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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  2267  ______________________________________________________________________________________ 
 Before  the  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 )  CC  Docket  No.  94-  97 
 Expanded  Interconnection  Services  )  CC  Docket  No.  96-  234 
 ) 
 ) 
 Sprint  Local  Telephone  Companies  )  Transmittal  No.  167 
 Revision  to  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  3  ) 
 ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  October  4,  2001  Released:  October  5,  2001 


 By  the  Chief,  Competitive  Pricing  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau 
 1.  On  September  21,  2001,  Sprint  Local  Telephone  Companies  (SLC)  filed 
 Transmittal  No.  167  to  revise  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  3,  Access  Service.  SLC  is  proposing, 
 among  other  things,  to  add  optical  cross-  connect  rates  for  the  provision  of  expanded 
 interconnection  in  the  states  of  Florida,  Indiana,  Missouri,  Nevada,  New  Jersey,  North 
 Carolina,  Ohio,  Pennsylvania,  Tennessee,  and  Virginia;  add  electrical  cross  connect  rates 
 in  the  state  of  New  Jersey;  and  finally,  reduce  electrical  cross  connect  rates  in 
 Pennsylvania.  Both  physical  and  virtual  collocation  are  covered. 


 2.  Transmittal  No.  167  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  SLC  Access  Service,  Expanded  Interconnection  Services  offering.  1 
 Therefore,  with  respect  to  any  matters  concerning  Expanded  Interconnection  Services, 
 Transmittal  No.  167  is  suspended  for  one  day  and  will  be  subject  to  the  investigation 
 init  iated  in  the  Matter  of  Sprint  Local  Telephone  Companies.  2  Any  expanded 
 interconnection  rates  proposed  in  this  transmittal  will  be  subject  to  an  accounting  order  to 
 facilitate  any  refunds  that  may  later  prove  necessary. 


 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 


 1  Sprint  Local  Telephone  Companies  Physical  Collocation  Investigation,  CC  Docket  96-  234  and 
 Virtual  Collocation  Investigation,  CC  Docket  94-  97. 


 2  Id. 
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 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  Sprint  Local  Telephone  Companies,  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  3, 
 applicable  to  Expanded  Interconnection  Service  offerings  filed  under  Transmittal  No. 
 167,  ARE  SUSPENDED  for  one  day  from  the  effective  date  and  an  investigation  of  the 
 referenced  transmittal  is  instituted  and  incorporated  within  CC  Docket  Nos.  94-  97  and 
 96-  234. 


 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  Sprint  Local  Telephone  Companies  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),  Sprint  Local 
 Telephone  Companies  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,  Compet  it  ive  Pricing  Division 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau 
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