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April 12, 2007
Ms. Jean Jewell, Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
Re: Case No. VZN-02-
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Enclosed for filing is an original and three copies of Amendment # 1 and Amendment # 2
to the Agreement between Verizon Northwest Inc. and OneEighty Networks, Inc.
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AMENDMENT NO.
TO THE
INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
VERIZON NORTHWEST INC.
AND
ONEEIGHTY NETWORKS INC. D/B/A ONEEIGHTY NETWORKS
This Amendment No.1 (the "Amendment") is made by and between Verizon Northwest
Inc. ("Verizon ) , a Washington corporation with offices at 1800 41 st Street, Everett, WA 98201 ,
and QneEighty Networks Inc. d/b/a OneEighty Networks, a corporation with office$ at 118 N.
Stevens, Spokane, WA 99201 ("OneEighty ), and shall be deemed effective on April 19 , 2007
(the "Amendment Effective Date ). Verizon and OneEighty are hereinafter referred to collectively
as the "Parties" and individually as a "Party". This Amendment covers services in Verizon
service territory in the State of Idaho (the "State
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Verizon and OneEighty are Parties to an Interconnection Agreement under
Sections 251 and 252 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act") dated May 8
2002 (the "Agreement"); and
WHEREAS , the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC") released an order on
August 21, 2003 in CC Docket Nos. 01-338, 96-, and 98-147 (the 'Triennial Review Order" or
TRO") , which became effective as of October 2, 2003; and
WHEREAS, on March 2, 2004, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit (the "C. Circuit") issued a decision affirming in part and vacating in part the TRQ (the
C. Circuit Decision ); and
WHEREAS, on August 20 2004, the FCC released an Order in WC Docket No. 04-313
and CC Docket No. 01-338 (the "Interim Rules Order ) setting forth certain interim rules regarding
the temporary reinstatement of unbundling obligations for certain network elements with respect
to which the D.C. Circuit Decision holds that the FCC has made no lawful impairment finding
under Section 251 of the Act; and
WHEREAS, on February 4, 2005, the FCC released an Order on Remand in WC Docket
No. 04-313 and CC Docket No. 01-338 (the "TRRO") setting forth rules that supplanted , effective
March 11 , 2005, the temporary rules set forth in the Interim Rules Order and addressing the
remanded issues raised in the D.C. Circuit Decision;
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WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing developments, the Parties, pursuant to Section
252(a) of the Act, wish to amend the Agreement in order to give contractual effect to the
provisions set forth herein; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual agreements set forth
herein, the Parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
Amendment to Aqreement.The Agreement is amended to include the following
provisions, which shall apply to and be a part of the Agreement notwithstanding any other
provision of the Agreement or a Verizon tariff or a Verizon Statement of Generally
Available Terms and Conditions ("SGAT").
General Conditions.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, this Amendment, or any
Verizon tariff or SGAT: (a) Verizon shall be obligated to provide access to
unbundled Network Elements ("UNEs ) and combinations of unbundled Network
Elements ("Combinations ) to OneEighty under the terms of this Amended
Agreement only to the extent required by the Federal Unbundling Rules, and (b)
Verizon may decline to provide access to UNEs and Combinations to OneEighty
to the extent that provision of access to such UNEs or Combinations is not
required by the Federal Unbundling Rules.
OneEighty may use a UNE or a Combination only for those purposes for which
Verizon is required by the Federal Unbundling Rules to provide such UNE or
Combination to OneEighty.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, this Amendment, or any
Verizon tariff or SGAT, to the extent Verizon becomes obligated to provide to
OneEighty pursuant to the Federal Unbundling Rules a Discontinued Facility or a
UNE , Combination, or related service that, as of the Amendment Effective Date
Verizon is not required to provide to OneEighty under the Amended Agreement
and the Federal Unbundling Rules, the rates, terms, conditions for such
Discontinued Facility, UNE, Combination, or related service shall be as provided
in an applicable Verizon tariff that Verizon , after the Amendment Effective Date
establishes or revises to provide for such rates, terms, and conditions, or (in the
absence of an applicable Verizon tariff that Verizon, after the Amendment
Effective Date, establishes or revises to provide for such rates, terms, and
conditions) as mutually agreed by the Parties in a written amendment to the
Amended Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any other
provision of the Agreement, this Amendment, or any Verizon tariff or SGA T
Verizon, unless and until such time as Verizon is required to do so by an
applicable Verizon tariff that Verizon, after the Amendment Effective Date
establishes or revises to provide for the applicable rates, terms, and conditions or
by a mutually agreed written amendment to the Amended Agreement setting
forth the applicable rates, terms, and conditions, shall not be required under the
Amended Agreement (a) to perform any routine network modification that the
Agreement does not expressly and specifically require Verizon to perform
(including, but not limited to, any routine network modification required under 47
F.R. ~ 51.319(a)(8) or 47 C.R.~ 51.319(e)(5)), (b) to commingle, or to permit
the commingling of, UNEs or Combinations with other wholesale services
obtained from Verizon under a Verizon access tariff, separate non-251
agreement, or otherwise, or (c) to offer or provide , for any period of time not
required under Section 3 of this Amendment, any facility that is or becomes a
Discontinued Facility.
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Discontinued Facilities.
Generallv
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, this
Amendment, or any Verizon tariff or SGAT, Verizon shall not be
obligated to offer or provide access on an unbundled basis at rates
prescribed under Section 251 of the Act to any facility that is or
becomes a Discontinued Facility, whether as a stand-alone UNE, as
part of a Combination, or otherwise; provided , however, that in
accordance with but only to the extent required by the TRRQ (and only
for so long as, and to the extent that, the TRRO remains effective and
is not stayed, reversed, modified, or vacated), Verizon shall continue
during the applicable transition period specified in the TRRO (and not
beyond such period) to provide OneEighty s embedded base of UNEs
that, as of March 11 , 2005 , became Discontinued Facilities by
operation of the TRRQ, and such embedded base of UNEs shall be
subject to FCC-prescribed rate increases pursuant to Section 3.
below. To the extent Verizon has not already ceased providing a
particular Discontinued Facility to One Eighty, Verizon, provided it has
given at least ninety (90) days written notice of discontinuance of such
Discontinued Facility, will continue to provide such Discontinued
Facility under the Amended Agreement only through the effective date
of the notice of discontinuance, and not beyond that date.
To the extent a facility is (or becomes) a Discontinued Facility only as
to new orders that OneEighty may place for such a facility, Verizon , to
the extent it has not already discontinued its acceptance of such new
orders and provided it has given at least ninety (90) days written notice
in cases where it has not already discontinued its acceptance of such
new orders, may reject such new orders on the effective date of the
notice of discontinuance and thereafter. Verizon may, but shall not be
required to, issue the foregoing notice in advance of the date on which
the facility shall become a Discontinued Facility as to new orders that
OneEighty may place, so as to give effect to Verizon s right to reject
such new orders immediately on that date.
The Parties acknowledge that Verizon, prior to the Amendment
Effective Date, has provided OneEighty with any required notices of
discontinuance of certain Discontinued Facilities, and that Verizon , to
the extent it has not already done so pursuant to a pre-existing or
independent right it may have under the Agreement, a Verizon SGA T
or tariff, or otherwise, may, at any time and without further notice to
OneEighty, cease providing any such Discontinued Facilities.
This Section 3.1 is intended to limit any obligation Verizon might
otherwise have to provide to OneEighty (or to notify OneEighty of the
discontinuance of) any facility that is or becomes a Discontinued
Facility, and nothing contained in this Section 3.1 or elsewhere in this
Amendment shall be deemed to establish in the first instance or to
extend any obligation of Verizon to provide any facility or Discontinued
Facility. This Section 3.1 shall apply notwithstanding anything
contained in the Agreement, this Amendment, or any Verizon tariff or
SGAT, but without limiting any other right Verizon may have under the
Agreement, this Amendment, or any Verizon tariff or SGA T to cease
providing a facility that is or becomes a Discontinued Facility.
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1.4
Continuation of Facilities Under Separate Arranqement.To the extent OneEighty
wishes to continue to obtain access to a Discontinued Facility under a separate
arrangement (e., a separate agreement at market-based rates, an arrangement
under a Verizon access tariff, or resale), OneEighty shall have promptly
undertaken and concluded such efforts as may be required to secure such
arrangement prior to the date on which Verizon is permitted to cease providing
the Discontinued Facility; provided, however, that in no event shall OneEighty
failure to secure such an arrangement affect Verizon s right to cease providing a
facility that is or becomes a Discontinued Facility. IfVerizon is permitted to
cease providing a Discontinued Facility under this Section 3 and OneEighty has
not submitted an LSR or ASR, as appropriate, to Verizon requesting
disconnection of the Discontinued Facility and has not separately secured from
Verizon an alternative arrangement to replace the Discontinued Facility, then
Verizon, to the extent it has not already done so prior to execution of this
Amendment, shall reprice the subject Discontinued Facility by application of a
new rate (or, in Verizon s sole discretion, by application of a surcharge) to be
equivalent to access, resale, or other analogous arrangement that Verizon shall
identify in a written notice to OneEighty. The rates, terms, and conditions of any
such arrangements shall apply and be binding upon OneEighty as of the date
specified in the written notice issued by Verizon. The Parties acknowledge that
Verizon has, in such written notices issued to OneEighty prior to the Amendment
Effective Date, identified such arrangements to replace certain Discontinued
Facilities and that Verizon, to the extent it has not already done so, may
implement such arrangements without further notice.
Limitation With Respect to Replacement Arranqements.Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Amended Agreement, any negotiations regarding any
replacement arrangement or other facility or service that Verizon is not required
to provide under the Federal Unbundling Rules shall be deemed not to have
been conducted pursuant to the Amended Agreement, 47 U.C. ~ 252(a)(1), or
47 C.F.R. Part 51 , and shall not be subject to arbitration pursuant to 47 U.C. ~
252(b). Any reference in this Amended Agreement to Verizon s provision of a
facility, service, or arrangement that Verizon is not required to provide under the
Federal Unbundling Rules is solely for the convenience of the Parties and shall
not be construed to require or permit arbitration of such rates, terms, or
conditions pursuant to 47 U.C. S 252(b).
3.4 Pre-Existinq and Independent Discontinuance Riqhts.Verizon s rights as to
discontinuance of Discontinued Facilities pursuant to this Section 3 are in
addition to, and not in limitation of, any rights Verizon may have as to
discontinuance of Discontinued Facilities under the Agreement, a Verizon tariff or
SGAT, or otherwise. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit
limit, or delay Verizon s exercise of any pre-existing or independent right it may
have under the Agreement, a Verizon tariff or SGAT, or otherwise to cease
providing a Discontinued Facility.
Implementation of Rate Chanqes. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Amended Agreement (including, but not limited to, the rates and charges set
forth therein), Verizon may, but shall not be required to, implement any rate
increases or new charges that may be established by the FCC in the TRRO or
subsequent orders, once effective, for unbundled network elements
combinations of unbundled network elements, or related services, by issuing to
OneEighty a schedule of such rate increases and/or new charges, provided that
the rate provisions of such FCC orders are not subject to a stay issued by any
court of competent jurisdiction. Any such rate increases or new charges shall
take effect on the date indicated in the schedule issued by Verizon, but no earlier
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than the date established by the FCC, and shall be paid by OneEighty in
accordance with the terms of the Amended Agreement. Verizon may, but shall
not be required to, use a true-up to apply the rate increases or new charges
effective as of the date indicated in the schedule issued by Verizon. The Parties
acknowledge that Verizon, prior to the Amendment Effective Date, may have
provided OneEighty such a schedule identifying rate increases or new charges
for certain Discontinued Facilities, and that no further notice or schedule is
required for those rate increases or new charges to take effect. Any such rate
increases and new charges that the FCC may establish shall be in addition to
and not in limitation of, any rate increases and new charges that the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission may approve or that Verizon may otherwise implement
under the Amended Agreement or applicable tariffs. Nothing set forth in this
Section 3.5 shall be deemed an admission of Verizon (including, but not limited
to, as to whether this Amendment is required in order for Verizon to charge the
FCC-prescribed rate increases and new charges described herein) or limit
Verizon s right to appeal, seek reconsideration of, or otherwise seek to have
stayed, modified, reversed, or invalidated any limit the FCC may impose on
Verizon s rates and charges.
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Conflict between this Amendment and the Aqreement.This Amendment shall be
deemed to revise the terms and provisions of the Agreement to the extent
necessary to give effect to the terms and provisions of this Amendment. In the
event of a conflict between the terms and provisions of this Amendment and the
terms and provisions of the Agreement this Amendment shall govern , provided
however, that the fact that a term or provision appears in this Amendment but not
in the Agreement, or in the Agreement but not in this Amendment, shall not be
interpreted as, or deemed grounds for finding, a conflict for purposes of this
Section 4.
Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original and all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Captions. The Parties acknowledge that the captions in this Amendment have
been inserted solely for convenience of reference and in no way define or limit
the scope or substance of any term or provision of this Amendment.
4.4 Scope of Amendment.This Amendment shall amend, modify and revise the
Agreement only to the extent set forth expressly herein. As used herein, the
Agreement, as revised and supplemented by this Amendment, shall be referred
to as the "Amended Agreement". Nothing in this Amendment shall be deemed to
amend or extend the term of the Agreement, or to affect the right of a Party to
exercise any right of termination it may have under the Agreement.
Reservation of Riqhts. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Agreement
this Amendment, or any Verizon tariff or SGAT, nothing contained in the
Agreement, this Amendment, or any Verizon tariff or SGAT shall limit either
Party s right to appeal, seek reconsideration of or otherwise seek to have stayed
modified, reversed or invalidated any order, rule, regulation, decision, ordinance
or statute issued by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, the FCC, any court or
any other governmental authority related to, concerning or that may affect either
Party s rights or obligations under the Agreement, this Amendment, any Verizon
tariff or SGAT, or Applicable Law.
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Joint Work Product.This Amendment is a joint work product, and any
ambiguities in this Amendment shall not be construed by operation of law against
either Party.
Definitions. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Agreement or any Verizon
tariff or SGAT, the following terms, as used in the Amended Agreement, shall
have the meanings set forth below:
7.4
Call-Related Databases . Databases, other than operations support
systems, that are used in signaling networks for billing and collection
or the transmission , routing, or other provision of a
telecommunications service. Call-related databases include, but are
not limited to, the calling name database, 911 database, E911
database, line information database, toll free calling database
advanced intelligent network databases, and downstream number
portability databases.
Dark Fiber Loop . Consists of fiber optic strand(s) in a Verizon fiber
optic cable between Verizon s accessible terminal, such as the fiber
distribution frame, or its functional equivalent, located within a Verizon
wire center, and Verizon s accessible terminal located in Verizon
main termination point at an end user customer premises, such as a
fiber patch panel, and that Verizon has not activated through
connection to electronics that "light" it and render it capable of carrying
telecommunications services.
Dark Fiber Transport. An optical transmission facility within a LATA
that Verizon has not activated by attaching multiplexing, aggregation
or other electronics , between Verizon switches (as identified in the
LERG) or wire centers. Dark fiber facilities between (i) a Verizon wire
center or switch and (ii) a switch or wire center of OneEighty or a third
party are not Dark Fiber Transport.
Dedicated Transport.A DS1 or DS3 transmission facility between
Verizon switches (as identified in the LERG) or wire centers, within a
LATA, that is dedicated to a particular end user or carrier.
Transmission facilities or services provided between (i) a Verizon wire
center or switch and (ii) a switch or wire center of OneEighty or a third
party are not Dedicated Transport.
Discontinued Facilitv. Any facility that Verizon, at any time, has
provided or offered to provide to OneEighty on an unbundled basis
pursuant to the Federal Unbundling Rules (whether under the
Agreement, a Verizon tariff, or a Verizon SGAT), but which by
operation of law has ceased or ceases to be subject to an unbundling
requirement under the Federal Unbundling Rules. By way of example
and not by way of limitation, Discontinued Facilities include the
following, whether as stand-alone facilities or combined with other
facilities: (a) any Entrance Facility; (b) Enterprise Switching; (c) Mass
Market Switching; (d) Four-Line Carve Out Switching; (e) OCn Loops
and QCn Dedicated Transport; (f) DS1 Loops or DS3 Loops out of any
wire center at which the Federal Unbundling Rules do not require
Verizon to provide OneEighty with unbundled access to such Loops;
(g) Dark Fiber Loops; (h) any DS1 Loop or DS3 Loop that exceeds the
maximum number of such Loops that the Federal Unbundling. Rules
require Verizon to provide to OneEighty on an unbundled basis at a
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particular building location; (i) DS1 Dedicated Transport, DS3
Dedicated Transport, or Dark Fiber Transport on any route as to which
the Federal Unbundling Rules do not require Verizon to provide
OneEighty with unbundled access to such Transport; 0) any DS1
Dedicated Transport circuit or DS3 Dedicated Transport circuit that
exceeds the number of such circuits that the Federal Unbundling
Rules require Verizon to provide to OneEighty on an unbundled basis
on a particular route; (k) the Feeder portion of a Loop; (I) Line Sharing;
(m) any Call-Related Database, other than the 911 and E911
databases; (n) Signaling; (0) Shared Transport; (p) FTTP Loops (lit or
unlit); (q) Hybrid Loops (subject to exceptions for TDM and
narrowband services (Le., equivalent to DSO capacity)); and (r) any
other facility or class of facilities as to which the FCC has not made a
finding of impairment that remains effective, or as to which the FCC
makes (or has made) a finding of nonimpairment.
DS1 Dedicated Transport. Dedicated Transport having a total digital
signal speed of 1.544 Mbps.
DS3 Dedicated Transport. Dedicated Transport having a total digital
signal speed of 44.736 Mbps.
DS1 Loop. A digital transmission channel, between the main
distribution frame (or its equivalent) in an end user s serving wire
center and the demarcation point at the end user customer s premises
suitable for the transport of 1.544 Mbps digital signals. This loop type
is more fully described in Verizon TR 72575, as revised from time to
time. A DS1 Loop requires the electronics necessary to provide the
DS1 transmission rate. DS1 Loops are sometimes also known as DS1
Links
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DS3 Loop. A digital transmission channel , between the main
distribution frame (or its equivalent) in an end user s serving wire
center and the demarcation point at the end user customers premises
suitable for the transport of isochronous bipolar serial data at a rate of
44.736 Mbps (the equivalent of 28 DS1 channels). This Loop type is
more fully described in Verizon TR 72575, as revised from time to
time. A DS3 Loop requires the electronics necessary to provide the
DS3 transmission rate. DS3 Loops are sometimes also known as DS3
Links
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Enterprise Switchinq . Local Switching or Tandem Switching that, if
provided to OneEighty would be used for the purpose of serving
OneEighty s customers using DS1 or above capacity Loops.
Entrance Facilitv. A transmission facility (lit or unlit) or service
provided between (i) a Verizon wire center or switch and (ii) a switch
or wire center of OneEighty or a third party.
Federal Unbundlinq Rules. Any lawful requirement to provide access
to unbundled network elements that is imposed upon Verizon by the
FCC pursuant to both 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3) and 47 C.R. Part 51.
Any reference in this Amendment to "Federal Unbundling Rules" shall
not include an unbundling requirement if the unbundling requirement
does not exist under both 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3) and 47 C.F.R. Part 51.
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Feeder. The fiber optic cable (lit or unlit) or metallic portion of a Loop
between a serving wire center and a remote terminal or
feeder/distribution interface.
Four-Line Carve Out Switchino. Local Switching that Verizon is not
required to provide pursuant to 47 C.R. ~ 51.319(d)(3)(ii).
FTTP Loop. A Loop consisting entirely of fiber optic cable, whether
dark or lit, that extends from the main distribution frame (or its
equivalent) in an end user s serving wire center to the demarcation
point at the end user s customer premises or to a serving area
interface at which the fiber optic cable connects to copper or coaxial
distribution facilities that extend to the end user s customer premises
demarcation point, provided that all copper or coaxial distribution
facilities extending from such serving area interface are not more than
500 feet from the demarcation point at the respective end users
customer premises; provided, however, that in the case of
predominantly residential multiple dwelling units (MDUs), an FTTP
Loop is a Loop consisting entirely of fiber optic cable, whether dark or
lit, that extends from the main distribution frame (or its equivalent) in
the wire center that serves the multiunit premises: (a) to or beyond the
multiunit premises' minimum point of entry (MPOE), as defined in 47
F.R. ~ 68.105; or (b) to a serving area interface at which the fiber
optic cable connects to copper or coaxial distribution facilities that
extend to or beyond the multiunit premises' MPOE, provided that all
copper or coaxial distribution facilities extending from such serving
area interface are not more than 500 feet from the MPOE at the
multiunit premises.
Hybrid Loop. A local Loop composed of both fiber optic cable and
copper wire or cable. An FTTP Loop is not a Hybrid Loop.
Line Sharino. The process by which OneEighty provides xDSL service
over the same copper Loop that Verizon uses to provide voice service
by utilizing the frequency range on the copper loop above the range
that carries analog circuit-switched voice transmissions (the High
Frequency Portion of the Loop, or "HFPL"). The HFPL includes the
features, functions, and capabilities of the copper Loop that are used
to establish a complete transmission path between Verizon s main
distribution frame (or its equivalent) in its serving Wire Center and the
demarcation point at the end user s customer premises.
Local Switchino.The line-side and trunk-side facilities associated with
the line-side port, on a circuit switch in Verizon s network (as identified
in the LERG), plus the features , functions, and capabilities of that
switch, unbundled from loops and transmission facilities, including: (a)
the line-side Port (including the capability to connect a Loop
termination and a switch line card, telephone number assignment, dial
tone, one primary directory listing, pre-subscription, and access to
911); (b) line and line group features (including all vertical features and
line blocking options the switch and its associated deployed switch
software are capable of providing that are provided to Verizon s local
exchange service Customers served by that switch); (c) usage
(including the connection of lines to lines, lines to trunks, trunks to
lines, and trunks to trunks); and (d) trunk features (including the
connection between the trunk termination and a trunk card).
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Mass Market Switchino. Local Switching or Tandem Switching that, if
provided to OneEighty, would be used for the purpose of serving a
OneEighty end user customer with DSO Loops. Mass Market
Switching does not include Four Line Carve Out Switching.
Sionalino. Signaling includes, but is not limited to, signaling links and
signaling transfer points.
Tandem Switchino.The trunk-connect facilities on a Verizon circuit
switch that functions as a tandem switch, plus the functions that are
centralized in that switch, including the basic switching function of
connecting trunks to trunks, unbundled from and not contiguous with
loops and transmission facilities. Tandem Switching creates a
temporary transmission path between interoffice trunks that are
interconnected at a Verizon tandem switch for the purpose of routing a
call. A tandem switch does not provide basic functions such as dial
tone service.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of
the Amendment Effective Date.
ONEEIGHTY NETWORKS INC. D/B/A
ONEEIGHTY NETWORKS
VERIZON NORTHWEST INC.
By ~J;;L By:
Printed: Terry Sticka Printed: Gary Librizzi
Title: Chief Operating Qfficer Title: Director - Negotiations
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TO THE
INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
VERIZON NORTHWEST INC.
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ONEEIGHTY NETWORKS INC. D/B/A ONEEIGHTY NETWORKS
This Amendment No.2 (the "Amendment") is made by and between Verizon Northwest
Inc. ("Verizon ) , a Washington corporation with offices at 1800 41st Street, Everett, WA 98201
and OneEighty Networks Inc. d/b/a OneEighty Networks, a corporation with offices at 118 N.
Stevens, Spokane, Washington 99201 ("OneEighty ), and shall be deemed effective on April 19
2007 (the "Amendment Effective Date ). Verizon and OneEighty are hereinafter referred to
collectively as the "Parties" and individually as a "Party . This Amendment covers services in
Verizon s service territory in the State of Idaho (the "State
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS Verizon and OneEighty are Parties to an Interconnection Agreement under
Sections 251 and 252 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act") dated May 8
2002 (the "Agreement"); and
WHEREAS the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC") released an order on
August 21 , 2003 in CC Docket Nos. 01-338, 96-, and 98-147 (the "Triennial Review Order" or
TRO"), which became effective as of October 2 , 2003; and
WHEREAS on March 2, 2004, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit (the "C. Circuit") issued a decision affirming in part and vacating in part the TRO (the
C. Circuit Decision ); and
WHEREAS on August 20 2004, the FCC released an Order in WC Docket No. 04-313
and CC Docket No. 01-338 (the "Interim Rules Order ) setting forth certain interim rules regarding
the temporary reinstatement of unbundling obligations for certain network elements with respect
to which the D.C. Circuit Decision holds that the FCC has made no lawful impairment finding
under Section 251 of the Act; and
WHEREAS on February 4, 2005, the FCC released an Order on Remand in WC Docket
No. 04-313 and CC Docket No. 01-338 (the "TRRO") setting forth rules that supplanted , effective
March 11 , 2005, the temporary rules set forth in the Interim Rules Order and addressing the
remanded issues raised in the D.C. Circuit Decision; and
WHEREAS in light of the foregoing developments, the Parties, pursuant to Section
252(a) of the Act, wish to amend the Agreement in order to give contractual effect to the
provisions set forth herein; and
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NQW, THEREFORE in consideration of the promises and mutual agreements set forth
herein, the Parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
Amendment to Aoreement.The Agreement is amended to include the following
provisions and the Pricing Attachment to the TRO Amendment (including Exhibit A)
attached hereto, all of which shall apply to and be a part of the Agreement
notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement or a Verizon tariff or a Verizon
Statement of Generally Available Terms and Conditions ("SGAT").
General Conditions.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, this Amendment, or any
Verizon tariff or SGAT: (a) Verizon shall be obligated to provide access to
unbundled Network Elements ("UNEs ), combinations of unbundled Network
Elements ("Combinations ), or UNEs commingled with wholesale services
Commingling ) to OneEighty under the terms of this Amendment only to the
extent required by both 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3) and 47 C.R. Part 51 , and (b)
Verizon may decline to provide access to UNEs, Combinations, or Commingling
to OneEighty under the terms of this Amendment to the extent that provision of
access to such UNEs, Combinations, or Commingling is not required by 47
C. ~ 251 (c)(3) or is not required by 47 C.R. Part 51.
To the extent Verizon is required to provide a UNE, Combination , or
Commingling under this Amendment, OneEighty may use such UNE
Combination, or Commingling only for those purposes for which Verizon is
required by 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3) and 47 C.F.R. Part 51 to provide such UNE
Combination, or Commingling to QneEighty.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, this Amendment, or any
Verizon tariff or SGAT, to the extent Verizon becomes obligated to provide to
OneEighty pursuant to both 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3) and 47 C.F.R. Part 51 a
Discontinued Facility or a UNE, Combination, or Commingling that, as of the
Amendment Effective Date, Verizon is not required to provide to OneEighty
under the Amended Agreement, 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3), and 47 C.F.R. Part 51
the rates, terms, conditions for such Discontinued Facility, UNE, Combination , or
Commingling shall be as provided in an applicable Verizon tariff that Verizon
after the Amendment Effective Date, establishes or revises to provide for such
rates, terms, and conditions, or (in the absence of an applicable Verizon tariff that
Verizon, after the Amendment Effective Date, establishes or revises to provide
for such rates, terms, and conditions) as mutually agreed by the Parties in a
written amendment to the Amended Agreement.
2.4 Nothing contained in this Amendment shall be deemed: (a) to obligate Verizon to
offer or provide access on an unbundled basis at rates prescribed under Section
251 (c)(3) of the Act to any facility that is or becomes a Discontinued Facility,
whether as a stand-alone UNE, as part of a Combination, or otherwise (subject to
the limited exceptions for voice-grade access specified in Sections 3.1 and 3.
below) or (b) to limit any right of Verizon under the Agreement, any Verizon tariff
or SGAT, or otherwise, to cease providing a Discontinued Facility, whether as a
stand-alone facility, as part of a combination, or otherwise.
Implementation of Rate Chanoes. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Amended Agreement (including, but not limited to, the rates and charges set
forth therein), Verizon may, but shall not be required to, implement any rate
increases or new charges that may be established by the FCC in the TRRO or
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subsequent orders, once effective, for unbundled network elements
combinations of unbundled network elements, or related services, by issuing to
OneEighty a schedule of such rate increases and/or new charges, provided that
the rate provisions of such FCC order(s) are not subject to a stay issued by any
court of competent jurisdiction. Any such rate increases or new charges shall
take effect on the date indicated in the schedule issued by Verizon, but no earlier
than the date established by the FCC, and shall be paid by OneEighty in
accordance with the terms of the Amended Agreement. Verizon may, but shall
not be required to, use a true-up to apply the rate increases or new charges
effective as of the date indicated in the schedule issued by Verizon. The Parties
acknowledge that Verizon, prior to the Amendment Effective Date, may have
provided OneEighty such a schedule identifying rate increases or new charges
for certain Discontinued Facilities, and that no further notice or schedule is
required for those rate increases or new charges to take effect. Any such rate
increases and new charges that the FCC may establish shall be in addition to
and not in limitation of, any rate increases and new charges that the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission may approve or that Verizon may otherwise implement
under the Amended Agreement or applicable tariffs. Nothing set forth in this
Section 2.5 shall be deemed an admission ofVerizon (including, but not limited
, as to whether this Amendment is required in order for Verizon to charge the
FCC-prescribed rate increases and new charges described herein) or limit
Verizon s right to appeal, seek reconsideration of, or otherwise seek to have
stayed , modified, reversed, or invalidated any limit the FCC may impose on
Verizon s rates and charges.
Provision of Certain Facilities and Services.
FTTP Loops - Overbuilds.Notwithstanding any other provision of the Amended
Agreement (but subject to and without limiting Section 2 above) or any Verizon
tariff or SGAT, if (a) Verizon deploys an FTTP Loop to replace a copper Loop
previously used to serve a particular end user s customer premises, and (b)
Verizon retires that copper loop and there are no other available copper Loops or
Hybrid Loops for OneEighty s provision of a voice grade service to that end
user s customer premises, then in accordance with, but only to the extent
required by, 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3) and 47 C.F.R. Part 51 , Verizon shall provide
OneEighty with nondiscriminatory access on an unbundled basis to a
transmission path capable of providing DSO voice grade service to that end
user s customer premises. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall
OneEighty be entitled to obtain access to an FTTP Loop (or any segment or
functionality thereof) on an unbundled basis where Verizon has deployed such a
Loop to the customer premises of an end user that previously was not served by
any Verizon Loop other than an FTTP Loop.
Hvbrid Loops.
Packet Switched Features. Functions. and Capabilities.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Amended Agreement or
any Verizon Tariff or SGAT, OneEighty shall not be entitled to obtain
access to the Packet Switched features, functions, or capabilities of
any Hybrid Loop on an unbundled basis.
Broadband Services. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Amended Agreement (but subject to and without limiting Section 2
above) or any Verizon Tariff or SGAT, when QneEighty seeks access
to a Hybrid Loop for the provision of "broadband services " as such
term is defined by the FCC, then in accordance with, but only to the
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extent required by, 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c) (3) and 47 C.R. Part 51
Verizon shall provide OneEighty with unbundled access under the
Amended Agreement to the existing time division multiplexing
features, functions, and capabilities of that Hybrid Loop (but no
features, functions or capabilities used to transmit packetized
information) to establish a complete time division multiplexing
transmission path between the main distribution frame (or equivalent)
in a Verizon wire center serving an end user to the demarcation point
at the end user s customer premises.
Narrowband Services.Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Amended Agreement (but subject to and without limiting Section 2
above) or any Verizon Tariff or SGAT, when OneEighty seeks access
to a Hybrid Loop for the provision to its customer of "narrowband
services " as such term is defined by the FCC, then in accordance
with, but only to the extent required by, 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c) (3) and 47
R. Part 51 , Verizon shall, in its sole discretion , either (a) provide
access under the Amended Agreement to a spare home-run copper
Loop serving that customer on an unbundled basis, or (b) provide
access under the Amended Agreement, on an unbundled basis, to a
DSO voice-grade transmission path between the main distribution
frame (or equivalent) in the end user s serving wire center and the end
user s customer premises, using time division multiplexing technology.
IDLC Hybrid Loops. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Amended Agreement (but subject to and without limiting Section 2
above) or any Verizon Tariff or SGAT, if OneEighty requests, in order
to provide narrowband services, unbundling of a 2 wire analog or 4
wire analog Loop currently provisioned via Integrated Digital Loop
Carrier (over a Hybrid Loop), Verizon shall, as and to the extent
required by 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c) (3) and 47 C.F.R. Part 51 , provide
OneEighty unbundled access to a Loop capable of voice-grade service
to the end user customer served by the Hybrid Loop.
2.4.Verizon will endeavor to provide OneEighty with an
existing copper Loop or a Loop served by existing
Universal Digital Loop Carrier ("UDLC"). Standard
recurring and non-recurring Loop charges will apply. In
addition, a non-recurring charge will apply whenever a line
and station transfer is performed.
2.4.2 If neither a copper Loop nor a Loop served by UDLC is
available, Verizon shall, upon request of OneEighty,
construct the necessary copper Loop or UDLC facilities.
In addition to the rates and charges payable in connection
with any unbundled Loop so provisioned by Verizon
OneEighty shall be responsible for the following charges:
(a) an engineering query charge for preparation of a price
quote; (b) upon OneEighty s submission of a firm
construction order, an engineering work order
nonrecurring charge; and (c) construction charges, as set
forth in the price quote. If the order is cancelled by
OneEighty after construction work has started, QneEighty
shall be responsible for cancellation charges and a pro-
rated charge for construction work performed prior to the
cancellation.
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3.4
2.4.Verizon may exclude its performance in connection with
providing unbundled Loops pursuant to this Section 3.2.4
from standard provisioning intervals and performance
measures and remedies, if any, contained in the Amended
Agreement or elsewhere.
Distribution Sub-Loop Facility. Notwithstanding any other provision
the Amended Agreement (but subject to the conditions set forth in
Section 2 above) or any Verizon tariff or SGAT, in accordance with
but only to the extent required by, 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3) and 47 C.F.R.
Part 51 , upon site-specific request, QneEighty may obtain access to
the Distribution Sub-Loop Facility at a technically feasible access point
located near a Verizon remote terminal equipment enclosure at the
rates and charges provided for Unbundled Sub-Loop Arrangements
(or the Distribution Sub-Loop) in the Amended Agreement. It is not
technically feasible to access the sub-loop distribution facility if a
technician must access the facility by removing a splice case to reach
the wiring within the cable.
3.4.
Comminolino and Combinations
Comminolino. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Amended
Agreement (but subject to and without limiting the conditions set forth
in Section 2 above and in Section 3.4.2 below) or any Verizon tariff or
SGAT:
3.4.Verizon will not prohibit the commingling of an unbundled
Network Element or a combination of unbundled Network
Elements obtained under the Agreement or Amended
Agreement pursuant to 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c) (3) and 47
R. Part 51 , or under a Verizon UNE tariff ("Qualifying
UNEs ), with wholesale services obtained from Verizon
under a Verizon access tariff or separate non-251
agreement ("Qualifying Wholesale Services ), but only to
the extent and so long as commingling and provision of
such Network Element (or combination of Network
Elements) is required by 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3) and 47
R. Part 51. Moreover, to the extent and so long as
required by 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c) (3) and 47 C.R. Part 51
(subject to Section 3.4.2 below), Verizon shall, upon
request of OneEighty, perform the functions necessary to
commingle or combine Qualifying UNEs with Qualifying
Wholesale Services. The rates, terms and conditions of
the applicable access tariff or separate non-251
agreement will apply to the Qualifying Wholesale
Services, and the rates, terms and conditions of the
Amended Agreement or the Verizon UNE tariff, as
applicable, will apply to the Qualifying UNEs; provided
however, that a nonrecurring charge will apply for each
UNE circuit that is part of a commingled arrangement, as
set forth in the Pricing Attachment to this Amendment.
This charge is intended to offset Verizon s costs of
implementing and managing commingled arrangements.
Ratcheting," as that term is defined by the FCC , shall not
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be required. Qualifying UNEs that are commingled with
Qualifying Wholesale Services are not included in the
shared use provisions of the applicable tariff. Verizon may
exclude its performance in connection with the
provisioning of commingled facilities and services from
standard provisioning intervals and from performance
measures and remedies, if any, contained in the Amended
Agreement or elsewhere.
3.4.Limitations on Section 3.4.Section 3.4 is intended only to
address the Parties' rights and obligations as to the
combining and/or commingling of UNEs that Verizon is
already required to provide to OneEighty under the
Amended Agreement, 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3), and 47
R. Part 51. Nothing contained in Section 3.4 shall be
deemed: (a) to establish any obligation ofVerizon to
provide OneEighty with access to any facility that Verizon
is not required to provide to OneEighty on an unbundled
basis under the Amended Agreement, 47 U.C. ~
251 (c)(3), and 47 C.R. Part 51 , or (b) to limit any right of
Verizon under the Amended Agreement, any Verizon tariff
or SGAT, or otherwise, to cease providing a facility that is
or becomes a Discontinued Facility.
3.4.Service Elioibilitv Criteria for Certain Combinations and Comminoled
Facilities and Services. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Agreement, this Amendment (but subject to the conditions set forth in
Sections 2 and 3.4.1 above), or any Verizon tariff or SGA
3.4.Verizon shall not be obligated to provide:
3.4.1 an unbundled DS1 Loop in combination with
unbundled DS1 or DS3 Dedicated Transport, or
commingled with DS1 or DS3 access services;
3.4.2.2 an unbundled DS3 Loop in combination with
unbundled DS3 Dedicated Transport, or
commingled with DS3 access services;
3.4.3 unbundled DS1 Dedicated Transport
commingled with DS1 channel termination
access service;
3.4.1.4 unbundled DS3 Dedicated Transport
commingled with DS1 channel termination
access service; or
3.4.5 unbundled DS3 Dedicated Transport
commingled with DS3 channel termination
service
(individually and collectively "High Capacity EELs ) except
to the extent and so long as Verizon is required by 47
C. ~ 251 (c)(3) and 47 C.R Part 51 to do so, and
then not unless and until OneEighty certifies in writing
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(using an ASR or, as applicable, LSR) to Verizon for each
DS1 circuit or DS1 equivalent circuit that it is in
compliance with each of the service eligibility criteria set
forth in 47 C.R. ~ 51.318. OneEighty must remain in
compliance with said service eligibility criteria for so long
as OneEighty continues to receive the aforementioned
combined or commingled facilities and/or services from
Verizon. The service eligibility criteria shall be applied to
each DS1 circuit or DS1 equivalent circuit. If the circuit is
becomes, or is subsequently determined to be
noncompliant, the noncompliant circuit will be treated as
described in Section 3.4.2.2 below. The foregoing shall
apply whether the circuits in question are being
provisioned to establish a new circuit or to convert an
existing wholesale service, or any part thereof, to
unbundled network elements. For existing circuits, the
CLEC must re-certify in writing (Le., ASR or, as applicable
LSR) for each DS1 circuit or DS1 equivalent within 30
days of the Amendment Effective Date. Circuits not re-
certified shall be treated as described in Section 3.4.
below.
Without limiting any other right Verizon may have to cease
providing circuits that are or become Discontinued
Facilities, if a circuit is or becomes noncompliant as
described in Section 3.4.1 above, and OneEighty has
not submitted an LSR or ASR, as appropriate, to Verizon
requesting disconnection of the noncompliant facility and
has not separately secured from Verizon an aiternative
arrangement to replace the noncompliant circuit, then
Verizon , to the extent it has not already done so prior to
execution of this Amendment, shall reprice the subject
circuit, effective beginning on the date on which the circuit
became non-compliant, by application of a new rate (or, in
Verizon s sole discretion, by application of a surcharge to
an existing rate) to be equivalent to an analogous access
service or other analogous arrangement that Verizon shall
identify in a written notice to OneEighty. Any negotiations
regarding any replacement arrangement or other facility or
service that Verizon is not required to provide to
OneEighty under both 47 C.F.R. 251 (c) (3) and 47 C.
Part 51 shall be deemed not to have been conducted
pursuant to the Amended Agreement, 47 U.C. ~
252(a)(1), or 47 C.F.R. Part 51 , and shall not be subject to
arbitration pursuant to 47 U.C. ~ 252(b).
Each written certification to be provided by OneEighty
pursuant to Section 3.4.1 above must contain the
following information for each DS1 circuit or DS1
equivalent: (a) the local number assigned to each DS1
circuit or DS1 equivalent; (b) the local numbers assigned
to each DS3 circuit (must have 28 local numbers assigned
to it); (c) the date each circuit was established in the
911/E911 database; (d) the collocation termination
connecting facility assignment for each circuit, showing
that the collocation arrangement was established pursuant
3.4.2.4
3.4.
3.4.
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to 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(6), and not under a federal
collocation tariff; (e) the interconnection trunk circuit
identification number that serves each DS1 circuit. There
must be one such identification number per every 24 DS1
circuits; and (f) the local switch that serves each DS1
circuit. When submitting an ASR for a circuit, this
information must be contained in the Remarks section of
the ASR, unless provisions are made to populate other
fields on the ASR to capture this information.
The charges for conversions are as specified in the
Pricing Attachment to this Amendment and apply for each
circuit converted.
All ASR-driven conversion requests will result in a change
in circuit identification (circuit ID) from access to UNE or
UNE to access. If such change in circuit ID requires that
the affected circuit(s) be retagged, then a retag fee per
circuit will apply as specified in the pricing attachment.
All requests for conversions will be handled in accordance
with Verizon s conversion guidelines. Each request will be
handled as a project and will be excluded from all ordering
and provisioning metrics.
Once per calendar year, Verizon may obtain and pay for
an independent auditor to audit OneEighty s compliance in
all material respects with the service eligibility criteria
applicable to High Capacity EELs. Any such audit shall be
performed in accordance with the standards established
by the American Institute for Certified Public Accountants
and may include , at Verizon s discretion, the examination
of a sample selected in accordance with the independent
auditor s judgment. To the extent the independent
auditor s report concludes that OneEighty failed to comply
with the service eligibility criteria for any DS1 or DS1
equivalent circuit, then (without limiting Verizon s rights
under Section 3.4.2.2 above) OneEighty must convert all
noncompliant circuits to the appropriate service, true up
any difference in payments, make the correct payments
on a going-forward basis, reimburse Verizon for the entire
cost of the audit within thirty (30) days after receiving a
statement of such costs from Verizon. Should the
independent auditor confirm QneEighty s compliance with
the service eligibility criteria for each DS1 or DS1
equivalent circuit, then OneEighty shall provide to the
independent auditor for its verification a statement of
OneEighty s out-of-pocket costs of complying with any
requests of the independent auditor, and Verizon shall
then reimburse OneEighty for its out-of-pocket costs within
thirty (30) days of the auditor s verification of the same.
OneEighty shall maintain records adequate to support its
compliance with the service eligibility criteria for each DS1
or DS1 equivalent circuit for at least eighteen (18) months
after the service arrangement in question is terminated.
Routine Network Modifications.
General Conditions. In accordance with , but only to the extent
required by, 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3) and 47 C.F.R. Part 51 , and subject
to the conditions set forth in Section 2 above:
Verizon shall make such routine network modifications, at
the rates and charges set forth in the Pricing Attachment
to this Amendment, as are necessary to permit access by
OneEighty to the Loop, Dedicated Transport, or Dark
Fiber Transport facilities available under the Amended
Agreement (including DS1 Loops and DS1 Dedicated
Transport, and DS3 Loops and DS3 Dedicated Transport),
where the facility has already been constructed. Routine
network modifications applicable to Loops or Transport
may include, but are not limited to: rearranging or splicing
of in-place cable at existing splice points; adding an
equipment case; adding a doubler or repeater; installing a
repeater shelf; deploying a new multiplexer or
reconfiguring an existing multiplexer; accessing manholes;
and deploying bucket trucks to reach aerial cable.
Routine network modifications applicable to Dark Fiber
Transport may include, but are not limited to, splicing of in-
place dark fiber at existing splice points; accessing
manholes; deploying bucket trucks to reach aerial cable;
and routine activities, if any, needed to enable OneEighty
to light a Dark Fiber Transport facility that it has obtained
from Verizon under the Amended Agreement. Routine
network modifications do not include the construction of a
new Loop or new Transport facilities, trenching, the pulling
of cable, the installation of new aerial, buried , or
underground cable for a requesting telecommunications
carrier, or the placement of new cable. Verizon shall not
be required to build any time division multiplexing (TDM)
capability into new packet-based networks or into existing
packet-based networks that do not already have TDM
capability. Verizon shall not be required to perform any
routine network modifications to any facility that is or
becomes a Discontinued Facility.
Performance Plans. Verizon may exclude its performance in
connection with the provisioning of Loops or Transport (including Dark
Fiber Transport) for which routine network modifications are performed
from standard provisioning intervals and performance measures and
remedies, if any, contained in the Amended Agreement or elsewhere.
Nothing contained in this Section 3.5 shall be deemed: (a) to establish
any obligation of Verizon to provide on an unbundled basis under 47
C. ~ 251 (c)(3) and 47 C.F.R. Part 51 any facility that the Amended
Agreement does not otherwise require Verizon to provide on an
unbundled basis under 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c) (3) and 47 C.F.R. Part 51
(b) to obligate Verizon to provide on an unbundled basis under 47
C. ~ 251 (c)(3) or 47 C.R. Part 51 , for any period of time not
required under the Amended Agreement, access to any Discontinued
Facility, or (c) to limit any right of Verizon under the Amended
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Agreement, any Verizon tariff or SGAT, or otherwise, to cease
providing a Discontinued Facility.
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Conflict between this Amendment and the Aoreement.This Amendment shall be
deemed to revise the terms and provisions of the Agreement to the extent
necessary to give effect to the terms and provisions of this Amendment. In the
event of a conflict between the terms and provisions of this Amendment and the
terms and provisions of the Agreement this Amendment shall govern, provided
however, that the fact that a term or provision appears in this Amendment but not
in the Agreement, or in the Agreement but not in this Amendment, shall not be
interpreted as, or deemed grounds for finding, a conflict for purposes of this
Section 4.
Counterparts.This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original and all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Captions.The Parties acknowledge that the captions in this Amendment have
been inserted solely for convenience of reference and in no way define or limit
the scope or substance of any term or provision of this Amendment.
4.4 Scope of Amendment.This Amendment shall amend, modify and revise the
Agreement only to the extent set forth expressly herein. As used herein, the
Agreement, as revised and supplemented by this Amendment, shall be referred
to as the "Amended Agreement." Nothing in this Amendment shall be deemed to
amend or extend the term of the Agreement, or to affect the right of a Party to
exercise any right of termination it may have under the Agreement.
Reservation of Riohts.Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Agreement
this Amendment, or any Verizon tariff or SGAT, nothing contained in the
Agreement, this Amendment, or any Verizon tariff or SGAT shall limit either
Party s right to appeal, seek reconsideration of or otherwise seek to have stayed
modified, reversed or invalidated any order, rule, regulation , decision, ordinance
or statute issued by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission , the FCC, any court or
any other governmental authority related to, concerning or that may affect either
Party s rights or obligations under the Agreement, this Amendment, any Verizon
tariff or SGAT, or Applicable Law.
Joint Work Product.This Amendment is a joint work product, and any
ambiguities in this Amendment shall not be construed by operation of law against
either Party.
Definitions. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Agreement or any Verizon
tariff or SGAT, the following terms, as used in the Amended Agreement, shall
have the meanings set forth below:
Call-Related Databases. Databases, other than operations support
systems, that are used in signaling networks for billing and collection
or the transmission , routing, or other provision of a
telecommunications service. Call-related databases include, but are
not limited to, the calling name database, 911 database, E911
database, line information database, toll free calling database
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advanced intelligent network databases, and downstream number
portability databases.
Dark Fiber Loop. Consists of fiber optic strand(s) in a Verizon fiber
optic cable between Verizon s accessible terminal, such as the fiber
distribution frame, or its functional equivalent, located within a Verizon
wire center, and Verizon s accessible terminal located in Verizon
main termination point at an end user customer premises, such as a
fiber patch panel, and that Verizon has not activated through
connection to electronics that "light" it and render it capable of carrying
telecommunications services.
Dark Fiber Transport.An optical transmission facility within a LATA
that Verizon has not activated by attaching multiplexing, aggregation
or other electronics, between Verizon switches (as identified in the
LERG) or wire centers. Dark fiber facilities between (i) a Verizon wire
center or switch and (ii) a switch or wire center of OneEighty or a third
party are not Dark Fiber Transport.
Dedicated Transport. A DS1 or DS3 transmission facility between
Verizon switches (as identified in the LERG) or wire centers, within a
LATA, that is dedicated to a particular end user or carrier.
Transmission facilities or services provided between (i) a Verizon wire
center or switch and (ii) a switch or wire center of OneEighty or a third
party are not Dedicated Transport.
Discontinued Facilitv. Any facility that Verizon, at any time, has
provided or offered to provide to OneEighty on an unbundled basis
pursuant to 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3) and/or 47 C.R. Part 51 (whether
under the Agreement, a Verizon tariff, or a Verizon SGAT), but which
by operation of law has ceased or ceases to be subject to an
unbundling requirement under 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3) or 47 C.R. Part
51. By way of example and not by way of limitation , Discontinued
Facilities include the following, whether as stand-alone facilities or
combined with other facilities: (a) any Entrance Facility; (b) Enterprise
Switching; (c) Mass Market Switching; (d) Four-Line Carve Qut
Switching; (e) OCn Loops and OCn Dedicated Transport; (f) DS1
Loops or DS3 Loops out of any wire center at which 47 U.C. ~
251 (c)(3) or 47 C.R. Part 51 does not require Verizon to provide
OneEighty with unbundled access to such Loops; (g) Dark Fiber
Loops; (h) any DS1 Loop or DS3 Loop that exceeds the maximum
number of such Loops that Verizon is required by 47 U.C. ~
251 (c) (3) and 47 C.R. Part 51 to provide to OneEighty on an
unbundled basis at a particular building location; (i) DS1 Dedicated
Transport, DS3 Dedicated Transport, or Dark Fiber Transport on any
route as to which 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3) or 47 C.F.R. Part 51 does not
require Verizon to provide OneEighty with unbundled access to such
Transport; 0) any DS1 Dedicated Transport circuit or DS3 Dedicated
Transport circuit that exceeds the number of such circuits that Verizon
is required by 47 U.C. ~ 251 (c)(3) and 47 C.F.R. Part 51 to provide
to OneEighty on an unbundled basis on a particular route; (k) the
Feeder portion of a Loop; (I) Line Sharing; (m) any Call-Related
Database other than the 911 and E911 databases; (n) Signaling; (0)
Shared Transport; (p) FTTP Loops (lit or unlit) in a new build
environment; (q) FTTP Loops (lit or unlit) in an overbuild environment
subject to the limited exceptions set forth in Section 3.1 above; (r)
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Hybrid Loops (subject to the limited exceptions set forth in Section 3.
above); and (s) any other facility or class of facilities as to which the
FCC has not made a finding of impairment that remains effective or as
to which the FCC makes (or has made) a finding of nonimpairment.
Distribution Sub-Loop Facilitv. The copper portion of a Loop in
Verizon s network that is between the minimum point of entry
("MPQE") at an end user customer premises and Verizon
feeder/distribution interface.
DS1 Dedicated Transport. Dedicated Transport having a total digital
signal speed of 1.544 Mbps.
DS3 Dedicated Transport. Dedicated Transport having a total digital
signal speed of 44.736 Mbps.
DS1 Loop. A digital transmission channel , between the main
distribution frame (or its equivalent) in an end user s serving wire
center and the demarcation point at the end user customer s premises
suitable for the transport of 1.544 Mbps digital signals. This loop type
is more fully described in Verizon TR 72575, as revised from time to
time. A DS1 Loop requires the electronics necessary to provide the
DS1 transmission rate. DS1 Loops are sometimes also known as DS1
Links
DS3 Loop.A digital transmission channel, between the main
distribution frame (or its equivalent) in an end user s serving wire
center and the demarcation point at the end user customer s premises
suitable for the transport of isochronous bipolar serial data at a rate of
44.736 Mbps (the equivalent of 28 DS1 channels). This Loop type is
more fully described in Verizon TR 72575, as revised from time to
time. A DS3 Loop requires the electronics necessary to provide the
DS3 transmission rate. DS3 Loops are sometimes also known as DS3
Links
Enterprise Switchino.Local Switching or Tandem Switching that, if
provided to OneEighty would be used for the purpose of serving
OneEighty s customers using DS1 or above capacity Loops.
Entrance Facilitv.A transmission facility (lit or unlit) or service
provided between (i) a Verizon wire center or switch and (ii) a switch
or wire center of OneEighty or a third party.
Feeder.The fiber optic cable (lit or unlit) or metallic portion of a Loop
between a serving wire center and a remote terminal or
feeder/distribution interface.
Four-Line Carve Out Switchino.Local Switching that Verizon is not
required to provide pursuant to 47 C.F.R. ~ 51.319(d)(3)(ii).
FTTP Loop. A Loop consisting entirely of fiber optic cable, whether
dark or lit, that extends from the main distribution frame (or its
equivalent) in an end user's serving wire center to the demarcation
point at the end user s customer premises or to a serving area
interface at which the fiber optic cable connects to copper or coaxial
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distribution facilities that extend to the end user s customer premises
demarcation point, provided that all copper or coaxial distribution
facilities extending from such serving area interface are not more than
500 feet from the demarcation point at the respective end users
customer premises; provided, however, that in the case of
predominantly residential multiple dwelling units (MDUs), an FTTP
Loop is a Loop consisting entirely of fiber optic cable, whether dark or
lit, that extends from the main distribution frame (or its equivalent) in
the wire center that serves the multiunit premises: (a) to or beyond the
multiunit premises' minimum point of entry (MPOE), as defined in 47
R. ~ 68.105; or (b) to a serving area interface at which the fiber
optic cable connects to copper or coaxial distribution facilities that
extend to or beyond the multiunit premises' MPOE , provided that all
copper or coaxial distribution facilities extending from such serving
area interface are not more than 500 feet from the MPOE at the
multiunit premises.
(This Section Intentionally Left Blank).
Hvbrid Loop. A local Loop composed of both fiber optic cable and
copper wire or cable. An FTTP Loop is not a Hybrid Loop.
Line Sharino.The process by which OneEighty provides xDSL service
over the same copper Loop that Verizon uses to provide voice service
by utilizing the frequency range on the copper loop above the range
that carries analog circuit-switched voice transmissions (the High
Frequency Portion of the Loop, or "HFPL"). The HFPL includes the
features, functions, and capabilities of the copper Loop that are used
to establish a complete transmission path between Verizon s main
distribution frame (or its equivalent) in its serving Wire Center and the
demarcation point at the end user s customer premises.
Local Switchino . The line-side and trunk-side facilities associated with
the line-side port, on a circuit switch in Verizon s network (as identified
in the LERG), plus the features, functions, and capabilities of that
switch, unbundled from loops and transmission facilities, including: (a)
the line-side Port (including the capability to connect a Loop
termination and a switch line card, telephone number assignment, dial
tone, one primary directory listing, pre-subscription, and access to
911); (b) line and line group features (including all vertical features and
line blocking options the switch and its associated deployed switch
software are capable of providing that are provided to Verizon s local
exchange service Customers served by that switch); (c) usage
(including the connection of lines to lines, lines to trunks, trunks to
lines, and trunks to trunks); and (d) trunk features (including the
connection between the trunk termination and a trunk card).
Mass Market Switchino. Local Switching or Tandem Switching that, if
provided to One Eighty, would be used for the purpose of serving a
OneEighty end user customer with DSO Loops. Mass Market
Switching does not include Four Line Carve Out Switching.
Packet Switched . Routing or forwarding of packets, frames, cells, or
other data units based on address or other routing information
contained in the packets, frames, cells or other data units, or functions
that are performed by the digital subscriber line access multiplexers
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including but not limited to the ability to terminate an end-user
customer s copper Loop (which includes both a low-band voice
channel and a high-band data channel, or solely a data channel); the
ability to forward the voice channels, if present, to a circuit switch or
multiple circuit switches; the ability to extract data units from the data
channels on the Loops; and the ability to combine data units from
multiple Loops onto one or more trunks connecting to a packet switch
or packet switches.
Sionalino.Signaling includes, but is not limited to, signaling links and
signaling transfer points.
Sub-Loop for Multiunit Premises Access.Any portion of a Loop, other
than an FTTP Loop, that is technically feasible to access at a terminal
in Verizon s outside plant at or near a multiunit premises. It is not
technically feasible to access a portion of a Loop at a terminal in
Verizon s outside plant at or near a multiunit premises if a technician
must access the facility by removing a splice case to reach the wiring
within the cable.
Tandem Switchino . The trunk-connect facilities on a Verizon circuit
switch that functions as a tandem switch, plus the functions that are
centralized in that switch, including the basic switching function of
connecting trunks to trunks, unbundled from and not contiguous with
loops and transmission facilities. Tandem Switching creates a
temporary transmission path between interoffice trunks that are
interconnected at a Verizon tandem switch for the purpose of routing a
call. A tandem switch does not provide basic functions such as dial
tone service.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed as of the Amendment Effective Date.
ONEEIGHTY NETWORKS INC. D/B/A
ONEEIGHTY NETWORKS
VERIZON NORTHWEST INC.
By:
Printed: Terry Sticka Printed: Gary Librizzi
Title: Chief Qperating Officer Title: Director - Negotiations
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General
1.4
Pricing Attachment to the TRO Amendment
As used in this Attachment:
Services" means and includes any Network Element or other service, facility,
equipment or arrangement, provided pursuant to this Amendment; and
Charges" means the rates, fees, charges and prices for a Service.
Charges for Services provided under the Amended Agreement shall be those set forth in
Exhibit A of this Pricing Attachment and in the Amended Agreement (including any cross
references therein to applicable tariffs). For rate elements provided in Exhibit A of this
Pricing Attachment that do not include a Charge, if any, whether marked as "TBD" or
otherwise, Verizon is developing such Charges and has not finished developing such
Charges as of the Amendment Effective Date. When Verizon finishes developing such
a Charge, Verizon shall notify OneEighty in writing of such Charge in accordance with
and subject to, the notices provisions of the Amended Agreement and thereafter shall
bill OneEighty, and OneEighty shall pay to Verizon, for Services provided pursuant to
this Amendment on the Amendment Effective Date and thereafter in accordance with
such Charge. Any Charges set out in a notice provided by Verizon to OneEighty
pursuant to this Section 1.2 shall be deemed to be a part of Exhibit A of this Pricing
Attachment immediately after Verizon sends such notice to OneEighty and thereafter.
In the absence of Charges for a Service established pursuant to Section 1.2 of this
Attachment, the Charges for the Service shall be the Charges required , approved, or
otherwise allowed to go into effect, by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission or the FCC
(including, but not limited to, in a tariff that has been filed with the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission or the FCC), provided such Charges are not subject to a stay issued by any
court of competent jurisdiction.
In the absence of Charges for a Service established pursuant to Sections 1.2 through
3 of this Attachment, the Charges for the Service shall be mutually agreed to by the
Parties in writing.
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EXHIBIT A1
ID NETWORK MODIFICATION - RATE ELEMENT NON-RECURRING CHARGES
ENGINEERING QUERY~183.
ENGINEERING WORK ORDER 94.
EXPEDITE ENGINEERING QUERY 41.
EXPEDITE ENGINEERING WORK ORDER 27.
LINE AND STATION TRANSFER 272.
CLEAR DEFECTIVE PAIR 272.
REASSIGNMENT OF NON-WORKING CABLE PAIR 272.
BINDER GROUP REARRANGEMENT 529.
REPEATER -INSTALLATION 597.
APPARATUS CASE -INSTALLATION 992.
RANGE EXTENDERS - DS-O Installation 809.
RANGE EXTENDERS - DS-1 Installation 809.
CHANNEL UNIT TO UNIVERSAL/COTTED DLC SYSTEM (existing)170.
SERVING TERMINAL -INSTALLATION / UPGRADE Time and Material
ACTIVATE DEAD COPPER PAIR 199.
MULTIPLEXER -1/0 -INSTALLATION 12,211.41
MULTIPLEXER -1/0 - RECONFIGURATION 170.
MULTIPLEXER - 3/1 -INSTALLATION 26,981.
MULTIPLEXER - 3/1 - RECONFIGURATION 382.
MULTIPLEXER - OTHER -INSTALLATION Time and Material
MOVE DROP 109.
CROSS-CONNECTION - EXISTING FIBER FACILITY 346.
LINE CARD -INSTALLATION 314.
COPPER REARRANGEMENT 482.
CENTRAL OFFICE TERMINAL -INSTALLATION 35,307.
IDLC ONLY CONDITION 36,847.
OTHER REQUIRED MODIFICATIONS Time and Material
OTHER
Commingled Arrangements - per circuit NRC 50.
Conversion - Service Order 19.
Conversion - Installation per circuit
Circuit Retag - per circuit 59.
1 This Exhibit may contain rates and charges for (and/or reference) services, facilities, arrangements and the like that Verizon does not have
an obligation to provide under the Amended Agreement (e.services, facilities, arrangements and the like for which an unbundling
requirement does not exist under 47 U.C. Section 251 (c)(3)). Notwithstanding any such rates and/or charges (and/or references) and, for
the avoidance of any doubt, nothing in this Exhibit shall be deemed to require Verizon to provide a service, facility, arrangement or the like
that the Amended Agreement does not require Verizon to provide, or to provide a service, facility, arrangement or the like upon rates, terms
or conditions other than those that may be required by the Amended Agreement.
2 Engineering Query Charges apply in addition to dlarges for actual network modification and Engineering Work Order charges where
applicable.
3 Engineering Work Order Charges apply in addition to charges for actual network modification and Engineering Query charges where
applicable.
4 Expedite Charges apply in addition to other listed rates.
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10 NETWORK MODIFICATION. RATE ELEMENT NON.RECURRING CHARGES
DARK FIBER
Dark Fiber Routine Network Modifications Time and Material
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