Sec.  51.211   Toll dialing parity implementation schedule.

   (a) A LEC that does not begin providing in-region, interLATA or in-region,
   interstate toll services in a state before February 8, 1999, must implement
   intraLATA  and  interLATA toll dialing parity throughout that state on
   February 8, 1999 or an earlier date as the state may determine, consistent
   with section 271(e)(2)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to
   be in the public interest.

   (b) A Bell Operating Company (BOC) that provides in-region, interLATA toll
   services in a state before February 8, 1999 shall provide intraLATA toll
   dialing  parity throughout that state coincident with its provision of
   in-region, interLATA toll services.

   (c) A LEC that is not a BOC that begins providing in-region, interLATA or
   in-region, interstate toll services in a state before August 8, 1997, shall
   implement intraLATA and interLATA toll dialing parity throughout that state
   by August 8, 1997. If the LEC is unable to comply with the August 8, 1997
   implementation deadline, the LEC must notify the Commission's Common Carrier
   Bureau  by  May  8,  1997. In the notification, the LEC must state its
   justification for noncompliance and must set forth the date by which it
   proposes to implement intraLATA and interLATA toll dialing parity.

   (d) A LEC that is not a BOC that begins providing in-region, interLATA or
   in-region, interstate toll services in a state on or after August 8, 1997,
   but before February 8, 1999 shall implement intraLATA and interLATA toll
   dialing parity throughout that state no later than the date on which it
   begins  providing  in-region,  interLATA or in-region, interstate toll
   services.

   (e) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraphs (a) through (d) of this
   section, a LEC shall implement toll dialing parity under a state order as
   described below:

   (1)  If  the  state issued a dialing parity order by December 19, 1995
   requiring a BOC to implement toll dialing parity in advance of the dates
   established by these rules, the BOC must implement toll dialing parity in
   accordance with the implementation dates established by the state order.

   (2) If the state issued a dialing parity order by August 8, 1996 requiring a
   LEC that is not a BOC to implement toll dialing parity in advance of the
   dates established by these rules, the LEC must implement toll dialing parity
   in accordance with the implementation dates established by the state order.

   (f) For LECs that are not Bell Operating Companies, the term in-region,
   interLATA toll service, as used in this section and  Sec. 51.213, includes the
   provision of toll services outside of the LEC's study area.

   [ 61 FR 47349 , Sept. 6, 1996]