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TO COMMISSIONEII KJELI,ANI}ER
COMMISSTONNR RAPER
COMN{ISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
LEGAL
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FROM: CAROLEE HALL
I)ATli: AtlGt.rST 1,2019
RE:APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO AN
I NTERCONNIIICTI Oi'.I AG REEMENT BETWE EN QWEST
CORPORATION DBA CEIYTT]ITYLINK QC AND XO
COMIvIUNICATIOI\ SERVICES, LLC; CASE NO. QWE-T-19-06
ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN CASE NO. QWE-T-08-05.
BACKGROUND
Under the provision of the lederal Telecommunications Act of 1996. interconnection
agreements nrust be submitted to the Commission for approval. 47 U.S"C. $ 252(eXl). 'l'he
Commission may reject an agreement adopted by negotiations only if it finds that fte agreement:
( l) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier not a parly to the agreement; or (2)
implenrentation of the agreement is not consistent with the public interest, convenience and
necessity. 47 U.S.C. sc 252(eX2)(A). As thc Comnrission noted in Order No. 28427, companies
voluntarily entcring into interconnection agreements "may negotiate terms. prices and conditions
that do not compl!' rvith either the FCC rules or rvith the provision of Section 251 (b) or (c)."
Order No. 28427 at I L This comports rvith the FCC's statement that "a state commission shall
have authority to approve an interconnection agreomsnt adopted by negotiation evcn if the tenns
of the agreement do not comply rvith the requirements of [Part 5l]." 47 C.F.R. $ 51.3.
CURRENT APPI,ICATION
On July 25^2019 this Conimission receir,ed an Application liom Centurylink QC
requesting authority to amend its Interconnection Agreement rvith XO Communication Services,
LLC originally filed under Case No. QWE-T-08-05. fhe original Agreement was approved by
this Comnrission on July 3, 2008 under Order No. 30589.
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With this filing the parties seek Commission approval to amend its original filing that
providcd lor Reciprocal Compensation to Bill and Keep. The agreement states in the
Applicatiorr that both parties request an expeditious approval process and maintain that the
Agreement rvas reached through vclluntary negotiations.
STAFF ANALYSIS
Staff has revierved the Application to amend the Interconnection Agreement between the
conrpanies. Staff is confident that the amenclment meets the terms and conditions of this
Conrmission and believes it is consistent rvith the pro-competitivc policies of this Commission,
the ldaho [,cgislature. and tlre federal Telecommunications Act of 1996. Accordingly, Staf1
believes that this frling merits the Commission's approval.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Cornmission wish 10 approve Centurylink's amendment to its Interconnection
Agreement u,ith XO Communication Services, LLC?
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