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controlled by AT&T. BHN shall purchase the entire bandwidth of the Loop and,
except as required herein or as otherwise agreed to by the Parties, AT&T shall not
subdivide the frequency of the Loop.
2.1.1.1 The Loop does not include any packet switched features, functions or capabilities.
Packet switching capability is the routing or forwarding of packets, frames, cells,
or other data units based on address or other routing information contained in the
packets, frames, cells or other data units, and the functions that are performed by
the digital subscriber line access multiplexers, including but not limited to the
ability to terminate an end-user customer’s copper loop (which includes both a
low-band voice channel and a high-band data channel, or solely a data channel);
the ability to forward the voice channels, if present, to a circuit switch or multiple
circuit switches; the ability to extract data units from the data channels on the
loops; and the ability to combine data units from multiple loops onto one or more
trunks connecting to a packet switch or packet switches.
2.1.2 Fiber to the Home (FTTH) loops are local loops consisting entirely of fiber optic
cable, whether dark or lit, serving an End User’s premises or, in the case of
predominantly residential multiple dwelling units (MDUs), a fiber optic cable,
whether dark or lit, that extends to the MDU minimum point of entry (MPOE).
Fiber to the Curb (FTTC) loops are local loops consisting of fiber optic cable
connecting to a copper distribution plant that is not more than 500 feet from the
End User’s premises or, in the case of predominantly residential MDUs, not more
than 500 feet from the MDU’s MPOE. The fiber optic cable in a FTTC loop must
connect to a copper distribution plant at a serving area interface from which every
other copper distribution subloop also is not more than 500 feet from the respective
End User’s premises.
2.1.2.1 In new build (Greenfield) areas, where AT&T has only deployed FTTH facilities,
or FTTC facilities, AT&T is not required to provide non discriminatory access to
FTTH or FTTC loops on an unbundled basis including when AT&T deploys such
loop to a residential location that previously has not been served by any loop
facility.
2.1.2.2 In FTTH/FTTC overbuild situations where AT&T previously has served the end
user premises with a loop facility, or where AT&T has deployed FTTH loop or
FTTC loop parallel to or in replacement of an existing non-FTTH/FTTC loop,
AT&T will make copper loops available to BHN on an unbundled basis, unless
AT&T retires the non-FTTH/FTTC loop in compliance with the network
disclosure requirements of section 251(c)(5) of the Act, sections 51.325 through
51.335 of the FCC’s rules, as amended from time to time, and any applicable state
requirements for the disconnection or retirement of LEC facilities. In all instances
where AT&T provides access to a non-FTTH/FTTC loop to a 64 kbps voice grade
channel, AT&T shall provide combined access to an unbundled transmission path
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