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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONIN THE MATTER OF THE JOINT APPLICATION)CASE  NO.  USW-T-99-2OF U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND)CCCID, INC. DBA CONNECT! FOR APPROVAL)OF AN AGREEMENT FOR INTERCONNECTION)AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO 47 U.S.C.  252(e).)ORDER NO. 27954 ________________________________________________)On November 5, 1998, CCCID, Inc. dba Connect!  (Connect!) and U S WEST Communications, Inc. (U S WEST) filed an Application for approval of an interconnection agreement arrived at through voluntary negotiations. The Agreement, submitted for approval pursuant to 47 U.S.C.  252(e) a provision of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the Act), provides for the parties to interconnect their facilities, enables Connect! to resell U S WESTs services, and provides access to Connect! to U S WESTs unbundled network elements.Section 252(e)(2) of the Act directs that a state Commission may reject an agreement reached through voluntary negotiations only if the Commission finds that(i)the agreement (or portions thereof) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier not a party to the agreement; or(ii)the implementation of such agreement or portion is not consistent with the public interest, convenience and necessity.The parties assert that the Agreement does not discriminate against other telecommunication carriers and that it is consistent with the public interest, convenience and necessity. On February 5, 1999, the Commission issued a Notice of Joint Petition and Notice of Modified Procedure to process the petition. Only the Commission Staff filed comments, recommending approval of the interconnection agreement. Staff reviewed the agreement between the parties to determine that it is consistent with the requirements of the Telecommunications Act. Based on the recommendation of the Staff, we find that the agreement between CCCID, Inc. dba Connect! and U S WEST should be approved.O R D E RIT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Interconnection Agreement between U S WEST Communications, Inc. and CCCID, Inc. dba Connect! is approved. Terms of the agreement that are not already in effect shall be effective as of the date of this Order.THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order (or in issues finally decided by this Order) or in interlocutory Orders previously issued in this Case No. USWT992 may petition for reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date of this Order with regard to any matter decided in this Order or in interlocutory Orders previously issued in this Case No. USWT992. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. See Idaho Code 61626.DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this day of March 1999.DENNIS S. HANSEN, PRESIDENTMARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONERPAUL KJELLANDER, COMMISSIONERATTEST:Myrna J. WaltersCommission Secretaryvld/O:USW-T-99-2.ws2