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Before the
                      Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                    )
                                     )
Deployment of Wireline Services Offering          )         CC Docket No. 98-147
Advanced Telecommunications Capability       )
                                     )
and                                 )
                                     )
Implementation of the Local Competition          )          CC Docket No. 96-98
Provisions of the                    )
Telecommunications Act of 1996       )


                      ORDER CLARIFICATION


   Adopted:  February 22, 2001          Released:  February 23, 2001

By the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.   On January 19, 2001, the Commission released the Line Sharing Reconsideration
Order, responding to five petitions for reconsideration and/or clarification of the Commission's
Line Sharing Order, which required incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) to make the high
frequency portion of the loop available to competing providers of advanced services.  In this
Order, we clarify that the Line Sharing Reconsideration Order in no way modified the criteria set
forth in the Commission's UNE Remand Order regarding the unbundling of packet switching
functionality.  Specifically, we clarify that the Line Sharing Reconsideration Order does not
alter section 51.319(b)(5) of the Commission's rules, which describes the limited set of
circumstances under which an incumbent LEC is required to provide nondiscriminatory access to
unbundled packet switching capability.  

2.   Nonetheless, we note that in the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that
accompanied the Line Sharing Reconsideration Order, the Commission expressly sought
comment on whether its existing packet switching rules are adequate to enable competitors to
line share when there is fiber deployed in the loop.  Consequently, we encourage commenters to
discuss this issue in response to the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to authority contained in sections 1-
4, 201, 202, 251-254, 256, 271, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47
U.S.C.  151, 153, 154, 201-205, 251, 252, 256, 271, 303(r), and authority delegated under
sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91 and 0.291, that the
Commission clarifies the Line Sharing Reconsideration Order as set out above.


                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 



                         Dorothy T. Attwood
                         Chief, Common Carrier Bureau