Common use of Line Conditioning Clause in Contracts

Line Conditioning. (a) Verizon shall condition a copper loop, at no cost, where AT&T seeks access to a copper loop, the high frequency portion of a copper loop, or a copper Subloop to ensure that the copper loop or copper Subloop is suitable for providing digital subscriber line services, including those provided over the high frequency portion of the copper loop or copper Subloop, whether or not Verizon offers advanced services to the end- user customer on that copper loop or copper Subloop. (b) Insofar as it is technically feasible, Verizon shall test and report troubles for all the features, functions, and capabilities of conditioned copper lines, and may not restrict its testing to voice transmission only. (c) Where AT&T seeks access to the high frequency portion of a copper loop or copper Subloop and Verizon claims that conditioning that loop or Subloop will significantly degrade, as defined in Section 51.233 of the FCC's rules, the voiceband services that Verizon is currently providing over that loop or Subloop, Verizon must either: (i) Locate another copper loop or copper Subloop that has been or can be conditioned, migrate Verizon's voiceband service to that loop or Subloop, and provide AT&T with access to the high frequency portion of that alternative loop or Subloop; or (ii) Make a showing to the Commission that the original copper loop or copper Subloop cannot be conditioned without significantly degrading voiceband services on that loop or Subloop, as defined in Section 51.233 of the FCC's rules, and that there is no adjacent or alternative copper loop or copper Subloop available that can be conditioned or to which the end-user customer's voiceband service can be moved to enable line sharing. (d) If, after evaluating Verizon's showing under section 51.319(a)(l)(ii)(D)(2) of the FCC's rules, the Commission concludes that a copper loop or copper Subloop cannot be conditioned without significantly degrading the voiceband service, Verizon cannot then or subsequently condition that loop or Subloop to provide advanced services to its own customers without first making available to AT&T the high frequency portion of the newly conditioned loop or Subloop.

Line Conditioning. (a) 3.4.3.1 Verizon shall condition a copper loop, at no cost, where AT&T CLEC seeks access to a copper loop, the high frequency portion of a copper loop, or a copper Subloop to ensure that the copper loop or copper Subloop is suitable for providing digital subscriber line services, including those provided over the high frequency portion of the copper loop or copper Subloop, whether or not Verizon offers advanced services to the end- user customer on that copper loop or copper Subloop. (b) 3.4.3.2 Insofar as it is technically feasible, Verizon shall test and report troubles for all the features, functions, and capabilities of conditioned copper lines, and may not restrict its testing to voice transmission only. (c) 3.4.3.3 Where AT&T CLEC seeks access to the high frequency portion of a copper loop or copper Subloop and Verizon claims that conditioning that loop or Subloop will significantly degrade, as defined in Section 51.233 of the FCC's rules, the voiceband services that Verizon is currently providing over that loop or Subloop, Verizon must either: (ia) Locate another copper loop or copper Subloop that has been or can be conditioned, migrate Verizon's voiceband service to that loop or Subloop, and provide AT&T CLEC with access to the high frequency portion of that alternative loop or Subloop; or (iib) Make a showing to the Commission that the original copper loop or copper Subloop cannot be conditioned without significantly degrading voiceband services on that loop or Subloop, as defined in Section 51.233 of the FCC's rules, and that there is no adjacent or alternative copper loop or copper Subloop available that can be conditioned or to which the end-user customer's voiceband service can be moved to enable line sharing. (d) 3.4.3.4 If, after evaluating Verizon's showing under section 51.319(a)(l)(ii)(D)(2) of the FCC's rules, the Commission concludes that a copper loop or copper Subloop cannot be conditioned without significantly degrading the voiceband service, Verizon cannot then or subsequently condition that loop or Subloop to provide advanced services to its own customers without first making available to AT&T CLEC the high frequency portion of the newly conditioned loop or Subloop.