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ACCEPTED Oo BELLSOUTH FOR BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. Patrick W. Turner PROCESSING Legal Department General Counsehgth Capone 1600 Wilhams Street o Suite 5200 803 401 2900 Columbia, SC 29201 Fax 803 254 17~3 t Vl patrickturnertpbeilsouth.corn April 12, 20 t'A SION - 2021 May The Honorable Bruce Duke Executive Director 20 Public Service Commission of SC 2:00 Post Office Drawer 11649 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 PM - Re: Petition for Arbitration of US LEC of South Carolina Inc. Of an Amendment to SCPSC an Interconnection Agreement with BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. Pursuant to Section 252(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended - 2004-78-C Petition of US LEC of South Carolina Inc. to Resolve Dispute with BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. on Change of Law Provisions to the Interconnection Agreement Docket 2004-78-C - Page Dear Mr. Duke: Enclosed for filing are the original and fifteen 1 copies of BellSouth of Inc.'s Inc.'s Telecommunications, Response to US LEC of South Carolina Petition for 118 Arbitration in the above-referenced matter. By copy of this letter, I am serving this response on all parties of record as reflected by the attached Certificate of Service. Sincerely, 7jtttrml, Patrick W. Turner PWT/nml Enclosures cc: Parties of Record PC Docs ¹ 534736 ACCEPTED BEFORE FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF D +QC J~ SOUTH CAROLINA PROCESSING In Re: ) ) Petition for Arbitration ofUS LEC of South Carolina Inc. ) o Of an Amendment to an Interconnection Agreement with ) O G Inc. Docket No 2004:78-Cm BellSouth Telecommunications, Pursuant to ) - 2021 Section 252(b) ofthe Communications Act of 1934, ) ', I! as Amended ) co ) May Petition of US LEC of South Carolina Inc. to Resolve ) uJ 20 Dispute with BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. on ) Change of Law Provisions to the Interconnection ) 2:00 Agreement ) PM - SCPSC BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.'S RESPONSE TO US LEC OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC.'S PETITION FOR ARBITRATION - 2004-78-C Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. II 252(b)(3), BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. ("BellSouth"), responds to the Petition for Arbitration ("Petition") filed by US LEC of South Carolina Inc. ("US LEC") and says: - Page Sections 251 and 252 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("1996 Act") encourage 2 negotiations between parties to reach local interconnection agreements. Section 251(c)(l) of the of 118 1996 Act requires incumbent local exchange companies to negotiate the particular terms and conditions of agreements to fulfill the duties described in Sections 251(b) and 251(c)(2)-(6). As part of the negotiation process, the 1996 Act allows a party to petition a state commission for arbitration of unresolved issues.'he petition must identify the issues resulting Iiom the negotiations that are resolved, as well as those that are unresolved.'he petitioning '7 U.S.C. $ 252(b)(2). See generally, 47 U.S.C. /II 252 (b)(2)(A) and 252 (b)(4). ACCEPTED must submit along with its petition "all relevant documentation concerning: (1) the party FOR unresolved issues; (2) the position of each of the parties with respect to those issues; and (3) any PROCESSING other issues discussed and resolved by the parties.'* A non-petitioning party to a negotiation under this section may respond to the other party's petition and provide such additional information as it wishes within 25 days after a commission receives the petition. The 1996 Act - 2021 limits a commission's consideration of any petition (and any response thereto) to the unresolved May issues set forth in the petition and in the response. 20 Through the arbitration process, a commission must resolve the unresolved issues 2:00 ensuring that the requirements of Sections 251 and 252 ofthe 1996 Act are met. The obligations PM - contained in those sections of the 1996 Act are the obligations that form the basis for negotiation, SCPSC and if negotiations are unsuccessful, then form the basis for arbitration. Issues or topics not - specifically related to these areas are outside the scope of an arbitration proceeding. Once a 2004-78-C commission has provided guidance on the unresolved issues, the parties must incorporate those resolutions into a final agreement to be submitted to a commission for - approval.'ellSouth Page and US LEC previously entered into an Interconnection Agreement ("Prior 3 Agreement") in South Carolina that expired on December 31, 2003. Instead ofnegotiating a new of 118 agreement, US LEC chose to adopt another carrier's agreement pursuant to Section 252(i) of the 1996 Act. However, because the Federal Communication Commission's ("FCC") Triennial Review Order ("TRO") materially altered the terms and conditions of Attachment 2 in the 47 U.S.C. $ 252(b)(2). 47 U.S.C. $ 252(b)(3). 47 U.S.C. $ 252(b)(4). 47 U.S.C. $ 252(a). ACCEPTED agreement to be adopted, BellSouth requested that the parties negotiate a new Attachment 2 for FOR said agreement, which would be included in US LEC's new agreement ("New Agreement"). PROCESSING The parties have engaged in good faith negotiations in this regard as they have reduced the number of disputed items from 28 to 13. Notwithstanding these good faith efforts, they have been unable to reach agreement on all of the issues related to Attachment 2. As a result, US LEC - 2021 filed this Petition pursuant to the 1996 Act. Because the Prior Agreement has expired and May because US LEC raised this matter pursuant to Section 252(b) of the 1996 Act, US LEC's 20 alternative request for relief pursuant to the Change in Law provision in the Prior Agreement is 2:00 irrelevant and not necessary to resolve the instant matter. PM BellSouth LEC's - hereby responds to each of the separately numbered paragraphs of US SCPSC Petition: - I. THE PARTIES AND CONTACT INFORMATION 2004-78-C 1. BellSouth admits the allegations ofParagraph 1 of Section I ofthe Petition. 2. The allegations in Paragraph 2 of Section I of the Petition require no response - Page &om BellSouth. 4 3. The allegations in Paragraph 3 of Section I of the Petition require no response of 118 iiom BellSouth. 4. BellSouth admits the allegations set forth in the first sentence of Paragraph 4 of Section I of the Petition. BellSouth admits that its South Carolina headquarters of5ces are located at 1600 Williams Street, Columbia, South Carolina 20201 and denies the remainder of the allegations set forth in the second sentence ofParagraph 4 of Section I ofthe Petition. ACCEPTED 5. BellSouth denies the allegations in Paragraph 5 of Section I of the Petition, except FOR to admit that all correspondence, notices, inquiries and orders regarding this Petition should be PROCESSING directed to the undersigned. II. STATEMENT OF FACTS 6. BellSouth denies Paragraph 6 of Section II, except to admit that, on or about - 2021 October 8, 2003, BellSouth received a request from US LEC to amend the Prior Agreement to May implement the TRO. 20 7. BellSouth admits Paragraph 7 of Section II ofthe Petition. 2:00 8. BellSouth admits Paragraph 8 of Section II ofthe Petition. PM - 9. BellSouth denies the allegations contained in Paragraph 9 of Section II of the SCPSC Petition, except to admit that BellSouth rejected US LEC's proposed TRO Amendment and - advised US LEC on November 5, 2003 that BellSouth will present a new Attachment 2 to reflect 2004-78-C the changes and modifications that were necessary as a result ofthe TRO. 10. BellSouth denies the allegations contained in Paragraph 10 of Section II of the - Page Petition, except to admit that BellSouth provided a template agreement for Attachment 2 on 5 December 12, 2003 and that the parties have been negotiating from this template. of 118 11. BellSouth admits the allegations ofParagraph 11 of Section II of the Petition. 12. BellSouth admits the allegations of Paragraph 12 of the Section II of the Petition and states that BellSouth has negotiated in good faith with US LEC regarding Attachment 2 and the TRO. The parties have continued to negotiate and exchange redlines of the Attachment 2 template since the filing of this Petition. The current resolved and unresolved provisions of Attachment 2 are accurately reflected in Exhibit A attached hereto. ACCEPTED 13. BellSouth denies the allegations of Paragraph 13 of Section II of the Petition, FOR except to admit that the Prior Agreement expired on December 31, 2003 and that US LEC has PROCESSING previously requested to adopt the agreements of other carriers. 14. BellSouth denies the allegations of Paragraph 14 of Section II of the Petition, except to admit that US LEC requested a negotiation session on March 4, 2004 — only three (1) - 2021 days after submitting its redlined version of Attachment 2 to BellSouth; (2) the D.C. Court of May Appeals issued its decision in USTA v. FCC No. 000-00012 (D.C. Circuit, Mar. 2, 2004) 20 ("USTA II") on March 2, 2004; and (3) BellSouth requested that negotiations be postponed until 2:00 the parties had time to consider the effect of D.C. Circuit's decision in USTA II on Attachment PM - SCPSC 15. BellSouth denies Paragraph 15 of Section II of the Petition, except to admit that - US LEC attached Exhibits A and B to its Petition. These exhibits do not accurately reflect the 2004-78-C current status of the parties'egotiations. III. JURISDICTION - Page 16. The referenced provisions of the 1996 Act speak for themselves and require no 6 response Irom BellSouth. BellSouth agrees with US LEC's calculations regarding the deadline of 118 for filing the Petition and for a decision by the Commission. BellSouth, however, denies any remaining allegations contained in Paragraph 16 of Section III.
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