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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.] (A) The obligations found in rules 4901:1-7-03 to 4901:1-7-26 of the Administrative Code, apply to all telephone companies pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 251 and 252, where applicable. (B) The commission may, upon a detailed applicat...

...(A) All local exchange carriers (LEC) shall charge intrastate intraLATA toll service providers or customers no more than five dollars and fifty cents for a manual, local presubscribed interexchange carrier (LPIC) change or no more than one dollar and twenty-five cents for an electronic LPIC change, except when a LEC establishes a company-specific, cost-based, intrastate LPIC rate, as outlined in p...

...(A) All local exchange carriers (LEC) will charge intrastate intraLATA toll service providers or customers no more than five dollars and fifty cents for a manual, local presubscribed interexchange carrier (LPIC) change or no more than one dollar and twenty-five cents for an electronic LPIC change, except when a LEC establishes a company-specific, cost-based, intrastate LPIC rate, as outlined in pa...

...[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) A rural telephone company is subject to the provisional rural telephone exemption referenced in 47 U.S.C. 251(f)(1), until such time as the rural telephone company receives a bona fide request for interconnection, ser...

...[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) A rural telephone company is subject to the provisional rural telephone exemption referenced in 47 U.S.C. 251(f)(1), until such time as the rural telephone company receives a bona fide request for interconnection, ser...

...[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 an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), serving fewer than two per cent of the nation's subscriber lines installed in the aggregate, seeks a suspension or modification of any portion or portions of 47 U.S.C. 25...

...[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 an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), serving fewer than two per cent of the nation's subscriber lines installed in the aggregate, seeks a suspension or modification of any portion or portions of 47 U.S.C. 25...

...[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...