Common use of Orders for Unbundled Clause in Contracts

Orders for Unbundled. Network Elements and Combinations may specify any unusual or non-standard capabilities required of ancillary equipment (e.g multiplexers, splitters or bridges) where such capabilities are integral to the functionality of the Unbundled Network Element but where the standard methods or defaults of such provisioning may be different and where the capabilities may need to [be] specified for the purposes of unbundled pricing and/or engineering of the Unbundled Network Element or Combination. Specification of such information is not an acknowledgment on the part of CLEC that the items specified represent separate Network Elements nor is it a waiver of CLEC’s right to request and have the equipment provided in the future for the then existing Network Element or Combination. If the specified capabilities are not integral to the functionality of the UNE, then the request for the functionality is to be made under the BFR process.