[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR51.307]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 51_INTERCONNECTION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart D_Additional Obligations of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers
 
Sec.  51.307  Duty to provide access on an unbundled basis to network elements.

    (a) An incumbent LEC shall provide, to a requesting 
telecommunications carrier for the provision of a telecommunications 
service, nondiscriminatory access to network elements on an unbundled 
basis at any technically feasible point on terms and conditions that are 
just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory in accordance with the terms and 
conditions of any agreement, the requirements of sections 251 and 252 of 
the Act, and the Commission's rules.
    (b) The duty to provide access to unbundled network elements 
pursuant to section 251(c)(3) of the Act includes a duty to provide a 
connection to an unbundled network element independent of any duty to 
provide interconnection pursuant to this part and section 251(c)(2) of 
the Act.

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    (c) An incumbent LEC shall provide a requesting telecommunications 
carrier access to an unbundled network element, along with all of the 
unbundled network element's features, functions, and capabilities, in a 
manner that allows the requesting telecommunications carrier to provide 
any telecommunications service that can be offered by means of that 
network element.
    (d) An incumbent LEC shall provide a requesting telecommunications 
carrier access to the facility or functionality of a requested network 
element separate from access to the facility or functionality of other 
network elements, for a separate charge.
    (e) An incumbent LEC shall provide to a requesting 
telecommunications carrier technical information about the incumbent 
LEC's network facilities sufficient to allow the requesting carrier to 
achieve access to unbundled network elements consistent with the 
requirements of this section.

[61 FR 45619, Aug. 29, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 47351, Sept. 6, 1996]