[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: 47CFR51.325]

[Page 61-62]
 
                       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.  51.325  Notice of network changes: Public notice requirement.

    (a) An incumbent local exchange carrier (``LEC'') must provide 
public notice regarding any network change that:
    (1) Will affect a competing service provider's performance or 
ability to provide service;
    (2) Will affect the incumbent LEC's interoperability with other 
service providers; or
    (3) Will affect the manner in which customer premises equipment is 
attached to the interstate network.
    (b) For purposes of this section, interoperability means the ability 
of two or more facilities, or networks, to be connected, to exchange 
information, and to use the information that has been exchanged.
    (c) Until public notice has been given in accordance with Sec. Sec.  
51.325 through 51.335, an incumbent LEC may not disclose to separate 
affiliates, separated affiliates, or unaffiliated entities (including 
actual or potential competing service providers or competitors), 
information about planned network changes that are subject to this 
section.
    (d) For the purposes of Sec. Sec.  51.325 through 51.335, the term 
services means

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telecommunications services or information services.

[61 FR 47351, Sept. 6, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 14148, Mar. 24, 1999]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 52305, Sept. 2, 2003, Sec.  51.325 was 
amended by adding paragraph (a)(4), effective Oct. 2, 2003. For the 
convenience of the user, the added text is set forth as follows:

Sec.  51.325  Notice of network changes: Public notice requirement.

    (a) * * *
    (4) Will result in the retirement of copper loops or copper 
subloops, and the replacement of such loops with fiber-to-the-home 
loops, as that term is defined in Sec.  51.319(a)(3).

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