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Page Number`69bpO?*=(?[o> :*?8!Zo>NE6''#A\  PP##A\  PP#2|U X (ө X<w  #XP\  P6QynXP#Federal Communications Commission`(#DA 99526 ă  yxdddy (q0p yO-N#X\  P6G;ɒP#q  yO3v#X\  P6G;ɒP#X01Í ÍX01Í Í#Xj\  P6G;ynXP# #X\  P6G;ɒP#Before theTPFederal Communications Commission  yO } Washington, D.C. 20554#Xj\  P6G;ynXP#у  X-  X-x` `  hh@h#XP\  P6QynXP#)  X-In the Matter of hh@h) x` `  hh@h)  Xu-BellSouth` `  hh@h)  X^ -Petition for Limited Modification of LATA h)pp   XG -Boundary to Provide Expanded Local@ h)ppFile No. NSDL9914  X0 -Calling Service (ELCS) hh@h)pp     X -  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER TP  X-X` hp x (#%'0*,.8135@8:evidence as poll results, usage data, and descriptions of the communities involved; and (5)  X -involves a limited number of customers or access lines. Bۿ {O -ԍxId. at para. 24. The Commission also delegated authority to act on petitions to modify LATA  {O-boundaries to the Common Carrier Bureau. Id. at para 23. On August 6, 1997, the Commission released a decision granting requests to modify LATA boundaries to permit three independent telephone company (ITC) exchanges in Texas to change LATA association for purposes of improving service to subscribers. The Commission stated that a carrier will be deemed to have made a prima facie case supporting grant of a proposed association change if the petition: (1) states that the association change is necessary because of planned upgrades to the ITC's network or service that will require routing traffic through a different BOC LATA; (2) involves a limited number of access lines; and (3) includes a statement from the affected BOC(s) requesting a LATA modification, pursuant to section 3(25) of the Act, to permit the change in association. Petitions for LATA  {O-Association Changes by Independent Telephone Companies, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 12 FCC Rcd  {O-11769 (1977) (August 1997 Order).  X - x` `  hhIII. DISCUSSION  X -  X - ` A x5.` ` The petition proposes to establish twoway, flatrated, nonoptional ELCS, and is  xxaccompanied by: (1) a statement that only traditional local service is proposed; (2) an order issued  x[by the North Carolina Utilities Commission confirming that ELCS should be approved between  xjthe various exchanges to complete countywide ELCS in Robeson County; (3) a statement that  x[the combined poll results from the various exchanges favor countywide ELCS; (4) a statement  XK- xof the number of access lines involved;Kۿ yO"-ԍxFairmont has 5,012 access lines; Maxton has 3,572 access lines; Parkton has 1,573 access lines; Red Springs has 5,701 access lines; and St. Paul has 3,714 access lines. and (5) a statement that a community of interest exists between the various exchanges and other portions of Robeson County.  X- ` x6.` ` As we noted in the July 1997 Order, granting an ELCS petition removes the  xproposed route from the competitive interexchange market, and some LATA modifications could",N(N(ZZ"  xreduce the BOCs' incentive to open their own markets to competition pursuant to section 271 of  X- x>the Act.Tۿ {Ob-ԍxSee 47 U.S.C.  271(b)(1).T Given, however, the small number of access lines and the small volume of traffic  xinvolved for the proposed ELCS area in this petition, as well as the types of service to be offered  X- x(e.g., twoway, flatrated, nonoptional local service), it is highly unlikely that provision of ELCS  xservice would reduce BellSouth's motivation to open its own market to competition. Because  xof to the limited amount of traffic and the type of service involved, the Division finds that the  xproposed LATA modifications will not have a significant anticompetitive effect on the  xinterexchange market or on BA's incentive to open its own market to competition. We conclude  XJ-that the information in the petition satisfies the criteria established in the July 1997 Order.  X - x` `  hh IV. CONCLUSION  X - ` x7.` ` We conclude that, in this request, the community's need for the proposed ELCS  xKroute outweighs the risk of potential anticompetitive effects. Granting BellSouth's petition serves  x0the public interest by permitting a minor LATA modification where such modification is  X - x\necessary to meet the needs of local subscribers and will not have any significant effect on  xcompetition. Accordingly, we approve BellSouth's petition for limited LATA modification in  x.order to provide twoway, flatrated, nonoptional ELCS. The LATA is modified solely for the  x[limited purpose of allowing BellSouth to provide twoway, flatrated, nonoptional local calling  xxservice between the specific exchanges or geographic areas identified in the requests. The LATA  xis not modified to permit the BOC to offer any other type of service, including calls that originate  xor terminate outside the specified areas. Thus, nonoptional ELCS between the specified  xexchanges will be treated as intraLATA, and the provisions of the Act governing intraLATA  X- x!service will apply.Zۿ {O-ԍxThe BOC may provide ELCS service without meeting the section 271 requirements, see 47 U.S.C.   {O-271(a), and a separate affiliate is not required, see 47 U.S.C.  272(a)(2)(B).  Other types of service between the specified exchanges will remain  X-interLATA, and the provisions of the Act governing interLATA service will apply.ۿ yOC-ԍxThe BOC may not provide other types of service (such as optional measuredrate or toll service)  {O -between the specified exchanges without meeting the section 271 requirements. See 47 U.S.C.  271(a).   X-x` `  hh V. ORDERING CLAUSES  X-  X- ` Sx8.` ` Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 3(25) and 4(i) of the  xjCommunications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  153(25), 154(i), and authority delegated  xby Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91 and 0.291, that the  xZrequest of BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. and BellSouth Corporation for LATA modification  xfor the limited purpose of providing twoway, flatrated, nonoptional ELCS at specific locations,  x>identified in File No. NSDL9914 IS APPROVED. This LATA boundary is modified solely  xfor the purpose of providing twoway, flatrated, nonoptional ELCS between points in the  xspecific exchanges or geographic areas indicated in the request. The LATA boundary for all",N(N(ZZ" other services shall remain unchanged.  X- ` x9.` ` IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to section 416(a) of the Act, 47 U.S.C.  x 416(a), the Secretary SHALL SERVE a copy of this order upon the petitioners, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. and BellSouth Corporation. x` `  hhFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x` `  hhAnna M. Gomez x` `  hhChief, Network Services Division x` `  hhCommon Carrier Bureau