
Total Switches; Row 0111, Local Switches; Row 0112, Tandems;
Row 0120, Total Number Access Lines In Service; Row 0150, Total
ASPC Switches; Row 0170, Total DSPC Switches; and the paragraph
entitled “Type of Switch.” In the same table, rename Rows
0230, 0240, and 0250, and modify their instructions to remove
distinctions between the reporting of switches with SS7-317
and SS7-394 capability, and make related revisions to the general
instructions. Table II: remove Rows 0331, 0332, 0333, 0350,
0351, 0352, 0360, 0361, 0362, and 0363; add four new rows to
assess the penetration of fiber in the local loop and gauge
the development of broadband infrastructure: Row 0485, Hybrid
Fiber/Metallic Loop Interface Locations; Row 0486 Switched
Access Lines Served from Interface Locations; Row 0487, Total
xDSL Terminated at Customer Premises; and Row 0488, xDSL Terminated
at Customer Premises via Hybrid Fiber/Metallic Interface Locations.
Remove entirely Table III, ILEC Call Set-Up Time and Table
IV, Additions and Book Costs.
- FCC Report 43-08: Table I.A,
Outside Plant Statistics - Cable and Wire Facilities, remove
Columns (j), (k), (l), and (m), all associated with Submarine
and Deep Sea Cable, and revise Columns (p) and (q) to reflect
this action. Table I.B, Outside Plant Statistics - Other, remove
Columns (be), Terrestrial Kilometers of One-Way Satellite Radio
Channel, and remove columns (bj) and (bm) which collect loop
and interoffice video facilities data. Remove references to
video circuits in the instructions entitled “Total Equipped
Local Loop Circuit Kilometers,” and “Total Equipped Interoffice
Circuit Kilometers (Cable and Microwave Systems).” Remove the
distinction between analog and digital lines by deleting Columns
(cf), (cg), and (ch), which collect digital data, and revising
the instructions for Columns (cc), (cd), and (ce) to reflect
the deletion of the digital columns. Make extensive structural
changes to Table III, Access Lines in Service by Customer:
remove Columns (de), (dg), (dh), and (di), and add Columns
(ff), Residential Switched Access Lines / Lifeline, (fg), Residential
Switched Access Lines / Non-Lifeline / Primary, (fh), Residential
Switched Access Lines / Non-Lifeline / Non-Primary, and (fm),
Local Private Lines; restructure Columns (da), (db), (dc),
(dd), (df), (dj), (dk), (dl), and (dm), which are relocated,
respectively, to Columns (fa), (fb), (fc), (fd), (fe), (fi),
(fj), (fk), and (fl). Columns (fc) and (fd) are modified to
remove references to analog technology.
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Important
Changes for Reporting Year 2001 |
On April 1, 2002, the following changes
have been made to the system as required by the 2001 ARMIS Order (released
December 10, 2001) and the Phase 2 Order on
Reconsideration (released March 8, 2002): |
- Mid-sized ILECs are not required to
file ARMIS Reports 43-02, 43-03 and 43-04. Therefore, the COSAs
are not available for selection, beginning with the 2001
data.
- Report 43-01: Columns (i), (j),
(k), (o), (q), and (t) have been eliminated. The title of Column
(m) is changed to “Common Line.”
- Report 43-04: Data for 360 rows
have been eliminated beginning with the 2001 data. Columns
(e), (f), (g), (k), (m), and (p) are also eliminated. The title
of Column (i) is changed to “Common Line.”
- Allocation factors will be automatically
displayed - on the output screen - when a specific cost, revenue
or investment row is selected.
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Important
Changes for Reporting Year 2000 |
On April 2, 2001, the following changes
were made to the system: |
- The COSA code display screens
and the preset reports results reflect current company structures
(e.g., mergers, acquisitions, etc.).
- Many of the tables in the 43-02 report have
been eliminated (per the 2000
annual ARMIS Order). The tables remaining are C3, C5, B1,
B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B10, I1, I2, I6, and I7.
- With the release of the 2000
annual ARMIS Order, a new table has been created
for Table I-1 of the 43-02, by eliminating the expense matrix
and combining Column (ab) of I-1B with Column (b) of I-1A.
The new table has a single column, Column (b).
- For rows that have been discontinued, dates
have been added to indicate the years of availability
(e.g., Report 43-01, Rows 1110, 1610, and 1880).
- Rows, for which no data have been available
for several years, are no longer available for selection.
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