Jason Vanick wrote:
Bellsouth was thought by many to be the most friendly to CLECs of all the divestiture RBOCs. Traditionally, in its 9-state operating area it was possible to do multi-tandem access; that is, you didn't have to have trunks to all the intra-LATA sector tandems in order to terminate to an end-office in that sector, as long as you had transient groups to the LATA access tandems.
I have heard that the AT&T crowd does not take kindly to that and that this option doesn't exist in ex-SBC territories, or anywhere else. Can anyone confirm?
I know that in Chicago, as part of your ICA, you had to connect to the sector tandems, however, you could 'overflow' onto another tandem if necessary.
I was under the impression (now remember, this is 1996-1998 timeframe), that the 'not taking kindly' reason was that Wabash and Dearborn Tandem switches were being overloaded by all the CLECs locating switches in the loop area to take advantage of cheap transport...
You mean backhauling end-office traffic and picking it all up at the access tandem without getting DEOT, despite incurring considerable usage? If so, I thought that's what the usage >= DS1 ? DEOT : tandem rule was meant to remedy, rather than having to have TGs to every tandem?
Does anyone have any information on how that's being approached since the merger for new ICAs and/or if they're taking the opportunity to demolish that when Bellsouth-era ICAs are updated and/or renegotiated? Are folks that went up in Bellsouth days grandfathered on MTA?
Weren't the ICA's timed? I would have assumed you would have been grandfathered until you reupped your ICA, although, you did have the right to 'use' another party's ICA during the beginning ICA negotiations, so if they didn't change the wording I guess you would have been stuck. But... if you're profitiable, who pulls out facilities anyways?
True. I'm thinking specifically of CLECs that got their license and started the interconnection process at the tail of BellSouth, and now face actually dealing with AT&T for turn-up, expansion, POI & transport changes, etc. -- Alex -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671