R746-356-4. Equal Access Implementation Plans  


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  • A. Criteria -- An intraLATA equal access implementation plan filed with the Commission, with a copy to the Division, shall include at least the following:

    1. the planned individual central office or exchange cutover dates;

    2. a schedule of any planned hardware and software upgrades required;

    3. estimated investments and expenses for the planned upgrades;

    4. estimated internal training expenses;

    5. estimated cutover expenses;

    6. estimated administrative expenses for preparing and filing tariffs or price lists;

    7. estimated order processing expenses;

    8. estimated customer notification and education expenses;

    9. the computations of its estimated proposed equal access recovery charges; and

    10. a copy of the work papers used to calculate the information required by R746-356-4(A)(3) through (9).

    B. Service of Plans -- Copies of the plan shall be served on the Division, CCS, and all telecommunications carriers that then subscribe to interLATA equal access from the LEC.

    C. Status Reports -- In the Commission approval of a plan, the Commission shall establish the LEC's reporting requirements for reporting implementation progress, with a final report filed after implementation.