Common use of Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service Clause in Contracts

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG does not have a filed Intralata Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTEL’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL and ICG will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG US LEC does not have a filed Intralata Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG US LEC will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTEL’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx bill third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx bill date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx bill date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL and ICG US LEC will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA InterLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG XxXxxx does not have a filed Intralata IntraLATA Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG XxXxxx will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTELWindstream’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL Windstream and ICG XxXxxx will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA InterLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG Service Electric does not have a filed Intralata IntraLATA Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG Service Electric will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTELWindstream’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL Windstream and ICG Service Electric will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA InterLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG Broadview does not have a filed Intralata IntraLATA Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG Broadview will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTELWindstream’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL Windstream and ICG Broadview will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA InterLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG Allo Communications does not have a filed Intralata IntraLATA Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG Allo Communications will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTELWindstream’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL Windstream and ICG Allo Communications will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG TCG does not have a filed Intralata Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG TCG will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTEL’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx bill third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx bill date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx bill date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL and ICG TCG will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG MCIW does not have a filed Intralata Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG MCIW will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTEL’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL and ICG MCIW will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA InterLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG TCG does not have a filed Intralata IntraLATA Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG TCG will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTELWindstream’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL Windstream and ICG TCG will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA InterLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG Dialog Telecommunications does not have a filed Intralata IntraLATA Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG Dialog Telecommunications will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTELWindstream’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx bill third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx bill date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx bill date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL Windstream and ICG Dialog Telecommunications will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG NOS does not have a filed Intralata Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG NOS will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTEL’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL and ICG NOS will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA InterLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG Alliance Connect does not have a filed Intralata IntraLATA Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG Alliance Connect will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTELWindstream’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL Windstream and ICG Alliance Connect will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG MCIm does not have a filed Intralata Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG MCIm will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTEL’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL and ICG MCIm will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG AT&T does not have a filed Intralata Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG AT&T will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTEL’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx bill third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx bill date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx bill date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL XXXXXX and ICG AT&T will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.

Compensation for Origination and Termination of Switched Access Service. Traffic to or from an IXC (Meet-Point Billing (MPB) Arrangements) 6.1 Compensation for termination of interstate interLATA InterLATA intercompany traffic will be at access rates as set forth in the relevant Party's applicable interstate access tariffs. 6.2 In the event that ICG NebraskaLink does not have a filed Intralata IntraLATA Interexchange tariff or price list for access service, ICG NebraskaLink will utilize rates that do not exceed ALLTELWindstream’s tariffed access rates. 6.3 The Parties will each establish their respective MPB arrangements applicable to its provision of switched access services to Interexchange Carriers via its access tandem switch and such arrangements will be in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum's MECOD and MECAB documents. Except as modified herein, MPB arrangements will be determined during joint network planning. 6.4 Each Party will maintain provisions in its federal and state access tariffs, or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff, sufficient to reflect the MPB arrangements, including MPB percentages, developed in accordance with this Agreement. 6.5 As detailed in the MECAB document, the Parties will exchange all information necessary to accurately, reliably and promptly xxxx third parties for Switched Access Services jointly handled by the Parties via the MPB arrangement. The Parties will exchange the information in Exchange Message Interface (EMI) format, on magnetic tape or via a mutually acceptable electronic file transfer protocol. The initial billing company (IBC) will provide the information to the subsequent billing company within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date. A Party that fails to deliver the billing data will be liable to the other for the amount of associated unbillable charges, if any. 6.6 If MPB data is not submitted to the other within ten (10) days of the IBC xxxx date or is not in the standard EMI format, and if as a result the other Party is delayed in billing the IXC for the appropriate charges it incurs, the delaying Party shall pay the other Party a late MPB data delivery charge which will be the total amount of the delayed charges times the highest interest rate (in decimal value) which may be levied by law for commercial transactions, compounded daily for the number of days from the date the MPB charges should have been received, to and including the date the MPB charge information is actually received. When the receiving Party has requested a delay in transmission of the records, a MPB data delivery charge will not be assessed. 6.7 ALLTEL Windstream and ICG NebraskaLink will coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the MPB arrangements described in this Agreement. Each Party will notify the other if the level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change and results in a new BAR/BACR number.