**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

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| In the Matter of                 | * | CC Docket No. 93-162         |
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| Ameritech                        | ) | CC Docket No. 94-97          |
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| Revisions to Tariff F.C.C. No. 2 | * | CC Docket No. 96-185         |
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| Southwestern Bell Telephone      | * | Transmittal No. 1374         |
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**ORDER**

**Adopted:** December 23, 2003 **Released:** December 24, 2003

By the Chief, Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau:

1.  On December 11, 2003, Ameritech filed Transmittal No. 1374 to revise
    Tariff F.C.C. No. 2, Access Services, to become effective December
    26, 2003. Also on December 11, 2003, Southwestern Bell Telephone
    Company (SWBT) filed Transmittal No. 2975, to revise Tariff F.C.C.
    No. 73, Access Services, to become effective December 26, 2003.
    Ameritech and SWBT are proposing, among other things, to add 1
    Gigabit Ethernet to their Interconnection Services and a new
    provision which provides that all optical interconnections within a
    central office will support only single mode fiber termination.

2.  Transmittal Nos. 1374 and 2975 affect the issues regarding rate
    levels, rate structures, and terms and conditions of collocation
    services that are subject to the investigation of Ameritech's Tariff
    F.C.C. No. 2 and SWBT's Tariff F.C.C. No. 73, revisions to Expanded
    Interconnection provisions. Therefore, with respect to the rates,
    terms and conditions affecting Expanded Interconnection Services,
    Transmittal Nos. 1374 and 2975 are suspended for one day and will be
    subject to the investigation initiated in the *Virtual Collocation
    Tariff Suspension Order,*[^1] the *Expanded Interconnection Tariff
    Order*[^2] and the *New Expanded Interconnection Service Suspension
    Order*.[^3] These transmittals will also 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
    Ameritech's Tariff F.C.C. No. 2 and Southwestern Bell Telephone
    Company's Tariff F.C.C. No. 73 Expanded Interconnection Service
    offerings filed under Transmittal Nos. 1374 and 2975, respectively,
    ARE SUSPENDED for one day from the December 26, 2003 effective date,
    and investigations of the referenced transmittals are instituted and
    incorporated within CC Docket Nos. 93-162, 94-97, and 96-185.

4.  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), Ameritech and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company SHALL KEEP
    accurate account of all amounts received by the reason of the rates
    that are subject of this investigation.

5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Ameritech and Southwestern Bell Telephone
    Company SHALL FILE tariff revisions within five business days of the
    release date of this Order to reflect this suspension.

> FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
>
> Tamara L. Preiss
>
> Chief, Pricing Policy Division
>
> Wireline Competition Bureau

[^1]: Ameritech Operating Companies, *et al*., CC Docket No. 94-97,
    Order, 10 FCC Rcd 1960 (1994) (*Virtual Collocation Tariff
    Suspension Order)*. The *Virtual Collocation Tariff Suspension
    Order* suspended for one day and initiated an investigation of the
    virtual collocation tariffs filed on September 1, 1994, by the TIER
    1 local exchange carriers subject to expanded interconnection
    requirements. In the *Phase II Designation Order,* the Wireline
    Competition Bureau (formerly the Common Carrier Bureau) (Bureau)
    designated issues for investigation regarding the rate levels, rate
    structures, and terms and conditions of service for the second phase
    of the investigation of the LECs' virtual collocation tariffs. Local
    Exchange Carriers' Rates, Terms and Conditions for Expanded
    Interconnection Through Virtual Collocation for Special Access and
    Switched Transport, CC Docket No. 94-97, Phase II, Order Designating
    Issues for Investigation, 10 FCC Rcd 11116 (1995) (*Phase II
    Designation Order).*

[^2]: Ameritech Operating Companies, *et al*., CC Docket No. 93-162,
    Order, 8 FCC Rcd 4589 (Com. Car. Bur. 1993) (*Expanded
    Interconnection Tariff Order*).

[^3]: Investigation of Ameritech's New Expanded Interconnection
    Offerings, CC Docket No. 96-185, Order, 11 FCC Rcd 10177 (Com. Car.
    Bur. 1996) (*New Expanded Interconnection Service Suspension
    Order)*. The *New Expanded Interconnection Service Suspension Order*
    suspended for one day and initiated an investigation into
    Ameritech's new physical collocation expanded interconnection
    offering, filed on July 2, 1996. In the *New Expanded
    Interconnection Tariff Designation Order*, the Bureau designated
    issues for investigation regarding rate levels, rate structures and
    terms and conditions of service. Ameritech Operating Companies' New
    Expanded Interconnection Tariff, CC Docket No. 96-185, Order
    Designating Issues for Investigation, DA 97-523 (Com. Car. Bur.
    1997) (*New Expanded Interconnection Designation Order*).