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

Trunk Group Architecture and Traffic Routing. The Parties shall jointly engineer and configure Local/IntraLATA Trunks over the physical Interconnection arrangements as follows: 38.3.1 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, if the traffic volumes between any two Central Office Switches at any time exceeds the CCS busy hour equivalent of one DS1, the Parties shall within sixty (60) days after such occurrence establish new direct trunk groups to the applicable End Office(s) consistent with the grades of service and quality parameters set forth in the Grooming Plan. 38.3.2 Only those valid NXX codes served by an End Office may be accessed through a direct connection to that End Office. 38.3.3 Each Party shall ensure that each Tandem connection permits the completion of traffic to all End Offices which sub-tend that Tandem or to End Offices which sub-tend an additional Tandem, provided, that AT&T enters into an appropriate billing arrangement pursuant to Section 38.3.4. Alternatively, each Party shall establish and maintain separate trunk groups connected to each Tandem of the other Party which serves, or is sub-tended by End Offices which serve, such other Party's customers within the Exchange Areas served by such Tandem Switches. 38.3.4 GTE will provide tandem to tandem switching to AT&T. AT&T shall enter into an appropriate billing arrangement with GTE to ensure recovery of inter-tandem switching costs at rates established by the Commission.

Trunk Group Architecture and Traffic Routing. The Parties shall jointly engineer and configure Local/IntraLATA Trunks over the physical Interconnection arrangements as follows: 38.3.1 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, if the traffic volumes between any two Central Office Switches at any time exceeds the CCS busy hour equivalent of one DS1, the Parties shall within sixty (60) days after such occurrence establish new direct trunk groups to the applicable End Office(s) consistent with the grades of service and quality parameters set forth in the Grooming Plan. 38.3.2 Only those valid NXX codes served by an End Office may be accessed through a direct connection to that End Office. 38.3.3 Each Party shall ensure that each Tandem connection permits the completion of traffic to all End Offices which sub-tend that Tandem or to End Offices which sub-tend an additional Tandem, provided, that AT&T ACSI enters into an appropriate billing arrangement pursuant to Section 38.3.4. Alternatively, each Party shall establish and maintain separate trunk groups connected to each Tandem of the other Party which serves, or is sub-tended by End Offices which serve, such other Party's customers within the Exchange Areas served by such Tandem Switches. 38.3.4 GTE will provide tandem to tandem switching to AT&T. AT&T ACSI. ACSI shall enter into an appropriate billing arrangement with GTE to ensure recovery of inter-tandem switching costs at rates established by the Commission.