Sec. 51.607  Wholesale pricing standard.

    (a) The wholesale rate that an incumbent LEC may charge for a 
telecommunications service provided for resale to other 
telecommunications carriers shall equal the incumbent LEC's existing 
retail rate for the telecommunications service, less avoided retail 
costs, as described in Sec. 51.609.
    (b) For purposes of this subpart, exchange access services, as 
defined in section 3 of the Act, shall not be considered to be 
telecommunications services that incumbent LECs must make available for 
resale at wholesale rates to requesting telecommunications carriers.