Common use of Fiber Meet Arrangement Provisions Clause in Contracts

Fiber Meet Arrangement Provisions. 2.1 Each Party may request a Fiber Meet arrangement by providing written notice thereof to the other Party; provided, however, that a Party may not make such a request if the Parties have not consistently been exchanging an amount of applicable traffic (as set forth in Section 2.3 below) in the relevant exchanges for which a Fiber Meet arrangement is requested equal to at least one (1) DS-3. Any such Fiber Meet arrangement shall be subject to the terms of this Amendment. In addition, the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangement is expressly conditioned upon the Parties mutually agreeing to the technical specifications and requirements for such Fiber Meet arrangement including, but not limited to, the location of the Fiber Meet points, routing, equipment (e.g., specifications of add/drop multiplexers, number of strands of fiber, etc.), software, ordering, provisioning, maintenance, repair, testing, augment and on any other technical specifications or requirements necessary to implement the Fiber Meet arrangement. For each Fiber Meet arrangement the Parties agree to implement and for each Fiber Meet arrangement the Parties have implemented, the Parties will complete and sign a Technical Specifications and Requirements document, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. Each such document will be treated as Confidential Information. 2.2 The Parties agree to consider the possibility of using existing fiber cable with spare capacity, where available, to implement any such request for a Fiber Meet arrangement. If existing fiber cable with spare capacity is not available, the Parties agree to minimize the construction and deployment of fiber cable necessary for any Fiber Meet arrangement to which they agree. Except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, any and all Fiber Meet points established between the Parties shall extend no further than three (3) miles from an applicable Verizon Tandem or End Office and Verizon shall not be required to construct or deploy more than five hundred (500) feet of fiber cable for a Fiber Meet arrangement. 2.3 A Fiber Meet arrangement may be used for the transmission and routing of the following traffic types over Interconnection Trunks: Reciprocal Compensation Traffic, IntraLATA Toll Traffic, translated LEC IntraLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, Tandem Transit Traffic, and Measured Internet Traffic. 2.3.1 To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of Reciprocal Compensation Traffic and Measured Internet Traffic, other than the obligation to pay intercarrier compensation charges pursuant to the terms of the Amended Agreement and transport charges to reach additional Verizon IPs and/or to provide additional RCN-IPs pursuant to the terms of the Amended Agreement (including without limitation Section 2.6 of this Amendment), neither Party shall have any obligation to pay the other Party any charges in connection with any Fiber Meet arrangements. 2.3.2 To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of IntraLATA Toll Traffic, the Party originating such traffic shall compensate the terminating Party for the transport and termination of such traffic at the rates and charges set forth in the Amended Agreement and applicable Tariffs. 2.3.3 To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of translated LEC IntraLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, such traffic shall be subject to the rates and charges set forth in the Amended Agreement and applicable Tariffs. 2.3.4 To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of Tandem Transit Traffic, such traffic shall not exceed the CCS busy hour equivalent of 200,000 combined minutes of use per month (a DS1 equivalent) to the subtending End Office of a particular Other Carrier for any month, and Verizon shall charge (and RCN shall pay) Verizon’s applicable rates and charges as set forth in the Amended Agreement and Verizon’s applicable Tariffs, including transport charges to the terminating Verizon Tandem. 2.4 At RCN’s request, a Fiber Meet arrangement may also be used for the transmission and routing of the following traffic types over the following trunk types: 2.4.1 Operator services traffic from RCN’s Telephone Exchange Service Customers to an operator services provider over operator services trunks; 2.4.2 Directory assistance traffic from RCN’s Telephone Exchange Service Customers to a directory assistance provider over directory assistance trunks; 2.4.3 911 traffic from RCN’s Telephone Exchange Service Customers to 911/E-911 Tandem Office(s)/Selective Router(s) over 911 trunks; and 2.4.4 Jointly-provided Switched Exchange Access Service traffic, including but not limited to translated InterLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, between RCN Telephone Exchange Service Customers and third party purchasers of Switched Exchange Access Service via a Verizon access Tandem over Access Toll Connecting Trunks. To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of any traffic of the types set forth in this Section 2.4, Verizon may xxxx (and RCN shall pay) Verizon’s applicable Tariff rates and charges. Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties or as expressly set forth in Section 2.3 or 2.4 of this Amendment, access services (switched and unswitched) and unbundled network elements shall not be provisioned on or accessed through Fiber Meet arrangements. 2.5 RCN will include traffic to be exchanged over Fiber Meet arrangements in its forecasts provided to Verizon under the Amended Agreement. 2.6 The Fiber Meet point(s) of any Fiber Meet arrangement shall serve as an RCN-IP under the Amended Agreement. The Fiber Meet point(s) of any Fiber Meet arrangement shall also serve either: (1) as a Verizon Tandem IP for a particular Verizon Tandem if that Tandem is identified in Section 1 of the applicable Technical Specifications and Requirements document, and only for traffic destined to Verizon Customers served by a Verizon End Office that subtends that Verizon Tandem; or (2) as a Verizon End Office IP for a particular Verizon End Office if that End Office is identified in Section 1 of the applicable Technical Specifications and Requirements document, and only for traffic destined to Verizon Customers served by that Verizon End Office. Nothing herein shall be read to limit RCN's financial responsibility for transport to reach additional Verizon IPs as required under the Amended Agreement or to relieve RCN of its obligation to provide additional RCN-IPs as required under the Amended Agreement. To the extent RCN wishes to obtain transport from a Verizon Tandem or End Office to reach additional Verizon IPs or to provide additional RCN-IPs, it can purchase such transport in accordance with the terms and conditions, including, without limitation, rates and charges, set forth in the Amended Agreement, in any applicable Verizon Tariff(s), or as may subsequently be approved by the Commission or agreed to between the Parties.

Fiber Meet Arrangement Provisions. 2.1 3.1.1 Each Party may request a Fiber Meet arrangement by providing written notice thereof to the other Party; provided, however, that a Party may not make such a request if each of the following conditions has been met: (a) the Parties have not consistently been exchanging an amount of applicable traffic (as set forth in Section 2.3 belowand (b) in the relevant exchanges neither HTCC nor any of HTCC's affiliates has an overdue balance on any xxxx rendered to HTCC or HTCC's affiliates for which charges that are not subject to a Fiber Meet arrangement is requested equal to at least one (1) DS-3good faith dispute. Any such Fiber Meet arrangement shall be subject to the terms of this AmendmentAgreement. In addition, the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangement is expressly conditioned upon the Parties mutually agreeing to the technical specifications and requirements for such Fiber Meet arrangement including, but not limited to, the location of the Fiber Meet points, routing, equipment (e.g., specifications of addAdd/drop multiplexersDrop Multiplexers, number of strands of fiber, etc.), software, ordering, provisioning, maintenance, repair, testing, augment and on any other technical specifications or requirements necessary to implement the Fiber Meet arrangement. For each Fiber Meet arrangement the Parties agree to implement and for each Fiber Meet arrangement the Parties have implementedimplement, the Parties will complete and sign a Technical Specifications and Requirements document, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. A to Section 3 of the Interconnection Attachment Fiber Meet Arrangement Provisions. Each such document will be treated as Confidential Information. 2.2 3.1.2 The Parties agree to consider the possibility of using existing fiber cable with spare capacity, where available, to implement any such request for a Fiber Meet arrangement. If existing fiber cable with spare capacity is not available, the Parties agree to minimize the construction and deployment of fiber cable necessary for any Fiber Meet arrangement to which they agree. Except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, any and all Fiber Meet points established between the Parties shall extend no further than three (3) miles from an applicable Verizon Tandem or End Office and Verizon Vedzon shall not be required to construct or deploy more than five hundred (500) feet of fiber cable for a Fiber Meet arrangement.for 2.3 3.1.3 A Fiber Meet arrangement established under this Agreement may be used for the transmission and routing of only the following traffic types over Interconnection Trunks: types 3.1.3.1 Reciprocal Compensation Traffic, IntraLATA Toll Traffic, translated Traffic between the Parties' respective Telephone Exchange Service Customers; 3.1.3.2 Translated LEC IntraLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, Tandem Transit Traffic, and Measured Internet Traffic. 2.3.1 To traffic between the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of Reciprocal Compensation Traffic and Measured Internet Traffic, other than the obligation to pay intercarrier compensation charges pursuant to the terms of the Amended Agreement and transport charges to reach additional Verizon IPs and/or to provide additional RCN-IPs pursuant to the terms of the Amended Agreement (including without limitation Section 2.6 of this Amendment), neither Party shall have any obligation to pay the other Party any charges in connection with any Fiber Meet arrangements. 2.3.2 To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of IntraLATA Toll Traffic, the Party originating such traffic shall compensate the terminating Party for the transport and termination of such traffic at the rates and charges set forth in the Amended Agreement and applicable Tariffs. 2.3.3 To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of translated LEC IntraLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, such traffic shall be subject to the rates and charges set forth in the Amended Agreement and applicable Tariffs. 2.3.4 To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of Tandem Transit Traffic, such traffic shall not exceed the CCS busy hour equivalent of 200,000 combined minutes of use per month (a DS1 equivalent) to the subtending End Office of a particular Other Carrier for any month, and Verizon shall charge (and RCN shall pay) Verizon’s applicable rates and charges as set forth in the Amended Agreement and Verizon’s applicable Tariffs, including transport charges to the terminating Verizon Tandem. 2.4 At RCN’s request, a Fiber Meet arrangement may also be used for the transmission and routing of the following traffic types over the following trunk types: 2.4.1 Operator services traffic from RCN’s Parties' respective Telephone Exchange Service Customers to an operator services provider over operator services trunksCustomers; 2.4.2 Directory assistance traffic from RCN’s 3.1.3.3 IntraLATA Toll Traffic between the Parties' respective Telephone Exchange Service Customers to a directory assistance provider over directory assistance trunksCustomers; 2.4.3 911 traffic from RCN’s Telephone Exchange Service Customers to 911/E-911 Tandem Office(s)/Selective Router(s) over 911 trunks; and 2.4.4 Jointly-provided Switched Exchange Access Service traffic, including but not limited to translated InterLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, between RCN Telephone Exchange Service Customers and third party purchasers of Switched Exchange Access Service via a Verizon access Tandem over Access Toll Connecting Trunks. To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of any traffic of the types set forth in this Section 2.4, Verizon may xxxx (and RCN shall pay) Verizon’s applicable Tariff rates and charges. Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties or as expressly set forth in Section 2.3 or 2.4 of this Amendment, access services (switched and unswitched) and unbundled network elements shall not be provisioned on or accessed through Fiber Meet arrangements. 2.5 RCN will include traffic to be exchanged over Fiber Meet arrangements in its forecasts provided to Verizon under the Amended Agreement. 2.6 The Fiber Meet point(s) of any Fiber Meet arrangement shall serve as an RCN-IP under the Amended Agreement. The Fiber Meet point(s) of any Fiber Meet arrangement shall also serve either: (1) as a Verizon Tandem IP for a particular Verizon Tandem if that Tandem is identified in Section 1 of the applicable Technical Specifications and Requirements document, and only for traffic destined to Verizon Customers served by a Verizon End Office that subtends that Verizon Tandem; or (2) as a Verizon End Office IP for a particular Verizon End Office if that End Office is identified in Section 1 of the applicable Technical Specifications and Requirements document, and only for traffic destined to Verizon Customers served by that Verizon End Office. Nothing herein shall be read to limit RCN's financial responsibility for transport to reach additional Verizon IPs as required under the Amended Agreement or to relieve RCN of its obligation to provide additional RCN-IPs as required under the Amended Agreement. To the extent RCN wishes to obtain transport from a Verizon Tandem or End Office to reach additional Verizon IPs or to provide additional RCN-IPs, it can purchase such transport in accordance with the terms and conditions, including, without limitation, rates and charges, set forth in the Amended Agreement, in any applicable Verizon Tariff(s), or as may subsequently be approved by the Commission or agreed to between the Parties.

Fiber Meet Arrangement Provisions. 2.1 Each 3.1.1 Either Party may request a Fiber Meet arrangement by providing written notice thereof to the other Party; provided, however, that a Party may not make such a request if the Parties have not consistently been exchanging an amount of applicable traffic (as set forth in Section 2.3 3.1.3 below) in the relevant exchanges for which a Fiber Meet arrangement is requested equal to at least one (1) DS-3. Any such Fiber Meet arrangement shall be subject to the terms of this AmendmentAgreement. In addition, the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangement is expressly conditioned upon the Parties Parties' mutually agreeing to the technical specifications and requirements for such Fiber Meet arrangement including, but not limited to, the location of the Fiber Meet points, routing, equipment (e.g., specifications of addAdd/drop multiplexersDrop Multiplexers, number of strands of fiber, etc.), software, ordering, provisioning, maintenance, repair, testing, augment and on any other technical specifications or requirements necessary to implement the Fiber Meet arrangement. For each Fiber Meet arrangement the Parties agree to implement and for each Fiber Meet arrangement the Parties have implementedimplement, the Parties will complete and sign a Technical Specifications and Requirements document, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. A to Section 3 of the Interconnection Attachment Fiber Meet Arrangement Provisions. Each such document will be treated as Confidential Informationconfidential information. 2.2 3.1.2 The Parties agree to consider the possibility of using existing fiber cable with spare capacity, where available, to implement any such request for a Fiber Meet arrangement. If existing fiber cable with spare capacity is not available, the Parties agree to minimize the construction and deployment of fiber cable necessary for any Fiber Meet arrangement to which they agree. Except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, any and all Fiber Meet points established between the Parties shall extend no further than three (3) miles from an applicable Verizon Tandem or End Office Interconnection Wire Center and Verizon shall not be required to construct or deploy more than five hundred (500) feet of fiber cable for a Fiber Meet arrangement. 2.3 A 3.1.3 Except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, any Fiber Meet arrangement may arrangements established under this Agreement shall be used only for the transmission and routing of the following traffic types over Interconnection Trunks: Reciprocal Compensation Traffic, IntraLATA Toll Traffic, translated LEC IntraLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, and IntraLATA toll traffic, between their respective Telephone Exchange Service Customers, Tandem Transit Traffic, and Measured Internet Traffic. 2.3.1 To the extent that , all in accordance with this Agreement. Operator services/directory assistance traffic, 911 traffic, and Exchange Access traffic, including translated InterLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, between Globetel Telephone Exchange Service Customers and purchasers of Switched Exchange Access Service via a Verizon access Tandem, may be exchanged over Fiber Meet arrangement is used for arrangements subject to applicable Verizon Tariff rates and charges. Except as otherwise agreed by the transmission Parties, point-to-point (i.e., unswitched) access services and routing unbundled network elements shall not be provisioned on or accessed through Fiber Meet arrangements. Notwithstanding any other provision of Reciprocal Compensation Traffic and Measured Internet Trafficthis Agreement or otherwise, other than the obligation to pay any applicable intercarrier compensation charges pursuant to the terms of the Amended Agreement and transport charges to reach additional Verizon IPs and/or to provide additional RCN-IPs pursuant to the terms of the Amended Agreement (including without limitation Section 2.6 of this Amendment)Agreement, neither Party shall have any obligation to pay the other Party any charges in connection with any Fiber Meet arrangementsarrangements established under this Agreement. 2.3.2 To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of IntraLATA Toll Traffic, the Party originating such traffic shall compensate the terminating Party for the transport and termination of such traffic at the rates and charges set forth in the Amended Agreement and applicable Tariffs. 2.3.3 To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of translated LEC IntraLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, such traffic shall be subject to the rates and charges set forth in the Amended Agreement and applicable Tariffs. 2.3.4 To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of Tandem Transit Traffic, such traffic shall not exceed the CCS busy hour equivalent of 200,000 combined minutes of use per month (a DS1 equivalent) to the subtending End Office of a particular Other Carrier for any month, and Verizon shall charge (and RCN shall pay) Verizon’s applicable rates and charges as set forth in the Amended Agreement and Verizon’s applicable Tariffs, including transport charges to the terminating Verizon Tandem. 2.4 At RCN’s request, a Fiber Meet arrangement may also be used for the transmission and routing of the following traffic types over the following trunk types: 2.4.1 Operator services traffic from RCN’s Telephone Exchange Service Customers to an operator services provider over operator services trunks; 2.4.2 Directory assistance traffic from RCN’s Telephone Exchange Service Customers to a directory assistance provider over directory assistance trunks; 2.4.3 911 traffic from RCN’s Telephone Exchange Service Customers to 911/E-911 Tandem Office(s)/Selective Router(s) over 911 trunks; and 2.4.4 Jointly-provided Switched Exchange Access Service traffic, including but not limited to translated InterLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, between RCN Telephone Exchange Service Customers and third party purchasers of Switched Exchange Access Service via a Verizon access Tandem over Access Toll Connecting Trunks. To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of any traffic of the types set forth in this Section 2.4, Verizon may xxxx (and RCN shall pay) Verizon’s applicable Tariff rates and charges. Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties or as expressly set forth in Section 2.3 or 2.4 of this Amendment, access services (switched and unswitched) and unbundled network elements shall not be provisioned on or accessed through Fiber Meet arrangements. 2.5 RCN 3.1.4 Globetel will include traffic to be exchanged over Fiber Meet arrangements in its forecasts provided to Verizon under the Amended this Agreement. 2.6 The Fiber Meet point(s) of any Fiber Meet arrangement shall serve as an RCN-IP under the Amended Agreement. The Fiber Meet point(s) of any Fiber Meet arrangement shall also serve either: (1) as a Verizon Tandem IP for a particular Verizon Tandem if that Tandem is identified in Section 1 of the applicable Technical Specifications and Requirements document, and only for traffic destined to Verizon Customers served by a Verizon End Office that subtends that Verizon Tandem; or (2) as a Verizon End Office IP for a particular Verizon End Office if that End Office is identified in Section 1 of the applicable Technical Specifications and Requirements document, and only for traffic destined to Verizon Customers served by that Verizon End Office. Nothing herein shall be read to limit RCN's financial responsibility for transport to reach additional Verizon IPs as required under the Amended Agreement or to relieve RCN of its obligation to provide additional RCN-IPs as required under the Amended Agreement. To the extent RCN wishes to obtain transport from a Verizon Tandem or End Office to reach additional Verizon IPs or to provide additional RCN-IPs, it can purchase such transport in accordance with the terms and conditions, including, without limitation, rates and charges, set forth in the Amended Agreement, in any applicable Verizon Tariff(s), or as may subsequently be approved by the Commission or agreed to between the Parties.

Fiber Meet Arrangement Provisions. 2.1 Each 3.1.1 Either Party may request a Fiber Meet arrangement by providing written notice thereof to the other Party; provided, however, that a Party may not make such a request if the Parties have not consistently been exchanging an amount of applicable traffic (as set forth in Section 2.3 3.1.3 below) in the relevant exchanges for which a Fiber Meet arrangement is requested equal to at least one (1) DS-3. Any such Fiber Meet arrangement shall be subject to the terms of this AmendmentAgreement. In addition, the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangement is expressly conditioned upon the Parties Parties' mutually agreeing to the technical specifications and requirements for such Fiber Meet arrangement including, but not limited to, the location of the Fiber Meet points, routing, equipment (e.g., specifications of addAdd/drop multiplexersDrop Multiplexers, number of strands of fiber, etc.), software, ordering, provisioning, maintenance, repair, testing, augment and on any other technical specifications or requirements necessary to implement the Fiber Meet arrangement. For each Fiber Meet arrangement the Parties agree to implement and for each Fiber Meet arrangement the Parties have implementedimplement, the Parties will complete and sign a Technical Specifications and Requirements document, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. A to Section 2.4.14 of the Interconnection Attachment Fiber Meet Arrangement Provisions. Each such document will be treated as Confidential Informationconfidential information. 2.2 3.1.2 The Parties agree to consider the possibility of using existing fiber cable with spare capacity, where available, to implement any such request for a Fiber Meet arrangement. If existing fiber cable with spare capacity is not available, the Parties agree to minimize the construction and deployment of fiber cable necessary for any Fiber Meet arrangement to which they agree. Except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, any and all Fiber Meet points established between the Parties shall extend no further than three (3) miles from an applicable Verizon Tandem or End Office Wire Center and Verizon shall not be required to construct or deploy more than five hundred (500) feet of fiber cable for a Fiber Meet arrangement. 2.3 A 3.1.3 Except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, any Fiber Meet arrangement may arrangements established under this Agreement shall be used only for the transmission and routing of the following traffic types over Interconnection Trunks: Reciprocal Compensation Traffic, IntraLATA Toll Traffic, translated LEC IntraLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, and IntraLATA toll traffic, between their respective Telephone Exchange Service Customers, Tandem Transit Traffic, and Measured Internet Traffic. 2.3.1 To the extent that , all in accordance with this Agreement. Operator services/directory assistance traffic, 911 traffic, and Exchange Access traffic, including translated InterLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, between ECI Telephone Exchange Service Customers and purchasers of Switched Exchange Access Service via a Verizon access Tandem, may be exchanged over Fiber Meet arrangement is used for arrangements subject to applicable Verizon Tariff rates and charges. Except as otherwise agreed by the transmission Parties, point-to-point (i.e., unswitched) access services and routing unbundled network elements shall not be provisioned on or accessed through Fiber Meet arrangements. Notwithstanding any other provision of Reciprocal Compensation Traffic and Measured Internet Trafficthis Agreement or otherwise, other than the obligation to pay any applicable intercarrier compensation charges pursuant to the terms of the Amended Agreement and transport charges to reach additional Verizon IPs and/or to provide additional RCN-IPs pursuant to the terms of the Amended Agreement (including without limitation Section 2.6 of this Amendment)Agreement, neither Party shall have any obligation to pay the other Party any charges in connection with any Fiber Meet arrangementsarrangements established under this Agreement. 2.3.2 To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of IntraLATA Toll Traffic, the Party originating such traffic shall compensate the terminating Party for the transport and termination of such traffic at the rates and charges set forth in the Amended Agreement and applicable Tariffs. 2.3.3 To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of translated LEC IntraLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, such traffic shall be subject to the rates and charges set forth in the Amended Agreement and applicable Tariffs. 2.3.4 To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of Tandem Transit Traffic, such traffic shall not exceed the CCS busy hour equivalent of 200,000 combined minutes of use per month (a DS1 equivalent) to the subtending End Office of a particular Other Carrier for any month, and Verizon shall charge (and RCN shall pay) Verizon’s applicable rates and charges as set forth in the Amended Agreement and Verizon’s applicable Tariffs, including transport charges to the terminating Verizon Tandem. 2.4 At RCN’s request, a Fiber Meet arrangement may also be used for the transmission and routing of the following traffic types over the following trunk types: 2.4.1 Operator services traffic from RCN’s Telephone Exchange Service Customers to an operator services provider over operator services trunks; 2.4.2 Directory assistance traffic from RCN’s Telephone Exchange Service Customers to a directory assistance provider over directory assistance trunks; 2.4.3 911 traffic from RCN’s Telephone Exchange Service Customers to 911/E-911 Tandem Office(s)/Selective Router(s) over 911 trunks; and 2.4.4 Jointly-provided Switched Exchange Access Service traffic, including but not limited to translated InterLATA toll free service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, between RCN Telephone Exchange Service Customers and third party purchasers of Switched Exchange Access Service via a Verizon access Tandem over Access Toll Connecting Trunks. To the extent that a Fiber Meet arrangement is used for the transmission and routing of any traffic of the types set forth in this Section 2.4, Verizon may xxxx (and RCN shall pay) Verizon’s applicable Tariff rates and charges. Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties or as expressly set forth in Section 2.3 or 2.4 of this Amendment, access services (switched and unswitched) and unbundled network elements shall not be provisioned on or accessed through Fiber Meet arrangements. 2.5 RCN 3.1.4 ECI will include traffic to be exchanged over Fiber Meet arrangements in its forecasts provided to Verizon under the Amended this Agreement. 2.6 The Fiber Meet point(s) of any Fiber Meet arrangement shall serve as an RCN-IP under the Amended Agreement. The Fiber Meet point(s) of any Fiber Meet arrangement shall also serve either: (1) as a Verizon Tandem IP for a particular Verizon Tandem if that Tandem is identified in Section 1 of the applicable Technical Specifications and Requirements document, and only for traffic destined to Verizon Customers served by a Verizon End Office that subtends that Verizon Tandem; or (2) as a Verizon End Office IP for a particular Verizon End Office if that End Office is identified in Section 1 of the applicable Technical Specifications and Requirements document, and only for traffic destined to Verizon Customers served by that Verizon End Office. Nothing herein shall be read to limit RCN's financial responsibility for transport to reach additional Verizon IPs as required under the Amended Agreement or to relieve RCN of its obligation to provide additional RCN-IPs as required under the Amended Agreement. To the extent RCN wishes to obtain transport from a Verizon Tandem or End Office to reach additional Verizon IPs or to provide additional RCN-IPs, it can purchase such transport in accordance with the terms and conditions, including, without limitation, rates and charges, set forth in the Amended Agreement, in any applicable Verizon Tariff(s), or as may subsequently be approved by the Commission or agreed to between the Parties.