**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. 1550         |
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**ORDER**

**Adopted:** May 23, 2006 **Released:** May 25, 2006

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

1.  On May 11, 2006, Ameritech filed Transmittal No. 1550 to revise
    Tariff F.C.C. No. 2, Access Services, to become effective May
    26, 2006. Also on May 11, 2006, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
    (SWBT) filed Transmittal No. 3130, to revise Tariff F.C.C. No. 73,
    Access Services, to become effective May 26, 2006. Ameritech and
    SWBT are proposing, among other things, to add WaveMAN Cross Connect
    to their Interconnection Services.

2.  Transmittal Nos. 1550 and 3130 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 for
    Cross Connect, Transmittal Nos. 1550 and 3130 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
    Cross Connect offerings filed under Transmittal Nos. 1550 and 3130,
    respectively, ARE SUSPENDED for one day from the May 26, 2006
    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*).