OPF FOCUS GROUP The Provision of Co-location Facilities and Process Greg Mook 1 September 1999 OPF Co-location Focus Group

ACCESS TO BANDWITH Option 4 - BT managed ADSL implementation underway acceptable to BT Option 2 - unbundled local loops July 2001? Not acceptable to BT OPF Co-location Focus Group

OPF CO-LOCATION FOCUS GROUP First Meeting 10 September at MCI WorldCom will set Terms of Reference will focus on implementation and operational process Technical issues addressed by DSL Task Group OPF Co-location Focus Group

OPF CO-LOCATION FOCUS GROUP Focus Group will not negotiate terms and conditions not decide if co-location should be implemented Compare to Number Portability introduction OFTEL/MMC ruling on cost allocation Industry sorted out implementation process OPF Co-location Focus Group

Information Exchange Provisioning Time Reservation Re-location Separation Standards Space Usage Operational Guidance Forecasting SLAs Access and Refusal Separation Standards Study and Prep Work Requirements on Access Seeker Liability Confidentiality Security Arbitration Modification / Termination IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONAL PROCESSES WILL INCLUDE: OPF Co-location Focus Group

Dealing with Capacity Issues Cabinets / Interface Environment Power Cabling Equipment Installation Maintenance Delineation of Responsibilities Ordering Process QoS Requirement on Equipment Maintenance Fault Clearing Access Conditions Network Termination Point IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONAL PROCESSES WILL INCLUDE: OPF Co-location Focus Group

There is a potential for tension with this parallel approach: eg: History suggests a player’s preferred implementation is correlated strongly to the cost allocation rules BT will participate in a “theoretical” mode I anticipate that some issues will require regulatory “suasion” or “encouragement” OPF Co-location Focus Group

CONTACT DETAILS GREG MOOK MCI WORLDCOM OPF Co-location Focus Group