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Home My WebLink About20031103Comments of Verizon.pdf- 1799 KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP A LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP GIV((~ tJ3 - 23 NEW YORK , NY TYSONS CORNER, VA 1200 19TH STREET, N. SUITE 500 WASHINGTON , D.C. 20036 FACSIMILE (202) 955-9792 CHICAGO, IL STAMFORD, CT www.kelleydrye.CDm PARSIPPANY, NJ (202) 955-9600 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM DIRECT LINE: (202) 887-1257 EMAIL: akleinl1!)kelleydrye.CDm AFFILIATE OFFICES BANGKOK, THAILAND JAKARTA , INDONESIA MUMBAI , INDIA TOKYO, JAPAN October 31 , 2003 c:: ---\ rr,;:".. (/1 ~: Jeffrey A. Masoner Vice President Interconnection Services Verizon 2107 Wilson Blvd 11 th Floor Arlington, VA 22201 (') --,-- ~;c:. 5;, (/1(J) " , r--.:I 1'"\ C;:)C;::)f'i\ .....,('"') 2"'-rr1 f11CJ ...c: fT1 :;po.::itVIA FAX AND UPS OVERNIGHT Re:Verizon Notice of Discontinuance and Contract Amendment Dear Mr. Masoner: The undersigned Competitive Carriers hereby respond to Verizon s unreasonable unacceptable and invalid "Notice of Discontinuation of Unbundled Network Elements" dated October 2 2003 (the "Industry Notice ). First and foremost, the Verizon Industry Notice constitutes an impermissible attempt to unilaterally modify the terms of interconnection agreements existing between Verizon and the Competitive Carriers. While certain items contained in the Federal Communications Commission s Triennial Review Order are self- executing, such as the clarification that ILECs must perform routine network modifications to provision UNE orders, Verizon has attempted to label all changes that it apparently believes inure to its benefit as being subject to automatic implementation, while subjecting all other provisions of the Triennial Order to a negotiated amendment process. This is inappropriate and in violation of applicable law. The FCC already has rejected the proposition advanced by Verizon s sister RBOCs that ILECs should be permitted to "override the Section 252 process and unilaterally change all interconnection agreements.l Instead, the FCC made clear that "individual carriers should be allowed the opportunity to negotiate specific terms and conditions necessary to translate our rules into the commercial environment, and to resolve disputes over any new TRO, ~ 701. DCOl1KLEW2l2304. KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP Jeffrey A. Masoner Verizon October 31 , 2003 Page Two agreement language arising from differing interpretations of our rules.2 The Competitive Carriers will negotiate amendments to existing agreements and/or replacement agreements subject to procedures agreed upon by the parties or specified in their interconnection agreements. Furthermore, Verizon s position is contradicted by its own promulgation of a proposed amendment to the parties' interconnection agreements , which amendment purports to implement (among other holdings) the items that Verizon claims to be implementing through unilateral action. While each Competitive Carrier has its own interconnection agreement and specific relationship with Verizon, the Competitive Carriers are in agreement that Verizon may not discontinue the provisioning of any unbundled network elements based simply upon the distribution of an industry-wide form letter like the Industry Notice. Thus, Verizon is hereby provided with formal notice that it may take no action to cease the provisioning of unbundled network elements, nor any other action inconsistent with the terms of the parties' interconnection agreement, until such time as each agreement is duly amended or replaced. By copy of this letter, we are requesting that each of the state commissions please take notice of this correspondence, and consider convening a mediation session and/or establishing procedures to address issues pertaining to the appropriate implementation of the Triennial Review Order as it relates to interconnection agreements. TRO, ~ 700, DCOl1KLEW2l2304. Jeffrey A. Masoner Verizon October 31 , 2003 Page Three KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP Sincerely yours Andrew M. Klein Steven A. Augustino Counsel to AboveNet Inc., ATX Communications, BridgeCom International Broadview Networks, Covad Communications DSCI Corporation, Focal Communications Global Crossing North America, InfoHighway Communications Corporation, KMC Telecom Lightwave Communications, MetTel, McGraw Communications, and Remi Communications Jill Sandford Senior Attorney AboveNet, Inc. 360 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, New York 10601 Tel: 914.421.7585 Fax: 914.421.6793 i sandford~above .net Kevin C. Schoen President ACD Telecom, Inc. 4980 Northwind Drive East Lansing, MI 48823 Tel: 517.333.0900, ext. 250 Fax: 517.333.8552 Schoen.kevin~acd.net Harry M. Davidow AT &T Communications, Inc. 685 West End Avenue New York, NY 10025 Tel: 212.665.8005 Fax: 212.665.8963 hdavidow~att.com Bruce Bennett Vice President - External Affairs A TX Communications Inc. 70 West Hubbard Suite 410 Chicago, IL 60610 Bruce.B ennett~corecomm. com Scott N. Dulin Senior Vice President A TX Licensing Inc. 50 Monument Road Bala Cynwyd, P A 19004 Tel: 610.668.3000 ScottDulin~atx.com DCOIIKLEW212304, Barlow Keener BrahmaCom, Inc. 32 Wexford Street Needham, MA 02494 Tel: 781.433.0333 x206 bkeener~brahmacom.com KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP Jeffrey A. Masoner Verizon October 31 , 2003 Page Four Charles C. Hunter, Esq. BridgeCom International, Inc. 115 Stevens Avenue, 3rd Floor Valhalla, NY 10595 Tel: 914.742.5589 Fax: 914.742.5818 chunter~bridgecom.com Rebecca H. Sommi VP Operations Support Broadview Networks, Inc. 400 Horsham Road Horsham, P A 19044 Tel: 215.293.8715 Fax: 215.293.8750 rsommi~broadview .net. com D. Anthony Mastando Dir., Assoc. General Counsel Legal and Regulatory Choice One Communications Tel: 585.530.2665 Fax: 585.697.780 AMastando~ChoiceOneCom. Com Anthony Hansel, Esq. Covad Communications Co. 600 14th Street NW, Suite 750 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: 202.220.0410 Fax: 202.220.0401 thansel~covad. com Paul Rebey Focal Communications 200 North LaSalle Suite 1100 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel: 312.895.8491 Fax: 312.895.8403 prebev~focal.com Michael J. Shortley, III General Counsel-North America Global Crossing North America, Inc. 1080 Pitts ford- Victor Road Pitts ford, NY 14534 Tel: 585.255.1429 Fax: 585.218.8579 michael shortlev~globa1crossing.com DCOI IKLEW2 1 2304. KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP Jeffrey A. Masoner Verizon October 31 , 2003 Page Five Peter Karoczkai InfoHighway Communications Corporation 1333 Broadway New York, NY 10018 Tel: 646.536.6999 Fax: 212.695.9680 pkaroczkai~infohi gh way. com Chad Pifer Regulatory Counsel KMC Telecom 1755 North Brown Road Lawrenceville, GA 30043 Tel: 678.985.6441 Fax: 678.985.6213 rpifer~kmctelecom.com E. Nego Pile Manager Rates & Tariffs Lightship Telecom 1301 Virginia Drive Fort Washington, PA 19034 Phone: 215-641-0894 Fax: npile~lightship.net DCOIlKLEW212304.5 215-641-0531 Joseph P. Fiorillo President Intelecom Solutions 25 West Jefryn Blvd. Deer Park, NY 11729 Tel: 631.240.9008 Fax: 631.243.0266 ioe~intele-com.com Michael Britt Vice President, Regulatory Affairs LecStar Telecom, Inc. Tel: 770.989.9814 michae 1. bri tt~lecstar. com Mark J. Ricigliano Chief Executive Officer Lightwave Communications, LLC 14504 Greenview Drive Suite 302 Laurel, MD 20708 Tel: 301.953.9031 Fax: 301.953.2454 mark~bundleup .net Jeffrey A. Masoner Verizon October 31 , 2003 Page Six KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP Sadia Mendez Carrier Division Manager McGraw Communications, Inc. 228 East 45th Street, 1ih Floor New York, NY 10017 smendez~mcgrawcom.net Kevin Shady Vice President, Local Development Light year Communications, Inc. 1901 Eastpoint Parkway Louisville, KY 40223 Tel: 502.244.6666 Fax: 502.515.4134 Kevin. S had y~li ghtyearcom. com David E. Aronow President Met Tel 44 Wall Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10005 Tel: 212.607.2003 Fax: 212.635.5074 daronow~mettel.net Bill Stapleton OneStar 7100 Eagle Crest Blvd. Evansville, IN 47715 Tel: 812.437.7960 Fax: 812.437.7978 wstap leton~ctsm gmt. com Jack Dayan Spectotrotel, Inc. O. Box 7950 Shrewsburg, NJ 07702-7950 Tel: 732.345.7878 Fax: 212.504.3254 i ack~spectrote1.com DCOIIKLEW212304, Ray Russenberger CEO Network Telephone 815 S. Palafox Street Pensacola, FL 32501 Ray. R us sen b er ger~n etw or kte I ep hone. n et David J. Malfara, Sr. President & CEO Remi Communications Tel: 724.836.5800 dmalfara~remi communi c ati ons. com KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP Jeffrey A. Masoner Verizon October 31 , 2003 Page Seven cc:Arizona Corporation Commission California Public Utilities Commission Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control Delaware Public Service Commission Florida Public Service Commission Hawaii Public Utilities Commission Idaho Public Utilities Commission Illinois Commerce Commission Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Maine Public Utilities Commission Maryland Public Service Commission Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications & Energy Michigan Public Service Commission Public Utilities Commission of Nevada New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission New Jersey Board of Public Utilities New York Public Service Commission North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Oregon Public Utility Commission Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission South Carolina Public Service Commission Texas Public Utility Commission Vermont Public Service Board Virginia State Corporation Commission District of Columbia Public Service Commission Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission West Virginia Public Service Commission Wisconsin Public Service Commission DCO IIKLEW212304.