STATE OF CALIFORNIA Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

505 VAN NESS AVENUE

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102-3298

September 7, 2004

TO: PARTIES IN CTC ADVICE LETTER NO.836

Enclosed is draft resolution T-16857 of the Telecommunications Division. This will be on the agenda at the next regular Commission meeting that is held at least 30 days after the above date. The Commission may then vote on these resolutions, or it may postpone a vote until later.

When the Commission votes on a draft resolution, it may adopt all or part of it as written, amend or modify it, or set it aside and prepare a different resolution. Only when the Commission acts does the resolution become binding on the parties.

Parties to the proceeding may submit comments on the draft resolution. An original and 2 copies of the comments, with a certificate of service, should be submitted to:

Rudy Sastra, Regulatory Analyst

Telecommunications Division, Third Floor

California Public Utilities Commission

505 Van Ness Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94102

Parties may submit comments on the draft resolution within 15 days of its date of mailing. The date of submission is the date the comments are received by the Telecommunications Division. Reply comments are due within 5 days of the date of submission. Parties must serve a copy of their comments on all persons on the service list attached to the draft resolution, on the same date that the comments are submitted to the Telecommunications Division.

Comments shall be limited to 5 pages in length, plus a subject index listing the recommended changes to the draft resolution, a table of authorities and an appendix setting forth proposed findings and ordering paragraphs.

Comments shall focus on factual, legal, or technical errors in the proposed resolution. Comments that merely reargue positions taken in the advice letter or protests will be accorded no weight and should not be submitted.

Late-submitted comments will ordinarily be rejected. However, in extraordinary circumstances, a request for leave to submit comments late may be filed together with the proposed comments. An accompanying declaration under penalty of perjury shall be submitted setting forth all the reasons for the late submission.

Rudy Sastra, Regulatory Analyst

Telecommunications Division

Enclosures (Draft Resolution, Certificate of Service, Service List)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I have by mail this day served a true copy of Draft Resolution T-16857 on all parties in this filing or their attorneys as shown on the attached list.

Dated September 7, 2004, at San Francisco, California.

__________________________

Rudy Sastra

N O T I C E

Parties should notify the Telecommunications Division, Third Floor, California Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102, of any change of address to insure that they continue to receive documents. You must indicate the Resolution number on the service list on which your name appears.