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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  1579 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 Investigation  of  Bell  Atlantic’s  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.  1 


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 CC  Docket  No.  96-  165 
 CC  Docket  No.  94-  97 


 Transmittal  No.  60 
 ORDER 
 Adopted:  July  3,  2001  Released:  July  5,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Competitive  Pricing  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  Verizon  Telephone  Companies  (“  Verizon”)  filed  Transmittal  No.  60  on  June  21,  2001, 
 with  an  effective  date  of  July  6,  2001,  that  revises  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1  1  to  provide  for  a  4-  fiber  cross-connect 
 option  for  terminating  IntelliLight  Broadband  Transport  (IBT)  to  an  Expanded  Interconnection 
 arrangement.  The  proposed  arrangement  will  provide  a  4-  fiber  cross-  connect  option  for  terminating  IBT  to 
 Physical,  Scope  and  Virtual  collocated  interconnection  arrangements  in  addition  to  the  existing  2-  fiber 
 cross-  connect  terminations. 


 2.  This  transmittal  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  Bell  Atlantic 
 Operating  Companies  reissued  as  Verizon  Access  Service  (Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1)  collocated  interconnection 
 service. 


 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,  pertaining  to  collocation,  filed  under  Transmittal  No.  60,  ARE  SUSPENDED  for  one  day  from  the 
 effective  date  and  an  investigation  of  the  referenced  transmittal  IS  INSTITUED  and  incorporated  within 
 CC  Docket  Nos.  96-  165  and  94-  97. 


 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  VERIZON  SHALL  FILE  tariff  revisions  within  five 


 1  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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 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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