Interconnection services classified and evaluated

DETERMINATION of the economic merits of an interconnection, that is, its evaluation, is greatly facilitated by an orderly and logical classification of the services which that interconnection will render. Recognition of the various classes of service is not only helpful but is quite essential in the preparation and application of the interconnection contract, as each class of service requires different provisions and rates of payment. Such classification is helpful in rationalizing design, as for instance in determining whether the services to be rendered by the interconnection warrant a double or only a single circuit.