Unbundled Copper Loops (UCL). 2.4.1 BellSouth shall make available Unbundled Copper Loops (UCLs). The UCL is a copper twisted pair Loop that is unencumbered by any intervening equipment (e.g., filters, load coils, range extenders, digital loop carrier, or repeaters) and is not intended to support any particular telecommunications service. The UCL will be offered in two types – Designed and Non-Designed.
Unbundled Copper Loops (UCL). 2.11.1 AT&T shall make available Unbundled Copper Loops (UCLs). The UCL is a copper twisted pair loop that is unencumbered by any intervening equipment (e.g., filters, load coils, range extenders, digital loop carrier, or repeaters) and is not intended to support any particular telecommunications service. The UCL will be offered in two types – Designed and Non-Designed.
2.11.2 Unbundled Copper Loop – Designed (UCL-D)
2.11.2.1 The UCL-D will be provisioned as a dry copper twisted pair (two (2)- or four (4)- wire) loop that is unencumbered by any intervening equipment (e.g., filters, load coils, range extenders, digital loop carrier, or repeaters).
2.11.2.2 A UCL-D will be 18,000 feet or less in length and is provisioned according to Resistance Design parameters, may have up to 6,000 feet of bridged tap and will have up to 1300 Ohms of resistance.
2.11.2.3 The UCL-D is a designed circuit, is provisioned with a test point, and comes standard with a DLR. OC is a chargeable option for a UCL-D; however, OC is always required on UCLs where a reuse of existing facilities has been requested by NuVox.
2.11.2.4 These loops are not intended to support any particular services and may be utilized by NuVox to provide a wide-range of telecommunications services as long as those services do not adversely affect AT&T‟s network. This facility will include a Network Interface Device (NID) at the customer‟s location for the purpose of connecting the loop to the customer‟s inside wire.
2.11.2.5 Upon the Effective Date of this Agreement, Unbundled Copper Loop – Long (UCL-L) elements will no longer be offered by AT&T and no new orders for UCL-L will be accepted. Any existing UCL-Ls that were provisioned prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement will be grandfathered at the rates set forth in the Parties‟ interconnection agreement that was in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement. Existing UCL-Ls that were provisioned prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement may remain connected, maintained and repaired according to AT&T‟s TR-73600 and may remain connected until such time as they are disconnected by NuVox or AT&T provides ninety (90) calendar days notice that such UDC must be terminated at which point the Parties will coordinate the transition in a cooperative manner.
