Bill Date. The effective date for which a CenturyLink service is billed and/or invoiced to a customer. The Bill Date shall be the date one day past the billing cycle close date. The Bill Date is the same date each month for recurring bills and is included on any such bill or invoice.
Bill Date. The effective date for which a CenturyLink service is billed and/or invoiced to a customer. The Bill Date shall be the date one day past the billing cycle close date. The Bill Date is the same date each month for recurring bills and is included on any such bill or invoice. Bill Due Date. Refers to the date that a bill or invoice is due and payable. The Bill Due Date shall be the date thirty (30) days from the Bill Date. Business Day. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. except for (1) holidays observed by the United States government; (2) days on which the non-priority U.S. mail is not delivered; and (3) company holidays on which CenturyLink is officially closed for business and except as otherwise specifically stated or provided for in other documentation incorporated into this agreement. Carrier Identification Code (CIC). Four-digit numbers used by End User Customers to reach the services of Interexchange Carriers (IXCs). Central Office (CO). A telephone company building where customer lines are joined to a switch or switches for connection to the PSTN. Central Office Switch. A machine used to provide Telecommunications Services including (1) End Offices from which end-user Telephone Exchange Services are directly connected; and (2) Tandem Offices used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among End Offices. Central Office Switches may be employed as combination End Office/Tandem Office Switches. CenturyLink Operating Company (CTOC) or CenturyLink. The single CenturyLink Operating Company in the State that is a Party to this Agreement. CenturyLink Standard Practices. The CenturyLink Standard Practices, and sometimes referred to as the CenturyLink Service Guide, is a document that contains CenturyLink’s operating procedures for service ordering, provisioning, billing, maintenance, trouble reporting and repair for wholesale services. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement, CenturyLink’s processes for service ordering, provisioning, billing, maintenance, trouble reporting and repair shall be governed by the CenturyLink Standard Practices, which may be amended from time to time by CenturyLink as needed.