DA 97-2463
Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
) CC Docket No. 96-234 
Sprint Local Telephone Companies ) 
Revisions to Tariff F.C.C. No. 1 ) Transmittal No. 42
ORDER
Adopted: November 26, 1997 Released: November 26, 1997 
By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau
1. On November 14, 1997, the Sprint Local Telephone Companies (Sprint) filed 
Transmittal No. 42 to revise Sprint's Tariff F.C.C. No. 1. Transmittal No. 42, which is 
currently scheduled to become effective on November 29, 1997, proposes a number of 
revisions, including modification of the physical collocation provisions to clarify that an 
interconnector's equipment must be protected by a secure enclosure. No petitions have been 
filed against this transmittal.
2. Transmittal No. 42, insofar as it pertains to physical collocation, raises the 
same issues regarding terms and conditions of service as those identified in the Sprint 
Expanded Interconnection Suspension Order in CC Docket No. 96-234.' Therefore, the 
portion of Transmittal No. 42 that pertains to physical collocation is suspended for one day, 
following the effective date, and will be subject to the investigation initiated in the Sprint 
Expanded Interconnection Suspension Order in CC Docket No. 96-234. Transmittal No. 42, 
insofar as it pertains to physical collocation, will also be subject to an accounting order to 
facilitate any refunds that may later prove to be necessary. Insofar as Transmittal No. 42 
pertains to services other than physical collocation, we conclude that this transmittal does not 
raise significant questions of lawfulness which require investigation. Accordingly, the portion 
of Transmittal No. 42 that pertains to services other than physical collocation will become 
effective on November 29, 1997.
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 Section 0.291 of the
1 Investigation of GTE Telephone Operating Companies, GTE System Telephone Companies, and Sprint 
Local Telephone Companies New Expanded Interconnection Offerings, CC Docket No. 96-234, Order, 11 FCC 
Red 16398 (Com. Car. Bur. 1996) (Sprint Expanded Interconnection Suspension Order). In the Sprint Expanded 
Interconnection Suspension Order, the Common Carrier Bureau, among other things, suspended for one day and 
initiated an investigation into Sprint's Transmittal-No. 18, which established Sprint's new physical collocation 
offering and modified Sprint's virtual collocation offering. Id. at 16402.
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Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.291, the revisions to the Sprint Local Telephone 
Companies Tariff F.C.C. No. 1, Transmittal No. 42, insofar as they pertain to physical 
collocation, ARE SUSPENDED for one day from the effective date and an investigation of 
the referenced tariff transmittal IS INSTITUTED.
4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the 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 Section 204(a) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 204(a), the Sprint Local Telephone 
Companies SHALL KEEP ACCURATE ACCOUNT of all amounts received by reason of the 
provisions that are the subject of this investigation.
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^~^ James^B: Schlichting 
Chief
Competitive Pricing Division 
Common Carrier Bureau
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