Trunk Utilization Clause Samples
Trunk Utilization. 6.4.1 For the BellSouth Trunk Groups that are Final Trunk Groups (BellSouth Final Trunk Groups), BellSouth and ComSouth shall monitor traffic on each BellSouth Final Trunk Group that is ordered and installed. The Parties agree that the BellSouth Final Trunk Groups will be utilized at sixty percent (60%) of the time consistent busy hour utilization level within ninety (90) days of installation. The Parties agree that the BellSouth Final Trunk Groups will be utilized at eighty percent (80%) of the time consistent busy hour utilization level within one hundred eighty (180) days of installation. Any BellSouth Final Trunk Group not meeting the minimum thresholds set forth in this Section are defined as “under-utilized” trunks. Subject to Section 6.4.2 below, BellSouth may disconnect any under- utilized BellSouth Final Trunk Groups and ComSouth shall refund to BellSouth the associated nonrecurring and recurring trunk and facility charges paid by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, if any.
6.4.2 BellSouth’s CISC will notify ComSouth of any under-utilized BellSouth Trunk Groups and the number of such trunk groups that BellSouth wishes to disconnect. BellSouth will provide supporting information either by email or facsimile to the designated ComSouth interface. ComSouth will provide concurrence with the disconnection in seven (7) business days or will provide specific information supporting why the trunks should not be disconnected. Such supporting information should include expected traffic volumes (including traffic volumes generated due to Local Number Portability) and the timeframes within which ComSouth expects to need such trunks. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s CISC Project Manager and Circuit Capacity Manager (CCM) will discuss the information with ComSouth to determine if agreement can be reached on the number of BellSouth Final Trunk Groups to be removed. If no agreement can be reached, BellSouth will issue disconnect orders to ComSouth. The due date of these orders will be four (4) weeks after ComSouth was first notified in writing of the underutilization of the trunk groups.
6.4.3 To the extent that any interconnection trunk group is utilized at a time-consistent busy hour of eighty percent (80%) or greater, the Parties may review the trunk groups and, if necessary, shall negotiate in good faith for the installation of augmented facilities.
6.4.4 For the two-way trunk groups, BellSouth and ComSouth shall monitor traffic on each interconnection trunk group that is ordered and installed. The Parties...
Trunk Utilization. 3.8.1 AT&T and SouthEast shall monitor traffic on each interconnection trunk group that is installed pursuant to the initial interconnection trunk requirements and subsequent forecasts. At any time after the end of a calendar quarter, based on a review of the capacity utilization during such quarter for installed Reciprocal Trunk groups and/or two-way interconnection trunk groups, subject to the provision of the section following, after fifteen (15) business days advance written notice to SouthEast, AT&T may disconnect any Non-utilized Reciprocal Trunk(s) and SouthEast shall refund to AT&T any associated trunk and facility charges paid by AT&T. In addition, AT&T may request SouthEast to disconnect any Non-utilized two-way interconnection trunk(s), if AT&T has determined that the trunk group is not being utilized at eighty percent (80%) of the time consistent busy hour utilization level, provided that the Parties have not otherwise agreed. SouthEast shall comply with such request, subject to Section 3.8.2 below. Non-utilized trunks are defined as the trunks not being utilized as a result of a time consistent busy hour utilization of less than 80%.
3.8.2 Within ten (10) business days following the notice prescribed in the section above, SouthEast may request that AT&T not disconnect or not request disconnection for some or all of the Non-utilized Trunks, in which event AT&T shall keep the trunks in service and may invoice SouthEast for, and SouthEast shall pay, all applicable recurring and nonrecurring trunk and facility access tariff charges for the Non-utilized Trunks. The charges shall be applied retroactive to the date on which such trunks were installed and to continue until such trunks are disconnected, or to the extent SouthEast requests that such trunks remain in service, until the trunk group reaches an eighty percent (80%) time-consistent busy hour utilization level. In addition, SouthEast shall reimburse AT&T for any nonrecurring and/or recurring charges AT&T may have paid to SouthEast for the Non-utilized Trunks and for any trunk installation expense AT&T incurred. This expense shall equal the nonrecurring installation charge for trunks in AT&T’s intrastate tariff. Furthermore, the SouthEast forecasts for each subsequent forecast period shall be automatically reduced by the number of Reciprocal Trunks and/or two-way interconnection trunks that have been determined to be subject to disconnection pursuant to the foregoing procedures.
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