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Once a Wire Center exceeds both of these thresholds, no future DS3 loop unbundling will be required in that Wire Center and CLEC agrees to cease ordering DS3 UNE Loops and to convert existing DS3 UNE Loops to an alternative service. 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Once the wire center meets the requirements of Section 4.0 and the wire center exceeds both of these thresholds, no future Section 251 DS3 Loop unbundling will be required of SBC in that wire center, except as otherwise set forth in this Attachment.\n3.1.3.1 In accordance with Rule 51.319(a)(5)(ii), SBC is not obligated to provision to CLEC more than one unbundled DS3 Loop to any single Building in which DS3 Loops are available as Section 251 unbundled Loops.", "snippet_links": [{"key": "in-accordance-with", "type": "clause", "offset": [0, 18]}, {"key": "access-to", "type": "definition", "offset": [108, 117]}, {"key": "served-by", "type": "definition", "offset": [188, 197]}, {"key": "wire-center", "type": "definition", "offset": [204, 215]}, {"key": "business-lines", "type": "clause", "offset": [237, 251]}, {"key": "meets-the-requirements", "type": "definition", "offset": [320, 342]}, {"key": "single-building", "type": "clause", "offset": [681, 696]}, {"key": "unbundled-loops", "type": "clause", "offset": [745, 760]}], "samples": [{"hash": "eVvvk6nBWkK", "uri": "/contracts/eVvvk6nBWkK#ds3-loops", "label": "Interconnection Agreement", "score": 21.7445640564, "published": true}], "hash": "8d823a7dc2299a0323d0a4b758f2579a", "id": 5}, {"size": 2, "snippet": "Upon Hello Depot\u2019s written request, Verizon shall provide Hello Depot with nondiscriminatory access to a DS3 Loop on an unbundled basis under the Amended Agreement in accordance with, but only to the extent required by, 47 U.S.C. \u00a7 251(c)(3) and 47 C.F.R. 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