South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:32 - Local exchange service competition › Section 20:10:32:37 - Rural exemption from negotiation and interconnection requirements

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Pursuant to
				  47 U.S.C. §
										251(f)(1) (September 10,
				  1998), the obligations of an incumbent local exchange carrier, which include
				  the duty to negotiate and provide interconnection, unbundled network elements,
				  resale, notice of changes to its facilities or networks, and collocation, do
				  not apply to a rural telephone company, unless the company has received a bona
				  fide request for interconnection, services, or network elements and the
				  commission determines that the rural telephone company shall fulfill the
				  request. A provider of telecommunication services seeking interconnection,
				  services, or network elements from a rural telephone company, subject to the
				  exemption established by 47
				  U.S.C. §
										251(f)(1)
				  (September 10, 1998), shall provide the company with a bona fide request for
				  such interconnection, services, or network elements. The bona fide request
				  shall be in writing and shall detail the specifics of the request. The bona
				  fide request shall, at minimum, include the requesting providers best
				  reasonable estimate of the following information concerning the
				  interconnection, services, or network elements requested:
(1) If interconnection is requested at the
				following points: line-side interconnection; trunk-side interconnection; tandem
				trunk interconnection; central office cross connects; out-of-band signaling
				transfer points, including call-related databases; points of access to
				unbundled network elements; or at interconnection facilities with
				specifications different from the incumbent local exchange carrier's
				facilities;
(2) If any of the
				following types of unbundled elements are requested: local loops; subloops;
				network interface devices; local or tandem switching; interoffice transmission
				facilities; signaling networks and call-related databases, including service
				management systems; operations support systems; operator services; or directory
				assistance;
(3) If any of the
				following types of collocation are requested: physical collocation, including
				transmission equipment or equipment used to terminate transmission equipment;
				virtual collocation; or meet point collocation;
(4) If any of the following types of
				wholesale services are requested: residential; business; unbranded or rebranded
				call completion; unbranded or rebranded operator assistance; and unbranded or
				rebranded directory assistance;
(5)
				If number portability is requested, and, if requested, the type of number
				portability;
(6) Any requested
				access to 911 or enhanced 911, and any required dialing parity capability;
				and
(7) A list of the requesting
				providers contact person for the negotiation process.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-31-76.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-31-3,
					 49-31-76,
					 49-31-79.