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FCC Common Carrier Bureau gave Verizon 45-day limited waiver allo...

FCC Common Carrier Bureau gave Verizon 45-day limited waiver allowing company to implement network change so it and IBM could provide replacement services to Bank of N.Y., whose Wall St. area facilities were destroyed in Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.…

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Commission said it waived its 10-day notice requirement because of special circumstances and because IBM, only party affected by network change, supported it. Agency said it was relying on Verizon to ensure changes wouldn’t adversely affect any competing service provider’s performance or ability to provide service, nor adversely affect Verizon’s interoperability with any other service provider. FCC gave other parties until Dec. 17 to comment on Verizon’s proposed network change.