Meet Point Billing. Facilities Based
Meet Point Billing. A. For purposes of this Agreement, Meet Point Billing, as supported by Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (MECAB) guidelines, shall mean the exchange of billing data relating to jointly provided switched access calls and/or calls transiting BellSouth's network from an originating telecommunications carrier other than BellSouth and terminating to a telecommunications carrier other than BellSouth or the originating telecommunications carrier. Subject to Carrier providing all necessary information, BellSouth agrees to participate in Meet Point Billing for traffic which transits it’s network when both the originating and terminating parties participate in Meet Point Billing with BellSouth. Traffic from a network which does not participate in Meet Point Billing will be delivered by BellSouth, however, call records for traffic originated and/or terminated by a non-Meet Point Billing network will not be delivered to the originating and/or terminating network.
Meet Point Billing. A. For purposes of this Agreement, Meet Point Billing, as supported by Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (MECAB) guidelines, shall mean the exchange of billing data relating to jointly provided switched access calls and/or calls transiting BellSouth's network from an originating telecommunications carrier other than BellSouth and terminating to a telecommunications carrier other than BellSouth or the originating telecommunications carrier. Subject to Carrier providing all necessary information, BellSouth agrees to participate in Meet Point Billing for traffic which transits its network when both the originating and terminating parties participate in Meet Point Billing with BellSouth, and/or originate and/or terminate switched access traffic to Carrier via BellSouth's network. BellSouth shall pass billable records to Carrier at no charge. Depending on the delivery medium selected by Carrier, appropriate charges for that delivery medium will be applied. Traffic from a network which does not participate in Meet Point Billing will be delivered by BellSouth, however, call records for traffic originated and/or terminated by a non-Meet Point Billing network will not be delivered to the originating and/or terminating network.
Meet Point Billing. 2.1 AT&T and GTE will establish meet-point billing (“MPB”) arrangements in accordance with the Meet Point Billing guidelines adopted by and contained in the OBF’s MECAB and MECOD documents. Both Parties will use their best reasonable efforts, individually and collectively, to maintain provisions in their respective federal and state access tariffs, and/or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (“NECA”) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff to reflect the MPB arrangements identified in this Agreement, in MECAB and in MECOD.
Meet Point Billing. A. Meet Point Billing (MPB), as supported by Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (MECAB) guidelines, shall mean the exchange of billing data relating to jointly provided switched access calls and Intermediary Traffic. MECAB refers to the document prepared by the Billing Committee of the Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF), which functions under the auspices of the Carrier Liaison Committee (CLC) of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS). The MECAB document, published by Telcordia as Special Report SR-BDS-000983, contains the recommended guidelines for the billing of Switched Access Traffic and Intermediary Traffic provided by two or more telecommunications carriers. Subject to Carrier providing all necessary information, BellSouth agrees to participate in MPB for Switched Access Traffic (as described in BellSouth’s Tariffs) and Intermediary Traffic. In the event a Third Party Carrier continues to charge BellSouth for Carriers’ Intermediary Traffic, Xxxxxxx agrees to keep BellSouth whole for such traffic as stipulated in Section VII C. above. BellSouth shall pass Electronic Message Interface (EMI) 1101 call records to Carrier at no charge. Depending on the delivery medium selected by Carrier, appropriate charges for that delivery medium will be applied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of MPB, where either or both of the originating or terminating carrier of Intermediary Traffic does not have MPB capability, Section VII C. will apply.
Meet Point Billing. 2.1 Sprint and BA will establish meet-point billing (“MPB”) arrangements to provide a common transport option to switched exchange access services customers via a BA access tandem switch in accordance with the MPB guidelines adopted by and contained in the Ordering and Billing Forum’s MECAB and MECOD documents, except as modified herein, and BA’s Tariffs. The arrangements described in this Section 2 are intended to be used to provide switched exchange access service that originates and/or terminates on a Telephone Exchange Service that is provided by either Party, where the transport component of the switched exchange access service is routed through a tandem switch that is provided by BA.
Meet Point Billing. 4.1. CLEC and NEVADA will establish meet-point billing (“MPB”) arrangements for jointly provided switched access to an IEC, in accordance with the Meet Point Billing guidelines adopted by and contained in the OBF’s MECAB and MECOD documents, except as modified herein. Both Parties will use their best reasonable efforts, individually and collectively, to maintain provisions in their respective federal and state access tariffs, and provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff to reflect the MPB arrangements identified in this Agreement, in MECAB and in MECOD.
Meet Point Billing. 4.1.20.1 AT&T and U S WEST will establish meet-point billing ("MPB") arrangements in accordance with the Meet Point Billing guidelines adopted by and
Meet Point Billing. 4.1.23.1 Pac-West and U S WEST will establish meet-point billing ("MPB") arrangements in accordance with the Meet Point Billing guidelines adopted by and contained in the OBF's MECAB and MECOD documents, except as otherwise mutually agreed to by the Parties. Both Parties will use their best reasonable efforts, individually and collectively, to maintain provisions in their respective federal and state access tariffs, and/or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor tariff to reflect the MPB arrangements identified in this Agreement, in MECAB and in MECOD.
Meet Point Billing. A. For purposes of this Agreement, Meet Point Billing, as supported by Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (MECAB) guidelines, shall mean the exchange of billing data which details jointly provided switched access calls and calls transiting BellSouth's network from an originating telecommunications carrier other than BellSouth and terminating to a telecommunications carrier other than BellSouth or the originating telecommunications carrier. Subject to Carrier providing all necessary information, BellSouth agrees to participate in Meet Point Billing for traffic which transits it’s network when both the originating and terminating parties participate in Meet Point Billing with BellSouth and/or originate and/or terminate switched access traffic to carrier via BellSouth's network. BellSouth shall provide billable records to Carrier at no charge. Depending upon the delivery medium selected by Carrier, appropriate charges for that delivery medium will be applied. Traffic from a network which does not participate in Meet Point Billing will be delivered by BellSouth, however, call records for traffic originated and/or terminated by a non-Meet Point Billing network will not be delivered to the originating and/or terminating network. Parties participating in Meet Point Billing with BellSouth are required to provide information necessary for BellSouth to identify the parties to be billed. Information required for Meet Point Billing includes Regional Accounting Office code (XXX) and Operating Company Number (OCN) per state. The following information is required for billing in a Meet Point Billing environment and includes, but is not limited to; (1) a unique Access Carrier Name Abbreviation (ACNA), (2) Percent Interstate Usage, (3) Percent Local Usage, (4) 800 Service Percent Interstate Usage or default of 50%, and (5) Billing Interconnection Percentage. A default Billing Interconnection Percentage of 95% BellSouth and 5% Carrier will be used if Carrier does not file with NECA to establish a Billing Interconnection Percentage other than default. Carrier must support Meet Point Billing for all intermediary calls in accordance with Mechanized Exchange Carrier Access Billing (MECAB) guidelines. The parties acknowledge that the exchange of 1150 records will not be required.
