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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974). |
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FCC SEEKS TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR TELECOM CARRIERS' WHOLESALE OPERATIONS Proposal Seeks to Provide Greater Consistency, Certainty and Clarity
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Washington, D.C. - Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
began a rulemaking proceeding to establish a core set of national performance
measurements and standards for incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs). The Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeks to identify a list of key performance
measurements and standards for evaluating an incumbent LEC's performance in
provisioning wholesale facilities and services to competitors. The NPRM adopted today offers for comment a set of 12 specific performance measurements and seeks comment on related issues of implementation, reporting requirements, and enforcement mechanisms (the specific set of performance measurements is attached). With today's action, the Commission seeks to accomplish the following three goals:
CC Docket No. 01-318 Action by the Commission, November 8, 2001, by Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 01-331). Chairman Powell, and Commissioners Abernathy, Copps and Martin, with Powell, Copps and Martin issuing separate statements Common Carrier Bureau Staff Contact: Cathy Carpino at 202-418-1580
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Following are the 12 metrics the Commission has set forth for comment to measure an incumbent LEC's ability to provide pre-ordering, ordering, provisioning, repair and maintenance functions that competitors use to interconnect, collocate or obtain access to unbundled network elements. However, the Commission also requests comment on whether other measurements and standards would be more effective and less burdensome.
Pre-Ordering Measurement
Order Measurements
Provisioning Measurements
Maintenance and Repair Measurements