Common use of Shared Transport Clause in Contracts

Shared Transport. The Shared Transport Network Element (“Shared Transport”) provides the collective interoffice transmission facilities shared by various Carriers (including CenturyLink) between end-office switches and between end-office switches and local tandem switches within the Local Calling Area. Shared Transport uses the existing routing tables resident in CenturyLink switches to carry the End User Customer’s originating and terminating local/extended area service interoffice Local traffic on the CenturyLink interoffice message trunk network. CLEC traffic will be carried on the same transmission facilities between end-office switches, between end-office switches and tandem switches and between tandem switches on the same network facilities that CenturyLink uses for its own traffic. Shared Transport does not include use of tandem switches or transport between tandem switches and end-office switches for Local Calls that originate from end users served by non-CenturyLink Telecommunications Carriers (“Carrier(s)”) which terminate to CLSP End Users.

Shared Transport. The Shared Transport Network Element (“Shared Transport”) provides the collective interoffice transmission facilities shared by various Carriers (including CenturyLink) between end-office switches and between end-office switches and local tandem switches within the Local Calling Area. Shared Transport uses the existing routing tables resident in CenturyLink switches to carry the End User Customer’s originating and terminating local/extended area service interoffice Local traffic on the CenturyLink interoffice message trunk network. CLEC traffic will be carried on the same transmission facilities between end-office switches, between end-office switches and tandem switches and between tandem switches on the same network facilities that CenturyLink uses for its own traffic. Shared Transport does not include use of tandem switches or transport between tandem switches and end-office switches for Local Calls that originate from end users served by non-non- CenturyLink Telecommunications Carriers (“Carrier(s)”) which terminate to CLSP End Users.