Common use of Mutual Provision of Access Service Clause in Contracts

Mutual Provision of Access Service. When BellSouth and Access One provide an access service connection between an interexchange carrier (“IXC”) and each other, each party will provide its own access services to the IXC on a multi-bill, multi-tariff meet-point basis. Each party will bill its own access services rates to the IXC with the exception of the interconnection charge. The interconnection charge will be billed by the party providing the end office function. BellSouth will use the Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing system to establish meet point billing for all applicable traffic, including traffic terminating to ported numbers. 30- day billing periods will be employed for these arrangements. The recording party agrees to provide to the initial billing company, at no charge, the switched access detailed usage data within no more than 60 (60) days after the recording date. The initial billing company will provide the switched access summary usage data to all subsequent billing companies within 10 days of rendering the initial bill to the IXC. Each company will notify the other when it is not feasible to meet these requirements so that the customers may be notified for any necessary revenue accrual associated with the significantly delayed recording or billing. As business requirements change data reporting requirements may be modified as necessary. 1.7.1 Where either company has been notified that the other company has a Billing Guarantee Practice, each company so notified (the Initial Billing Company or the recording company) will be held liable for any access revenues which it has caused to be determined unbillable under the guidelines of such Billing Guarantee Practice of the other company. Each company will provide complete documentation to the other to substantiate any claim of unbillable access revenues. A negotiated settlement will be agreed upon between the companies. 1.7.2 Each company will retain for a minimum period of sixty (60) days, access message detail sufficient to recreate any data which is lost or damaged by their company or any third party involved in processing or transporting data. 1.7.3 Each company agrees to recreate the lost or damaged data within forty- eight *48) hours of notification by the other or by an authorized third party handling the data. 1.7.4 Each company also agrees to process the recreated data within forty- eight (48) hours of receipt at its data processing center. 1.7.5 All claims should be filed with the other company with 120 days of the receipt of the date of the unbillable usage. 1.7.6 The Initial Billing Company shall keep records of its billing activities relating to jointly-provided Intrastate and Interstate access services in sufficient detail to permit the Subsequent Billing Company to, by formal or informal review or audit, to verify the accuracy and reasonableness of the jointly-provided access billing data provided by the Initial billing Company. Each company agrees to cooperate in such formal or informal reviews or audits and further agrees to jointly review the findings of such reviews or audits in order to resolve any differences concerning the findings thereof.

Mutual Provision of Access Service. When BellSouth and Access One ICS provide an access service connection between an interexchange carrier (“IXC”) and each other, each party will provide its own access services to the IXC on a multi-bill, multi-tariff meet-point basis. Each party will bill its own access services rates to the IXC with the exception of the interconnection charge. The interconnection charge will be billed by the party providing the end office function. BellSouth will use the Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (MECAB) system to establish meet point billing for all applicable traffic, including traffic terminating to ported numbers. 30- Thirty-day billing periods will be employed for these arrangements. The recording party agrees to provide to the initial billing company, at no charge, the switched access detailed usage data within no more than sixty (60 (60) days after the recording date. The initial billing company will provide the switched access summary usage data to all subsequent billing companies within 10 days of rendering the initial bill to the IXC. Each company will notify the other when it is not feasible to meet these requirements so that the customers may be notified for any necessary revenue accrual associated with the significantly delayed recording or billing. As business requirements change data reporting requirements may be modified as necessary. 1.7.1 Where either company has been notified that the other company has a Billing Guarantee Practice, each company so notified (the Initial Billing Company or the recording company) will be held liable for any access revenues which it has caused to be determined unbillable under the guidelines of such Billing Guarantee Practice of the other company. Each company will provide complete documentation to the other to substantiate any claim of unbillable access revenues. A negotiated settlement will be agreed upon between the companies. 1.7.2 Each company will retain for a minimum period of sixty (60) days, access message detail sufficient to recreate any data which is lost or damaged by their company or any third party involved in processing or transporting data. 1.7.3 Each company agrees to recreate the lost or damaged data within forty- eight *(48) hours of notification by the other or by an authorized third party handling the data. 1.7.4 Each company also agrees to process the recreated data within forty- eight (48) hours of receipt at its data processing center. 1.7.5 All claims should be filed with the other company with 120 days of the receipt of the date of the unbillable usage. 1.7.6 The Initial Billing Company shall keep records of its billing activities relating to jointly-provided Intrastate and Interstate access services in sufficient detail to permit the Subsequent Billing Company to, by formal or informal review or audit, to verify the accuracy and reasonableness of the jointly-provided access billing data provided by the Initial billing Billing Company. Each company agrees to cooperate in such formal or informal reviews or audits and further agrees to jointly review the findings of such reviews or audits in order to resolve any differences concerning the findings thereof.

Mutual Provision of Access Service. When BellSouth and Access One Daytona provide an access service connection between an interexchange carrier (“IXC”) and each other, each party will provide its own access services to the IXC on a multi-bill, multi-tariff meet-point basis. Each party will bill its own access services rates to the IXC with the exception of the interconnection charge. The interconnection charge will be billed by the party providing the end office function. BellSouth will use the Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing system to establish meet point billing for all applicable traffic, including traffic terminating to ported numbers. 30- day billing periods will be employed for these arrangements. The recording party agrees to provide to the initial billing company, at no charge, the switched access detailed usage data within no more than 60 (6060 ) days after the recording date. The initial billing company will provide the switched access summary usage data to all subsequent billing companies within 10 days of rendering the initial bill to the IXC. Each company will notify the other when it is not feasible to meet these requirements so that the customers may be notified for any necessary revenue accrual associated with the significantly delayed recording or billing. As business requirements change data reporting requirements may be modified as necessary. 1.7.1 Where either company has been notified that the other company has a Billing Guarantee Practice, each company so notified (the Initial Billing Company or the recording company) will be held liable for any access revenues which it has caused to be determined unbillable under the guidelines of such Billing Guarantee Practice of the other company. Each company will provide complete documentation to the other to substantiate any claim of unbillable access revenues. A negotiated settlement will be agreed upon between the companies. 1.7.2 Each company will retain for a minimum period of sixty (60) days, access message detail sufficient to recreate any data which is lost or damaged by their company or any third party involved in processing or transporting data. 1.7.3 Each company agrees to recreate the lost or damaged data within forty- eight *48) hours of notification by the other or by an authorized third party handling the data. 1.7.4 Each company also agrees to process the recreated data within forty- eight (48) hours of receipt at its data processing center. 1.7.5 All claims should be filed with the other company with 120 days of the receipt of the date of the unbillable usage. 1.7.6 The Initial Billing Company shall keep records of its billing activities relating to jointly-provided Intrastate and Interstate access services in sufficient detail to permit the Subsequent Billing Company to, by formal or informal review or audit, to verify the accuracy and reasonableness of the jointly-provided access billing data provided by the Initial billing Company. Each company agrees to cooperate in such formal or informal reviews or audits and further agrees to jointly review the findings of such reviews or audits in order to resolve any differences concerning the findings thereof.

Mutual Provision of Access Service. When BellSouth and Access One Diamond provide an access service connection between an interexchange carrier (“IXC”) and each other, each party will provide its own access services to the IXC on a multi-billxxxx, multi-tariff meet-point basis. Each party will bill xxxx its own access services rates to the IXC with the exception of the interconnection charge. The interconnection charge will be billed by the party providing the end office function. BellSouth will use the Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing system to establish meet point billing for all applicable traffic, including traffic terminating to ported numbers. 30- day billing periods will be employed for these arrangements. The recording party agrees to provide to the initial billing company, at no charge, the switched access detailed usage data within no more than 60 (6060 ) days after the recording date. The initial billing company will provide the switched access summary usage data to all subsequent billing companies within 10 days of rendering the initial bill xxxx to the IXC. Each company will notify the other when it is not feasible to meet these requirements so that the customers may be notified for any necessary revenue accrual associated with the significantly delayed recording or billing. As business requirements change data reporting requirements may be modified as necessary. 1.7.1 Where either company has been notified that the other company has a Billing Guarantee Practice, each company so notified (the Initial Billing Company or the recording company) will be held liable for any access revenues which it has caused to be determined unbillable under the guidelines of such Billing Guarantee Practice of the other company. Each company will provide complete documentation to the other to substantiate any claim of unbillable access revenues. A negotiated settlement will be agreed upon between the companies. 1.7.2 Each company will retain for a minimum period of sixty (60) days, access message detail sufficient to recreate any data which is lost or damaged by their company or any third party involved in processing or transporting data. 1.7.3 Each company agrees to recreate the lost or damaged data within forty- eight *48) hours of notification by the other or by an authorized third party handling the data. 1.7.4 Each company also agrees to process the recreated data within forty- eight (48) hours of receipt at its data processing center. 1.7.5 All claims should be filed with the other company with 120 days of the receipt of the date of the unbillable usage. 1.7.6 The Initial Billing Company shall keep records of its billing activities relating to jointly-provided Intrastate and Interstate access services in sufficient detail to permit the Subsequent Billing Company to, by formal or informal review or audit, to verify the accuracy and reasonableness of the jointly-provided access billing data provided by the Initial billing Company. Each company agrees to cooperate in such formal or informal reviews or audits and further agrees to jointly review the findings of such reviews or audits in order to resolve any differences concerning the findings thereof.

Mutual Provision of Access Service. When BellSouth and Access One AXSYS provide an access service connection between an interexchange carrier (“IXC”) and each other, each party will provide its own access services to the IXC on a multi-billxxxx, multi-tariff meet-point basis. Each party will bill xxxx its own access services rates to the IXC with the exception of the interconnection charge. The interconnection charge will be billed by the party providing the end office function. BellSouth will use the Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing system to establish meet point billing for all applicable traffic, including traffic terminating to ported numbers. 30- day billing periods will be employed for these arrangements. The recording party agrees to provide to the initial billing company, at no charge, the switched access detailed usage data within no more than 60 (6060 ) days after the recording date. The initial billing company will provide the switched access summary usage data to all subsequent billing companies within 10 days of rendering the initial bill xxxx to the IXC. Each company will notify the other when it is not feasible to meet these requirements so that the customers may be notified for any necessary revenue accrual associated with the significantly delayed recording or billing. As business requirements change data reporting requirements may be modified as necessary. 1.7.1 Where either company has been notified that the other company has a Billing Guarantee Practice, each company so notified (the Initial Billing Company or the recording company) will be held liable for any access revenues which it has caused to be determined unbillable under the guidelines of such Billing Guarantee Practice of the other company. Each company will provide complete documentation to the other to substantiate any claim of unbillable access revenues. A negotiated settlement will be agreed upon between the companies. 1.7.2 Each company will retain for a minimum period of sixty (60) days, access message detail sufficient to recreate any data which is lost or damaged by their company or any third party involved in processing or transporting data. 1.7.3 Each company agrees to recreate the lost or damaged data within forty- eight *48) hours of notification by the other or by an authorized third party handling the data. 1.7.4 Each company also agrees to process the recreated data within forty- eight (48) hours of receipt at its data processing center. 1.7.5 All claims should be filed with the other company with 120 days of the receipt of the date of the unbillable usage. 1.7.6 The Initial Billing Company shall keep records of its billing activities relating to jointly-provided Intrastate and Interstate access services in sufficient detail to permit the Subsequent Billing Company to, by formal or informal review or audit, to verify the accuracy and reasonableness of the jointly-provided access billing data provided by the Initial billing Company. Each company agrees to cooperate in such formal or informal reviews or audits and further agrees to jointly review the findings of such reviews or audits in order to resolve any differences concerning the findings thereof.

Mutual Provision of Access Service. When BellSouth and Access One Ruddata provide an access service connection between an interexchange carrier (“IXC”) and each other, each party will provide its own access services to the IXC on a multi-billxxxx, multi-tariff meet-point basis. Each party will bill xxxx its own access services rates to the IXC with the exception of the interconnection charge. The interconnection charge will be billed by the party providing the end office function. BellSouth will use the Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing system to establish meet point billing for all applicable traffic, including traffic terminating to ported numbers. 30- day billing periods will be employed for these arrangements. The recording party agrees to provide to the initial billing company, at no charge, the switched access detailed usage data within no more than 60 (6060 ) days after the recording date. The initial billing company will provide the switched access summary usage data to all subsequent billing companies within 10 days of rendering the initial bill xxxx to the IXC. Each company will notify the other when it is not feasible to meet these requirements so that the customers may be notified for any necessary revenue accrual associated with the significantly delayed recording or billing. As business requirements change data reporting requirements may be modified as necessary. 1.7.1 Where either company has been notified that the other company has a Billing Guarantee Practice, each company so notified (the Initial Billing Company or the recording company) will be held liable for any access revenues which it has caused to be determined unbillable under the guidelines of such Billing Guarantee Practice of the other company. Each company will provide complete documentation to the other to substantiate any claim of unbillable access revenues. A negotiated settlement will be agreed upon between the companies. 1.7.2 Each company will retain for a minimum period of sixty (60) days, access message detail sufficient to recreate any data which is lost or damaged by their company or any third party involved in processing or transporting data. 1.7.3 Each company agrees to recreate the lost or damaged data within forty- eight *48) hours of notification by the other or by an authorized third party handling the data. 1.7.4 Each company also agrees to process the recreated data within forty- eight (48) hours of receipt at its data processing center. 1.7.5 All claims should be filed with the other company with 120 days of the receipt of the date of the unbillable usage. 1.7.6 The Initial Billing Company shall keep records of its billing activities relating to jointly-provided Intrastate and Interstate access services in sufficient detail to permit the Subsequent Billing Company to, by formal or informal review or audit, to verify the accuracy and reasonableness of the jointly-provided access billing data provided by the Initial billing Company. Each company agrees to cooperate in such formal or informal reviews or audits and further agrees to jointly review the findings of such reviews or audits in order to resolve any differences concerning the findings thereof.

Mutual Provision of Access Service. When BellSouth and Access One Palm Beach Telephone provide an access service connection between an interexchange carrier (“IXC”) and each other, each party will provide its own access services to the IXC on a multi-billxxxx, multi-tariff meet-point basis. Each party will bill xxxx its own access services rates to the IXC with the exception of the interconnection charge. The interconnection charge will be billed by the party providing the end office function. BellSouth will use the Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing system to establish meet point billing for all applicable traffic, including traffic terminating to ported numbers. 30- 30-day billing periods will be employed for these arrangements. The recording party agrees to provide to the initial billing company, at no charge, the switched access detailed usage data within no more than 60 (6060 ) days after the recording date. The initial billing company will provide the switched access summary usage data to all subsequent billing companies within 10 days of rendering the initial bill xxxx to the IXC. Each company will notify the other when it is not feasible to meet these requirements so that the customers may be notified for any necessary revenue accrual associated with the significantly delayed recording or billing. As business requirements change data reporting requirements may be modified as necessary. 1.7.1 Where either company has been notified that the other company has a Billing Guarantee Practice, each company so notified (the Initial Billing Company or the recording company) will be held liable for any access revenues which it has caused to be determined unbillable under the guidelines of such Billing Guarantee Practice of the other company. Each company will provide complete documentation to the other to substantiate any claim of unbillable access revenues. A negotiated settlement will be agreed upon between the companies. 1.7.2 Each company will retain for a minimum period of sixty (60) days, access message detail sufficient to recreate any data which is lost or damaged by their company or any third party involved in processing or transporting data. 1.7.3 Each company agrees to recreate the lost or damaged data within forty- eight *48) hours of notification by the other or by an authorized third party handling the data. 1.7.4 Each company also agrees to process the recreated data within forty- eight (48) hours of receipt at its data processing center. 1.7.5 All claims should be filed with the other company with 120 days of the receipt of the date of the unbillable usage. 1.7.6 The Initial Billing Company shall keep records of its billing activities relating to jointly-provided Intrastate and Interstate access services in sufficient detail to permit the Subsequent Billing Company to, by formal or informal review or audit, to verify the accuracy and reasonableness of the jointly-provided access billing data provided by the Initial billing Company. Each company agrees to cooperate in such formal or informal reviews or audits and further agrees to jointly review the findings of such reviews or audits in order to resolve any differences concerning the findings thereof.