Common use of Responsibility of the Customer Clause in Contracts

Responsibility of the Customer. The customer is responsible for the installation, operation and maintenance of any customer- provided terminal equipment or communications system. No customer-provided terminal equipment or communications systems or combinations thereof may require change in or alteration of the equipment or services of the Company, cause electrical hazards to Company personnel, damage to Company equipment, malfunction of Company billing equipment, or degradation of service to persons other than the user of the subject terminal equipment or communications system, the calling or called party. Upon notice from the Company that customer-provided terminal equipment or communications system is causing such a hazard, damage, malfunction or degradation of service, the customer must make whatever changes are necessary to remove or prevent the hazard, damage, malfunction or degradation of service. The customer is responsible for the payment of a Maintenance of Service Charge as provided in this Service Agreement for visits by a Company employee to the customer's premises when a service difficulty or trouble report results from the use of customer-provided terminal equipment or communications system.