Common use of Facilities and Trunking Clause in Contracts

Facilities and Trunking. a. Carrier or its agent shall order and maintain a minimum of one 911 dedicated DS1 facility for each SR with a minimum of two one-way outgoing DS0 trunks dedicated for originating 911 calls to reach each applicable PSAP served by such SR. Carrier or its agent will provision these transport facilities in accordance with applicable NENA standards; Carrier or its agent shall order such transport facilities from CenturyLink at the rates found in Table 1. CenturyLink’s access services are available as an alternative, and when Carrier or its agent chooses to order switched or special access facilities, the appropriate CenturyLink access tariff rates apply instead of the rates found in Table 1. Carrier or its agent shall engineer its 911 Trunks to attain a minimum of P.01 grade of service as measured using the “busy day/busy hour criteria or, at such higher grade of service as required by Applicable Law or duly authorized governmental authority.