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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  2628  ______________________________________________________________________________________ 
 Before  the  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 )  CC  Docket  No.  97-  240 
 Expanded  Interconnection  Services  ) 
 ) 
 ) 
 Citizens  Telecommunications  Companies  )  Transmittal  No.  88 
 Revision  to  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1  ) 
 ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  November  24,  2000  Released:  November  27,  2000 


 By  the  Chief,  Competitive  Pricing  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau 
 1.  On  November  16,  2000  Citizens  Telecommunications  Companies  (Citizens) 
 filed  Transmittal  No.  88  to  revise  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1,  Access  Services.  Citizens  is 
 proposing  to  add  Citizens  Telecommunications  Company  of  Illinois  to  Citizens 
 Communications  Companies  (CTC)  GROUP  #  4  for  exchanges  recently  acquired  from 
 Verizon  (GTE)  in  the  state  of  Illinois.  Included  in  GROUP  #4,  among  other  things,  are 
 rates  for  Expanded  Interconnection  Service  in  the  newly  acquired  areas. 


 2.  Transmittal  No.  88  raises  the  same  issues  regarding  rate  levels,  rate  structures, 
 and  terms  and  conditions  of  collocation  services  as  those  that  are  subject  to  the 
 investigation  of  Citizens’  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1,  Access  Service,  Expanded  Interconnection 
 Services  offering.  1  Therefore,  with  respect  to  the  rates,  terms  and  conditions  for 
 Expanded  Interconnection  Services,  Transmittal  No.  88  is  suspended  for  one  day  and  will 
 be  subject  to  the  investigation  initiated  in  the  Matter  of  Citizens  Telecommunications 
 Companies  Revisions  to  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1.  2  Any  rates  proposed  in  this  transmittal  will 
 be  subject  to  an  accounting  order  to  facilitate  any  refunds  that  may  later  prove  necessary. 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  Section  204(  a)  of  the 
 Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  204(  a),  and  the  authority 
 delegated  pursuant  to  Sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§ 
 0.91,  0.291,  the  revisions  to  Citizens’  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1  applicable  to  Expanded 


 1  In  the  Matter  of  Citizens  Telecommunications  Companies  Revisions  to  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1,  CC 
 Docket  No.  97-  240,  Order,  12  FCC  Rcd  30,  315  (Com.  Car.  Bur.  Dec  5,  1997). 


 2  Id. 
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 Interconnection  Service  offerings  filed  under  Transmittal  No.  88,  ARE  SUSPENDED  for 
 one  day  from  the  effective  date  and  an  investigation  of  the  referenced  transmittal  is 
 instituted  and  incorporated  within  CC  Docket  No.  97-  240. 


 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  Sections  4(  i)  and  204(  a)  of  the 
 Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i)  and  204(  a),  Citizens 
 Telecommunications  Companies  shall  keep  accurate  account  of  all  amounts  received  by 
 reason  of  the  rates  that  are  subject  of  this  investigation. 


 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  Citizens  MAY  ADVANCE  the  suspended 
 material  to  December  1,  2000.  Sections  61.58  and  61.59,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  61.  58,  61.  59  of 
 the  Commission’s  Rules  are  waived  for  this  purpose. 


 6.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  Citizens  Telecommunications  Companies 
 SHALL  FILE  tariff  revisions  within  five  business  days  of  the  release  date  of  this  Order  to 
 reflect  this  suspension  and  advanced  date. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Jane  E.  Jackson 
 Chief,  Compet  it  ive  Pricing  Division 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau 
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