Common use of Payment of Rates and Charges Clause in Contracts

Payment of Rates and Charges. 9.1 Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Parties will pay all undisputed rates and charges due and owing under this Agreement within forty-five (45) days after the date of the billing party’s mailing. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Bill Due Date” shall be defined to mean forty-five (45) calendar days after the date of the billing party’s mailing. 9.2 If CLEC fails to remit payment for any charges by the Bill Due Date, or if payment for any portion of the charges is received from CLEC after the Bill Due Date, or if payment for any portion of the charges is received in funds which are not immediately available to AT&T OKLAHOMA as of the Bill Due Date (individually and collectively, “Past Due”), then a late payment charge will be assessed as provided in Sections 9.2.1 and 9.2.2, as applicable. 9.2.1 If any charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of any AT&T OKLAHOMA billing system other than the AT&T OKLAHOMA Customer Records Information System (XXXX) becomes Past Due, the unpaid amounts shall bear interest from the day following the Bill Due Date until the day paid at the lesser of (i) the rate used to compute the Late Payment Charge in the AT&T OKLAHOMA intrastate access services tariff in that state or (ii) the highest rate of interest that may be charged under Oklahoma Law, compounded daily from the Bill Due Date to and including the date that the payment is actually made and available. The application of interest (at the rate set forth in the preceding sentence) to any Past Due charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of any AT&T OKLAHOMA billing system other than AT&T OKLAHOMA's XXXX will comply with the process set forth in the AT&T OKLAHOMA intrastate access services tariff. 9.2.2 If any charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of AT&T OKLAHOMA’s XXXX is Past Due, a late payment charge calculated as specified in Section 9.2.1 above will be assessed on any Past Due Oklahoma balance, provided, however, the late payment charge shall not be applied to any balance to which the late payment charge was applied in a previous billing. 9.2.3 All billing disputes between the Parties shall be governed by this Section and Section 13. 9.3 If any portion of an amount due to a Party (the “Billing Party”) under this Agreement is subject to a bona fide dispute between the Parties, the Party billed (the “Non-Paying Party”) must, prior to the Bill Due Date, give written notice to the Billing Party of the amounts it disputes (“Disputed Amounts”) and include in such written notice the specific details and reasons for disputing each item that is listed in Section 13.4.4. The Non-Paying Party should utilize any existing and preferred form provided by the Billing Party to provide written notice of disputes to the Billing Party. The Non-Paying Party must pay when due all undisputed amounts to the Billing Party.

Payment of Rates and Charges. 9.1 Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Parties will pay all undisputed rates and charges due and owing under this Agreement within forty-five (45) days after the date of the billing party’s mailing. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Bill Due Date” shall be defined to mean forty-five (45) calendar days after the date of the billing party’s mailing. 9.1.1 Each of the Parties will provide all bills and invoices to the other Party electronically rather than in paper form. Upon request, the Parties will provide to the other Party paper copies of specific bills or invoices. 9.2 If CLEC fails to remit payment for any charges by the Bill Due Date, or if payment for any portion of the charges is received from CLEC after the Bill Due Date, or if payment for any portion of the charges is received in funds which are not immediately available to AT&T OKLAHOMA as of the Bill Due Date (individually and collectively, “Past Due”), then a late payment charge will be assessed as provided in Sections 9.2.1 and 9.2.2, as applicable. 9.2.1 If any charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of any AT&T OKLAHOMA billing system other than the AT&T OKLAHOMA Customer Records Information System (XXXX) becomes Past Due, the unpaid amounts shall bear interest from the day following the Bill Due Date until the day paid at the lesser of (i) the rate used to compute the Late Payment Charge in the AT&T OKLAHOMA intrastate access services tariff in that state or (ii) the highest rate of interest that may be charged under Oklahoma Law, compounded daily from the Bill Due Date to and including the date that the payment is actually made and available. The application of interest (at the rate set forth in the preceding sentence) to any Past Due charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of any AT&T OKLAHOMA billing system other than AT&T OKLAHOMA's XXXX will comply with the process set forth in the AT&T OKLAHOMA intrastate access services tariff. 9.2.2 If any charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of AT&T OKLAHOMA’s XXXX is Past Due, a late payment charge calculated as specified in Section 9.2.1 above will be assessed on any Past Due Oklahoma balance, provided, however, the late payment charge shall not be applied to any balance to which the late payment charge was applied in a previous billing. 9.2.3 All billing disputes between the Parties shall be governed by this Section and Section 13. 9.3 If any portion of an amount due to a Party (the “Billing Party”) under this Agreement is subject to a bona fide dispute between the Parties, the Party billed (the “Non-Paying Party”) must, prior to the Bill Due Date, give written notice to the Billing Party of the amounts it disputes (“Disputed Amounts”) and include in such written notice the specific details and reasons for disputing each item that is listed in Section 13.4.4. The Non-Paying Party should utilize any existing and preferred form provided by the Billing Party to provide written notice of disputes to the Billing Party. The Non-Paying Party must pay when due all undisputed amounts to the Billing Party.

Payment of Rates and Charges. 9.1 Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Parties will pay all undisputed rates and charges due and owing under this Agreement within forty-five (45) days after the date of the billing party’s mailing. bill date.. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Bill Due Date” shall be defined to mean forty-five (45) calendar days after the date of the billing party’s mailingbill date. 9.2 If CLEC fails to remit payment for any charges by the Bill Due Date, or if payment for any portion of the charges is received from CLEC after the Bill Due Date, or if payment for any portion of the charges is received in funds which are not immediately available to AT&T OKLAHOMA as of the Bill Due Date (individually and collectively, “Past Due”), then a late payment charge will be assessed as provided in Sections 9.2.1 and 9.2.2, as applicable. 9.2.1 If any charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of any AT&T OKLAHOMA billing system other than the AT&T OKLAHOMA Customer Records Information System (XXXX) becomes Past Due, the unpaid amounts shall bear interest from the day following the Bill Due Date until the day paid at the lesser of (i) the rate used to compute the Late Payment Charge in the AT&T OKLAHOMA intrastate access services tariff in that state or (ii) the highest rate of interest that may be charged under Oklahoma Kansas Law, compounded daily from the Bill Due Date to and including the date that the payment is actually made and available. The application of interest (at the rate set forth in the preceding sentence) to any Past Due charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of any AT&T OKLAHOMA billing system other than AT&T OKLAHOMA's XXXX will comply with the process set forth in the AT&T OKLAHOMA intrastate access services tariff.tariff.‌ 9.2.2 If any charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of AT&T OKLAHOMAAT&T’s XXXX is Past Due, a late payment charge calculated as specified in Section 9.2.1 above will be assessed on any Past Due Oklahoma Kansas balance, provided, however, the late payment charge shall not be applied to any balance to which the late payment charge was applied in a previous billing. 9.2.3 All billing disputes between the Parties shall be governed by this Section and Section 13. 9.3 If any portion of an amount due to a Party (the “Billing Party”) under this Agreement is subject to a bona fide dispute between the Parties, the Party billed (the “Non-Paying Party”) must, prior to the Bill Due Date, give written notice to the Billing Party of the amounts it disputes (“Disputed Amounts”) and include in such written notice the specific details and reasons for disputing each item that is listed in Section 13.4.4. The Non-Paying Party should utilize any existing and preferred form provided by the Billing Party to provide written notice of disputes to the Billing Party. The Non-Paying Party must pay when due all undisputed amounts to the Billing Party.

Payment of Rates and Charges. 9.1 Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Parties will pay all undisputed rates and charges due and owing under this Agreement within forty-five (45) days after the date of the billing party’s mailing. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Bill Due Date” shall be defined to mean forty-five (45) calendar days after the date of the billing party’s mailing. 9.2 If CLEC fails to remit payment for any charges by the Bill Due Date, or if payment for any portion of the charges is received from CLEC after the Bill Due Date, or if payment for any portion of the charges is received in funds which are not immediately available to AT&T OKLAHOMA as of the Bill Due Date (individually and collectively, “Past Due”), then a late payment charge will be assessed as provided in Sections 9.2.1 and 9.2.2, as applicable. 9.2.1 If any charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of any AT&T OKLAHOMA billing system other than the AT&T OKLAHOMA Customer Records Information System (XXXX) becomes Past Due, the unpaid amounts shall bear interest from the day following the Bill Due Date until the day paid at the lesser of (i) the rate used to compute the Late Payment Charge in the AT&T OKLAHOMA intrastate access services tariff in that state or (ii) the highest rate of interest that may be charged under Oklahoma Law, compounded daily from the Bill Due Date to and including the date that the payment is actually made and available. The application of interest (at the rate set forth in the preceding sentence) to any Past Due charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of any AT&T OKLAHOMA billing system other than AT&T OKLAHOMA's XXXX will comply with the process set forth in the AT&T OKLAHOMA intrastate access services tariff. 9.2.2 If any charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of AT&T OKLAHOMA’s XXXX is Past Due, a late payment charge calculated as specified in Section 9.2.1 above will be assessed on any Past Due Oklahoma balance, provided, however, the late payment charge shall not be applied to any balance to which the late payment charge was applied in a previous billing. 9.2.3 All billing disputes between the Parties shall be governed by this Section and Section 13. 9.3 If any portion of an amount due to a Party (the “Billing Party”) under this Agreement is subject to a bona fide dispute between the Parties, the Party billed (the “Non-Paying Party”) must, prior to the Bill Due Date, give written notice to the Billing Party of the amounts it disputes (“Disputed Amounts”) and include in such written notice the specific details and reasons for disputing each item that is listed in Section 13.4.4. The Non-Paying Party should utilize any existing and preferred form provided by the Billing Party to provide written notice of disputes to the Billing Party. The Non-Paying Party must pay when due all undisputed amounts to the Billing Party.Section

Payment of Rates and Charges. 9.1 Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Parties will pay all undisputed rates and charges due and owing under this Agreement within forty-five thirty (4530) days after from the date of the billing party’s mailinginvoice. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Bill Due Date” shall be defined to mean forty-five thirty (4530) calendar days after from the date of the billing party’s mailinginvoice. 9.2 If CLEC the billed Party fails to remit payment for any charges for services by the Bill Due Date, or if a payment for or any portion of the charges a payment is received from CLEC the billed Party after the Bill Due Date, or if a payment for or any portion of the charges a payment is received in funds which are not immediately available to AT&T OKLAHOMA the billing Party as of the Bill Due Date (individually and collectively, “"Past Due”"), then a late payment charge will shall be assessed as provided in Sections 9.2.1 and through 9.2.2, as applicable. 9.2.1 If any charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of any AT&T OKLAHOMA billing system of the billing party other than the AT&T OKLAHOMA SBC ARKANSAS Customer Records Information System (XXXX) becomes Past Due, the unpaid amounts shall bear interest from the day following the Bill Due Date until the day date paid at the lesser of (i) the rate used to compute the Late Payment Charge in the AT&T OKLAHOMA applicable billing Party’s intrastate access services tariff in that state or (ii) the highest rate of interest that may be charged under Oklahoma Applicable Law, compounded daily from the Bill Due Date to and including the date that the payment is actually made and available. The application of interest (at the rate set forth in the preceding sentence) to any Past Due charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of any AT&T OKLAHOMA billing system of the billing Party other than AT&T OKLAHOMA's SBC ARKANSAS' XXXX will comply with the process set forth in the AT&T OKLAHOMA billing Party’s intrastate access services tariff. 9.2.2 If any charge incurred under this Agreement that is billed out of AT&T OKLAHOMA’s SBC ARKANSAS XXXX is Past Due, a late payment charge calculated as specified in Section 9.2.1 above will be assessed on any the unpaid amounts shall bear interest from the Bill Due Date until paid. The interest rate applied to SBC ARKANSAS XXXX- billed Past Due Oklahoma balance, provided, however, the late payment charge shall not be applied to any balance to which the late payment charge was applied in a previous billing. 9.2.3 All billing disputes between the Parties unpaid amounts shall be governed by this Section the lesser of (i) the rate used to compute the Late Payment Charge contained in the applicable SBC ARKANSAS intrastate retail Commission-approved tariff governing Late Payment Charges to SBC ARKANSAS retail End Users that are business End Users in that state or (ii) the highest rate of interest that may be charged under Applicable Law, compounded daily from the Bill Due Date to and Section 13including the date that the payment is actually made and available. 9.3 If any portion of an amount due The Parties shall make all payments to a Party one another via electronic funds credit transfers through the Automated Clearing House Association (the “Billing Party”ACH) under this Agreement is subject to a bona fide dispute between the Parties, the Party billed (the “Non-Paying Party”) must, prior network to the Bill Due Date, give written notice to financial institution designated by each Party. Remittance information will be communicated together with the Billing Party of funds transfer via the amounts it disputes (“Disputed Amounts”) and include in such written notice the specific details and reasons for disputing each item that is listed in Section 13.4.4ACH network. The Non-Paying Party should utilize any existing Parties must use the CCD+ or the CTX transaction set. The Parties will abide by the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) Rules and preferred form provided Regulations. Each ACH credit transfer must be received by the Billing Party to provide written notice no later than the Bill Due Date of disputes to each bill or Late Payment Charges will apply. Neither Party will be liable for any delays in receipt of funds or errors in entries caused by the Billing other Party or Third Parties, including the Paying Party's financial institution. The Non-Paying Each Party must pay when due all undisputed amounts to the Billing Partyis responsible for its own banking fees.