Common use of Methods of Interconnection Clause in Contracts

Methods of Interconnection. A. There are three appropriate methods of interconnecting facilities: (1) interconnection via purchase of facilities from either party by the other party; (2) physical collocation; and (3) virtual collocation where physical collocation is not practical for technical reasons or because of space limitations. Type 1, Type 2A and Type 2B interconnection arrangements described in BellSouth’s General Subscriber Services Tariff, Section A35, or, in the case of North Carolina, in the North Carolina Connection and Traffic Interchange Agreement effective June 30, 1994, as amended, may be purchased pursuant to this Agreement provided, however, that such interconnection arrangements shall be provided at the rates, terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The rates, terms and conditions of interconnection facilities purchased under this Agreement are subject to the discounts available in any effective volume and term agreement between the Parties. Rates and charges for both virtual and physical collocation may be provided in a separate collocation agreement. Rates for virtual collocation will be based on BellSouth's Interstate Access Services Tariff, FCC #1, Section 20 and/or BellSouth's Intrastate Access Services Tariff, Section E20. Rates for physical collocation will be negotiated on an individual case basis. B. The parties will accept and provide any of the preceding methods of interconnection. Reciprocal connectivity shall be established to at least one BellSouth access tandem within every LATA Carrier desires to serve, or Carrier may elect to interconnect directly at an end office for interconnection to end users served by that end office. Such interconnecting facilities shall conform, at a minimum, to the telecommunications industry standard of DS-1 pursuant to Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xx. XX-XXX-00000. Signal transfer point, Signaling System C. The parties will establish trunk groups from the interconnecting facilities of subsection (A) of this section. Each party will use its best efforts to construct its network, including the interconnecting facilities, to achieve optimum cost effectiveness and network efficiency provided that Carrier will not be required to construct more than one POI within any given LATA. Unless otherwise agreed, BellSouth will provide or bear the cost of all trunk groups for the delivery of Local Traffic from BellSouth to Carrier’s Mobile Telephone Switching Offices within BellSouth’s service territory, and Carrier will provide or bear the cost of all trunk groups for the delivery of traffic from Carrier to each BellSouth tandem or end office at which the parties interconnect. Carrier will also provide or bear the cost of trunk groups carrying intermediary (transit) traffic. D. When BellSouth notifies Carrier that capacity issues at any BellSouth tandem, including but not limited to port capacity and processing capacity, require Carrier to add interconnection facilities to additional BellSouth tandems or to BellSouth end offices, the Parties agree to joint planning sessions through which the Parties will develop mutually acceptable plan(s) to alleviate such tandem capacity problems. Such mutually agreed to plans may include BellSouth providing the necessary transport facilities past the tandem for Carrier to provide Type 2B interconnection and waiving the charges for such facilities from the tandem to the end office, provided however that Carrier agrees to will compensate BellSouth for the necessary interconnection facilities to the POI. E. When the parties provide an access service connection between an Interexchange Carrier (“IXC”) and each other, each party will provide its own access services to the IXC. If access charges are billed, each party will xxxx its own access service rates to the IXC. F. The ordering and provision of all services purchased from BellSouth by Carrier shall be as set forth in the BellSouth Telecommunications Wireless Customer Guide as that guide is amended by BellSouth from time to time during the term of this Agreement.

Methods of Interconnection. A. There are three appropriate methods of interconnecting facilities: (1) interconnection via purchase of facilities from either party by the other party; (2) physical collocation; and (3) virtual collocation where physical collocation is not practical for technical reasons or because of space limitations. Type 1, Type 2A and Type 2B interconnection arrangements described in BellSouth’s General Subscriber Services Tariff, Section A35, or, in the case of North Carolina, in the North Carolina Connection and Traffic Interchange Agreement effective June 30, 1994, as amended, may be purchased pursuant to this Agreement provided, however, that such interconnection arrangements shall be provided at the rates, terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The rates, terms and conditions of interconnection facilities purchased under this Agreement are subject to the discounts available in any effective volume and term agreement between the Parties. Rates and charges for both virtual and physical collocation may be provided in a separate collocation agreement. Rates for virtual collocation will be based on BellSouth's Interstate Access Services Tariff, FCC #1, Section 20 and/or BellSouth's Intrastate Access Services Tariff, Section E20. Rates for physical collocation will be negotiated on an individual case basis. B. The parties will accept and provide any of the preceding methods of interconnection. Reciprocal connectivity shall be established to at least one BellSouth access tandem within every LATA Carrier desires to serve, or Carrier may elect to interconnect directly at an end office for interconnection to end users served by that end office. Such interconnecting facilities shall conform, at a minimum, to the telecommunications industry standard of DS-1 pursuant to Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx XxBellcore Standard No. XXTR-XXX-00000NWT-00499. Signal transfer point, Signaling System C. The parties will establish trunk groups from the interconnecting facilities of subsection (A) of this section. Each party will use its best efforts to construct its network, including the interconnecting facilities, to achieve optimum cost effectiveness and network efficiency provided that Carrier will not be required to construct more than one POI within any given LATA. Unless otherwise agreed, BellSouth will provide or bear the cost of all trunk groups for the delivery of Local Traffic from BellSouth to Carrier’s Mobile Telephone Switching Offices within BellSouth’s service territory, and Carrier will provide or bear the cost of all trunk groups for the delivery of traffic from Carrier to each BellSouth tandem or end office at which the parties interconnect. Carrier will also provide or bear the cost of trunk groups carrying intermediary (transit) traffic. D. When BellSouth notifies Carrier that capacity issues at any BellSouth tandem, including but not limited to port capacity and processing capacity, require Carrier to add interconnection facilities to additional BellSouth tandems or to BellSouth end offices, the Parties agree to joint planning sessions through which the Parties will develop mutually acceptable plan(s) to alleviate such tandem capacity problems. Such mutually agreed to plans may include BellSouth providing the necessary transport facilities past the tandem for Carrier to provide Type 2B interconnection and waiving the charges for such facilities from the tandem to the end office, provided however that Carrier Xxxxxxx agrees to will compensate BellSouth for the necessary interconnection facilities to the POI. E. When the parties provide an access service connection between an Interexchange Carrier (“IXC”) and each other, each party will provide its own access services to the IXC. If access charges are billed, each party will xxxx bill its own access service rates to the IXC. F. The ordering and provision of all services purchased from BellSouth by Carrier shall be as set forth in the BellSouth Telecommunications Wireless Customer Guide as that guide is amended by BellSouth from time to time during the term of this Agreement.

Methods of Interconnection. A. By mutual agreement of the parties, trunk groups arrangements between Carrier and BellSouth shall be established using the interconnecting facilities methods of subsection (B) of this section. Each party will use commercially B. There are three appropriate methods of interconnecting facilities: (1) interconnection via purchase of facilities from owned, provisioned and/or provided by either party by to the other partyparty1; (2) physical collocation; and (3) virtual collocation where physical collocation is not practical for technical reasons or because of space limitations. Type 1, Type 2A and Type 2B interconnection arrangements described in BellSouth’s General Subscriber Services Tariff, Section A35, or, in the case of North Carolina, in the North Carolina Connection and Traffic Interchange Agreement effective June 30, 1994, as amended, may be purchased pursuant to this Agreement provided, however, that such interconnection arrangements shall be provided at the rates, terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The rates, terms and conditions of interconnection facilities purchased under this Agreement are subject to the discounts available in any effective volume and term agreement between the Parties. Rates and charges for both virtual and physical collocation may be provided in a separate collocation agreement. Rates for virtual collocation will be based on BellSouth's Interstate Access Services Tariff, FCC #1, Section 20 and/or BellSouth's Intrastate Access Services Tariff, Section E20. Rates for physical collocation will be negotiated on an individual case basis. B. C. The parties will accept and provide any of the preceding methods of interconnection. Reciprocal connectivity shall be established to Carrier may establish a POI on BellSouth’s network at any technically feasible point in accordance with the 47 CFR 51.703(b). Carrier must designate a POI at at least one BellSouth access tandem within every LATA Carrier desires to serve, or alternatively, Carrier may elect (in addition to or in lieu of access interconnection at BellSouth’s access tandem) to interconnect directly at an any BellSouth end office for interconnection delivery of traffic to end users served by that end office. Such interconnecting facilities shall conform, at a minimum, to the telecommunications industry standard of DS-1 pursuant to Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx XxBellcore Standard No. XXTR-XXX-00000NWT-00499. Signal transfer point, Signaling System C. D. Nothing herein shall prevent Carrier from utilizing existing collocation facilities, purchased from the interexchange tariffs, for local interconnection; provided, however, that unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, if Carrier orders new facilities for interconnection or rearranges any facilities presently used for its alternate access business in order to use such facilities for local interconnection hereunder and a BellSouth charge is applicable thereto, BellSouth shall only charge Carrier the lower of the interstate or intrastate tariffed rate or promotional rate. E. The parties agree to provide at least a P.01 level of service and to work cooperatively in the placement and/or removal of interconnection facilities. The parties will establish trunk groups from the interconnecting facilities of subsection (A) of this section. Each party will use its best efforts to construct its network, including the interconnecting facilities, to achieve optimum cost effectiveness and network efficiency provided efficiency. F. The parties will use an auditable PLU factor as a method for determining the amount of traffic exchanged by the parties that Carrier is Local or Non-Local. The PLU factor will not be required to construct more than one POI within any given LATA. used for traffic delivered by either party for termination on the other party’s network. G. Unless otherwise agreed, BellSouth will provide or bear when the cost of all trunk groups for the delivery of Local parties deliver Access Traffic from BellSouth to Carrier’s Mobile Telephone Switching Offices within BellSouth’s service territory, and Carrier will provide or bear the cost of all trunk groups for the delivery of traffic from Carrier to each BellSouth tandem or end office at which the parties interconnect. Carrier will also provide or bear the cost of trunk groups carrying intermediary (transit) traffic. D. When BellSouth notifies Carrier that capacity issues at any BellSouth tandem, including but not limited to port capacity and processing capacity, require Carrier to add interconnection facilities to additional BellSouth tandems or to BellSouth end offices, the Parties agree to joint planning sessions through which the Parties will develop mutually acceptable plan(s) to alleviate such tandem capacity problems. Such mutually agreed to plans may include BellSouth providing the necessary transport facilities past the tandem for Carrier to provide Type 2B interconnection and waiving the charges for such facilities from the tandem to the end office, provided however that Carrier agrees to will compensate BellSouth for the necessary interconnection facilities to the POI. E. When the parties provide an access service connection between an Interexchange Carrier (“IXC”) and to each other, each party will provide its own access services to the IXC. If access charges are billed, each party will xxxx (and bill at its own access service rates to rates) the IXC. F. H. The ordering and provision of all services purchased from BellSouth by Carrier shall be as set forth in the BellSouth Telecommunications Wireless Customer Guide as that guide is amended by BellSouth from time to time during the term of this Agreement. The ordering and provisioning of facilities or services by a party, including, but limited to, installation, testing, maintenance, repair, and disaster recovery, shall be provided at a level of quality and care at least equal to that which it provides to itself, an affiliate, or, in the case of BellSouth supplied interconnection, at least equal to that provided by BellSouth to any other similarly situated CMRS provider having interconnection arrangement(s) with BellSouth comparable to the interconnection arrangement(s) provided to Carrier under this Agreement, unless Carrier and BellSouth specifically negotiate a different level of quality or care.