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? 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? -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 Mobile : (+1) (678) 237-1775