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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-1270 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  Investigation  of  GTE 
 Telephone  Operating  Companies,  GTE  System 
 Telephone  Companies  and  Sprint  Local 
 Telephone  Companies  New  Expanded 
 Interconnection  Offerings 


 In  the  Matter  of  Local  Exchange  Carriers’ 
 Rates,  Terms,  and  Conditions  for  Expanded 
 Interconnection  Through  Virtual  Collocation  for 
 Special  Access  and  Switched  Access  Transport 


 Verizon  Telephone  Companies  Revisions  to 
 Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  14 


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 CC  Docket  No.  96-  234 
 CC  Docket  No.  94-  97 


 Transmittal  No.  36 
 ORDER 
 Adopted:  May  22,  2001  Released:  May  23,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Competitive  Pricing  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 


 1.  On  May  9,  2001,  Verizon  Telephone  Companies  (“  Verizon”)  filed  Transmittal  No.  36. 
 Transmittal  No.  36  revises  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  14  1  to  establish  rates  for  cross-  connects  to  LAN  Extension 
 Service. 


 2.  That  portion  of  Transmittal  No.  36  which  pertains  to  collocation  raises  the  same  issues 
 regarding  rate  levels,  rate  structures,  and  terms  and  conditions  of  collocation  services  as  those  that  are 
 currently  subject  to  investigation  in  GTE  Telephone  Operating  Companies  (GTOC),  reissued  as  Verizon 
 Telephone  Companies  Facilities  for  Interstate  Access  Service,  expanded  interconnection  service  offering. 
 Therefore,  those  portions  of  Transmittal  No.  36  which  pertain  to  collocation  are  suspended  for  one  day  and 
 will  be  subject  to  the  ongoing  investigations. 


 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  Section  0.91  and 
 0.291  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.091,  0.291,  the  revisions  to  Verizon’s  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No. 


 1  Verizon  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  14  was  previously  GTE  Telephone  Operating  Companies  (GTOC)  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No. 
 1.  This  tariff  was  reissued  as  Verizon  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  14  on  April  17,  2001,  under  Transmittal  No.  25. 
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 14,  pertaining  to  collocation,  filed  under  Transmittal  No.  36,  ARE  SUSPENDED  for  one  day  from  the 
 effective  date  and  an  investigation  of  the  referenced  transmittal  is  instituted  and  incorporated  within  CC 
 Docket  Nos.  96-  234  and  94-  97. 


 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.  Verizon  should  cite  the  “DA” 
 number  of  this  Order  as  their  authority  to  make  this  tariff  filing. 


 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  to  these  investigations. 


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