Caged Physical Collocation allows you to lease caged floor space for placement of your equipment within Qwest Wire Centers.
Product Diagram
Caged Physical Collocation is available where facilities exist throughout Qwest's 14-State Local Service Territory.
Terms and conditions are included in your Interconnection Agreement, if these terms differ from those set forth in this web page or in the Negotiations Template Agreement, then the terms of your Interconnection Agreement may prevail.
Information regarding Collocation terms and conditions are located in the Terms and Conditions section of Collocation - General Information.
You are responsible for the procurement, installation and maintenance of your equipment and any cross connections required within your leased collocation space.
Qwest's Technical Publications with reference to Collocation are located in the Technical Publications section of Collocation - General Information.
Collocation rate elements are located in the Pricing section of Collocation - General Information.
Caged Physical Collocation charges are based on information you provide on your Collocation Application and the work to be preformed. Applicable charges to this product are:
Recurring charges are comprised of the following rate elements:
Nonrecurring charges are comprised of the following rate elements:
Wholesale rates for this product or service, including tariff references and any applicable discounts, are provided in your current Interconnection, Resale, Commercial or other governing agreement.
Tariffs, Regulations and Policies
Tariffs, regulations and policies are located in the state specific Tariffs/Catalogs/Price Lists.
Optional Features
Optional features are located in the Optional Features section of Collocation - General Information.
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Qwest Caged Physical Collocation allows you to interconnect with Qwest's network.
If you are a new CLEC and are ready to do business with Qwest, view Getting Started as a Facility-Based CLECs. If you are an existing CLEC wishing to amend your Interconnection Agreement or New Customer Questionnaire, additional information is located in the Interconnection Agreement.
General pre-ordering activities are described in the Pre-Ordering section of Collocation - General Information.
General ordering activities are described in the Ordering section of Collocation - General Information.
It is recommended that you identify a minimum square footage requirement
that you will accept and an alternate choice(s) on your Collocation
Application. If you do not specify a minimum square footage and
alternate choice(s) on your Collocation Application, Qwest will
assume that there are no Collocation alternatives acceptable to
you.
Submit a New/ Change/Augment Application form to order Caged Physical Collocation at a particular Qwest Central Office (CO). The form is located in the Applications and APOT forms table in the Collocation - General Information.
Information on how to cancel a Caged Physical Collocation order already in progress is located in the Collocation - Cancellation Overview process. Collocation application forms can be found under Applications and APOT forms table in the Collocation - General Information.
Information on how to decommission a completed Caged Physical Collocation site is in the Collocation - Decommissioning Overview process. Collocation application forms can be found under Applications and APOT forms table in the Collocation - General Information.
Physical and Virtual APOT and other APOT(s) specific to Caged Physical Collocation can be found under Applications and APOT forms table in the Collocation - General Information.
General provisioning and installation activities are described in the in the Provisioning and Installation section of Collocation - General Information.
General maintenance and repair activities are described in the Maintenance and Repair section of Collocation - General Information.
You are responsible for the repair and maintenance of all your equipment in your collocation cage, including cleaning and refuse removal.
Emergency access information to your cage must be available to Qwest.
Qwest requires your presence when entering your cages for any provisioning or maintenance reasons, unless prior access information and permission have been made available to Qwest.
General billing activities are described in the Billing section of Collocation - General Information.
Local Qwest 101 "Doing Business With Qwest"
Collocation
View additional Qwest courses in the Course Catalog.
Qwest contact information is located in Wholesale Customer Contacts.
1. How do I get administrative lines to my cage?
Qwest pre-provisions a Network Interface to your cage.
2. Where can I find information on Qwest's standards for
installing equipment in my cage?
Installation standards for equipment placed Qwest's Wire Centers
is located in Qwest's Technical
Publications.
Last Update: May 1, 2009
