Common use of Controlled Production Clause in Contracts

Controlled Production. CenturyLink and CLEC will perform controlled production. The controlled production process is designed to validate the ability of CLEC to transmit electronic data that completely meets the appropriate electronic transmission standards and complies with all CenturyLink business rules. Controlled production consists of the controlled submission of actual CLEC production requests to the CenturyLink production environment. CenturyLink treats these pre-order queries and orders as production pre-order and order transactions. CenturyLink and CLEC use controlled production results to determine operational readiness. Controlled production requires the use of valid account and order data. All certification orders are considered to be live orders and will be provisioned.