October 19, 2000 NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE PART B RESPONSE AND REBUTTAL TESTIMONY (October, 23, 2000 and November 6, 2000, respectively) Re: In the Matter of the Continued Costing and Pricing of Unbundled Network Elements, Transport, and Termination; Docket No. UT-003013 TO PARTIES OF RECORD: On October 19, 2000, Covad Communications Company (Covad) and Rhythms Links, Inc.(Rhythms), filed a request to extend the deadline for Part B response testimony and Part B rebuttal testimony. In each instance the requested extension is three calendar days bridging a weekend. Covad and Rhythms represent that Commission Staff, Public Counsel, Qwest, Verizon, Nextlink, TRACER, AT&T, Sprint, and WorldCom do not object to the request. The Commission finds good cause to extend the deadline for filing Part B response testimony from Friday, October 20, 2000, to Monday, October 23, 2000, and Part B rebuttal testimony from Friday November 3, 2000 to Monday, November 6, 2000 , and also finds that no other party is prejudiced by the extension. Parties may file and serve Part B response and rebuttal testimony via email attachment if a paper copy is filed and served the next business day. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the deadline for filing Part B response testimony is extended from Friday, October 20, 2000, to Monday, October 23, 2000, and the deadline for filing Part B rebuttal testimony is extended from Friday November 3, 2000 to Monday, November 6, 2000. Sincerely, LAWRENCE J. BERG Administrative Law Judge