Common use of Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks Clause in Contracts

Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Interconnection Agreement, the Parties shall configure separate One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks (trunks with traffic going in one direction, including one-way trunks and uni-directional two-way trunks) for the delivery of traffic from SPRINT to VERIZON, and for the delivery of traffic from VERIZON to SPRINT, respectively; provided, however, that in lieu thereof, upon agreement of the Parties to use Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks (trunks with traffic going in both directions) for the exchange of traffic between the networks of VERIZON and SPRINT, VERIZON shall provide such Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks pursuant, and subject, to the rates, terms and conditions set forth below: (1) The applicable rates, terms and conditions, in VERIZON’s Tariffs, including, but not limited to, NJ B.P.U No. 2 as amended from time-to-time, are made a part of this Amendment. (2) The rates for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks and related services, facilities and arrangements, including, but not limited to, the facilities on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride, shall be as provided in the Interconnection Agreement, as such Interconnection Agreement is amended from time-to-time, including, but not limited to, by this Amendment. (3) Where the Parties have agreed to use Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, prior to ordering any Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks from VERIZON, SPRINT shall meet with VERIZON to conduct a joint planning meeting (“Joint Planning Meeting”). At that Joint Planning Meeting, each Party shall provide to the other Party originating Hundred Call Second information, and the Parties shall mutually agree on the appropriate initial number of Two-Way End Office and Tandem Traffic Exchange Trunks and the interface specifications at the Point of Interconnection (“POI”). Where the Parties have agreed to convert existing One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, at the Joint Planning Meeting, the Parties shall also mutually agree on the conversion process and project intervals for conversion of such One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. (4) Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be from a VERIZON End Office or Tandem to a mutually agreed upon POI. (5) SPRINT shall provide a two (2) year traffic forecast (“Initial Forecast”) to VERIZON of the number of End Office and Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks that SPRINT anticipates VERIZON will need to provide during the ensuing two (2) year period. SPRINT’s Initial Forecast shall provide the number of trunks for delivery of traffic to and from VERIZON over each Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group over the next eight (8) quarters. If SPRINT has not provided such Initial Forecast to VERIZON in February 2001, SPRINT agrees to provide such Initial Forecast to VERIZON within forty-five (45) days of executing this Amendment. Thereafter, the Initial Forecast shall be updated, and forecasts shall be provided to VERIZON on an as-needed basis but no less frequently than semiannually in accordance with VERIZON’s forecasting cycle. All forecasts shall comply with the VERIZON CLEC Interconnection Trunking Forecast Guide and shall include, at a minimum, Access Carrier Terminal Location (“ACTL”), traffic type (Local Traffic/Toll Traffic/Internet Traffic), code (identifies trunk group), A location/Z location (CLLI codes for SPRINT-IPs and VERIZON-IPs), interface type (e.g., DS3), and trunks in service each year (cumulative). In addition, the Parties will hold joint planning sessions, as needed, to address trunk engineering, utilization, and forecasting issues. At these meetings, subject to Section 11 (“Confidential Information”) of the Interconnection Agreement, the Parties will each share their historical trunk group usage data (and other applicable trunk group utilization data) for trunk groups dedicated to traffic between the Parties. The Parties agree to work together cooperatively in: the establishment of new trunk groups; assessing utilization of, and sizing additions to, existing trunk groups; and, reducing trunk quantities for underutilized trunk groups. (6) Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall have SS7 Common Channel Signaling. The Parties agree to utilize B8ZS and Extended Super Frame (ESF) DS1 facilities, where available. (7) With respect to End Office Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, both Parties shall use an economic Hundred Call Second equal to five (5). (8) Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that connect to a VERIZON access Tandem shall be engineered using a design blocking objective of Xxxx-Xxxxxxxxx B.005 during the average time consistent busy hour. Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that connect to a VERIZON local Tandem shall be engineered using a design blocking objective of Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx B.01 during the average time consistent busy hour. VERIZON and SPRINT shall engineer Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks using BOC Notes on the LEC Networks SR-TSV-002275. (9) The performance standard for final Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be that no such Traffic Exchange Trunk group will exceed its design blocking objective (B.005 or B.01, as applicable) for three (3) consecutive calendar traffic study months. (10) SPRINT shall determine and order the number of Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks that are required to meet the applicable design blocking objective for all traffic carried on each Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group. SPRINT shall order Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks by submitting ASRs to VERIZON setting forth the number of Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to be installed and the requested installation dates within VERIZON’s effective standard intervals or negotiated intervals, as appropriate. SPRINT shall complete ASRs in accordance with Ordering and Billing Forum Guidelines as in effect from time to time. (11) VERIZON may monitor Two-Way Traffic Exchange Groups using service results for the applicable design blocking objective. If VERIZON observes blocking in excess of the applicable design objective on any final Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group and SPRINT has not notified VERIZON that it has corrected such blocking, VERIZON may submit to SPRINT a Trunk Group Service Request directing SPRINT to remedy the blocking. Upon receipt of a Trunk Group Service Request, SPRINT will complete an ASR to augment the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Group with excessive blocking and submit the ASR to VERIZON within five (5) business days. (12) In the event the traffic volume between a VERIZON End Office and the SPRINT POI, which is carried by a Final Tandem Traffic Exchange Trunk group, exceeds the Hundred Call Second busy hour equivalent of one (1) DS-1 at any time or 200,000 combined minutes of use for a single month, except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, SPRINT shall promptly submit an ASR to VERIZON to establish new End Office Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between that VERIZON End Office and the SPRINT POI. (13) The Parties will review all Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that reach a utilization level of seventy (70%) percent or greater to determine whether those groups should be augmented. SPRINT will promptly augment all Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that reach a utilization level of eighty percent (80%) by submitting ASRs for additional trunks sufficient to attain a utilization level of approximately seventy percent (70%), unless the Parties agree that additional trunking is not required. For each Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group with a utilization level of less than sixty percent (60%), except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, SPRINT will promptly submit ASRs to disconnect a sufficient number of Traffic Exchange Trunks to attain a utilization level of approximately sixty percent (60%) for each respective group. In the event SPRINT fails to submit an ASR for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks in conformance with this section, VERIZON may xxxx SPRINT for the excess Traffic Exchange Trunks at the applicable VERIZON rates. (14) Because VERIZON will not be in control of the timing and sizing of the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between its network and SPRINT’s network, except for unexcused missed installation appointments, VERIZON’s performance in connection with these Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups shall not be subject to any performance measurements and remedies under this Agreement, and, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, under any FCC or Commission approved carrier-to-carrier performance assurance guidelines or plan. (15) Upon three (3) months prior written notice and with the mutual agreement of the Parties, either Party may withdraw its traffic from a Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group and install One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to the other Party’s POI. (16) Both parties shall use a DS-3 facilities interface at the POI for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. Upon mutual agreement, the Parties may use other types of interfaces (such as, where available, STS-1 or OC-n) at the POI. When Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks are provisioned using a DS-3 interface facility, SPRINT shall order the multiplexed DS-3 facilities to the VERIZON Central Office that is designated in the NECA 4 Tariff as an Intermediate Hub location, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by VERIZON. The specific NECA 4 Intermediate Hub location to be used for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be in the appropriate Tandem subtending area based on the LERG. In the event the appropriate DS-3 Intermediate Hub is not used, then SPRINT shall pay 100% of the facility charges for the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. (17) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Interconnection Agreement or this Amendment, Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall only carry Local Traffic, IntraLATA Toll Traffic and Internet Traffic. (18) Except as set forth in the next sentence or otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, the total number of Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between SPRINT’s network and a VERIZON Tandem will be limited to a maximum of 240 trunks. The total number of Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between SPRINT’s network and a VERIZON Tandem listed in Attachment A of this Amendment shall be limited to a maximum of 672 trunks, unless otherwise mutually agreed to in writing by the parties. In the event that the volume of traffic between SPRINT’s network and a VERIZON Tandem exceeds, or reasonably can be anticipated to exceed, the capacity of the maximum permitted number of Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, SPRINT shall promptly submit an ASR to VERIZON to establish new or additional End Office Trunks to insure that the volume of traffic between SPRINT’s network and the VERIZON Tandem does not exceed the capacity of the maximum permitted number of Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. (19) SPRINT will route its traffic to VERIZON over End Office and Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks in accordance with SR-TAP191, including but not limited to those standards requiring that a call from SPRINT to a VERIZON End Office will first be routed to the End Office Traffic Exchange Trunk group between SPRINT and the VERIZON End Office. (20) The Parties will work cooperatively to calculate a Proportionate Percentage of Use (“PPU”) factor for each facility on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride, based on the total number of minutes of traffic that each Party sends over the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks riding on that facility. SPRINT will pay a percentage of VERIZON’s monthly recurring charges for each facility on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride equal to SPRINT’s percentage of use of that facility as shown by the PPU. The PPU shall not be applied to calculate the charges for any portion of a facility that is on SPRINT’s side of the SPRINT-IP, which charges shall be solely the financial responsibility of SPRINT. During the first full calendar quarter (and any partial calendar quarter preceding such first full calendar quarter) after the first Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk is established on a facility, the PPU for that facility will be fifty percent (50%) for each Party. For each calendar quarter thereafter, the Parties shall recalculate the PPU using actual traffic usage data for the preceding calendar quarter. Non-recurring charges for each facility on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride shall be apportioned as follows: (a) for the portion of the facility on VERIZON’s side of the SPRINT-IP, SPRINT shall pay 50% of VERIZON’s non-recurring charges; and, (b) for the portion of the facility on SPRINT’s side of the SPRINT-IP, SPRINT shall be solely responsible for the non-recurring charges. Nothing in this Amendment changes a Party’s obligations under the Interconnection Agreement to provide for the transport and termination of traffic on its side of its Interconnection Point. If SPRINT is required to establish geographically relevant interconnection points in accordance with Applicable Law or the Interconnection Agreement and SPRINT fails to establish such geographically relevant interconnection points, SPRINT will be responsible for one hundred percent (100%) of all recurring and non-recurring charges for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks and related services, facilities and arrangements (including, but not limited to, one hundred percent {100%} of all recurring and non-recurring charges for the facilities on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride), that arise between the time when SPRINT is first required to establish geographically relevant interconnection points and the time when SPRINT actually establishes such geographically relevant interconnection points. Except to the extent that SPRINT is required to establish geographically relevant interconnection points by Applicable Law or the Interconnection Agreement, the preceding sentence shall not be deemed to require SPRINT to establish geographically relevant interconnection points. (21) If SPRINT materially breaches a material term of this Section 1(a), and has not remedied such breach within thirty (30) days of written notice thereof, VERIZON may cease provisioning Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks under this Amendment.

Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Interconnection Agreement, the Parties shall configure separate One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks (trunks with traffic going in one direction, including one-way trunks and uni-directional two-way trunks) for the delivery of traffic from SPRINT Cavalier to VERIZON, and for the delivery of traffic from VERIZON to SPRINTCavalier, respectively; provided, however, that in lieu thereof, upon agreement receipt of the Parties to use Cavalier’s written request, VERIZON shall provide Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks (trunks with traffic going in both directions) for the exchange of traffic between the networks of VERIZON and SPRINT, VERIZON shall provide such Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks Cavalier pursuant, and subject, to the rates, terms and conditions set forth below: (1) The applicable rates, terms and conditions, in VERIZON’s Tariffs, including, but not limited to, NJ B.P.U No. 2 as amended from time-to-time, are made a part of this Amendment. (2) The rates for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks and related services, facilities and arrangements, including, but not limited to, the facilities on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride, shall be as provided in the Interconnection Agreement, as such Interconnection Agreement is amended from time-to-time, including, but not limited to, by this Amendment. (3) Where the Parties have agreed Prior to use Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, prior to ordering requesting any Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks from VERIZON, SPRINT Cavalier shall meet with VERIZON to conduct a joint planning meeting (“Joint Planning Meeting”). At that Joint Planning Meeting, each Party shall provide to the other Party originating Hundred Call Second CCS information, and the Parties shall mutually agree on the appropriate initial number of Two-Way End Office and Tandem Traffic Exchange Trunks and the interface specifications at the Point of Interconnection (“POI”). Where the Parties have agreed to convert existing One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, at At the Joint Planning Meeting, the Parties shall also mutually agree on the conversion process and project intervals for conversion of such requests to convert existing End Office and Tandem One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to End Office and Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. (42) Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be from a VERIZON End Office or Tandem to a mutually agreed upon POI. Where the Cavalier is collocated in a Verizon Wire Center, the IP shall be at the Verizon Wire Center. (53) SPRINT On a semi-annual basis, Cavalier shall provide submit a two (2) year traffic good faith forecast (“Initial Forecast”) to VERIZON of the number of End Office and Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks that SPRINT Cavalier anticipates that the Parties will require from VERIZON will need to provide during the ensuing two (2) year period. SPRINTCavalier’s Initial Forecast trunk forecasts shall provide conform to the number of trunks for delivery of traffic VERIZON CLEC trunk forecasting guidelines as in effect at that time. (4) The Parties shall meet (telephonically or in person) from time to time, as needed, to review data on End Office and from VERIZON over each Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group over Trunks to determine the next eight (8) quarters. If SPRINT has not provided such Initial Forecast to VERIZON in February 2001, SPRINT agrees to provide such Initial Forecast to VERIZON within forty-five (45) days of executing this Amendment. Thereafter, the Initial Forecast shall be updated, and forecasts shall be provided to VERIZON on an as-needed basis but no less frequently than semiannually in accordance with VERIZON’s forecasting cycle. All forecasts shall comply with the VERIZON CLEC Interconnection Trunking Forecast Guide and shall include, at a minimum, Access Carrier Terminal Location (“ACTL”), traffic type (Local Traffic/Toll Traffic/Internet Traffic), code (identifies trunk group), A location/Z location (CLLI codes need for SPRINT-IPs and VERIZON-IPs), interface type (e.g., DS3), and trunks in service each year (cumulative). In addition, the Parties will hold joint planning sessions, as needed, to address trunk engineering, utilization, and forecasting issues. At these meetings, subject to Section 11 (“Confidential Information”) of the Interconnection Agreement, the Parties will each share their historical trunk group usage data (and other applicable trunk group utilization data) for new trunk groups dedicated and to traffic between plan any necessary changes in the Parties. The Parties agree to work together cooperatively in: the establishment number of new trunk groups; assessing utilization of, and sizing additions to, existing trunk groups; and, reducing trunk quantities for underutilized trunk groupsTwo-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. (65) Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall have SS7 Common Channel Signaling. The Parties agree to utilize B8ZS and Extended Super Frame (ESF) DS1 facilities, where available. (76) With respect to End Office Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, both Parties shall use an economic Hundred Call Second CCS equal to five (5). (8) 7) Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that connect to a VERIZON access Tandem shall be engineered using a design blocking objective of Xxxx-Xxxxxxxxx B.005 during the average time consistent busy hour. ; Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that connect to a VERIZON local Tandem shall be engineered using a design blocking objective of Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx B.01 during the average time consistent busy hour. VERIZON and SPRINT Cavalier shall engineer Two-Way Traffic Exchange Local Interconnection Trunks using BOC Notes on the LEC Networks SR-TSV-002275national standards. (9) The performance standard for final Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be that no such Traffic Exchange Trunk group will exceed its design blocking objective (B.005 or B.01, as applicable) for three (3) consecutive calendar traffic study months. (10) SPRINT 8) Cavalier shall determine and order the number of Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks that are required to meet the applicable design blocking objective for all traffic carried on each Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group. SPRINT Cavalier shall order Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks by submitting ASRs to VERIZON setting forth the number of Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to be installed and the requested installation dates within VERIZON’s effective standard intervals or negotiated intervals, as appropriate. SPRINT Cavalier shall complete ASRs in accordance with Ordering and Billing Forum Guidelines as in effect from time to time. (11) . VERIZON may monitor Two-Way Traffic Exchange Groups using service results for the applicable design blocking objective. If VERIZON observes blocking in excess of the applicable design objective on any final Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group and SPRINT Cavalier has not notified VERIZON that it has corrected such blocking, VERIZON may submit to SPRINT Cavalier a Trunk Group Service Request directing SPRINT Cavalier to remedy the blocking. Upon receipt of a Trunk Group Service Request, SPRINT Cavalier will complete an ASR to augment the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Group with excessive blocking block and submit the ASR to VERIZON within five (5) business days. (129) In the event the traffic volume between a VERIZON End Office and the SPRINT Cavalier POI, which is carried by a Final Tandem Traffic Exchange Trunk group, exceeds the Hundred Call Second CCS busy hour equivalent of one (1) DS-1 at any time or 200,000 combined minutes of use for a single month, except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, SPRINT Cavalier shall promptly submit an ASR to VERIZON to establish : new End Office Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between that VERIZON End Office and the SPRINT Cavalier POI. (1310) Upon request, Cavalier will submit a written report to VERIZON each month setting forth trunk utilization information and percentages. Cavalier will calculate utilization percentages by using a traffic data analyzation system specified by VERIZON and a time consistent busy hour. (11) The Parties will review all Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that reach a utilization level of seventy (70%) percent or greater to determine whether those groups should be augmented. SPRINT Cavalier will promptly augment all Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that reach a utilization level of eighty percent (80%) by submitting ASRs for additional trunks sufficient to attain a utilization level of approximately seventy percent (70%), unless the Parties agree that additional trunking is not required. For each Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group with a utilization level of less than sixty percent (60%), except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, SPRINT Cavalier will promptly submit ASRs to disconnect a sufficient number of Traffic Exchange Trunks to attain a utilization level of approximately sixty percent (60%) for each respective group, unless the Parties agree that the Traffic Exchange Trunks should not be disconnected. In the event SPRINT Cavalier fails to submit an ASR for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks in conformance with this section, VERIZON may xxxx SPRINT Xxxxxxxx for the excess Traffic Exchange Trunks at the applicable VERIZON ratesrates set forth in Exhibit A. (12) The performance standard on final Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be that no such Traffic Exchange Trunk group will exceed its design blocking objective (B.005 or B.01, as applicable) for three (3) consecutive calendar traffic study months. (1413) Because VERIZON will not be in control of the timing and sizing of the Two-Two- Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between its network and SPRINTCavalier’s network, except for unexcused missed installation appointments, VERIZON’s performance in connection with on these Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups shall not be subject to any performance measurements and remedies under this Agreement, and, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, under any FCC or Commission approved carrier-to-carrier performance assurance guidelines or plan. (1514) Upon three (3) months prior written notice and with the mutual agreement of the Parties, either Party may withdraw its traffic from a Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group and install One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to the other Party’s POI. (1615) Both parties Parties shall use either a DS-1 or DS-3 facilities interface at the POI for Two-Two- Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. Upon mutual agreement, the Parties may use other types of interfaces (interfaces, such as, where available, as STS-1 or OC-n) , at the POI, when and where available. When Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks are provisioned using a DS-3 interface facility, SPRINT Cavalier shall order the multiplexed DS-3 facilities to the VERIZON Central Office that is designated in the NECA 4 Tariff as an Intermediate Hub location, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by VERIZON. The specific NECA 4 Intermediate Hub location to be used for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be in the appropriate Tandem subtending area based on the LERG. In the event the appropriate DS-3 DS 3 Intermediate Hub is not usedused in the ordering process, then SPRINT Cavalier shall pay 100% of the facility charges for the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks.charges (1716) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Interconnection Agreement or this Amendment, Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall only carry Local Traffic, IntraLATA Toll Traffic and Internet Traffic. (18) Except as set forth in the next sentence or otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, the total number of Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between SPRINT’s network and a VERIZON Tandem will be limited to a maximum of 240 trunks. The total number of Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between SPRINT’s network and a VERIZON Tandem listed in Attachment A of this Amendment shall be limited to a maximum of 672 trunks, unless otherwise mutually agreed to in writing by the parties. In the event that the volume of traffic between SPRINT’s network and a VERIZON Tandem exceeds, or reasonably can be anticipated to exceed, the capacity of the maximum permitted number of Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, SPRINT shall promptly submit an ASR to VERIZON to establish new or additional End Office Trunks to insure that the volume of traffic between SPRINT’s network and the VERIZON Tandem does not exceed the capacity of the maximum permitted number of Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. (19) SPRINT will route its traffic to VERIZON over End Office and Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks in accordance with SR-TAP191, including but not limited to those standards requiring that a call from SPRINT to a VERIZON End Office will first be routed to the End Office Traffic Exchange Trunk group between SPRINT and the VERIZON End Office. (20) The Parties will work cooperatively to calculate a Proportionate Percentage of Use (“PPU”) factor for each facility on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride, based on the total number of minutes of traffic that each Party sends over the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks riding on that facility. SPRINT will pay a percentage of VERIZON’s monthly recurring charges for each facility on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride equal to SPRINT’s percentage of use of that facility as shown by the PPU. The PPU shall not be applied to calculate the charges for any portion of a facility that is on SPRINT’s side of the SPRINT-IP, which charges shall be solely the financial responsibility of SPRINT. During the first full calendar quarter (and any partial calendar quarter preceding such first full calendar quarter) after the first Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk is established on a facility, the PPU for that facility will be fifty percent (50%) for each Party. For each calendar quarter thereafter, the Parties shall recalculate the PPU using actual traffic usage data for the preceding calendar quarter. Non-recurring charges for each facility on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride shall be apportioned as follows: (a) for the portion of the facility on VERIZON’s side of the SPRINT-IP, SPRINT shall pay 50% of VERIZON’s non-recurring charges; and, (b) for the portion of the facility on SPRINT’s side of the SPRINT-IP, SPRINT shall be solely responsible for the non-recurring charges. Nothing in this Amendment changes a Party’s obligations under the Interconnection Agreement to provide for the transport and termination of traffic on its side of its Interconnection Point. If SPRINT is required to establish geographically relevant interconnection points in accordance with Applicable Law or the Interconnection Agreement and SPRINT fails to establish such geographically relevant interconnection points, SPRINT will be responsible for one hundred percent (100%) of all recurring and non-recurring charges for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks and related services, facilities and arrangements (including, but not limited to, one hundred percent {100%} of all recurring and non-recurring charges for the facilities on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride), that arise between the time when SPRINT is first required to establish geographically relevant interconnection points and the time when SPRINT actually establishes such geographically relevant interconnection points. Except to the extent that SPRINT is required to establish geographically relevant interconnection points by Applicable Law or the Interconnection Agreement, the preceding sentence shall not be deemed to require SPRINT to establish geographically relevant interconnection points. (2117) If SPRINT Cavalier materially breaches a material term of this Section 1(a), and has not remedied such breach within thirty (30) days of written notice thereof, VERIZON may cease provisioning Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks under this Amendment. (18) Any Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group between the Cavalier’s POI and a VERIZON Tandem will be limited to a maximum of 240 trunks unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties. In the event that any Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group exceeds the 240 trunk level at any time, Cavalier shall promptly submit an ASR to VERIZON to establish new or additional End Office Trunk groups to insure that such Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group does not exceed the 240 trunk level. (19) Cavalier will route its traffic to VERIZON over the End Office and Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks in accordance with SR-TAP192, including but not limited to those industry standards requiring that a call from Cavalier to a VERIZON End Office will first be routed to the End Office Traffic Exchange Trunk group between Cavalier and the VERIZON End Office. (20) When the Parties implement Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, the Parties will work cooperatively to calculate a Proportionate Percentage of Use or “PPU” factor, where the numerator is the total number of minutes of traffic carried from Cavalier to VERIZON on all Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks and the denominator is the total number of minutes of traffic carried over such Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. Cavalier will pay a percentage of Verizon’s monthly recurring charges for the facility on which the Two-Way Local Interconnection Trunks ride equal to Cavalier’s percentage of use of the facility as shown by the PPU. The PPU shall not be applied to calculate the charges for any portion of the facility that is on Cavalier’s side of the Cavalier’s-IP, which charges shall be solely the financial responsibility of the Cavalier. Non-recurring charges for the facility on which the Two-Way Interconnection Trunks ride shall be apportioned as follows: (a) for the portion of the Trunks on Verizon’s side of the Cavalier-IP, the non-recurring charges shall be divided equally between the Parties; and, (b) for the portion of the Trunks on Cavalier’s side of the Cavalier-IP, Cavalier shall be solely responsible for the non-recurring charges. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 20, if Cavalier fails to provide geographic IPs in accordance with this Agreement, Cavalier will be responsible for one hundred percent (100%) of all recurring and non-recurring charges associated with Two-Way Local Interconnection Trunk groups until Cavalier establishes such IPs. During the first calendar quarter (and any partial quarter) after Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks are initially established, PPU will be fifty percent (50%). In each quarter thereafter, the Parties may recalculate the PPU using actual traffic usage for the preceding three month period. When One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks are converted to Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, Cavalier will pay fifty percent (50%) of the non-recurring charges.

Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Interconnection AgreementAdopted Terms, the Parties shall configure separate One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks (trunks with traffic going in one direction, including one-way trunks and uni-directional two-way trunks) for the delivery of traffic from SPRINT Comcast to VERIZONVerizon, and for the delivery of traffic from VERIZON Verizon to SPRINTComcast, respectively; provided, however, that in lieu thereof, upon agreement receipt of the Parties to use Comcast’s written request, Verizon shall provide Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks (trunks with traffic going in both directions) for the exchange of traffic between the networks of VERIZON Verizon and SPRINT, VERIZON shall provide such Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks Comcast pursuant, and subject, to the rates, terms and conditions set forth below: (1) The applicable rates, terms and conditions, in VERIZON’s Tariffs, including, but not limited to, NJ B.P.U No. 2 as amended from time-to-time, are made a part of this Amendment. (2) The rates for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks and related services, facilities and arrangements, including, but not limited to, the facilities on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride, shall be as provided in the Interconnection Agreement, as such Interconnection Agreement is amended from time-to-time, including, but not limited to, by this Amendment. (3) Where the Parties have agreed Prior to use Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, prior to ordering requesting any Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks from VERIZONVerizon, SPRINT Comcast shall meet with VERIZON Verizon to conduct a joint planning meeting (“Joint Planning Meeting”). At that Joint Planning Meeting, each Party shall provide to the other Party originating Hundred Call Second CCS information, and the Parties shall mutually agree on the appropriate initial number of Two-Way End Office and Tandem Traffic Exchange Trunks and the interface specifications at the Point of Interconnection (“POI”). Where the Parties have agreed to convert existing One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, at At the Joint Planning Meeting, the Parties shall also mutually agree on the conversion process and project intervals for conversion of such requests to convert existing End Office and Tandem One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to End Office and Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. (42) Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be from a VERIZON Verizon End Office or Tandem to a mutually agreed upon POI. Where Comcast is collocated in a Verizon Wire Center, the Comcast-IP shall be at the Verizon Wire Center. (53) SPRINT On a semi-annual basis, Comcast shall provide submit a two (2) year traffic good faith forecast (“Initial Forecast”) to VERIZON Verizon of the number of End Office and Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks that SPRINT Comcast anticipates VERIZON that the Parties will need to provide require from Verizon during the ensuing two (2) year period. SPRINTComcast’s Initial Forecast trunk forecasts shall provide conform to the number of trunks for delivery of traffic Verizon CLEC trunk forecasting guidelines as in effect at that time. (4) The Parties shall meet (telephonically or in person) from time to time, as needed, to review data on End Office and from VERIZON over each Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group over Trunks to determine the next eight (8) quarters. If SPRINT has not provided such Initial Forecast to VERIZON in February 2001, SPRINT agrees to provide such Initial Forecast to VERIZON within forty-five (45) days of executing this Amendment. Thereafter, the Initial Forecast shall be updated, and forecasts shall be provided to VERIZON on an as-needed basis but no less frequently than semiannually in accordance with VERIZON’s forecasting cycle. All forecasts shall comply with the VERIZON CLEC Interconnection Trunking Forecast Guide and shall include, at a minimum, Access Carrier Terminal Location (“ACTL”), traffic type (Local Traffic/Toll Traffic/Internet Traffic), code (identifies trunk group), A location/Z location (CLLI codes need for SPRINT-IPs and VERIZON-IPs), interface type (e.g., DS3), and trunks in service each year (cumulative). In addition, the Parties will hold joint planning sessions, as needed, to address trunk engineering, utilization, and forecasting issues. At these meetings, subject to Section 11 (“Confidential Information”) of the Interconnection Agreement, the Parties will each share their historical trunk group usage data (and other applicable trunk group utilization data) for new trunk groups dedicated and to traffic between plan any necessary changes in the Parties. The Parties agree to work together cooperatively in: the establishment number of new trunk groups; assessing utilization of, and sizing additions to, existing trunk groups; and, reducing trunk quantities for underutilized trunk groupsTwo-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. (65) Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall have SS7 Common Channel Signaling. The Parties agree to utilize B8ZS and Extended Super Frame (ESF) DS1 facilities, where available. (76) With respect to End Office Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, both Parties shall use an economic Hundred Call Second CCS equal to five (5). (8) 7) Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that connect to a VERIZON Verizon access Tandem shall be engineered using a design blocking objective of Xxxx-Xxxx- Xxxxxxxxx B.005 during the average time consistent busy hour. ; Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that connect to a VERIZON Verizon local Tandem shall be engineered using a design blocking objective of Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx B.01 during the average time consistent busy hour. VERIZON Verizon and SPRINT Comcast shall engineer Two-Way Traffic Exchange Local Interconnection Trunks using BOC Notes on the LEC Networks SR-TSV-002275national standards. (9) The performance standard for final Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be that no such Traffic Exchange Trunk group will exceed its design blocking objective (B.005 or B.01, as applicable) for three (3) consecutive calendar traffic study months. (10) SPRINT 8) Comcast shall determine and order the number of Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks that are required to meet the applicable design blocking objective for all traffic carried on each Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group. SPRINT Comcast shall order Two-Two- Way Traffic Exchange Trunks by submitting ASRs to VERIZON Verizon setting forth the number of Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to be installed and the requested installation dates within VERIZONVerizon’s effective standard intervals or negotiated intervals, as appropriate. SPRINT Comcast shall complete ASRs in accordance with Ordering and Billing Forum Guidelines as in effect from time to time. (11) VERIZON . Verizon may monitor Two-Way Traffic Exchange Groups Trunk groups using service results for the applicable design blocking objective. If VERIZON Verizon observes blocking in excess of the applicable design objective on any final Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group and SPRINT Comcast has not notified VERIZON Verizon that it has corrected such blocking, VERIZON Verizon may submit to SPRINT Comcast a Trunk Group Service Request directing SPRINT Comcast to remedy the blocking. Upon receipt of a Trunk Group Service Request, SPRINT Comcast will complete an ASR to augment the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Group group with excessive blocking block and submit the ASR to VERIZON Verizon within five (5) business days. (129) In the event the traffic volume between a VERIZON Verizon End Office and the SPRINT Comcast POI, which is carried by a Final Tandem Traffic Exchange Trunk group, exceeds the Hundred Call Second CCS busy hour equivalent of one (1) DS-1 at any time or 200,000 combined minutes of use for a single month, except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, SPRINT Comcast shall promptly submit an ASR to VERIZON Verizon to establish new End Office Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between that VERIZON Verizon End Office and the SPRINT Comcast POI. (1310) The Parties will review all Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that reach a utilization level of seventy (70%) percent or greater to determine whether those groups should be augmented. SPRINT Comcast will promptly augment all Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that reach a utilization level of eighty percent (80%) by submitting ASRs for additional trunks sufficient to attain a utilization level of approximately seventy percent (70%), unless the Parties agree that additional trunking is not required. For each Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group with a utilization level of less than sixty percent (60%), except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, SPRINT Comcast will promptly submit ASRs to disconnect a sufficient number of Traffic Exchange Trunks to attain a utilization level of approximately sixty percent (60%) for each respective group, unless the Parties agree that the Traffic Exchange Trunks should not be disconnected. In the event SPRINT Comcast fails to submit an ASR for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks in conformance with this section, VERIZON Verizon may xxxx SPRINT Comcast for the excess Traffic Exchange Trunks at the applicable VERIZON ratesrates set forth in the Adopted Terms. (1411) The performance standard on Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be that no such Traffic Exchange Trunk group will exceed its design blocking objective (B.005 or B.01, as applicable) for three (3) consecutive calendar traffic study months. (12) Because VERIZON Verizon will not be in control of the timing and sizing of the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between its network and SPRINT’s Comcast's network, except for unexcused missed installation appointments, VERIZON’s Verizon's traffic blockage performance in connection with and any other aspects of its performance that is outside of the control of Verizon on these Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups shall not be subject to any performance measurements and remedies under this Agreement, and, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, under any FCC or Commission approved carrier-to-carrier performance assurance guidelines or planremedies. (1513) Upon three (3) months prior written notice and with the mutual agreement of the Parties, either Party may withdraw its traffic from a Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group and install One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to the other Party’s POI. (1614) Both parties Parties shall use either a DS-1 or DS-3 facilities interface at the POI for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. Upon mutual agreement, the Parties may use other types of interfaces (interfaces, such as, where available, as STS-1 or OC-n) , at the POI, when and where available. When Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks are provisioned using a DS-3 interface facility, SPRINT Comcast shall order the multiplexed DS-3 facilities to the VERIZON Verizon Central Office that is designated in the NECA 4 Tariff as an Intermediate Hub location, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by VERIZONVerizon. The specific NECA 4 Intermediate Hub location to be used for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be in the appropriate Tandem subtending area based on the LERG. In the event the appropriate DS-3 Intermediate Hub is not usedused in the ordering process, then SPRINT Comcast shall pay 100% of the facility charges for the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks.charges (1715) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Interconnection Agreement Adopted Terms or this AmendmentSupplemental Agreement No. 1, Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall only carry Local Traffic, IntraLATA Toll Traffic and Internet Traffic. (1816) Except as set forth in Any Comcast breach of any material terms of this Supplemental Agreement No. 1 shall be subject to Section 22.6 of the next sentence or otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, the total number of Adopted Terms. (17) Any Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks Trunk group between SPRINTthe Comcast’s network POI and a VERIZON Verizon Tandem will be limited to a maximum of 240 trunks. The total number of Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between SPRINT’s network and a VERIZON Tandem listed in Attachment A of this Amendment shall be limited to a maximum of 672 trunks, trunks unless otherwise mutually agreed to in writing by the partiesParties. In the event that the volume of traffic between SPRINT’s network and a VERIZON Tandem exceeds, or reasonably can be anticipated to exceed, the capacity of the maximum permitted number of any Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange TrunksTrunk group exceeds the 240 trunk level at any time, SPRINT Comcast shall promptly submit an ASR to VERIZON Verizon to establish new or additional End Office Trunks Trunk groups to insure that the volume of traffic between SPRINT’s network and the VERIZON Tandem does not exceed the capacity of the maximum permitted number of such Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange TrunksTrunk group does not exceed the 240 trunk level. (1918) SPRINT Comcast will route its traffic to VERIZON Verizon over the End Office and Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks in accordance with SR-TAP191, including but not limited to those industry standards requiring that a call from SPRINT Comcast to a VERIZON Verizon End Office will first be routed to the End Office Traffic Exchange Trunk group between SPRINT Comcast and the VERIZON Verizon End Office. (2019) The When the Parties implement Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, the Parties will work cooperatively to calculate a Proportionate Percentage of Use (or “PPU”) factor for each facility on which ” factor, where the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride, based on numerator is the total number of minutes of traffic that each Party sends over the carried from Comcast to Verizon on all Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks riding on that facilityand the denominator is the total number of minutes of traffic carried over such Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. SPRINT Comcast will pay a percentage of VERIZONVerizon’s monthly recurring charges for each the facility on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride equal to SPRINTComcast’s percentage of use of that the facility as shown by the PPU. The PPU shall not be applied to calculate the charges for any portion of a the facility that is on SPRINTComcast’s side of the SPRINTComcast-IP, which charges shall be solely the financial responsibility of SPRINT. During the first full calendar quarter (and any partial calendar quarter preceding such first full calendar quarter) after the first Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk is established on a facility, the PPU for that facility will be fifty percent (50%) for each Party. For each calendar quarter thereafter, the Parties shall recalculate the PPU using actual traffic usage data for the preceding calendar quarterComcast. Non-recurring charges for each the facility on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride shall be apportioned as follows: (a) for the portion of the facility Trunks on VERIZONVerizon’s side of the SPRINTComcast-IP, SPRINT shall pay 50% of VERIZON’s the non-recurring chargescharges shall be divided equally between the Parties; and, (b) for the portion of the facility Trunks on SPRINTComcast’s side of the SPRINTComcast-IP, SPRINT Comcast shall be solely responsible for the non-recurring charges. Nothing in Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Amendment changes a Party’s obligations under the Interconnection Agreement Section 19, if Comcast fails to provide for the transport and termination of traffic on its side of its Interconnection Point. If SPRINT is required to establish geographically relevant interconnection points geographic IPs in accordance with Applicable Law this Supplemental Agreement No. 1 or the Interconnection Agreement and SPRINT fails to establish such geographically relevant interconnection pointsAdopted Terms, SPRINT Comcast will be responsible for one hundred percent (100%) of all recurring and non-non- recurring charges for associated with Two-Way Local Interconnection Trunk groups until Comcast establishes such IPs. During the first calendar quarter (and any partial quarter) after Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks and related servicesare initially established, facilities and arrangements PPU will be fifty percent (including50%). In each quarter thereafter, but not limited to, one hundred percent {100%} of all recurring and non-recurring charges the Parties may recalculate the PPU using actual traffic usage for the facilities on which the preceding three month period. When One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks are converted to Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride)Trunks, that arise between Comcast will pay fifty percent (50%) of the time when SPRINT is first required to establish geographically relevant interconnection points and the time when SPRINT actually establishes such geographically relevant interconnection points. Except to the extent that SPRINT is required to establish geographically relevant interconnection points by Applicable Law or the Interconnection Agreement, the preceding sentence shall not be deemed to require SPRINT to establish geographically relevant interconnection pointsnon- recurring charges. (21) If SPRINT materially breaches a material term of this Section 1(a), and has not remedied such breach within thirty (30) days of written notice thereof, VERIZON may cease provisioning Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks under this Amendment.

Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Interconnection AgreementAdopted Terms, the Parties shall configure separate One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks (trunks with traffic going in one direction, including one-way trunks and uni-directional two-way trunks) for the delivery of traffic from SPRINT CTC to VERIZON, and for the delivery of traffic from VERIZON to SPRINTCTC, respectively; provided, however, that in lieu thereof, upon agreement receipt of the Parties to use CTC’s written request, VERIZON shall provide Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks (trunks with traffic going in both directions) for the exchange of traffic between the networks of VERIZON and SPRINT, VERIZON shall provide such Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks CTC pursuant, and subject, to the rates, terms and conditions set forth below: (1) The applicable rates, terms and conditions, in VERIZON’s Tariffs, including, but not limited to, NJ B.P.U No. 2 as amended from time-to-time, are made a part of this Amendment. (2) The rates for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks and related services, facilities and arrangements, including, but not limited to, the facilities on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride, shall be as provided in the Interconnection Agreement, as such Interconnection Agreement is amended from time-to-time, including, but not limited to, by this Amendment. (3) Where the Parties have agreed Prior to use Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, prior to ordering requesting any Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks from VERIZON, SPRINT CTC shall meet with VERIZON to conduct a joint planning meeting (“Joint Planning Meeting”). At that Joint Planning Meeting, each Party shall provide to the other Party originating Hundred Call Second CCS information, and the Parties shall mutually agree on the appropriate initial number of Two-Way End Office and Tandem Traffic Exchange Trunks and the interface specifications at the Point of Interconnection (“POI”). Where the Parties have agreed to convert existing One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, at At the Joint Planning Meeting, the Parties shall also mutually agree on the conversion process and project intervals for conversion of such requests to convert existing End Office and Tandem One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to End Office and Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. (42) Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be from a VERIZON End Office or Tandem to a mutually agreed upon POI. If the Parties cannot mutually agree as to the location of such POI, neither Party shall be obligated hereunder to establish Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. If the Parties cannot agree to the location of the POI, then either Party may dispute the matter in accordance with the dispute resolution provisions at Section 29.9 of the Adopted Terms, and neither Party waives its rights to advocate its respective position as to the interpretation of Applicable Law. (53) SPRINT On a semi-annual basis, CTC shall provide submit a two (2) year traffic good faith forecast (“Initial Forecast”) to VERIZON of the number of End Office and Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks that SPRINT CTC anticipates that the Parties will require from VERIZON will need to provide during the ensuing two (2) year period. SPRINTCTC’s Initial Forecast trunk forecasts shall provide conform to the number of trunks for delivery of traffic VERIZON CLEC trunk forecasting guidelines as in effect at that time. (4) The Parties shall meet (telephonically or in person) from time to time, as needed, to review data on End Office and from VERIZON over each Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group over Trunks to determine the next eight (8) quarters. If SPRINT has not provided such Initial Forecast to VERIZON in February 2001, SPRINT agrees to provide such Initial Forecast to VERIZON within forty-five (45) days of executing this Amendment. Thereafter, the Initial Forecast shall be updated, and forecasts shall be provided to VERIZON on an as-needed basis but no less frequently than semiannually in accordance with VERIZON’s forecasting cycle. All forecasts shall comply with the VERIZON CLEC Interconnection Trunking Forecast Guide and shall include, at a minimum, Access Carrier Terminal Location (“ACTL”), traffic type (Local Traffic/Toll Traffic/Internet Traffic), code (identifies trunk group), A location/Z location (CLLI codes need for SPRINT-IPs and VERIZON-IPs), interface type (e.g., DS3), and trunks in service each year (cumulative). In addition, the Parties will hold joint planning sessions, as needed, to address trunk engineering, utilization, and forecasting issues. At these meetings, subject to Section 11 (“Confidential Information”) of the Interconnection Agreement, the Parties will each share their historical trunk group usage data (and other applicable trunk group utilization data) for new trunk groups dedicated and to traffic between plan any necessary changes in the Parties. The Parties agree to work together cooperatively in: the establishment number of new trunk groups; assessing utilization of, and sizing additions to, existing trunk groups; and, reducing trunk quantities for underutilized trunk groupsTwo-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. (65) Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall have SS7 Common Channel Signaling. The Parties agree to utilize B8ZS and Extended Super Frame (ESF) DS1 facilities, where available. (76) With respect to End Office Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, both Parties shall use an economic Hundred Call Second CCS equal to five (5). (8) 7) Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that connect to a VERIZON access Tandem shall be engineered using a design blocking objective of Xxxx-Xxxxxxxxx B.005 during the average time consistent busy hour. ; Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that connect to a VERIZON local Tandem shall be engineered using a design blocking objective of Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx B.01 during the average time consistent busy hour. VERIZON and SPRINT CTC shall engineer Two-Way Traffic Exchange Local Interconnection Trunks using BOC Notes on the LEC Networks SR-TSV-002275national standards. (9) The performance standard for final Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be that no such Traffic Exchange Trunk group will exceed its design blocking objective (B.005 or B.01, as applicable) for three (3) consecutive calendar traffic study months. (10) SPRINT 8) CTC shall determine and order the number of Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks that are required to meet the applicable design blocking objective for all traffic carried on each Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group. SPRINT CTC shall order Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks by submitting ASRs to VERIZON setting forth the number of Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to be installed and the requested installation dates within VERIZON’s effective standard intervals or negotiated intervals, as appropriate. SPRINT CTC shall complete ASRs in accordance with Ordering and Billing Forum Guidelines as in effect from time to time. (11) . VERIZON may monitor Two-Way Traffic Exchange Groups using service results for the applicable design blocking objective. If VERIZON observes blocking in excess of the applicable design objective on any final Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group and SPRINT CTC has not notified VERIZON that it has corrected such blocking, VERIZON may submit to SPRINT CTC a Trunk Group Service Request directing SPRINT CTC to remedy the blocking. Upon receipt of a Trunk Group Service Request, SPRINT CTC will complete an ASR to augment the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Group with excessive blocking block and submit the ASR to VERIZON within five (5) business days. (129) In the event the traffic volume between a VERIZON End Office and the SPRINT CTC POI, which is carried by a Final Tandem Traffic Exchange Trunk group, exceeds the Hundred Call Second CCS busy hour equivalent of one (1) DS-1 at any time or 200,000 combined minutes of use for a single month, except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, SPRINT CTC shall promptly submit an ASR to VERIZON to establish new End Office Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between that VERIZON End Office and the SPRINT CTC POI. (1310) Upon request, CTC will submit a written report to VERIZON every six (6) months setting forth trunk utilization information and percentages. CTC will calculate utilization percentages by using a traffic data analysis system specified by VERIZON and a time consistent busy hour. (11) The Parties will review all Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that reach a utilization level of seventy (70%) of the engineered capacity percent or greater to determine whether those groups should be augmented. SPRINT CTC will promptly augment all Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups that reach a utilization level of eighty percent (80%) of the engineered capacity by submitting ASRs for additional trunks sufficient to attain a utilization level of approximately seventy percent (70%)) of the engineered capacity, unless the Parties agree that additional trunking is not required. For each Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group with a utilization level of less than sixty percent (60%)) of the engineered capacity, except as unless the Parties otherwise agreed by the Partiesagree, SPRINT CTC will promptly submit ASRs to disconnect a sufficient number of Traffic Exchange Trunks to attain a utilization level of approximately sixty percent (60%) of the engineered capacity for each respective group, unless the Parties agree that the Traffic Exchange Trunks should not be disconnected. In the event SPRINT CTC fails to submit an ASR for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks in conformance with this section, VERIZON may xxxx SPRINT CTC for the excess Traffic Exchange Trunks at the applicable VERIZON ratesrates set forth in Exhibit A. (12) The performance standard on final Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be that no such Traffic Exchange Trunk group will exceed its design blocking objective (B.005 or B.01, as applicable) for three (3) consecutive calendar traffic study months. (1413) Because VERIZON will not be in control of the timing and sizing of the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between its network and SPRINTCTC’s network, except for unexcused missed installation appointments, VERIZON’s performance in connection with on these Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk groups shall not be subject to any performance measurements and remedies under this Supplemental Agreement, and, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, under any FCC or Commission approved carrier-to-to- carrier performance assurance guidelines or plan. (1514) Upon three (3) months prior written notice and with the mutual agreement of the Parties, either Party may withdraw its traffic from a Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group and install One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks to the other Party’s POI. (1615) Both parties Parties shall use either a DS-1 or DS-3 facilities interface at the POI for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. Upon mutual agreement, the Parties may use other types of interfaces (interfaces, such as, where available, as STS-1 or OC-n) , at the POI, when and where available. When Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks are provisioned using a DS-3 interface facility, SPRINT one Party, by mutual agreement, shall order the multiplexed DS-3 facilities to the VERIZON Central Office that is designated in the NECA 4 Tariff as an Intermediate Hub location, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by VERIZON. The specific NECA 4 Intermediate Hub location to be used for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall be in the appropriate Tandem subtending area based on the LERG. In the event the appropriate DS-3 DS 3 Intermediate Hub is not usedused in the ordering process, then SPRINT CTC shall pay 100% of the facility charges for the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunkscharges. (1716) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Interconnection Agreement Adopted Terms or this AmendmentSupplemental Agreement, Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks shall only carry Local Traffic, IntraLATA Toll Traffic and Internet Traffic. (18) Except as set forth in the next sentence or otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, the total number of Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between SPRINT’s network and a VERIZON Tandem will be limited to a maximum of 240 trunks. The total number of Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks between SPRINT’s network and a VERIZON Tandem listed in Attachment A of this Amendment shall be limited to a maximum of 672 trunks, unless otherwise mutually agreed to in writing by the parties. In the event that the volume of traffic between SPRINT’s network and a VERIZON Tandem exceeds, or reasonably can be anticipated to exceed, the capacity of the maximum permitted number of Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, SPRINT shall promptly submit an ASR to VERIZON to establish new or additional End Office Trunks to insure that the volume of traffic between SPRINT’s network and the VERIZON Tandem does not exceed the capacity of the maximum permitted number of Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. (19) SPRINT will route its traffic to VERIZON over End Office and Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks in accordance with SR-TAP191, including but not limited to those standards requiring that a call from SPRINT to a VERIZON End Office will first be routed to the End Office Traffic Exchange Trunk group between SPRINT and the VERIZON End Office. (20) The Parties will work cooperatively to calculate a Proportionate Percentage of Use (“PPU”) factor for each facility on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride, based on the total number of minutes of traffic that each Party sends over the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks riding on that facility. SPRINT will pay a percentage of VERIZON’s monthly recurring charges for each facility on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride equal to SPRINT’s percentage of use of that facility as shown by the PPU. The PPU shall not be applied to calculate the charges for any portion of a facility that is on SPRINT’s side of the SPRINT-IP, which charges shall be solely the financial responsibility of SPRINT. During the first full calendar quarter (and any partial calendar quarter preceding such first full calendar quarter) after the first Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk is established on a facility, the PPU for that facility will be fifty percent (50%) for each Party. For each calendar quarter thereafter, the Parties shall recalculate the PPU using actual traffic usage data for the preceding calendar quarter. Non-recurring charges for each facility on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride shall be apportioned as follows: (a) for the portion of the facility on VERIZON’s side of the SPRINT-IP, SPRINT shall pay 50% of VERIZON’s non-recurring charges; and, (b) for the portion of the facility on SPRINT’s side of the SPRINT-IP, SPRINT shall be solely responsible for the non-recurring charges. Nothing in this Amendment changes a Party’s obligations under the Interconnection Agreement to provide for the transport and termination of traffic on its side of its Interconnection Point. If SPRINT is required to establish geographically relevant interconnection points in accordance with Applicable Law or the Interconnection Agreement and SPRINT fails to establish such geographically relevant interconnection points, SPRINT will be responsible for one hundred percent (100%) of all recurring and non-recurring charges for Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks and related services, facilities and arrangements (including, but not limited to, one hundred percent {100%} of all recurring and non-recurring charges for the facilities on which the Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks ride), that arise between the time when SPRINT is first required to establish geographically relevant interconnection points and the time when SPRINT actually establishes such geographically relevant interconnection points. Except to the extent that SPRINT is required to establish geographically relevant interconnection points by Applicable Law or the Interconnection Agreement, the preceding sentence shall not be deemed to require SPRINT to establish geographically relevant interconnection points. (2117) If SPRINT CTC materially breaches a material term of this Section 1(a), and has not remedied such breach within thirty (30) days of written notice thereof, VERIZON may cease provisioning Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks under this AmendmentSupplemental Agreement. (18) Any Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group between the CTC’s POI and a VERIZON Tandem will be limited to a maximum of 240 trunks unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties. In the event that any Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group exceeds the 240 trunk level at any time, CTC shall promptly submit an ASR to VERIZON to establish new or additional End Office Trunk groups to insure that such Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunk group does not exceed the 240 trunk level. (19) CTC will route its traffic to VERIZON over the End Office and Tandem Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks in accordance with SR-TAP191, including but not limited to those industry standards requiring that a call from CTC to a VERIZON End Office will first be routed to the End Office Traffic Exchange Trunk group between CTC and the VERIZON End Office. (20) When the Parties implement Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, the Parties will work cooperatively to calculate a Proportionate Percentage of Use or “PPU” factor, where the numerator is the total number of minutes of traffic carried from CTC to VERIZON on all Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks and the denominator is the total number of minutes of traffic carried over such Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks. CTC will pay a percentage of Verizon’s monthly recurring charges for the facility on which the Two-Way Local Interconnection Trunks ride equal to CTC’s percentage of use of the facility as shown by the PPU. The PPU shall not be applied to calculate the charges for any portion of the facility that is on CTC’s side of the CTC’s-IP, which charges shall be solely the financial responsibility of the CTC. Non-recurring charges for the facility on which the Two-Way Interconnection Trunks ride shall be apportioned as follows: (a) for the portion of the Trunks on Verizon’s side of the CTC- IP, the non-recurring charges shall be divided equally between the Parties; and, (b) for the portion of the Trunks on CTC’s side of the CTC-IP, CTC shall be solely responsible for the non- recurring charges. If CTC is required to establish geographically relevant interconnection points in accordance with Applicable Law or in accordance with its underlying Interconnection Agreement or Adopted Terms, and CTC fails to establish such geographically relevant interconnection points, the PPU will be one hundred percent (100%) until CTC establishes such geographically relevant interconnection points. During the first calendar quarter (and any partial quarter) after Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks are initially established, PPU will be fifty percent (50%). In each quarter thereafter, the Parties may recalculate the PPU using actual traffic usage for the preceding three month period. When One-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks are converted to Two-Way Traffic Exchange Trunks, CTC will pay fifty percent (50%) of the non- recurring charges.