Sec. 60.127. ADOPTION OF APPROVED INTERCONNECTION RATES. (a) An incumbent local exchange company may adopt the interconnection rates the commission approves for a larger incumbent local exchange company without additional cost justification.
(b) If an incumbent local exchange company does not adopt the interconnection rates of a larger company or negotiates under Section 60.125(a), the company is governed by Sections 60.125(c)-(f).
(c) If the incumbent local exchange company adopts the interconnection rates of another incumbent local exchange company, the new entrant may adopt those rates as the new entrant's interconnection rates.
(d) If the incumbent local exchange company elects to file its own tariff, the new entrant must also file its own interconnection tariff.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act
Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities
Chapter 60 - Competitive Safeguards
Section 60.122. Exclusive Jurisdiction
Section 60.123. Inapplicability of Subchapter
Section 60.124. Interoperable Networks Required
Section 60.125. Determination of Interconnection Rates
Section 60.126. Interconnectivity Negotiations; Dispute Resolution