4 CCR 723-2-2502 - Interconnection

(a) All telecommunications carriers shall interconnect directly or indirectly with the facilities and equipment of other telecommunications carriers.

(b) All LECs shall:

(I) Not prohibit and not impose unreasonable or discriminatory conditions or limitations on the resale of its telecommunications services;

(II) Provide number portability;

(III) Provide dialing parity to competing providers of telephone exchange service and telephone toll service;

(IV) Permit all competing providers to have non-discriminatory access to telephone numbers, operator services, directory assistance, and directory listings, with no unreasonable dialing delays;

(V) Afford access to the poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way of such carrier to competing providers of telecommunications services on rates, charges, terms, and conditions that are consistent with 47 U.S.C. § 224; and

(VI) Establish reciprocal compensation arrangements for the transport and termination of telecommunications.

(c) In addition to the above obligations, all ILECs shall provide for the interconnection with the facilities and equipment of any requesting telecommunications carrier:

(d) In addition to the above obligations, all ILECs shall provide for the interconnection with the facilities and equipment of any requesting telecommunications carrier:

(I) For the transmission and routing of telephone exchange service and exchange access;

(II) At any technically feasible point within the ILEC's network;

(III) That is at least equal in quality to that provided by the ILEC to itself or to any subsidiary, affiliate, or any other party to which the ILEC interconnects;

(IV) At rates, charges, terms, and conditions that are just, reasonable, and non-discriminatory;

(V) In accordance with the rates, charges, terms, and conditions established by the ILEC pursuant to contract or arbitration, as applicable; and

(VI) Consistent with the Commission's rules regarding the Costing and Pricing of Regulated Telecommunications Services.

(e) Collocation: An ILEC shall provide, for the physical collocation of equipment necessary for interconnection or access to unbundled network elements at the ILEC's premises at rates, charges, terms, and conditions that are just, reasonable, and non-discriminatory. An ILEC may provide virtual collocation if the Commission determines that physical collocation is not practical for technical or space limitation reasons.

(f) Each telecommunications carrier shall be responsible for constructing and maintaining the facilities on its side of the point of interconnection unless the interconnecting carriers agree to some other arrangement.

(g) Each telecommunications carrier shall construct and maintain its interconnection facilities in accordance with accepted telecommunications engineering standards and practices. Each terminating carrier shall make available to all originating providers all technical references to documents that provide the technical specifications of the terminating provider's interconnection interfaces. In no event shall a telecommunications carrier construct or maintain its interconnection facilities under terms and conditions different from the terms and conditions the provider offers to itself, its affiliates, or another telecommunications carrier.

(h) All Commission quality of service rules shall apply to the provision of interconnection facilities, unless the provider has opted into a Performance Assurance Plan mechanism.

(i) Terminating providers shall make all required interconnection facilities available within 90 days of a bona fide written request. No unreasonable refusal or delay, or discriminatory provision of service by a terminating provider shall be allowed.

Notes

4 CCR 723-2-2502

39 CR 21, November 10, 2016, effective 12/1/2016 40 CR 15, August 10, 2017, effective 9/1/2017 41 CR 03, February 10, 2018, effective 3/2/2018 42 CR 02, January 25, 2019, effective 2/14/2019 42 CR 07, April 10, 2019, effective 4/30/2019 43 CR 02, January 25, 2020, effective 2/14/2020 43 CR 17, September 10, 2020, effective 8/17/2020 44 CR 17, September 10, 2021, effective 8/11/2021 44 CR 18, September 25, 2021, effective 10/15/2021 45 CR 03, February 10, 2022, effective 12/29/2021 45 CR 01, January 10, 2022, effective 1/30/2022 46 CR 05, March 10, 2023, effective 3/30/2023