Before the

Federal Communications Commission

Washington, D.C. 20554

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| In the Matter of The Bell       | * | CC Docket No. 98-240            |
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| Virtual Expanded                | ) | CC Docket No. 96-165            |
| Interconnection Offerings       | * |                                 |
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| of Bell Atlantic's New Expanded | * | Transmittal No. 1369            |
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ORDER

**Adopted:** March 13, 2001 **Released:** March 13, 2001

By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

# On February 27, 2001 the former Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies[^1] now doing business as Verizon Communications ("Verizon") filed Transmittal No. 1369.[^2] Transmittal No. 1369 revises Tariff F.C.C. 1 to establish rates for cross-connects to LAN Extension Service by cross-referencing to the existing rate elements; and revises Tariff F.C.C. No. 11, in part, to introduce two new collocation office channel terminations for LAN Extension Service.

# That portion of Transmittal No. 1369 which pertains to collocation raises the same issues regarding rate levels, rate structures, and terms and conditions of collocation services as those that are currently subject to investigation in Bell Atlantic's Tariff F.C.C. Nos. 1 and 11, Access Service, expanded interconnection service offering.[^3] Therefore, those portions of Transmittal No. 1369 which pertain to collocation are suspended for one day and will be subject to the ongoing investigations.

1.  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 Section 0.91 and 0.291 of the
    Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.091, 0.291, the revisions to Bell
    Atlantic's Tariff F.C.C. Nos. 1 and 11 pertaining to collocation,
    filed under Transmittal No. 1369, ARE SUSPENDED for one day from the
    effective date and an investigation of the referenced transmittal is
    instituted and incorporated within CC Docket Nos. 98-240, 96-165 and
    94-97.

2.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that VERIZON SHALL FILE tariff revisions
    within five business days of the release date of this Order to
    reflect this suspension.

3.  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), VERIZON shall keep accurate account of all amounts received
    by reason of the rates that are subject to these investigations.

> FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
>
> Jane E. Jackson,
>
> Chief, Competitive Pricing Division
>
> Common Carrier Bureau

[^1]: The Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies participating in this filing
    include Verizon Delaware Inc.; Verizon Maryland Inc.; Verizon New
    England Inc.; Verizon New Jersey Inc.; Verizon New York Inc.;
    Verizon Pennsylvania Inc.; Verizon Virginia Inc.; Verizon
    Washington, D.C. Inc.; and Verizon West Virginia, Inc.

[^2]: On March 12, 2001 Verizon also submitted an Amended Transmittal
    No. 1369 in order to reflect that the proposed rates for the
    cross-connects had been justified under previous transmittals. For
    Tariff F.C.C. No. 1 reference is made to Bell Atlantic Transmittal
    Nos. 1095 and 1099 filed on December 11 and 23, 1998, respectively.
    For Tariff F.C.C. No. 11 reference is made to NYNEX Transmittal No.
    494 filed on April 2, 1998.

[^3]: Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies Tariff F.C.C. 11 was previously
    NYNEX Telephone Companies ("NYNEX") Tariff F.C.C. No. 1. This tariff
    was reissued as Bell Atlantic Tariff F.C.C. No. 11 on April 19, 1999
    under Transmittal No. 1126.