Common use of Billing Information and Charges-General Clause in Contracts

Billing Information and Charges-General. 27.2.1 Official Bill is the bill sent by the billing Party in a mechanized format and paper bills are “official” only when the established billing for a service is not in a mechanized format. If there are no industry-standard billing formats for the billing of another service provided under this Agreement, the billing format for such service will be in a paper format, unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the Parties. 27.2.1.1 In the event either Party does not have Connect:Direct capabilities upon the effective date of this Agreement, such Party agrees to establish Connect:Direct transmission capabilities with the other Party within the time period mutually agreed and at the establishing Party’s expense. Until such time, the Parties will transmit billing information to each other via magnetic 18-track or 36-track tape or paper (as agreed to by CLEC and SBC ILLINOIS. Billing information and data contained on magnetic tapes or paper for payment will be sent to the Parties at the locations set forth in Section 5 of this Article, unless other locations are designated by the respective Party. The Parties acknowledge that all tapes will be transmitted to the other Party via US Mail or Overnight. 27.2.1.2 Unless otherwise agreed between the Parties, the Billing Party shall provide information on the paper invoices for each CLEC account number sufficient to enable the Billed Party to identify the services being billed, the type of service ordered and the usage to which the billed charges apply. There may be situations involving usage based charges where summarization of multiple accounts is adequate, but such determination must be made in advance by agreement of the Parties before issuance of any bills that combine accounts.

Billing Information and Charges-General. 27.2.1 Official Bill is the bill sent by the billing Party in a mechanized format and paper bills are “official” only when the established billing for a service is not in a mechanized format. If there are no industry-standard billing formats for the billing of another service provided under this Agreement, the billing format for such service will be in a paper format, unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the Parties. 27.2.1.1 In the event either Party does not have Connect:Direct capabilities upon the effective date of this Agreement, such Party agrees to establish Connect:Direct transmission capabilities with the other Party within the time period mutually agreed and at the establishing Party’s expense. Until such time, the Parties will transmit billing information to each other via magnetic 18-track or 36-track tape or paper (as agreed to by CLEC and SBC AT&T ILLINOIS. Billing information and data contained on magnetic tapes or paper for payment will be sent to the Parties at the locations set forth in Section 5 of this Article, unless other locations are designated by the respective Party. The Parties acknowledge that all tapes will be transmitted to the other Party via US Mail or Overnight. 27.2.1.2 Unless otherwise agreed between the Parties, the Billing Party shall provide information on the paper invoices for each CLEC account number sufficient to enable the Billed Party to identify the services being billed, the type of service ordered and the usage to which the billed charges apply. There may be situations involving usage based charges where summarization of multiple accounts is adequate, but such determination must be made in advance by agreement of the Parties before issuance of any bills that combine accounts.

Billing Information and Charges-General. 27.2.1 Official Bill is the bill sent by the billing Party in a mechanized format and paper bills are “official” only when the established billing for a service is not in a mechanized format. If there are no industry-standard billing formats for the billing of another service provided under this Agreement, the billing format for such service will be in a paper format, unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the Parties. 27.2.1.1 In the event either Party does not have Connect:Direct capabilities upon the effective date of this Agreement, such Party agrees to establish Connect:Direct transmission capabilities with the other Party within the time period mutually agreed and at the establishing Party’s expense. Until such time, the Parties will transmit billing information to each other via magnetic 18-track or 36-track tape or paper (as agreed to by CLEC TCG and SBC ILLINOIS. Billing information and data contained on magnetic tapes or paper for payment will be sent to the Parties at the locations set forth in Section section 5 of this Article, unless other locations are designated by the respective Party. The Parties acknowledge that all tapes will be transmitted to the other Party via US Mail or Overnight. 27.2.1.2 Unless otherwise agreed between the Parties, the Billing Party shall provide information on the paper invoices for each CLEC TCG account number sufficient to enable the Billed Party to identify the services being billed, the type of service ordered and the usage to which the billed charges apply. There may be situations involving usage based charges where summarization of multiple accounts is adequate, but such determination must be made in advance by agreement of the Parties before issuance of any bills that combine accounts.