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March 29, 1999
Conley Ward
Givens Pursley LLP
PO Box 2720
Boise, ID 83701
Dear Conley:
On March 23, 1999, the Federal Communications Commission issued an order regarding the implementation of intraLATA toll dialing parity by all local exchange carriers (LECs).  The FCC noted that its rules requiring toll dialing parity implementation by February 8, 1999, had been reinstated by the Supreme Court decision in AT&T v. Iowa Utilities Board, 119 S.Ct. 721 (1999), but that the February 8 deadline could not be enforced as a practical matter.  Thus, the FCC on its own motion granted a limited waiver of the rule establishing the previous deadline for full implementation of toll dialing parity.
The FCC order provides for the small minority of states that have not yet implemented toll dialing parity, “that these states must be allowed sufficient time to review and approve intraLATA toll dialing parity plans within a reasonable, and enforceable, federal deadline.”  Accordingly, the FCC order requires all LECs that have not yet filed plans to file intraLATA toll dialing parity plans with their state regulatory commission no later than April 22, 1999.  The plan must provide for implementation no later than 30 days after approval of the plan by the state commission.
In light of the FCC’s order, the IPUC anticipates all LECs that have not yet filed dialing parity plans will file intraLATA dialing parity plans on or before April 22, 1999.  Please let me or Joe Cusick know if any particular LEC will not be able to meet the FCC’s deadline for filing a dialing parity plan.
Please contact me if you have any comments or questions.
Sincerely,
Weldon B. Stutzman
Deputy Attorney General
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CONLEY WARD
GIVENS, PURSLEY
PO BOX 2720
BOISE, ID 83701