Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-06 - Interconnection

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
[Comment: For dates of references to a
				section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal
				Regulations, see rule
				4901:1-7-02
				of the Administrative Code.]
The term interconnection as used in this chapter refers to the
				facilities and equipment physically linking two networks for the mutual
				exchange of traffic.
(A) General
			 interconnection standards
(1) Each telephone
			 company has the duty to interconnect directly or indirectly with the facilities
			 and equipment of other telephone companies for the exchange of
			 telecommunications traffic regardless of the network technology underlying the
			 interconnection pursuant to
			 47 U.S.C.
			 251(a).
(2) Each telephone company shall make
			 available interconnection to other telephone companies for the mutual exchange
			 of telecommunications traffic upon receipt of a request for interconnection
			 regardless of the network technology underlying the interconnection, unless the
			 commission orders a waiver of this requirement.
(3) All telephone companies shall have the
			 duty to negotiate in good faith the terms and conditions of the interconnection
			 agreement for the exchange of voice telecommunications traffic regardless of
			 the network technology underlying the interconnection.
(4) Each incumbent local exchange carrier
			 (ILEC) shall provide, for the facilities and equipment of any requesting
			 telephone company, interconnection with the ILEC's network, for the
			 transmission and routing of telephone exchange traffic, exchange access
			 traffic, or both. A telephone company requesting interconnection to an ILEC's
			 network solely for the purpose of originating or terminating its interexchange
			 traffic, not for the provision of telephone exchange service and exchange
			 access to others, is not entitled to receive interconnection pursuant to
			 47 U.S.C.
			 251(c)(2).
(5) Each ILEC shall provide interconnection
			 to requesting telephone companies at any technically feasible point within its
			 network, with quality at least equal to that provided by that ILEC to itself or
			 to any subsidiary, affiliate, or any other party to which it provides
			 interconnection pursuant to
			 47 C.F.R. 51.305.
			 Any telephone company requesting interconnection to the existing network may do
			 so via feature group D-type interconnection or via a mutually agreed upon
			 interconnection arrangement. Interconnecting carriers may use one-way trunks or
			 two-way trunks to interconnect for traffic transport and termination if it is
			 technically feasible. Technically feasible methods of obtaining interconnection
			 or access to unbundled network elements include, but are not limited to:
a) collocation at the premises of the ILEC;
			 and
b) meet point interconnection
			 arrangements, pursuant to rule
			 4901:1-7-11 of the
			 Administrative Code,
			 47
			 C.F.R. 51.321 and
			 51.323.
			 If a meet point arrangement is requested from the ILEC for the purpose of
			 gaining access to unbundled network elements and/ or for the purpose of
			 exchanging traffic with the ILEC, each carrier is required to bear the network
			 cost on its side of the point of interconnection in the meet point
			 arrangement.
(6)
			 Technically feasible points of interconnection within the ILEC's network shall
			 include at a minimum:
(a) The line side of a
			 local switch.
(b) The trunk side of
			 a local switch.
(c) The trunk
			 interconnection points for a tandem switch.
(d) Central office cross-connect
			 points.
(e) Out-of-band signaling
			 transfer points necessary to exchange traffic at these points and access
			 call-related databases.
(f) The
			 points of access to unbundled network elements as described in rule
			 4901:1-7-16
			 of the Administrative Code and
			 47 CFR
			 51.319.
(7) Interconnection rates, terms, and
			 conditions shall be established through negotiation between telephone companies
			 upon receipt of a request for interconnection or through arbitration. Such
			 arrangements shall be processed pursuant to rule
			 4901:1-7-07
			 of the Administrative Code.