FCC ACCESS

The FCC Tariff was originally created for the Long Distance Carriers to by access facilities to connect customers to their POPs (Point of Presence network access points in major cities).

With the advent of the Internet, many customers have discovered that the FCC Tariff is a better fit. In fact, if you use your circuit 10% or more for InterLATA traffic, you are required to use the FCC Tariff.

The de minimis Rule - If the customer's estimate of the InterLATA traffic is 10% or less, then the service and pricing should be provided out of the appropriate intrastate tariff. If the customer's estimate of the InterLATA traffic on a given service is more than 10% of the total traffic, the service should be priced and provided out of the FCC Tariff.

ACCESS SERVICES:

HiCap T-1 - Point to point T-1 to connect any two locations. Usually used to connect a customer to their Long Distance Carrier. Connects to any location in the serving Central Office for the same price. No distance sensitivity from the serving CO - often referred to as a "Zero Mile" local loop.

LightGate1 - Point to point DS-3 to connect any two locations. Mileage sensitive so we need the address to provide a price quote.

LightGate2 - Up to three point to point DS-3s to connect any two locations. Mileage sensitive so we need the address to provide a price quote.

OC-3 - Point to point OC-3 to connect any two locations. Mileage sensitive so we need the address to provide a price quote. This service can be delivered using an electrical interface where BellSouth provides the MUX or at the optical interface level where the service terminates in a customer provided MUX, Router or DACS equipment. When delivered at the electrical interface level, the customer may have BellSouth channelize the DS-3s to the T-1 level. This service is not available on higher level OC services.

OC-12 - Point to point OC-12 that can be delivered using an electrical interface where BellSouth provides the MUX or at the optical interface level where the service terminates in a customer provided MUX, Router or DACS equipment. BellSouth can deliver the service at the OC-12 level or channelized to the OC-3 or DS-3 level.

OC-48 or 192 - Point to point OC-12 that can be delivered using an electrical interface where BellSouth provides the MUX or at the optical interface level where the service terminates in a customer provided MUX, Router or DACS equipment. BellSouth can deliver the service at the OC-12 level or channelized to the OC-12, OC-3, or DS-3 level.

SAFETY LEVEL PROTECTION:

All connections between AT&T Central Offices are all on protected SONET rings. All DS-3 connections and higher between a customer and the Central Office are delivered on Fiber with the smallest MUX being one that delivers three DS-3s. If you want to be sure that the local loop is protected, there is an extra charge. Many times you are paying for diverse routing and SONET fiber protection that already exists. However, if you wish to to be sure that the fiber is routed diversely, you must pay for that protection.

SONET RINGS:

AT&T will build you a private fiber ring starting at the OC-3 level. This service is called SMARTRing. If the service is interrupted for one second and you report it, that month's service charge will be waived. To build a ring, you must have a total of three nodes. This can be two Central Offices and one customer location, two at the same CO and one at the premise; two premises and one CO.




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