FCC denied Net2000 complaint against Verizon, ruling that latter ...
FCC denied Net2000 complaint against Verizon, ruling that latter hadn’t violated Communications Act or agency rules by denying Net2000’s requests for conversion of certain special access circuits to enhanced extended links (EELs). In order adopted Dec. 21 but not…
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released until Wed., FCC disagreed with Net2000 view that ILEC had to convert circuits once CLEC certified that requested circuits carried “significant amount of local exchange service traffic.” FCC said that while self-certification of usage couldn’t be challenged, “ILECs are not required to convert circuits when the requested circuits do not on their face meet the other requirements specified for conversion.” Commission accepted Verizon’s argument that it refused conversion because: (1) Circuits didn’t terminate in colocation space. (2) Not all DS1 lines multiplexed onto DS3 lines met EEL conversion criteria. (3) Loop/transport combination couldn’t be combined with access service.