Content from the original version of the document such as headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, graphics, and page numbers will not show up in this text version.
All text attributes such as bold, italic, underlining, etc.
Features of the original document layout such as columns, tables, line and letter spacing, pagination, and margins will not be preserved in the text version. These violations were discovered through an independent audit of SBC's compliance with the Commission's collocation rules. SBC is an ILEC that provides local telephone service in 13 states, including Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, California, Nevada, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. The Commission therefore approved the merger only subject to certain conditions designed to mitigate the potential public interest harms. One of those conditions was that SBC retain an independent auditor to develop and implement a comprehensive audit of the merged company's compliance with the Commission's collocation rules for the first eight months after the merger closing.9 4.