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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  06-  1616 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 


 Ameritech  Revisions  to  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  2 
 Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Company  Revisions  to  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  73 


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 CC  Docket  No.  93-  162 
 CC  Docket  No.  94-  97 
 CC  Docket  No.  96-  185 


 Transmittal  No.  1568 
 Transmittal  No.  3152 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  August  10,  2006  Released:  August  11,  2006 
 By  the  Chief,  Pricing  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  On  July  28,  2006,  Ameritech  filed  Transmittal  No.  1568  to  revise  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  2,  Access  Services,  to  become  effective  August  12,  2006.  Also  on  July  28,  2006,  Southwestern  Bell 
 Telephone  Company  (SWBT)  filed  Transmittal  No.  3152,  to  revise  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  73,  Access  Services,  to  become  effective  August  12,  2006.  Ameritech  and  SWBT  are  proposing,  among  other  things,  to  add 
 DecaMAN  Cross  Connect  to  their  Interconnection  Services. 
 2.  Transmittal  Nos.  1568  and  3152  affect  the  issues  regarding  rate  levels,  rate  structures,  and  terms  and  conditions  of  collocation  services  that  are  subject  to  the  investigation  of  Ameritech’s  Tariff 
 F.  C.  C.  No.  2  and  SWBT’s  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  73,  revisions  to  Expanded  Interconnection  provisions.  Therefore,  with  respect  to  the  rates,  terms  and  conditions  affecting  Expanded  Interconnection  Services, 
 Transmittal  Nos.  1568  and  3152  are  suspended  for  one  day  and  will  be  subject  to  the  investigation  initiated  in  the  Virtual  Collocation  Tariff  Suspension  Order,  1  the  Expanded  Interconnection  Tariff  Order  2 


 1  Ameritech  Operating  Companies,  et  al.,  CC  Docket  No.  94-  97,  Order,  10  FCC  Rcd  1960  (Com.  Car. 
 Bur.  1994)  (Virtual  Collocation  Tariff  Suspension  Order).  The  Virtual  Collocation  Tariff  Suspension  Order  suspended  for  one  day  and  initiated  an  investigation  of  the  virtual  collocation  tariffs  filed  on  September  1,  1994, 


 by  the  TIER  1  local  exchange  carriers  subject  to  expanded  interconnection  requirements.  In  the  Phase  II  Designation  Order,  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  (now  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau)  (Bureau)  designated 
 issues  for  investigation  regarding  the  rate  levels,  rate  structures,  and  terms  and  conditions  of  service  for  the  second  phase  of  the  investigation  of  the  LECs’  virtual  collocation  tariffs.  Local  Exchange  Carriers’  Rates,  Terms  and 
 Conditions  for  Expanded  Interconnection  Through  Virtual  Collocation  for  Special  Access  and  Switched  Transport,  CC  Docket  No.  94-  97,  Phase  II,  Order  Designating  Issues  for  Investigation,  10  FCC  Rcd  11116  (Com. 
 Car.  Bur.  1995)  (Phase  II  Designation  Order). 
 2  Ameritech  Operating  Companies,  et  al.,  CC  Docket  No.  93-  162,  Order,  8  FCC  Rcd  4589  (Com.  Car. 
 Bur.  1993)  (Expanded  Interconnection  Tariff  Order). 
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 and  the  New  Expanded  Interconnection  Service  Suspension  Order.  3  These  transmittals  will  also  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  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  Ameritech’s  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  2  and  Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Company’s  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  73  Expanded  Interconnection 
 Service  offerings  filed  under  Transmittal  Nos.  1568  and  3152,  respectively,  ARE  SUSPENDED  for  one  day  from  the  August  12,  2006  effective  date,  and  investigations  of  the  referenced  transmittals  are 
 instituted  and  incorporated  within  CC  Docket  Nos.  93-  162,  94-  97,  and  96-  185. 
 4.  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),  Ameritech  and  Southwestern 
 Bell  Telephone  Company  SHALL  KEEP  accurate  account  of  all  amounts  received  by  the  reason  of  the  rates  that  are  subject  of  this  investigation. 


 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  Ameritech  and  Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Company  SHALL  FILE  tariff  revisions  within  five  business  days  of  the  release  date  of  this  Order  to  reflect  this 
 suspension. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Albert  M.  Lewis  Acting  Chief,  Pricing  Policy  Division 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau 


 3  Investigation  of  Ameritech’s  New  Expanded  Interconnection  Offerings,  CC  Docket  No.  96-  185,  Order, 
 11  FCC  Rcd  10177  (Com.  Car.  Bur.  1996)  (New  Expanded  Interconnection  Service  Suspension  Order).  The  New  Expanded  Interconnection  Service  Suspension  Order  suspended  for  one  day  and  initiated  an  investigation  into 


 Ameritech’s  new  physical  collocation  expanded  interconnection  offering,  filed  on  July  2,  1996.  In  the  New  Expanded  Interconnection  Tariff  Designation  Order,  the  Bureau  designated  issues  for  investigation  regarding  rate 
 levels,  rate  structures  and  terms  and  conditions  of  service.  Ameritech  Operating  Companies’  New  Expanded  Interconnection  Tariff,  CC  Docket  No.  96-  185,  Order  Designating  Issues  for  Investigation,  DA  97-  523  (Com. 
 Car.  Bur.  1997)  (New  Expanded  Interconnection  Designation  Order). 
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