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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  12 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 January  8,  2001 
 Mr.  Jeff  Ward 
 Senior  Vice  President  –  Regulatory  Compliance 
 Verizon  Communications 
 1310  North  Courthouse  Rd.  –  4  th  Floor 
 Arlington,  VA  22201 


 RE:  Bell  Atlantic/  GTE  Merger  Order,  CC  Docket  No.  98-  184 
 Dear  Mr.  Ward: 


 On  December  11,  2001,  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  approved  in  part  Verizon  Communications,  Inc.  ’s 
 (Verizon)  proposed  changes  to  the  Bell  Atlantic/  GTE  Merger  Order’s  Carrier-  to-  Carrier  Performance 
 Plan.  1  The  Bureau  required  Verizon  to  submit  a  proposed  schedule  for  implementation  of  the  approved 
 changes.  2  On  December  26,  2001,  Verizon  responded  with  its  proposed  schedule.  3  Specifically,  Verizon 
 proposes  to  implement  those  changes  that  either  eliminate  a  metric  or  clarify  the  business  rules  effective 
 with  the  December  2001  data  month  for  both  Verizon  East  and  Verizon  West.  For  Verizon  East,  Verizon 
 proposes  to  implement  provisioning  metric  changes  beginning  with  the  March  2002  data  month  and  pre-ordering, 
 ordering  and  maintenance  and  repair  metrics  beginning  with  the  April  2002  data  month.  For 
 Verizon  West,  Verizon  proposes  to  implement  pre-  ordering  and  maintenance  and  repair  measurement 
 changes  beginning  with  the  February  2002  data  month,  except  for  PO-  1-  05  changes,  which,  along  with 
 the  Verizon  West  ordering  and  provisioning  measurements  changes,  will  be  made  beginning  with  the 
 March  2002  data  month. 


 I  find  Verizon’s  proposals  reasonable.  Verizon  should  therefore  implement  the  changes  as  proposed. 
 Please  do  not  hesitate  to  contact  me  if  I  can  be  of  further  assistance.  You  may  also  contact  Mark  Stone  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  directly  at  (202)  418-  0816  for  further  information  on  this  matter. 


 Sincerely, 
 Carol  E.  Mattey 
 Deputy  Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau 


 CC:  Dee  May,  Verizon 


 1  See  Applications  of  GTE  Corporation,  Transferor,  and  Bell  Atlantic  Corporation,  Transferee,  For  Consent  to 
 Transfer  Control  of  Domestic  and  International  Sections  214  and  310  Authorizations  and  Application  to  Transfer 
 Control  of  a  Submarine  Cable  Landing  License,  CC  Docket  No.  98-  184,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  15  FCC 
 Rcd  14032  at  Appendix  D,  Attachment  A  (2000)  (Bell  Atlantic/  GTE  Merger  Order  or  Merger  Order);  Letter  from 
 Carol  E.  Mattey,  Deputy  Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  to  Jeff  Ward, 
 Senior  Vice  President,  Regulatory  Compliance,  Verizon,  (Dec.  11,  2001)  (Bureau  December  11  th  Letter).  2 


 Bureau  December  11  th  Letter  at  2.  3 
 See  Letter  from  Dee  May,  Executive  Director,  Federal  Regulatory,  Verizon,  to  Magalie  Roman  Salas,  Secretary, 
 Federal  Communications  Commission,  CC  Docket  No.  98-  184  (filed  Dec.  26,  2001). 
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