Compensation on Traffic to INP'ed Numbers. The Parties agree that, under INP, transport and terminating compensation on calls to INP'ed numbers should be received by each Customer's chosen LEC as if each call to the Customer had been originally addressed by the caller to a telephone number bearing an NPA-NXX directly assigned to the Customer's chosen LEC. In order to accomplish this objective where INP is employed, the Parties shall utilize the process set forth in this Section 13.7, whereby transport and terminating compensation on calls subject to INP will be passed from the Party (the “Performing Party”) which performs the INP to the other Party (the “Receiving Party”) for whose Customer the INP is provided.
Compensation on Traffic to INP'ed Numbers. 13.8.1 The Parties agree that, under INP, transport and terminating compensation on Exchange Access calls to INP'ed numbers should be received by each Customer's chosen LEC through meet-point billing arrangements, as if each call to the Customer had been originally addressed by the caller to a telephone number bearing an NPA-NXX directly assigned to the Customer's chosen LEC. In order to accomplish this objective where INP is employed, the Parties shall utilize the process set forth in this Section 13.8, whereby transport and terminating compensation on calls subject to INP will be passed from the Party (the “Performing Party”) that performs the INP to the other Party (the “Receiving Party”) for whose Customer the INP is provided less applicable transit charges due the Performing Party when a call originates from a third party carrier.
