Optical Telecommunications, Inc.

Version: 2Q05 Standard ICA - New
07/06/05
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2.1.2.1 In new build (Greenfield) areas, where BellSouth has only deployed FTTH/FTTC
facilities, BellSouth is under no obligation to provide Loops. FTTH facilities
include fiber loops deployed to the MPOE of a MDU that is predominantly
residential regardless of the ownership of the inside wiring from the MPOE to each
End User in the MDU.
2.1.2.2 In FTTH/FTTC overbuild situations where BellSouth also has copper Loops,
BellSouth will make those copper Loops available to OTI on an unbundled basis,
until such time as BellSouth chooses to retire those copper Loops using the FCC’s
network disclosure requirements. In these cases, BellSouth will offer a sixty-four
(64) kilobits per second (kbps) second voice grade channel over its FTTH/FTTC
facilities.
2.1.2.3 Furthermore, in FTTH/FTTC overbuild areas where BellSouth has not yet retired
copper facilities, BellSouth is not obligated to ensure that such copper Loops in
that area are capable of transmitting signals prior to receiving a request for access
to such Loops by OTI. If a request is received by BellSouth for a copper Loop,
and the copper facilities have not yet been retired, BellSouth will restore the
copper Loop to serviceable condition if technically feasible. In these instances of
Loop orders in an FTTH/FTTC overbuild area, BellSouth’s standard Loop
provisioning interval will not apply, and the order will be handled on a project
basis by which the Parties will negotiate the applicable provisioning interval
2.1.3 A hybrid Loop is a local Loop, composed of both fiber optic cable, usually in the
feeder plant, and copper twisted wire or cable, usually in the distribution plant.
BellSouth shall provide OTI with nondiscriminatory access to the time division
multiplexing features, functions and capabilities of such hybrid Loop, on an
unbundled basis to establish a complete transmission path between BellSouth’s
central office and an End User’s premises.
2.1.4 DS1 and DS3 Loop Requirements
2.1.4.1 For purposes of this Section 2, a Business Line is defined in 47 C.F.R. § 51.5.
2.1.4.2 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, and except as set
forth in Section 2.1.4.12 below, BellSouth shall make available DS1 and DS3
Loops as described in this Section 2.1.4 except as described below:
2.1.4.2.1 DS1 Loops at any location within the service area of a wire center containing sixty
thousand (60,000) or more Business Lines and four (4) or more fiber-based
collocators.
2.1.4.2.2 DS3 Loops at any location within the service area of a wire center containing
thirty-eight thousand (38,000) or more Business Lines and four (4) or more fiberbased
collocators.
CCCS 51 of 261