PUBLIC NOTICE
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                                        Released:  October 27, 1998
                                
Request by ATU Telecommunications for Waiver of Commission Rules to Offer 
     Term and Volume Discounts for Switched Access Service 
                         CCB/CPD 98-40

Proceeding Classified As Permit-But-Disclose for Ex Parte Purposes
 
     On June 22, 1998, ATU Telecommunications (ATU) filed a request for waiver of sections
69.106(b) and 69.124(b)(1) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  69.106(b) and 69.124(b)(1),
in order to offer term and volume discounts for switched access service.  See Public Notice, 13
FCC Rcd 12214 (Com. Car. Bur. 1998) (establishing pleading cycle). Requests for waiver of the
Commission's rules are subject, unless otherwise provided, to treatment by the Commission as
restricted proceedings for ex parte purposes under section 1.1208 of the Commission's rules, 47
C.F.R.  1.1208.  Because of the policy implications and potential impact of this proceeding on
persons not parties to the waiver request, we believe it would be in the public interest to treat this
case as a permit-but-disclose proceeding under the ex parte rules.  See sections 1.1200(a) and
1.1206 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.1200(a) and 1.1206.  Therefore, any ex parte
presentations that are made with respect to the issues involved in ATU's waiver request
subsequent to the release of this Public Notice will be permissible, but must be disclosed in
accordance with the requirements of section 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 
1.1206(b).  

     For further information, contact Joel Taubenblatt, 202-418-1513, TTY: 202-418-0484.

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