Methods of Interconnection. The Parties will negotiate the facilities arrangement used to interconnect their respective networks. CLEC shall establish at least one (1) physical Point of Interconnection in CenturyLink territory in each LATA CLEC has local End User Customers. CLEC represents and warrants that it is serving End User Customers physically located within each local calling area for which it wishes to exchange traffic within CenturyLink territory. The Parties shall establish, through negotiations, at least one (1) of the following Interconnection arrangements, at any Technically Feasible point: (1) a DS1 or DS3 CenturyLink-provided facility; (2) Collocation; (3) negotiated Mid-Span Meet POI facilities; or (4) other Technically Feasible methods of Interconnection via the Bona Fide Request (BFR) process unless a particular arrangement has been previously provided to a third party, or is offered by CenturyLink as a product.
7.1.2.1 CenturyLink-provided Facility. Interconnection may be accomplished through the provision of a DS1 or DS3 Entrance Facility of CLEC's determination. An Entrance Facility extends from the CenturyLink Serving Wire Center to CLEC's Switch location or any Technically Feasible POI chosen by CLEC. CenturyLink-provided Entrance Facilities may not extend beyond the area served by the CenturyLink Serving Wire Center. The rates for CenturyLink-provided Entrance Facilities are provided in Exhibit A. CenturyLink's private line transport service is available as an alternative to CenturyLink-provided Entrance Facilities, when CLEC uses such private line transport service for multiple services. Entrance Facilities may not be used for Interconnection with Unbundled Network Elements.
7.1.2.2 Collocation. Interconnection may be accomplished through the Collocation arrangements offered by CenturyLink. The terms and conditions under which Collocation will be available are described in Section 8 of this Agreement.
7.1.2.2.1 Expanded Interconnection Channel Termination (EICT) provides the communication path that actually connects the physical space or in the case of virtual collocation, the designated equipment to CenturyLink's direct trunked transport and must be ordered to provision LIS to a collocation.
7.1.2.3 Mid-Span Meet POI. A Mid-Span Meet POI is a negotiated Point of Interface, limited to the Interconnection of facilities between the CenturyLink Serving Wire Center location and the location of the CLEC switch or other equipment located within the area served by ...
Methods of Interconnection. 3.3.1 Physical and Virtual Collocation - Attachment 12 - Collocation describes the terms and conditions for Interconnection via Collocation.
Methods of Interconnection. A. There are three appropriate methods of interconnecting facilities: (1) interconnection via purchase of facilities fromeither party by the other party; (2) physicalcollocation; and (3) virtual collocation where physical collocation is not practical for technical reasons or because of space limitations. Type 1, Type 2A and Type 2B and other interconnection arrangements described in AT&T’s General Subscriber Services Tariff, Section A35, or, in the case of North Carolina, in the North Carolina C onnection and Traffic Interchange Agreement effective June 30, 1994, as amended, may be purchased pursuant to this Agreement subject, however, to the sharing of recurring charges for certain transport facilities for Local Traffic as more fully set forth in this section. Rates and charges for both virtual and physical collocation may be provided ina separatecollocation agreement. Rates for virtual collocation will be based on BellSouth's Interstate Access Services Tariff, FCC #1, Section 20 and/or AT&T's Intrastate Access Services Tariff, Section E20. Rates for physical collocation will benegotiated on an indivdi ual case basis.
B. The parties will acceptand provide any of the preceding methodsof interconnection. Connectivity shall be established toat least one AT&T access tandemwithin every LATA Carrier desires to serve, or Carrier may elect to interconnect directly at an end office. In the event a party interconnects via the purchase of facilities and/or servicesfrom the other party, the appropriate intrastate tariff, as amended from time to time will apply. The parties acknowledge, however,that with respect to such facilities that run from AT&T’s tandemor end office to Carrier’s first switch or terminal as the case may be, in the same LATA as the interconnected AT&T tandemor end office, the applicable recurring charges for such facilities will be shared by the parties with AT&T responsible for 85%of the facility charges and Carrier responsible for 15% of the facility charges, except that AT&T shall only share the cost of the first twenty-five (25) miles of interoffice facilities, with Carrier responsible for all other interoffice facility charges. Sharing of recurring facilitiy charges shall appyl to activated trunks only. Carrier shall be and remain solely responsible for all installationand other nonrecurring chargesfor such facilities.
C. The decision to activate facilities for which charges are shared will be made by the party responsible for the majority of ...
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Methods of Interconnection. Interconnection for telephone exchange service and exchange access shall be either at every BellSouth access tandem and/or at every BellSouth end office within a local calling area or other authorized area (e.g., an Extended Area Service Zone). Interconnection is available through: (1) virtual collocation; (2) physical collocation; and (3) interconnection via purchase of facilities from either party by the other company.
Methods of Interconnection. 3.3.1 Physical and Virtual Collocation - Attachment 12 - Collocation describes the terms and conditions for Interconnection via Collocation.
3.3.2 Fiber Meet Point:
3.3.2.1 Fiber Meet Point between AT&T-22STATE and CLEC can occur at any mutually agreeable and technically feasible point at an AT&T-22STATE Tandem or End Office building within each LATA.
3.3.2.2 When the Parties agree to Interconnect their networks pursuant to the Fiber Meet Point, a single point-to-point linear chain SONET system must be utilized (in a Unidirectional Path Switched Ring (UPSR) software configuration for AT&T SOUTHEAST REGION 9-STATE). Only Local Interconnection Trunk Groups shall be provisioned over this jointly provided facility.
3.3.2.3 Neither Party will be allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet Point will be designed so that each Party may, as far as is technically feasible, independently select the transmission, multiplexing and fiber terminating equipment to be used on its side of the POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment.
3.3.2.4 Requirements for Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties.
3.3.2.5 In addition to the semi-annual trunk forecast process, discussed in Section 4.0 below, discussions to provide relief to existing facilities can be initiated by either Party. Actual system augmentations will be initiated only upon mutual agreement. Facilities will be planned to accommodate the verified and agreed upon trunk forecast for the Local Interconnection Trunk Group(s).
3.3.2.6 The Parties will negotiate a project service date and corresponding work schedule to construct relief facilities prior to facilities exhaust.
3.3.2.7 CLEC will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or AT&T-22STATE designated) manhole at the AT&T-22STATE Tandem or End Office building. AT&T-22STATE shall make all necessary preparations in the manhole to receive and to allow and enable CLEC to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CLEC will provide a sufficient length of fiber cable for AT&T- 22STATE to pull through to the AT&T-22STATE cable vault. CLEC shall deliver and maintain such strands at its own expense up to the POI. AT&T shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside AT&T-22STATE’s Tandem or End Office building at the cable vault at AT&T- 22STAT...
Methods of Interconnection. The Parties will negotiate the facilities arrangement used to interconnect their respective networks. CLEC shall establish at least one Physical Point of Interconnection in Qwest territory in each LATA the CLEC has local Customers. The Parties shall establish, through negotiations, at least one of the following Interconnection arrangements: (1) a DS1 or DS3 Qwest provided facility; (2) Collocation; (3) negotiated Mid-Span Meet POI facilities; (4) other Technically Feasible methods of Interconnection.
7.1.2.1 Qwest-provided Facility. Interconnection may be accomplished through the provision of a DS1 or DS3 entrance facility at any technically feasible POI of CLEC's determination. An entrance facility extends from the Qwest Serving Wire Center to CLEC’s Switch location or POI. Qwest provided entrance facilities may not extend beyond the area served by the Qwest Serving Wire Center. The rates for Qwest provided entrance facilities are provided in Exhibit A. Qwest's Private Line Transport service is available as an alternative to Qwest provided entrance facilities, when CLEC uses such Private Line Transport service for multiple services. Entrance facilities may be used for Interconnection with Unbundled Network Elements.
7.1.2.2 Collocation. Interconnection may be accomplished through the Collocation arrangements offered by Qwest. The terms and conditions under which Collocation will be available are described in Section 8 of this Agreement.
Methods of Interconnection. The location of the POC will determine the method of interconnection. The following arrangements for interconnection are available: (1) Network Access Channel; (2) Collocation; (3) Mid-Span Meet facilities.
Methods of Interconnection. A. There are three appropriate methods of interconnecting facilities: (1) interconnection via purchase of facilities from either party by the other party; (2)
B. The parties will accept and provide any of the preceding methods of interconnection. Connectivity shall be established to at least one BellSouth access tandem within every LATA Carrier desires to serve, or Carrier may elect to interconnect directly at an end office. In the event a party interconnects via the purchase of facilities and/or services from the other party, the appropriate intrastate tariff, as amended from time to time will apply. The parties acknowledge, however, that with respect to such facilities that run from BellSouth’s tandem or end office to Carrier’s first switch or terminal as the case may be, in the same LATA as the interconnected BellSouth tandem or end office, the applicable recurring charges for such facilities will be shared by the parties with BellSouth responsible for 85% of the facility charges and Carrier responsible for 15% of the facility charges, except that BellSouth shall only share the cost of the first twenty-five (25) miles of interoffice facilities, with Carrier responsible for all other interoffice facility charges. Sharing of recurring facilitiy charges shall apply to activated trunks only. Carrier shall be and remain solely responsible for all installation and other nonrecurring charges for such facilities.
C. The decision to activate facilities for which charges are shared will be made by the party responsible for the majority of the recurring charges for the facility. This decision will be based on traffic information from studies performed by BellSouth or, if BellSouth has not or will not perform such studies, by traffic information provided by Carrier. Recurring facility charges sharing will be at the DS1 level for transport facilities at the DS1 or higher level. If trunks have been activated in quantities exceeding the capacity of a full DS1, but not sufficient to fully occupy an additional DS1, sharing will be rounded up to the next DS1. Sharing of recurring facility charges for those carriers who subscribe to voice grade transport at less than the DS1 level will be based on actual facilities installed.
D. Nothing herein shall prevent Carrier from utilizing existing collocation facilities, purchased from the interexchange tariffs, for local interconnection;
E. When the parties provide an access service connection between an interexchange carrier (“I...
Methods of Interconnection. A. There are three appropriate methods of interconnecting facilities: (1) interconnection via purchase of facilities from either party by the other party; (2) physical collocation; and (3) virtual collocation where physical collocation is not practical for technical reasons or because of space limitations. Type 1, Type 2A and Type 2B interconnection arrangements described in BellSouth’s General Subscriber Services Tariff, Section A35, or, in the case of North Carolina, in the North Carolina Connection and Traffic Interchange Agreement effective June 30, 1994, as amended, may be purchased pursuant to this Agreement provided, however, that such interconnection arrangements shall be provided at the rates, terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The rates, terms and conditions of interconnection facilities purchased under this Agreement are subject to the discounts available in any effective volume and term agreement between the Parties. Rates and charges for both virtual and physical collocation may be provided in a separate collocation agreement. Rates for virtual collocation will be based on BellSouth's Interstate Access Services Tariff, FCC #1, Section 20 and/or BellSouth's Intrastate Access Services Tariff, Section E20. Rates for physical collocation will be negotiated on an individual case basis.
B. The parties will accept and provide any of the preceding methods of interconnection. Reciprocal connectivity shall be established to at least one BellSouth access tandem within every LATA Carrier desires to serve, or Carrier may elect to interconnect directly at an end office for interconnection to end users served by that end office. Such interconnecting facilities shall conform, at a minimum, to the telecommunications industry standard of DS-1 pursuant to Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xx. XX-XXX-00000. Signal transfer point, Signaling System
C. The parties will establish trunk groups from the interconnecting facilities of subsection (A) of this section. Each party will use its best efforts to construct its network, including the interconnecting facilities, to achieve optimum cost effectiveness and network efficiency provided that Carrier will not be required to construct more than one POI within any given LATA. Unless otherwise agreed, BellSouth will provide or bear the cost of all trunk groups for the delivery of Local Traffic from BellSouth to Carrier’s Mobile Telephone Switching Offices within BellSouth’s service territory, and Carrier will provide or bear...
