Sec. 69.121  Connection charges for expanded interconnection.

    (a) Appropriate connection charge subelements shall be established 
for the use of equipment and facilities that are associated with 
offerings of expanded interconnection for special access and switched 
transport services, as defined in part 64, subpart N of this chapter. To 
the extent that the same equipment and facilities are used to provide 
expanded interconnection for both special access and switched transport, 
the same connection charge subelements shall be used.
    (1) A cross-connect subelement shall be established for charges 
associated with the cross-connect cable and associated facilities 
connecting the equipment owned by or dedicated to the use of the 
interconnector with the telephone company's equipment and facilities 
used to provide interstate special or switched access services. Charges 
for the cross-connect subelement shall not be deaveraged within a study 
area that is used for purposes of jurisdictional separations.
    (2) Charges for subelements associated with physical collocation or 
virtual collocation, other than the subelement described in paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section and subelements recovering the cost of the 
virtual collocation equipment described in Sec. 64.1401(e)(1) of this 
chapter, may reasonably differ in different central offices, 
notwithstanding Sec. 69.3(e)(7).
    (b) Connection charge subelements shall be computed based upon the 
costs associated with the equipment and facilities that are included in 
such subelements, including no more than a just and reasonable portion 
of the telephone company's overhead costs.
    (c) Connection charge subelements shall be assessed upon all 
interconnectors that use the equipment or facilities that are included 
in such subelements.

[ 57 FR 54332 , Nov. 18, 1992, as amended by  58 FR 48764 , Sept. 17, 1993; 
 59 FR 38930 , Aug. 1, 1994]