### **Before the** 

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**Washington, D.C. 20554**

In the Matter of )

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Asynchronous Transfer Mode-Cell Relay and ) CC Docket Nos. 94-97,

Collocated Interconnection Services ) 96-165, 98-240

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Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies ) Transmittal No. 1277

Revision to Tariff F.C.C. Nos. 1 and 11 )

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# ORDER

Adopted: May 4, 2000 Released: May 8, 2000

By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau

1\. On April 24, 2000 the Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies (Bell
Atlantic) filed Transmittal No. 1277 to revise Tariff F.C.C. Nos.1 and
11, Access Service, Packet Data Services to allow interconnection
between Bell Atlantic's Asynchronous Transfer Mode-Cell Relay Service
(ATM-CSR) and Collocated Interconnection Service (CIS). ATM-CRS
facilitates new services and applications requiring increasingly large
amounts of bandwidths. CIS provides for central office interconnection
of Bell Atlantic-provided interstate access services and facilities and
facilities to collocator provided fiber optic facilities. Bell Atlantic
is proposing monthly, 3-year and 5-year rates for the ATM-CRS DS3 CIS
port connection.

2\. Transmittal No. 1277 raises the same issues regarding rate levels,
rate structures, and terms and conditions of collocation services as
those that are subject to the investigation of Bell Atlantic's Tariff
F.C.C. Nos. 1 and 11, Access Service, expanded interconnection service
offering.[^1] Therefore, Transmittal No. 1277 is suspended for one day
and will be subject to the investigation initiated in the Investigation
of Bell Atlantic's New Expanded Interconnection Offerings (*Bell
Atlantic Suspension Order*), and the *Virtual Collocation Phase I
Order*[^2] and the Investigation of NYNEX Telephone Companies' New
Virtual Expanded Interconnection Offerings.[^3] Any rates proposed in
this transmittal will 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 Bell
Atlantic's Tariff F.C.C. Nos. 1 and 11, filed under Transmittal No.
1277, ARE SUSPENDED for one day from the effective date and an
investigation of the referenced transmittal is instituted and
incorporated within CC Docket Nos. 94-097, 96-165, and 98-240.

4\. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that BELL ATLANTIC 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 Sections 4(i) and 204(a) of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i) and
204(a), BELL ATLANTIC shall keep accurate account of all amounts
received by reason of the rates that are subject of this investigation.

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

[^1]: Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies Tariff F.C.C. No. 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.

[^2]: *See* Investigation of Bell Atlantic's New Expanded
    Interconnection Offerings, CC Docket No. 96-165, Order, 11 FCC Rcd
    19790 (Com Car. Bur. Aug. 2, 1996) ( *Bell Atlantic Suspension
    Order*), 13 FCC Rcd 25, 053; Ameritech Operating Companies, *et.
    al.*, CC Docket No. 94-97, Order, 10 FCC Rcd 1960 (1994)(*Virtual
    Collocation Tariff Suspension Order*).

[^3]: *See* *In the Matter of* Investigation of NYNEX Telephone
    Companies, New Expanded Interconnection Offerings, Order, 14 FCC Rcd
    1982 (1998).