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APPENDIX COLLOCATION
APPENDIX COLLOCATION/SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE, L.P.
SBC TEXAS/CLEC JOINT PETITIONERS
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1. SBC TEXAS will provide caged, shared caged, common caged, cageless, and other Physical collocation
arrangements within its Eligible Structures, and where space is Legitimately Exhausted inside an Eligible Structure,
SBC TEXAS will provide adjacent space for on-site collocation, and interconnection facilities to access unbundled
network elements through adjacent off-site collocation, for physical collocation as set forth in Section 5 of the Local
Access Service Tariff entitled “Physical Collocation.”
2. In addition, in SBC TEXAS’ Central Offices and, at SBC TEXAS’ other eligible structures (e.g., CEVs, huts and
cabinets) where physical collocation space is available, SBC TEXAS will provide Virtual collocation wherein SBC
TEXAS maintains and repairs the collocation equipment consistent with the terms of the amended Sections 25 and
26 of the Access Service Tariff, or Virtual collocation wherein CLEC maintains and repairs the virtually collocated
equipment consistent with the term of the amended Section 26 of the Access Service Tariff.
#Note for Section 3: In accordance with Texas Public Utilities Commission Staff Recommendation in Docket No.
28821, on an interim basis, SBC Texas will provide DC power consumption billing based on the maximum current
carrying capacity of either the A or B feed. The TPUC has ordered the parties to work collaboratively to establish a
metering arrangement and present a final solution to the Commission with 60 days of the final order in this
proceeding.
3. Tracking and Billing CLEC’s Power Usage
*3.1 At CLEC’s option, power measuring units (PMUs) or meters will be installed on the BDFBs in CLEC’s
collocation space. These PMUs will be used to measure CLEC’s actual power usage for the collocation
space, for purposes of SBC TEXAS billing.
*3.2 Measurements of CLEC’s actual power usage shall be taken once each quarter at each of CLEC’s
collocation arrangements. Based upon these measurements, SBC TEXAS shall bill CLEC for collocation
power for the following quarter relying on CLEC’s actual metered usage and the applicable usage
sensitive rate for power in the Pricing Schedule of this Agreement.
*3.3 CLEC agrees to notify SBC TEXAS in writing when it removes existing equipment or installs new
equipment in the collocation space. Upon receipt of that notice, a new measurement will be taken of
CLEC’s actual power usage to be used for billing for the following quarter. After the actual power usage
measurement has been completed, that measurement will be used to calculate the metered power charge
for the following three (3) months, or until the next measurement has been taken. CLEC’s bill will reflect
the new power measurement in the next billing cycle following the completion of the measurement.
*3.4 Either Party shall have the right, at any time, at its own expense, to verify the accuracy of CLEC’s BDFB
meter by performing its own meter reading via an alternate method, such as, but not limited to, a clamp-on
meter. If the meter readings vary significantly, the Parties agree to perform a joint investigation. If the
CLEC BDFB meter is found to be in error, then CLEC agrees to recalibrate, repair, or replace its meter as
required. The Parties recognize that the meter readings discussed in this Section 3.4 are instantaneous
readings that can experience minor fluctuations due to usage traffic, voltage fluctuations, and calibration of
the meters themselves. The readings must vary by more than 10%, or 5 Amps, whichever is greater,
before any recalibration, repair, or replacement will be required. If the CLEC BDFB meter is found to be in
error, then the Parties will cooperate to calculate the amount of any additional billing due from CLEC for
power used, or the amount of any credit due to CLEC for SBC TEXAS over billing for power usage.
*3.5 If taking a metered power measurement, as described in 3.3 and 3.4 above, requires access to the CLEC
collocation space, at CLEC’s option, the meter reading will be performed by an authorized contractor hired
by CLEC and approved by SBC TEXAS who is subject to the same security screening requirements
*Commission directs the parties to work collaboratively to establish the metering arrangement and present a solution within 60
days from the final order in this proceeding (3.2 – 3.7)