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) B. The parties will accept and provide any of the preceding methods of interconnection. 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. In the event a party interconnects via the purchase of facilities and/or services from the other party, the appropriate intrastate tariff, as amended from time to time will apply. The parties acknowledge, however, that with respect to such facilities that run from BellSouth’s tandem or end office to Carrier’s first switch or terminal as the case may be, in the same LATA as the interconnected BellSouth tandem or end office, the applicable recurring charges for such facilities will be shared by the parties with BellSouth responsible for 85% of the facility charges and Carrier responsible for 15% of the facility charges, except that BellSouth shall only share the cost of the first twenty-five (25) miles of interoffice facilities, with Carrier responsible for all other interoffice facility charges. Sharing of recurring facilitiy charges shall apply to activated trunks only. Carrier shall be and remain solely responsible for all installation and other nonrecurring charges for such facilities. C. The decision to activate facilities for which charges are shared will be made by the party responsible for the majority of the recurring charges for the facility. This decision will be based on traffic information from studies performed by BellSouth or, if BellSouth has not or will not perform such studies, by traffic information provided by Carrier. Recurring facility charges sharing will be at the DS1 level for transport facilities at the DS1 or higher level. If trunks have been activated in quantities exceeding the capacity of a full DS1, but not sufficient to fully occupy an additional DS1, sharing will be rounded up to the next DS1. Sharing of recurring facility charges for those carriers who subscribe to voice grade transport at less than the DS1 level will be based on actual facilities installed. D. Nothing herein shall prevent Carrier from utilizing existing collocation facilities, purchased from the interexchange tariffs, for local interconnection; 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. Each party will bill its own access services 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 reasonable efforts to construct its network, including the interconnecting facilities, to achieve optimum cost effectiveness and network efficiency. 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 party; (2)other B. C. The parties will accept and provide any of the preceding methods of interconnection. 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 delivery of traffic to end users served by that end office. In the event Such interconnecting facilities shall conform, at a party interconnects via the purchase of facilities and/or services from the other partyminimum, the appropriate intrastate tariff, as amended from time to time will apply. The parties acknowledge, however, that with respect to such facilities that run from BellSouth’s tandem or end office to Carrier’s first switch or terminal as the case may be, in the same LATA as the interconnected BellSouth tandem or end office, the applicable recurring charges for such facilities will be shared by the parties with BellSouth responsible for 85% of the facility charges and Carrier responsible for 15% of the facility charges, except that BellSouth shall only share the cost of the first twenty-five (25) miles of interoffice facilities, with Carrier responsible for all other interoffice facility charges. Sharing of recurring facilitiy charges shall apply to activated trunks only. Carrier shall be and remain solely responsible for all installation and other nonrecurring charges for such facilities. C. The decision to activate facilities for which charges are shared will be made by the party responsible for the majority of the recurring charges for the facility. This decision will be based on traffic information from studies performed by BellSouth or, if BellSouth has not or will not perform such studies, by traffic information provided by Carrier. Recurring facility charges sharing will be at the DS1 level for transport facilities at the DS1 or higher level. If trunks have been activated in quantities exceeding the capacity of a full DS1, but not sufficient to fully occupy an additional DS1, sharing will be rounded up to the next DS1telecommunications industry standard of DS-1 pursuant to Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xx. Sharing of recurring facility charges for those carriers who subscribe to voice grade transport at less than the DS1 level will be based on actual facilities installed.XX-XXX-00000. Signal transfer point, Signaling System 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. When 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. F. The parties will use an auditable PLU factor as a method for determining the amount of traffic exchanged by the parties provide that is Local or Non-Local. The PLU factor will be used for traffic delivered by either party for termination on the other party’s network. G. Unless otherwise agreed, when the parties deliver Access Traffic from an access service connection between an interexchange carrier Interexchange Carrier (“IXC”) and to each other, each party will provide its own access services to the IXC. Each party will bill (and xxxx at its own access services 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.

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) B. The parties will accept and provide any of the preceding methods of interconnection. 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. In the event a party interconnects via the purchase of facilities and/or services from the other party, the appropriate intrastate tariff, as amended from time to time will apply. The parties acknowledge, however, that with respect to such facilities that run from BellSouth’s tandem or end office to Carrier’s first switch or terminal as the case may be, in the same LATA as the interconnected BellSouth tandem or end office, the applicable recurring charges for such facilities will be shared by the parties with BellSouth responsible for 85% of the facility charges and Carrier responsible for 15% of the facility charges, except that BellSouth shall only share the cost of the first twenty-five (25) miles of interoffice facilities, with Carrier responsible for all other interoffice facility charges. Sharing of recurring facilitiy charges shall apply to activated trunks only. Carrier shall be and remain solely responsible for all installation and other nonrecurring charges for such facilities. C. The decision to activate facilities for which charges are shared will be made by the party responsible for the majority of the recurring charges for the facility. This decision will be based on traffic information from studies performed by BellSouth or, if BellSouth has not or will not perform such studies, by traffic information provided by Carrier. Recurring facility charges sharing will be at the DS1 level for transport facilities at the DS1 or higher level. If trunks have been activated in quantities exceeding the capacity of a full DS1, but not sufficient to fully occupy an additional DS1, sharing will be rounded up to the next DS1. Sharing of recurring facility charges for those carriers who subscribe to voice grade transport at less than the DS1 level will be based on actual facilities installed. D. Nothing herein shall prevent Carrier from utilizing existing collocation facilities, purchased from the interexchange tariffs, for local interconnection; 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. Each party will bill xxxx its own access services 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 The parties agree that there are three appropriate methods of interconnecting facilities: (1) virtual collocation where physical collocation is not practical for technical reasons or because of space limitations; (2) physical collocation; and (3) interconnection via purchase of facilities from either party by the other party; . Rates and charges for collocation are set forth in Attachment C-13, incorporated herein by this reference. Facilities may be purchased at rates, terms and conditions set forth in BellSouth’s intrastate Switched Access (2)Section E6) or Special Access (Section E7) services tariff. 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 also 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. B. The parties will agree to accept and provide any of the preceding methods of interconnection. Connectivity 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. In the event a party interconnects via the purchase of facilities and/or services from the other party, the appropriate intrastate tariff, as amended from time to time will apply. The parties acknowledge, however, that with respect to such facilities that run from BellSouth’s tandem or end office to Carrier’s first switch or terminal as the case may be, in the same LATA as the interconnected BellSouth tandem or end office, the applicable recurring charges for such facilities will be shared by the parties with BellSouth responsible for 85% of the facility charges and Carrier responsible for 15% of the facility charges, except that BellSouth shall only share the cost of the first twenty-five (25) miles of interoffice facilities, with Carrier responsible for all other interoffice facility charges. Sharing of recurring facilitiy charges shall apply to activated trunks only. Carrier shall be and remain solely responsible for all installation and other nonrecurring charges for such facilities.to C. The decision to activate facilities for which charges are shared will be made by the party responsible for the majority of the recurring charges for the facility. This decision will be based on traffic information from studies performed by BellSouth or, if BellSouth has not or will not perform such studies, by traffic information provided by Carrier. Recurring facility charges sharing will be at the DS1 level for transport facilities at the DS1 or higher level. If trunks have been activated in quantities exceeding the capacity of a full DS1, but not sufficient to fully occupy an additional DS1, sharing will be rounded up to the next DS1. Sharing of recurring facility charges for those carriers who subscribe to voice grade transport at less than the DS1 level will be based on actual facilities installed. D. Nothing herein shall prevent Carrier from utilizing existing collocation facilities, purchased from the interexchange tariffs, for local interconnection;; provided, however, that 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. D. The parties agree to establish trunk groups from the interconnecting facilities of subsection (A) of this section such that each party provides a reciprocal of each trunk group established by the other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party may construct its network, including the interconnecting facilities, to achieve optimum cost effectiveness and network efficiency. BellSouth's treatment of Carrier as to said charges shall be consistent with BellSouth treatment of other local exchange carriers for the same charges. Unless otherwise agreed, BellSouth will provide or bear the cost of all trunk groups for the delivery of 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 access tandem and end office at which the parties interconnect. E. The parties agree to use an auditable PLU factor as a method for determining whether traffic is Local or Toll. The PLU factor will be used for traffic delivered by either party for termination on the other party’s network. F. 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. Each party will bill xxxx its own access services rates to the IXC. F. G. 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 The parties agree that there are three appropriate methods of interconnecting facilities: (1) interconnection via purchase of facilities from either party by the other party; (2)virtual collocation where physical collocation is not practical B. The parties will agree to accept and provide any of the preceding methods of interconnection. Connectivity 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. In 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 7 (“SS7”) connectivity is required at each interconnection point after Carrier implements SS7 capability within its own network. BellSouth will provide out-of-band signaling using Common Channel Signaling Access Capability where technically and economically feasible, in accordance with the technical specifications set forth in the BellSouth Guidelines to Technical Publication, TR-TSV-000905. The parties agree that their facilities shall provide the necessary on- hook, off-hook answer and disconnect supervision and shall hand off calling party number ID when technically feasible. The parties further agree that in the event a party interconnects via the purchase of facilities and/or services from the other party, the appropriate intrastate tariff, as amended from time to time will apply. The parties acknowledge, however, In the event that with respect to such facilities that run from BellSouth’s tandem or end office to Carrier’s first switch or terminal as the case may be, in the same LATA as the interconnected BellSouth tandem or end officeare used for two-way interconnection, the applicable recurring parties agree that the appropriate charges for such facilities will be shared by the parties with BellSouth responsible for 85% based upon percentages equal to the estimated or actual percentage of the facility charges and Carrier responsible for 15% of the facility charges, except that BellSouth shall only share the cost of the first twenty-five (25) miles of interoffice facilities, with Carrier responsible for all other interoffice facility charges. Sharing of recurring facilitiy charges shall apply to activated trunks only. Carrier shall be and remain solely responsible for all installation and other nonrecurring charges for traffic on such facilities. C. The decision to activate facilities for which charges are shared will be made by the party responsible for the majority of the recurring charges for the facility. This decision will be based on traffic information from studies performed by BellSouth or, if BellSouth has not or will not perform such studies, by traffic information provided by Carrier. Recurring facility charges sharing will be at the DS1 level for transport facilities at the DS1 or higher level. If trunks have been activated in quantities exceeding the capacity of a full DS1, but not sufficient to fully occupy an additional DS1, sharing will be rounded up to the next DS1. Sharing of recurring facility charges for those carriers who subscribe to voice grade transport at less than the DS1 level will be based on actual facilities installed. D. Nothing herein shall prevent Carrier from utilizing existing collocation facilities, purchased from the interexchange tariffs, for local interconnection;; provided, however, that 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. D. The parties agree to establish trunk groups from the interconnecting facilities of subsection (A) of this section such that each party provides a reciprocal of each trunk group established by the other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party may construct its network, including the interconnecting facilities, to achieve optimum cost effectiveness and network efficiency. BellSouth's treatment of Carrier as to said charges shall be consistent with BellSouth treatment of other local exchange carriers for the same charges. Unless otherwise agreed, BellSouth will provide or bear the cost of all trunk groups for the delivery of traffic from BellSouth to Carrier’s Mobile E. The parties agree to use an auditable PLU factor as a method for determining whether traffic is Local or Toll. The PLU factor will be used for traffic delivered by either party for termination on the other party’s network. F. 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. Each party will bill xxxx its own access services rates to the IXC. F. G. 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 reasonable efforts to construct its network, including the interconnecting facilities, to achieve optimum cost effectiveness and network efficiency. 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 party; (2)other B. C. The parties will accept and provide any of the preceding methods of interconnection. 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 delivery of traffic to end users served by that end office. In the event Such interconnecting facilities shall conform, at a party interconnects via the purchase of facilities and/or services from the other partyminimum, the appropriate intrastate tariff, as amended from time to time will apply. The parties acknowledge, however, that with respect to such facilities that run from BellSouth’s tandem or end office to Carrier’s first switch or terminal as the case may be, in the same LATA as the interconnected BellSouth tandem or end office, the applicable recurring charges for such facilities will be shared by the parties with BellSouth responsible for 85% of the facility charges and Carrier responsible for 15% of the facility charges, except that BellSouth shall only share the cost of the first twenty-five (25) miles of interoffice facilities, with Carrier responsible for all other interoffice facility charges. Sharing of recurring facilitiy charges shall apply to activated trunks only. Carrier shall be and remain solely responsible for all installation and other nonrecurring charges for such facilities. C. The decision to activate facilities for which charges are shared will be made by the party responsible for the majority of the recurring charges for the facility. This decision will be based on traffic information from studies performed by BellSouth or, if BellSouth has not or will not perform such studies, by traffic information provided by Carrier. Recurring facility charges sharing will be at the DS1 level for transport facilities at the DS1 or higher level. If trunks have been activated in quantities exceeding the capacity of a full DS1, but not sufficient to fully occupy an additional DS1, sharing will be rounded up to the next DS1telecommunications industry standard of DS-1 pursuant to Bellcore Standard No. Sharing of recurring facility charges for those carriers who subscribe to voice grade transport at less than the DS1 level will be based on actual facilities installed.TR-NWT-00499. Signal transfer point, Signaling System 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. When 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. F. The parties will use an auditable PLU factor as a method for determining the amount of traffic exchanged by the parties provide that is Local or Non-Local. The PLU factor will be used for traffic delivered by either party for termination on the other party’s network. G. Unless otherwise agreed, when the parties deliver Access Traffic from an access service connection between an interexchange carrier Interexchange Carrier (“IXC”) and to each other, each party will provide its own access services to the IXC. Each party will (and bill at its own access services 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.