Common use of Trunk Group Architecture and Traffic Routing Clause in Contracts

Trunk Group Architecture and Traffic Routing. 5.2.1 CLEC shall establish Access Toll Connecting Trunks in GR-394-Core format by which it will provide Tandem-transported Switched Exchange Access Services to Interexchange Carriers to enable such Interexchange Carriers to originate and terminate traffic from and to CLEC's Customers. 5.2.2 Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be used solely for the transmission and routing of (Feature Group B and D) Exchange Access and 800/888 traffic to allow each Party’s Customers to connect to or be connected to the interexchange trunks of any Interexchange Carrier which is connected to the other Party’s access Tandem. 5.2.3 The Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be two-way trunks connecting an End Office Switch that CLEC utilizes to provide Telephone Exchange Service and Switched Exchange Access Service in a given LATA to an access Tandem Switch SBC ILLINOIS utilizes to provide Exchange Access in such LATA. The Access Toll Connecting Trunks may, at CLEC’s election, be 64 Kb Clear Channel trunks or 56Kb trunks. The parties agree that this Agreement does not limit CLEC from requesting other bandwidth levels or trunking parameters and SBC ILLINOIS agrees that its acceptance of such a request will not be unreasonably withheld. 5.2.4 In each LATA where the parties are interconnected, each CLEC Switch Center in that LATA shall subtend a SBC ILLINOIS access Tandem in that LATA. 5.2.5 Only those valid NXX codes served by an End Office may be accessed through a direct connection to that End Office.

Trunk Group Architecture and Traffic Routing. 5.2.1 CLEC The Parties shall jointly establish Access Toll Connecting Trunks in GR-394-Core format by which it they will jointly provide Tandem-transported Switched Exchange Access Services to Interexchange Carriers to enable such Interexchange Carriers to originate and terminate traffic from and to CLECRequesting Carrier's Customers. 5.2.2 Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be used solely for the transmission and routing of (Feature Group B and D) Exchange Access and nontranslated 800/888 traffic to allow each PartyRequesting Carrier’s Customers to connect to or be connected to the interexchange trunks of any Interexchange Carrier which is connected to the other Party’s an Ameritech access Tandem. 5.2.3 The Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be two-way trunks connecting an End Office Switch that CLEC Requesting Carrier utilizes to provide Telephone Exchange Service and Switched Exchange Access Service in a given LATA to an access Tandem Switch SBC ILLINOIS Ameritech utilizes to provide Exchange Access in such LATA. The Access Toll Connecting Trunks may, at CLEC’s election, be 64 Kb Clear Channel trunks or 56Kb trunks. The parties agree that this Agreement does not limit CLEC from requesting other bandwidth levels or trunking parameters and SBC ILLINOIS agrees that its acceptance of such a request will not be unreasonably withheld. 5.2.4 In each LATA where the parties are interconnected, each CLEC Switch Center in that LATA shall subtend a SBC ILLINOIS access Tandem in that LATA. 5.2.5 Only those valid NXX codes served by an End Office may be accessed through a direct connection to that End Office. 5.2.5 The Parties shall jointly determine which Ameritech access Tandem(s) will be subtended by each Requesting Carrier End Office Switch. Except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, or as required by the FCC or the Commission, each Requesting Carrier End Office Switch may subtend the access Tandem nearest to the Routing Point associated with the NXX codes assigned to that End Office Switch. A single Requesting Carrier End Office Switch is not required to subtend multiple access Tandems, even in those cases where such End Office Switch serves multiple Rate Centers. However, in those cases where a Requesting Carrier End Office Switch serves multiple Rate Centers, logical trunk groups shall be established between each such End Office Switch and/or each access Tandem.

Trunk Group Architecture and Traffic Routing. 5.2.1 CLEC shall establish Access Toll Connecting Trunks in GR-394-Core format by which it will provide Tandem-transported Switched Exchange Access Services to Interexchange Carriers to enable such Interexchange Carriers to originate and terminate traffic from and to CLEC's Customers. 5.2.2 Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be used solely for the transmission and routing of (Feature Group B and D) Exchange Access and 800/888 traffic to allow each Party’s Customers to connect to or be connected to the interexchange trunks of any Interexchange Carrier which is connected to the other Party’s access Tandem. 5.2.3 The Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be two-way trunks connecting an End Office Switch that CLEC utilizes to provide Telephone Exchange Service and Switched Exchange Access Service in a given LATA to an access Tandem Switch SBC ILLINOIS SBC-AMERITECH utilizes to provide Exchange Access in such LATA. The Access Toll Connecting Trunks may, at CLEC’s election, be 64 Kb Clear Channel trunks or 56Kb trunks. The parties agree that this Agreement does not limit CLEC from requesting other bandwidth levels or trunking parameters and SBC ILLINOIS SBC-AMERITECH agrees that its acceptance of such a request will not be unreasonably withheld. 5.2.4 In each LATA where the parties are interconnected, each CLEC Switch Center in that LATA shall subtend a SBC ILLINOIS an SBC-AMERITECH access Tandem in that LATA. 5.2.5 Only those valid NXX codes served by an End Office may be accessed through a direct connection to that End Office.

Trunk Group Architecture and Traffic Routing. 5.2.1 CLEC 6.2.1 At Consolidated's option and upon written request to Ameritech, the Parties shall jointly establish Access Toll Connecting Trunks in GR-394-Core format by which it they will jointly provide Tandem-transported Switched Exchange Access Services to Interexchange Carriers to enable such Interexchange Carriers to originate and terminate traffic from and to CLECConsolidated's Customers. 5.2.2 6.2.2 Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be used solely for the transmission and routing of (Feature Group B and D) Exchange Access and 800/888 traffic to allow each Party’s Consolidated's Customers to connect to or be connected to the interexchange trunks of any Interexchange Carrier which is connected to the other Party’s an Ameritech access Tandem. 5.2.3 6.2.3 The Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be two-way trunks connecting an End Office Switch that CLEC Consolidated utilizes to provide Telephone Exchange Service and Switched Exchange Access Service in a given LATA to an access Tandem Switch SBC ILLINOIS Ameritech utilizes to provide Exchange Access in such LATA. The Access Toll Connecting Trunks may, at CLEC’s election, be 64 Kb Clear Channel trunks or 56Kb trunks. The parties agree that this Agreement does not limit CLEC from requesting other bandwidth levels or trunking parameters and SBC ILLINOIS agrees that its acceptance of such a request will not be unreasonably withheld. 5.2.4 In 6.2.4 The Parties shall jointly determine which Ameritech access Tandem(s) will be sub-tended by each LATA where Consolidated End Office Switch. Except as otherwise agreed by the parties are interconnectedParties, Consolidated or as required by the FCC or the Commission, each CLEC Consolidated End Office Switch Center in that LATA shall subtend a SBC ILLINOIS each access Tandem in each LATA identified on Schedule 3.0, as currently required. However, the Parties shall work towards a resolution of technical issues that, consistent with then existing FCC requirements, allows each Consolidated End Office Switch to subtend the access Tandem nearest to the Routing Point associated with the NXX codes assigned to that LATAEnd Office Switch and shall not require that a single Consolidated End Office Switch subtend multiple access Tandems, even in those cases where such End Office Switch serves multiple Rate Centers. 5.2.5 6.2.5 Only those valid NXX codes served by an End Office may be accessed through a direct connection to that End Office.

Trunk Group Architecture and Traffic Routing. 5.2.1 CLEC shall establish Access Toll Connecting Trunks in GR-394-Core format by which it will provide Tandem-transported Switched Exchange Access Services to Interexchange Carriers to enable such Interexchange Carriers to originate and terminate traffic from and to CLEC's Customers. 5.2.2 Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be used solely for the transmission and routing of (Feature Group B and D) Exchange Access and 800/888 traffic to allow each Party’s Customers to connect to or be connected to the interexchange trunks of any Interexchange Carrier which is connected to the other Party’s access Tandem. 5.2.3 The Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be two-way trunks connecting an End Office Switch that CLEC utilizes to provide Telephone Exchange Service and Switched Exchange Access Service in a given LATA to an access Tandem Switch SBC ILLINOIS SBC- AMERITECH utilizes to provide Exchange Access in such LATA. The Access Toll Connecting Trunks may, at CLEC’s election, be 64 Kb Clear Channel trunks or 56Kb trunks. The parties agree that this Agreement does not limit CLEC from requesting other bandwidth levels or trunking parameters and SBC ILLINOIS SBC-AMERITECH agrees that its acceptance of such a request will not be unreasonably withheld. 5.2.4 In each LATA where the parties are interconnected, each CLEC Switch Center in that LATA shall subtend a SBC ILLINOIS an SBC-AMERITECH access Tandem in that LATA. 5.2.5 Only those valid NXX codes served by an End Office may be accessed through a direct connection to that End Office.

Trunk Group Architecture and Traffic Routing. 5.2.1 CLEC AT&T shall establish Access Toll Connecting Trunks in GR-394-GR-394- Core format by which it will provide Tandem-transported Switched Exchange Access Services to Interexchange Carriers to enable such Interexchange Carriers to originate and terminate traffic from and to CLEC's AT&T’s Customers. 5.2.2 Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be used solely for the transmission and routing of (Feature Group B and D) Exchange Access and 800/888 traffic to allow each Party’s Customers to connect to or be connected to the interexchange trunks of any Interexchange Carrier which is connected to the other Party’s access Tandem. 5.2.3 The Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be two-way trunks connecting an End Office Switch that CLEC AT&T utilizes to provide Telephone Exchange Service and Switched Exchange Access Service in a given LATA to an access Tandem Switch SBC ILLINOIS SBC- AMERITECH utilizes to provide Exchange Access in such LATA. The Access Toll Connecting Trunks may, at CLECAT&T’s election, be 64 Kb Clear Channel trunks or 56Kb trunks. The parties Parties agree that this Agreement does not limit CLEC AT&T from requesting other bandwidth levels or trunking parameters and SBC ILLINOIS SBC-AMERITECH agrees that its acceptance of such a request will not be unreasonably withheld. 5.2.4 In each LATA where the parties Parties are interconnectedInterconnected, each CLEC AT&T Switch Center in that LATA shall subtend a SBC ILLINOIS sub-tend an SBC-AMERITECH access Tandem in that LATA. 5.2.5 Only those valid NXX codes served by an End Office may be accessed through a direct connection to that End Office.

Trunk Group Architecture and Traffic Routing. 5.2.1 CLEC 6.2.1 At Consolidated's option and upon written request to Ameritech, the Parties shall jointly establish Access Toll Connecting Trunks in GR-394-Core format by which it they will jointly provide Tandem-transported Switched Exchange Access Services to Interexchange Carriers to enable such Interexchange Carriers to originate and terminate traffic from and to CLECConsolidated's Customers. 5.2.2 6.2.2 Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be used solely for the transmission and routing of (Feature Group B and D) Exchange Access and 800/888 traffic to allow each Party’s Consolidated's Customers to connect to or be connected to the interexchange trunks of any Interexchange Carrier which is connected to the other Party’s an Ameritech access Tandem. 5.2.3 6.2.3 The Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be two-way trunks connecting an End Office Switch that CLEC Consolidated utilizes to provide Telephone Exchange Service and Switched Exchange Access Service in a given LATA to an access Tandem Switch SBC ILLINOIS Ameritech utilizes to provide Exchange Access in such LATA. The Access Toll Connecting Trunks may, at CLEC’s election, be 64 Kb Clear Channel trunks or 56Kb trunks. The parties agree that this Agreement does not limit CLEC from requesting other bandwidth levels or trunking parameters and SBC ILLINOIS agrees that its acceptance of such a request will not be unreasonably withheld. 5.2.4 In 6.2.4 The Parties shall jointly determine which Ameritech access Tandem(s) will be sub-tended by each LATA where Consolidated End Office Switch. Except as otherwise agreed by the parties are interconnectedParties, Consolidated or as required by the FCC or the Commission, each CLEC Consolidated End Office Switch Center in that LATA shall subtend a SBC ILLINOIS each access Tandem in each LATA identified on Schedule 3.0, as currently required. However, the Parties shall work towards a resolution of technical issues that, consistent with then-existing FCC requirements, allows each Consolidated End Office Switch to subtend the access Tandem nearest to the Routing Point associated with the NXX codes assigned to that LATAEnd Office Switch and shall not require that a single Consolidated End Office Switch subtend multiple access Tandems, even in those cases where such End Office Switch serves multiple Rate Centers. 5.2.5 6.2.5 Only those valid NXX codes served by an End Office may be accessed through a direct connection to that End Office.

Trunk Group Architecture and Traffic Routing. 5.2.1 CLEC shall establish Access Toll Connecting Trunks in GR-394-Core format by which it will provide Tandem-transported Switched Exchange Access Services to Interexchange Carriers to enable such Interexchange Carriers to originate and terminate traffic from and to CLEC's Customers. 5.2.2 Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be used solely for the transmission and routing of (Feature Group B and D) Exchange Access and 800/888 traffic to allow each Party’s Customers to connect to or be connected to the interexchange trunks of any Interexchange Carrier which is connected to the other Party’s access Tandem. 5.2.3 The Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be two-way trunks connecting an End Office Switch that CLEC utilizes to provide Telephone Exchange Service and Switched Exchange Access Service in a given LATA to an access Tandem Switch SBC ILLINOIS SBC- AMERITECH utilizes to provide Exchange Access in such LATA. The Access Toll Connecting Trunks may, at CLEC’s election, be 64 Kb Clear Channel trunks or 56Kb trunks. The parties agree that this Agreement does not limit CLEC from requesting other bandwidth levels or trunking parameters and SBC ILLINOIS SBC-AMERITECH agrees that its acceptance of such a request will not be unreasonably withheld. 5.2.4 In each LATA where the parties are interconnected, each CLEC Switch Center in that LATA shall subtend a SBC ILLINOIS access Tandem in that LATA. 5.2.5 Only those valid NXX codes served by an End Office may be accessed through a direct connection to that End Office.

Trunk Group Architecture and Traffic Routing. 5.2.1 CLEC AT&T shall establish Access Toll Connecting Trunks in GR-394-Core format by which it will provide Tandem-transported Switched Exchange Access Services to Interexchange Carriers to enable such Interexchange Carriers to originate and terminate traffic from and to CLECAT&T's Customers. 5.2.2 Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be used solely for the transmission and routing of (Feature Group B and D) Exchange Access and 800/888 traffic to allow each Party’s Customers to connect to or be connected to the interexchange trunks of any Interexchange Carrier which is connected to the other Party’s access Tandem. 5.2.3 The Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be two-way trunks connecting an End Office Switch that CLEC AT&T utilizes to provide Telephone Exchange Service and Switched Exchange Access Service in a given LATA to an access Tandem Switch SBC ILLINOIS SBC- AMERITECH utilizes to provide Exchange Access in such LATA. The Access Toll Connecting Trunks may, at CLECAT&T’s election, be 64 Kb Clear Channel trunks or 56Kb trunks. The parties agree that this Agreement does not limit CLEC AT&T from requesting other bandwidth levels or trunking parameters and SBC ILLINOIS SBC-AMERITECH agrees that its acceptance of such a request will not be unreasonably withheld. 5.2.4 In each LATA where the parties are interconnected, each CLEC AT&T Switch Center in that LATA shall subtend a SBC ILLINOIS an SBC-AMERITECH access Tandem in that LATALATA . 5.2.5 Only those valid NXX codes served by an End Office may be accessed through a direct connection to that End Office.