PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO DIAL ACCESS SERVICES AGREEMENT
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PROPRIETARY
AND CONFIDENTIAL
AMENDMENT
NO. 2
TO
THIS
AMENDMENT NO. 2
to Dial
Access Services Agreement (this “Amendment”) is effective as of January 1st,
2003 (the “Amendment Effective Date”) by and between Qwest
Communications Corporation (“Customer”)
and Pac-West
Communications Corporation (“Pac-West”).
Pac-West and Customer are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the
“Parties.” All defined or capitalized terms used herein shall have the same
meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement, unless specifically otherwise
provided in this Amendment No. 2.
WHEREAS,
Pac-West and Customer entered into that certain Dial Access Services Agreement
effective as of January 31, 2002 (the “Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
the
Parties modified the Agreement by entering into Amendment No 1 to Dial
Access Services Agreement effective as of June 28, 2002 (“Amendment
1”);
WHEREAS,
the
Parties desire to further modify the Agreement as more particularly described
below.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree
as
follows:
1. The
fifth
sentence of Section 1(a) shall be deleted in its entirety.
2. In
Section 1(c), the following phrase shall be added after the words “the
purchase, installation, and maintenance of all equipment”;
“. . . (with the exception of the Cisco
equipment. . .”.
3. A
new
sentence shall be added at the end of Section 1(e)(iii) as follows:
“To the
extent that hardware maintenance is necessary, such maintenance will be covered
under Customer’s maintenance agreement with Cisco Systems.”
4. The
second sentence of Section 1(e)(vii) shall be deleted in its
entirety.
5. The
last
sentence of Section 2(a) of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety
and replaced by the following sentence: “All Ports under each of the Phases
described below shall have expiration dates as set forth in
Section 2(b).”
6. Section 2(b)
of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following
Section 2(b):
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“(b) Length
Except
as
provided in Sections 2(c) (Service Term Renewal), 3 (Early Termination),
7(a) (Payment and Taxes), 12(a) (Service Installation Intervals),
13(c) (Tariff Regulatory Changes), 13(d) (Tariff Misapplication),
and
21 (Force Majeure), the Service Term of this Agreement shall commence
as
provided in Section 2(a) above and shall extend until thirty-six (36)
months after the activation of those Ports, (e.g.,
the
term for those Ports activated on May 1, 2003, shall extend until
April 30, 2006).”
7. Section 2(c)
of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following
Section 2(c):
“(c)
Renewal
Upon
expiration, the term for each group of Ports shall be automatically extended
on
a month-to-month basis unless terminated by either Party by providing thirty
(30) days written notice. The price for the Ports during the month-to-month
extension shall be the then current price plus [**].
8. Section 4
of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirely and replaced by the following
Section 4:
“4. Minimum
Service Commitment
Except
as
otherwise provided herein, Customer agrees to maintain the Ports set forth
below
for the duration of the respective Service Terms (“Port
Commitment”).
Phase I
Port Commitment:
[**]
Ports activated within 45 days of the Effective Date, at the locations sot
forth
in Exhibit 4.
Phase
Port Commitment:
[**]
additional Ports activated on or before June 30, 2002 at the locations
set
forth in Exhibit 4.
Xxxxx 0
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx:
[**]
additional Ports activated the later of May 1, 2003 or the date the
Ports
are accepted by Qwest in accordance with Section 11 of the Agreement,
at
the locations set forth in Exhibit 4.
In
the
event that Customer desires early activation of any Ports, Pac-West agrees
to
exercise its commercially reasonable efforts, subject to resource and personnel
constraints, to accommodate Customer’s request.
9. The
third
sentence of Section 5(b) of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety
and replaced by the following:
“The
monthly fee per active Port for a given calendar month or any fraction thereof
shall be as follows: (1) [**] for those Ports delivered prior to calendar
year 2003 for the years 2002 and 2003; (2) [**] for those Ports delivered
in calendar year 2003 for the year 2003; and (3) [**] for all Ports
starting on January 1. 2004, and for the remainder of the original term
of
the Agreement (“Port Rate”) plus any applicable taxes and surcharges in
accordance with Section 7(b).”
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The
fourth sentence of Section 5(b) shall be amended by deleting the words:
“purchasing and providing hardware maintenance contracts with associated vendor
Equipment as well as”.
10. Exhibit 4
shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the attached
Exhibit 4.
11. In
consideration of Customer’s aid regarding reduction of maintenance fees
associated with the Ports, Pac-West hereby agrees to pay Customer one half
of
the refund received from Cisco Systems, if any, for overcharges on maintenance
as discovered by Customer.
12. All
other
terms and conditions in the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
and
be binding upon the Parties. This Amendment and the Agreement set forth the
entire understanding between the Parties as to the subject matter herein, and
in
the event there are any inconsistencies between the two documents, the terms
of
this Amendment shall control.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
an
authorized representative of each Party has executed this Amendment as of the
dates set forth below.
QWEST
COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:
/s/
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title:
Senior
Director
Date:
February
4, 2003
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PAC-WEST
TELECOMM, INC.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
Title:
Vice President - Customer Network
Sales
Date:
February
3, 2003
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SCHEDULE
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EXHIBIT
4
Equipment
Site
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Switch
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Total
NAS
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Total
Ports
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Los
Angeles, CA US
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LSANCARCDS3
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[**]
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[**]
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LSAOCAGIDSO
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[**]
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[**]
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LSANCARCDSJ
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[**]
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[**]
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[**]
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[**]
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Oakland,
CA US
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OKLDCAANDSO
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[**]
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[**]
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OKLDCAANDS1
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[**]
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[**]
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[**]
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[**]
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Stockton
CA, US
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SKTNCACZDSO
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[**]
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[**]
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SKTNCACZDS1
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[**]
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[**]
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Total
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[**]
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[**]
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