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Number of Documents: 418
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Type:
RESPONSE
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Filing Date:
November 27, 2006
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Filed By:
AT&T INC.
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Description:
to Petition for Modification of D06-09-011 of the Greenlining Institute.
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Type:
PETITION FOR MODIFICATION
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Filing Date:
October 27, 2006
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Filed By:
Greenlining Institute
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Description:
OF D06-09-011.
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Type:
NOTICE
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Filing Date:
June 30, 2006
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Filed By:
AT&T CORP.
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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Description:
of submission in compliance with Ordering Paragraph 1.(a) of D05-11-028.
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Type:
SUPPLEMENT
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Filing Date:
March 14, 2006
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Filed By:
GREENLINING INSTITUTE
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Description:
Correcting the Request for Intervenor Compensation.
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Type:
REPLY
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Filing Date:
March 9, 2006
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
to Applicants' consolidated response to requests for intervenor compensation.
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Type:
REPLY
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Filing Date:
March 9, 2006
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Filed By:
THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
to SBC Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp. response to Request for an Award of
Compensation.
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Type:
REPLY
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Filing Date:
March 8, 2006
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Filed By:
DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES
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Description:
to consolidated response of Applicants to requests for intervenor compensation.
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Type:
RESPONSE
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Filing Date:
February 22, 2006
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Filed By:
AT&T CORP.
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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Description:
consolidated; to requests for intervenor compensation.
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Type:
REQUEST
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Filing Date:
January 23, 2006
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Filed By:
THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
for an award of compensation for substantial contributions to D05-11-028.
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Type:
REQUEST
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Filing Date:
January 23, 2006
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHONLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
for an award of compensation for substantial contribution to D05-11-028.
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Type:
REQUEST
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Filing Date:
January 20, 2006
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Filed By:
DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES
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Description:
for Award of Intervenor Compensation.
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Type:
REQUEST
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Filing Date:
January 20, 2006
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Filed By:
LATINO ISSUES FORUM
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Description:
for intervenor compensation for substantial contribution to D05-11-028.
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Type:
REQUEST
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Filing Date:
January 18, 2006
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Filed By:
GREENLINING INSTITUTE
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Description:
for award of intervenor compensation.
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Type:
OPPOSITION
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Filing Date:
December 19, 2005
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Filed By:
AT&T CORP.
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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Description:
to the joint application for rehearing of D05-11-028 of the ORA and TURN.
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Type:
RESPONSE
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Filing Date:
December 14, 2005
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Filed By:
GREENLINING INSTITUTE
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Description:
to TURN/ORA's joint application for rehearing [of D05-11-028].
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Type:
REHEARING REQUEST
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Filing Date:
December 2, 2005
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Filed By:
ORA/DRYVYNSYDE/PUC
THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
of D05-11-028.
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Type:
NOTICE
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Filing Date:
November 30, 2005
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Filed By:
AT&T CORP.
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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Description:
of Transfer of Control.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 18, 2005
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Filed By:
SBC CALIFORNIA
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Description:
LATE FILED. On November 14, 2005, Cynthia Marshall, Senior Vice President -
Regulatory & Constituency Relations for SBC California (SBC CA), met with
Robert Lane, advisor to Cmmr. Bohn, at the Renaissance Esmeralda in Indian
Walls, California, at the 2005 National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners convention. Also present was Rhonda Johnson, Executive
Director-Regulatory for SBC CA. Written materials (attached to the notice) were
used. SBC CA's representatives updated the Commission on various merger issues
including the application and implications of the Federal Communications
Commission merger conditions regarding special access services in California..
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Type:
RULING
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Filing Date:
November 17, 2005
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Filed By:
ALJ/PULSIFER/PUC
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Description:
Grants the November 8, 2005 motion to file under seal.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 17, 2005
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Filed By:
CALIFORNIA ISP ASSOCIATION, INC.
EARTHLINK. INC.
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Description:
On November 16, 2005, Dave Baker, Vice President of Law and Public Policy at
EarthLink, Inc. (EarthLink), met with Lindsay Brown, advisor to Cmmr. Bohn, at
the Renaissance Esmeralda Hotel in Palm Springs. Written material (attached to
the notice) was used. Baker stated that the draft decisions addressing the
SBC/AT&T merger need to address the conditions under which stand-alone DSL
service is to be provided. Baker stated that the Commission should ensure that
the incumbent local exchange carriers comport with the terms of the stand-alone
DSL requirement.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 17, 2005
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Filed By:
CALIFORNIA ISP ASSOCIATION, INC.
EARTHLINK, INC.
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Description:
On November 16, 2005, Dave Baker, Vice President of Law and Public Policy at
EarthLink, Inc. (EarthLink), met with Kelly Hymes, advisor to Cmmr. Grueneich,
at the Renaissance Esmeralda Hotel in Palm Springs. Written material (attached
to the notice) was used. Baker stated that the draft decisions addressing the
SBC/AT&T merger need to address the conditions under which stand-alone DSL
service is to be provided. Baker stated that the Commission should ensure that
the incumbent local exchange carriers comport with the terms of the stand-alone
DSL requirement.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 17, 2005
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Filed By:
CALIFORNIA ISP ASSOCIATON, INC.
EARTHLINK, INC.
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Description:
On November 16, 2005, Dave Baker, Vice President of Law and Public Policy at
EarthLink, Inc. (EarthLink), met with Kelly Hymes, advisor to Cmmr. Grueneich,
at the Renaissance Esmeralda Hotel in Palm Springs. Written material (attached
to the notice) was used. Baker stated that the draft decisions addressing the
SBC/AT&T merger need to address the conditions under which stand-alone DSL
service is to be provided. Baker stated that the Commission should ensure that
the incumbent local exchange carriers comport with the terms of the stand-alone
DSL requirement.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 17, 2005
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Filed By:
CALIFORNIA ISP ASSOCIATION, INC.
EARTHLINK, INC.
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Description:
On November 15, 2005, Dave Baker, Vice President of Law and Public Policy at
EarthLink, Inc. (EarthLink), met with Aram Shumavon, advisor to Cmmr. Brown, at
the Renaissance Esmeralda Hotel in Palm Springs. Written material (attached to
the notice) was used. Baker stated that the draft decisions addressing the
SBC/AT&T merger need to address the conditions under which stand-alone DSL
service is to be provided. Baker stated that the Commission should ensure that
the incumbent local exchange carriers comport with the terms of the stand-alone
DSL requirement.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 17, 2005
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Filed By:
PAC-WEST TELECOMM, INC.
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Description:
On November 14, 2005, James M. Tobin, counsel to Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
(Pac-West), met with Timothy Sullivan, advisor to Cmmr. Kennedy, in San
Francisco. Tobin discussed Pac-West's position on proposed merger conditions,
including Verizon's concurrence that its interconnection obligations applied to
packet switched facilities of its incumbent local exchange company affiliate.
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Type:
RULING
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Filing Date:
November 16, 2005
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Filed By:
ALJ/PULSIFER/PUC
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Description:
Grants the following Motions to file documents under seal: 11/8/5 - TURN;
11/4/5 - Qwest; 11/4 - Telscape; 11/3 - SBC; 10/3 - Telscape; 9/13 - Qwest;
9/30 - Level 3; 9/19 - ORA, 9/19 - Applicants; 9/19 - Qwest; 9/19 - TURN; 9/15
- Applicants; 8/23 - Qwest; 9/20 - Telscape, as set forth. Grants Motion to
intervene by Earthlink.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 16, 2005
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Filed By:
ORA/DRYVYNSYDE/PUC
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Description:
THIS IS AN AUGMENTED NOTICE OF AN EX PARTE COMMUNICATION THAT WAS FILED ON
NOVEMBER 10, 2005, AND APPEARED IN THE CALENDAR OF NOVEMBER 16, 2005. On
November 9, 2005, Denise Mann of the Office of Ratepayer Advocates (ORA), met
with Cmmr. Grueneich in San Francisco. Also present were Kelly Hymes, advisor
to Cmmr. Grueneich, and Lee-Whei Tan and Geoffrey Dryvynsyde, for the ORA.
Written materials (attached to the notice) were used. The ORA discussed the
issues raised in its recently filed comments on this proceeding, and the topics
contained in the attached power point presentation. The ORA representatives
stated that the numerous flaws that are apparent in the current draft of the
alternate decision of Cmmrs. Kennedy and Peevey would make it improper for the
Commission to adopt that decision.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 16, 2005
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Filed By:
CALIFORNIA ISP ASSOCIATION, INC.
EARTHLINK, INC.
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Description:
On November 14, 2005, Dave Baker, Vice President of Law and Public Policy at
EarthLink, Inc., met with Peter Hanson, advisor to Cmmr. Brown, Lester Wong,
advisor to Cmmr. Peevey, and Tim Sullivan, advisor to Cmmr. Kennedy, in three
separate meetings in San Francisco. Also present were Dane Jasper, President of
California ISP Association (ISP), and David Simpson, counsel for ISP and
EarthLink, Inc. Written material (attached to the notice) was used. Baker
stated that the draft decisions addressing the SBC/AT&T merger need to address
the conditions under which stand-alone DSL service is to be provided. Jasper
and Simpson stated that the Commission should consider adopting various
mitigation and enforcement measures to ensure that the incumbent local exchange
carriers comport with the terms of the stand-alone DSL requirement.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 15, 2005
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Filed By:
DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES
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Description:
Reply; Decision of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy. (Filing authorized by ALJ
Pulsifer.)
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
ORA/DRYVYNSYDE/PUC
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Description:
reply; on the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
ORA/DRYVYNSYDE/PUC
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Description:
of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
AT&T CORP.
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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Description:
reply; on the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
ORA/DRYVYNSYDE/PUC
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Description:
of Cmmr. Brown.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
AT&T CORP.
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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Description:
of Cmmr. Brown.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF COMPETITIVE TELEPHONE COMPANIES
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Description:
of Cmmr. Brown.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF COMPETITIVE TELEPHONE COMPANIES
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Description:
reply; on proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
GREENLINING INSTITUTE
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Description:
reply; on the alternate of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
CALIFORNIA ISP ASSOCIATION, INC.
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Description:
reply; on the proposed decisions of ALJ Pulsifer and Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Description:
reply; on the draft decision of ALJ Pulsifer and alternate of Cmmrs. Peevey and
Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
LATINO ISSUES FORUM
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Description:
reply; on the draft decision.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
COX CALIFORNIA TELCOM, L.L.C.
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Description:
reply; on the draft decision of ALJ Pulsifer.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
COX CALIFORNIA TELCOM, L.L.C.
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Description:
of Cmmr. Brown.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
reply; on the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
reply; on alternate of Cmmrs. Kennedy and Peevey.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
of Cmmr. Brown.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
EARTHLINK, INC.
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Description:
of Cmmr. Brown.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
EARTHLINK, INC.
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Description:
reply; on the proposed decisions of ALJ Pulsifer and Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
reply; on the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer and the alternate of Cmmrs.
Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Description:
On November 8, 2005, Charles L. Ward, Vice President for Public Policy, Qwest
Communications Corporation (Qwest), met with Kelly Hymes, advisor to Cmmr.
Grueneich, and Tim Sullivan, advisor to Cmmr. Kennedy, in two separate meetings
in San Francisco. Also present was Thomas J. MacBride, Jr. of Goodin,
MacBride, Squeri, Ritchie & Day, LLP, attorneys, for Qwest. Ward and MacBride
discussed the draft decisions in the SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI merger
proceedings as well as the recently announced decision of the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) related to the same mergers. MacBride and Ward
stated that the precise scope of the FCC decision is not yet known and that the
California Public Utilities Commission may be required to supplement the
conditions ordered by the FCC. Qwest representatives expressed concern that
some of the rate conditions in the FCC order were limited only to existing
customers and circuits. Moreover, the Qwest representatives noted that even
were carriers to seek to construct their own facilities in response to the lack
of competitive alternatives (arising out of the merger), carriers will require
some period of time to finance and implement such construction.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
On November 9, 2005, Laura Efurd, Director of Policy and Leadership Initiatives
of the Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC), met with Kelly
Hymes, advisor to Cmmr. Grueneich, in San Francisco; and, on November 14, 2005,
Betsy Bayha, a member of the CTFC Board of Directors, sent letters (attached to
the notice) to Cmmrs. Bohn, Brown, Grueneich, Kennedy and Peevey. At the
meeting also present were Phillippe Wallace, Chief Financial Officer, and Jiyun
Cameron Lee of Folger Levin & Kahn LLP, counsel, for CTFC. CTFC's
representatives discussed CTFC's position that Public Utilities Code Sections
854(b) should be applied to the SBC/AT&T merger. CTFC's representatives also
discussed their overall position that the amount of money dedicated to
underserved communities should be greater than is currently provided in the
Alternate Decision, and that the governing board of any entity charged with
overseeing funds for underserved communities should be free from industry
control or influence.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
CALIFORNIA ISP ASSOCIATION, INC.
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Description:
of Cmmr. Brown.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 14, 2005
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Filed By:
AT&T CORP.
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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Description:
reply; on the alternate of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 10, 2005
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Filed By:
UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
On November 7, 2005, William Nusbaum, attorney for The Utility Reform Network
(TURN), met with Bob Lane, advisor to Cmmr. Bohn, in San Francisco. Also
present was Lindsay Brown, advisor to Cmmr. Bohn. Written materials (attached
to the notice) were used. Nusbaum stressed that the Commission should apply
Section 854(b) and (c) to the review of the proposed merger. Nusbaum also
discussed TURN's position that the applicants and the Kennedy/Peevey alternate
decision have not demonstrated the existence of effective competition in local
telecommunications markets in California as well as TURN's concern that the
benefits of the merger will not be passed through to consumers by competition.
Further, Nusbaum addressed the issue of applying the DOJ/FTC Horizontal Merger
Guidelines and the Attorney General's Opinion. Nusbaum noted that the
applications did not pass the public interest criteria as outlined in Section
854(c). Nusbaum also discussed TURN's proposed conditions that should be
imposed on the merged company in the event the Commission approves the merger.
Finally, Nusbaum briefly discussed the proposed settlement between the
Greenlining Institute, the Latino Issues Forum and the applicants noting that
the propose settlement did not comport with the requirements of the
Commission's rules pertaining to settlements.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 10, 2005
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Filed By:
UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
On November 7, 2005, William Nusbaum, attorney for The Utility Reform Network
(TURN), had a telephone conversation with Peter Hanson, advisor to Cmmr. Brown.
Nusbaum addressed TURN's issues relating to the proposed decision (PD) in the
merger. Nusbaum stressed the importance of the Commission applying Section
854(b) to the proposed merger. Nusbaum also discussed TURN's position that the
PD ignored the record and relied exclusively on the Attorney General's opinion.
Nusbaum also discussed TURN's proposed conditions that should be imposed on the
merged company.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 10, 2005
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Filed By:
ORA/DRYVYNSYDE/PUC
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Description:
AUGMENTATION REQUIRED. On November 9, 2005, Denise Mann of the Office of
Ratepayer Advocates (ORA), met with Cmmr. Grueneich. Also present were Kelly
Hymes, advisor to Cmmr. Grueneich, and Lee-Whei Tan and Geoffrey Dryvynsyde,
for the ORA. Written materials (attached to the notice) were used. The ORA
discussed the issues raised in its recently filed comments on this proceeding,
and the topics contained in the attached power point presentation.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 10, 2005
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Filed By:
UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
On November 9, 2005, William Nusbaum, attorney for The Utility Reform Network
(TURN), met with Cmmr. Grueneich in San Francisco. Written materials (attached
to the notice) were used. Also present was Kelly Hymes, advisor to Cmmr.
Grueneich. Nusbaum stressed that the Commission should apply Section 854(b) and
(c) to the review of the proposed merger. Nusbaum also discussed TURN's
position that the applicants and the Kennedy/Peevey alternate decision have not
demonstrated the existence of effective competition in local telecommunications
markets in California as well as TURN's concern that the benefits of the merger
will not be passed through to consumers by competition. Further, Nusbaum
addressed the issue of applying the DOJ/FTC Horizontal Merger Guidelines and
the Attorney General's Opinion. Nusbaum noted that the applications did not
pass the public interest criteria as outlined in Section 854(c). Nusbaum also
discussed TURN's proposed conditions that should be imposed on the merged
company in the event the Commission approves the merger. Finally, Nusbaum
briefly discussed the proposed settlement between the Greenlining Institute,
the Latino Issues Forum and the applicants noting that the propose settlement
did not comport with the requirements of the Commission's rules pertaining to
settlements.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 9, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
On November 7, 2005, Laura Efurd, Director of Policy and Leadership Initiatives
of the Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC), met with Timothy
J. Sullivan, advisor to Cmmr. Kennedy, in San Francisco. Also present were Karl
J. Bemesderfer and Christopher W. Poschl, advisors to Cmmr. Kennedy, and
Timothy C. Wu, Director of Programs, and Jiyun Cameron Lee of Folger Levin &
Kahn LLP, for CTFC. Written materials (attached to the notice) were sent to
Timothy J. Sullivan, Karl J. Bemesderfer, and Christopher Poschl. CTFC's
representatives stated that CTFC disagreed with the alternate decision of
Cmmrs. Kennedy and Peevey regarding the application of Public Utilities Code
Sections 854(b) to the SBC/AT&T merger.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
GREENLINING INSTITUTE
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Description:
Draft Decision of Commissioners Peevey & Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF COMPETITIVE TELEPHONE COMPANIES
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Description:
of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF COMPETITIVE TELEPHONE COMPANIES
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Description:
on the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
PUBLIC ADVOCATES, INC.
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Description:
on the proposed decisions of ALJ Pulsifer and Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES
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Description:
on the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
CONGRESS OF CALIFORNIA SENIORS
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Description:
on the porposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer and alternate of Cmmrs. Peevey and
Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
REDWOOD TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIUM
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Description:
opening; on the alternate of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
AMERICAN INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
on the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsfer and alternate of Cmmrs. Peevey and
Kennedy.
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Type:
LAW & MOTION
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
motion for leave to file confidential materials under seal.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
PUBLIC VERSION: Material that SBC and/or AT&T asserts to be proprietary has
been redacted; on the alternate of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
LAW & MOTION
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
motion for leave to file confidential materials under seal.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
PUBLIC VERSION: Materials that SBC and /or AT&T assert to be proprietary has
been redacted; on the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
AT&T CORP.
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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Description:
opening; on the alternate of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
SAN FRANCISCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Description:
of Cmmrs. Kennedy and Peevey.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
AT&T CORP.
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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Description:
opening; on the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
LOS ANGELES COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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Description:
opening; on the alternate of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP
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Description:
of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
THIS IS AN AUGMENTED NOTICE OF AN EX PARTE COMMUNICATION THAT WAS FILED ON
NOVEMBER 4, 2005, AND APPEARED IN THE CALENDAR OF NOVERMBER 8, 2005. On
November 2, 2005, Tessie Guillermo, President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC), met with Aram
Shumavon, advisor to Cmmr. Brown, in San Francisco. Also present were Peter
Hanson, advisor to Cmmr. Brown, and Laura Efurd, Director of Policy and
Leadership Initiatives, for CTFC. CTFC's representatives discussed its position
that Public Utilities Code Sections 854(b) and 854(c) apply to the proposed
merger.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
ORA/DRYVYNSYDE/PUC
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Description:
of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
ORA/DRYVYNSYDE/PUC
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Description:
on Proposed Decision of ALJ Pulsifer.
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Type:
MOTION
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
EARTHLINK, INC.
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Description:
to intervene.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
PAC-WEST TELECOMM, INC.
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Description:
on the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer and alternate of Cmmrs. Peevey and
Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
COX CALIFORNIA TELCOM, L.L.C.
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Description:
of Cmmrs. Kennedy and Peevey.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
COX CALIFORNIA TELCOM, L.L.C.
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Description:
on the draft decision of ALJ Pulsifer.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
CALIFORNIA ISP ASSOCIATION, INC.
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Description:
on the proposed decisions of ALJ Pulsifer and Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
SACRAMENTO ASIAN PACIFIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Description:
opening; on the alternate of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
SBC CALIFORNIA
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Description:
On November 3, 2005, Cynthia Marshall, Senior Vice President - Regulatory &
Constituency Relations for SBC California (SBC CA), met with Robert Lane,
advisor to Cmmr. Bohn, in San Francisco. Also present were Rhonda Johnson,
Executive Director-Regulatory, and Eric Batongbacal, Executive
Director-Regulatory, for SBC CA. Written materials (attached to the notice)
were used. SBC CA's representatives emphasized that the recent approvals from
the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission builds
further support for the Commission's approval of the Peevey-Kennedy alternate.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
On November 4, 2005, Tessie Guillermo, President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC), met with Robert Lane,
advisor to Cmmr. Bohn, in San Francisco. Also present were Lindsay M. Brown,
advisor to Cmmr. Bohn, and Janine Scancarelli of Folger Levin & Kahn LLP,
counsel for CTFC. CTFC's representatives discussed CTFC's position that Public
Utilities Code Sections 854(b) and 854(c) apply to the proposed merger of SBC
and AT&T, and CTFC's positions on the impact of the merger on underserved
communities and the appropriate remedy to address that impact.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
COX CALIFORNIA TELCOM, L.L.C.
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Description:
On November 3, 2005, Douglas Garrett, Vice President, Western Region Regulatory
Affairs for Cox California Telcom, L.L.C. dba Cox Communications (Cox), met
with Aram Shumavon, advisor to Cmmr. Brown, in San Francisco. Also present was
Margaret Tobias, counsel for Cox. Garrett and Tobias discussed the mitigation
conditions that Cox proposed and the extent to which the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) appears to have adopted and/or the proposed decisions issued
in both the SBC-AT&T proceeding and the Verizon-MCI proceeding would adopt such
conditions.
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Type:
LAW & MOTION
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
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Description:
Motion for leave to file confidential material under seal; confidential
material attached and filed under seal, namely, attached handout of the Notice
of Ex Parte Communication, filed concurrently herewith.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Description:
On November 3, 2005, Charles L. Ward, Vice President for Public Policy, Qwest
Communications Corporation (Qwest), met with Peter Hanson, advisor to Cmmr.
Brown, and Lester Wong, advisor to Cmmr. Peevey, in two separate meetings in
San Francisco. At the meeting with Peter Hanson also present was Aram Shumavon,
advisor to Cmmr. Brown, and at the meeting with Lester Wong ¿ Adam Sherr,
Counsel for Qwest. Thomas J. MacBride, Jr. of Goodin, MacBride, Squeri, Ritchie
& Day, LLP, attorneys for Qwest, attended the meetings. Qwest representatives
discussed the draft decisions in the SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI merger
proceedings as well as the recently announced decision of the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) related to the same mergers. Qwest
representatives stated that the precise scope of the FCC decision is not yet
known and that the California Public Utilities Commission may be required to
supplement the conditions ordered by the FCC. Qwest representatives expressed
concern that some of the rate conditions in the FCC order were limited only to
existing customers and circuits. Moreover, the Qwest representatives noted that
even were carriers to seek to construct their own facilities in response to the
lack of competitive alternatives (arising out of the merger), carriers will
require some period of time to finance and implement such construction.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
WORLD INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY
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Description:
on the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer and alternate of Cmmrs. Peevey and
Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
BAY AREA COUNCIL
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Description:
opening; to the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer and alternate of Cmmrs.
Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
opening; on the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES
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Description:
of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Description:
on the proposed decision of ALJ Pulsifer and the alternate of Cmmrs. Peevey and
Kennedy.
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Type:
COMMENTS ON ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
LATINO ISSUES FORUM
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Description:
[of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy].
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Type:
COMMENTS
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Filing Date:
November 8, 2005
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Filed By:
LATINO ISSUES FORUM
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Description:
opening;
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 7, 2005
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Filed By:
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Description:
On November 3, 2005, Charles L. Ward, Vice President for Public Policy, Qwest
Communications Corporation (Qwest), met with Robert Lane, advisor to Cmmr.
Bohn, in San Francisco. Also present were Thomas J. MacBride, Jr. of Goodin,
MacBride, Squeri, Ritchie & Day, LLP, attorneys for Qwest, and Jennie Chandra,
Advisor to the Governor. Ward and MacBride discussed the draft decisions in the
SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI merger proceedings as well as the recently announced
decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) related to the same
mergers. MacBride and Ward stated that the precise scope of the FCC decision is
not yet known and that the California Public Utilities Commission may be
required to supplement the conditions ordered by the FCC. Qwest representatives
expressed concern that some of the rate conditions in the FCC order were
limited only to existing customers and circuits. Moreover, the Qwest
representatives noted that even were carriers to seek to construct their own
facilities in response to the lack of competitive alternatives (arising out of
the merger), carriers will require some period of time to finance and implement
such construction.
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Type:
RULING
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Filing Date:
November 4, 2005
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Filed By:
ALJ/PULSIFER/PUC
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Description:
Finds TURN, Greenlining, Disability Righs Advocates, Community Technology
Foundation and Latino Issues Forum eligible to claim intervenor compensation,
as set forth.
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Type:
ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
November 4, 2005
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Filed By:
CMMR/BROWN/PUC
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Description:
Opinion Remanding This Application for Further Proceedings Consistent with This
Order. Comments are due November 14, 2005; no reply comments will be accepted.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 4, 2005
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Filed By:
TELSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Description:
LATE FILED. On October 31, 2005, Jeff Compton, Vice President - Regulatory and
Industry Relations for Telscape Communications, Inc. (Telscape) met with Cmmr.
Grueneich in San Francisco. Also present were Kelly Hymes, advisor to Cmmr.
Grueneich, and John Clark of Goodin, MacBride, Squeri, Ritchie & Day, LLP,
representing Telscape. Confidential written materials were used. Redacted
version of the materials is attached to the notice and the unredacted version
is submitted as an attachment to Telscape's motion for protective order, filed
concurrently with the notice. Compton and Clark addressed Telscape's proposal
that the Commission require a fifty percent reduction in the price for
unbundled two-wire residential unbundled loops as a condition to approving the
merger between AT&T and SBC. Compton and Clark observed that with the
elimination of UNE-P, the ability of competitive local exchange carriers
(CLECs) to compete in the residential market for basic telephone service will
require them to transition to a UNE-L strategy; however, at current loop
prices, the cost structure does not permit the CLEC to attract the capital it
needs in order to install collocation facilities. Telscape's representatives
acknowledged that VOIP will eventually replace plain old telephone service, but
that affordable access to necessary broadband service is still a number of
years away for many customers.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 4, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
AUGMENTATION REQUIRED. On November 2, 2005, Tessie Guillermo, President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Community Technology Foundation of California
(CTFC), met with Aram Shumavon, advisor to Cmmr. Brown. Also present were Peter
Hanson, advisor to Cmmr. Brown, and Laura Efurd, Director of Policy and
Leadership Initiatives, for CTFC. CTFC's representatives discussed its position
that Public Utilities Code Sections 854(b) and 854(c) apply to the proposed
merger.
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Type:
LAW & MOTION
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Filing Date:
November 4, 2005
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Filed By:
TELSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Description:
Motion for protective order; confidential material attached and filed under
seal, namely, written material containing market share information attached to
notice of ex parte communications filed concurrently herewith.
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Type:
LAW & MOTION
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Filing Date:
November 3, 2005
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Filed By:
PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA SBC CALIFORNIA
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Description:
Motion for leave to file confidential material under seal; confidential
material attached and filed under seal, namely, attached handout of the notice
of ex parte communication filed concurrently herewith.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 3, 2005
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Filed By:
SBC CALIFORNIA
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Description:
On September 31, 2005, Rhonda Johnson, Executive Director - Regulatory, SBC
California (SBC CA), met with Kelly Hymes, advisor to Cmmr. Grueneich, in San
Francisco. Also present were Aram Shumavon, advisor to Cmmr. Brown, Peter
Hayes, General Manager - Regulatory, and Eric Batongbacal, Executive Director -
Regulatory, for SBC CA. Written materials were used. A redacted version of the
materials is attached to the notice; its confidential part is submitted under
seal with a motion for leave to file under seal, filed concurrently with the
notice. SBC CA's representatives emphasized that the recent approvals from the
Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission build further
support for the Commission's approval of the Peevey-Kennedy alternate proposed
decision on November 18, 2005.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
November 2, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
On October 31, 2005, Tessie Guillermo, President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC), met with Lester Wong,
advisor to Cmmr. Peevey, in San Francisco. Also present were Phillippe Wallace,
Chief Financial Officer, Laura Efurd, Director of Policy and Leadership
Initiatives, and Doug Hagan, member of the Board of Directors, for CTFC.
Written material (attached to the notice) was used. CTFC's representatives
discussed its concerns about the provisions of the alternate proposed decision
of Cmmrs. Peevey and Kennedy regarding the establishment of a California
Emerging Technology Fund.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
October 31, 2005
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Filed By:
PAC-WEST TELECOMM, INC.
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Description:
On October 26, 2005, John Sumpter, Vice President-Regulatory of Pac-West
Telecomm, Inc. (Pac-West) met with Cmmr. Grueneich, in San Francisco. Also
present were Kelly Hymes, advisor to Cmmr. Grueneich, and James M. Tobin,
counsel to Pac-West. A copy of the portion of ALJ Pulsifer¿s proposed decision
(attached to the notice) was used. Sumpter and Tobin summarized the reasons why
Pac-West seeks a remedial condition requiring the interconnection of
Applicants¿ packet switched network facilities with those of Pac-West, and
urged that Pac-West¿s proposed condition be included in any Commission decision
in this proceeding.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
October 27, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
On October 27, 2005, Doug Hagan, a member of the Board of Directors of the
Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC), sent letters (attached to
the notice) to Cmmrs. Bohn, Brown, and Grueneich. The letters request to
condition any approval of the merger on the adoption of measures supported by
CTFC.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
October 27, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
On October 27, 2005, Charlie Toledo, a member of the Board of Directors of the
Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC), sent a letter (attached
to the notice) to Cmmrs. Bohn, Brown, Grueneich, Kennedy and Peevey. The letter
urges the Commission to apply the benefit-sharing requirement of Public
Utilities Code Section 854 to the merger of SBC and AT&T.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
October 24, 2005
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Filed By:
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Description:
AUGMENTATION REQUIRED. On October 20, 2005, Charles L. Ward, Vice President for
Public Policy, Qwest Communications Corporation (Qwest), met with Robert Lane,
advisor to Cmmr. Bohn. Also present was Thomas J. MacBride, Jr. of Goodin,
MacBride, Squeri, Ritchie & Day, LLP, attorneys for Qwest. Ward and MacBride
discussed the SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI merger proceedings and the proposed
decisions issued in both proceedings on October 18, 2005. Ward and MacBride
reiterated Qwest's competitive role, its reliance upon special access provided
by SBC and Verizon, the influence of AT&T and MCI in disciplining SBC and
Verizon special access offerings and the need for meaningful conditions in
connection with the merger proceedings. Ward and MacBride also addressed the
differing reliance on the opinion of Attorney General embraced in the three
proposed decisions.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
October 24, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
On October 21, 2005, Randolph L. Tom, a member of the Board of Directors of the
Community Technology Foundation of California, sent a letter (copy attached to
the notice) by facsimile and mail to Cmmrs. Bohn, Brown, Grueneich, Kennedy,
and Peevey. The letter urges the Commission to allocate economic benefits from
the merger of SBC and AT& to underserved communities.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
October 24, 2005
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Filed By:
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Description:
THIS IS AN AUGMENTED NOTICE OF AN EX PARTE COMMUNICATION THAT WAS FILED ON
OCTOBER 24, 2005, AND APPEARED IN THE CALENDAR OF OCTOBER 26, 2005. On October
20, 2005, Charles L. Ward, Vice President for Public Policy, Qwest
Communications Corporation (Qwest), met with Robert Lane, advisor to Cmmr.
Bohn, in San Francisco. Also present was Thomas J. MacBride, Jr. of Goodin,
MacBride, Squeri, Ritchie & Day, LLP, attorneys for Qwest. Ward and MacBride
discussed the SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI merger proceedings and the proposed
decisions issued in both proceedings on October 18, 2005. Ward and MacBride
reiterated Qwest's competitive role, its reliance upon special access provided
by SBC and Verizon, the influence of AT&T and MCI in disciplining SBC and
Verizon special access offerings and the need for meaningful conditions in
connection with the merger proceedings. Ward and MacBride also addressed the
differing reliance on the opinion of Attorney General embraced in the three
proposed decisions.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
October 24, 2005
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Filed By:
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Description:
On October 21, 2005, Thomas J. MacBride, Jr. counsel for Qwest Communications
Corporation, sent an electronic mail message (attached to the notice) to Robert
Lane, advisor to Cmmr. Bohn. The message included two ex parte communications
filed with the Federal Communications Commission.
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Type:
ALTERNATE
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Filing Date:
October 19, 2005
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Filed By:
CMMR/PEEVEY/KENNEDY/PUC
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Description:
Comments are due November 8, 2005; reply comments - 5 days after comments are
filed.
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Type:
PROPOSED DECISION
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Filing Date:
October 19, 2005
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Filed By:
ALJ/PULSIFER/PUC
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Description:
Comments are due November 8, 2005; reply comments - 5 days after comments are
filed.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
October 19, 2005
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Filed By:
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Description:
On October 17, 2005, Charles L. Ward, Vice President for Public Policy, Qwest
Communications Corporation, had a telephone conversation with Aram Shumavon,
advisor to Cmmr. Brown. Ward informed the Commission about positions taken by
other parties at the Federal Communications Commission concerning the
availability and pricing by the post-merger entities of certain unbundled
network elements.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
October 19, 2005
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Filed By:
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Description:
On October 14, 2005, Charles L. Ward, Vice President for Public Policy, Qwest
Communications Corporation (Qwest), had a telephone conversation with Aram
Shumavon, advisor to Cmmr. Brown. Ward advised the Commission that Qwest has
not taken a position with regard to proposed remedies concerning the
availability and pricing by the post-merger entities of certain unbundled
network elements.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
October 17, 2005
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Filed By:
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Description:
On October 13, 2005, Charles L. Ward, Vice President for Public Policy, Qwest
Communications Corporation (Qwest), met with Tim Sullivan, advisor to Cmmr.
Kennedy, Aram Shumavon, advisor to Cmmr. Brown, Lester Wong, advisor to Cmmr.
Peevey, and Nilgun Atamturk, advisor to Cmmr. Grueneich, in four separate
meetings in San Francisco. At the meetings with advisors Sullivan, Shumavon and
Wong also present was Lynn A. Stang, Associate General Counsel of Qwest; and
with advisor Atamturk - Joseph F. Wiedman of Goodin, MacBride, Squeri, Ritchie
& Day, LLP, attorneys for Qwest. Ward and Stang discussed the SBC-AT&T and
Verizon-MCI merger proceedings in California and other jurisdictions, and more
specifically, Qwest`s concerns regarding those proposed mergers.
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Type:
RULING
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Filing Date:
October 13, 2005
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Filed By:
ALJ/PULSIFER/PUC
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Description:
Denies motion to strike filed by CTFC on September 22, 2005.
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Type:
BRIEF
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Filing Date:
October 7, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
reply; in support of CMTF's motion to strike.
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Type:
REPLY
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Filing Date:
October 5, 2005
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Filed By:
GREENLINING INSTITUTE
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Description:
opposing Community Technology Foundation of California's Motion to Strike.
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Type:
LAW & MOTION
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Filing Date:
October 3, 2005
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Filed By:
TELSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Description:
Motion for Protective Order; confidential material attached and filed under
seal, namely, written materials containing market share information attached to
Notice of Ex Parte Communications filed concurrently herewith.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
October 3, 2005
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Filed By:
TELSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Description:
On September 28, 2005, Jeff Compton, Vice President - Regulatory of Telscape
Communications, Inc. (Telscape) met with Timothy Sullivan, advisor to Cmmr.
Kennedy, in San Francisco. Also present was John Clark of Goodin, MacBride,
Squeri, Ritchie & Day, LLP, representing Telscape. Confidential written
materials used during the meeting are submitted as an attachment to Telscape's
motion for protective order, filed concurrently with the notice. Redacted
version of the materials is attached to the notice. Compton and Clark
addressed Telscape's recent proposal that the Commission require a fifty
percent reduction in the price for unbundled two-wire residential unbundled
loops as a condition to approving the merger between AT&T and SBC. Compton and
Clark observed that with the elimination of UNE-P, the ability of competitive
local exchange carriers (CLECs) to compete successfully in the residential
market for basic telephone service will require them to transition to a UNE-L
strategy; however, at current loop prices, the cost structure faced by the CLEC
seeking to serve mass residential customers does not permit the CLEC to attract
the capital it needs in order to install collocation facilities. Telscape's
representatives acknowledged that VOIP will eventually replace plain old
telephone service, but that affordable access to necessary broadband service is
still a number of years away for many customers. Telscape representatives
explained that, while TELRIC-pricing rules would ordinarily prevent the
Commission from unilaterally imposing loop prices reductions, requiring SBC's
agreement to the loop discount as a condition to approving the merger would be
permissible and, legally, no different from other types of conditions the
Commission has imposed in exchange for approving other mergers inn the past.
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Type:
RESPONSE
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Filing Date:
October 3, 2005
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Filed By:
AT&T CORP.
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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Description:
to Motion by Community Technology Foundation to strike statements in
Applicants' reply brief.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
September 30, 2005
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Filed By:
COX CALIFORNIA TELCOM, L.L.C.
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Description:
On September 27, 2005, Douglas Garrett, Vice President, Western Region
Regulatory Affairs for Cox California Telcom, L.L.C. dba Cox Communications
(Cox), met with Lester Wong, advisor to Cmmr. Peevey, and Karl Bemesderfer,
advisor to Cmmr. Kennedy, in two separate meetings in San Francisco. At the
meeting with Lester Wong also present was Aram Shumavon, advisor to Cmmr.
Brown. Margaret Tobias, counsel for Cox, participated in the meetings. Written
material (attached to the notice) was used. Garrett and Tobias discussed the
proposed acquisition and conditions that would be necessary to ensure that, if
approved, the acquisition would be in the public interest and not have
significant adverse consequences. Cox representatives reviewed Cox's proposed
four conditions and explained how each is directly related to the proposed
transaction and that the Commission has jurisdiction to adopt Cox's proposed
conditions.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
September 30, 2005
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Filed By:
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
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Description:
On September 28, 2005, William P. Hunt, II of Level 3 Communications, LLC
(Level 3), met with Dr. Tim Sullivan, advisor to Cmmr. Kennedy, and Aram
Shumavon, advisor to Cmmr. Brown, in two separate meetings in San Francisco.
Peter Hanson, advisor to Cmmr. Brown, participated in the meeting with Aram
Shumavon, and Karl Bemesderfer, advisor to Cmmr. Kennedy - in the meeting with
Tim Sullivan. Also present were Ron Vidal of Level 3 and Richard H. Levin,
counsel to Level 3. Written materials, used during the meetings, containing
confidential information are filed under seal and are subject to
confidentiality agreements in this matter. Redacted version of the materials is
attached to the notices. Vidal described the necessity of access to special
access facilities of Verizon and MCI for Level 3 to provide services. Hunt
explained that the cumulative effect of the two major merger proceedings,
SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI, would be the concentration of control over special
access facilities in California in the hands of these merged entities. Hunt
described the conditions which are recommended in Level 3 Exhibit 1 in this
proceeding as possible alternatives to divestiture. Levin explained why Level 3
had requested hearings and cross-examination in this case. Levin also stated
that Level 3 did not agree with the Assigned Commissioner's ruling regarding
the denial of a hearing and the applicability of Sections 854(b) and (c) of the
Public Utilities Code. Levin stated that under Sections 854(a) applying Section
854(c)(1)-(8) as well as 854(d), the Commission nevertheless has ample
authority to impose conditions on the merger as recommended by Level 3.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
September 30, 2005
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Filed By:
AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
SBC CALIFORNIA
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Description:
On September 27, 2005, Cynthia Marshall, Senior Vice President of Regulatory
and Constituency Relations, SBC California (SBC CA), met with Aram Shumavon,
advisor to Cmmr. Brown, in San Francisco. Also present were Kelly Hymes,
advisor to Cmmr. Grueneich, Lester Wong, advisor to Pres. Peevey, Tim Sullivan
and Karl Bemesderfer, advisors to Cmmr. Kennedy, and Rhonda Johnson, Executive
Director - Regulatory, Eric Batongbacal, Executive Director - Regulatory, Peter
Hayes, General Manager - Regulatory, and Patrick Thompson, Counsel for
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for SBC CA, and Rose Johnson, Vice
President, Regulatory Affairs, AT&T Communications of California, Inc. Written
materials (attached to the notice) were used. AT&T's and SBC CA's
representatives emphasized that the proceeding has developed a comprehensive
record which supports timely, unconditional approval of the transaction.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
September 30, 2005
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Filed By:
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
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Description:
On September 27, 2005, William P. Hunt, II of Level 3 Communications, LLC
(Level 3), met with Kelly Hymes, advisor to Cmmr. Grueneich, and Lester Wong,
advisor to Cmmr. Peevey, in two separate meetings in San Francisco. Also
present were Ron Vidal of Level 3 and Richard H. Levin, counsel to Level 3.
Written materials, used during the meetings, containing confidential
information are filed under seal and are subject to confidentiality agreements
in this matter. Redacted version of the materials is attached to the notices.
Vidal described the necessity of access to special access facilities of Verizon
and MCI for Level 3 to provide services. Hunt explained that the cumulative
effect of the two major merger proceedings, SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI, would be
the concentration of control over special access facilities in California in
the hands of these merged entities. Hunt described the conditions which are
recommended in Level 3 Exhibit 1 in this proceeding as possible alternatives to
divestiture. Levin explained why Level 3 had requested hearings and
cross-examination in this case. Levin also stated that Level 3 did not agree
with the Assigned Commissioner's ruling regarding the denial of a hearing and
the applicability of Sections 854(b) and (c) of the Public Utilities Code.
Levin stated that under Sections 854(a) applying Section 854(c)(1)-(8) as well
as 854(d), the Commission nevertheless has ample authority to impose conditions
on the merger as recommended by Level 3.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
September 28, 2005
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Filed By:
COX CALIFORNIA TELCOM, L.L.C.
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Description:
On September 23, 2005, Douglas Garrett, Vice President, Western Region
Regulatory Affairs for Cox California Telcom, L.L.C. dba Cox Communications
(Cox), met with Kelly Hymes, advisor to Cmmr. Grueneich, in San Francisco. Also
present was Margaret Tobias, counsel for Cox. Written material (attached to the
notice) was used. Garrett and Tobias discussed the proposed acquisition and
conditions that would be necessary to ensure that, if approved, the acquisition
would be in the public interest and not have significant adverse consequences.
Cox representatives reviewed Cox's proposed four conditions and explained how
each is directly related to the proposed transaction and that the Commission
has jurisdiction to adopt Cox's proposed conditions.
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Type:
RESPONSE
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Filing Date:
September 27, 2005
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Filed By:
GREENLINING INSTITUTE
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Description:
to the Motion to Strike of the CTFC.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
September 26, 2005
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Filed By:
SBC CALIFORNIA
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Description:
On September 21, 2005, Cynthia Marshall, Senior Vice President of Regulatory
and Constituency Relations, Pacific Bell Telephone Company dba SBC California
(SBC CA), sent a letter (attached to the notice) to Cmmrs. Bohn, Brown,
Grueneich, Kennedy, and Peevey, and to Lester Wong, advisor to Cmmr. Peevey,
Aram Shumavon and Peter Hanson, advisors to Cmmr. Brown, Tim Sullivan, advisor
to Cmmr. Kennedy, Kelly Hymes, advisor to Cmmr. Grueneich, and Robert Lane,
advisor to Cmmr. Bohn. The letter concerned the merger approvals achieved thus
far outside of California.
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Type:
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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Filing Date:
September 23, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
Amended; to Motion to strike factual misstatements in the reply briefs of Joint
Applicants, Greenlining and LIF.
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Type:
RESPONSE
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Filing Date:
September 23, 2005
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Filed By:
LATINO ISSUES FORUM
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Description:
in opposition to the motion to strike of the CTFC.
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Type:
MOTION
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Filing Date:
September 22, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
to strike factual misstatements in the reply briefs of Joint Applicants,
Greenlining and LIF.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
September 22, 2005
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Filed By:
ARRIVAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Description:
LATE FILED. On September 9, 2005, Tony F. DiStefano, Chief Executive Officer of
Arrival Communications, Inc. (Arrival), met with Robert Lane, advisor to Cmmr.
Bohn, in San Francisco. DiStefano observed that small business customers have
fewer choices of telecommunications service providers than do either large
business or residential customers. DiStefano stated that there were essentially
no wholesale service options open to Arrival in the areas it serves, other than
the UNEs and services offered by SBC. As conditions to the Commission's
approval of the SBC-AT&T merger, DiStefano advocated price caps for the
remaining UNEs, and noted that TELRIC-based pricing is consistent with price
caps. DiStefano also advocated price caps for elements that are not longer
UNEs, but that SBC is obligated to continue to provide under its Section 271
obligations.
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Type:
LAW & MOTION
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Filing Date:
September 20, 2005
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Filed By:
TELSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Description:
motion for protective order; confidential material attached and filed under
seal; namely, written material attached to Notice of Ex Parte Communication.
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Type:
EXPARTE
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Filing Date:
September 20, 2005
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Filed By:
TELSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Description:
On September 15, 2005, Jeff Compton, Vice President - Regulatory of Telscape
Communications, Inc. (Telscape) met with Lester Wong, advisor to Cmmr. Peevey,
in San Francisco. Also present was John Clark of Goodin, MacBride, Squeri,
Ritchie & Day, LLP, representing Telscape. Confidential written materials used
during the meeting have been submitted as an attachment to Telscape's motion
for protective order. Compton and Clark addressed Telscape's recent proposal
that the Commission require a fifty percent reduction in the price for
unbundled two-wire residential unbundled loops as a condition to approving the
merger between AT&T and SBC. Compton and Clark observed that that with the
elimination of UNE-P, the ability of competitive local exchange carriers
(CLECs) to compete successfully for basic telephone service will require them
to transition to a UNE-L strategy; however, at current loop prices, the cost
structure faced by a CLEC seeking to serve mass residential customers does not
permit the CLEC to attract the capital it needs in order to install facilities.
Telscape acknowledged that VOIP will eventually replace plain old telephone
service, but that affordable access to necessary broadband service is still a
number of years away for many customers. Telscape representatives explained
that, while TELRIC-pricing rules would ordinarily prevent the Commission from
unilaterally imposing loop prices reductions, requiring SBC's agreement to the
loop discount as a condition to approving the merger would be permissible and,
legally, no different from other types of conditions the Commission has imposed
in exchange for approving other mergers in the past.
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Type:
BRIEF
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
GREENLINING INSTITUTE
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Description:
reply.
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Type:
BRIEF
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Description:
REDACTED VERSION. Post-hearing reply brief.
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Type:
LAW & MOTION
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
ORA/DRYVYNSYDE/PUC
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Description:
to file under seal; confidential material attached and filed under seal.
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Type:
BRIEF
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
ORA/DRYVYNSYDE/PUC
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Description:
REDACTED; reply.
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Type:
BRIEF
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES
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Description:
reply.
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Type:
LAW & MOTION
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
for leave to file confidential materials under seal; confdiential materials
attached and filed under seal.
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Type:
BRIEF
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
LATINO ISSUES FORUM
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Description:
reply.
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Type:
BRIEF
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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Description:
reply.
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Type:
MOTION
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
ORA/DRYVYNSYDE/PUC
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Description:
for leave to file errata; errata attached.
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Type:
LAW & MOTION
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
AT&T CORP.
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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Description:
for leave to file under seal the attached confidential unredacted version of
the joint reply brief.
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Type:
BRIEF
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
AT&T CORP.
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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Description:
PUBLIC REDACTED] Joint; reply.
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Type:
BRIEF
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF COMPETITIVE TELEPHONE COMPANIES
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Description:
reply.
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Type:
BRIEF
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
ARRIVAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Description:
reply.
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Type:
BRIEF
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
PAC-WEST TELECOMM, INC.
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Description:
reply.
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Type:
BRIEF
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
COX CALIFORNIA TELCOM, L.L.C.
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Description:
reply.
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Type:
BRIEF
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK
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Description:
REDACTED VERSION; reply.
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Type:
LAW & MOTION
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Filing Date:
September 19, 2005
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Filed By:
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Description:
for leave to file under seal; confidential materials attached.
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Type:</ |