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�Notification of availability of Engineering Controlled Splice/Special Construction Arrangement (ECS/SCA) - Related Terms and Conditions in all regions of SBC Communications Inc. (Ordering and Provisioning) � California� Accessible
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Notification of availability of Engineering Controlled Splice/Special Construction Arrangement
(ECS/SCA) - Related Terms and Conditions in all regions of SBC Communications Inc. (Ordering
and Provisioning) California
Date: September 15, 2000
Number: CLECC00-230
Contact: Pacific Bell Account Manager
On September 8, 2000, the Federal Communications Commission issued the Second Memorandum
Opinion and Order, CC Docket No. 98-141, ASD File No. 99-49.
In compliance with the Order, SBC/Ameritech will make available an Engineering Controlled Splice
(ECS) for CLECs to gain access to sub-loops where SBC deploys NGDLC to support xDSL and POTS at
an existing Remote Terminal where space is currently not available utilizing a Special Construction
Arrangement (SCA). As a voluntary decision, SBC will include all Remote Terminals for consideration
of the ECS/SCA.
The space available for obtaining various Sub-loop Access Arrangements incorporating the ECS/SCA
will vary depending on the existing plant at a particular location. CLECs may submit an inquiry and
request for estimated costs on a Sub-loop Access Arrangement Application. This form is located in the
CLEC Handbook. The CLEC should complete this form and forward it to their Account Manager.
Upon receipt of a complete and correct Sub-Loop Access Arrangement Application, SBC will provide
to CLEC within 30 days a written estimate of construction costs, including labor, materials, and related
provisioning costs believed necessary to fulfill the Special Construction Arrangement (SCA) on a time
and materials basis. Construction shall be completed within 90 days of CLEC submitting to SBC written
approval and payment of not less than 50% of the total estimated construction costs after an estimate has
been accepted by the carrier and before construction begins, with the balance payable upon completion.
As another commitment of the Order, SBC will provision additional space in or adjacent to Remote
Terminals as stated in paragraphs 5a and b. Following are the relevant provisions from the Order.
5 (a) Existing Remote Terminals. In existing remote terminals where the SBC/Ameritech LEC deploys
a NGDLC architecture that supports both POTS and xDSL services, the SBC/Ameritech incumbent
LECs will provide collocation in accordance with Commission rules, including requirements applicable
to safety, power and heat dissipation, except that the SBC/Ameritech incumbent LECs will, where
available, make space available in increments as small as a single shelf of equipment. At existing remote
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LECs will offer a Special Construction Arrangement (SCA) process described below in response to a
telecommunications carriers request for space.
5. (b)Future-Deployed Remote Terminals
(b)(1) Future-Deployed Huts and CEVs. As to future-deployed SBC/Ameritech incumbent
LEC huts and CEVs using a NGDLC architecture that supports both POTS and xDSL services, after
September 15, 2000, the SBC/Ameritech incumbent LECs will deploy these structures (which generally
serve 2,000 or more lines) so that approximately 20% of the space that can be used to install equipment
in those structures for telecommunications carriers will be made available to all telecommunications
carriers under the Commissions collocation rules without the need for a SCA.
(b)(2) Future-Deployed Cabinets. As to future-deployed SBC/Ameritech incumbent LEC
cabinets using a NGDLC architecture that supports both POTS and xDSL services, no later than
September 15, 2000, the SBC/Ameritech incumbent LEC will offer a SCA process described below in
response to a telecommunications carriers request for space at a new cabinet site. (Cabinets generally
serve fewer than 2,000 lines). In response to a SCA and consistent with its terms and conditions, the
SBC incumbent LECs will deploy the new cabinet so that approximately 15% of the space that can be
used to install equipment in such cabinet will be made available to all telecommunications carriers, or at
the discretion of the SBC/Ameritech incumbent LEC, otherwise make access arrangements available
using adjacent cabinet structure. Requesting carriers will pay their proportionate share of the actual costs
incurred by the SBC/Ameritech incumbent LECs for preparing and making this space available to those
carriers. Costs calculated by SBC/Ameritech in accordance with the costing procedures set forth in Part
64 of the Commissions rules shall be presumed to satisfy the actual cost requirement as used in
Paragraph 5. For all future-deployed cabinets using a NGDLC architecture, the SBC/Ameritech
incumbent LECs will pre-plan those remote terminal sites to accommodate a future adjacent structure(s).
5. (c) Special Construction Arrangement Structures.
Except as provided below, the following general terms shall govern the SCA process, which shall be
made available for remote terminals where the SBC/Ameritech incumbent LEC deploys a NGDLC
architecture that supports both POTS and xDSL services: 1) in response to a SCA, the SBC/Ameritech
incumbent LEC has the discretion to install a larger cabinet with regard to future-deployed remote
terminals, to enlarge existing remote terminals, or in either case to make available an adjacent cabinet
structure; 2) a telecommunications carrier requesting a SCA for a particular site shall pay all of the actual
construction costs, including materials, labor, and other related costs (e.g. power and cooling, including
the initial and ongoing costs to provide such power and cooling) incurred in providing such additional
space in either an expanded or adjacent cabinet structure; 3) a telecommunications carrier requesting a
SCA shall pay an application fee that reflects SBC/Ameritechs actual costs; 4) a telecommunications
carrier requesting a SCA shall provide a down payment in an amount not less than 50% of the total
estimated construction costs after the estimate has been accepted by the telecommunications carrier and
before actual construction begins, with the balance payable upon completion; 5) if more than one
telecommunications carrier requests additional space or adjacent cabinet structure at a given remote
terminal site, costs of construction shall be allocated among the requesting telecommunications carriers
in proportion to the amount of space or cabinet structure that each has requested; 6) the
telecommunications carrier(s) who pay for the construction and development of such adjacent cabinet
structure will own the structure, except that the issue of ownership may be negotiated between the
SBC/Ameritech incumbent LEC and the telecommunications carrier(s) on a site-by-site basis; 7)
regardless of which entity owns the adjacent structure, the SBC/Ameritech incumbent LECs will offer to
manage adjacent cabinet structures subject to reaching an agreement on acceptable terms and conditions;
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structure is to be installed; 9) the rates, terms, and conditions of SCAs shall be made available to all
telecommunications carriers on a nondiscriminatory basis, provided that implementation of the SCA is
technically feasible and existing POTS and Advanced Services provided by SBC/Ameritech and/or other
telecommunications carriers will not be adversely affected by the SCA arrangement.
5. (d) Access to Copper Subloop and Dark Fiber and Associated SCA. The following general terms
shall govern the SCA for access to the copper subloop and dark fiber: (1) the SBC/Ameritech incumbent
LECs will either use existing copper or construct new copper facilities from the SAI(s) to the
telecommunications carrier in or at an remote terminal and/or construct an engineering controlled splice
(which shall be owned by the SBC/Ameritech incumbent LECs) at the remote terminal site; (2) a
telecommunications carrier requesting such a SCA shall pay an application fee that reflects
SBC/Ameritechs actual costs; (3) a telecommunications carrier requesting a SCA shall provide a down
payment of not less than 50% of the total estimated construction costs and related