Network Interface Device
Overview
A NID is the point of demarcation between the Unbundled Network Element (UNE) loop and the end user's inside wire. NID access enables a CLEC to be connected to the Frontier NID to provide a connection to a CLEC's end user's inside wire.
Description
A NID (Network Interface Device) is the point of demarcation between the Unbundled Network Element (UNE) loop and the end user's inside wire. NID access enables a Local Service Provider (LSP) to be connected to the Frontier NID to provide a connection to a LSP's end user's inside wire.
The NID, as a UNE, is offered as a Frontier NID to LSP NID arrangement. The NID provides a facilities-based LSP the connection of its NID and the wiring of a Frontier NID (NID to NID) for the purpose of accessing the end user's inside wire (see diagram section under Technical Specs).
Availability
Information is under development.
Pricing
Non-recurring charges are billed on a time and materials basis to cover the costs when a Frontier technician is used to connect the Frontier NID to the CLEC NID or install a new NID housing. One Universal Service Order Code (USOC) identifies access to a Frontier NID in a Frontier NID to CLEC NID service arrangement. A “TC Not Ready” charge is assessed if, upon dispatch of a Frontier technician to establish a NID to NID arrangement, the CLEC NID is not prepositioned and ready for use, or if the Frontier technician cannot gain access to the end user's premise. Recurring rates for both the 2- and 4-wire NIDs apply.
Pricing and applicable USOCs may vary by state jurisdiction and pursuant to individual carrier interconnection agreements. See your federal and state tariffs for detailed information.
This arrangement provides access to a Frontier-owned NID for use by the Local Service Provider (LSP) in provisioning its loop services. For a Frontier NID to LSP NID arrangement, Verizon dispatches a technician to remove the jumper wires that connect the Frontier network protector chamber to the end user chamber in the Frontier NID housing. The technician then runs a jumper wire from the end user chamber of the Frontier NID housing to the LSP NID. The LSP's technician can also run the jumpers from the Frontier NID in the customer side of the NID housing to the LSP's NID.
In the case of a non-modern NID housing (a NID housing without separate network protector and customer NID chambers), a Frontier technician would be dispatched to establish a new modern NID housing (a NID housing with separate chambers). The Frontier technician could then run a jumper wire from the NID in the end user chamber of the Frontier housing to the LSP NID. The LSP technician could also run the jumper after the Frontier technician has installed the modern NID housing.
In the case of a multi-tenant building, with landlord-owned House & Riser, the NID would be the punch blocks (board) that make up the cross-connection facility, usually located in the basement. The F1 facility provider, either Verizon or the LSP, performs the cross-connect to the landlord-owned House & Riser.
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