engage in cost shifting or system gaming because its subsidiaries will continue to be subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, and the appropriate state commissions, and the carriers will operate in their own study areas and will maintain their own separate books of account, which would reveal any unlawful cost-shifting or gaming. A waiver will permit Consolidated to retain the subsidiaries’ current regulatory status while the Commission is considering these regulatory reform proposals. We emphasize that the relief granted in this Order is subject to any future reforms or rule revisions regarding intercarrier compensation, the regulation of special access services, price cap regulation, or universal service requirements that the Commission may adopt in the future. ORDERING CLAUSES Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 1, 4(i), 5(c), 201, and 202 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154(i), 155(c), 201, 202, and section 1.3 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.3, and pursuant to the authority delegated under sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, that the petition for waiver of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 61.41(c), filed by Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., IS GRANTED, to the extent described herein. Matthew S. DelNero Chief Wireline Competition Bureau
engage in cost shifting or system gaming because its subsidiaries will continue to be subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, and the appropriate state commissions, and the carriers will operate in their own study areas and will maintain their own separate books of account, which would reveal any unlawful cost-shifting or gaming. A waiver will permit Consolidated to retain the subsidiaries’ current regulatory status while the Commission is considering these regulatory reform proposals. We emphasize that the relief granted in this Order is subject to any future reforms or rule revisions regarding intercarrier compensation, the regulation of special access services, price cap regulation, or universal service requirements that the Commission may adopt in the future. ORDERING CLAUSES Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 1, 4(i), 5(c), 201, and 202 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154(i), 155(c), 201, 202, and section 1.3 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.3, and pursuant to the authority delegated under sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, that the petition for waiver of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 61.41(c), filed by Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., IS GRANTED, to the extent described herein. Matthew S. DelNero Chief Wireline Competition Bureau
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