§  69.709   Dedicated transport and special access services other than channel
terminations between LEC end offices and customer premises.

   (a) Scope. This paragraph governs requests for pricing flexibility with
   respect to the following services:

   (1) Entrance facilities, as described in §  69.110.

   (2) Transport of traffic over dedicated transport facilities between
   the serving wire center and the tandem switching office, as described
   in §  69.111(a)(2)(iii).

   (3) Direct-trunked transport, as described in §  69.112.

   (4) Special access services, as described in §  69.114, other than
   channel terminations as defined in §  69.703(a)(2) of this part.

   (b) Phase I triggers. To obtain Phase I pricing flexibility, as
   specified in §  69.727(a) of this part, for the services described in
   paragraph (a) of this section, a price cap LEC must show that, in the
   relevant area as described in §  69.707 of this part, competitors
   unaffiliated with the price cap LEC have collocated:

   (1) In fifteen percent of the petitioner's wire centers, and that at
   least one such collocator in each wire center is using transport
   facilities owned by a transport provider other than the price cap LEC
   to transport traffic from that wire center; or

   (2) In wire centers accounting for 30 percent of the petitioner's
   revenues from dedicated transport and special access services other
   than channel terminations between LEC end offices and customer
   premises, determined as specified in §  69.725 of this part, and that at
   least one such collocator in each wire center is using transport
   facilities owned by a transport provider other than the price cap LEC
   to transport traffic from that wire center.

   (c) Phase II triggers. To obtain Phase II pricing flexibility, as
   specified in §  69.727(b) of this part, for the services described in
   paragraph (a) of this section, a price cap LEC must show that, in the
   relevant area as described in §  69.707 of this part, competitors
   unaffiliated with the price cap LEC have collocated:

   (1) in 50 percent of the petitioner's wire centers, and that at least
   one such collocator in each wire center is using transport facilities
   owned by a transport provider other than the price cap LEC to transport
   traffic from that wire center; or

   (2) in wire centers accounting for 65 percent of the petitioner's
   revenues from dedicated transport and special access services other
   than channel terminations between LEC end offices and customer
   premises, determined as specified in §  69.725 of this part, and that at
   least one such collocator in each wire center is using transport
   facilities owned by a transport provider other than the price cap LEC
   to transport traffic from that wire center.

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