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                                Welcome to the Fiber-Optic Cable Settlement Website </P>                             
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                                If You Are a Current or Prior Owner of Land Next to or Under
Railroad Rights of Way in Which Fiber-Optic Cable is Installed, 
You May Be Able to Qualify for Payment From a Proposed Class Action Settlement.
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                                A Proposed Settlement has been reached between  certain Defendant Telecommunications Companies and a proposed Class of current and prior owners of land next to or under certain railroad Rights of Way.  It resolves litigation over whether these Defendants had the right to install Telecommunications Facilities within railroad Rights of Way without the consent of members of the Proposed Settlement Class.<br />
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                                The Defendants are Sprint Nextel Corporation and Sprint Communications Company, L.P.; Qwest Communications Corporation; Level 3 Communications, Inc. and Level 3 Telecom Holdings, Inc.; and WilTel Communications, Inc., WilTel Communications, LLC and Williams Communications, LLC f/k/a Vyvx, Inc.  This settlement includes fiber-optic cable in the District of Columbia and forty-six of the lower forty-eight states.  This settlement does not include fiber-optic cable in Louisiana or Tennessee.
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                               Under the Proposed Settlement, current or prior owners of land next to or under railroad Rights of Way in which the Defendants have installed Telecommunications Facilities may make claims for payment.  If you make a Qualifying Claim, you may be able to receive payment.  Procedures for filing Qualifying Claims are explained in the Notice for your state and detailed more fully in the Proposed Settlement Agreement.
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