17. Comments

The proposed decision of Commissioners Peevey and Kennedy (now the proposed decision of Commissioner Peevey due to Commissioner Kennedy's departure from the Commission) in this matter was mailed to the parties in accordance with Pub. Util. Code § 311(d) and Rule 77.7 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure. On January 17, 2006, the Commission received Opening Comments from the AG, DOD/FEA, Disability Rights Advocates, LIF, the Wireless Carriers, the Wireline Group, DRA (formerly ORA), Greenlining, TURN, Pacific Bell (now AT&T), and CSBRT/CSBA. On January 23, 2006, the Commission received Reply Comments from Cricket, DOD/FEA, CSBRT/CSBA, CALTEL-CISPA, Sprint-Nextel, the AG, Cingular, Verizon, LIF, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, DRA, CTIA, the Wireline Group, TURN, U.S. Cellular and AARP.

In addition to the comments that we have addressed explicitly, we have reviewed all the comments and replies and revised the decision as warranted.