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of such transmission facility, including the network interface device. It also
includes all electronics, optronics, and intermediate devices (including repeaters
2.1.2 and load coils) used to establish the transmission path to the end user customer
premise as well as any inside wire owned or controlled by the incumbent LEC that
is part of that transmission path.
2.1.1.1 The Loop does not include any packet switched features, functions or capabilities.
2.1.1.2 Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Loops are local Loops consisting entirely of fiber optic
cable, whether dark or lit, serving an end user’s premises or, in the case of
predominantly residential multiple dwelling units (MDUs), a fiber optic cable,
whether dark or lit, that extends to the MDU minimum point of entry (MPOE).
Fiber to the Curb (FTTC) Loops are local Loops consisting of fiber optic cable
connecting to a copper distribution plant that is not more than five hundred (500)
feet from the end user’s premises or, in the case of predominantly residential
MDUs, not more than five hundred (500) feet from the MDU’s MPOE. The fiber
optic cable in a FTTC Loop must connect to a copper distribution plant at a
serving area interface from which every other copper distribution subloop also is
not more than five hundred (500) feet from the respective end user’s premises.
2.1.1.3 In new build (Greenfield) areas, where BellSouth has only deployed Fiber To The
Home (FTTH) facilities, or FTTC facilities, BellSouth is under no obligation to
provide access to such FTTH and FTTC Loops when BellSouth deploys such a
Loop to an end user customer premises that previously has not been served by any
Loop facility (FCC Rule).
2.1.1.4 In FTTH/FTTC overbuild situations where BellSouth also has copper Loops,
BellSouth will make those copper Loops available to TC SYSTEMS on an
unbundled basis, until such time as BellSouth chooses to retire those copper Loops
using the FCC’s network disclosure requirements. After the copper Loop facility
is retired, BellSouth will offer a 64kbps voice grade channel over its FTTH/FTTC
facilities. When BellSouth retires a copper Loop facility currently utilized by TC
SYSTEMS when TC SYSTEMS uses its central office collocated DSLAM to
provide a connection between an end user and an internet service provider, the
parties acknowledge that the provision of a 64kbps voice grade channel over
BellSouth's FTTH/FTTC facilities will not permit TC SYSTEMS to continue to
provide such a connection to its customer. Consequently, and in order to alleviate
this situation, which is anticipated to happen infrequently, when such a copper
Loop facility retirement impacts an existing TC SYSTEMS customer in this
manner, BellSouth agrees to provide to TC SYSTEMS a connection between TC
SYSTEMS's end user and the selected ISP that provides the same functionality
that TC SYSTEMS provided to that end user using the now-retired copper
facility, at a rate equal to the rate paid by TC SYSTEMS for the conditioned
copper Loop facility previously used to serve that customer. This provision can
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