Service/Operation Readiness Testing. 29.8.1 In addition to testing described elsewhere in this Section 29, GTE shall test the systems used to perform the following functions at a negotiated interval and in no event less than ten (10) business days prior to commencement of GTE's provision of Local Service to AT&T, in order to establish system readiness capabilities: 29.8.1.1 All interfaces between AT&T and GTE work centers for Service Order Provisioning; 29.8.1.2 Maintenance, Billing and Customer Usage Data; 29.8.1.3 The process for GTE to provide customer profiles; 29.8.1.4 The installation scheduling process; 29.8.1.5 Network alarm reporting; 29.8.1.6 Telephone number assignment; 29.8.1.7 Procedures for communications and coordination between AT&T SPOC and GTE SPOC; 29.8.1.8 Procedures for transmission of Customer Usage Data; and 29.8.1.9 Procedures for transmitting bills to AT&T for Local Service. 29.8.2 The functionalities identified above shall be tested in order to determine whether GTE performance meets the service parity requirements and other performance standards specified in Section 11. GTE shall make available sufficient technical staff to perform such testing. GTE technical staff shall be available to meet with AT&T as necessary to facilitate testing. GTE and AT&T shall mutually agree on the schedule for such testing. 29.8.3 At AT&T's request, GTE shall provide to AT&T any results of the testing performed pursuant to the terms of this Part. AT&T may review such results and may notify GTE of any failures to meet the requirements of this Agreement. 29.8.4 GTE shall provide to AT&T the same type and quality of loop testing information that it provides to and records for itself. Where GTE develops loop testing information as a matter of course, it will make that information available to AT&T where such information is relevant to AT&T’s business. Where GTE maintains the internal discretion to test loops as needed, GTE will provide similar testing discretion to AT&T. AT&T shall pay the full cost of any such discretionary testing. 29.8.5 Within 60 days of the Effective Date of this Agreement, AT&T and GTE will agree upon a process to resolve cooperative testing issues and technical issues relating to GTE’s provision of Local Services to AT&T. The agreed upon process shall include procedures for escalating disputes and unresolved issues up through higher levels of each company’s management. If AT&T and GTE do not reach agreement on such a process within 60 days, any issues that have not been resolved by the Parties with respect to such process shall be submitted to the ADR procedures set forth in Section 15 and Attachment 1 of this Agreement unless both Parties agree to extend the time to reach agreement on such issues.
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Service/Operation Readiness Testing. 29.8.1 In addition to testing described elsewhere in this Section 29, GTE shall test the systems used to perform the following functions at a negotiated interval and in no event less than ten (10) business days prior to commencement of GTE's provision of Local Service to AT&TACSI, in order to establish system readiness capabilities:
29.8.1.1 All interfaces between AT&T ACSI and GTE work centers for Service Order Provisioning;
29.8.1.2 Maintenance, Billing and Customer Usage Data;
29.8.1.3 The process for GTE to provide customer profiles;
29.8.1.4 The installation scheduling process;
29.8.1.5 Network alarm reporting;
29.8.1.6 Telephone number assignment;
29.8.1.7 Procedures for communications and coordination between AT&T ACSI SPOC and GTE SPOC;
29.8.1.8 Procedures for transmission of Customer Usage Data; and
29.8.1.9 Procedures for transmitting bills to AT&T ACSI for Local Service.
29.8.2 The functionalities identified above shall be tested in order to determine whether GTE performance meets the service parity requirements and other performance standards specified in Section 11. GTE shall make available sufficient technical staff to perform such testing. GTE technical staff shall be available to meet with AT&T ACSI as necessary to facilitate testing. GTE and AT&T ACSI shall mutually agree on the schedule for such testing.
29.8.3 At AT&TACSI's request, GTE shall provide to AT&T ACSI any results of the testing performed pursuant to the terms of this Part. AT&T ACSI may review such results and may notify GTE of any failures to meet the requirements of this Agreement.
29.8.4 GTE shall provide to AT&T ACSI the same type and quality of loop testing information that it provides to and records for itself. Where GTE develops loop testing information as a matter of course, it will make that information available to AT&T ACSI where such information is relevant to AT&TACSI’s business. Where GTE maintains the internal discretion to test loops as needed, GTE will provide similar testing discretion to AT&T. AT&T ACSI. ACSI shall pay the full cost of any such discretionary testing.
29.8.5 Within 60 days of the Effective Date of this Agreement, AT&T ACSI and GTE will agree upon a process to resolve cooperative testing issues and technical issues relating to GTE’s provision of Local Services to AT&T. ACSI. The agreed upon process shall include procedures for escalating disputes and unresolved issues up through higher levels of each company’s management. If AT&T ACSI and GTE do not reach agreement on such a process within 60 days, any issues that have not been resolved by the Parties with respect to such process shall be submitted to the ADR procedures set forth in Section 15 and Attachment 1 of this Agreement unless both Parties agree to extend the time to reach agreement on such issues.
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