The FCC Wireline Competition Bureau issued a Public Notice on October 30, 2015, announcing the timeline for completion of the 2016 Urban Rate Survey. The Bureau said it will be collecting samples of the rates offered by providers of fixed voice and broadband services identified using FCC Form 477 data (as of December 31, 2014). The information collected in this survey will be used, among other things, to develop voice and broadband reasonable comparability benchmarks that will be in place in 2016. Notifications that a provider is required to complete a survey will be sent via email to each selected provider’s FCC Form 477 contact person and certifying official on or around November 3, 2015. Completed surveys are due December 8, 2015.