Common use of Charges and Billing Clause in Contracts

Charges and Billing. 36.2.1. Access services, including revenues associated therewith, provided in connection with the resale of services hereunder shall be the responsibility of CenturyLink and CenturyLink shall directly bill and receive payment on its own behalf from an IXC for access related to interexchange calls generated by resold or rebranded customers. 36.2.2. CenturyLink will be responsible for returning EMI/EMR records to IXCs with the proper EMR Return Code along with the Operating Company Number (“OCN”) of the associated Automatic Number Identification (“ANI”), (i.e., Billing Number). 36.2.3. CenturyLink will deliver a monthly statement for Wholesale Services as follows: (a) Invoices will be provided in a standard CLEC access billing format or other such format as CenturyLink may determine; (b) Originating local usage, at the call detail level and in standard EMR industry format, will be exchanged daily or at other mutually agreed upon intervals in those instances in which CLEC and the user choose CenturyLink provided services that are local usage sensitive and create message detail; (c) The Parties will work cooperatively to exchange information to facilitate the billing of in and out collect and inter/intra-region alternately billed messages; (d) CenturyLink agrees to provide information on the end-user’s selection of special features where CenturyLink maintains such information (e.g., billing method, special language) when CLEC places the order for service; (e) Monthly recurring charges for Telecommunications Services sold pursuant to this Agreement shall be billed monthly in advance. 36.2.4. For billing purposes, and except as otherwise specifically agreed to in writing, the Telecommunications Services provided hereunder are furnished for a minimum term of one month. Each month is presumed to have thirty (30) Days. CenturyLink shall bill for message provisioning, data tape charges, and for additional copies of the monthly invoice.

Charges and Billing. 36.2.1. Access services, including revenues associated therewith, provided in connection with the resale of services hereunder shall be the responsibility of CenturyLink and CenturyLink shall directly bill xxxx and receive payment on its own behalf from an IXC for access related to interexchange calls generated by resold or rebranded customers. 36.2.2. CenturyLink will be responsible for returning EMI/EMR records to IXCs with the proper EMR Return Code along with the Operating Company Number (“OCN”) of the associated Automatic Number Identification (“ANI”), (i.e., Billing Number). 36.2.3. CenturyLink will deliver a monthly statement for Wholesale Services as follows: (a) Invoices will be provided in a standard CLEC access billing format or other such format as CenturyLink may determine; (b) Originating local usage, at the call detail level and in standard EMR industry format, will be exchanged daily or at other mutually agreed upon intervals in those instances in which CLEC and the user choose CenturyLink provided services that are local usage sensitive and create message detail; (c) The Parties will work cooperatively to exchange information to facilitate the billing of in and out collect and inter/intra-region alternately billed messages; (d) CenturyLink agrees to provide information on the end-user’s selection of special features where CenturyLink maintains such information (e.g., billing method, special language) when CLEC places the order for service; (e) Monthly recurring charges for Telecommunications Services sold pursuant to this Agreement shall be billed monthly in advance. 36.2.4. For billing purposes, and except as otherwise specifically agreed to in writing, the Telecommunications Services provided hereunder are furnished for a minimum term of one month. Each month is presumed to have thirty (30) Days. CenturyLink shall bill xxxx for message provisioning, data tape charges, and for additional copies of the monthly invoice.