Common use of Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process; Forecasting Clause in Contracts

Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process; Forecasting. 14.1 Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process. Upon request of either Party, the Parties shall jointly develop an implementation and grooming process (the Joint GroomingProcess or Joint Process ) which may define and detail, inter alia: 14.1.1 standards to ensure that Interconnection Trunks experience a grade of service, availability and quality which is comparable to that achieved on interoffice trunks within Verizon s network and in accord with all appropriate relevant industry-accepted quality, reliability and availability standards. Except as otherwise stated in this Agreement, trunks provided by either Party for Interconnection services will be engineered using a design-blocking objective of B.01. 14.1.2 the respective duties and responsibilities of the Parties with respect to the administration and maintenance of the trunk groups, including, but not limited to, standards and procedures for notification and discoveries of trunk disconnects; 14.1.3 disaster recovery provision escalations; 14.1.4 additional technically feasible Point(s) of Interconnection on Verizon s network in a LATA as provided in Section 2 of this Attachment; and 14.1.5 such other matters as the Parties may agree, including, e.g., End Office to End Office high usage trunks as good engineering practices may dictate.

Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process; Forecasting. 14.1 12.1 Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process. Upon request of either Party, the Parties shall jointly develop an implementation and grooming process (the “Joint GroomingProcess Grooming Process” or “Joint Process Process”) which may define and detail, inter alia: 14.1.1 12.1.1 standards to ensure that Interconnection Trunks experience a grade of service, availability and quality which is comparable to that achieved on interoffice trunks within Verizon s network and in accord with all appropriate relevant industry-accepted quality, reliability and availability standards. Except as otherwise stated in this Agreement, trunks provided by either Party for Interconnection services will be engineered using a design-blocking objective of B.01. 14.1.2 12.1.2 the respective duties and responsibilities of the Parties with respect to the administration and maintenance of the trunk groups, including, but not limited to, standards and procedures for notification and discoveries of trunk disconnects; 14.1.3 12.1.3 disaster recovery provision escalations; 14.1.4 12.1.4 additional technically feasible Point(sEAB location(s) of Interconnection on Verizon s network in a LATA as provided in Section Sections 1 and 2 of this Attachment; and 14.1.5 12.1.5 such other matters as the Parties may agree, including, e.g., End Office to End Office high usage trunks as good engineering practices may dictate. 12.2.1 [Intentionally Left Blank.]

Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process; Forecasting. 14.1 Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process. Upon request of either Party, the Parties shall jointly develop an implementation and grooming process (the “Joint GroomingProcess Grooming Process” or “Joint Process Process”) which may define and detail, inter alia: 14.1.1 standards to ensure that Interconnection Trunks experience a grade of service, availability and quality which is comparable to that achieved on interoffice trunks within Verizon s Verizon’s network and in accord with all appropriate relevant industry-accepted quality, reliability and availability standards. Except as otherwise stated in this Agreement, trunks provided by either Party for Interconnection services will be engineered using a design-blocking objective of B.01. 14.1.2 the respective duties and responsibilities of the Parties with respect to the administration and maintenance of the trunk groups, including, but not limited to, standards and procedures for notification and discoveries of trunk disconnects; 14.1.3 disaster recovery provision escalations; 14.1.4 additional technically feasible Point(s) of Interconnection on Verizon s Verizon’s network in a LATA as provided in Section 2 of this Attachment; and 14.1.5 such other matters as the Parties may agree, including, e.g., End Office to End Office high usage trunks as good engineering practices may dictate.

Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process; Forecasting. 14.1 Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process. Upon request of either Party, the Parties shall jointly develop an implementation and grooming process (the "Joint GroomingProcess Grooming Process" or "Joint Process Process") which may define and detail, inter alia: 14.1.1 standards to ensure that Interconnection Trunks experience a grade of service, availability and quality which is comparable to that achieved on interoffice trunks within Verizon s Verizon's network and in accord with all appropriate relevant industry-accepted quality, reliability and availability standards. Except as otherwise stated in this Agreement, trunks provided by either Party for Interconnection services will be engineered using a design-blocking objective of B.01. 14.1.2 the respective duties and responsibilities of the Parties with respect to the administration and maintenance of the trunk groups, including, but not limited to, standards and procedures for notification and discoveries of trunk disconnects; 14.1.3 ; disaster recovery provision escalations; 14.1.4 ; additional technically feasible Point(s) of Interconnection on Verizon s Verizon's network in a LATA as provided in Section 2 of this Attachment; and 14.1.5 such other matters as the Parties may agree, including, e.g., End Office to End Office high usage trunks as good engineering practices may dictate.

Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process; Forecasting. 14.1 Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process. Upon request of either Party, the Parties shall jointly develop an implementation and grooming process (the “Joint GroomingProcess Grooming Process” or “Joint Process Process”) which may define and detail, inter alia: 14.1.1 standards to ensure that Interconnection Trunks experience a grade of service, availability and quality which is comparable to that achieved on interoffice trunks within Verizon s Verizon’s network and in accord with all appropriate relevant industry-accepted quality, reliability and availability standards. Except as otherwise stated in this Agreement, trunks provided by either Party for Interconnection services will be engineered using a design-blocking objective of B.01. 14.1.2 the respective duties and responsibilities of the Parties with respect to the administration and maintenance of the trunk groups, including, but not limited to, standards and procedures for notification and discoveries of trunk disconnects; 14.1.3 disaster recovery provision escalations; 14.1.4 additional technically feasible Point(s) of Interconnection on Verizon s Verizon’s network in a LATA as provided in Section 2 of this Attachment; and 14.1.5 such other matters as the Parties may agree, including, e.g., End Office to End Office high usage trunks as good engineering practices may dictate. 14.2 Trunk Forecasting Requirements.