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2.7.4.1 The NID shall provide an accessible point of interconnection for the on-premises
wiring for any inside wiring owned or controlled by BellSouth or for the Subloop
Distribution facilities and shall maintain a connection to ground.
2.7.4.2 If an existing NID is accessed, it shall be capable of transferring electrical analog
or digital signals between the end user’s customer premises and the distribution
media and/or cross connect to TC SYSTEMS’s NID.
2.7.4.3 Existing BellSouth NIDs will be provided in “as is” condition. TC SYSTEMS
may request BellSouth to do additional work to the NID on a time and material
basis. When TC SYSTEMS deploys its own local Loops in a multiple-line
termination device, TC SYSTEMS shall specify the quantity of NID connections
that it requires within such device.
2.8 Sub-loop Elements
2.8.1 Where technically feasible BellSouth shall offer access to its Unbundled Sub-Loop
(USL) elements as specified herein.
2.8.2 Unbundled Sub-Loop Distribution
2.8.2.1 The Unbundled Sub-Loop Distribution facility is a dedicated transmission facility
that BellSouth provides from a Loop demarcation point on an end user’s premises
to a BellSouth cross-connect device regardless of the specific nomenclature
employed when referring to the device. The BellSouth cross-connect device may
be located within a remote terminal (RT) or a stand-alone cross-box in the field or
in the equipment room of a building. TC SYSTEMS will request access to USLD
or Unbundled Copper Subloop (“UCSL”) through the SI process. The unbundled
sub-loop distribution media may be provided using copper twisted pair or coax, if
coax is used in the BellSouth distribution system. BellSouth will make available
the following Sub-Loop Distribution offerings where facilities exist or can be made
to exist through routine network modifications:
Unbundled Sub-Loop Distribution –Voice Grade
Unbundled Copper Sub-Loop
Unbundled Sub-Loop Distribution – Intrabuilding Network Cable (aka
riser cable and campus cable
2.8.2.2 Unbundled Sub-Loop Distribution Voice Grade – (USLD-VG) is a sub-loop
facility from the cross-box in the field up to and including the loop demarcation
point on an end user’s premises and may have load coils.
2.8.2.3 Unbundled Copper Sub-Loop (UCSL) is a non-loaded copper facility of any length
provided from the cross-box in the field up to and including the Loop demarcation
point on an end user’s premises. If available, this facility will not have any
intervening equipment such as load coils.
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