Common use of Charges for Facilities and Arrangements Clause in Contracts

Charges for Facilities and Arrangements. (a) The channels, interface types and arrangements that may be provided by CBT to Carrier pursuant to this Agreement, and all charges therefore, are set forth hereinafter in Attachment II. (b) Where the agreed charges for channels, interface types and arrangements furnished to Carrier pursuant to this Agreement are listed in Attachment II as equivalent or otherwise related to the rates and charges for channels, interface types and arrangements offered by CBT to its subscribers under tariff, the respective charges set forth in Attachment II shall be deemed amended to conform to any changes that may hereafter occur in regard to the tariff rates for such equivalent facilities and arrangements. CBT will, via tariff filings, notify Carrier of any changes in the terms and conditions under which CBT offers its services by serving Carrier with a copy of the tariff filing at the time it is submitted to the Commission. (c) The charges to subscribers of CBT and of Carrier for an interchanged call shall be determined as set forth in this paragraph unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Parties, and shall be set forth in their respective tariffs or list of current retail prices applicable to the type of traffic interchanged. Independent Telephone Company subscribers in the LATA will be charged for their L/M calls under the Independent Telephone Company's appropriate tariffs. Any operator assisted calls or coin telephone calls that require operator assistance placed from within the LATA in the COA will be charged to the calling party under the provisions of CBT's General Exchange Tariff. (d) The charges for any message toll telephone service, under the Type 1 arrangement, shall be the charges set forth in CBT's applicable message toll tariff between the call's originating and terminating end offices on CBT's System, i.e., between the serving wire centers of the MSC and CBT's subscriber. (i) For messages billable to stations on CBT's System or to CBT's subscribers (i.e., sent-paid from CBT stations or placed on a received-collect or CBT credit card basis to CBT stations), CBT shall xxxx and collect from its subscriber its charges for its portion of the service, when applicable. (ii) For messages sent-paid from stations on Carrier's System or placed on a received-collect basis to such stations, CBT shall xxxx Xxxxxxx for CBT's charges for its portion of the service and Carrier will pay such charges without allowance for uncollectibles. (e) Type 2 - Billing Option 2 Carrier pays for all M/L calls within the LATA and CBT pays for all L/M calls originating in the COA under the appropriate rate elements as identified in Attachment II. The Parties shall compensate each other for the transport and termination of L/M Traffic and M/L Traffic over the terminating carrier’s switch in accordance with Section 251(b)(5) of the Act and the FCC’s Order on Remand and Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-98 and 99-68, released on April 27, 2001 at the rates provided in Attachment II. (f) M/L calls to certain information services will be rated under the CBT's General Exchange Tariffs, e.g., 411 service. (g) Meet-Point Billing Services. (1) Pursuant to the procedures described in Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (“MECAB”) document SR-BDS-000983, issue 5, June 1994, the Parties shall provide to each other the Switched Access Detail Usage Data and the Switched Access Summary Usage Data to xxxx for jointly provided switched access service, such as switched access Feature Groups B and D. The Parties agree to provide this data to each other at no charge. If the procedures in the MECAB document are amended or modified, the Parties shall implement such amended or modified procedures within a reasonable period of time. Each party shall provide the other Party the billing name, billing address, and carrier identification (“CIC”) of the IXCs that may utilize any portion of either Party’s network in an Carrier/CBT MPB arrangement in order to comply with the MPB Notification process as outlined in the MECAB document. Each Party will be entitled to reject a record that does not contain a CIC code. (2) Carrier shall designate the access Tandem or any other reasonable facilities or points of Interconnection for the purpose of originating or terminating IXC traffic. For the access Tandem designated, the Parties shall mutually agree upon a billing percentage. Either Party may make this billing percentage information available to IXCs. The billing percentages shall be calculated according to one of the methodologies specified for such purposes in the MECAB document. (3) The Parties shall undertake all reasonable measures to ensure that the billing percentage and associated information are maintained in their respective federal and state access tariffs, as required, until such time as such information can be included in the National Exchange Carrier Association (“NECA”) FCC Tariff No. 4. (4) Each Party shall implement the “Multiple Xxxx/Multiple Tariff” option in order to xxxx the IXC for each Party’s own portion of jointly provided Service.

Charges for Facilities and Arrangements. (a) The channels, interface types and arrangements that may be provided by CBT to Carrier AWS pursuant to this Agreement, and all charges thereforetherefor, are set forth hereinafter in Attachment II. (b) Both Parties agree that CBT cannot unilaterally make changes to tariffs that materially affect this agreement. Where this agreement refers to tariffed rates for services the following will apply: Where the agreed charges for channels, interface types and arrangements furnished to Carrier AWS pursuant to this Agreement are listed in Attachment II as equivalent or otherwise related to the rates and charges for channels, interface types and arrangements offered by CBT to its subscribers under tariff, the respective charges set forth in Attachment II shall be deemed amended to conform to any changes that may hereafter occur in regard to the tariff rates for such equivalent facilities and arrangements. CBT will, via tariff filings, notify Carrier AWS of any changes in the terms and conditions under which CBT offers its services by serving Carrier AWS with a copy of the tariff filing at the time it is submitted to the Commission. (c) The charges to subscribers of CBT and of Carrier AWS for an interchanged call shall be determined as set forth in this paragraph unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Parties, and shall be set forth in their respective tariffs or list of current retail prices applicable to the type of traffic interchanged. Independent Telephone Company subscribers in the LATA will be charged for their L/M W calls under the Independent Telephone Company's appropriate tariffs. Any operator assisted calls or coin telephone calls that require operator assistance placed from within the LATA in the COA will be charged to the calling party under the provisions of CBT's General Exchange Tariff. (d) The charges for any message toll telephone service, under the Type 1 arrangement, shall be the charges set forth in CBT's applicable message toll tariff between the call's originating and terminating end offices on CBT's System, i.e., between the serving wire centers of the MSC and CBT's subscriber. (i) For messages billable to stations on CBT's System or to CBT's subscribers (i.e., sent-paid from CBT stations or placed on a received-collect or CBT credit card basis to CBT stations), CBT shall xxxx and collect from its subscriber its charges for its portion of the service, when applicable. (ii) For messages sent-paid from stations on CarrierAWS's System or placed on a received-collect basis to such stations, CBT shall xxxx Xxxxxxx AWS for CBT's charges for its portion of the service and Carrier AWS will pay such charges without allowance for uncollectibles. (e) Type 2 - Billing Option 2 Carrier pays for all M/L calls within the LATA and CBT pays for all L/M calls originating in the COA under the appropriate rate elements as identified in Attachment II. The Parties shall compensate each other for the transport and termination of L/M Traffic and M/L Traffic over the terminating carrier’s switch in accordance with Section 251(b)(5) of the Act and the FCC’s Order on Remand and Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-98 and 99-68, released on April 27, 2001 at the rates provided in Attachment II. (f) M/L calls to certain information services will be rated under the CBT's General Exchange Tariffs, e.g., 411 service. (g) Meet-Point Billing Services. (1) Pursuant to the procedures described in Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (“MECAB”) document SR-BDS-000983, issue 5, June 1994, the Parties shall provide to each other the Switched Access Detail Usage Data and the Switched Access Summary Usage Data to xxxx for jointly provided switched access service, such as switched access Feature Groups B and D. The Parties agree to provide this data to each other at no charge. If the procedures in the MECAB document are amended or modified, the Parties shall implement such amended or modified procedures within a reasonable period of time. Each party shall provide the other Party the billing name, billing address, and carrier identification (“CIC”) of the IXCs that may utilize any portion of either Party’s network in an Carrier/CBT MPB arrangement in order to comply with the MPB Notification process as outlined in the MECAB document. Each Party will be entitled to reject a record that does not contain a CIC code. (2) Carrier shall designate the access Tandem or any other reasonable facilities or points of Interconnection for the purpose of originating or terminating IXC traffic. For the access Tandem designated, the Parties shall mutually agree upon a billing percentage. Either Party may make this billing percentage information available to IXCs. The billing percentages shall be calculated according to one of the methodologies specified for such purposes in the MECAB document. (3) The Parties shall undertake all reasonable measures to ensure that the billing percentage and associated information are maintained in their respective federal and state access tariffs, as required, until such time as such information can be included in the National Exchange Carrier Association (“NECA”) FCC Tariff No. 4. (4) Each Party shall implement the “Multiple Xxxx/Multiple Tariff” option in order to xxxx the IXC for each Party’s own portion of jointly provided Service.

Charges for Facilities and Arrangements. (a) The channels, interface types and arrangements that may be provided by CBT Company to Carrier pursuant to this Agreement, and all charges therefore, are set forth hereinafter in Attachment II. (b) Where the agreed charges for channels, interface types and arrangements furnished to Carrier pursuant to this Agreement are listed in Attachment II as equivalent or otherwise related to the rates and charges for channels, interface types and arrangements offered by CBT Company to its subscribers under tariff, the respective charges set forth in Attachment II shall be deemed amended to conform to any changes that may hereafter occur in regard to the tariff rates for such equivalent facilities and arrangements. CBT willWhen such changes in tariff rates are filed with the appropriate regulatory agency, via tariff filings, Company agrees to notify Carrier of any in writing within ten (10) days from the day on which such changes are filed. When such tariff changes become effective, Company will notify Carrier in writing that the terms and conditions under which CBT offers its services by serving Carrier with a copy of the tariff filing at the time it is submitted charges set forth in Attachment II are changed to conform to the Commissionchange in tariff rates. Failure to provide this or any other notice under this paragraph shall not in any manner affect the validity of such charges or give rise to a cause of action by Carrier for damages. (c) Rates and charges for billing and collection as it pertains to Calling Party Pays are set forth in Attachment II and shall remain in effect for a period of 12 months. (d) The charges to subscribers of CBT Co mpany and of Carrier for an interchanged call shall be determined as set forth in this paragraph unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Partiesparties, and shall be set forth in their respective tariffs or list of current retail prices applicable to the type of traffic interchanged. Independent Telephone Company subscribers in the LATA will be charged for their L/M calls under the Independent Telephone Company's appropriate tariffs. Any operator assisted calls or coin telephone calls that require operator assistance placed from within the LATA in the COA will be charged to the calling party under the provisions of CBTCompany's General Exchange Tariff. The total charge for an interchanged call shall include Company's charge for its portion of the service plus Carrier's charge for its portion of the service. Except as provided in Paragraph 5(e) following, neither Company nor Carrier may impose charges other than those for channels, interface types and arrangements billed under the rates and charges set forth in Attachment II upon the other or their subscribers in connection with interchanged calls provided hereunder. (de) The charges for any message toll telephone service, under the Type 1 arrangement, shall be the charges set forth in CBTCompany's applicable message toll tariff between the call's originating and terminating end offices on CBTCompany's System, i.e., between the serving wire centers of the MSC MTSO and CBTCompany's subscriber. All such messages will be rated in accordance with the usual V and H coordinates scheme. (i1) For messages billable to stations on CBTCompany's System or to CBTCompany's subscribers (i.e., sent-paid from CBT Company stations or placed on a received-collect or CBT Company credit card basis to CBT Company stations), CBT Company shall xxxx and collect from its subscriber its charges for its portion of the service, when applicable. (ii2) For messages sent-paid from stations on Carrier's System or placed on a received-collect basis to such stations, CBT Company shall xxxx Xxxxxxx for CBTCompany's charges for its portion of the service and Carrier will pay such charges without allowance for uncollectibles. (ef) Type 2 - Billing Option 2 Carrier pays for all M/L calls within the LATA and CBT pays for all L/M calls originating in the COA under the appropriate rate elements as identified in Attachment II. The Parties shall compensate each other for the transport and termination of L/M Traffic and M/L Traffic over the terminating carrier’s switch in accordance with Section 251(b)(5) of the Act and the FCC’s Order on Remand and Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-98 and 99-68, released on April 27, 2001 at the rates provided in Attachment II. (f) M/L calls to certain information services will be rated under the CBT's General Exchange Tariffs, e.g., 411 service. (g) Meet-Point Billing Services. (1) Pursuant available to the procedures described in Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (“MECAB”) document SR-BDS-000983, issue 5, June 1994, the Parties shall provide to each other the Switched Access Detail Usage Data and the Switched Access Summary Usage Data to xxxx for jointly provided switched access service, such as switched access Feature Groups B and D. The Parties agree to provide this data to each other at no charge. If the procedures in the MECAB document are amended or modified, the Parties shall implement such amended or modified procedures within a reasonable period of time. Each party shall provide the other Party through the billing name, billing address, and carrier identification (“CIC”options listed in subparagraphs 5(f)(1) of the IXCs that may utilize any portion of either Party’s network in an Carrier/CBT MPB arrangement in order to comply with the MPB Notification process as outlined in the MECAB document. Each Party will be entitled to reject a record that does not contain a CIC code. (2) Carrier shall designate the access Tandem or any other reasonable facilities or points of Interconnection for the purpose of originating or terminating IXC traffic. For the access Tandem designated, the Parties shall mutually agree upon a billing percentage. Either Party may make this billing percentage information available to IXCs. The billing percentages shall be calculated according to one of the methodologies specified for such purposes in the MECAB document. (3) The Parties shall undertake all reasonable measures to ensure that the billing percentage and associated information are maintained in their respective federal and state access tariffs, as required, until such time as such information can be included in the National Exchange Carrier Association (“NECA”) FCC Tariff No. 4. (4) Each Party shall implement the “Multiple Xxxx/Multiple Tariff” option in order to xxxx the IXC for each Party’s own portion of jointly provided Service.and

Charges for Facilities and Arrangements. (a) The channels, interface types and arrangements that may be provided by CBT to Carrier VoiceStream pursuant to this Agreement, and all charges thereforetherefor, are set forth hereinafter in Attachment II. (b) Both Parties agree that CBT cannot unilaterally make changes to tariffs that materially affect this agreement. Where this agreement refers to tariffed rates for services the following will apply: Where the agreed charges for channels, interface types and arrangements furnished to Carrier VoiceStream pursuant to this Agreement are listed in Attachment II as equivalent or otherwise related to the rates and charges for channels, interface types and arrangements offered by CBT to its subscribers under tariff, the respective charges set forth in Attachment II shall be deemed amended to conform to any changes that may hereafter occur in regard to the tariff rates for such equivalent facilities and arrangements. CBT will, via tariff filings, notify Carrier VoiceStream of any changes in the terms and conditions under which CBT offers its services by serving Carrier VoiceStream with a copy of the tariff filing at the time it is submitted to the Commission. (c) The charges to subscribers of CBT and of Carrier VoiceStream for an interchanged call shall be determined as set forth in this paragraph unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Parties, and shall be set forth in their respective tariffs or list of current retail prices applicable to the type of traffic interchanged. Independent Telephone Company subscribers in the LATA will be charged for their L/M calls under the Independent Telephone Company's appropriate tariffs. Any operator assisted calls or coin telephone calls that require operator assistance placed from within the LATA in the COA will be charged to the calling party under the provisions of CBT's General Exchange Tariff. (d) The charges for any message toll telephone service, under the Type 1 arrangement, shall be the charges set forth in CBT's applicable message toll tariff between the call's originating and terminating end offices on CBT's System, i.e., between the serving wire centers of the MSC and CBT's subscriber. (i) For messages billable to stations on CBT's System or to CBT's subscribers (i.e., sent-paid from CBT stations or placed on a received-collect or CBT credit card basis to CBT stations), CBT shall xxxx bill and collect from its subscriber its charges for its portion of the service, when applicable. (ii) For messages sent-paid from stations on CarrierVoiceStream's System or placed on a received-collect basis to such stations, CBT shall xxxx Xxxxxxx bill VoiceStream for CBT's charges for its portion of the service and Carrier VoiceStream will pay such charges without allowance for uncollectibles. (e) Type 2 - Billing Option 2 Carrier VoiceStream pays for all M/L calls within the LATA and CBT pays for all L/M calls originating in the COA under the appropriate rate elements as identified in Attachment II. The Parties shall compensate each other for the transport and termination of L/M Traffic and M/L Traffic over the terminating carrier’s switch in accordance with Section 251(b)(5) of the Act and the FCC’s Order on Remand and Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-98 and 99-68, released on April 27, 2001 at the rates provided in Attachment II. (f) M/L calls to certain information services will be rated under the CBT's General Exchange Tariffs, e.g., 411 service. (g) Meet-Point Billing Services. (1) Pursuant to the procedures described in Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (“MECAB”) document SR-BDS-000983, issue 5, June 1994, the Parties shall provide to each other the Switched Access Detail Usage Data and the Switched Access Summary Usage Data to xxxx bill for jointly provided switched access service, such as switched access Feature Groups B and D. The Parties agree to provide this data to each other at no charge. If the procedures in the MECAB document are amended or modified, the Parties shall implement such amended or modified procedures within a reasonable period of time. Each party shall provide the other Party the billing name, billing address, and carrier identification (“CIC”) of the IXCs that may utilize any portion of either Party’s network in an CarrierVoiceStream/CBT MPB arrangement in order to comply with the MPB Notification process as outlined in the MECAB document. Each Party will be entitled to reject a record that does not contain a CIC code. (2) Carrier VoiceStream shall designate the access Tandem or any other reasonable facilities or points of Interconnection for the purpose of originating or terminating IXC traffic. For the access Tandem designated, the Parties shall mutually agree upon a billing percentage. Either Party may make this billing percentage information available to IXCs. The billing percentages shall be calculated according to one of the methodologies specified for such purposes in the MECAB document. (3) The Parties shall undertake all reasonable measures to ensure that the billing percentage and associated information are maintained in their respective federal and state access tariffs, as required, until such time as such information can be included in the National Exchange Carrier Association (“NECA”) FCC Tariff No. 4. (4) Each Party shall implement the “Multiple XxxxBill/Multiple Tariff” option in order to xxxx bill the IXC for each Party’s own portion of jointly provided Service.

Charges for Facilities and Arrangements. (a) The channels, interface types and arrangements that may be provided by CBT to Carrier Nextel pursuant to this Agreement, and all charges therefore, are set forth hereinafter in Attachment II. (b) Where the agreed charges for channels, interface types and arrangements furnished to Carrier Nextel pursuant to this Agreement are listed in Attachment II as equivalent or otherwise related to the rates and charges for channels, interface types and arrangements offered by CBT to its subscribers under tariff, the respective charges set forth in Attachment II shall be deemed amended to conform to any changes that may hereafter occur in regard to the tariff rates for such equivalent facilities and arrangements. CBT will, via tariff filings, notify Carrier of any When such changes in tariff rates are filed with the terms and conditions under appropriate regulatory agency, CBT agrees to notify Nextel in writing within ten (10) days from the day on which such changes are filed. When such tariff changes become effective, CBT offers its services by serving Carrier with a copy will notify Nextel in writing that the charges set forth in Attachment II are changed to conform to the change in tariff rates, which change in the charges hereunder shall be effective as of the date of the change in tariff filing at rates and, with regards any sums overpaid by Nextel, Nextel shall thereafter be entitled to offset such sums from future payments. Failure to provide this or any other notice under this paragraph shall not in any manner affect the time it is submitted validity of such charges or give rise to the Commissiona cause of action by Nextel for damages. (c) Rates and charges for billing and collection as it pertains to calling party pays may be negotiated between CBT and Nextel if they so desire, or if required by any regulation(s) by any regulatory agency having jurisdiction over either party. (d) The charges to subscribers of CBT and of Carrier Nextel for an interchanged call shall be determined as set forth in this paragraph unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Partiesparties, and shall be set forth in their respective tariffs or list of current retail prices applicable to the type of traffic interchanged. Independent Telephone Company subscribers The total charge for an interchanged call under Billing Option 1 shall include CBT's charge for its portion of the service plus Nextel's charge for its portion of the service. Except as provided in the LATA will be charged Paragraph 5(e) following, neither CBT nor Nextel may impose charges other than those for their L/M calls channels, interface types and arrangements billed under the Independent Telephone Company's appropriate tariffs. Any operator assisted rates and charges set forth in Attachment II upon the other in connection with interchanged calls or coin telephone calls that require operator assistance placed from within the LATA in the COA will be charged to the calling party under the provisions of CBT's General Exchange Tariffprovided hereunder. (de) The charges for any message toll telephone service, under the Type 1 arrangement, shall be the charges set forth in CBT's applicable message toll tariff between the call's originating and terminating end offices on CBT's System, i.e., between the serving wire centers of the MSC MTSO and CBT's subscriber. All such messages will be rated in accordance with the usual V and H coordinates scheme. (i) For messages billable to stations on CBT's System or to CBT's subscribers (i.e., sent-paid from CBT stations or placed on a received-collect or CBT credit card basis to CBT stations), CBT shall xxxx bill and collect from its subscriber its charges for its portion of the service, when applicable. (ii) For messages sent-paid from stations on CarrierNextel's System or placed on a received-collect basis to such stations, CBT shall xxxx Xxxxxxx bill Nextel for CBT's charges for its portion of the service and Carrier Nextel will pay such charges without allowance for uncollectibles. (ef) Type 2 - Billing Option 2 Carrier pays for all M/L calls within will be available to Nextel through the LATA billing options listed in subparagraphs 5(f)(1) and CBT pays for all L/M calls originating in the COA under the appropriate rate elements as identified in Attachment II(2) following, which Nextel will from time to time select at its option. The Parties shall compensate each other charges for the transport and termination of L/M Traffic and M/L Traffic over the terminating carrier’s switch in accordance with Section 251(b)(5) of the Act and the FCC’s Order on Remand and Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-98 and 99-68, released on April 27, 2001 at the rates provided these options appear in Attachment II. (f) M/L calls to certain information services will be rated under the CBT's General Exchange Tariffs, e.g., 411 service. (g) Meet-Point Billing Services. (1) Pursuant to the procedures described in Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (“MECAB”) document SR-BDS-000983, issue 5, June 1994, the Parties shall provide to each other the Switched Access Detail Usage Data and the Switched Access Summary Usage Data to xxxx for jointly provided switched access service, such as switched access Feature Groups B and D. The Parties agree to provide this data to each other at no charge. If the procedures in the MECAB document are amended or modified, the Parties shall implement such amended or modified procedures within a reasonable period of time. Each party shall provide the other Party the billing name, billing address, and carrier identification (“CIC”) of the IXCs that may utilize any portion of either Party’s network in an Carrier/CBT MPB arrangement in order to comply with the MPB Notification process as outlined in the MECAB document. Each Party will be entitled to reject a record that does not contain a CIC code. (2) Carrier shall designate the access Tandem or any other reasonable facilities or points of Interconnection for the purpose of originating or terminating IXC traffic. For the access Tandem designated, the Parties shall mutually agree upon a billing percentage. Either Party may make this billing percentage information available to IXCs. The billing percentages shall be calculated according to one of the methodologies specified for such purposes in the MECAB document. (3) The Parties shall undertake all reasonable measures to ensure that the billing percentage and associated information are maintained in their respective federal and state access tariffs, as required, until such time as such information can be included in the National Exchange Carrier Association (“NECA”) FCC Tariff No. 4. (4) Each Party shall implement the “Multiple Xxxx/Multiple Tariff” option in order to xxxx the IXC for each Party’s own portion of jointly provided Service.Option 1

Charges for Facilities and Arrangements. (a) The channels, interface types and arrangements that may be provided by CBT Company to Carrier pursuant to this Agreement, and all charges therefore, are set forth hereinafter in Attachment II. (b) Where the agreed charges for channels, interface types and arrangements furnished to Carrier pursuant to this Agreement are listed in Attachment II as equivalent or otherwise related to the rates and charges for channels, interface types and arrangements offered by CBT Company to its subscribers under tariff, the respective charges set forth in Attachment II shall be deemed amended to conform to any changes that may hereafter occur in regard to the tariff rates for such equivalent facilities and arrangements. CBT willWhen such changes in tariff rates are filed with the appropriate regulatory agency, via tariff filings, Company agrees to notify Carrier of any in writing within ten (10) days from the day on which such changes are filed. When such tariff changes become effective, Company will notify Carrier in writing that the terms and conditions under which CBT offers its services by serving Carrier with a copy of the tariff filing at the time it is submitted charges set forth in Attachment II are changed to conform to the Commissionchange in tariff rates. Failure to provide this or any other notice under this paragraph shall not in any manner affect the validity of such charges or give rise to a cause of action by Carrier for damages. (c) Rates and charges for billing and collection as it pertains to calling party pays are set forth in Attachment II and shall remain in effect for a period of 12 months beginning March 1, 1997. The Company reserves the right to increase the rate for billing and collection of calling party pays as of March 1, 1998 upon ninety (90) days notice to the Carrier and satisfactory demonstration to the Carrier justifying such rate increase. (d) The charges to subscribers of CBT Company and of Carrier for an interchanged call shall be determined as set forth in this paragraph unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Partiesparties, and shall be set forth in their respective tariffs or list of current retail prices applicable to the type of traffic interchanged. Independent Telephone Company subscribers in the LATA will be charged for their L/M calls under the Independent Telephone Company's appropriate tariffs. Any operator assisted calls or coin telephone calls that require operator assistance placed from within the LATA in the COA will be charged to the calling party under the provisions of CBTCompany's General Exchange Tariff. The total charge for an interchanged call shall include Company's charge for its portion of the service plus Carrier's charge for its portion of the service. Except as provided in Paragraph 5(e) following, neither Company nor Carrier may impose charges other than those for channels, interface types and arrangements billed under the rates and charges set forth in Attachment II upon the other or their subscribers in connection with interchanged calls provided hereunder. (de) The charges for any message toll telephone service, under the Type 1 arrangement, shall be the charges set forth in CBTCompany's applicable message toll tariff between the call's originating and terminating end offices on CBTCompany's System, i.e., between the serving wire centers of the MSC MTSO and CBTCompany's subscriber. All such messages will be rated in accordance with the usual V and H coordinates scheme. (i1) For messages billable to stations on CBTCompany's System or to CBTCompany's subscribers (i.e., sent-paid from CBT Company stations or placed on a received-collect or CBT Company credit card basis to CBT Company stations), CBT Company shall xxxx and collect from its subscriber its charges for its portion of the service, when applicable. (ii2) For messages sent-paid from stations on Carrier's System or placed on a received-collect basis to such stations, CBT Company shall xxxx Xxxxxxx for CBTCompany's charges for its portion of the service and Carrier will pay such charges without allowance for uncollectibles. (ef) Type 2 - Billing Option 2 will be available to Carrier pays for all M/L calls within through the LATA billing options listed in subparagraphs 5(f)(1) and CBT pays for all L/M calls originating in the COA under the appropriate rate elements as identified in Attachment II(2) following. The Parties shall compensate each other charges for the transport and termination of L/M Traffic and M/L Traffic over the terminating carrier’s switch in accordance with Section 251(b)(5) of the Act and the FCC’s Order on Remand and Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-98 and 99-68, released on April 27, 2001 at the rates provided these options appear in Attachment II. (f) M/L calls to certain information services will be rated under the CBT's General Exchange Tariffs, e.g., 411 service. (g) Meet-Point Billing Services. (1) Pursuant to the procedures described in Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (“MECAB”) document SR-BDS-000983, issue 5, June 1994, the Parties shall provide to each other the Switched Access Detail Usage Data and the Switched Access Summary Usage Data to xxxx for jointly provided switched access service, such as switched access Feature Groups B and D. The Parties agree to provide this data to each other at no charge. If the procedures in the MECAB document are amended or modified, the Parties shall implement such amended or modified procedures within a reasonable period of time. Each party shall provide the other Party the billing name, billing address, and carrier identification (“CIC”) of the IXCs that may utilize any portion of either Party’s network in an Carrier/CBT MPB arrangement in order to comply with the MPB Notification process as outlined in the MECAB document. Each Party will be entitled to reject a record that does not contain a CIC code. (2) Carrier shall designate the access Tandem or any other reasonable facilities or points of Interconnection for the purpose of originating or terminating IXC traffic. For the access Tandem designated, the Parties shall mutually agree upon a billing percentage. Either Party may make this billing percentage information available to IXCs. The billing percentages shall be calculated according to one of the methodologies specified for such purposes in the MECAB document. (3) The Parties shall undertake all reasonable measures to ensure that the billing percentage and associated information are maintained in their respective federal and state access tariffs, as required, until such time as such information can be included in the National Exchange Carrier Association (“NECA”) FCC Tariff No. 4. (4) Each Party shall implement the “Multiple Xxxx/Multiple Tariff” option in order to xxxx the IXC for each Party’s own portion of jointly provided Service.

Charges for Facilities and Arrangements. (a) The channels, interface types and arrangements that may be provided by CBT to Carrier AWS pursuant to this Agreement, and all charges thereforetherefor, are set forth hereinafter in Attachment II. (b) Both Parties agree that CBT cannot unilaterally make changes to tariffs that materially affect this agreement. Where this agreement refers to tariffed rates for services the following will apply: Where the agreed charges for channels, interface types and arrangements furnished to Carrier AWS pursuant to this Agreement are listed in Attachment II as equivalent or otherwise related to the rates and charges for channels, interface types and arrangements offered by CBT to its subscribers under tariff, the respective charges set forth in Attachment II shall be deemed amended to conform to any changes that may hereafter occur in regard to the tariff rates for such equivalent facilities and arrangements. CBT will, via tariff filings, notify Carrier AWS of any changes in the terms and conditions under which CBT offers its services by serving Carrier AWS with a copy of the tariff filing at the time it is submitted to the Commission. (c) The charges to subscribers of CBT and of Carrier AWS for an interchanged call shall be determined as set forth in this paragraph unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Parties, and shall be set forth in their respective tariffs or list of current retail prices applicable to the type of traffic interchanged. Independent Telephone Company subscribers in the LATA will be charged for their L/M calls under the Independent Telephone Company's appropriate tariffs. Any operator assisted calls or coin telephone calls that require operator assistance placed from within the LATA in the COA will be charged to the calling party under the provisions of CBT's General Exchange Tariff. (d) The charges for any message toll telephone service, under the Type 1 arrangement, shall be the charges set forth in CBT's applicable message toll tariff between the call's originating and terminating end offices on CBT's System, i.e., between the serving wire centers of the MSC and CBT's subscriber. (i) For messages billable to stations on CBT's System or to CBT's subscribers (i.e., sent-paid from CBT stations or placed on a received-collect or CBT credit card basis to CBT stations), CBT shall xxxx and collect from its subscriber its charges for its portion of the service, when applicable. (ii) For messages sent-paid from stations on CarrierAWS's System or placed on a received-collect basis to such stations, CBT shall xxxx Xxxxxxx AWS for CBT's charges for its portion of the service and Carrier AWS will pay such charges without allowance for uncollectibles. (e) Type 2 - Billing Option 2 Carrier AWS pays for all M/L calls within the LATA and CBT pays for all L/M calls originating in the COA under the appropriate rate elements as identified in Attachment II. The Parties For Type 2A calls, the Party whose customer originates the call shall compensate each other the Party which terminates the call for transport (tandem-switched transport rate elements) and for local switching (local switching rate element). For Type 2B calls, the Party whose customer originates the call shall compensate the Party which terminates the call for the transport and termination of L/M Traffic and M/L Traffic over the terminating carrier’s switch in accordance with Section 251(b)(5) of the Act and the FCC’s Order on Remand and Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 96-98 and 99-68, released on April 27, 2001 at the rates provided in Attachment IIlocal switching rate element. (f) M/L calls to certain information services will be rated under the CBT's General Exchange Tariffs, e.g., 411 service. (g) Meet-Point Billing Services. (1) Pursuant to the procedures described in Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (“MECAB”) document SR-BDS-000983, issue 5, June 1994, the Parties shall provide to each other the Switched Access Detail Usage Data and the Switched Access Summary Usage Data to xxxx for jointly provided switched access service, such as switched access Feature Groups B and D. The Parties agree to provide this data to each other at no charge. If the procedures in the MECAB document are amended or modified, the Parties shall implement such amended or modified procedures within a reasonable period of time. Each party shall provide the other Party the billing name, billing address, and carrier identification (“CIC”) of the IXCs that may utilize any portion of either Party’s network in an Carrier/CBT MPB arrangement in order to comply with the MPB Notification process as outlined in the MECAB document. Each Party will be entitled to reject a record that does not contain a CIC code. (2) Carrier shall designate the access Tandem or any other reasonable facilities or points of Interconnection for the purpose of originating or terminating IXC traffic. For the access Tandem designated, the Parties shall mutually agree upon a billing percentage. Either Party may make this billing percentage information available to IXCs. The billing percentages shall be calculated according to one of the methodologies specified for such purposes in the MECAB document. (3) The Parties shall undertake all reasonable measures to ensure that the billing percentage and associated information are maintained in their respective federal and state access tariffs, as required, until such time as such information can be included in the National Exchange Carrier Association (“NECA”) FCC Tariff No. 4. (4) Each Party shall implement the “Multiple Xxxx/Multiple Tariff” option in order to xxxx the IXC for each Party’s own portion of jointly provided Service.