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  Before the 
             FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20554
  
  
  
  
  In the Matter of                     )
                                        )
  Virtual Collocation for Special Access       )         CC Docket No. 94-97
   and Switched Access Phase I          )      
                                        )      
                                        )
  Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.         )         Transmittals No. 2807
  Revision to Tariff F.C.C. No.73              )                       No. 2810
                                     )                   
  
                           ORDER
  
  Adopted:  February 24, 2000                  Released: February 24, 2000
  
  By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau
  
  1.  On February 10, 2000, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWBT) filed
  Transmittal No. 2807 to amend its Tariff F.C.C. No.73, Access Service, Section 25,
  Expanded Interconnection (EIC).  In Transmittal No. 73, currently scheduled to become
  effective February 25, 2000, SWBT proposes to provide, on an individual care basis (ICB),
  five (5) specialized service arrangements to meet unique and specific requirements of Sprint
  Communications.  Under this arrangement SWBT will provide one OC3c Sonet based
  Interconnection cross-connect from a Broadband Circuit Service channel to the Sprint
  collocation cage at five individual locations in Dallas, Texas.  The service is scheduled to
  become the subject of a general tariff offering in June of 2000.   No later than February 25,
  2001, Sprint Communications shall be required to either terminate the service or convert the
  service to the available general tariff offering at the rates, terms and conditions provided
  thereunder.   No petitions have been filed against this transmittal.
  
  2.  Transmittal Nos. 2807 and 2810 raise the same issues regarding rate levels, rate
  structures, and terms and conditions of virtual collocation services as those that are subject
  to the investigation of  SWBT's interconnection service offering.  Therefore, Transmittal
  Nos. 2807 and 2810 are suspended for one day and will be subject to the investigation
  initiated in the Virtual Collocation Phase I Order.  Any rates proposed in this transmittal
  will be subject to an accounting order to facilitate any refunds that may later prove
  necessary.
  
  3.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 204(a) of the
  Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  204(a), and the authority delegated
  pursuant to Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. 
   0.91, 0.291, the revisions to Southwestern Bell Telephone Company's Tariff F.C.C. No.
  73, filed under Transmittal Nos. 2807 and 2810, ARE SUSPENDED for one day from the
  effective date and an investigation of the referenced transmittals is instituted and
  incorporated within CC Docket No. 94-97.
  
  4.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE
  COMPANY SHALL FILE tariff revisions within five business days of the release date of
  this Order to reflect this suspension.
  
  5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 204(a) of the
  Communications Act of 1934, as amended 47 U.S.C.  154(i) and 204(a), the 
  SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY shall keep accurate account of all
  amounts received by reason of the rates that are subject of this investigation.
  
  
                           FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
       
       
       
       
                           Jane E. Jackson
                           Chief, Competitive Pricing Division
                           Common Carrier Bureau