Common use of Loss of a Central Office with Tandem Functions Clause in Contracts

Loss of a Central Office with Tandem Functions. When BellSouth loses a Central Office building that serves as an Access Tandem and as a SWC, the ECC will a) Place specialists and emergency equipment on notice; b) Inventory the damage to determine what equipment and/or functions are lost; c) Move containerized emergency equipment and facility equipment to the stricken area, if necessary; d) Begin reconnecting service on a parity basis for Hospitals, Police and other emergency agencies or End Users served by BellSouth or CLEC in accordance with the TSP priority restoration coding scheme entered in the BellSouth Maintenance database immediately prior to the emergency; e) Re-direct as much traffic as possible to the alternate access tandem (if available) for delivery to those CLECs utilizing a different location as a SWC; f) Begin aggregating traffic to a location near the damaged building. From this location, begin re-establishing trunk groups to the CLECs for the delivery of traffic normally found on the direct trunk groups. (This aggregation point may be the alternate access tandem location or another CO on a primary facility route.)