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DA 17-661
Released:  July 10, 2017
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU RELEASES DATA FOR CAF BLS AND ALASKA PLAN 
COMPETITIVE OVERLAP CHALLENGE PROCESSES
WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 16-271
The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) hereby announces that the updated June 30, 2016 
Form 477 data, released June 6, 2017,
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will be used for the competitive overlap challenge processes for 
Connect America Fund Broadband Loop Support (CAF BLS) and the Alaska Plan.
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  The Bureau also 
makes available a list by study area of the competitors that report broadband service in each census block
pursuant to that data set.
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  As requested by the industry, the Bureau provides this information to assist 
CAF BLS and Alaska Plan recipients plan their broadband network buildouts.
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Today’s announcement of the data set that will be used for the competitive overlap challenge 
processes does not initiate a challenge process for either CAF BLS or the Alaska Plan.  Therefore, at this 
time, no action is required by either competitors or eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs).  The 
Bureau will provide additional information at a later date about those challenge processes, and will not 
make changes to the data or consider information parties submit regarding the CAF BLS and the Alaska 
Plan competitive overlap challenge processes prior to initiation of those challenge processes.     
As a reminder, when the Bureau formally initiates the challenge processes, competitors that seek 
to participate in either challenge process will be required to certify and provide supporting documentation
demonstrating that they offer voice and broadband services meeting the requisite requirements to at least 
85 percent of the locations in the overlapped census blocks.
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  ETCs and other interested parties will then 
                                                     
1
FCC Releases Updated Form 477 Data on Fixed Broadband Deployment as of June 30, 2016, WC Docket No. 11-
10, Public Notice, DA 17-552 (WCB Jun. 6, 2017).  
2
See Connect America Fund, et al., WC Docket No. 10-90, et al., Report and Order, Order and Order on 
Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 3087, 3131-42, paras. 116-145 (2016)
(Rate-of-Return Reform Order); Connect America Fund, et al., WC Docket No. 10-90, et al., Report and Order and 
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 10139, 10151-53, paras. 36-40 (2016) (Alaska Plan Order).  
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See https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-345712A1.xlsx. For convenience, the Bureau also 
provides a list of competitors aggregated to the study area level.  See 
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-345711A1.xlsx.  
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See Letter from Michael R. Romano, Senior Vice President – Industry Affairs & Business Development, NTCA, to 
Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, WC Docket No. 10-90, at 2 (filed May 9, 2017). 
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See Rate-of-Return Reform Order, 31 FCC Rcd at 3133, para. 121, and Alaska Plan Order, 31 FCC Rcd at 10152, 
para. 38; see also 47 CFR 54.308(a)(2), 54.319(d).  
2have an opportunity to respond.
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  After the conclusion of the comment cycle, the Bureau will make final 
determinations as to which census blocks are competitively served, weighing all of the evidence in the 
record.
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For further information, please contact Suzanne Yelen, Industry Analysis & Technology 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at 202-418-0626 or Suzanne.Yelen@fcc.gov.
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Rate-of-Return Reform Order, 31 FCC Rcd at 3138, para. 132; Alaska Plan Order, 31 FCC Rcd at 10152, para. 39.
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Rate-of-Return Reform Order, 31 FCC Rcd at 3138, para. 133; Alaska Plan Order, 31 FCC Rcd at 10152, para. 39