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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  667 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  The  Bell  Atlantic  Telephone 
 Companies  Virtual  Expanded  Interconnection 
 Offerings 


 In  the  Matter  of  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 


 The  Bell  Atlantic  Telephone  Companies  dba 
 Verizon  Communications  (“  Verizon”)  Revisions 
 to  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  Nos.  1  and  11 


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 CC  Docket  No.  98-  240 
 CC  Docket  No.  96-  165 


 CC  Docket  No.  94-  97 
 Transmittal  No.  1369 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  March  13,  2001  Released:  March  13,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Competitive  Pricing  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 


 1.  On  February  27,  2001  the  former  Bell  Atlantic  Telephone  Companies  1  now  doing  business 
 as  Verizon  Communications  (“  Verizon”)  filed  Transmittal  No.  1369.  2  Transmittal  No.  1369  revises  Tariff 
 F.  C.  C.  1  to  establish  rates  for  cross-  connects  to  LAN  Extension  Service  by  cross-  referencing  to  the 
 existing  rate  elements;  and  revises  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  11,  in  part,  to  introduce  two  new  collocation  office 
 channel  terminations  for  LAN  Extension  Service. 


 2.  That  portion  of  Transmittal  No.  1369  which  pertains  to  collocation  raises  the  same  issues 
 regarding  rate  levels,  rate  structures,  and  terms  and  conditions  of  collocation  services  as  those  that  are 


 1  The  Bell  Atlantic  Telephone  Companies  participating  in  this  filing  include  Verizon  Delaware  Inc.;  Verizon 
 Maryland  Inc.;  Verizon  New  England  Inc.;  Verizon  New  Jersey  Inc.;  Verizon  New  York  Inc.;  Verizon 
 Pennsylvania  Inc.;  Verizon  Virginia  Inc.;  Verizon  Washington,  D.  C.  Inc.;  and  Verizon  West  Virginia,  Inc. 


 2  On  March  12,  2001  Verizon  also  submitted  an  Amended  Transmittal  No.  1369  in  order  to  reflect  that  the 


 proposed  rates  for  the  cross-  connects  had  been  justified  under  previous  transmittals.  For  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1 
 reference  is  made  to  Bell  Atlantic  Transmittal  Nos.  1095  and  1099  filed  on  December  11  and  23,  1998, 
 respectively.  For  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  11  reference  is  made  to  NYNEX  Transmittal  No.  494  filed  on  April  2,  1998. 
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 currently  subject  to  investigation  in  Bell  Atlantic’s  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  Nos.  1  and  11,  Access  Service,  expanded 
 interconnection  service  offering.  3  Therefore,  those  portions  of  Transmittal  No.  1369  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  Bell  Atlantic’s  Tariff  F.  C.  C. 
 Nos.  1  and  11  pertaining  to  collocation,  filed  under  Transmittal  No.  1369,  ARE  SUSPENDED  for  one  day 
 from  the  effective  date  and  an  investigation  of  the  referenced  transmittal  is  instituted  and  incorporated 
 within  CC  Docket  Nos.  98-  240,  96-  165  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. 


 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 


 3  Bell  Atlantic  Telephone  Companies  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  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. 
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