Common use of Mid-Span Meets Clause in Contracts

Mid-Span Meets. 4.3.1 In addition to the foregoing methods of Interconnection, the Parties agree, upon either Party's written request, to engage in good faith negotiations concerning the feasibility of interconnecting via a Mid-Span Meet arrangement. Such request may be initiated by either Party no earlier than three (3) months after the initial Interconnection under this Agreement of the Parties' networks in the LATA for which the Mid-Span Meet is requested. Negotiations responding to Mid-Span Meet requests shall be conducted pursuant to the following schedule. The Parties may by agreement in any particular instance modify this schedule or implement it through face-to-face information exchanges. (a) Good faith discussions shall be initiated by the Parties within thirty (30) days of such written request. (b) The requesting Party shall provide all information necessary to design a Mid-Span Meet arrangement to the other Party within fifteen (15) days of the initiation of discussions. In the event any additional information is reasonably necessary, the requesting Party shall provide such information within fifteen (15) days of any request therefor. (c) The other Party shall respond to the requesting Party with a preliminary cost and installation interval, a proposal to undertake a joint operational and technical test, or a technical reason that such request is technically infeasible, within thirty (30) days of receiving all necessary information from the requesting party. (d) The other Party shall provide to the requesting Party, within thirty (30) days of receipt of definitive authorization from the requesting Party to proceed with the request, a detailed description, cost estimate, and installation interval. 4.3.2 The establishment of any Mid-Span Meet arrangement is expressly conditioned upon the Parties' reaching prior agreement on appropriate sizing and forecasting, equipment, ordering, provisioning, maintenance, repair, testing, augment, and compensation procedures and arrangements, and on any other arrangements necessary to implement the Mid- Span Meet arrangement. Any Mid-Span Meet arrangement requested at a third-party premises is expressly conditioned on the Parties' having sufficient capacity at the requested location to meet such request, on unrestricted 24-hour access for both Parties to the requested location, on other appropriate protections as deemed necessary by either Party, and on an appropriate commitment that such access and other arrangements may not be restricted for a reasonable period. 4.3.3 Mid-Span Meet arrangements shall be used only for the termination of Local Traffic and IntraLATA Toll Traffic unless and until such time as the Parties have agreed to appropriate compensation arrangements relating to the exchange of other types of traffic over such Mid-Span Meet, and only where facilities are available. Any agreement to access unbundled Network Elements via a Mid-Span Meet arrangement shall be conditioned on the resolution of the technical and other issues described in this subsection 4.3, resolution by the joint operations team of additional issues (such as inventory and testing procedures unique to the provision of unbundled Network Elements via a Mid-Span Meet), and, as necessary, completion of a joint operational and technical test. In addition, access to unbundled Network Elements via a Mid-Span Meet arrangement for access to such Elements, shall be limited to that which is required by the FCC Regulations, and shall be subject to full compensation of all relevant costs (as defined in the FCC Regulations) by the requesting Party to the other Party.

Mid-Span Meets. 4.3.1 3.3.1 In addition to the foregoing methods of Interconnection, the Parties agree, upon either Party's written request, to engage in good faith negotiations concerning the feasibility of interconnecting via a Mid-Span Meet arrangement. Such request may be initiated by either Party no earlier than three (3) months after the initial Interconnection under this Agreement of the Parties' networks in the LATA for which the Mid-Span Meet is requested. Negotiations responding to Mid-Span Meet requests shall be conducted pursuant to the following schedule. The Parties may by agreement in any particular instance modify this schedule or implement it through face-to-face information exchanges. (a) . Good faith discussions shall be initiated by the Parties within thirty (30) days of such written request. (b) The requesting Party shall provide all information necessary to design a Mid-Span Meet arrangement to the other Party within fifteen (15) days of the initiation of discussions. In the event any additional information is reasonably necessary, the requesting Party shall provide such information within fifteen (15) days of any request therefor. (c) The other Party shall respond to the requesting Party with a preliminary cost and installation interval, a proposal to undertake a joint operational and technical test, or a technical reason that such request is technically infeasible, within thirty (30) days of receiving all necessary information from the requesting party. (d) The other Party shall provide to the requesting Party, within thirty (30) days of receipt of definitive authorization from the requesting Party to proceed with the request, a detailed description, cost estimate, and installation interval. 4.3.2 3.3.2 The establishment of any Mid-Span Meet arrangement is expressly conditioned upon the Parties' reaching prior agreement on appropriate sizing and forecasting, site selection, equipment, ordering, provisioning, maintenance, repair, testing, augment, and compensation procedures and arrangementsarrange­ments, and on any other arrangements necessary to implement the Mid- Mid-Span Meet arrangement. Any Mid-Span Meet arrangement requested at a third-party premises is expressly conditioned on the Parties' having sufficient capacity at the requested location to meet such request, on unrestricted 24-hour access for both Parties to the requested location, on other appropriate protections as deemed necessary by either Party, and on an appropriate commitment that such access and other arrangements may not be restricted for a reasonable period. 4.3.3 3.3.3 Mid-Span Meet arrangements shall be used only for the termination of Local Traffic and IntraLATA Toll Traffic unless and until such time as the Parties have agreed to appropriate compensation arrangements relating to the exchange of other types of traffic over such Mid-Span Meet, and only where facilities are available. Any agreement to access unbundled Network Elements via a Mid-Span Meet arrangement shall be conditioned on the resolution of the technical and other issues described in this subsection 4.33.3, resolution by the joint operations team of additional issues (such as inventory and testing procedures unique to the provision of unbundled Network Elements via a Mid-Span Meet), and, as necessary, completion of a joint operational and technical test. In addition, access to unbundled Network Elements via a Mid-Span Meet arrangement for access to such Elements, shall be limited to that which is required by the FCC Regulations, and shall be subject to full compensation of all relevant costs (as defined in the FCC Regulations) by the requesting Party to the other Party.