Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-120 - Telephone companies › Part VII - TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES › Section 480-120-258 - Collocation

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Definitions.
"CLEC" means a competing local exchange carrier that orders
				  collocation from an ILEC.
"Collocation" means the ability of a CLEC to place equipment,
				  including microwave equipment, within or upon an ILEC's premises.
"Deliver" or "delivery date" means the point when the ILEC
				  turns the collocation space and related facilities over to the CLEC and the
				  space and facilities are ready for service. Deliver or delivery includes, but
				  is not necessarily limited to, providing the CLEC with access to the
				  collocation space for collocation other than virtual collocation, as well as
				  providing power, telephone service, and other services and facilities ordered
				  by the CLEC for provisioning by the delivery date.
"ILEC" means an incumbent local exchange carrier that is
				  required to provide collocation.
"ILEC premises" means an ILEC wire center, central office, or
				  any other location owned and/or controlled by the ILEC at which interconnection
				  with the ILEC's network or access to ILEC unbundled network elements is
				  technically feasible.
"Points of interface (POI)" means the demarcation between the
				  networks of an ILEC and a CLEC. The POI is the point where the ex-change of
				  traffic takes place.
(2)
				ILEC response to CLEC order for collocation. Within ten calendar days of
				receipt of an order for collocation, an ILEC must notify the CLEC whether
				sufficient space exists in the ILEC premises to accommodate the CLEC's
				collocation requirements. As part of that notification, the ILEC must also
				notify the CLEC of any circumstance that may delay delivery of the ordered
				collocation space and related facilities.
(3) Provisioning collocation. If the ILEC
				notifies a CLEC that sufficient space exists to accommodate the CLEC's order
				for collocation, the following procedures apply:
(a) Within twenty-five calendar days of
				receipt of the order, the ILEC must provide the CLEC with a written quote
				detailing the nonrecurring and recurring charges applicable to provisioning the
				ordered collocation. After providing the written quote and upon reasonable
				notice of a request by the CLEC, the ILEC must permit the CLEC at least one
				accompanied site visit to the designated collocation space without charge to
				the CLEC, to enable the CLEC to verify and inspect the space the ILEC offers
				for collocation. The CLEC's acceptance of the written quote and payment of
				one-half of the nonrecurring charges specified in the quote must be within
				seven calendar days and does not preclude the CLEC from later disputing the
				accuracy or reasonableness of those charges.
(b) If the ordered collocation space was
				included in a periodic forecast submitted by the CLEC to the ILEC at least
				three months in advance of the order, the ILEC must complete construction of,
				and deliver, the ordered collocation space and related facilities within
				forty-five calendar days after the CLEC's acceptance of the written quote and
				payment of one-half of the nonrecurring charges specified in the
				quote.
(c) If the ordered
				collocation space was not included in a periodic forecast submitted by the CLEC
				to the ILEC at least three months in advance of the order, the commission
				declines to apply the forty-five calendar day interval in (b) of this
				subsection and the national standards adopted by the FCC shall apply.
(d) Following any initial notification as
				required in subsection (2) of this section, the ILEC must notify the CLEC of
				any change in circumstances as soon as the ILEC is aware of those circumstances
				and must take all reasonable steps to avoid or minimize any delays caused by
				those circumstances including, but not limited to, joint provisioning of
				collocation elements by the ILEC and CLEC, or sole construction by the CLEC,
				through a mutually acceptable third-party contractor.
(e) If the ILEC fails to deliver the
				collocation space by the required delivery date, the ILEC must credit the CLEC
				in an amount equal to one-tenth of the total nonrecurring charge for the
				ordered collocation for each week beyond the required delivery date. Recurring
				charges will not begin to accrue for any element until the ILEC delivers that
				element to the CLEC. To the extent that a CLEC self-provisions any collocation
				element, the ILEC may not impose any charges for provisioning that
				element.
(f) The ILEC must provide
				periodic notices to the CLEC during construction of the CLEC's collocation
				space, including scheduled completion and delivery dates. At least thirty
				calendar days prior to the scheduled delivery date, the ILEC must provide the
				CLEC with sufficient information to enable the ILEC and the CLEC to establish
				firm common language location identifier (CLLI) codes and any other codes
				necessary to order interconnection and cross-connection circuits for the
				equipment the CLEC intends to collocate, and the ILEC must accept and process
				CLEC orders for such circuits. The ILEC must provision points of interface
				(POIs) and other circuits concurrent with delivery of the collocation space and
				related facilities, unless the CLEC agrees to a later date.
(g) The ILEC must conduct an inspection with
				the CLEC of the collocation space at least five business days prior to
				completion of construction of the collocation space. The ILEC must correct any
				deviations to the CLEC's original or jointly amended requirements after the
				inspection, at the ILEC's sole expense.
(h) Upon order of the CLEC and concurrent
				with delivery of the collocation space and related facilities, the ILEC must
				provide basic telephone service to the collocation space under the rates,
				terms, and conditions of the ILEC's current tariff offering for the service
				ordered. The ILEC must also provide CLEC employees, contractors, and
				representatives with reasonable access to basic facilities, such as restroom
				facilities and parking, while at the ILEC premises.