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...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] The term interconnection as used in this chapter refers to the facilities and equipment physically linking two networks for the mutual exchange of traffic. (A) General interconnection standards (1) Each telephone compan...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Processing requests for interconnection (1) Any request for an interconnection arrangement pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 251 and 252 must be submitted via facsimile, overnight mail, e-mail, or hand-delivery to the appropriat...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Processing requests for interconnection (1) Any request for an interconnection arrangement pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 251 and 252 must be submitted via facsimile, overnight mail, e-mail, or hand-delivery to the appropriat...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] Interconnection agreements pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 252, shall be negotiated, mediated, and arbitrated under the following mediation rules in this chapter and arbitration rules outlined in rule 4901:1-7-09 of the Administrative Co...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] Interconnection agreements pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 252, shall be negotiated, mediated, and arbitrated under the following mediation rules in this chapter and arbitration rules outlined in rule 4901:1-7-09 of the Administrative Co...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution process whereby parties present evidence and legal arguments to a neutral third party, called an arbitrator or an arbitration panel, who renders a recommended decision ...

...(A) The mediation procedure in this rule is available for pending formal complaints between telephone companies. Any telephone company involved in a pending formal carrier-to-carrier complaint may ask the commission to mediate that matter. This rule is not intended to supersede any existing alternative dispute resolution provisions in approved interconnection agreements. These provisions are not intended to alter ...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) If collocation is the requested method of interconnection, the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) shall provide physical collocation of equipment necessary for interconnection or access to unbundled network eleme...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Compensation principles (1) Reciprocal compensation (a) All telephone companies shall have the duty to establish reciprocal compensation arrangements for the transport and termination of telecommunications traffic p...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Compensation principles (1) Reciprocal compensation (a) All telephone companies have the duty to establish reciprocal compensation arrangements for the transport and termination of telecommunications traffic pursuan...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Transit traffic is traffic that originates on one telephone company(s) network, terminates on a second telephone company's network, and is transmitted using an intermediate third telephone company(s) network facilitie...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Transit traffic is traffic that originates on one telephone company(s) network, terminates on a second telephone company's network, and is transmitted using an intermediate third telephone company(s) network facilitie...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) For purposes of this rule: (1) "Nonrural incumbent local exchange carrier" (nonrural ILEC)" shall mean an incumbent local exchange carrier that is not a "rural telephone company" under 47 U.S.C. 153(37). (2) "Ru...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) For purposes of this rule: (1) "Nonrural incumbent local exchange carrier" (nonrural ILEC)" means an incumbent local exchange carrier that is not a "rural telephone company" under 47 U.S.C. 153(37). (2) "Rural ...

...(A) MPB arrangements shall be used in billing for compensation for jointly provisioned switched access service to another carrier by more than one local exchange carrier (LEC), similar to MPB arrangements currently used by the incumbent local exchange carriers. (B) LECs may use MPB arrangements for compensation of other types of traffic exchanged between them. (C) Under MPB compensation arrangements, the meet point...

...(A) MPB arrangements are to be used in billing for compensation for jointly provisioned switched access service to another carrier by more than one local exchange carrier (LEC), similar to MPB arrangements currently used by the incumbent local exchange carriers. (B) LECs may use MPB arrangements for compensation of other types of traffic exchanged between them. (C) Under MPB compensation arrange...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] General unbundling requirements (A) Each incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) shall have the duty to provide, to any requesting telephone company for the provision of telecommunications service, nondiscriminatory access t...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] General unbundling requirements (A) Each incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) shall have the duty to provide, to any requesting telephone company for the provision of telecommunications service, nondiscriminatory access t...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) General principles (1) These standards apply to pricing of interconnection, unbundled network elements, methods of obtaining interconnection and access to unbundled network elements (including collocation), and recip...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) General principles (1) These standards apply to pricing of interconnection, unbundled network elements, methods of obtaining interconnection and access to unbundled network elements (including collocation), and recip...

...(A) Interim rates may be used by the commission in setting prices while arbitrating disputed issues pursuant to rule 4901:1-7-9 of the Administrative Code. (B) Interim rates shall be set by the commission when it determines that it does not have sufficient time to review cost information provided by an incumbent local exchange carrier or when it appears that there may be significant concerns with the cost studies f...

...(A) Interim rates may be used by the commission in setting prices while arbitrating disputed issues pursuant to rule 4901:1-7-9 of the Administrative Code. (B) The commission will set interim rates when it determines that it does not have sufficient time to review cost information provided by an incumbent local exchange carrier or when it appears that there may be significant concerns with the co...

...(A) The forward-looking, economic, cost-based price of an element shall be set at a level that allows the providing carrier to recover the sum of the total element long-run incremental cost (TELRIC) of the element and a reasonable allocation of the forward-looking, joint and common costs. (B) TELRIC (1) Principal The TELRIC of an element is the forward-looking economic cost over the long-run of the total quantity ...

...(A) The forward-looking, economic, cost-based price of an element shall be set at a level that allows the providing carrier to recover the sum of the total element long-run incremental cost (TELRIC) of the element and a reasonable allocation of the forward-looking, joint and common costs. (B) TELRIC (1) Principal The TELRIC of an element is the forward-looking economic cost over the long-run of...

...[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Resale provisioning (1) All local exchange carriers (LECs) must make all telecommunications services available for resale by any LEC and shall not contain unreasonable, discriminatory, or anti-competitive conditions,...