Petition of Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. for Order Declaring It To Be an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier in Terry, MT Pursuant to Section 251(h)(2)

Résumé

This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) solicits comment on the application of section 251(h)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, regarding the reclassification of competitive local exchange carriers (LECs) to incumbent LECs. Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Mid-Rivers) filed a petition to be classified as an incumbent LEC. The Commission makes tentative conclusions addressing Mid-Rivers petition in part and poses questions concerning the application of section 251(h)(2) in Mid-Rivers case, as well as other similar cases.