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5. Use of Remote Collocation Space
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Attachment 4 - Remote Site
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5.1 Equipment Type. BellSouth shall permit the collocation and use of any equipment
necessary for interconnection to BellSouth’s network or access to BellSouth’s
unbundled network elements in the provision of telecommunications services, as the
term "necessary" is defined by FCC 47 C.F.R. Section 51.323 (b). Equipment is
necessary for interconnection if an inability to deploy that equipment would, as a
practical, economic, or operational matter, preclude the requesting carrier from
obtaining interconnection with BellSouth at a level equal in quality to that which
BellSouth obtains within its own network or what BellSouth provides to any Affiliate,
subsidiary, or other party.
5.2 Equipment is necessary for access to an unbundled network element if an inability to
deploy that equipment would, as a practical, economic, or operational matter, preclude
the requesting carrier from obtaining nondiscriminatory access to that unbundled
network element, including any of its features, functions, or capabilities.
5.3 Multi-functional equipment shall be deemed necessary for interconnection or access to
an unbundled network element if and only if the primary purpose and function of the
equipment, as the requesting carrier seeks to deploy it, meets either or both of the
standards set forth above in Sections 5.1 and 5.2. For a piece of equipment to be
utilized primarily to obtain equal in quality interconnection or nondiscriminatory access
to one or more unbundled network elements, there also must be a logical nexus
between the additional functions the equipment would perform and the
telecommunications services the requesting carrier seeks to provide to its customers by
means of the interconnection or unbundled network element. The collocation of those
functions of the equipment that, as stand-alone functions, do not meet either of the
standards set forth above in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 must not cause the equipment to
significantly increase the burden on BellSouth’s property. Such equipment necessary
for interconnection or access to unbundled network elements shall include, but is not
limited to transmission equipment, equipment to light dark fiber, optical terminating
equipment and multiplexers, digital subscriber line access multiplexers, routers,
asynchronous transfer mode multiplexers, multifunction equipment, remote switching
modules, fiber distribution frames, splitters, concentrators, cross connect systems,
switching equipment other than traditional circuit switches and ancillary equipment
that enables a requesting carrier to assure proper provisioning and functioning of other
collocated equipment.
5.3.1 Examples of equipment that would not be considered necessary include, but are not
limited to: traditional circuit switching equipment, equipment used exclusively for
call-related databases, computer servers used exclusively for providing information
services, operations support system (OSS) equipment used to support collocated
telecommunications carrier network operations, equipment that generates customer
orders, manages trouble tickets or inventory, or stores customer records in centralized
databases, etc. BellSouth will determine upon receipt of an application if the
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