Grade of Service. An overall blocking standard of one percent (1%) during the average busy hour, as defined by each Party’s standards, for final trunk groups between a CLEC end office and a Sprint access Tandem carrying meet point traffic shall be maintained. All other Tandem trunk groups are to be engineered with a blocking standard of one percent (1%). Direct end office trunk groups are to be engineered with a blocking standard of one percent (1%).
Grade of Service. Each Party will provision their network to provide a designed blocking objective of a P.01.
Grade of Service. 2.12.1 Each Party will provision their network to provide a P.01 grade of service.
2.12.2 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of either Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party pursuant to this Agreement shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services, cause damage to their plant, violate any applicable law or regulation regarding the invasion of privacy of any communications carried over the Party’s facilities or create hazards to the employees of either Party or to the public (each hereinafter referred to as an “Impairment of Service”).
2.12.3 Each Party will advise the other of any critical nature of the interoperative facilities, service, and arrangements and any need for expedited clearance of trouble. In cases where a Party has indicated the essential or critical need for restoration of the facilities, services or arrangements, the other Party will use its best efforts to expedite the clearance of trouble.
Grade of Service. Each Party shall make available to the other Party trunks over which the originating Party can terminate Local Traffic of the End Users of the originating Party to the End Users of the terminating Party.
Grade of Service. A blocking standard of one half of one percent (.005) during the average busy hour, for final trunk groups between the Parties' networks carrying Meet-Point traffic shall be maintained. All other final trunk groups shall be engineered with a blocking standard of one percent (.01)
Grade of Service. Contractor must provide a P.01 or better grade of service to all locations on the Contractor network. Contractor must provide call setup within 6 seconds. This is defined from the moment the Contractor receives the last digit of the dialed number to the point ringing is heard. Contractor must support by switching sites and wire centers that are capable of continuous operation during a commercial power outage. Contractor must provide support by facilities within the Contractor’s network and capable of providing diverse routing between Contractor switching sites in the event of a Contractor network failure.
Grade of Service. The performance standard for two-way trunk groups shall be that no such trunk group will exceed its design blocking objective for three (3) consecutive calendar traffic study months.
Grade of Service. A blocking standard of one percent (1%) during the average busy hour, as defined by each Party's standards, for final trunk groups between an AT&T end office and a U S WEST access tandem carrying Meet Point traffic shall be maintained. All other final trunk groups are to be engineered with a blocking standard of one percent (1%). Direct end office trunk groups are to be engineered with a blocking standard of one percent (1%).
Grade of Service. A blocking standard of one percent (.01) during the average busy hour, as defined by each Party’s standards, for final trunk groups between AT&T and BA shall be maintained.
Grade of Service. AWS shall order, and SBC-13STATE shall provide sufficient 9-1-1 trunks from the MSC to the Selective Router to provide a grade of service equal to P.01, where technically feasible, or, upon written notice to AWS, the specified minimum grade of service (“Service Standard”) required by the Requesting PSAP.
