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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  2634 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Investigation  of  The  Bell  Atlantic  Telephone 
 Companies  Virtual  Expanded  Interconnection 
 Offerings 


 The  Bell  Atlantic  Telephone  Companies  dba 
 Verizon  Communications  (“  Verizon”) 
 Revisions  to  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  11 


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 CC  Docket  No.  98-  240 
 Transmittal  No.  1349 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  November  22,  2000  Released:  November  24,  2000 
 By  the  Chief,  Competitive  Pricing  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 


 1.  On  November  13,  2000  1  The  Bell  Atlantic  Telephone  Companies  2  now  doing  business  as 
 Verizon  Communications  (“  Verizon”)  filed  Transmittal  No.  1349  to  revise  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No. 
 11  in  order  to,  among  other  things,  introduce  a  new  virtual  office  channel  termination  in  the 
 States  of  Connecticut  and  New  York. 


 2.  That  portion  of  Transmittal  No.  1349  which  pertains  to  Virtual  Collocation  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  Bell  Atlantic’s  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  11,  Access 
 Service,  expanded  interconnection  service  offering.  3  Therefore,  that  portion  of  Transmittal 
 No.  1349  which  pertains  to  Virtual  Collocation  is  suspended  for  one  day  and  will  be  subject  to 
 the  investigation  initiated  in  the  Investigation  of  NYNEX  Telephone  Companies’  New  Virtual 
 Expanded  Interconnection  Offerings.  4 


 1  On  November  14,  2000  Verizon  also  submitted  an  Amended  Transmittal  No.  1349  in  order  to  include  Work 
 Paper  No.  12  which  was  inadvertently  omitted  when  Transmittal  No.  1349  was  filed  on  November  13,  2000. 
 2  The  Bell  Atlantic  Telephone  Companies  participating  in  this  filing  includes  Verizon  New  England  Inc.  and 


 Verizon  New  York  Inc. 
 3  Bell  Atlantic  Telephone  Companies  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  11  was  previously  NYNEX  Telephone  Companies 


 (“  NYNEX”)  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1.  This  tariff  was  reissued  as  Bell  Atlantic  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  11  on  April  19,  1999 
 under  Transmittal  No.  1126. 


 4  See  In  the  Matter  of  Investigation  of  NYNEX  Telephone  Companies,  New  Expanded  Interconnection 


 Offerings,  Order,  14  FCC  Rcd  1982  (1998). 
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 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  Bell 
 Atlantic’s  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  11  pertaining  to  Virtual  Collocation  ,  filed  under  Transmittal  No. 
 1349,  ARE  SUSPENDED  for  one  day  from  the  effective  date  and  an  investigation  of  the 
 referenced  transmittal  is  instituted  and  incorporated  within  CC  Docket  No.  98-  240. 


 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  VERIZON  SHALL  FILE  tariff  revisions  within  five 
 business  days  of  the  release  date  of  this  Order  to  reflect  this  suspension. 


 5.  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),  VERIZON  shall 
 keep  accurate  account  of  all  amounts  received  by  reason  of  the  rates  that  are  subject  of  this 
 investigation. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Jane  E.  Jackson 
 Chief,  Competitive  Pricing  Division 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau 
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