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1 ~;. ';, (''. "" rr' r;\jr"" fled 2005 APi? 26 t..l,. I' ; ' :":"U -.. t I L :::;f J J ir:'\ f H "C," L~:.1 L..nil f. J~ ; L~ L i '.-it t~~ - ~ VVi Ii J,-'J Uti rl7oq N.W. Evergreen Pkwy P.O. Box 1100 Beaverton, OR April 22, 2005 V2N Ms. Jean Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission O. Box Boise, Idaho Re: Amendment #3 to Interconnection Agreement between Verizon Northwest and MClmetro Access Transmission Services. Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filing are the original and one copy of an Amendment # 3 between Verizon and MCI Metro. Please call me at 503/ , if you have any questions. Enclosures

2 ),,_~, " CC \f r n IL 'fi'!led () 1="" I.;:J AMENDMENT 2005 p;pr 26 At'1 i I:.. c'.".." "' J r~.i U L i (, dt\lit' ies COI"'1f"1ISSIOH INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENTS THIS AMENDMENT (this "Amendment"), effective as of March (the Effective Date ), amends each of the Interconnection Agreements listed in Exhibit A hereto (the "Interconnection Agreements and is made by and between each of the Verizon incumbent local exchange carriers (individually and collectively "Verizon" or the "Verizon Parties ) and each of the MCI competitive local exc~ange carriers CLECs ) that is a party to an Interconnection Agreement with V erizon (individually and collectively "MCI" or the "MCI Parties ), all as shown in Exhibit A. Verizon and MCI are referred to herein individually as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, Parties have agreed to amend the Interconnection Agreements to increase the charges applicable to MCI's DSO UNE-P lines in service with Verizon as of March, 2005 Embedded Base ); and WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend all of the Interconnection Agreements to effectuate the foregoing, and for the ease of administration, have elected to do so through this single Amendment. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows: Rates Applicable To Embedded Base The monthly recurring charge that MCI shall pay Verizon for the DSO (or POTs) switch port for 'each Embedded Base line shall be increased by: (a) $2.75 between March 2005 and May and (b)' $1. 00 between June and March Successor Terms. Each Party agrees that, if they establish new or replacement interconnection agreements superceding those set forth in Exhibit A to this Amendment that are effective between March and March, 2006 (including, for avoidance of doubt interconnection agreements established through adoptions of other agreements under Section 252(i) of the Act), they shall implement the terms of this Amendment into such new or replacement interconnection agreements. Conflicts.

3 This Amendment shall amend the terms and provisions of the Interconnection Agreements only to the extent necessary to give effect to the terms and provisions of this Amendment, and, except to the extent set forth in this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Interconnection Agreements shall remain in full force and effect after the Effective Date. In the event of a conflict between the terms and provisions of this Amendment and the terms and provisions of the Interconnection Agreements, this Amendment shall govern. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Joint Work Product. This Amendment is a joint work product, and any ambiguities in this Amendment shall not be construed by operation of law against either Party. Captions The Parties acknowledge that the captions in this Amendment have been inserted solely for convenience of reference and in no way define or limit the scope or substance of any term or provision of this Amendment. Termination. If a court or regulatory body of competent jurisdiction requires modifications to this Amendment, either Party shall have the right to terminate the Amendment after sixty (60) days advance written notice. Amendment to Verizon/MCI Interconnection Agreements (March )

4 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and to become effective as of the Effective Date. The MCI Parties The Verizon Parties By: Printed: Michael A. Beach Printed: Jeffrey A. Masoner Title: Vice President - Carrier Management Title: Vice President - Interconnection Svcs. Date: March 23, 2005 Date: March 23, 2005

5 Exhibit A State MCr Affiliate Verizon Affiliate Effective Amendment # Date Brooks Fiber Communications Verizon California f/k/a GTE 3/16/03 Amendment #4 Bakersfield California Brooks Fiber Communications Verizon California f/k/a GTE 3/16/03 Amendment #4 Fresno California Brooks Fiber Communications Verizon California f/k/a GTE 3/16/03 Amendment #4 Sacramento California Brooks Fiber Communications Verizon California f/k/a GTE 3/16/03 Amendment #4 San Jose California Brooks Fiber Communications Verizon California f/k/a GTE 3/16/03 Amendment #4 Stockton California Intermedia Verizon California f/k/a GTE 3/16/03 Amendment #4 California MCI WORLDCOM Verizon California f/k/a GTE 3/16/03 Amendment #4 California MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon California f/k/a GTE 3/16/03 Amendment #4 California MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon New York, d/b/a Verizon 4/20/98 Amendment #3 New York f/k/a New York Telephone Company, d/b/a Bell Atlantic- New York MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon New York, d/b/a Verizon 11/8/01 Amendment #2 (as successor to New York, f/k/a New York Telephone Rhythms Links Company, d/b/a Bell Atlantic- New York Intermedia Verizon Washington, DC f/k/a Bell 2/19/97 Amendment #3 Atlantic - Washington, D., MCI WORLDCOM Verizon Washington, DC f/k/a Bell 9/28/99 Amendment #2 Atlantic - Washington, D., MCI WORLDCOM Verizon Washington, DC, f/k/a Bell 11/28/01 Amendment #2 (as Atlantic - Washington, D., MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon Washington, DC f/k/a Bell 9/12/97 Amendment #3 Atlantic - Washington, D., MCI WorldCom Communications Verizon Delaware f/k/a Bell Atlantic 7/16/96 Amendment #4 - Delaware, MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon Delaware f/k/a Bell Atlantic 9/12/02 Amendment #3 - Delaware, Intermedia Verizon Florida f/k/a GTE Florida 2/23/04 Amendment #2 MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon Florida f/k/a GTE Florida 2/23/04 Amendment #2 Metropolitan Fiber Systems Verizon Florida f/k/a GTE Florida 2/23/04 Amendment #2 Florida MCI WORLDCOM Verizon Florida f/k/a GTE Florida 2/23/04 Amendment #2 Communications.

6 MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon Hawaii f/k/a GTE Hawaiian 6/25/03 Amendment #2 Telephone Company MCI WORLDCOM Verizon Northwest f/k/a GTE 6/25/03 Amendment #3 Northwest MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon Northwest f/k/a GTE 6/25/03 Amendment #3 Northwest Intermedia Verizon North f/k/a GTE North 6/25/03 Amendment #2, Verizon South, f/k/a GTE South MCI WORLDCOM Verizon North, flk/a GTE North 6/25/03 Amendment #2, Verizon South, flk/a GTE South Intermedia Verizon North, flk/a GTE North 6/3/03 Amendment #2 Contel of the South, d/b/a Verizon North Systems MCI WORLDCOM Verizon North, flk/a GTE North 6/3/03 Amendment #2 Contel of the South, d/b/a Verizon North Systems MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon North, flk/a GTE North 6/3/03 Amendment #2 Contel of the South, d/b/a Verizon North Systems Brooks Fiber Communications of Verizon New England, d/b/a 5/26/00 Amendment #2 Massachusetts Verizon Massachusetts, flk/a New England Telephone and Telegraph Intermedia Verizon New England, d/b/a 12/9/96 Amendment #2 Verizon Massachusetts, flk/a New England Telephone and Telegraph MCI Worldcom Communications Verizon New England, d/b/a 6/25/99 Amendment #2 Verizon Massachusetts, flk/a New England Telephone and Telegraph MCI WORLDCOM Verizon New England, d/b/a 11/29/01 Amendment #2 (as Verizon Massachusetts, flk/a New England Telephone and Telegraph MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon New England, d/b/a 10/30/98 Amendment #3 Verizon Massachusetts, flk/a New England Telephone and Telegraph Intermedia Verizon Maryland, flk/a Bell Atlantic 2/19/97 Amendment #3 - Maryland, MCI WORLDCOM Verizon Maryland, flk/a Bell Atlantic 4/25/00 Amendment #2 - Maryland, MCI WORLDCOM Verizon Maryland, flk/a Bell Atlantic 11/28/01 Amendment #2 (as - Maryland, Amendment to Verizon/MCI Interconnection Agreements (March )

7 MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon Maryland, flk/a Bell Atlantic 4/24/00 Amendment #2 - Maryland, MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon New England Itlc., d/b/a 7/17/97 Amendment #3 and New England Verizon Maine, flk/a New England Fiber Communications LLC. Telephone and Telegraph Company, d/b/a Bell Atlantic - Maine Brooks Fiber Communications rverizon North, flk/a GTE North 8/13/03 Amendment #2 MichiQan nco'rporated MCI WORLDCOM Verizon North, flk/a GTE North 8/13/03 Amendment #2 MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon North, flk/a GTE North 8/13/03 Amendment #2 Intermedia Verizon South, flk/a GTE South 9/15/97 Amendment #2 MCI WORLD COM Verizon South, flk/a GTE South 7/16/03 Amendment #3 MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon New England, d/b/a 7/17/97 Amendment #3 and New England Verizon New Hampshire, flk/a New Fiber Communications LLC. England Telephone and Telegraph New Hampshire Intermedia Verizon New Jersey, flk/a Bell 2/19/97 Amendment #3 Atlantic - New Jersey, MCI WORLDCOM Verizon New Jersey, flk/a Bell 9/28/99 Amendment #2 Atlantic - New Jersey, MCI WORLD COM Verizon New Jersey, flk/a Bell 11/28/01 Amendment #2 (as Atlantic - New Jersey, MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon New Jersey, flk/a Bell 6/26/97 Amendment #3 Atlantic - New Jersey, Brooks Fiber Communications Verizon California, flk/a GTE 5/30/03 Amendment #2 Nevada California Intermedia Verizon California, flk/a GTE 5/30/03 Amendment #2 California MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon California, flk/a GTE 5/30/03 Amendment #2 California Brooks Fiber Communications Verizon New York, flk/a New York 9/21/99 Amendment #3 New York Telephone Company Intermedia Verizon New York flk/a New York 11/8/96 Amendment #4 Telephone Company MCI WORLDCOM Verizon New York flk/a New York 6/24/99 Amendment #3 Telephone Company MCI WORLD COM Verizon New York flk/a New York 11/19/01 Amendment #2 (as Telephone Company successor to Rhvthms Links MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon New York flk/a New York 10/1/97 Amendment #5 Telephone Company Brooks Fiber Communications Verizon North, flk/a GTE North 11/4/99 Amendment #2 MCI WORLDCOM Verizon North, flk/a GTE North 6/25/03 Amendment #2 MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon North, flk/a GTE North 6/25/03 Amendment #2

8 MCI WORLDCOM Verizon Northwest flk/a GTE 12/5/01 Amendment #2 Northwest MCI WORLD COM Verizon Northwest flk/a GTE 11/28/01 Amendment #2 (as Northwest MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon Northwest flk/a GTE 0/8/99 Amendment #2 Northwest PAe MCI WorldCom Communications Verizon Pennsylvania, f/k/a Bell 9/28/99 Amendment #2 Atlantic - Pennsylvania, PAe MCI WORLDCOM Verizon Pennsylvania, f/k/a Bell 11/28/01 Amendment #2 (as Atlantic - Pennsylvania, PAe MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon Pennsylvania flk/a Bell 9/3/97 Amendment #4 Atlantic - Pennsylvania, PAe Pennsylvania Intermedia Verizon Pennsylvania, f/k/a Bell 1/14/97 Amendment #3 Atlantic - Pennsylvania, Paw MCI WORLDCOM Verizon North f/k/a GTE North 11/28/01 Amendment #2 (as MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon New England, d/b/a 5/22/97 Amendment #3 and Brooks Fiber Verizon Rhode Island f/k/a New Communications of Rhode Island England Telephone and Telegraph Rhode Island Intermedia Verizon South f/k/a GTE South 5/30/03 Amendment #2 MCI WORLDCOM Verizon South, f/k/a GTE South 5/30/03 Amendment #2 MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon South, f/k/a GTE South 5/30/03 Amendment #2 Brooks Fiber Communications of GTE Southwest, d/b/a 5/21/97 Amendment #3 Texas, f/k/a Metro Access Verizon Southwest Networks Intermedia GTE Southwest, d/b/a 3/7/98 Amendment #3 Verizon Southwest MCI WorldCom Communications GTE Southwest, d/b/a 1/13/00 Amendment #3 Verizon Southwest MCI WORLDCOM GTE Southwest, d/b/a 11/1/01 Amendment #2 (as Verizon Southwest MClmetro Access Transmission GTE Southwest, d/b/a 4/22/97 Amendment #3 Verizon Southwest VAe Intermedia Verizon Virginia f/k/a Bell Atlantic - 2/19/97 Amendment #4 Virqinia, VAe MCI WORLD COM Verizon Virginia f/k/a Bell Atlantic - 10/8/02 Amendment #3 Communications of Virginia Virginia, VAe MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon Virginia f/k/a Bell Atlantic - 10/8/02 Amendment #3 Services of Virginia Virginia, VAw MCI WORLDCOM Verizon South, f/k/a GTE South 5/12/97 Amendment #2 Communications of Virginia Amendment to Verizon/MCI Interconnection Agreements (March )

9 VAw MClmetro Access Transmission N'erizon South f/k/a GTE South 9/16/98 Amendment #2 Services of Virginia MClmetro Access TransmiSSion Verizon New England, d/b/a 10/18/02 Amendment #2 Verizon Vermont, flk/a New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, d/b/a Bell Atlantic - Vermont MCI WORLDCOM Verizon Northwest, flk/a GTE 12/31/03 Amendment #2 Northwest ' ncorporated MCI WORLDCOM Verizon Northwest f/k/a GTE 11/30/01 Amendment #2 (as Northwest MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon Northwest, flk/a GTE 12/31/03 Amendment #3 Northwest Intermedia Verizon North, flk/a GTE North 6/25/03 Amendment #2 MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon North, flk/a GTE North 6/25/03 Amendment #2 Intermedia Verizon West Virginia f/k/a Bell 2/19/97 Amendment #3 Atlantic - West Virginia, MClmetro Access Transmission Verizon West Virginia f/k/a Bell 9/3/98 Amendment #3 Atlantic - West Virginia,