R746-348-7. Essential Facilities and Services

A. Designation -- At a minimum, the following are considered to be essential facilities or services pursuant to 54-8b-2. 2.:

1. Unbundled local loops including 2-wire, 4-wire and digital subscriber line facilities;

2. Loop concentration, loop distribution and loop feeder facilities;

3. Network interface devices;

4. Switching capability including line-side facilities, trunk-side facilities and tandem facilities;

5. 911 and E911 emergency call networks;

6. Access to numbering resources;

7. Local telephone number portability;

8. Inter-office transmission facilities;

9. Signaling networks and call-related databases including signaling links, signaling transfer points and databases used for billing and collection, and transmission and routing of public telecommunications services;

10. Operations support systems used to pre-order, order, provision, maintain and repair unbundled network elements, or services purchased for resale from an incumbent local exchange carrier by another telecommunications corporation;

11. Billing functions;

12. Operator services and directory assistance;

13. Physical and virtual collocation and,

14. Intra-premises cabling and inside wiring owned or controlled by an incumbent local exchange carrier.

B. Determination of Essential Nature -- A telecommunications corporation may request any essential network facility or service from another telecommunications corporation and that telecommunications corporation shall timely provide the network facility or service in accordance R746-348-4 unless it demonstrates that providing that facility or service is technically infeasible.

1. A person may petition the Commission for a finding that a facility or service is essential or should no longer be deemed essential.