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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  1417 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 Investigation  of  Bell  Atlantic’s  New  Expanded 
 Interconnection  Offerings 


 In  the  Matter  of  Investigation  of  Bell  Atlantic, 
 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 


 Investigation  of  NYNEX  Telephone  Companies 
 New  Virtual  Expanded  Interconnection 
 Offerings 


 Verizon  Telephone  Companies  Revisions  to 
 Tariff  F.  C.  C.  Nos.  1,  11,  14  and  16 


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 CC  Docket  No.  96-  165 
 CC  Docket  No.  96-  234 


 CC  Docket  No.  94-  97 
 CC  Docket  No.  98-  240 
 Transmittal  Nos.  44,  45,  and  46 
 ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  13,  2001  Released:  June  14,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Competitive  Pricing  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 


 1.  Verizon  Telephone  Companies  (“  Verizon”)  filed  Transmittal  No.  44  on  May  31,  2001, 
 that  revises  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  11  1  to  provide  for  a  4-  fiber  Office  Channel  Termination  and  a  4-  fiber  Virtual 
 Office  Channel  Termination  for  connection  of  IntelliLight  Broadband  Transport  to  an  Expanded 
 Interconnection  arrangement.  Verizon  filed  Transmittal  No.  45  on  June  1,  2001,  that  revises  Tariff  F.  C.  C. 
 1  2  to  remove  expired  Fresh  Look  material  and  introduce  Microwave  Collocation.  Verizon  filed  Transmittal 
 No.  46  on  June  1,  2001,  that  revises  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  Nos.  14  3  and  16  4  to  introduce  Competitive  Alternate 


 1  Verizon  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  11  was  previously  Bell  Atlantic  Telephone  Companies  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  11.  This 
 tariff  was  reissued  as  Verizon  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  11  on  April  13,  2001  under  Verizon  Transmittal  No.  24. 
 2  Verizon  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1  was  previously  Bell  Atlantic  Telephone  Companies  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1.  This  tariff 


 was  reissued  as  Verizon  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1  on  April  13,  2001  under  Verizon  Transmittal  No.  23. 
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 Transport  Terminal  (CATT)  Service  in  the  jurisdictions  of  California,  Illinois,  Missouri,  Texas,  Virginia, 
 Washington,  Florida,  Hawaii,  Idaho,  Indiana,  Kentucky,  Michigan,  North  Carolina,  Ohio,  Oregon, 
 Pennsylvania,  and  South  Carolina.  5  These  revisions  are  scheduled  to  be  effective  on  June  15,  2001,  for 
 Transmittal  No.  44,  and  on  June  16,  2001  for  Transmittal  Nos.  45  and  46. 


 2.  These  transmittals  raise  the  same  issues  regarding  rate  levels,  rate  structures,  and  terms 
 and  conditions  of  collocation  services  as  those  that  are  currently  subject  to  investigation  in  Bell  Atlantic 
 Operating  Companies  collocated  interconnection  service,  Bell  Atlantic  Operating  Companies  collocated 
 interconnection  service  with  SONET  services,  GTE  Telephone  Operating  Companies  (GTOC)  expanded 
 interconnection  service  offering,  and  GTE  System  Telephone  Companies  GSTC)  expanded  interconnection 
 service  offering.  Therefore,  Transmittal  Nos.  44,  45,  and  46  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. 
 Nos.  1,  11,  14  and  16,  pertaining  to  collocation,  filed  under  Transmittal  Nos.  44,  45,  and  46,  ARE 
 SUSPENDED  for  one  day  from  the  effective  date  and  investigations  of  the  referenced  transmittals  ARE 
 INSTITUTED  and  incorporated  within  CC  Docket  Nos.  96-  165,  96-  234,  94-  97,  and  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.  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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 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. 


 4  Verizon  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  16  was  previously  GTE  System  Telephone  Companies  (GSTC)  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1. 


 This  tariff  was  reissued  as  Verizon  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  16  on  April  16,  2001,  under  Transmittal  No.  26. 
 5  Verizon  also  filed  Transmittal  No.  46  –  Amended  to  clarify  that  although  Transmittal  No.  46  was  filed  using  a 


 separate  transmittal  letter  for  each  tariff,  the  transmittal  was  meant  to  be  filed  as  one  letter  to  include  changes  to 
 both  tariffs. 
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