The purpose of this rule is to facilitate the provision of local exchange services in New Mexico by prescribing the interconnection via direct or indirect means of all providers of local exchange services and the unbundling of the networks of ILECs, and establishing quality of service standards for wholesale services provided by ILECs. The requirements in this rule are in addition to the requirements in the federal Telecommunication Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-104 (1996).
N.M. Admin. Code § 17.11.18.6