Unbundled network elements have been a topic of a discussion...
Unbundled network elements have been a topic of a discussion between FCC Wireline Bureau staff and telecom companies as the commission readies its special access data request. In response to a bureau question, relayed through a CompTel representative, about tw…
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telecom’s use of unbundled network elements as inputs to the services it provides to end users, tw telecom said it only serves business customers, and therefore uses UNEs only as inputs to the services that it provides to those business customers. Tw telecom also does not use UNEs to provision standalone information services or special access services for toll traffic, but only as inputs to various bundled services, it said (http://xrl.us/bnxn58). TDS Metrocom met with Wireline Bureau officials Wednesday to discuss its percentage of unbundled network elements used for business customers, and for special access services. The discussion focused on the extent to which TDS uses DS-1 and DS-3 UNE loops in combination with its own transport facilities, compared to its use of “on net” loop facilities to provide dedicated private line services to customers or other carriers, its ex parte filing said (http://xrl.us/bnxnwi). TDS also discussed how much work it would require to provide detailed location and billing information for dedicated private line services.