Section 790.410  Special Access and Private Line Interconnection – Availability of Expanded Interconnection

a)         Tier 1 LECs shall file intrastate tariffs providing for interconnection under a physical collocation arrangement for all locations for which the LEC has an interstate tariff in effect for expanded interconnection in compliance with the FCC Expanded Interconnection Rule (CC Docket No. 91-141, FCC 92-440 (rel. October 19, 1992)).

b)         Tier 1 LECs may petition for, and the Commission shall grant, a waiver of the requirement to provide physical collocation if the FCC has granted a waiver due to the lack of space or, after hearings, the Commission finds that the LEC has demonstrated that a particular location lacks the space necessary to provide physical collocation.

c)         Tier 1 LECs may petition for, and the Commission shall grant, a waiver of the requirement to provide virtual collocation if the FCC has granted a waiver due to the lack of space or, after hearings, the Commission finds that the LEC has demonstrated that a particular location lacks the space necessary to provide virtual collocation.

d)         Parties entitled to request interconnection at LEC locations in order to terminate their own special access or private line transmission facilities shall include:

1)         Any entity to which the Commission has issued a certificate under Section 13-401, 13-403, 13-404, or 13-405 of the Act for the telecommunications services in the geographical area of the interconnection request; and

2)         End users. An end user may seek an interconnection arrangement without certification requirements.