Common use of Testing Standards Clause in Contracts

Testing Standards. Texas will test and turn-up the OC-3, OC-12, and/or OC-48 circuits to the applicable demarcation point per this Agreement. The tests will be performed per the applicable manufacturer's test specifications as it applies to the specific type of traffic hand- off. The system will also be tested for a long-term stability test running end-to-end for a period of 24 hours; Bit Error Rate (BER) performance shall be no greater than 10-(1)(1). Five (5) days prior to testing, Texas will notify Virginia verbally and in writing of Texas' intent to complete testing of the applicable circuit activation: Virginia will have the right but not the obligation to witness the activation testing. Copies of test results will be provided to Virginia upon completion of the activation tests. If Virginia is not present at time of testing, a copy of the test results will be forwarded to same. After Texas delivers circuits to PSINet, PSINet shall test same in accordance with the following criteria, and accept installation segments of IRU Capacity only after it meets the following: - Optical signal strength and other characteristics are within industry standards at each termination point as measured with appropriate test equipment. - Backup path verified by testing fault switching hardware applicable to the circuit being provided (test of 1:1 redundancy on the optronics). - Packet data passed with payload contents of 4500 bytes of all zeros for twelve hours registering frame/code violations or other bit errors at a rate not to exceed 10-(1)(1). - Packet data passed with payload contents of 4500 bytes of pseudo- random data patterns for twelve hours registering frame/code violations or other bit errors at a rate not to exceed 10-(1)(1). - Live production data passed for twelve hours registering frame/code violation or other bit errors at a rate not to exceed 10-(1)(1). - Each segment, regardless of capacity meets the applicable Bellcore specification, and equipment manufacturer's specification to the applicable demarcation point per this Agreement.