Federal Communications Commission DA 00-358
Before the 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Virtual Collocation and Expanded 
Interconnection Offerings
Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies 
Revision to Tariff F.C.C. No. 11
CC Docket No. 98-240
Transmittal No. 1252
ORDER
Adopted: February 25,2000 Released: February 25,2000 
By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau
1. On February 14,2000 the Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies filed 
Transmittal No. 1252 to revise Tariff F.C.C. No.l 1, Access Service, Expanded 
Interconnection (EIC). Transmittal No. 1252, currently scheduled to become effective on 
February 29,2000, proposes to enhance Bell Atlantic's existing IntelliLight  Broadband 
Transport (IBT) service to provide cross connect options to give collocators the ability to 
interconnect via an optical SONET interface at the OC3. OC3c, OC12, and OC12c levels. 
No petitions have been filed against this transmittal.
2. Transmittal No. 1252 raises the same issues regarding rate levels, rate 
structures, and terms and conditions of virtual collocation services as those that are 
subject to the investigation of Bell Atlantic's Tariff F.C.C. No. 11 expanded 
interconnection service offering. 1 Therefore. Transmirtal No. 1252 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.2 Any rates 
proposed in this transmittal will be subject to an accounting order to facilitate any refunds 
that may later prove necessary.
1 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.
2 See In the Matter q/"Investigation of NYNEX Telephone Companies, New Expanded Interconnection 
Offerings, Order, 14 FCC Red 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, filed under Transmittal 
No. 1252, 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 BELL ATLANTIC 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), BELL 
ATLANTIC shall keep accurate account of all amounts received by reason of the rates 
that are subject of this investigation.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
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Jane E. JacJackson
Chief, Competitive Pricing Division 
Common Carrier Bureau
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