Coalition of Competitive Fiber Providers (CCFP) fine- tuned its M...
Coalition of Competitive Fiber Providers (CCFP) fine- tuned its March 2001 request to FCC for access to ILEC central offices, requesting entry at point that might be more acceptable to ILECs because it wasn’t very far inside central offices.…
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In May 1 letter, CCFP asked Commission for determination that CCFP companies could terminate their fiber in fiber distribution frame (FDF) in central office vault. Vault is first area of central office that accepts cabling from street, which would avoid more intrusive occupation of ILEC property. CCFP said that area also constituted duct and conduit, which it contended its providers had access to under Sec. 224 of Telecom Act. CCFP complained last year that ILECs were refusing to provide its members with access to central office so they could serve CLECs colocated there. At time, CCFP didn’t specify access point. Coalition is composed of American Fiber Systems, City Signal Networks, Fiber Technologies, El Paso Global Networks, Telseon Carrier Services.