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August 25,2017
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Attn: Diane Hanian, Commission Secretary
472 W . Washington Street
Boise, \D 83702
VIA OVERNIGHT DELIVERY
RE: Peerless Network of ldaho, LLC Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity
Dear Secretary Hanian
Peerless Network of Idaho, LLC ("Peerless") hereby submits an original and seven copies of an
Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. Peerless seeks authority to
provide local exchange and interexchange telecommunications services in the state. Also
enclosed are an original and seven copies of associated Attachments. There is one confidential
attachment (Attachment C, consisting of financial statements) which is being provided in a
separate, sealed envelope marked confidential. Importantly, Peerless respectfully requests that
the confidential version of the financial statements be protected from public disclosure and
available only to assigned Commission Staff and those who sign an appropriate non-disclosure
agreement.
Please date stamp the extra copy of this transmittal letter and return it in the enclosed postage-
paid envelope. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at [phone] or
regulatory @ peerlessnetwork.com.
Sincerely
G:.#,k-
Patrick Phipps
Director Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730, Chicago, lL 60606
Phone: [phone]
i)BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Application of Peerless Network of Idaho, LLC )
for a Certificate of Public Convenience and )
Necessity to Provide Facilities-Based and Resold )
Local Exchange and Interexchange Services )
in the State of Idaho )
Docket No. PE,/* r - /7o I
APPLICATION OF PEERLESS NETWORK OF IDAHO, LLC FOR A CERTIFICATE
OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES.BASED
AND RESOLD LOCAL EXCHANGE AND INTEREXCHANGE SERVICES
IN THE STATE OF IDAHO
Peerless Network of Idaho, LLC ("Peerless" or "Applicant"), pursuant to Idaho Code
$$61-526 through 6|-528,IDAPA 31.01.01.1l1 (Rule 111), Order No. 26665, and the rules of
the Public Utilities Commission of Idaho ("Commission"), hereby applies for a Certificate of
Public Convenience and Necessity to authorize the Applicant to provide facilities-based and
resold local exchange telecommunications services throughout the State of Idaho. Peerless also
hereby notifies the Commission of its intent to provide interexchange services.
The State of Idaho has adopted a policy of allowing competition in the local and long
distance telecommunications markets, recognizing that it is in the public interest to develop
effective competition to ensure that all consumers will have access to high-quality, low-cost, and
innovative telecommunications services. The federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 also
seeks to promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher
quality telecommunications services for American consumers. Both goals will be fostered by
granting Peerless's Application.
In support of this Application, Peerless submits the following information:
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I. PROPOSED SERVICES
Peerless intends to provide facilities-based and resold local exchange and interexchange
telecommunications services. Peerless's parent company - Peerless Network, Inc. ("PNI") - has
operating subsidiaries (i.e., Peerless Network of [STATE], LLC) authorized to provide
local/interexchange telecommunications services in 42 states and the District of Columbia. The
Applicant is proposing to offer the same services in Idaho as its operating affiliates offer in these
other jurisdictions. Peerless intends to provide telecommunications services to large
business/enterprise customers, and wholesale facilities-based services to other competitive local
exchange carriers ("CLECs"), Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") providers, and wireless
providers. Peerless does not intend to offer telecommunications services to residential or small
business customers. The Applicant intends to focus its service offerings in the service territories
of incumbent local exchange carriers ("ILECs") Centurylink and Frontier. Once certified,
Peerless will seek an interconnection agreement with these ILECs for the purpose of exchanging
traffic with the public switched telephone network.
II. FORM OF BUSINESS
A. Peerless Network of Idaho, LLC is an Idaho Limited Liability Company. Peerless is
headquartered at 222 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730, Chicago, IL 60606.
B. Peerless has a certificate of authority to operate in Idaho which is attached as Exhibit A
C. Officers of the Applicant are: John Barnicle (President and Chief Executive Officer),
Douglass Lee (Chief Financial Officer), Scott Kell (Executive Vice President of
Operations), and Richard Knight (Executive Vice President of Sales). Profiles of these
officers are attached as Exhibit B.
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III.
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D. Applicant has had no formal or informal actions against it. Applicant further states that it
has not received any judgment, penalty, sanction in any other jurisdiction that would
adversely affect its ability to provide telecommunications in Idaho.
E. Peerless's Registered Agent in Idaho is: Cogency Global, Inc.,92l S. Orchard Street,
Suite G, Boise, Idaho 83705.
F. There are no subsidiaries owned or controlled by Applicants. Peerless Network of ldaho,
LLC is a subsidiary of PNI, who owns and controls operating subsidiaries authorized to
provide telecommunications services in 42 states and the District of Columbia. PNI owns
lol%o of Applicant, and in turn, PNI is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Peerless
Network Holdings, Inc. ("Peerless Holdings"). The following individuals/entities hold at
least 57o or greater ownership in Peerless Holdings: John Barnicle and Adams Street
Partners.
SERVICE AND TERRITORY
Peerless will seek an interconnection agreement with ldaho ILECs - Centurylink and/or
Frontier - shortly after its certificate is approved by the Commission. Peerless intends to
begin operations in Idaho once it has interconnection agreements in place. Peerless's
service areas and local calling areas will be identical to those of the ILECs.
Peerless intends to offer retail services to large business and enterprise customers, as well
as wholesale services to CLECs, VoIP providers, and wireless providers.
Peerless will use a combination of its own facilities and the facilities o other carriers to
provision its telecommunications services. Peerless does not currently own property or
equipment in Idaho, and will make business decisions regarding the purchase of
property/equipment in the future.
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IV. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
A. Peerless provides an audited balance sheet and income statement of its parent company,
PNI, for year ending 2016 as Exhibit C (under seal).
B. Peerless considers its financial statements as proprietary and confidential and seeks
confidential treatment for Exhibit C. Public disclosure of this information would result in
substantial harm to Applicant's competitive position. Peerless asks that Exhibit C only
be made available to Commission Staff members reviewing Peerless's Application and
those who have signed an appropriate protective agreement.
V. TARIFFS AND PRICE LISTS
A. Peerless provides its proposed initial local exchange tariff/interexchange price list as
Exhibit D, and initial switched access tariff as Exhibit E.
B. Peerless does not intend to collect customer deposits or advance payments. Therefore,
neither a security bond nor escrow account is needed.
C. Peerless provides its proposed initial tariffs/price list in both paper and electronic form.
The electronic versions are in PDF format on the enclosed CD-ROM.
VI. TARIFF AND CUSTOMER CONTACT
A. The name, address and telephone number for the person responsible for tariff/price list
questions and for customer complaints/inquiries is as follows: Patrick Phipps, Director of
Regulatory Affairs,222S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730, Chicago,IL 60606, (312) 506-
0933, re gulatory @ peerlessnetwork.com .
B. Applicant has a fully-staffed Network Operations Center ("NOC") in Chicago, IL with
trained personnel to diagnose network problems and address them in an urgent manner.
NOC personnel are responsible for monitoring the telecommunications network for
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alarms or certain conditions that may require special attention to avoid customer-
affecting impact on the network's performance.
C. The toll-free telephone number for customer inquiries/complaints is l-888-380-2121
VII. INTERCONNECTIONAGREEMENTS
A. Peerless has not initiated interconnection agreement negotiations yet. It will begin those
negotiations shortly after obtaining a certificate of authority from the Commission.
B. Peerless intends to negotiate an interconnection agreement with Centurylink and./or
Frontier.
VI[. COMPLIANCE WITH COMMISSION RULES
A. Peerless has reviewed all of the Commission's rules and agrees to comply with them.
B. Peerless is not requesting a waiver from any of the Commission's rules at this time.
Ix. CONSERVATION OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS
A. Peerless acknowledges that it is subject to numbering conservation measures including
mandatory thousand block pooling.
B. Peerless also acknowledges its obligations to monitor number utilization rates and file
appropriate utilization reports.
X. CONCLUSION
Peerless possesses the technical, managerial and financial resources to provide
telecommunications services in the State of Idaho. Granting Peerless's Application will serve
the public interest, convenience and necessity by promoting customer choice, competition and
innovation in local and interexchange telecommunications markets.
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WHEREFORE, Peerless Network of Idaho, LLC respectfully requests the Commission issue
an order approving this Application issuing a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to
provide local exchange telecommunications services in ldaho.
Respectfully submitted,
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Julie Oost
Vice President Regulatory Affairs
Peerless Network, Inc.
(3t2) 878-4131
Re gulatorlr @ peerlessnetwork. com
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BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Application of Peerless Network of Idaho, LLC )
for a Certificate of Public Convenience and )
Necessity to Provide Facilities-Based and Resold )
Local Exchange and Interexchange Services )
in the State of Idaho )
Docket No.
AFFIDAYIT IN SUPPORT
State of Illinois )
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County of Cook )
John Barnicle, being duly sworn, makes this statement.
I. I am President of Chief Executive Offrcer of Peerless Network, Inc., parent company of
Peerless Network of ldaho, LLC. I have personal knowledge of the facts contained in
this Application, and I certify their truth and accuracy to the best of my knowledge,
information and belief.
II. I also state that Peerless Network of Idaho, LLC will comply with applicable Idaho laws
and Commission rules, regulations and Orders. Peerless Network of ldaho, LLC will also
provide safe, reliable, and high-quality telecommunications services in Idaho.
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Barnicle, President
Subscribed and sworn to before me on rf uf tat
My Commission expires fu^ni [/*7.t 2l
JULIE M. OOST
OFFICIAL SEAL
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1. The name of the limited liability company is:
PccrlcssNetwork of ldaho, LLC
2. The complete street and mailing addresses of the initial designated office:
222 South Rivcrsidc Plaza" Suite 2730
(Slreet &ffiess)
Chicasq 1L606AG6202
(MaiInS Address. lf dlfierent thsn 8treel addrBss)
3. The name and complete street address of the registered agent:
C T Corporation Systerr 921 S Orchsrd Strect, Suite G, Boisc, Idatro 83705
(NarrE)(Street Address)
4. The name and address of at least one member or manager of the limited liability
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Douglass Lee 222 S Rivenide Plaza, Ste 2730, Chicago,lLfiffi-6202
5. Mailing address for future conespondence (annual report notices):
222 S Rivcrsidc Plaza, Ste 2730, Chicugo, IL 606066202
6. Future effective date of filing (optional)
Signature of a manager, member or authorized
person.
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I, LAWERENCE DENNEY, Secretary of State ofthe State of Idaho, hereby certify that I am ttre
custodian ofthe limited liabiltry corpany records ofthis State.
I FURTHER CERTIFY That the records ofthis office show that the above-nanpd limited liabrlity conpany
filed a certificate of organization in Idaho on 1012512013.
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Attachment 1
John Barnicle. President. Chief Executive Officer
John Barnicle has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. In his
current role as President, he is responsible for operating and managing Peerless. He has a proven
track record of success in this role, and in this specific area of telecommunications.
Prior hereto, Mr. Barnicle was President and Chief Executive Officer for Lynch
Interactive Corp., where under his leadership, the firm: a) grew non-regulated revenue streams
on a 20Vo per year pace to reduce the company's reliance on USF (Universal Service Fund)
financial support; b) completed the "going dark" process necessary to take the company private,
thereby minimizing the financially-onerous aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements; and
c) led the refinancing of all, or portions of, six different operating company loan agreements.
Prior thereto, Mr. Barnicle served as Co-founder, President and Chief Operating Officer
of Neutral Tandem Inc., which he grew from inception to an annualized revenue run rate of over
$40 million in just twenty months. Under Mr. Barnicle's control, Neutral Tandem became
EBITDA positive within twelve months of providing service and currently has virtually every
major competitive wireless and wireline carrier in the country as a customer. Neutral Tandem
filed an S-l with the SEC in January 2007 for an Initial Public Offering (IPO).
Mr. Barnicle's responsibilities at Neutral Tandem included overseeing the sales,
marketing, engineering, operations and IT departments, as well as full P&L responsibility for the
business. He also was instrumental in raising over $35 million in private equity and debt capital
necessary to establish and grow the company.
Prior thereto, Mr. Barnicle was the Co-founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer
for Focal Communications Corporation. Under Mr. Barnicle's direction, the company grew to
an annualized revenue run rate of approximately $350 million per year, with nearly I million
DS-0 equivalents of voice and data services in service across twenty-three markets. As part of
its business plan Focal offered local phone service (POTS, T-ls, Primary Rate ISDN), long
distance, private lines, internet access, managed modem, co-location, and DSL. Its customers
included half of the Fortune 100, Wireless and VoIP providers, and ISPs. His responsibility
included overseeing marketing, engineering, operations and IS departments, as well as sales and
business development. Under his direction, service-related customer churn was reduced to an
average of approximately l7o pil year on his watch, leading to Focal's recognition as an
industry-leader among its peers, as well winning various awards from customer groups,
Innovation Week, and CIO Magazine. During this time, he also had full P/L responsibility,
including responsibility for the capital budget, which peaked at nearly $300 million per year. He
also led a private equity fund raising round, and then later an Initial Public Offering (IPO), two
high yield bond offerings, a bank credit facility, and a private recapitalization, totaling over $800
million. Subsequent to Mr. Barnicle's departure from Focal, Focal filed for protection and
reorganization in federal bankruptcy court and was later acquired by Broadwing Corporation
which was later acquired by Level 3 Communications, Inc.
Mr. Barnicle earned his M.B.A. in Finance (with Distinction), from DePaul University,
1995 and his B.S. Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on RF communications systems,
University of Illinois at Champaign, 1987.
Attachment 1
Douelass B. Lee. Chief Financial Officer
Douglass B. Lee has over l5 years of telecommunications industry experience, and has
known and worked with fellow members of the Management Team in a number of previous
organizations. Mr. Lee has demonstrated a proven track-record for performance at both
established companies, and at emerging growth companies.
Prior hereto, Mr. Lee served as Founder and EVP/Chief Financial Officer of TeleGuam
Holdings, LLC (the lncumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) on Guam, an integrated provider
of communications services in the Western Pacific, offering wireline, wireless, long distance,
and broadband communication services to consumers and businesses). As a founding member
for TeleGuam, he was responsible for managing all financial and accounting functions for the
company, upon the company's leveraged buyout of the government run phone company. Mr.
Lee also managed corporate development, IT, strategy, investor relations, and risk management,
and was part of core team that successfully won the competitive bid over the Carlyle Group in
2004.
During Mr. Lee's employment with TeleGuam he successfully accomplished the following:
o Raised over $45 million in private equity and $100 million in debt, to fund the purchase;
and then served as company liaison to the Board of Directors, major equity investors, and
senior debt holders.o Co-managed the launch of new long distance, broadband ISP and cellular businesses.
o Year over year, reduced costs in overtime up to 937o; reduced payroll administrative
costs by 507o, and reduced purchasing administrative costs by 607o.o Negotiated large vendor contracts while managing a $20 million capital expenditures
budget; managed new billing platforms and collections processes, particularly the
migration process toward more electronic methods for collection and distribution of cash;
and developed the budgets for subsidiary and consolidated entities, including the key
performance operating metrics for all subsidiary entities.
Prior thereto, as Chief Financial Officer of ethnic food manufacturer, Mr. Lee
participated as a founding member of management in a private equity leveraged buyout of the
founding family, and managed all financial and accounting functions for the company. He also
managed strategy, IT, telecommunications, risk management, and human resources for the
company, while playing a major role in growing revenue over 20Vo, re-aligning and streamlining
back-office functions, and achievinga30Vo reduction in overhead.
Attachment 1
Prior thereto, as Vice President of Finance of Focal Communications Corporation, Mr.
Lee managed pricing, revenue assurance, sales compensation, business analysis, real estate,
corporate planning and budgeting. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, he aided in
the development of unique applications for large corporate customers, which helped drive
revenue growth of over l5OVo, and managed revenue assurance preventing the loss of several
million dollars annually in incorrect billings from lncumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs).
He also developed business cases and pricing models for new products/services, and managed
the compensation policy for the sales force. He further provided pricing support for sales, and
managed sales promotions and sales contests.
Prior thereto, he was a Senior Associate at PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Telecom, and
Media in San Francisco CA, and at Coopers & Lybrand Consulting in Chicago Illinois.
Mr. lee earned his M.B.A. from Harvard University Graduate School of Business
Administration, and a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign,
Illinois. Mr. Lee also is a Certified Public Accountant.
Attachment 1
Scott Kell. Executive Vice President of Operations
Scott Kell has nearly 16 years of experience providing the telecommunications industry
with futuristic products and services. In his current role as Vice President of Voice Operations,
he has responsibility for all network engineering, provisioning, translations and cosUmargin for
all voice services, including VolP and related 9l I ESGW services.
Prier thereto, Mr. Kell was Vice President of Telephony Engineering and Enhanced
Services for Broadwing Communications, where he oversaw the post-acquisition engineering
and operational integration of the disparate local and long distance networks of Focal
Communications and Broadwing Communications, into a single network entity (Broadwing
acquired Focal Communications in 2004). He also directed the implementation of Broadwing's
first VoIP network, and the introduction of all resulting Broadwing products to the marketplace.
Prior thereto, Mr. Kell was the Director of all data and converged packet voice network
engineering functions at Focal Communications, where under his control the first packet-based
integrated access services were deployed on a national basis. This technology was further
pushed into the network core to provide singular solutions for customers needing an instant
national footprint. He also led the engineering team which was responsible for the company's
DSL deployment in five major metropolitan markets.
Mr. Kell's industry roles have ranged from marketing, product, and business
development, to operations, and core engineering. He has also worked at AT&T Bell Labs (now
Lucent Technologies), where he worked in international 5ESS Switch development and customer
support, later transitioning to a sales role designing and selling custom SONET solutions within
AT&T's Global Accounts for the Midwest.
Scott earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, an M.S. in
Telecommunications from Southern Methodist University and an M.B.A. from The Kellogg
School of Management at Northwestern University.
Attachment 1
Richard Knieht. Executive Vice President of Sales
Richard Knight has 17 years of award winning business building experience
encompassing the launching of new technologies and products, creating local and national
marketing programs, acquiring new customers, and directly impacting corporate margins by
increasing gross revenues. He has developed, sold, supported, engineered and implemented
customer solutions that achieved high-margin revenues. His experience includes Fortune 500,
affinity, and wholesale market segments.
As Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for TeleGuam Holdings, he was
responsible for developing sales and support teams, revenue assurance, network purchasing and
interconnections agreements, while selling mobile, long distance, data and local services. His
efforts included development of a national account, business account, and residential account
teams that were focused on revenue generation while maintaining margins in excess of 757o.
Prior thereto, as founder and President of Origin Communications, he provided customers
in the call center and telecommunications markets with the latest cost savings technological
solutions. His programs increased customers' efficiencies and profitability by a minimum of
50Vo. The company's areas of expertise include Voice-over Internet Protocol and sales and
marketing strategies. Origin Communications delivered results to both small to medium
enterprises and to Fortune 500 Companies, to drive profitability. Key accounts included
Gateway Computers, TeleGuam Holdings, RWT Telephone, Excel Energy, and Bramah Security
Systems UK.
Richard Knight earned his M.B.A. from DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, and
a B.B.A from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, [owa.
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Peerless NetworK oI loano, LLU
PUBLIC
Attachment CREDACTED VERSION
Peerless Network, lnc. and Subsidiaries
Balance Sheet
ASSETS
Cash
Accounts Receivable Net
Other current assets
Total Current Assets
Property Plant & Equlpment
Less: Accumulated Depreciation
Total PP&E
Other Assets
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Note Payable
Advances for Construction Allowances
Capital Lease Obligation
Warrant Liability Valuation
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Total Long Term Liabilities
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Cash Flow Statement
Beginning Cash
Cash provided by Operating Activities
Cash used in lnvesting Activities
Cash used in Financing Activities
Net Decrease in Cash
Ending Cash
lncome Statement
Revenue
Cost of Sales
Gross Profit
Operating Expenses
Operating lncome
Other lncome/(Loss)
Other Expenses
lncome (loss) before lncome Taxes
lncome Taxes
Net lncome
Audited
2016
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ldaho Local Exchange, lnterlata and lntralata Services Tariff
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STATE OF IDAHO
PULBIC SERVICE COMMISSION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
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APPLICATION OF TARIFF
This tariff sets forth the services, offerings, rates, terms and conditions applicable to Peerless Network of
ldaho, LLC (the "Company")furnishing of intrastate communications services in the State of ldaho.
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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DEFINITIONS
Certain terms used generally throughout this tariff are defined below:
Authorized-User
A person, firm, corporation or other legal entity authorized by the provider of the service to use the service
being provided.
Carrier
A company certified by or registered with the ldaho Public Service Commission (IDPSC) to provide
telecommunications services within the State of ldaho.
Class of Service -- Business. Residential
The classification of a Customer's service as Business or Residential is determined by these regulations
which define the character of use for rate purposes.
A. Service will be classified as Business if:
(1) The service is used primarily or substantially for a paid commercial, professional
or institutional activity; or
(2) The service is situated in a commercial, professional or institutional location, or
other location serving primarily or substantially as a site of an activity for pay; or
(3) The service number is listed as the principal or only number for a business in any
telecommunications di rectory; or
(4) The service is used to conduct promotions, solicitations, or market research lor
which compensation or reimbursement is paid or provided. However, such use of
service, without compensation or reimbursement, for a charitable or civic purpose
shall not constitute business use of service unless other factors are involved.
B. Service will be classified as Residential if none of the conditions of A. preceding apply,
and:
(1) The use of the service is primarily and substantially of a social or domestic nature,
and
(2)Service is located in a residence (the Company is not offering residential services
at this time) or, in the case of a combined business and residence premises, the
service is located in bona fide residential quarters of such premises while business
service is isolated in the business quarters of the same premises.
C Service classification is determined at the sole discretion of the Company pursuant to the
conditions stated above. The Company may, at its discretion, levy charges for services
which have been misclassified.
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DEFINITIONS
Company Peerless Network of ldaho, LLC, the issuer of this tariff.
Customer (as distinguished from Applicant)
A person, firm, corporation or other entity that is authorized by the Company to use the Company's
telecommunications services included in this tariff, is responsible for payment of charges included in this
tariff, and is responsible for compliance with the Company's tariff regulations. A Customer is distinguished
from an Applicant in that an Applicant has only applied to become a Customer and has not been approved
by the Company to be a Customer.
Direct lnward Dial
A service attribute that routes incoming calls directly to stations, by-passing a central answering point
Exchanqe
A basic unit for the administration of communication service in a specified area, called the exchange area.
It usually consists of one or more central offices together with the associated plant used in furnishing
communication service in that area.
lnstallation Charoes
Charges which are assessed on a non-recurring basis at the establishment of a service. The terms
"installation charges" and "non-recurring charges" are used interchangeably within this tariff to refer to non-
variable charges.
Joint-User
An authorized-user (as defined above) who is co-authorized by the provider of the service to jointly use the
service being provided.
Kbps
Kilobits per second, which denotes thousands of bits per second.
Monthlv Charoes
Charges which are assessed for services included within this tariff on a recurring, monthly basis. lt can be
assumed that all services offered within this tariff are charged a monthly charge unless otherwise identified.
Mbps
Megabits, or millions of bits per second.
Multi-Frequencv or ("MF")
An inter-machine pulse-type used for signaling between telephone switches, or between telephone
switches and PB)UKey systems.
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Service Surcharqe
An additional sum added to the usual amount or cost.
Station
Telephone equipment from or to which calls are placed
Trunk
A communications path connecting two switching systems in a network, used in the establishment of an
end{o-end connection.
User
A Customer or any other person authorized by the Customer to use seruice provided under this tariff
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1.'1 Undertakinq of the Comoanv
1.1.1 Scope
The Company undertakes to furnish communications service in connection with one-way
and/or two-way information transmission between points within the State of ldaho under
the terms of tariff. The Company's services are available to business customers.
Customers may use services and facilities provided under this tariff to obtain access to
services offered by other service providers. The Company is responsible under this tariff
only for the service and facilities provided herein, and it assumes no responsibility for any
service provided by any other entity that purchases access to the Company network in
order to originate or terminate its own services, or to communicate with its own Customers.
1.1.2 Shortaoe of Eouioment and Facilities
1.1.2.1 The Company reserves the right to limit or allocate the use of existing facilities, or
of additional facilities offered by the Company when necessary because of lack of
facilities or due to some other cause beyond the Company's control.
1 .1 .2.2 The f urnishing of service under this tariff is subject to the availability on a continuing
basis of all the necessary facilities and is limited to the capacity of the Company's
facilities as well as facilities the Company may obtain from other carriers, from time
to time, to furnish service as required at the sole discretion of the Company.
1.1.3 Terms and Conditions
1 .1 .3.1 . Except as otherwise provided herein, service is provided and billed on the basis of
a minimum period of at least one month, and shall continue to be provided until
canceled by the Customer, in writing, on not less than 30 days' notice. Unless
otherwise specified herein, for the purpose of computing charges in this tariff, a
month is considered to have 30 days. All calculations of dates set lorth in this tariff
shall be based on calendar days, unless otherwise specified herein.
1.1.3.2 Customers may be required to enter into written Service Orders which shall contain
or reference the name of the Customer, a specific description of the service
ordered, the rates to be charged, the duration of the services, and the terms and
conditions in this tariff.
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1.1 Undertakino of the Comoany (continued)
1.1.3 Terms and Conditions (continued)
1 .1 .3.3 At the expiration of the initial term specif ied in the applicable Service Order, or in
any extension thereof, service shall continue on a month to month basis at the then
current tariff rates until terminated by either party upon 30 days'written notice. Any
termination shall not relieve Customer of its obligation to pay any charges incurred
under the Service Order and this tariff prior to termination. The rights and
obligations which by their nature extend beyond the termination of the term of the
Service Order shall survive such termination.
1.1.3.4 This tariff shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the State of ldaho
without regard for the State's choice of laws provisions.
1 .1 .3.5 Another telephone company must not interfere with the right of any person or entity
to obtain service directly from the Company.
1.1.3.6 The Customer has no property right to the telephone number or any other call
number designation associated with services furnished by the Company. The
Company reserves the right to change such numbers, or the central office
designation associated with such numbers, or both, assigned to the Customer,
whenever the Company deems it necessary to do so in the conduct of its business.
1 .1 .3.7 The Customer agrees to operate Company provided equipment in accordance with
instructions of the Company or the Company's agent. Failure to do so will void
Company liability for interruption of service and may make the Customer
responsible for damage to equipment pursuant to Section 1.1.3.8 below. The
Company is not liable for interruption of service due to any failure of Customer
premises equipment provided by the Company or the Customer.
'1.1.3.8 The Customer agrees to return to the Company all Company provided equipment
delivered to Customer within five (5) days of termination of the service in
connection with which the equipment was used. Said equipment shall be in the
same condition as when delivered to Customer, normalwear and tear only
excepted. Customer shall reimburse the Company, upon demand, for any costs
incurred by the Company due to Customer's failure to comply with this provision.
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1.1 Undertakino of the Comoany (continued)
1.1.4 Notification of Service-Affectinq Activities
The Company will provide the Customer reasonable notification of service affecting
activities that may occur in normal operation of its business. Such activities may include,
but are not limited to, equipment or facilities additions, removals or rearrangements and
routine preventive maintenance. Generally, such activities are not specific to an individual
Customer but affect many Customers' services. No specific advance notification period is
applicable to all service activities. The Company will work cooperatively with the Customer
to determine the reasonable notifications requirements. With some emergency or
unplanned service affecting conditions, such as outage resulting from cable damage,
notification to the Customer may not be possible.
1.2 Liabilitv of the Comp?nv
The Company shall not be liable for claim or loss, expense or damage (including indirect,
special or consequential damage) for any interruption, delay, error, omission, or defect in
any service, facility (including services and facilities involved in emergency calling activity)
or transmission provided under this tariff, if caused by any person or entity other than the
Company, by any malfunction of any service or facility provided by any other carrier, by an
act of God, fire, war, civil disturbance, or act of government, or by any other causes beyond
the Company's direct control.
1.2.2 The Company shall not be liable for, and shall be fully indemnified and held harmless by
Customer and Subscriber against any claim or loss, expense, or damage (including
indirect, special or consequential damage) for defamation, libel, slander, invasion,
infringement of copyright or patent, unauthorized use of any trademark, tradename or
service mark, unfair competition, interference with or misappropriation or violation of any
contract, proprietary or creative right, or any other injury to any person, property or entity
arising out of the material, data, information, or other conduct revealed to, transmitted by,
or used by the Company under this tariff; or for any act or omission of the Customer or
Subscriber; or for any personal injury or death of any person caused directly or indirectly
by the installation, maintenance, location, condition, operation, failure, presence, use, or
removal of equipment or wiring provided by the Company, if not caused by negligence of
the Company.
1.2.1
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1.2.3 The Company shall not be liable lor any defacement of or damages to the premises of a
Customer or Subscriber, resulting from the furnishing of service, which is not the result of
the Company's negligence.
1.2.4 Except when a court of competent jurisdiction finds that gross negligence, willful neglect,
or willful misconduct on the Company's part has been a contributing factor, the liability of
the Company for any claim or loss, expense or damage (including indirect, special or
consequential damage) for any interruption, delay, error, omission, or defect in any service,
facility (including services and facilities involved in emergency calling activity) or
transmission provided under this tariff shall not exceed an amount equivalent to the prorata
charge to the Customer or Subscriber for the period of service or facility usage during which
such interruption, delay, error, omission or defect occurs. For the purpose of computing
this amount, a month is considered to have thirty (30) days.
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1.3 Provision of Equioment and Facilities
1.3.1 General
1.3.1.1 The Company shall use reasonable efforts to make available services to a
Customer on or before a particular date, subject to the provisions of and
compliance by the Customer with, the regulations contained in this tariff. The
Company does not guarantee availability by any such date and shall not be liable
for any delays in commencing service to any Customer.
1.3.1.2 The Company shall use reasonable efforts to maintain facilities that it furnishes to
the Customer. The Customer may not, nor may the Customer permit others to,
rearrange, disconnect, remove, attempt to repair or otherwise interfere with any of
the facilities installed by the Company, except upon the written consent of the
Company.
1.3.1.3 Equipment installed at the Customer Premises for use in connection with the
services the Company offers shall not be used for any purpose other than that for
which the Company has provided it.
1.3.1.4 The Company shall not be responsible for the installation, operation, or
maintenance of any Customer provided communications equipment. Where such
equipment is connected to the facilities furnished pursuant to this tariff, the
responsibility of the Company shall be limited to the furnishing of facilities offered
under this tariff and to the maintenance and operation of such facilities. Beyond
this responsibility, the Company shall not be responsible for:
(a) the transmission of signals by Customer provided equipment or for the
quality of, or defects in, such transmission; or
(b) the reception of signals by Customer provided equipment; or
(c)network control signaling where such signaling is performed by Customer
provided network control signaling equipment.
1.3.2 Non-Routine I nstallation
At the Customer's request, installation and/or maintenance may be performed outside the
Company's regular business hours or in hazardous locations. ln such cases, charges
based on cost of the actual labor, material, or other costs incurred by or charged to the
Company will apply. lf installation is started during regular business hours but, at the
Customer's request, extends beyond regular business hours into time periods including,
but not limited to, weekends, holidays, and/or night hours, additional charges may apply.
1.3.3 Ownershio of Facilities
Title to all facilities provided in accordance with this tariff remains in the Company, its
agents or contractors.
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Provision of Equipment and Facilities (continued)
1.3.4 Use of Service
Service is furnished for use by the Customer and may be used only by others as specif ically
provided elsewhere in this tariff.
1.3.4.1 UnlaMul Use of Service
Service shall not be used for any purpose in violation of law or for any use as to
which the Customer has not obtained all required governmental approvals,
authorizations, licenses, consents and permits. The Company shall refuse to
furnish service to an applicant or shall disconnect the service of a Customer when:
(1) An order shall be issued, signed by a judge finding that probable cause
exists to believe that the use made or to be made of the service is
prohibited by law, or
The Company is notified in writing by a Law Enforcement Agency acting
within its jurisdiction that any facility furnished by the Company is being
used or will be used for the purpose of transmitting or receiving gambling
information in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce in violation of law.
Termination of service shalltake place after reasonable notice is provided
the Customer, or as ordered by the Court. lf communications facilities
have been physically disconnected by Law Enforcement officials at the
premises where located, and if there is not presented to the Company the
written finding of a judge, then upon written request of the Customer, and
agreement to pay restoral of service charges and other applicable Service
Charges, the Company shall promptly restore such service.
1.3.4.2 Obscenitv
Service shall not be used to make any oral or written comment, request,
suggestion or proposal, or to transmit any nonverbal material, which is obscene,
lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent, regardless or the format or avenue of
transmitting the indecent or obscene material (e.9., 900 or 999 service).
1.3.4.3 lmpersonation
Service shall not be used to impersonate another person with fraudulent or
malicious intent.
(2)
(3)
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1.3.4 Use of Service (continued)
1.3.4.4 Harassment
Service shall not be used to call another person so frequently or at such times of
day or in any other manner so as to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass such other
person.
1.3.4.5 Fraudulent Use
Service shall not be used to transmit a message, to locate a person, or to
otherwise give or obtain information without payment of the charges
applicable to such use.
No device shall be used by a Customer with the service or facilities of the
Company for the purpose of avoiding payment of the applicable charge.
Service shall not be used in any manner which interferes with other persons in the
use ol their service, prevents other persons form using their service, or otherwise
impairs the quality of seruice to other Customers. The Company may require a
Customer to immediately shut down its transmission of signals if said transmission
is causing interference to others or impairing the service of others.
1.3.4.7 Subscribino to Adequate Service
lf a Customer's use of service interferes unreasonably with the service of other
Customers, the interfering Customer will be required to take service in sufficient
quantity or of a different class or grade.
1.3.4.8 Telephone Solicitation by Use of Recorded Messaoes
Service shall not be used for the purpose of solicitation by recorded messages
when such solicitation occurs as a result of unrequested or unsolicited calls
initiated by the solicitor by means of automatic dialing devices. Such devices, with
storage capability of numbers to be called or a random or sequential number
generator that produces numbers to be called and having the capability, working
alone or in conjunction with other equipment, of disseminating a prerecorded
message to the number called and which are calling party or called party
controlled, are expressly prohibited.
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1.3.4 Use of Service (continued)
1.3.4.9 Common Receptionist
A business Customer may extend service capable of two-way communication to
the location of another business Customer for the purpose of performing clerical
services which include the answering and originating of telephone calls. All
regulations governing use of service and the charges normally associated with the
equipment and channels involve are applicable.
1.4 Obliqations of the Customer
1.4.1 General
The Customer shall be responsible for:
(a) the payment of all applicable charges pursuant to this tariff;
(b) reimbursing the Company for damage to, or loss of, the Company's facilities or
equipment caused by the acts or omissions of the Customer; or the noncompliance
by the Customer, with these regulations; or by fire or theft or other casualty on the
Customer's premises, unless caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of the
employees or agents of the Company. The Company will, upon reimbursement for
damages, cooperate with the Customer in prosecuting a claim against he person
causing such damage and the Customer shall be subjugated to the Company's
right of recovery of damages to the extent of such payment;
(c)providing at no charge, as specif ied f rom time to time by the Company, any needed
personnel, equipment, space and power to operate Company facilities and
equipment installed on the premises of the Customer, and the level of heating and
air conditioning necessary to maintain the proper operating environment on such
premises;
(d)Obtaining, maintaining, and otherwise having full responsibility for all rights-of-way
and conduit necessary for installation of all cable and associated equipment used
to provide local exchange service to the Customer from the Cable building
entrance or property line to the location of the equipment space described in
1.4.1(c). Any costs associated with obtaining and maintaining the rights-of-way
described herein, including the costs of altering the structure to permit installation
of the Company provided facilities, shall be borne entirely by, or may be charged
by the Company to, the Customer. The Company may require the Customer to
demonstrate its compliance with this section prior to accepting an order for service;
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1.4.1 General(continued)
(e) providing a safe place to work and complying with all laws and regulations
regarding the working conditions on the premises at which Company employees
and agents shall be installing or maintaining the company's facilities and
equipment. The Customer may be required to install and maintain Company
facilities and equipment within a hazardous area if, in the Company's opinion,
injury or damage to the Company's employees or property might result from
installation or maintenance by the Company. The Customer shall be responsible
for identifying, monitoring, removing and disposing of any hazardous material
(e.9., friable asbestos) prior to any construction or installation work;
Complying with all laws and regulations applicable to, and obtaining all consents,
approvals, licenses and permits as may be required with respect to, the location
of Company facilities and equipment in any Customer premises or the rights-of-
way for which Customer is responsible under Section 1.4.1(d) above; and
granting or obtaining permission for Company agents or employees to enter the
premises of the Customer at any time for the purpose of installing, inspecting,
maintaining, repairing, or upon termination of service as stated herein, removing
the facilities or equipment of the Company;
not creating or allowing to be placed or maintained any liens or other
encumbrances on the Company's equipment or facilities or Customer premises
equipment leased or purchased by the Customer from the Company; and
making Company facilities and equipment available periodically for maintenance
purposes at a time agreeable to both the Company and the Customer. No
allowances for interruptions in service will be made for the period during which
service is interrupted for such purposes.
1.4.2 Claims
(f)
(g)
(h)
With respect to any service or facility provided by the Company, Customer shall indemnify,
defend and hold harmless the Company from all claims, actions, damages, liabilities, costs
and expenses for:
(a) any loss, destruction or damage to property of the Company or any third party, or
the death of or injury to persons, including, but not limited to, employees or invitees
of either the Company or the Customer, to the extent caused by or resulting from
the negligent or intentionalact or omission of the Customer, its employees, agents,
representatives or invitees; or
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1.4.2 Claims(continued)
(b) any claim, loss, damage, expense or liability for infringement of any copyright,
patent, trade secret, or any proprietary or intellectual property right of any third
party, arising from any act or omission by the Customer, including, without
limitation, use of the Company's services and facilities in a manner not
contemplated by the agreement between the Customer and the Company.
1.4.3 StationEquipment
The Customer is responsible for providing and maintaining any terminal equipment on the
Customer premises. The electric power consumed by such equipment shall be provided
by, and maintained at the expense of, the Customer. All such terminal equipment must be
registered with the FCC under 47 C.F.R., Part 68 and all wiring must be installed and
maintained in compliance with those regulations. The Company will, where practicable,
notify the Customer that temporary discontinuance of the use of a service may be required;
however, where prior notice is not practicable, nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to impair the Company's right to discontinue forthwith the use of a service temporarily if
such action is reasonable under the circumstances. ln case of such temporary
discontinuance, the Customer will be promptly notified and afforded the opportunity to
correct the condition which gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. During such period
of temporary discontinuance, credit allowance for service interruptions as set forth in
Section 1.10 following is not applicable.
The Customer is responsible for ensuring that Customer provided equipment connected to
Company equipment and facilities is compatible with such equipment and facilities. The
magnitude and character of the voltages and currents impressed on Company provided
equipment and wiring by the connection, operation, or maintenance of such equipment and
wiring shall be such as not to cause damage to the Company provided equipment and
wiring or injury to the Company's employees or other persons. Any additional protective
equipment required to prevent such damage or injury shall be provided by the Company at
the Customer's expense.
1.4.4 lnterconnection of Facilities
Any special interface equipment necessary to achieve compatibility between the facilities
and equipment of the Company used for furnishing local exchange service and the
channels, facilities, or equipment of others may be provided at the Customer's expense.
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1.4.4 lnterconnection of Facilities (continued)
The Company's services may be connected to the services or facilities of other
communications carriers only when authorized by, and in accordance with, the terms and
conditions of the tariffs of the other communications carriers which are applicable to such
connections.
Facilities furnished under this tariff may be connected to Customer provided terminal
equipment in accordance with the provisions of this tariff.
1.4.5 lnsoections
Upon reasonable notification to the Customer, and at a reasonable time, the Company may
make such tests and inspections as may be necessary to determine that the Customer is
complying with the requirements set forth in Section 1.4.3 for the installation, operation,
and maintenance of Customer provided facilities and equipment to Company owned
facilities and equipment. No credit will be allowed for any interruptions occurring during
such inspections.
lf the protective requirements for Customer provided equipment are not being complied
with, the Company may take such action as it deems necessary to protect its facilities,
equipment, and personnel. The Company will notify the Customer promptly if there is any
need for further corrective action. Within ten days of receiving this notice the Customer
must take this corrective action and notify the Company of the action taken. lf the Customer
fails to do this, the Company may take whatever additional action is deemed necessary,
including the suspension of service, to protect its facilities, equipment and personnel from
harm. The Company will, upon request 24 hours in advance, provide the Customer with a
statement of technical parameters that the Customer's equipment must meet.
1.5 Establishment of Seruice
1.5.1 Aoplication for Service
An application for service whether made orally, in writing, or by action of the Customer
(e.9., use of Company's services) establishes the contract between the Company and the
Customer on the terms and conditions set forth in this tariff. Neither the contract nor any
rights acquired there under may be assigned or in any manner transferred.
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1.5.2 Minimum Contract Periods
1.5.2.1 Except as otherwise provided, the minimum contract period is one month
lor all services furnished. However, if a new single line business Customer
notifies the Company within twenty days after receipt of the first bill that certain
services or equipment are not desired, the Company will delete such services or
equipment from the Customer's account without a record keeping or service
ordering charge. The Customer nonetheless shall be responsible for all monthly
usage and installation charges incurred for the use of such service and
equipment.
1.5.2.2 Except as provided in 1.5.2.1 preceding, the length of minimum contract
period for directory listings, and for joint user service where the listing actually
appears in the directory, is the directory period. The directory period is from the
day on which the directory is first distributed to the Customers to the day the
succeeding directory is first distributed to Customers.
1.5.2.3 The Company may require a minimum contract period longer than one month at
the same location in connection with special (non-standard)types or arrangements
of equipment, or for unusual construction, necessary to meet special demands and
involving extra costs.
1.5.3 Cancellation of Application for Service Prior to Establishment of Service
1.5.3.1 Where the Company cancels an order for service prior to the start of installation or
special construction of facilities, no charge applies, except to the extent Company
incurs a service order or similar charge from a supplying carrier prior to the
cancellation.
1.5.3.2 Where installation of facilities, other than those provided by special construction,
has been started prior to the cancellation, the lower of the following charge applies:
The total costs (including overheads) in connection with providing and
removing such facilities.
The monthly charges for the entire initial contract period of the service
ordered by the Customer as provided in this tariff plus the full amount of
any installation and termination charges applicable.
1.5.3.3 Where special construction of facilities has been started prior to cancellation and
there is another requirement for the specially constructed facilities, in place, no
charge applies.
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1.5.3 Cancellation of Application for Service Prior to Establishment of Service (continued)
1.5.3.4 Where special construction of facilities has been started prior to the cancellation,
and there is no other requirement for the specially constructed facilities, a charge
equal to the costs incurred in the special construction (including overheads)
applies. Where one or more, but not all, of the services involved in the special
construction are canceled, a charge equal to the cost (including overheads)
incurred for the discontinued seruice applies.
1.5.3.5 lnstallation or special construction of facilities for a Customer starts when the
Company incurs any expense in connection therewith which would not otherwise
have been incurred and the Customer has advised the Company to proceed with
the installation or special construction.
1.5.4 EstablishinoCredit
1 .5.4.1 The Company, in order to assure the payment of its charges for service, will require
applicants and Customers to establish and maintain acceptable credit.
1.5.4.2 The establishment or re-establishment of acceptable credit as provided in this
section shall not relieve the applicant or Customer from compliance with other
provisions of this tariff as to advance payments and the payment of bills, and shall
in no way modify the provisions regarding disconnection and termination of service
for failure to pay bills due for service furnished.
1.5.4.3 Aoolicants for Service
The Company may refuse to furnish service to an applicant that has not
established acceptable credit or has not paid charges for service of the same
classification previously furnished by the Company or another carrier at the same
or another address, until arrangements suitable to the Company have been made
to pay such charges.
The Company may also refuse to furnish service to an applicant that has not paid
charges for service of the same classification, previously furnished by any
telephone company at the same or another address, until arrangements suitable
to the Company are made.
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1.5 Establishment of Service (continued)
1.5.4 Establishinq Credit (continued)
1.5.4.3 Aoolicants for Service (continued)
(1) Service applicants may establish credit in one of the following ways:
a.Responding in a manner satisfactory to the Company to a set of
standard questions, known as the Credit Evaluation Process
(CEP). The applicant may be required to provide proof in support
of these responses. The written procedures for the CEP are
available for public inspection at the Company's main otlice a1222
S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730; Chicago, lL 60606.
I ntentionally Omitted.
Providing a sufficient written guarantee of payment for service by
a guarantor satisfactory to the Company. The guarantee shall be
made in a letter that is substantially similar to the form in 1.5.4.5
below.
Providing a surety bond, provided that such surety bond has been
issued by an insurance company that is satisfactory to the
Company.
(2)Business service applicants may establish credit by meeting the
requirements of the Company's Business Credit Evaluation Plan of (1) b.
or (1) d. preceding.
During the verification of an applicant's credit, the Company will permit
service to be installed upon the advance payment by the applicant of an
amount equal to applicable service charges and initial non-recurring
charges applicable for service installation plus the estimated amount of
the applicant's bill based upon one month's service. Such advance
payment will be credited to the applicant's service account but does not
relieve the applicant of his responsibility to subsequently establish credit
in accordance with (1) or (2) preceding.
lf credit is not so established, the Company may disconnect the service no
sooner than five days after delivery or eight days after mailing of written
notice of intention to disconnect.
When a Customer's service has been disconnected in accordance with the
above, service will not be reconnected until the Customer has established
credit.
(4) Advance Payments only apply to business customers
b.
c.
d.
(3)
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1.5 Establishment of Service (continued)
1.5.4 Establishino Credit (continued)
1 .5.4.4 Existino Customers
(1) A Customer may be required to reestablish credit when any of the
following conditions occur:
a.After the first twelve months that the Customer has received
service, the Customer has had service disconnected twice by the
Company or the Company provides evidence that the Customer
used a device or scheme to obtain service without payment.
(2)Payment by the Customer of delinquent bills will not of itself relieve the
Customer from the obligation of establishing his credit with respect to the
account involved or with respect to any other account in connection with
the same or any other class of service which the Company may be
providing such Customer.
A Customer may be required to reestablish credit in accordance with
1.5.4.3 when the amount of service furnished or the basis on which credit
was formerly established has significantly changed.
(4)lf a Customer fails to reestablish his credit as required by the Company
his service may be disconnected not sooner than five days after delivery
or eight days after mailing of written notice of intention to disconnect.
(3)
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Establishment of Service (continued)
1.5.5 lntentionallyOmitted.
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Establishment of Service (continued)
1.5.5 lntentionallyOmitted.
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1.6 Billinq/Pavment
1.6.1 Customer Billinq
These practices relate to billing and bill collection, telephone service termination, and
disputes with their telecommunications carrier. IDPSC rules will prevail if a conflict exits
between the Company's guidelines and IDPSC rules. The Company is available 24 hours
a day for rate information.
Rate information is available from the Company at 1-888-380-2721
1.6.1.1 Bills will be issued once each month during a thirty (30) day period.
1.6.1.2 Special bills for long distance service may be issued to Customers business
Customers at any time) when charges exceed 175 percent of the average of the
past three months' long distance charges or of the average long distance charge
for that class of service if three months actual data is not available. These bills will
catry a due date which is ten days after the date that they are mailed or seven
days if delivered by hand.
'1.6.1.3 Services which are charged for at other than monthly rates are billed in arrears.
1.6.1.4 An unused portion of a usage allowance (which is included in the monthly rate for
certain services) in one monthly period cannot be used in any other monthly period
nor will refund or credit be given.
1.6.1.5 Detailed call information, such as the time at which the call was made, its
destination will not be generally provided other than for toll telecommunications
message service.
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1.6 Billinq/Pavment(continued)
1.6.2 Pavment of Charqes for Service
1.6.2.1 The Customer is responsible for the payment of charges for all services furnished,
including, but not limited to, all calls originated or accepted at a Customer's service
location regardless of the carrier providing service.
1.6.2.2 Payment shall be in United States currency or by instruments so denominated and
payable on demand at par in Commercial banks in the locality where facilities and
service are furnished.
1.6.2.3 Payment is due on the due date shown on the bill and may be paid by mail to the
authorized payment locations.
1.6.2.4 When payment for service is made by check, a charge of $25.00 will be made by
the Company lor each check returned by a bank to the Company for reason of not
sufficient funds.
1.6.2.5 lf the Customer remits to the Company on more than one occasion during a twelve
month period a check, draft, or other instrument which is dishonored, the Company
may refuse acceptance of further checks and place the Customer on a guaranteed
basis. Under a guaranteed basis, the Company may refuse acceptance of anything
as payment other than money orders, cashier's checks, or guaranteed instruments
denominated in U.S. dollars and guaranteed by or issued by a third party
acceptable to the Company. The Company shall advise the Customer in writing of
the restriction and of the various options available to paying by cash.
1.6.3 Late Pavment Charoe
1.6.3.1 Late payment charges imposed by incumbent local exchange companies on
unpaid non-residential accounts are calculated in conformance with IDPSC rules.
16.3.2 Business Customers will incur a late payment charge ol 1.5"/o per month (orthe
highest amount lawfully allowed, whichever is lower) shall apply to amounts shown
on a monthly bill which remain unpaid after the due date referred to in 1.6.2
preceding, except that the charge is not applicable as specified in 1.6.4 following.
Failure to bill interest in one month does not mean the Company has waived its
right to bill a Customer for accrued interest.
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1.6 Billinq/Pavment(continued)
1.6.3 Late Pavment Charqe (continued)
1.6.3.3 Reoulations
A. lntentionally Omitted.
B. This charge does not apply to:
(1) Amounts which are in dispute at the time the late payment charge
would otherwise be applied.(2) federal excise tax or any other taxes levied by law directly on the
Customer.(3) amounts billed by the Company for other entities for which the
charge is not authorized by those entities' appropriate tariffs or
contracts.
Credit and collection procedures outlined in this Section are not waived
or foreclosed by the application of a late payment charge.
1.6.4 Failure to Pav Charoes for Service
1.6.4.1 A Customer is considered to be delinquent in the payment of a bill when the total
amount due is not received on or before the due date printed on the bill.
1 .6.4.2 The Company shall give written notice at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled
termination. The telephone company shall also make at least two attempts at
personal notice by telephone at least twenty-four hours prior to termination.
However, the inability of the telephone company to perfect personal notice shall
not prevent the telephone company from terminating service.
1.6.5 Restoral of Service
1.6.5.1 lf any Customer's service is restored after having been disconnected in
accordance with this tariff but a Company service order to terminate such service
has not been completed when such service is restored, the Customer will be
required to apply a restoral of services charge specified in this tariff. Monthly
service charges will not apply for the period between the disconnection and
reconnection.
1.6.5.2 When a Customer's service has been disconnected in accordance with this tariff
and the service has been terminated through the completion of a Company service
order, service will be reestablished only upon the basis of application for new
service.
c.
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1.7 Termination. Discontinuance or Refusal of Service
These practices relate to billing and bill collection, telephone service termination and disputes with
their telecommunications carrier.
1.7.1 A written notice of discontinuance of service, with reasons specified, will be sent
f ifteen (15) days prior to discontinuance, followed by a second written notice f ive (5) days
prior to discontinuance of service. Notices will be sent via First Class Mail.
1.7.2 Service may be terminated prior to the expiration of the minimum contract period
upon notice being given the Company ten days in advance and upon payment of the
termination charges given below in addition to all charges due for service which has been
f urnished.
ln case of additional directory listings and joint user service, where the listing has
appeared in the directory, the termination charges are the charges due to the end
of the directory period.
ln the case of special equipment forwhich the minimum contract period is in excess
of one month at the same location, such proportion of the sum of the cost of the
equipment and of its installation, plus the cost of removal, less the salvage value
of the equipment removed, as the unexpired portion of the minimum contact period
bears to the full minimum contract period.
ln the case of termination prior to completion of the minimum contract period, upon
Company being notified ten (10) days in advance and upon payment of all charges
due as a result of the early termination.
1.7.3 Service may be terminated after the expiration of the minimum contract period,
upon the Company being notified ten days in advance and upon payment of all
charges due to the date of termination of the service.
A.
B.
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1.7 Termination. Discontinuance or Refusal of Service (continued)
1.7.4 The Company may discontinue or refuse service for any of the reasons stated below:(1) For failure to establish credit pursuant to applicable rules set forth in 1.5.4
preceding.
For failure to pay a past due bill owed the Company, including one for the same
class of service furnished to the applicant or Customer at the same or another
location, or where the applicant or Customer voluntarily assumed, in writing,
responsibility for the bills of another applicant or Customer.
For failure to provide Company representatives with necessary access to
Company owned service or equipment, after the Company has made a written
request to do so.
For failure to make payment in accordance with the terms of a Deferred Payment
Agreement as defined by the IDPSC.
When the Company has reason to believe that a Customer has used a device or
scheme to obtain service without payment and where the Company has so notified
the Customer prior to disconnection.
For violation or noncompliance with a IDPSC order.
For violation or noncompliance with any rules and regulations of the Company on
file with the WV PSC for which violation of or noncompliance with the Company is
authorized by tariff to deny or refuse service.
For violation of or noncompliance with municipal ordinances and/or other laws
pertaining to telephone service.
For lailure to pay past due bill of a previous Customer of the premises to be served,
provided that the applicant for service voluntarily signed a form agreeing to assume
responsibility for the bills of the previous Customer, or that the previous Customer
is currently a member of the same household as the applicant.
(10) Without notice in the event that the Customer's use of equipment adversely affects
the Company's service to others.
(1 1) Without notice in the event that the Customer's use of equipment will endanger
public safety or health.
(12) For a Customer who has not used the service for a period of 90 days and who
appears, after investigation, to have left the community or who advised the
Company that he or she does not desire to continue to be carried as a Customer.
(2)
(3)
(4)
(s)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(e)
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Termination. Discontinuance or Refusal of Service (continued)
1.7.4 The Company may discontinue or refuse service for any of the reasons stated below:
(continued)
(13) Upon condemnation of any material portion of the facilities used by the Company
to provide service to a Customer or if a casualty renders all or any material portion
of such facilities inoperable beyond feasible repair.
(14) Without notice upon the Customer's insolvency, assignment for the benelit of
creditors, filing for bankruptcy or reorganization, failing to discharge an involuntary
petition within the time permitted by law, or abandonment of service.
(15) Without notice upon any governmental prohibition, or required alteration of the
services to be provided or any violation of any applicable law or regulation.
(16) Without notice if the Company deems that such action is necessary to prevent or
to protect against fraud or to otherwise protect its personnel, agents, facilities or
services.
(17) The Customer provides false information to the Company regarding the
Customer's identity, address, credit worthiness, past or current use of common
carrier communications services, or its planned use of the Company's service(s).
1.7.5 The suspension or discontinuance of service(s) by the Company pursuant to this section
does not relieve the Customer of any obligation to pay the Company for charges due and
owing for service(s) furnished during the time of or up to suspension or discontinuance.
1.7.6 Upon the Company's discontinuance of service to the Customer under this Section, all
applicable charges, including termination charges, shall become due. This is in addition to
all other remedies that may be available to the Company at law or in equity or under any
provision of this tariff.
Cancellation of Service
1.8.1 Cancellation of Aoplication for Service
1.8.1.1 Applications for service are non-cancelable unless the Company otherwise
agrees. Where the Company permits Customer to cancel an application for service
prior to the start of service or prior to any special construction, no charges will be
imposed except for those specified herein.
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1.8 Cancellation of Service (continued)
1.8.1 Cancellation of Application for Service (continued)
1.8.1.2 Where, prior to cancellation by the Customer, the Company incurs any expenses
in installing the service or in preparing to install the service that it otherwise would
not have incurred, a charge equal to the costs the Company incurred, less net
salvage, shall apply, but in no case shall this charge exceed the sum of the charge
for the minimum period of service ordered, including installation charges, and all
charges others levy against the Company that would have been chargeable to the
Customer had service begun.
1.8.1.3 The special charges described in 1.8.1.1 and 1.8.1.2 will be calculated and applied
on a case-by-case basis.
1.8.2 Cancellation of Service bv the Customer
lf a Customer cancels a Service Order or terminates services before the completion of the
term for any reason whatsoever other than a service interruption (as defined in 1 .10 below),
Customer agrees to pay to Company the following sums which shall become due and
owing as of the effective date of the cancellation or termination and be payable within the
period set forth in 1.6, all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with:
(1) all Non-Recurring charges reasonably expended by Company to establish service
to Customer, plus
any disconnection, early cancellation or termination charges reasonable incurred
and paid to third parties by Company on behalf of Customer, plus
(3)all Recurring Charges specified in the applicable Service Order tariff for the
balance of the then current term, and
1.9
(4) any termination liability for early termination
Miscellaneous
1.9.1 Special Conditions or Requirements
Where special conditions or special requirements of a Customer involve unusual
construclion or installation cost, the Customer may be required to pay a reasonable
proportion of such costs.
(2)
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1.9 Miscellaneous(continued)
1.9.2 TelephoneNumbers
The Customer has no property right in the telephone number. The Company may change
the telephone number of a Customer for engineering, technical, or other reasons. However,
it will not change a telephone number as a penalty or to enforce payment for Company
di rectory advertising charges.
1.9.3 Ownershio and Access to Facilities
Facilities furnished by the Company remain the property of the Company until transferred
or abandoned. The Customer shall provide employees and agents of the Company access
to Company facilities, at all reasonable times, for the purpose of installing, rearranging,
repairing, maintaining, inspecting, disconnecting, removing, or otherwise servicing such
facilities.
1.9.4 lnstallation. Rearranoement, Reoair Maintenance. Disconnection. and Removal of
Facilities
All facilities furnished by the Company will be installed and maintained by it, except where
such facilities are situated, in the judgment of the Company, in hazardous or inaccessible
locations.
Customers may not rearrange, disconnect, remove, or otherwise tamper with, or permit
others to rearrange, disconnect, remove, or tamper with any facilities furnished by the
Company, authorized in this tariff, except with the Company's written consent or as
otherwise specified in this tariff.
1.9.5 Transfer and Assionments
Customer may not assign or transfer its rights or duties in connection with the services and
facilities provided by the Company without the written consent of the Company and
payment of the applicable charges.
1.9.6 Notices and Communications
1.9.6.1 The Customer shall designate on the Service Order an address to which the
Company shall mail or deliver all notices and other communications, except that
Customer may also designate a separate address to which the Company's bills for
service shall be mailed.
1.9.6.2 The Company shall designate on the Service Order an address to which the
Customer shall mail or deliver all notices and other communications, except that
Company may designate a separate address on each bill for service to which the
Customer shall mail payment on that bill.
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1.9 Miscellaneous(continued)
1.9.6 Notices and Communications (continued)
1.9.6.3 All notices or other communications required to be given pursuant to this tariff will
be in writing. Notices and other communications of either party, and all bills mailed
by the Company, shall be presumed to have been delivered to the other party on
the third business day following deposit of the notice, communication or bill with
the U.S. Mail or a private delivery service, prepaid and properly addressed, or
when actually received or refused by the addressee, whichever occurs first.
1.9.6.4 The Company or the Customer shall advise the other party of any changes to the
addresses designated for notices, other communications or billing, by following the
procedures for giving notice set forth herein.
1 .10 Allowances for lnterruotions of Service
1.10.1 Credit for lnterruotions
When the use of service or facilities furnished by the Company is interrupted due to any
cause other than the negligence or willful act of the Customer, or the operation or failure of
the facilities or equipment provided by the Customer, a pro rata adjustment of the monthly
Recurring Charges subject to interruption will be allowed for the service and facilities
rendered useless and inoperative by reason of the interruption whenever said interruption
continues for a period of 12 hours or more from the time the interruption is reported to or
known to exist by the Company, except as otherwise specified in the Company's tariffs. lf
the Customer reports a service, facility or circuit to be inoperative but declines to release it
for testing and repair, it is considered to be impaired, but not interrupted.
For calculating credit allowances, every month is considered to have 30 days. A credit
allowance is applied on a pro rata basis against the monthly Recurring Charges specified
hereunder for Local Line or Local Trunk Service and is dependent upon the length of the
interruption. Only those facilities on the interrupted portion of the circuit will receive a credit.
Service outages between 12 and 24 hours in duration shall receive a credit lor 24 hours.
Credit allowances for service outages that exceed 24 hours in duration will be rounded up
to the next whole 24 hours.
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Allowances for lnterruotions of Service (continued)
1.10.2 Restrictions on Allowance
No credit allowance will be made for:
(a) interruptions due to the negligence or willful act of the Customer, Authorized-User
or Joint-User, including but not limited to noncompliance with the provisions of this
tariff.
(b) interruptions due to the failure or malfunction of Customer provided facilities or the
failure or malfunction of any other non-Company equipment;
(c) interruptions due to electric power failure where the Customer furnishes such
electric power;
(d) interruptions of service during any period in which the Company is not given full
and free access to its facilities and equipment for the purpose of investigating and
correcti ng i nterruptions;
(e) interruptions of service during a period in which the Customer continues to use the
service on an impaired basis;
(f) interruptions of service during any period when the Customer has released service
to the Company for maintenance purposes or for implementation of a Customer
order for a change in service arrangements;
(g) interruption of service due to circumstances or causes beyond the control of the
Company.
1 .10.3 Use of Alternative Service Provided bv the Companv
Should the Customer elect to use an alternative service provided by the Company during
the period that a service is interrupted, the Customer must pay the tariffed rates and
charges for the alternative service.
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SECTION 2:SERVICES
2.1 Apolication of Rates
2.1.1 lntroduction
The regulations set forth in this section govern the application of rates for services
contained in other sections of this tariff. An application for service, whether made orally, in
writing, or by use of service, establishes a contract between the Company and the
Customer pursuant to the terms and conditions included within this tariff. Neither the
contract nor any rights acquired hereunder may be assigned or in any manner transferred
to a third party by the Customer, without the Company's written approval.
2.1.2 Charoes Based on Duration of Use
Where charges for a service are specified based on the duration of use, such as the
duration of a telephone call, the following rules apply:
Calls are measured in durational increments identified for each service. All calls
held for a fraction of a measurement increment are rounded-up to the next whole
measurement unit.
(b)Timing on completed calls begins when the call is answered by the called party.
Answering is determined by hardware answer supervision in all cases where this
signaling is provided by the terminating local carrier and any intermediate
carrier(s). Timing for operator service person{o-person calls starts with completion
of the connection to the person called or an acceptable substitute, or to the PBX
station called.
(c)Timing terminates on all calls when the calling party hangs up or the Company's
network receives an off hook signalfrom the terminating carrier.
(d)Calls originating in one time period and terminating in another will be billed in
proportion to the rates in effect during different segments of the call and will be
billed according to applicable eastern standard or eastern daylight savings time.
(a)
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2.1 Aoplication of Rates (continued)
2.1.3 Rates Based Upon Distance
Where charges for a service are specified based upon distance, the following rules apply:
Distance between two points is measured as airline distance between the rate centers of
the originating and terminating telephone lines. The rate center is a set of geographic
coordinates, as referenced in the Local Exchange Routing Guide issued by lconectiv
(formerly Telcorida), associated with each NPA-NXX combination (where NPA is the area
code and NXX is the first three digits of a seven digit telephone number). Where there is
no telephone number associated with an access line on the Company's network (such as
a dedicated 800 or WATS access line), the Company will apply the rate center of the
Customer's main billing telephone number.
The airline distance between any two rate centers is determined as follows:
Obtain the "V" (vertical) and "H" (horizontal) coordinates for each Rate Center
from the above referenced lconectiv document.
(b)Compute the difference between the "V" coordinates of the two rate centers; and
the difference between the two "H" coordinates.
(c) Square each difference obtained in step (b) above.
Add the square of the "V" difference and the square of the "H" difference obtained
in step (c)above.
Divide the sum of the squares by 10. Round to the next higher whole number if
any fraction is obtained.
Obtain the square root of the whole number result obtained above. Round to the
next higher whole number if any fraction is obtained. This is the airline mileage.
FORMULA
(vr-vz)2+(ttt-ttz)2
(a)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
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2.2 Service Area
The Company's Local Usage Service Area adopts the local calling areas of incumbent local
exchange carriers as defined in its tariffs on file with the ldaho PSC.
2.3 Connection Charoes
2.3.1 General
The Connection Charge is a nonrecurring charge which applies to the following: (a) the
installation of a new service; (b) the transfer of an existing service to a different location; (c)
a change from one class of service to another at the same or a different location; or (d)
restoral of service after suspension or termination for nonpayment. Connection Charges are
listed with each service to which they apply.
2.3.2 Exceotions to the Charqe
A No charge applies for a change to a service for which a lower monthly rate applies,
made within 90 days after any general rate increase, if a lower grade of service is
offered in the customer's exchange.
B The Company may from time to time waive or reduce the charge as part of a
promotion.
A restoral charge applies each time a service is reconnected after suspension or termination for
nonpayment but before cancellation of the service.
Business
$25.00
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2.5 Moves. Adds and Chanoes
The Company alone may make changes in the location of its lines and equipment. When it is found
that a move or change of such lines or equipment has been made by others, the Connection Charge
for the underlying service will apply as if the work had been done by the Company.
The customer will be assessed a charge for any move, add or change of a Company service and is
charged in addition to any other monthly or installation charge which is associated with the service
the customer orders. Move, Add and Change are defined as follows:
Move: The disconnection of existing equipment at one location and reconnection of the
same equipment at a new location in the same building or in a different building
on the same premises.
Add The addition of a vertical service to existing equipment and/or service at one
location.
Change: Change - including rearrangement or reclassification - of existing service at the
same location.
Business Charge per Order
Line Connection (per line)
Move
$50.00
$100.00
Add
$50.00
$100.00
Chanoe
$50.00
$100.00
Record Work Only
(This charge is applicable for changes that do
not involve central office or premise work.)
$50.00
2.6 Charoes Associated With Premises Visit
Trouble lsolation Charge: When a visit to the customer's premises is necessary to isolate a problem
reported to the Company but identified by the Company's technician as attributable to customer-
provided equipment or inside wire, a separate charge applies in addition to all other charges for the
visit.
Per Premises Visit, Business:
2.7 Primary lnterexchanoe Carrier Chanoe Charoe
$100.00
Customers may be presubscribed to the carrier of their choice for both interLATA and intraLATA
service. The customer will incur a charge each time there is a change in the long distance carrier
associated with the customer's intraLATA or interLATA service after the initial installation of service.
$2.50
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2.8 Business Network Switched Services
2.8.1 General
B.
c.
Business Network Switched Service provide a business customer with a connection to the
Company's switching network which enables the customer to:
A. receive calls from other stations on the public switched telephone network;
access the Company's local calling service;
access the Company's operators and business office for service related assistance;
access toll-f ree telecommunications service such as 800 NPA; and access 911
service for emergency calling; and
access the service of providers of interexchange service. A customer may
presubscribe to such provider's service to originate calls on a direct dialed basis
or to receive 800 service from such provider, or may access a provider on an ad
hoc basis by dialing the provider's Carrier ldentification Code (1OXXX).
Business Network Switched Service is provided via one or more channels terminated at the
customer's premises. Each Business Network Switched Service channel corresponds to one
or more analog, voice-grade telephonic communications channels that can be used to place
or receive one callat a time.
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2.8 Business Network Switched Services (continued)
2.8.2 Service Descriotions and Rates
The following Business Access Service Options are offered
Basic Business Line Service
PBX Trunks
All Business Network Switched Service may be connected to customer-provided terminal
equipment such as station sets, key systems, PBX systems, or facsimile machines. Service may be
arranged for two-way calling, inward calling only or outward calling only. Optional Voice Mail
Service is available.
2.8.2.1 Service Establishment Charge
This charge applies when the Company initially establishes the Customer's
account for any service provided by the Company. This charge is applied in
addition to any other monthly or installation charge that is associated with the
service the Customer orders.
-Per Order
-Per Visit
-After Hours
Line Connection
Service Order
(1 hour)
(1 hour)
$50.00
$100.00
$200.00
$100.00
$50.00
Custom Features are also available as described in this tariff
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2.8.3 Basic Business Line Service
A. General
B.
Basic Business Line Service provides a customer with a one or more analog, voice-
grade telephonic communications channelthat can be used to place or receive one
call at a time. Local calling service is available at a flat rate included in the line price,
or on a message usage basis. Basic Business Lines are provided for connection of
customer-provided single-line terminal equipment such as station sets or facsimile
machines.
Each Basic Business Line has the following characteristics:
Terminal lnterface: 2-wire
Signaling Type: Loop Start
Pulse Type:Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF)
Directionality:Two-way, ln-Only, or Out-Only, as specified by
the customer.
Flat Rate Basic Business Line Service
Service to points within the local calling area is included in the charge for Flat Rate
Service.
ln addition to the nonrecurring charges listed below, service order charges apply as
described in this tariff.
Nonrecurring Connection Charge $50.00
Monthly Recurring Charges:
Business Single Line (per line) $40.00
Business Multi-Line (per line) $45.00
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2.8 Business Network Switched Services (continued)
2.8.4 PBX Trunk Service
A. General
Analog and/or digital PBX trunks are provided for connection of customer-provided
PBX terminal equipment. Analog trunks are delivered on a DSO level and digital
trunks are delivered at the DS1 level. All trunks are equipped with multiline hunting.
DID service allows callers to reach the called party without going through a PBX
attendant. DOD service allows end users to dial outside of a PBX system without
going through the PBX attendant to get access to an outside line. Digital trunks
cannot be two-way trunks, but must be ordered as with either Direct lnward Dialing
(DlD) or Direct Outward Dialing (DOD).
For DID configured PBX trunks additional charges apply for Direct lnward Dial
Station numbers.
Each Analog Trunk has the following characteristics:
Terminal lnterface 2-wire or 4-wire, as required for the
provision of service
Signaling Type:
Pulse Type:
Directionality:
Loop, Ground, E&M I, ll, lll
Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF)
ln-Coming Only (DlD), Out-Going Only
(DOD), or Two-Way
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2.8.4 PBX Trunk Service (continued)
B. Flat Rate Analog PBX Trunks
1. General
Service to points within the local calling area is included in the charge for
Flat Rate Analog PBX Trunk Service.
2. Rates
ln addition to the nonrecurring charges listed below, service order charges
apply as described in this tariff.
Nonrecurring Connection Charge: $50.00
Monthly Recurring Charges: $75.00
Terminal Numbers:
1-10lines in terminalgroup $15.00
1 1-20 lines in terminal group $25.00
21 + lines in terminalgroup $30.00
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2.8.4 PBX Trunk Service (continued)
C. Message Rate Analog PBX Trunks
1. Description
Message Rate Analog PBX Trunks provide the customer with a single,
analog, voice grade telephonic communications channelthat can be used
to place or receive one call at a time. Local calls on two-way trunks and DOD
trunks are billed on a message rate basis. DID trunks are arranged for one-
way inward calling only.
2. Rates
Charges for each Message Rate PBX Trunk include a monthly recurring
Base Service Charge and usage charges for completed calls originated from
the customer's lines based on the total number of calls during the billing
period.
ln addition to the nonrecurring charges listed below, service order charges
apply as described in this tariff.
Nonrecurring Connection Charge: $50.00
Monthly Recurring Charges: $75.00
Terminal Numbers:
1-'l0lines in terminalgroup $15.00
1 1-20 lines in terminal group $25.00
21 + lines in terminalgroup $30.00
3. Message Usage Charges
Per Message Charge $0.15
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2.8.4 PBX Trunk Service (continued)
D. Analog DID Trunks
Nonrecurring Connection Charge
Monthly Recurring Charges (per trunk)
DID Station Numbers:
- Each Group of 20
- Each Group of 100
$60.00
$35.00
$6.00
$26.00
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2.8 Business Network Switched Services (continued)
2.8.4 PBX Trunk Service (continued)
E. Digital PBX Trunk Service
1. Description
Digital PBX Trunk Service provide a customer with connection to the
Company switch via a DS1 digital fiber optic transmission facility operating
al 1.544 Mbps and time division multiplexed inlo 24 analog voice grade
telephonic communications channels. Digital PBX Trunks are provided for
connection of customer-provided PBX equipment or trunk capable key
systems to the Company switch. Each Digital PBX Trunk has the following
characteristics:
Terminal lnterface: Channel Bank or DSX-1 panel
Signaling Type: Loop, Ground, E&M I, ll, lll
Start Dial lndicator: lmmediate Wink, Delay Dial, DialTone
Pulse Type: DualTone Multi-Frequency (DTMF)
Directionality: ln-Coming or Out-Going Only, as
specified by the customer
Service to points within the local calling area is included in the
charge for Digital PBX Trunk Service.
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2.8.4 PBX Trunk Service (continued)
E. Digital PBX Trunk Service (continued)
2. Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges
ln addition to the nonrecurring charges listed below, service order charges
apply as described in this tariff. Charges for each Message Rate Digital PBX
Trunk include a monthly recurring Base Service Charge and usage charges
for completed calls originated from the customer's lines based on the total
number of calls during the billing period.
Where appropriate facilities do not exist, Special Construction charges will
also apply.
Nonrecurring Connection Charge: $250.00
Monthly Recurring Charges:
Flat Rate:
- Facility $500.00
- Per Active Channel (DlD) $25.00
- Per Active Channel (DOD) $75.00
Message Rate:
- Facility $100.00
- Per Active Channel (DlD) $25.00
- Per Active Channel (DOD) $75.00
3. Message Usage Charges
Per Message Charge $0.15
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2.8 Business Network Switched Services (continued)
2.8.4 lP Control Service
lP Control is a DID voice line equivalent service used to connect the public switched telephone
network and a customer's lP-based telephone equipment for the transmission of voice, data, or
video traffic using Session lnitiation Protocol (SlP). lP Control may be provisioned using
Company or customer provided access
Trunk and port charges will be based on DS-O equivalent concurrent SIP sessions derived by
taking the total incoming DID traffic divided by 7,000,000 minutes multiplied by 672. A minimum
of 24 DSO equivalent SIP sessions is required and each additional concurrent SIP session will be
billed individually.
When customer provided access is used (including but not limited to public internet access), trunk
and end user common line (EUCL) charges will not apply. EUCL charges will be applied
according to the Peerless Network FCC Tariff for all Company provided access.
MRC
$0.15
$0.20
NRC
$0.1 0
$0.20DID - 3'd Party SMS-Enablement
2.8.4.2 Port Charges
Per DSO equivalent.$10.00
2.8.4.3 Trunk Charges
Per DSO equivalent $1s.00
2.8.4.4 Non-Recurring Charges
lnstallation Charge
Per DS1 equivalent $500.00
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Business Network Switched Services (continued)
2.8.4 lP ControlService (Cont'd.)
2.8.4.5 Local Number Portability (LNP)
The following LNP pricing and rate structure applies to allcurrent and future Company Markets:
Rate
Port-in - First telephone number, per Order $12.00
Port-in - Each add'l telephone number, per Order $6.00
Port-outs, per telephone number $6.00
Expedite Charge, per Order $100.00
Snapback Port Fee $300.00
Cancellation of Port Request $50.00
2.8.4.5.1 "Snapback" fees are incurred when a telephone number is ported due to
Customer error or Customer requests a telephone number not be ported
after porting has already taken place. Snapback requests must be done
within twenty-four (24) hours of the port. However, Company provides
no guarantee that a Snapback request will be successful. Customer is
responsible for the Snapback fee regardless of whether the Snapback
was successful or not. Customer is not responsible for Snapback fees if
Company was responsible for the port error.
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2.9 Supolemental Services
2.9.1 Custom Callinq Service
2.9.1.1 General
The features in this section are made available on an individual basis or as part of
multiple feature packages. All features are provided subject to availability; features
may not be available with all classes of service. Transmission levels may not be
sufficient in all cases.
2.9.1.2 Feature Descriptions and Rates
Rates in this section are applied on a monthly basis unless otherwise specified
CALL WAITING $1.00
Provides a tone signal when a second
call is coming in on a busy line.
CALL FORWARDING-Variable $1.00
Permits a customer lo automatically
transfer all incoming calls to another
dialable telephone number.
THREE.WAY CALLING $1.00
Adds a third party to an established
connection without operator assistance.
SPEED CALLING - 39 Number List $1.00
Allows a customer to call other telephone
numbers by dialing a code rather than the
complete telephone number.
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2.9 SupolementalServices(Cont'd)
2.9.1 Custom Callinq Service
2.9.1.2 Feature Descriptions and Rates (continued)
DISTINCTIVE RINGING
This feature allows a customer to
designate up to ten telephone numbers
from which incoming calls will have a
distinctive ring. For customers with call
waiting, a distinctive call-waiting signal
will be received if a call from one of the
designated telephone numbers is
waiting.
CALL SCREENING
Customer can designate '10 numbers
from which incoming calls will be
connected to a pre-recorded
announcement that calls are not being
taken now.
PREMIUM NUMBER SERVICE
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$100.00
Premium Number Service: Premium numbers
are those telephone numbers that end in 00,
000 or 0000. Premium numbers are assigned
on a first come, first served basis and are limited
to those numbers that exist in the Company's
inventory, as acquired, according to industry
numbering assignment practices. Premium
numbers can be used in conjunction with
other services offered by the Company.
Standard usage charges that appear in this
tariff for other services used with premium
numbers will also apply.
Service Set Up Charge (non-recurring)
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2.9 SuoplementalServices(Cont'd)
2.9.1 Custom Callino Service
2.9.1.2 Feature Descriptions and Rates (continued)
CALLER ID
This Central Office feature provides for
the display of the incoming telephone
number on a customer provided display
device attached to the customer's
telephone or answering machine with a
built-in display screen. The Caller lD
feature will forward the calling numberfrom the appropriately equipped
terminating central office to the customer
provided display device. The Company
will forward all telephone numbers
subject to technical limitations.
CALLER ID WITH NAME
This Central Office feature is only offeredto customers being served by
appropriately equipped central offices
and subscribing to caller lD. This feature
provides for the display of the listed name
associated with the telephone number
from which the call is being made. The
name will be delivered to a customer
provided display device. The company
will forward all calling names subject to
technical limitations.
$3.00
$s.00
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2.9 SuoolementalServices(Cont'd)
2.9.1 Custom Callino Service
2.9.1.2 Feature Descriptions and Rates (continued)
BUSY LINE TRANSFER
ln the event that the called telephone
number is busy, this feature
automatically forwards incoming calls toa predetermined telephone number
served by the same central office switch,
or provides inter-switch forwarding to a
predetermined, dialable telephone
number where technically available. lf
incoming calls are transferred to a
number served by the same or a different
central office switch, multiple calls will be
transferred simultaneously provided that
there are sufficient facilities to accept the
calls. This feature is not compatible with
Call Waitino or Direct lnward Dialino
Seruice.
ALTERNATE ANSWERING
ln the event that the telephone number is
not answered within the Company
designated parameters, normally three to
four rings, this feature automatically
forwards incoming calls to a
predetermined, or a different central
office switch, multiple calls will be
transferred simultaneously provided that
are sufficient facilities to accept the calls.
$1.00
$1.00
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2.9 SupplementalServices(Cont'd)
2.9.1 Custom Callinq Service
2.9.1.2 Feature Descriptions and Rates (continued)
MESSAGE WAITING TONE
Allows an audible signal, stutter dial tone,to be present on the line when a
message is waiting.
BUSY L!NE TRANSFER,
ALTERNATE ANSWERING,
MESSAGE WAITING TONE
Allows access to allthree seruices.
CUSTOMER CONTROL OPTION
Allows the customer to activate/
deactivate the Busy Line Transfer and
Alternate Answering features and to
change the number to which the calls are
forwarded.
Busy Line Transfer
Alternate Answering
EASY CALL
Provides automatic dialing of a number
when the customer's line is taken off-
hook, at 7-second intervals.
SPECIAL DELIVERY SERVICE
When a busy or don't answer condition
exists on an outgoing call, this feature
automatically forwards the calling party to
a pre-determined telephone number.
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
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2.9.1 Custom Callinq Service
2.9.1.2 Feature Descriptions and Rates (continued)
CALL CONTROL $2.00
Available with Basic Exchange Access
Service and ISDN service. Customer has
the ability to screen outgoing call, then
block or allow calls. This feature can be
activated and deactivated and provides a
PIN number to the subscriber. Customer
can block long distance, Operator
Assisted, specific telephone numbers,
prefix and/or area codes, and/or all
outgoing calls.
REMOTE CALL FORWARDING
First
Second
$5.00
$5.00
Remote Call Forwarding (CO Based),
provides a method to automatically
transfer all incoming calls to another
dialed number at all times. The dialable
number is user defined. The dialed
number can be either 7 or 10 digit
numbers (POTS) and can be changedvia a service order. No physical
telephone is required at the subscribed
dialed number. Multiple simultaneous
call paths can be provided, with each
additional path priced at the rates above.
(Business Service Ordering and Line
Connection Charges apply.)
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2.9 SupplementalServices(Cont'd)
2.9.1 Custom Callinq Service
2.9.1.2 Feature Descriptions and Rates (continued)
9OO SPECIAL ACCESS CODE BLOCKING N/C
Blocks access from a company provided
Exchange Access Service to customer
dialed 900 numbers.
976 PREFIX BLOCKING SERVICE N/C
Blocks access from a company provided
Exchange Access Service to customer
dialed 976 numbers.
AUTOMATIC CALL BACK Per Activation $1.00
Allows a customer to return most recent
incoming calls whether answered or not.
lf the line to which the request is made is
idle, the call goes through, if the line is
busy, the automatic callback continues to
attempt untilthe line is free. The request
is deactivated after 30 minutes or six
unanswered ring backs if the call is not
completed.
REPEAT DIALING Per Activation $1.00
Allows a Customer, by dialing a particular
code, to redial a dialed number a
specified number of times or until a party
answers the call.
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2.10 OoeratorAssistance Surcharoes
2.10.1 General
Operator Assistance Surcharges apply when a customer utilizes either an automated or
live Company operator for purposes of completing or billing a call. Operator Assistance
Surcharges apply in addition to local usage or long distance usage services as identified
in this tariff.
2.10.2 Operator Assistance Surcharoes -- Rate Schedule
PERSON-TO-PERSON $5.00
Operator assists caller by beginning to
bill the call only when a specifically
identified party answers the phone.
BILLED TO A THIRD NUMBER $5.00
Operator assists the caller by billing the
call to a verified number other than the
station number from which the call is
being made or by which the call is
received.)
COLLECT CALLS $5.00
Operator assists the caller by verify
charges with, and billing the call to, the
party receiving the call.
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2.10 OperatorAssistanceSurcharoes (continued)
2.10.2 Operator Assistance Surcharqes -- Rate Schedule (continued)
CALLING CARD ASSISTANCE
Operator assists the caller by accepting
and/or billing, and/or completing a call
based upon information pertaining to a
billable calling card.
Automated Assistance
(where available)
Non-Automated Assistance
SENT . PAID/OPERATOR ASSISTED
Operator assistance provided to stations
capable of accepting pre-payment by
terms of coin or non-calling card credit
arrangements.
BUSY LINE VERIFICATION
Operator assists caller by verifying the
busy status of an exchange access line.
Charged for each verification.
BUSY LINE VERIFY AND INTERRUPT
Operator assists caller by first verifying
the busy status of an exchange access
line and then by interrupting the
communications on the line to alert the
communicating parties of the caller's
need to reach the busy line.
$5.00
$10.00
$5.00
$5.00
$5.00
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2.11 DirectorvServices
2.11.1 General
Directory services allow customers to customize the manner in which their Company
assigned telephone numbers appear in published directory and/or are used by dialable
directories and Company operators. This section applies only to services provided by the
Company.
2.11.2 Directorv Services -- Rate Schedule
ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY LISTING N/C
One listing, without charge, is provided in
the alphabetical section of the directory
of the local exchange area in which the
Customer's premises is located. This
listing is termed the primary listing and is
provided for each line provided pursuant
to the Company's Exchange Access
Service. Where two or more lines are
arranged to hunt, all of those lines so
arranged constitute a separate Customer
Service.
EXTRA LISTINGS
An Extra Listing is any listing of a name
or information in connection with a
Customer's access line number beyondthat provided pursuant to the
Alphabetical Directory Listing Service
provided above.)
Per Month for each listing:$1.00
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2.11 DirectoryServices(continued)
2.11.2 Directorv Services -- Rate Schedule (continued)
PRIVATE LISTING
A telephone number that is not listed in
either the directory assistance records or
the alphabetical directory or that section
of the directory containing the regular
alphabetical list of names of Exchange
Access Customers.
SEMI.PRIVATE LISTING
A telephone number that is not listed in
the alphabetical directory or that section
of the directory containing the regular
alphabetical list of names of Exchange
Access Customers. The telephone
number is listed in the directory
assistance records and will be furnished
upon request of the calling party.
Per Month for each listing
DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE CALL
D.A. Call services furnish the customerwith either automated or operator
assisted access to the Company's
Directory Services database on a dial-up
basis. A maximum of two number
requests will be accommodated per D.A.
Call Service call.
Per Call
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
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2.11.2 Directorv Services -- Rate Schedule (continued)
INFORMATION CALL COMPLETION
lnformation Call Completion (lCC) is
available as an add-on to the Company's
D.A. Call Service. ICC allows the
customer to connect directly to a number
requested via the Company's D.A. Call
service by means of operator dialing.
Per Call Completed
Mobile telephone service customers will
only be eligible for ICC service if an
alternate billing option is used, i.e.,
calling card, billed-to-third number,
collect and person-to-person special
handling. However, should a mobile
carrier request the option, the Company
will provide ICC to a mobile carrier on a
sent-paid basis.
$1.00
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2j2 Direct lnward Dial(DlD) Services
2.12.1 General
DID is a service which permits incoming dialed calls to be dialed directly by a calling party
station associated with a switching system located on the Carrier's Customer Premises.
These lines support inbound calling traffic only.
2.12.2 Direct lnward DialService -- Rate Schedule
Monthly
Recurring
Charge
Non-Recurring
Charge
DID Trunk Termination Charges
Each DID trunk termination in central office, per
trunk
Each DID trunk termination in Central Office
arranged for Touch-Tone signaling.
Subsequent additions, deletions or
rearrangements of DID trunk terminations in
addition to above charges, per occasion.
DID Number Charges
Each group of 10 assigned DID station numbers
or fraction thereof, each group
Each group of 1O Reserved DID station numbers
or fraction thereof, each group
Business
DID Service from a Remote CentralOffice
Mileage charges apply in addition to the rates
specified preceding. Mileage charges are those
specified for Foreign District Service as
appropriate.
Each new installation, addition, or rearrangement
of trunks that provide DID service from a Remote
Central Office, per occasion.
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
$2.00
$2.00
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
$2.00
$2.00
$5o.oo
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2.13 2-Wav Direct lnward Dialino (DlD) With CallTransfer
2.13.1 General
2.14 MiscellaneousServices
TOLL RESTRICTION SERVICE
Toll Restriction Service will not allow inter-MSA
1+, 0+, 0-, 1OXXX, or 700 calls to be completed.
- per line equipped
Toll billing exception that prevents third number
billed and collect call is also a customer option.
INTERCEPT REFERRAL EXTENSION
SERVICE
Provides notification to calling parties about
changes in the status of the called party's
telephone line. (An Add / Change Charge applies
to add or change the length of months requested)
TEMPORARY !NTERCEPT
Enables a Customer to have incoming calls
intercepted for 1 month. (Regular Exchange
Access Service billing continues and an
Add/Change charge applies)
- per CentralOffice Line
- per Port lntercepted
2-Way Direct lnward Dialing (DlD) with Call Transfer is a service that permits incoming
calls to reach customer provided equipment, without the assistance of an attendant, and
allows the transfer of those calls to another line. Touch-Tone is a standard feature of this
service.
Monthly Rate
$1.00
$1.00
Non-Recurrinq Charqe
$5.00
$5.00
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2.15 Customer Requested Service Susoensions
2.15.1 At the request of the customer the Company will suspend incoming and outgoing service
on the customer's access line for a period of time not to exceed one year. The equipment
is left in place and directory listings are continued during the suspension period without
change. At the customer's request the Company will provide the customer with an intercept
recording referring callers to another number.
2.15.2 The Company will assess a lower monthly rate for Customer Requested Service Suspension
as noted below. However, any mileage charges, monthly cable charges or monthly
construction charges are still due, without reduction during the period of suspension.
Period of Suspension Charoe
- First Month or Partial Month Regular Monthly Rate (no reduction)- Each Additional Month (up to the one year limit) 1/2 Regular Monthly Rate
2.16 ServiceandPromotionalTrials
2.16.1 General
The Company may establish temporary promotional programs wherein it may waive or
reduce nonrecurring or recurring charges, to introduce a present or potential customer to
a service not previously subscribed to by the customer.
2.16.2 Requlations
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Appropriate notification of the Trial will be made to all eligible customers and to the
Commission. Appropriate notification may include direct mail, bill inserts, broadcast
or print media, direct contact or other comparable means of notification.
During a Trial, the service(s) is provided automatically to all eligible customers,
except those customers who choose not to participate. Customers will be offered
the opportunity to decline the service both in advance and during the trial. A
customer can request that the service be removed during the trial and not be
billed a charge for the period that the feature was in place. At the end of the trial,
customers that don't contact the Company to indicate they wish to retain the
service will be disconnected at no charge.
During a Promotional Trial, the service is provided to all eligible customers who
ask to participate. Customers will be notified in advance of the opportunity to
receive the service in the trial for free. A customer can request that the service be
removed during the trial and not be billed a charge for the period that the service
was in place. At the trial's end, customers that don't contact the Company will be
disconnected from the service.
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2.16 ServiceandPromotionalTrials(continued)
2.16.2 Reoulations (continued)
Customers can subscribe to any service listed as part of a Promotional Trial and not
be billed the normal Connection Charge. The offering of this trial period option is
limited in that a service may be tried only once per customer, per premises.
E. The Company retains the right to limit the size and scope of a Promotional Trial
2.17 Messaoe Toll Services
2.17.1 General
The Company offers MTS intrastate, interLATA, and intraLATA interexchange long
distance service utilizing switched or dedicated access arrangements between the
Customer's premise and the Company's facilities for call origination. Calltermination is
completed through a combination of Company facilities and LEC switched access
arrangements.
2.17.2 Timinq of Calls
Long distance usage charges are based on the actual usage of the Company network.
Chargeable time begins when a connection is established between the calling station and
the called station. Chargeable time ends when either party "hangs up" thereby releasing
the network connection.
Unless otherwise specified in this Tariff, the minimum call duration for billing purposes is
sixty (60) seconds. ln addition, unless otherwise specified in this Tariff, usage is measured
thereafter in sixty (60) second increments and rounded to the next higher sixty (60) second
period.
2.17.3 Wide Area ("WATS") and Messaqe ("MTS") Toll Services
The Company offers WATS and MTS intrastate interexchange long distance service
utilizing switched or dedicated access arrangements between the Customers Premises
and the Company's facilities for call origination. Call termination is completed through a
combination of Company facilities and LEC switched access arrangements.
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2.17 Messaqe Toll Services (continued)
2.17.4 Lonq Distance Usaqe Rates
2.17.4.1 SwitchedServices
The Company's Switched Service is offered to business customers for both
inbound and outbound, intraLATA, and interLATA, calling over standard
switched lines. Calls are billed in sixty (60) second increments after an initial
minimum call duration of sixty (60) seconds. The following rates are not time
of day sensitive or distance sensitive, and apply 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
A. Switched lnbound Usage Charges
DAY/EVE NI NG/NIG HT/WEE KEN D
B. Switched Outbound Usage Charges
DAY/EVE N I NG/NIG HT/WE E KEN D
Mileage/Time of Day !nitial60 Seconds Additional60 Seconds
ALL $0.03 $0.03
Mileage / Time of Day !nitial60 Seconds Additional60 Seconds
ALL $0.03 $0.03
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2.17 Messaoe Toll Services (continued)
2.17.4 Lono Distance Usaoe Rates (continued)
2.17.4.2 DedicatedServices
The Company's Dedicated Service is offered to business customers for both
inbound and outbound, intraLATA and interLATA, calling over dedicated
access lines. Calls are billed in sixty (60) second increments after an initial
minimum call duration of sixty (60) seconds. The following rates are not time
of day sensitive or distance sensitive, and apply 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
A. Dedicated lnbound Usage Rates
DAY/EVENING/NIGHT/WEEKEND
B. Dedicated Outbound Usage Rates
DAY/EVE N ING/NI G HT/WE E KE N D
Mileage / Time of Day lnitial60 Seconds Additional60 Seconds
ALL $0.03 $0.03
Mileage/Time of Day lnitia!60 Seconds Additional60 Seconds
ALL $o.os $0.03
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Messaqe Toll Services (continued)
2.17.4 Lono Distance Usaoe Rates (continued)
2.17.4.3 RecurringCharges
Customers will incur the following monthly Recurring Charges
SWITCHED
ACCFSS
DEDICATED
ACCESS
Per 800 Number
Accounting Codes (non-verified)$t .OO
Authorization Codes/BTN (verif ied)
Authorization Code change/add/delete
Monthly Recurring Charge Per T-1
2.17.4.4
Per 800/888 Number
Accounting Codes (non-verif ied)
Authorization Codes/BTN (verif ied)
Authorization Code change/add/delete
Set and lnstallation Charge
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
N/A
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$200.00
DEDICATED
ACCESS
Non-Recurring Charges
Customers will incur the following Non-recurring Charges:
SWITCHED
ACCESS
$5.00
$5.00
$5.00
$5.00
$50.00
$s.00
$s.00
$5.00
$5.00
$s0.00
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Messaoe Toll Services (continued)
2.17.4 Lono Distance Usaqe Rates (continued)
2.17.4.5 DirectoryAssistance
2.17.4.6
2.17.4.7
The Company provides Directory Assistance as an ancillary service
exclusively to its customers. Directory Assistance is accessible by dialing "1"
plus the area code of the desired number, and 555-1212. The customer may
request up to two numbers per call to Directory Assistance.
Directory Assistance, per call $0.7s
$2.50Long Distance Operator Assistance Service
Pay Telephone (Payphone) Surcharge
A surcharge shall be assessed for each call made from a pay telephone to an
800 number or using a travel card and dialing the carrier prefix in the form
101XXXX. Although collected on the customer's bill, this charge is reimbursed
to pay telephone service provider.
Per Call $0.50
2.17.4.8. Non-SufficientFundsChecks
A return check charge of $25.00 will be assessed for checks returned for
insuff icient funds.
2.17.4.9 Late Payment Charge
Customers will be charged 1.5"/"ol any amounts owed to the Company beyond
the due date for such payment.
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SECTION 3: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS
3.1 General
Where the Company furnishes a facility or service for which a rate or charge is not specified in the
Company's tariffs, charges will be based on the costs incurred by the Company and may include:(1) non-recurring type charges; (2) recurring type charges; (3) termination liabilities;
(4) combinations thereof.
3.1 .1 Special Contractual & lndividual Case Basis Arranoements
The Company may enter into contractual arrangements with Customers for services. The
rates for special contractual arrangements will be included in this tariff, or may include
products or services in the case of unique or special arrangements. These contractual
arrangements may include additionalterms and conditions that are consistent with tariffed
provisions.
3.2 Basis for Comoutino Rates for SpecialArranqements
The costs referred to in 3.1 preceding may include one or more of the following items to the extent
they are applicable:
cost of installing the facilities to be provided including estimated costs for the
rearrangements of existing facilities. Costs may include the following:
i. equipment and materials provided or used,ii. engineering, labor and supervision,iii. transportation, andiv. rights of way;
cost of maintenance,
depreciation on the estimated cost installed of any facilities provided, based on the
anticipated useful service life of the facilities, with an appropriate allowance for the
estimated net salvage;
administration, taxes and uncollectible revenue on the basis of reasonable average costs
for these items;
license preparation, processing and related fees;
tariff preparation, processing and related fees;
any other identifiable costs related to the facilities provided; or
an amount for return and contingencies
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3.3 Termination Liabilitv for Special Arranoements
To the extent that there is no other requirement for use by the Company, a termination liability
may apply for facilities specially constructed at the request of the Customer as follows:
A. the termination liability period is the estimated service life of the facilities provided,
B. the amount of the maximum termination liability is equalto the estimated amounts for:
Cost installed of the facilities provided including estimated costs for
rearrangements of existing facilities and/or construction of new facilities as
appropriate, less net salvage. Cost installed includes the cost of:
C. The applicable termination liability method applies to calculations regarding the unpaid balance of
a term obligation. The amount ol such charge is obtained by multiplying the sum of the amounts
determined as set forth in Section 3.3 (B) preceding by a factor related to the unexpired period of
liability and the discount rate for return and contingencies. The amount determined in Section 3.3
(B) preceding shall be adjusted to reflect the re-determined estimate net salvage, including any
reuse of facilities provided. This product is adjusted to reflect applicable taxes.
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(a) equipment and materials provided or used,(b) engineering, labor and supervision,(c) transportation, and(d) rights of way;
ii. license preparation, processing, and related fees;iii. tariff preparation, processing, and related fees;iv. cost of removal and restoration, where appropriate; andv. any other identifiable costs related to the specially constructed or rearranged
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REGULATIONS AND SCHEDULE OF INTRASTATE CHARGES
GOVERNING THE PROVISION OF SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICES
FOR CONNECTION TO COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES WITHIN
THE STATE OF IDAHO
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and revised pages as named below comprise all changes from the original tariff and are currently in effect
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
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EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS
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SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS
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ATION OF SYMBOLS
MARKS. AND ABBREVIATIONS OF TECHNICAL
TERMS USED IN THIS TARIFF
The following symbols shall be used in this tariff for the purpose indicated below
To signify a changed regulation or rate structure.
To signify discontinued material.
To signify the correction of an error made during a revision.
To signify an increased rate.
To signify a new rate or regulation
To signify a reduced rate.
To signify a change in text but no change in rate or regulation.
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APPLICATION
This tariff sets forth the competitive services offerings, rates, terms and conditions applicable Peerless
Network of ldaho, LLC (Company) furnishing intrastate, IntraMSA and InterMSA communications
services.
Except as provided in 3.1.3(A), this tariff applies only to the extent that services provided hereunder are in
use by a Customer for the purpose of originating or terminating intrastate communications. A
communication is "intrastate" only if all points of origination and termination are located within the State
of Idaho.
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DEFINITIONS
Access Services
The Company's intrastate telecommunication services offered pursuant to this tariff.
Act
The Communications Act of 1934 (47 USC 153(R)), as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
Public Law 104-104, 1 l0 State. 56 (1996), codified throughout 47 USC, as interpreted by applicable law.
Automatic Number Identification (ANI)
A multi-frequency, signaling common switching feature that provides the automatic transmission of a seven
or ten digit number and information digits to the customers premise for calls originating in the LATA to
identify the calling party or station.
Calling Party Number (CPN)
A Signaling System 7 parameter that uses the ten (10) digit number is to identify the calling or originating
party.
Central Office Prefix (NXX)
The first three digits of the seven digit telephone number assigned to an end user's local exchange service.
Central Office Switch
A switch providing Telecommunications Services, including, but not limited to an End Office Switch or
End Office which is a switching entity that is used to terminate Customer station lines for the purpose of
interconnection to other switches and trunks; and, a Tandem Switch or Tandem Office or Tandem that is a
switching entity that has billing and recording capabilities and is used to aggregate and deliver traffic to
carriers' aggregation points, points of termination, or points of presence, and to provide Switched Exchange
Access Services. Central Office Switches may also be used as a combination End Office/Tandem Office
Switch.
Common Carrier
Any individual, partnership, association, joint- stock company, trust, governmental entity or corporation
engaged for hire in intrastate communication by wire or radio, between two or more exchanges.
Common Channel Signaling Network
Digital data network carrying signaling, routing and control information that interfaces with the
telecommunications network.
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Collocation
An arrangement where the equipment of a local exchange carrier is installed and maintained on the premise
of another LEC's equipment.
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DEFINITIONS
Company
Peerless Network of ldaho, LLC, the company that issued this tariff.
Customer
The person, firm, govemment agency or entity, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust or
corporation that orders from, uses or subscribes to the services in this tariff.
Customer Proprietarv Network Information (CPNI)
Information that relates to the quantity, technical configuration, type, destination, location, and amount of
use of a telecommunications service subscribed to by any customer of a the Company and that is made
available to the Company by the customer solely by virtue of the Company-customer relationship; and
information contained in the bills pertaining to telephone exchange service or telephone toll service
received by a customer of a carrier; except that such term (CPNI) does not include subscriber list
information.
Digital Signal Level 1 (DSl
The 1.544 Mbps first level signal in the time division multiplex hierarchy. In the time division
multiplexing hierarchy of the telephone network, DS I is the initial level of multiplexing.
Digital Signal Level 3 (DS3)
The 44.736 Mbps third level in the time division multiplex hierarchy. In the time division multiplexing
hierarchy of the telephone network, DS3 is defined as the third level of multiplexing
End Office
A local switching system where customer station loops are terminated for the purpose of interconnecting
to trunks.
End User
A customer of telecommunications services provided by the Company that is not a carrier. End users can
include a business, company or enhanced service providers (including but not restricted to, internet service
providers, conference calling providers, and Voice over Internet Protocol service providers) or other
entities.
Exchange
A unit generally smaller than a Market Service Area (MSA), established by a local service provider for the
administration of communications services in the specific area. One or more exchanges comprise a MSA.
Exchanee Telephone Company
Denotes any individual, partnership, association, joint- stock company, trust, or corporation engaged in
providing switched communication within an exchange.
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DEFINITIONS
Extended Area Service (EAS)
A switching and trunking iurangement which provides for non-optional, unlimited, two-way, flat rate
calling service between two or more telephone exchanges, provided at either the applicable local exchange
rate or the applicable local exchange rate plus an EAS increment rather than at the toll message rate.
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission
Grandfathered
Services ordered under the provisions of this tariff but are no longer available to new customers.
Individual Case Basis
A condition in which the regulations (if applicable), rates and charges for an offering under the provision
of this tariff are developed based on the circumstance in each case.
Intrastate Access Service
Provides for a two-point communications path between a Customer's premises or a collocated
interconnection location and an end user's premises for originating and terminating calls within the state.
Internet Traffic
Any traffic exchanged between Company and the customer that is originated by or delivered to an Enhanced
Service Provider, including an Internet Service Provider.
Local Access and Transoort Area (LATA)
A Local Access and Transport Area established pursuant to the Modification of Final Judgment entered by
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Civil Action No. 82-0192; or any other
geographic area designated as a LATA in the NATIONAL EXCHANGE CARRIER ASSOCIATION, INC.
TARIFF F.C.C. NO.4.
Local Exchange Routing Guide (LERG)
The telecommunications industry database tool used to provision NPAAINXs and provide routing
information to facilitate call completion.
Local Traffic
Traffic, including but not limited to Intemet Traffic, that is originated by a Customer, user, subsidiary or affiliate
of the Customer on the customer's network or service and terminates to the Company or another
customer of the Company on the Company's network, within a given local calling area, or expanded area
service ("EAS") area as defined in the originating carrier's effective Customer Tariffs, or, if the State
Commission has defined local calling areas applicable to all LECs, then as so defined by the State
Commission.
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DEFINITIONS
Loss
The value placed on injury or damages due to an accident caused by another's negligence, a breach of
contract or other wrongdoing.
Meet Point Billing
When two or more exchange telephone companies are involved in the provisioning and billing of
telecommunications service.
MOUs
Minutes of Use
North American Numbering Plan (NANP)
A three-digit area code (also known as a Number Plan Area (NPA), and a seven digit telephone number,
made up of a three digit central office code and a four-digit station number. The NANP is administered by
the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA).
Originating Carrier
The carrier whose end user originates a call on the carrier's network or switching equipment.
Percentage of Interstate Usage (PIU)
The interstate jurisdictional use of a telecommunications service, as reported by the customer. This
percentage is stated as a whole number percentage (a number from 0 through 100 percent) which is the best
estimate of the percentage of the total use of the service that will be interstate in nature by the customer.
Percent of Local Usage (PLU)
The local jurisdictional use of a telecommunications service as reported by the customer. This percentage
is stated as a whole number percentage (a number from 0 through 100 percent) which is the best estimate
of the percentage of the total use of the service that will be local in nature by the customer.
Point of Interconnection (POI)
The physical location, building or equipment where two separate networks connect in order to pass
telecommunications traffic and signaling.
Recurring Charges
The charges to the Customer for services, facilities and equipment which continue to apply for duration of
the service. These usually occur on a monthly basis.
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Chicago, IL 60606
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DEFINITIONS
Service Commencement Date
The first date on which the Company notifies the Customer that the requested service or facility is available
for use, unless extended by the Customer's refusal to accept service which does not conform to standards
set forth in the Service Order or this tariff, in which case the Service Commencement Date is the date of
the Customer's acceptance. The Company and the Customer may mutually agree on a substitute Service
Commencement Date.
Service Order
The request for access services, written or electronic, executed by the Customer and the Company in the
format devised by the Company. Such a request for service by the customer and the acceptance of the
request by the Company initiates the respective obligations of the parties as set forth therein and pursuant
to this tariff, but the duration of the service is calculated from the Service Commencement Date.
Servins Wire Center
The wire center from which the customer designated premises would normally obtain dial tone from the
Company.
Shared
A facility or equipment system or subsystem that can be used simultaneously by several customers.
Signaling Transfer Point (STP)
A specialized switch that provides SS7 network access and performs SS7 message routing and screening
State Commission
The State agency responsible for the regulation of telecommunications service within a particular state's
or commonwealth's borders.
Tandem Transit or third party Tandem Transit
An arrangement that provides indirect Interconnection, via a third party's tandem, that is used by the Company
and the Customer for the reciprocal exchange of Local and IntraLATA Toll Traffic between their respective
networks and/or service.
Telecommunications Service
The offering of Telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be
effectively available directly to the public, provided through a system of switches, transmission equipment,
or other facilities (or combination thereof) by which a subscriber can originate and terminate a
Telecommunications Service, regardless of the facilities used. Telecommunications Service generally
provides the Customer with a telephonic connection to, and a unique telephone number address on, the public
switched telecommunications network, and enables such Customer to place or receive calls to all other stations
served by the public switched telecommunications network. It also provides service within a telephone
exchange or within a connected system of telephone exchanges within the same exchange area operated
to furnish subscribers intercommunicating service of the character ordinarily furnished by a single exchange
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DEFINITIONS
Terminating Carrier
The carrier who terminates a call to the carrier's end user a call on the carrier's network or switching
equipment.
Termination Point
The point of demarcation within a customer designated premises or point of interconnection at which the
Company's responsibility for the provision of service ends.
Toll Traffic
Traffic between stations in different exchange areas for which there is a separate charge not included in
contracts for local exchange service.
User
A Customer or any other person authorized by the Customer to use service provided under this tariff.
Wire Center
A building in which one or more end offices, used for the provision of Exchange Services, are located.
V and H Coordinates Method
A method of computing the distance, in airline miles, between two point by utilizing an established formula
which is based on the vertical and horizontal coordinates of the two points.
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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2.1
REGULATIONS
Undertaking of the Company
2.1.1 Scope
The Company undertakes to furnish access services in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth in this tariff.
2.1.2 Shortage of Facilities
All service is subject to the availability of suitable facilities. The Company reserves the
right to limit the length of communications or to discontinue fumishing services when
necessary because of the lack of transmission medium capacity or because of any causes
beyond its control.
2.1.3 Terms and Conditions
Service is provided on the basis of a minimum period of at least one-month, 24-
hours per day. For the purpose of computing charges in this tariff, a month is
considered to have 30 days.
(B)Customers may be required to enter into written service orders which shall contain
or reference a specific description of the service ordered, the rates to be charged,
the duration of the services, and the terms and conditions in this tariff. Customers
will also be required to execute any other documents as may be reasonably
requested by the Company. Should a Customer use the Company's access service
without an executed Service Order, the Company will then request the Customer
to submit a Service Order. If the Company does not have an executed Service
Order from a Customer, the Service Commencement Date will be the first date on
which the service or facility was used by a Customer.
(C) This tariff shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the State of Idaho
without regard for its choice of laws provision.
(D) The installation and restoration of Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP)
system services shall be subject to the Federal Communications Commission's
rules and regulations.
(E)The Company will provide the customer reasonable notification of service
affecting activities that may occur in normal operation of its business. Activities
may include, but are not limited to, equipment or facilities additions, removals or
rearrangements, routine maintenance and major network reconfiguration or switch
changes.
(A)
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2.1 Undertaking of the Company (cont'd.)
2.1.4 Liability of the Company
(A) Except as otherwise stated in this Tariff, the liability of the Company for damages
arising out of the furnishing of its Services, including but not limited to mistakes,
omissions, interruptions, delays, or errors, or other defects, representations, or use
of these services or arising out of the failure to furnish the service, whether caused
by acts or omission, shall be limited to the extension of allowances for intemrption
as set forth in Section 2.7. The extension of such allowances for intemrption shall
be the sole remedy of the Customer and the sole liability of the Company. The
Company will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special,
consequential, exemplary or punitive damages to the Customer as a result of any
Company service, equipment or facilities, or any acts or omissions or negligence
of the Company's employees or agents.
(B)The Company shall not be liable for (a) any act or omission of any entity furnishing
to the Company or to the Company's Customers facilities or equipment used for
interconnection with Network Services; or (b) for the acts or omissions of common
carriers or warehousemen.
(c)The Company shall not be liable for any delay or failure of performance or
equipment due to causes beyond its control, including but not limited to: acts of
God, fire, flood, explosion or other catastrophes; any law, order, regulation,
direction, action, or request of the United States government, or of any other
government, including state and local governments having or claiming jurisdiction
over the Company, or of any department, agency, commission, bureau,
corporation, or other instrumentality of any one or more of these federal, state, or
local governments, or of any civil or military authority; national emergencies;
insurrections; riots; wars; unavailability of rights-of-way materials; or strikes,
lock-outs, work stoppages, or other labor difficulties.
(D)The Company shall not be liable for any damages or losses due to the fault or
negligence of the Customer or due to the failure or malfunction of equipment or
facilities provided by the Customer or third parties.
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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2.1 Undertaking of the Company (cont'd.)
2.1.4 Liability of the Company
The Company does not guarantee nor make any warranty with respect to
installations it provides for use in an explosive atmosphere. The Customer
indemnifies and holds the Company harmless from any and all loss, claims,
demands, suits, or other action, or any liability whatsoever, whether suffered,
made, instituted, or asserted by any other party or person(s), and for any loss,
damage, or destruction of any property, whether owned by the Customer or others,
caused or claimed to have been caused directly or indirectly by the installation,
operation, failure to operate, maintenance, removal, presence, condition, location,
or use of any installation so provided. The Company reserves the right to require
each Customer to sign an agreement acknowledging acceptance of the provisions
of this Section 2.1.4(E) as a condition precedent to such installations.
(F)The Company is not liable for any defacement of or damage to Customer premises
resulting from the furnishing of services or equipment on such Premises or the
installation or removal thereof, unless such defacement or damage is caused by
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Company's agents or employees.
(G) The Company shall be indemnified, defended and held harmless by the Customer
against any claim, loss or damage arising from Customer's use of services,
involving claims for libel, slander, invasion of privacy, or infringement of
copyright, patent or trademark arising from the Customer's own communications.
(H) The entire liability for any claim, loss, damage or expense from any cause
whatsoever shall in no event exceed sums actually paid the Company by the
Customer for the specific services in the month in which the event giving rise to
the liability occurred. No action or proceeding against the Company shall be
commenced more than one year after the event giving rise to the liability occurred.
(r)THE COMPANY NOR ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR ASSIGNS, MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR
REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED EITHER IN FACT OR BY
OPERATION OF LAW, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR USE, EXCEPT THOSE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN.
(E)
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2225 Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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2.1 Undertaking of the Company (cont'd.)
2.1.5 Claims
The Company shall be indemnified and saved harmless by the Customer from and against
all loss, liability, damage and expense, including reasonable counsel fees, due to claims of
libel, slander, or infringement of copyright in connection with the material transmitted over
the Company's facilities; and any other claim resulting from any act or omission of the
Customer or end users of the Customer relating to the use of the Company's services or
facilities.
2.1.6 Provision of Equipment and Facilities
Except as otherwise indicated, any customer-provided station equipment at the
Customer's premises for use in conjunction with this service shall be so
constructed, maintained and operated as to work satisfactorily with the facilities of
the Company.
(B)The Company shall not be responsible for the installation, operation or
maintenance of any Customer-provided communications equipment. Where such
equipment is connected to service furnished pursuant to this tariff, the
responsibility of the Company shall be limited to the furnishing of services under
this tariff and to the maintenance and operation of such services in the proper
manner. Subject to this responsibility, the Company shall not be responsible for:
(l) the through transmission of signals generated by Customer-provided
equipment or for the quality of, or defects in, such transmission; or
(2) the reception of signals by Customer-provided equipment; or
(3)network control signaling where such signaling is performed by
Customer-provided network control signaling equipment.
2.1.7 Ownership of Facilities
Title to all facilities provided in accordance with this tariff remains in the Company, its
agents, contractors or suppliers.
(A)
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REGULATIONS
(A) The services the Company offers shall not be used for any unlawful purpose or for any use
for which the Customer has not obtained all required governmental approvals,
authorization, licenses, consents and permits.
(B)The Company may require applicants for service who intend to use the Company's offering
for resale and/or for shared use to file a letter with the Company confirming that their use
of the Company's offerings complies with relevant laws and regulations, policies, orders,
and decisions.
The Company may require a Customer to immediately shut down its transmission if such
transmission is causing interference to others.
A Customer, joint user, or authorized user may not assign, or transfer in any manner, the
service or any rights associated with the service without the written consent of the
Company. The Company will permit a Customer to transfer its existing service to another
entity if the existing Customer has paid all charges owed to the Company for regulated
access services. Such a transfer will be treated as a disconnection of existing service and
installation of new service, and non-recurring installation charges as stated in this tariff
will apply.
(E)The above list is not meant to be all inclusive and may change due to an order or decision
from a regulatory agency, from a court of competent jurisdiction or by a decision of the
company.
2.3 Obligations of the Customer
2.3.1 CustomerPremisesProvisions
(A) The Customer shall provide the personnel, power and space required to operate all
facilities and associated equipment installed on the premises of the Customer.
(B)The Customer shall be responsible for providing Company personnel access to
premises of the Customer at any reasonable hour for the purpose of testing the
facilities or equipment of the Company.
2.3.2 Liability of the Customer
The Customer will be liable for damages to the facilities of the Company caused by
negligence or willful acts of its offices, employees, agents or contractors of the Customer
where such negligence is not the direct result of the Company's negligence.
(c)
(D)
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2.3 Obligations of the Customer
2.3.3 Jurisdictional Report Requirements
(A) For Feature Group D Switched Access Service(s), the Company, where
jurisdiction can be determined from the call detail, will determine the projected
interstate percentage as follows. For originating access minutes, the projected
interstate percentage will be developed on a monthly basis by end office trunk
group when the Feature Group D Switched Access Service access minutes are
measured by dividing the measured interstate originating access minutes (the
access minutes where the calling number is in one state and the called number is
in another state) by the total originating access minutes when the call detail is
adequate to determine the appropriate jurisdiction. For terminating access
minutes, the Customer has the option to provide the Company with a projected
PIU factor. Customers who provide a PIU factor shall supply the Company with
an interstate percentage of the Feature Group D terminating access minutes for
each account to which the Customer may terminate traffic.
Should the Customer not supply a terminating PIU Factor, the data used by the
Company to develop the projected interstate percentage for originating access
minutes will be used to develop projected interstate percentage for such
terminating access minutes. When a Customer orders Feature Group D Switched
Access Service, the Customer shall supply a projected interstate percentage of use
for each end office trunk group involved to be used in the event that originating
call details are insufficient to determine the jurisdiction for the call. This
percentage shall be used by the Company as the projected interstate percentage for
such call detail. For purposes of developing the projected interstate percentage,
the Customer shall utilize the same considerations as those set forth in Section
2.3.3(B) following.
The Company will designate the number obtained by subtracting the projected
interstate percentage for originating and terminating access minutes from 100 (100
-projected interstate percentage = intrastate percentage) as the projected intrastate
percentage of use.
(B)For purposes of developing the projected interstate percentage, the Customer shall
consider every call that enters the Customer's network at a point within the same
state as the state where the called station is located to be intrastate and every call
that enters the Customer's network at a point in a state different from the state in
which the called station is located to be interstate.
(c)These whole number percentages will be used by the Company to apportion the
use, rates, and/or nonrecurring charges between interstate and intrastate until a
revised report is received.
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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Oblieations of the Customer (cont'd.)
2.3.3 Jurisdictional Report Requirements (cont'd.)
(D) The projected interstate percentage of use will be used to determine the charges as
follows:
The number of access minutes for a trunk group will be multiplied by the projected
interstate percentage of use to determine the interstate access minutes. (i.e.,
number of access minutes x projected interstate percentage of use = interstate
access minutes). The number of interstate access minutes so determined will be
subtracted from the total number of access minutes (i.e., number of access minutes
- interstate access minutes = intrastate access minutes). The intrastate access
minutes for the group will be billed as set forth in Section 5 following.
(E)Effective on the first of January, April, July and October of each year, the
Customer may update the jurisdictional reports that require a projected interstate
percentage. The Customer shall forward to the Company, to be received no later
than 20 calendar days after the first of each such month, a revised report showing
the interstate percentage of use for the past three months ending the last day of
December, March, June and September, respectively, for each service arranged for
interstate and intrastate use. Except as set forth in Section 2.3.3(A) preceding
where jurisdiction can be determined from the recorded message detail, the revised
report will serve as the basis for the next three months billing and will be effective
on the bill date in the following month (i.e., February, May, August, and
November) for that service. No prorating or back billing will be done based on the
report. If the Customer does not supply the report, the Company will assume the
percentage to be the same as that provided in the last quarterly report. For those
cases in which a quarterly report has never been received from the Customer, the
Company will assume the percentage to be the same as that provided in the order
for service as set forth in Section 2.3.3(A) preceding.
(F)The Customer reported projected interstate percentage of use as set forth in Section
2.3.3(A) preceding will be used for the apportionment of any monthly rates or
nonrecurring charges associated with Feature Group D Switched Access Service
until the end of the quarter during which the service was activated. Thereafter, a
projected interstate percentage for such apportionment will be developed quarterly
by the Company based on the data used to develop the projected interstate
percentage of use as set forth in Section 2.3.3(A) preceding. Where call detail is
insufficient to make such a determination, the Customer will be requested to
project an interstate percentage of use to be used by the Company for such
apportionment.
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
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2.3 Obligations of the Customer (cont'd.)
2.3.3 Jurisdictional Report Requirements (cont'd.)
The Customer may provide an additional percentage of interstate use for Entrance
Facility and Direct Trunked Transport subject to the reporting requirements
previously listed in this section. The percentage of interstate use may be provided
per individual facility or at the billing account level. Should the Customer not
provide a percentage of interstate use, the Company will use the reported Feature
Group B or Feature Group D aggregated percentage of interstate use.
2.4.1 InterconnectionofFacilities
In order to protect the Company's facilities and personnel and the services
furnished to other Customers by the Company from potentially harmful effects,
the signals applied to the Company's service shall be such as not to cause damage
to the facilities of the Company. Any special interface equipment necessary to
achieve the compatibility between facilities of the Company and the channels or
facilities of others shall be provided at the Customer's expense.
2.4.2 Inspections
(A) The Company may, upon notification to the Customer, at a reasonable time, make
such tests and inspections as may be necessury to determine that the requirements
regarding the equipment and interconnections are being complied with in respect
to the installation, operation and maintenance of Customer-provided equipment
and in the wiring of the connection of Customer channels to Company-owned
facilities.
(B)If the protective requirements in connections with Customer-provided equipment
are not being complied with, the Company may take such action as necessary to
protect its facilities and personnel and will promptly notify the Customer by
registered mail in writing of the need for protective action. In the event that the
Customer fails to advise the Company within l0 days after such notice is received
or within the time specified in the notice that corrective action has been taken, the
Company may take whatever additional action is deemed necessary, including
canceling service, to protect its facilities and personnel from harm. The Company
will upon request 24 hours in advance provide Customer with a statement of
technical parameters that the Customer's equipment must meet.
(H)
(A)
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2.5 Customer Deposits
2.5.1 Intentionally Left Blank.
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2.6 Payment Arrangements
2.6.1 Pavment for Service
The Customer is responsible for the payment of all charges for facilities and services
furnished by the Company to the Customer.
(A) Taxes
The Customer is responsible for payment of any sales, use, gross receipts, excise,
access or other local, state and federal taxes (however, designated) (excluding
taxes on the Company's net income) imposed on or based upon the provision, sale,
delivery or use of Network Services.
(B) Surcharges. Fees and Assessments
The Customer is responsible for payment of any surcharge, assessment or fee,
including but not limited to universal service fees, 91 I charges, right of way fees
or other types of infrastructure fees, and regulatory assessments, where allowed by
applicable law.
2.6.2 Billing and Collection of Charges
The Customer is responsible for payment of all charges incurred by the Customer or other
users for services and facilities furnished to the Customer by the Company.
(A)Non-recurring charges are due and payable within 15 days after the date of the
invoice.
(B)The Company shall present invoices for Recurring Charges monthly to the
Customer, in advance of the month in which service is provided, and Recurring
Charges shall be due and payable within 15 days after the date of the invoice.
When billing is based upon customer usage, usage charges will be billed monthly
for the preceding billing period.
(c)When service does not begin on the first day of the month, or end on the last day
of the month, the charge for the fraction of the month in which service was
furnished will be calculated on a pro rate basis. For this purpose, every month is
considered to have 30 days.
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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2.6 PavmentArrangements(cont'd.)
2.6.2 Billine and Collection of Charges (cont'd.)
Billing of the Customer by the Company will begin on the Service Commencement
Date, which is the day on which the Company notifies the Customer that the
service or facility is available for use, except that the Service Commencement Date
may be postponed by mutual agreement of the parties, or if the service or facility
does not conform to standards set forth in this tariff or the Service Order. Billing
accrues through and includes the day that the service, circuit, arrangement or
component is discontinued.
(E)If any portion of the payment is received by the Company after the date due, or if
any portion of the payment is received by the Company in funds which are not
immediately available upon presentment, then a late payment penalty shall be due
to the Company. The late payment penalty shall be the portion of the payment not
received by the date due, multiplied by a late factor. The late factor shall be the
lesser of:
(a) a rate of 1.5 percent per month; or
(b)the highest interest rate which may be applied under state law for
commercial transactions.
(F)The Customer will be assessed a charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each
check submitted by the Customer to the Company which a financial institution
refuses to honor.
(G)Customers have up to 90 days (commencing 5 days after remittance of the bill) to
initiate a dispute over charges or to receive credits.
(H) If service is disconnected by the Company in accordance with Section 2.6.3
following and later restored, restoration of service will be subject to all applicable
installation charges.
(r)Any charges for service provided by the Company but did not appear on a
customer's invoice can be back billed for a period of up to twenty fow (24) months
from the date of discovery of the un-billed charges.
(D)
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2.6 PaymentArrangements(cont'd.)
2.6.3 Discontinuance of Service for Cause
Upon nonpayment of any amounts owing to the Company, the Company may, by
giving 24 hours prior written notice to the Customer, discontinue or suspend
service without incurring any liability.
(B)Upon violation of any of the other material terms or conditions for furnishing
service the Company may, by giving 24 hours prior notice in writing to the
Customer, discontinue or suspend service without incurring any liability if such
violation continues during that period.
(c)Upon condemnation of any material portion of the facilities used by the Company
to provide service to a Customer or if a casualty renders all or any material portion
of such facilities inoperable beyond feasible repair, the Company, by notice to the
Customer, may discontinue or suspend service without incurring any liability.
(D)Upon the Customer's insolvency, assignment for the benefit of creditors, filing for
bankruptcy or reorganization, or failing to discharge an involuntary petition within
the time permitted by law, the Company may immediately discontinue or suspend
service without incurring any liability.
Upon any governmental prohibition, order or required alteration of the services to
be provided or any violation of an applicable law or regulation, the Company may
immediately discontinue service without incurring any liability.
In the event of fraudulent use of the Company's network, the Company may
without notice suspend or discontinue service. The Customer will be liable for all
related costs. The Customer will also be responsible for payment of any
reconnection charges.
(G)Upon the Company's discontinuance of service to the Customer under Section
2.6.3(A) or 2.6.3(8), the Company, in addition to all other remedies that may be
available to the Company at law or in equity or under any other provision of this
tariff, may declare all future monthly and other charges which would have been
payable by the Customer during the remainder of the term for which such services
would have otherwise been provided to the Customer to be immediately due and
payable (discounted to present value at six percent).
(A)
(E)
(F)
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Pavment Arran gements (cont'd.)
2.6.4 Notice to Company for Cancellation of Service
Customers desiring to terminate service shall provide Company thirty (30) days written
notice of desire to terminate service. Notice should be sent to:
Peerless Network of Idaho, LLC
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
Attn: Customer Care
2.6.5 Orderins. Rating and Billing of Access Services Where More Than One Exchange
Telephone Company is Involved
Meet point billing applies when more than one Exchange Telephone Company is involved
in the provision of Access Service. All recurring and nonrecurring charges for services
provided by each Exchange Telephone Company are billed under each company's
applicable rates as set forth in Section 2.6.5 (A) following.
The Company accepts and adheres to the Ordering and Billing Forum guidelines, Multiple
Exchange Carrier Access Billing (MECAB) and Multiple Exchange Carrier Ordering and
Design (MECOD).
The Company will handle ordering, rating and billing of Access Services under this tariff
where more than one Exchange Telephone Company is involved in the provision of Access
Service as follows.
(A) For Feature Group D Switched Access Service, when the first point of switching
is not in the same Exchange Telephone Company's territory as the Customer
premises, the Customer must supply a copy of the order to the Exchange Telephone
Company in whose territory the Customer premises is located and any other
Exchange Telephone Company(s) involved in providing the service.
Each Exchange Telephone Company will provide the portion of Local Transport
to an interconnection point (IP) with another Exchange Telephone Company, and
will bill the charges in accordance with its Access Service tariff. The rate for the
Transport elements will be determined as set forth in (B) following. All other
appropriate charges in each Exchange Telephone Company tariff are applicable.
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2.6.5 Ordering. Rating and Billing of Access Services Where More Than One Exchange
Telephone Company is Involved (cont'd.)
(B) The charge for the Local Transpo( Facility and Termination rate elements for
services provided as set forth in Section 2.6.5 (A) preceding are determined as
follows:
(t)Determine the appropriate Switched Access Local Transport mileage by
computing the airline mileage between the two ends of the Local Transport
Facility, as defined in 3.1.2(B) following. Determine the airline mileage
for the Local Transport Facility charge using the V&H method as set forth
in Section 2.8.2 following.
(2)For Feature Group D Switched Access Service, the Local Transport
Facility and Termination charges are determined by using the steps set
forth in (a) through (c) following for the total Local Transport-Common
Switched Transport charges.
(a) Multiply:
The number of access minutes
by
the number of airline miles as determined in (1) preceding
by
the Company's appropriate Local Transport Facility per mile per
access minute rate
by
the Company's billing percentage factor.
(b) Multiply:
The number of access minutes
by
the Company's appropriate Local Transport Termination per
minute rate. The resulting amount is the Company's total Local
Transport Termination charge.
(c) Add:
The products of (a) and (b) for the Company's total Local
Transport-Common Switched Transport charges.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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2.6 PaymentArrangements(cont'd.)
2.6.5 Ordering. Rating and Billing of Access Services Where More Than One Exchange
Telephone Company is Involved (cont'd.)
The interconnection points will be determined by the Exchange Telephone
Companies involved.
Should any changes be made to the meet point billing arrangements as set forth in
Section 2.6.5 (A) preceding, the Company will give affected Customers 30 days'
notice.
Should the Company act as an intermediate, non-terminating local exchange
carrier, Local Transport Termination rates, as determined in Section 2.6.5 (B)
preceding, will not be applied to the meet point billing arrangement.
2.6.6 Changes in Service Requested
If the Customer makes or requests material changes in circuit engineering, equipment
specifications, service parameters, premises locations, or otherwise materially modifies
any provision of the application for service, the Customer's installation fees shall be
adjusted according to the term and conditions set forth in 3.1.1.2 following, Access Order
Modifications.
2.6.7 CustomerOverpayment
The Company will pay interest on a Customer overpayment. Customer overpayment shall
mean a payment to the Company in excess of the correct charges for service when caused
by erroneous billing by the Company. The rate of interest shall be the unadjusted interest
rate paid on Customer deposits or the late payment penalty rate, whichever is greater.
Interest shall be paid from the date when the Customer overpayment was made, adjusted
for any changes in the deposit interest rate or late payment penalty rate, and compounded
monthly, until the date when the overpayment is refunded. No interest shall be paid on
Customer overpayments that are refunded within thirty (30) days after such overpayment
is received by the Company.
(c)
(D)
(E)
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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2.7 Allowances for Intemrptions in Service
Except as set forth rn2.l.4(B) preceding and2.7.2 following, intemrptions in service, which are
not due to the negligence of, or noncompliance with the provisions of this tariff by, the Customer
or the operation or malfunction of the facilities, power or equipment provided by the Customer,
will be credited to the Customer as set forth in 2.7 .l for the part of the service that the intemrption
affects.
2.7.1 Credit for Intemrptions
A credit allowance will be made when an intemrption occurs because of a failure
of any component furnished by the Company under this tariff. An intemrption
period begins when the Customer reports a service, facility or circuit to be
intemrpted and releases it for testing and repair. An intemrption period ends when
the service, facility or circuit is operative. If the Customer reports a service, facility
or circuit to be inoperative but declines to release it for testing and repair, it is
considered to be impaired, but not interrupted.
(B)For calculating credit allowances, every month is considered to have 30 days. A
credit allowance is applied on a pro rata basis against the rates specified hereunder
and is dependent upon the length of the interruption. Only those facilities on the
intemrpted portion of the circuit will receive a credit.
(A)
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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REGULATIONS
Allowances for Intemrptions in Service (cont'd.)
2.7.1 Credit for Intemrptions (cont'd.)
(B) (cont'd.)
A credit allowance will be given for intemrptions of 30 minutes or more. Credit
allowances shall be calculated as follows:
Intemrptions of 24 Hours or Less
Intemrption Period
Length of Interruption To Be Credited
Less than 30 minutes None
30 minutes up to but not including
3 hours 1/10 Day
3 hours up to but not including
6 hours ll5 Day
6 hours up to but not including
t hours 215 Day
t hours up to but not including
1 2 hours 315 Day
l2 hours up to but not including
l5 hours 415 Day
l5 hours up to but not including
24 hours One Day
Two or more intemrptions of 15 minutes or more during any one Z4-hour period
shall be considered as one intemrption.
lssued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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2.7 Allowances for Intemrptions in Service (cont'd.)
2.7.1 Credit for Intemrptions (cont'd.)
(B) (cont'd.)
Intemrptions Over 24 Hours and Less Than 72 Hours.
Intemrptions over 24 hours and less than72 hours will be credited ll5 day for each
3-hour period or fraction thereof. No more than one full day's credit will be
allowed for any period of 24 hours.
Intemrptions Over 72 Hours. Intemrptions over 72 hours will be credited 2 days
for each full 24-hour period. No more than 30 days credit will be allowed for any
one-month period.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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2.7 Allowances for Intemrptions in Services (cont'd.)
2.7.2 Limitations on Allowances
No credit allowance will be made for:
(A)intemrptions due to the negligence of, or noncompliance with the provisions of
this tariff by the Customer, authorized user, joint user, or other common carrier
providing service connected to the service of the Company;
(B)Intemrptions due to the negligence of any person other than the Company,
including but not limited to the Customer or other common carriers connected to
the Company's facilities;
(c)
(D)
Intemrptions due to the failure or malfunction of non-Company equipment;
Intemrptions of service during any period in which the Company is not given full
and free access to its facilities and equipment for the purpose of investigating and
correcting intemrptions ;
(E)
(F)
Intemrptions of service during a period in which the Customer continues to use the
service on an impaired basis;
Intemrptions of service during any period when the Customer has released service
to the Company for maintenance purposes or for implementation of a Customer
order for a change in service arrangements; or
(G) Intemrption of service due to circumstances or causes beyond the control of
Company.
(H)Intemrption of service due to the Company following a lawful order of a
government agency to discontinue a service to a customer.
Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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2.7 Allowances for Intemrptions in Service (cont'd.)
2.7.3 Cancellation for Service Intemrption
Cancellation or termination for service intemrption is permitted only if any circuit
experiences a single continuous outage of 8 hours or more or cumulative service credits
equaling l6 hours in a continuous l2-month period. The right to cancel service under this
provision applies only to the single circuit which has been subject to the outage or
cumulative service credits.
2.8 Aonlication of Rates
The regulations set forth in this section govern the application of rates for services contained in
other sections of this tariff.
2.8.1 Charges Based on Duration of Use
Customer traffic to end offices will be measured by the Company at end office switches.
Originating and terminating calls will be measured by the Company to determine the basis
for computing chargeable access minutes.
For originating calls over Feature Group D, usage measurement begins when the
originating Feature Group D switch receives the first wink supervisory signal forwarded
from the Customer's point of termination.
The measurement of originating call usage ends when the originating Feature Group D
switch receives disconnect supervision from either the originating end user's end office,
indicating the originating end user has disconnected, or the Customer's point of
termination, whichever is recognized first by the switch.
For terminating calls over Feature Group D, the measurement of access minutes begins
when the terminating Feature Group D switch receives the set up message to initiate the
call set up.
The measurement of terminating call usage over Feature Group D ends when the
terminating Feature Group D switch receives disconnect supervision from either the
terminating end user's end office, indicating the terminating end user has disconnected, or
the Customer's point of termination, whichever is recognized first by the switch.
Access minutes or fractions thereof are accumulated over the billing period for each end
office and are then rounded up to the nearest access minute for each end office.
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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REGULATIONS
Application of Rates (cont'd.)
2.8.2 Rates Based Upon Distance
Where the charges for service are specified based upon distance, the following rules apply:
(A) Distance between two points is measured as airline distance between the wire
centers of the originating and terminating telephone lines. The wire center is a set
of geographic coordinates associated with each NPA-NXX combination (where
NPA is the area code and NXX is the first three digits of a seven-digit telephone
number).
(B) The airline distance between any two wire centers is determined as follows
(1) Obtain the "V" and "H" coordinates for each wire center
(2)Compute the difference between the "V" coordinates of the two wire
centers; and the difference between the two "H" coordinates.
(3) Square each difference obtained in step (2) above.
(4)Add the square of the "V" difference and the square of the "H" difference
obtained in step (3).
(s)Divide the sum of the squares by 10. Round to the next higher whole
number if any fraction is obtained.
(6)Obtain the square root of the whole number result obtained above. Round
to the next higher whole number if any fraction is obtained. This is the
airline mileage.
(7) Formula =(Vt -V2 )'z+(Hl - H2 )'
l0
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
REGULATIONS
2.8 Application of Rates (cont'd.)
2.8.3 Mileage
The mileage to be used to determine the Local Transport Facility monthly rates are
calculated on the airline distance between the end office switch where the call carried by
Local Transport originates or terminates and the customer's serving wire center. The V&H
coordinates method is used to determine mileage. This method is set forth in Section 2.8.2.
The Local Transport Facility mileage rates are shown in Section 5.1.3 in terms of per mile
per access minute. To determine the rate to be billed, first compute the mileage. Should
the calculation result in a fraction of a mile, the result will be rounded up to the next whole
mile. Then multiply the mileage by the appropriate Local Transport Facility rate. The
amount to be billed shall be the product of this calculation (i.e., the number of miles
multiplied by the per mile rate) multiplied by the number of access minutes.
2.9 Individual Case Basis (ICB)
Arrangements will be developed on a case-by-case basis in answer to a bona fide request
from a Customer or prospective Customer to develop a competitive bid for a service
offered under this tariff. Rates quoted in response to such competitive requests may be
different than those specified for such service in this tariff. ICB rates will be offered to
the Customer in writing.
Contracts will be used in the circumstance of ICB service offerings. The terms and
conditions of each contract offering are subject to the agreement of both the Customer
and Company. Such contract offerings will be made available to similarly situated
Customers in substantially comparable circumstances. Contracts are obtainable to any
similarly situated Customer that places an order within 90 days of their effective date. In
the event of a conflict between the Customer and the Company, the contract will take
precedence over this tariff in regards to resolution of the conflict. Contracts are subject to
applicable law of a competent jurisdiction.
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Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
2.10 Identification and ratine of VOIP Traffic
(A) General
1. VOIP traffic is defined as traffic that is exchanged between a Company end user and the customer in time
division multiplexing (TDM) format that originates and/or terminates in Internet protocol (IP) format.
These rules establish the method of separating such traffic from the customer's traditional intrastate access
traffic, so that such relevant VOIP traffic can be billed in accordance with the FCC Order (see Report and
Order in WC Docket Nos. l0-90, etc. FCC Release No. l1-161 (November 18. 2011)).
2. This section will be applied to the billing of switched access charges to a customer that is a local exchange
carrier only to the extent that the customer has also implemented billing of interstate access charges for
relevant VOIP tariff in accordance with the FCC order.
3. The rates, terms, and conditions of this section will apply to transit services provided in
connection with the origination or termination of LEC-CMRS intraMTA traffic.
(B) Rating of VOIP traffic
The relevant VOIP traffic that is identified in accordance with this tariff section will be bill at rates
equal to the Company's applicable tariffed intrastate access rates as specified in Section 5 in
accordance with the FCC Order in WC Docket Nos. 10-90, etc., DA Release No. l2-147 (February 3,
2012).
(C) Calculation and Application of Percent VOIP Usage Factor
The Company will determine the number of relevant VOIP traffic minutes of use (MOU) to which the
interstate rates will be applied under subsection B above, by applying a percent VOIP usage (PVU) factor
to the total intrastate access MOU exchanged between a Company end user and the customer. The PVU
will be determined and applied as follows:
( I ) The customer will calculate and furnish to the Company a factor (customer factor) representing the
percentage of the total intrastate and interstate access MOU that the customer exchanges with the
Company in the state, that (a) is sent to the Company and that originated in IP format; or (b) is
received from the Company and terminated in IP format. This customer factor shall be based on
information such as traffic studies, call details, the number of the customer's retail VOIP subscriptions
in the state (as reported in FCC Form 477) or other relevant and verifiable information.
(2) The Company will also calculate a factor (Company factor) representing the percentage of the
Company's total intrastate and interstate access MOU in the state that the Company originates or
terminates on its network in IP format. This Company factor shall be based on information
such as traffic studies, call details, the number of the customer's retail VOIP subscriptions in the state
(as reported in FCC Form 477) or other relevant and verifiable information.
Issued:XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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2.l0ldcntification and rating of VOIP Traffic (cont'd)
(C) Calculation and Aoplication ol'Percent VOIP Usagc Factor
(3) The Company will use the Company factor and the customer factor to calculate a PVU factor that
represent the percentage of total intrastate and interstate access MOU exchanged between a Company
end user and the customer that is originated or terminated in IP format, whether at the Company's end,
at the customer's end or at both ends. The PVU factor will be calculated as the sum of: (A) the
customer factor and (B) the Company factor times (1.0 minus the customer factor).
(4) The Company will apply the PVU factor to the total intrastate access MOU exchanged with the
customer to determine the number of relevant VOIP traffic MOUs.
Example I : The Company factor is at 2OVo and the customer factor is 4OVo. The PVU factor is equal to
4OVo + (2OVo x 607o)= 52Vo.The Company will bill 52Vo of the customer's intrastate access MOU at
the Company's applicable tariffed interstate access rates.
(5) If the customer does not supply the Company with a customer factor according to the preceding
paragraph 1, the Company will use a PVU equal to the Company's factor.
(D) Initial PVU Factor
If the PVU factor is not available and/or cannot be implemented in the Company's billing systems by
January 1,2012, once the factor is available and can be implemented the Company will adjust the
customer's bills to reflect the PVU retroactively to January l,2012.In calculating the initial PVU, the
Company will take the customer specified PVU into account retroactively to January l,2Ol2, provided that
the customer provides the factor to the Company no later than April 15,2Ol2; otherwise the Company with
set the initial PVU equal to the Company factor as specified in subsection (cX5) above.
(E) PVU Factor Uodates
The customer may update their factor quarterly using the method set forth in subsection (C)(l), above. If
the customer chooses to submit such updates, it shall forward to the Company, no later than 15 days after
the first day ofJanuary, April, July and/or October ofeach year, a revised customer factor based on data for
the prior three months, ending the last day of December, March, June and September, respectively, The
Company will use the revised customer factor to calculate a revised PVU. The revised PVU factor will
apply prospectively and serve as the basis for billing until superseded by a new PVU.
(F) Verification oIPVU
Not more than twice in any year, the Company can ask the customer to verify the customer factor that they
furnished to the Company and the customer can ask the Company to verify the Company factor and the
calculation of the PVU factor. The party so requested shall comply, and shall reasonably provide the
records and other information used to determine the respective Company and customer factors.
Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
Issued: XXXX
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SERVICE AND RATE DESCRIPTIONS
3.1 Access Services
Switched Access Service, which is available to Customers for their use in furnishing their services
to end users, provides a two-point communications path between a Customer's premises (or a
collocated interconnection location) and an end user's premises. It provides for the use of common
terminating, switching and trunking facilities. Switched Access Service provides for the ability to
originate calls from an end user's premises to a Customer's premises (or a collocated
interconnection location), and to terminate calls from a Customer's premises (or a collocated
interconnection location) to an end user's premises in the LATA where it is provided. Switched
Access Service must be ordered separately for each LATA in which the customer desires to
originate or terminate calls. The minimum interconnection level with the Company's network and
services is at a DS I level.
Switched Access Service is provided in the following service categories, which are differentiated
by their technical characteristics and the manner in which an end user or Customer accesses them
when originating or terminating calls.
FGD Access, either tandem or end office, which is available to all Customers, provides trunk side
access to Company end office switches with an associated uniform I0XXX or l0lXXXX access
code for the Customer's use in originating and terminating communications. End users may also
originate calls to a selected FGD Access Customer by dialing l+NPA-NXX-XXXX when using
the Company's presubscription service.
Toll Free Data Base Access Service, which is available to all Customers, provides trunk side access
to Company end office switches in the originating direction only, for the Customer's use in
originating calls dialed by an end user to telephone numbers beginning with the prefix "800", "866",
"888", or"877", forexample. Toll Free Data Base Access Service is offered in conjunction with
Feature Group D Access.
Transit Traffic Service is an access service in which the Company transits traffic originated by a
third party who is not an End User or other user of the Company's local exchange or exchange
access service through its wire centers to a Customer. Transit Traffic Service is comprised of
various facilities, connections, features and functions. It provides for the use of common
terminating, common switching and switched transport facilities of the Company but does not
include local switching.
Termination and transport consists of the connection between the Company's end office switch
and another company's tandem office switch.
Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
Issued: XXXX
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3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.1 Access Service Order
An Access Service Order is used by the Company to provide a Customer Access Service.
When placing an order for Access Service, the Customer shall provide, at a minimum, the
fol lowing information :
(A)For Feature Group D Switched Access Service, the Customer shall specify the
number of busy hour minutes of capacity (BHMC) from the Customer's premises
to the end office by traffic type. This information is used to determine the number
of transmission paths. The Customer shall also specify the Local Transport and
Local Switching options. When FGD is ordered by specifying the number of
trunks and direct routing to an end office is desired, the customer shall specify:
the end office and
the Local Transport and Local Switching options desired.
When FGD is ordered by specifying the number of trunks and end office routing
via an access tandem operated by another Exchange Telephone Company is
desired, the customer shall specify:
the access tandem,
the Local Transport and Local Switching options desired, and
an estimate of the amount of traffic to be generated to and/or from
each Company end office subtending another Exchange
Telephone Company's access tandem.
In addition, for Feature Group D with the SS7 signaling option, the Customer shall
specify the switching point codes and trunk circuit identification codes for trunks
with the SS7 signaling option, and the STP point codes, signaling link codes and
link type for each Common Channel Signaling Access (CCSA) connection
ordered.
When a Customer orders FGD in trunks, the Customer is responsible to assure that
sufficient access facilities have been ordered to handle its traffic.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.1 Access Service Order (cont'd.)
(B) For Toll Free Data Base Access Service, the Customer shall order the service in
accordance with the preceding provisions set forth for Feature Group D.
(C) For Transit Termination Service, the Customer shall order the service in
accordance with the preceding provisions set forth for Feature Group D.
3.1.1.1 Access Order Service Date Intervals
Access Service is provided with one of the following Service Date
Intervals:
-Standard Interval
-Negotiated Interval
-Advance Order Interval
(A) Standard Interval
A schedule of Standard Intervals applicable for Switched Access
Services and is as follows:
Trunk Groups Standard Interval
I to 4 Trunks
5 to 24 Trunks
28 Days
30 Days
Effective: XXXX
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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SERVICE AND RATE DESCRIPTIONS
3.I Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1 .1 Access Service Order (cont'd.)
3.1.1.1 Access Order Service Date Intervals (cont'd)
(B) Negotiated Interval
The Company will negotiate a service date interval with the
Customer when:
(l) There is no Standard Interval for the service, or;
(2)The quantity of Access Services orders exceeds the
quantities specified in the Standard Intervals, or;
(3)The Customer requests a service date beyond the
applicable Standard Interval service date except as set
forth in (C) following.
The Company will offer a service date based on the type and
quantity of Access Services the Customer has requested. The
Negotiated Interval may not exceed by more than six months the
Standard Interval service date, or, when there is no Standard
Interval, the Company offered service date. All services for which
rates are applied on an individual case basis are provided with a
Negotiated Interval.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
2225 Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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SERVICE AND RATE DESCRIPTIONS
3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.1 Access Service Order (cont'd.)
3.l.l.l Access Order Service Date Intervals (cont'd.)
(B) Negotiated Interval (cont'd.)
Common Channel Signaling Access (CCSA) links will be
provided on a Negotiated Interval. New or existing FGD trunks
ordered with the SS7 signaling option will be provided on a
Negotiated Interval.
The addition and/or deletion of Toll Free Access Service six digit
customer identification NXX is provided with a Negotiated
Interval. The addition of a Toll Free Access Service ten digit
customer identification record to the Toll Free Access Service data
base or the deletion of a Toll Free Access Service ten digit
customer identification record from the Toll Free Access Service
data base is provided with a Negotiated Interval.
Maximum Interval
Initial establishment of
service where Customer is:
- Not yet provided with any
Trunk Group service in the LATA
- Provided Trunk Group service
in the LATA
6 months
90 Days
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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3.1
SERVICE AND RATE DESCRIPTIONS
Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.1 Access Service Order (cont'd.)
3.l.l.l Access Order Service Date Intervals (cont'd.)
(C) Advance Order Interval
When placing an Access Order, a Customer may request an
Advance Order Interval for a service date of 12 to 24 months from
the Application Date for the following services:
A minimum of 24 voice grade equivalent
Switched Access Service lines or trunks or 720
BHMCs
Orders for less than the minimum quantities will be
accommodated under Standard or Negotiated Interval provisions.
Advance Order Interval Access Orders are subject to all ordering
conditions of Standard and Negotiated Interval Access Orders
except for the following:
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
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SERVICE AND RATE DESCRIPTIONS
3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.1 Access Service Order (cont'd.)
3.1.1.1 Access Order Service Date Intervals (cont'd.)
(C) Advance Order Interval (cont'd.)
(l) Advance Payment
A nonrefundable Advance Payment will be calculated as
follows:
Advance Payment
(Nonrefundable)
The minimum
monthly charge for
the minimum period
plus the applicable
Nonrecurring Charges
for the services
ordered.
This Advance Payment is due l0 working days from the
date the Company confirms acceptance of the order, or on
the Application Date, whichever date is the later date. If
the Advance Payment is not received by such payment
date, the order will be canceled.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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SERVICE AND RATE DESCRIPTIONS
3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1 .l Access Service Order (cont'd.)
3.l.l.l Access Order Service Date Intervals (cont'd.)
(C) Advance Order Interval (cont'd.)
(l) Advance Payment (cont'd.)
When the Access Services are connected on the service
date, the Advance Payment will be applied, as a credit, to
the Customer's billed service charges. When there has
been a decrease in the number of services originally
ordered, as set forth in (2) following, only the portion of
the Advance Payment for services actually installed will
be credited.
(2)Cancellation or Partial Cancellation of an Advance Order
Interval Access Order
When the Customer cancels an Access Order, the order
will be withdrawn. The Advance Payment will not be
credited or refunded.
Any decrease in the number of ordered Access Services
will be treated as a partial cancellation, and the portion of
the Advance Payment for the services canceled will not
be credited or refunded.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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3.I Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.1 Access Service Order (cont'd.)
3.1.1.2 Access Order Modifications
The Customer may request a modification of its Access Order at any time
prior to notification by the Company that service is available for the
Customer's use or prior to the service date, whichever is later.
Any increase in the number of Switched Access Service lines, trunks or
busy hour minutes of capacity or CCSA signaling connections will be
treated as a new Access Order (for the increased amount only).
(A) Service Date Chanse Charge
Access Order service dates for the installation of new services or
rearrangements of existing services may be changed, but the new
service date may not exceed the original service date by more than
30 calendar days. When, for any reason, the Customer indicates
that service cannot be accepted for a period not to exceed 30
calendar days, and the Company accordingly delays the start of
service, a Service Date Change Charge will apply. If the
Customer requested service date is more than 30 calendar days
after the original service date, the order will be canceled by the
Company and reissued with the appropriate cancellation charges
applied.
A Service Date Change Charge will apply, on a per order per
occurrence basis, for each service date changed. The applicable
charge is found in Section 5.1.1.
(B) Partial Cancellation Charge
Any decrease in the number of ordered Switched Access Service
lines, trunks or busy hour minutes of capacity ordered with a
Standard or Negotiated Interval Access Order will be treated as a
partial cancellation and the charges as set forth in Section 3.1.1.3
following will apply. Partial cancellation charges do not apply to
Advance Order Interval Access Orders.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.1 Access Service Order (cont'd.)
(C) Design Change Charge
The Customer may request a design change to the service ordered.
A design change is any change to an Access Order which requires
engineering review. Design changes do not include a change of
customer premises, end user premises, or end office switch.
Changes of this nature will require the issuance of a new order and
the cancellation of the original order with appropriate cancellation
charges applied.
The Design Change Charge will apply on a per order per
occurrence basis, for each order requiring a design change. The
applicable charge is found in Section 5.1.1.
If a change of service date is required, the Service Date Change
Charge will also apply.
(D)Expedited Order Charee
When placing an Access Order for service(s) for which Standard
Intervals exist, a Customer may request a service date that is prior
to the Standard Interval service date. A Customer may also
request an earlier service date on a pending Standard, Negotiated
or Advance Order Interval Access Order. If the Company agrees
to provide service on an expedited basis, an Expedited Order
Charge will apply.
If the Company receives a request for an expedited service date at
the time a Standard Interval Access Order is placed, the Expedited
Order Charge is calculated by summing all the nonrecurring
charges associated with the order and then dividing this total by
the number of days in the Standard Interval. The charge is then
applied on an per day of improvement basis, per order, but in no
event shall the charge exceed fifty percent of the total
nonrecurring charges associated with the Access Order.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
3.1.1.2 Access Order Modifications (cont'd.)
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SERVICE AND RATE DESCRTPTIONS
3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.1 Access Service Order (cont'd.)
3.1.1.3 Cancellation of an Access Order
(B)
(A)A Customer may cancel an Access Order for the installation of
service at any time prior to notification by the Company that
services available for the Customer's use or prior to the service
date, whichever is later. The cancellation date is the date the
Company receives written or verbal notice from the Customer that
the order is to be canceled. The verbal notice must be followed
by written confirmation within l0 days. If a Customer or a
Customer's end user is unable to accept Access Service within 30
calendar days after the original service date, the Customer has the
choice of the following options:
The Access Order shall be canceled and charges set forth
in (B) following will apply, or
Billing for the service will commence.
If no cancellation request is received within the specified 30
calendar days, billing for the service will commence. In any
event, the cancellation date or the date billing is to commence, as
applicable, shall be the 3lst day beyond the original service date
of the Access Order.
When a Customer cancels a Standard or Negotiated Interval
Access Order for the installation of service, a Cancellation Charge
will apply as follows:
(l) When the Customer cancels an Access Order, a charge
equal to the estimated provisioning costs incurred at a
particular date for the service ordered by the Company
shall apply.
(2)If the Company misses a service date for a Standard or
Negotiated Interval Access Order by more than 30 days,
due to circumstances such as acts of God, governmental
requirements, work stoppages and civil commotions, the
Customer may cancel the Access Order without incurring
cancellation charges.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.1 Access Service Order (cont'd.)
3.1.1.4 Minimum Period
(A) The minimum period for which Access Service is provided and
for which charges are applicable, is one month.
(B)The following changes will be treated as a discontinuance of the
existing service and an installation of a new service. All
associated nonrecurring charges will apply for the new service.
The changes listed below are those which will be treated as a
discontinuance and installation of service and for which a new
minimum period will be established.
(l) A move to a different building.(2) A change in type ofservice.(3) A change in Switched Access Service Interface Group.(4) A change in Switched Access Service traffic type.
(5) A change in STP Access link.(6) A change in STP Port.(7) A change in Company-provided Switched Access Service
to a Collocated Interconnection ilrangement or vice
versa.
(8) A change to an existing Feature Group D Service to
include the provision of 64 kbps Clear Channel
Capability.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, tL 60606
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SERVICE AND RATE DESCRIPTIONS
3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.1 Access Service Order (cont'd.)
3.1.1.5 Minimum Period Charges
When Access Service is disconnected prior to the expiration of the
minimum period, charges are applicable for the balance of the minimum
period.
The Minimum Period Charge for monthly billed services will be
determined as follows:
For Switched Access Service, the charge for a month or fraction thereof is
equal to the applicable minimum monthly charge for the capacity.
All applicable nonrecurring charges for the service will be billed in
addition to the Minimum Period Charge.
3.1 .1.6 Nonrecurring Charges
Nonrecurring charges are one-time charges that apply for a specific work
activity (i.e., installation or change to an existing service). Types of
nonrecurring charges that apply for Switched Access Service are:
installation of service and service rearrangements.
( I ) Installation of Service
Nonrecurring charges apply to each Switched Access Service
installed. For Switched Services ordered on a per trunk basis, the
charge is applied per trunk or out of band signaling connection.
For Switched Services ordered on a busy hour minutes of capacity
basis, the charge is also applied on a per trunk basis but the charge
applies only when the capacity ordered requires the installation of
an additional trunk(s). In addition, nonrecurring charges apply
when an out of band signaling connection is installed for use with
FGD.
Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
Issued: XXXX
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3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.1 Access Service Order (cont'd.)
3. 1. 1.6 Nonrecurring Charges (cont'd)
(2) Service Rearrangements
All changes to existing services other than changes involving
administrative activities only will be treated as a discontinuance
of the existing service and an installation of a new service. The
nonrecurring charge described in (l) preceding will apply for this
work activity. Moves that change the physical location of the
point of termination are described below.
(a) Moves Within the Same Building
When the move is to a new location within the same
building, the charge for the move will be an amount equal
to one half of the nonrecurring charge for the capacity
affected. There will be no change in the minimum period
requirements.
(b) Moves to a Different Building
Moves to a different building will be treated as a
discontinuance and start of service and all associated
nonrecurring charges will apply. New minimum period
requirements will be established for the new service. The
Customer will also remain responsible for satisfying all
outstanding minimum period charges for the discontinued
service.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.1 Access Service Order (cont'd.)
3.1.1.7 Network Blockins Charge
The Customer will be notified by the Company to increase its
capability (busy hour minutes of capacity or quantities of trunks)
when excessive trunk group blocking occurs on groups carrying
Feature Group D traffic and the measured access minutes for that
hour exceed the capacity purchased.
If the order for additional capacity has not been received by the
Company within l5 days of the notification, the Company will bill
the Customer, at the rate set forth in 5.1.3(E) following, for each
overflow in excess of ordered capacity.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.2 Standard Service Components
The following service components apply to all forms of Switched Access Service,
except as stated in 3.1.3:
Tandem Switching
Local Transport
End Office Switching
Multiplexing
Common Port
(A) Tandem Switching
(B)
The Tandem Switching rate category provides for the processing and
aggregation of minutes between various end office switches and the
tandem switch that those end office switches sub-tend. The traffic that is
tandem switched can be local, intraLATA, intrastate, transit or other
traffic.
Local Transoort
The Local Transport rate category provides for transmission facilities
between the Customer's premises or collocated interconnection location
and the Company's end office switch(es) where the Customer's traffic is
switched to originate or terminate its communications.
Except as stated in the following paragraph, Local Transport service is can
be provided in conjunction with an incumbent local exchange company.
Charges for Local Transport service are computed in accordance with
Section 2.6.5 preceding (Ordering, Rating, and Billing of Access
Services Where More Than One Exchange Telephone Company Is
Involved). For purposes of determining Local Transport Mileage, distance
will be measured from the wire center that normally serves the Customer's
premises to the end office switch(es).
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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SERVICE AND RATE DESCRIPTIONS
Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.2 Standard Service Components (cont'd.)
(B)Local Transport (cont'd.)
The Company will provide Direct Trunked Transport between a
Customer's premises and the Company's end office switch(es) upon
request. At the Customer's option, Entrance Facility, Direct Trunked
Transport, and STP Link Transport, may be provided by the Company, by
the Customer, or by another carrier. If Direct Trunk Transport facilities
are terminated at a Company end office switch location by a Customer, or
by another carrier on behalf of a Customer, Entrance Facility Termination
charges as described in 3.1.2(B)(l) will apply, but no other Local
Transport elements will be charged. Where Common Channel Signaling
Access is ordered by a Customer that uses Direct Trunk Transport
facilities, the STP Port charge as described in 3.1.2(BX7) will also apply.
The following paragraphs describe the Local Transport rate elements.
Local Transport - Entrance Facility;
Common Switched Transport;
Direct Trunked Transport;
( I ) Local Transport-Entrance Facility
A Local Transport-Entrance Facility provides the communication path
between a Customer's premises and the Company serving wire center of
that premises for the sole use of the Customer. The Local Transport-
Entrance Facility category is comprised of a DS 1 rate. A Local Transport-
Entrance Facility is required whether the Customer's premises and the
serving wire center are located in the same or different buildings.
(2) LocalTransport-CommonSwitchedTransport
(a)The Local Transport Termination service component provides for
that portion of the voice frequency transmission path at the end
office and at the Customer's premises.
(b)The Local Transport Facility service component provides for that
portion of the voice frequency transmission path between the end
office and at the Customer's premises.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.2 Standard Service Components (cont'd.)
(B) Local Transport (cont'd.)
(3) Local Transport- Direct Trunked Transport
The Local Transport-Direct Trunked Transport provides the transmission
path from the serving wire center of the Customer's premises to an end
office or as an option from the serving wire center to a tandem. This
transmission path is dedicated to the use of a single Customer.
The Local Transport-Direct Trunked Transport rate category is comprised
of a monthly fixed rate and a monthly per mile rate based on the facility
provided. The fixed rate provides the circuit equipment at the ends of the
transmission links. The per mile rate provides the transmission facilities,
including intermediate transmission circuit equipment, between the end
points of the circuit. The Local Transport- Direct Trunked Transport rate
is the sum of the fixed rate and the per mile rate. For purposes of
determining the per mile rate, mileage shall be measured as airline mileage
between the serving wire center of the Customer's premises and the end
office or directly to the access tandem using the V&H coordinates method.
(4) LocalTransport-InterconnectionCharge
The Local Transport-lnterconnection Charge provides for interconnection
with the Company's Switched Access network. This rate element will be
applied to all Switched Access minutes of use (except Local Exchange
Access Service) that originate or terminate at a Company end office.
DS I facilities are available for Local Transport-Entrance Facilities and for
Local Transport-Direct Trunked Transport facilities. A DSI facility is
capable of transmitting electrical signals at a nominal 1.544 Mbps, with
the capability to channelize up to 24 voice-frequency transmission paths.
Issued:XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
(5) Local-Transport Facilities
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3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.2 Standard Service Components (cont'd.)
(B) Local Transport (cont'd.)
(6) Common Channel Signaling Access
Common Channel Signaling Access (CCSA) is comprised of a STP Port
Termination rate and a STP Link Transport rate.
The STP Port Termination rate provides for the point of termination to the
signal switching capability of the STP.
The STP Link Transport rate provides for the transmission facilities
between the serving wire center of the customer designated premises and
the Company STP.
(7) Interface Groups
The Interface Group is provided for terminating the Local Transport at the
Customer's premises. The Interface Group provides a specified premises
Interface. Where transmission facilities permit, the individual
transmission path between the Customer's premises and the first point of
switching may at the option of the Customer be provided with optional
features.
Interface Group I provides DSI level digital transmission at the point of
termination at the Customer's premises. The interface is capable of
transmitting electrical signals at a nominal L544 Mbps, with the capability
to channelize up to 24 voice frequency transmission paths.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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SERVICE AND RATE DESCRIPTIONS
3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.2 Standard Service Components (cont'd.)
(C) End Office Switching
The End Office service component provides the local end office switching and end
user termination functions necessary to complete the transmission of Switched
Access communications to and from the end users served by the Company's end
office. The End Office rate category consists of the Local Switching rate element.
The Local Switching service component provides for: a) the use of end office
switching equipment; b) the terminations for the end user common lines
terminating in the local end office; and c) the termination of a call at a Company
Intercept operator or recording. The operator or recording tells a caller why a call,
as dialed, could not be completed, and if possible, provides the correct number.
Intercept rates are assessed to a Customer based on the total number of access
minutes.
(D) Common Port
The Common Port service component provides a non-discriminatory access to a
port on the Company's switch for the origination or termination of
telecommunications traffi c.
(E) Multiplexing
The Multiplexing service component provides a lower rate of speed service to
connect with a higher rate of speed transport element. It also allows for a higher
rate of speed service to disseminate traffic to lower speed services or transport.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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SERVICE AND RATE DESCRIPTIONS
3.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
3.1.3 Other Rate Categories
(A) Toll Free Data Base Access Service
Toll Free Data Base Access Service is a service offering utilizing originating trunk
side Switched Access Service. The service provides for the forwarding of end user
dialed Toll Free calls to a Company Service Switching Point which will initiate a
query to the database to perform the Customer identification and delivery function.
The call is forwarded to the appropriate Customer based on the dialed Toll Free
number.
(l) CustomerldentificationCharge
The Toll Free Data Base Access Service Customer Identification applies
for the identification of the appropriate Customer. The charge is assessed
to the Customer on a per query basis and may include an area of service
which may range from a single NPAI{XX to an area consisting of all
LATAs and NPAs in the given state under which this tariff applies.
(2) Toll Free Number Reservation
The Toll Free Number Reservation service applies to the request of the
Customer to have the Company attempt to reserve a specific toll free
number for the Customer. The Company will not guarantee that a specific
toll free number in any of the toll free prefixes (800, 877, 888, 866 or
future prefixes as designated by the NANPA) will be available at the time
a Customer requests the specific number.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
lssued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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3.2 MiscellaneousServices
3.2.1 Presubscription
(B)
(A)Presubscription is an arrangement whereby an end user may select and designate
to the Company an interexchange carrier (IC) to access, without an access code,
for intrastate interLATA calls and interstate interLATA calls subject to the
Company's FCC Access Services Tariff. This IC is referred to as the end user's
Primary Interexchange Carrier (PIC). The end user may select as its PIC the
Company, or any other IC that orders originating Feature Group D Switched
Access Service at the end office that serves the end user. After the end user's initial
selection of a pre-designated IC, for any additional change in selection, a non-
recurring charge, as set forth in Section 5.2.1, applies.
At the request of a new or existing end user served by a Feature Group D end
office, the Company will provide a list of ICs the end user may select as its PIC.
At no additional charge for the initial selection, the customer may choose either of
the following options.
Designate an IC as a PIC and dial I0XXX or 101XXXX to reach other
ICs.
Designate that they do not want to be presubscribed to any IC and choose
to dial I0XXX or l0lXXXX for all calls to all ICs.
New end users subscribing to the Company's Local Exchange Service which do
not specify a PIC will default to the Company as their initial PIC selection.
Subsequent to the installation of Local Exchange Service, and after the end user's
initial selection of a PIC, for any additional change in selection, a nonrecurring
charge as set forth in Section 5.2.1, applies. This charge is billed to the end user
who is the subscriber to the Local Exchange Service and applies only for selection
of an IC which provides only intrastate service.
Issued:XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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3.2 MiscellaneousServices(Cont'd.)
3.2.2 Per-Call Payphone Compensation
A surcharge shall be assessed for each call made from a pay telephone to a Company-
provided toll-free number or placed by using a calling card and dialing the Company's
prefix in the form 1010XXXX. This charge is to compensate the Company for the Federal
Communications Commission ordered assessment, which is paid by the Company to pay
telephone service providers for the use of their pay telephone instruments. The
surcharge is also known as a "dial around" charge.
3.2.3 Local Number Portability (LNP) Ouery Service
LNP Query Service is a capability that utilizes Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN)
technology to query a data base to secure network routing instructions before completion
of a call. The database contains information about end users which have ported their
service from the donor switch. At a minimum, the database contains the Location
Routing Number (LRN) which identifies the Local Service Provider's (LSP) switch
serving each ported end user. The LRN is used to direct the call to the correct switch for
completion to the end user. Where more than one network is involved in completing the
call, the network just before the terminating network (i.e., the N-l Network) is
responsible for querying a LNP data base to secure the LRN. The rates and charges
associated with LNP Query Services are "query" based and will be billed on a monthly
basis, based on recorded usage. Query charges will be applied by the Telephone
Company based upon the recordings of carrier queries to the database. If such recordings
are not available, the Telephone Company will develop monthly charges based on an
average number of queries per month.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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BILLING AND COLLECTION SERVICES
4.1 General
The Company will provide the following services:
Recording Service
Automatic Number Identification (ANI)
Billing Name and Address (BNA)
4.2 Recording Service
Recording is the entering on magnetic tape or other acceptable media the details of Customer
messages originated through Switched Access Service. Recording is provided 24 hours a day,7
days a week.
The Company will provide Recording Service in association with the offering of Feature Group D
Switched Access Service for Customer messages that can be recorded by Company provided
automatic message accounting equipment. At the request of the Customer, Recording Service will
be provided for Feature Group D Switched Access Service on an end office and type of call basis.
Type of call means message telecommunications service (MTS) including 700 and 900 Service,
calls originating and/or terminating over a WATS access line, and station message detail recording
for MTS and calls originating from a WATS access line.
The Company will provide Recording Service in its operating territory. The minimum territory for
which the Company will provide Recording Service is all the appropriately equipped offices in a
state operating territory for which the Customer has ordered Feature Group D Switched Access
Service. A state operating territory of particular telephone company includes all its LATAs or
market areas which are located in the same state including the areas in contiguous states which are
assigned to such LATAs or market areas and served by the same Company.
Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
Issued: XXXX
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4.2 Recording Service (cont'd.)
For Feature Group D Switched Access Service, the term "customer message" used herein denotes
an intrastate call originated by a Customer's end user. Station message detail recording is an
optional feature which provides a record of customer messages originated by MTS and WATS
access lines. Such detail will be provided as part of Feature Group D end office and type of call
Recording Service when requested by the Customer.
4.2.I Undertaking of the Company
(A) The Company will record all customer messages carried over Feature Group D
Switched Access Service that are available to Company provided recording
equipment of operators. Unavailable customer service messages will not be
recorded. The recording equipment will be provided at locations selected by the
Company.
(B)A standard format for the provision of the recorded customer message detail will
be established by the Company and provided to the Customer. If, in the course of
Company business, it is necessary to change the format, the Company will notify
the involved Customers six months prior to the change.
Assembly and Editing, Provision of Customer Detail, Data transmission to a
Customer location, special orders for recording and program development will be
provided to the Customer on a contractual basis.
(c)Recorded customer message detail which is used at the request of the Customer to
provide Message Processing and Message Bill Processing Service is not retained
by the Company for longer than 45 days. The rated but unbilled message detail
and the billed message detail are retained for reference in place of the recorded
customer message detail. For recorded customer message detail not used by
Message Processing Service at the Customer's request, the Company will make
every reasonable effort to recover recorded Customer message detail previously
made available to the Customer and make it available again for the Customer. The
charges as set forth in 5.3.1 following will apply for all such detail provided. Such
a request must be made within thirty (30) days from the date the details were
initially made available to the Customer.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
4.2
BILLING AND COLLECTION SERVICES
Recording Service (cont'd.)
4.2.2 Liability of the Company
Notwithstanding 4.2.1 preceding, the Company liability for Recording Service is as
follows:
Unless there is an expressed written agreement to the contrary, in the absence of
gross negligence or willful misconduct, no liability for damages to the Customer
or other person or entity other than as set for in (A) and (B), preceding shall attach
to the Company for its action or the conduct of its employees in providing
Recording Service.
4.2.3 Obligations of the Customer
The Customer shall order Recording Service under a Special Order. The Customer
shall order Recording Service at least one month prior to the date then the
Customer message detail is to be recorded, unless Customer's request requires that
Recording Service be provided by end office and type of call, then the ordering
interval will be determined on an individual case basis.
4.2.4 Payment Arrangements and Audit Provision
(A) Notice and Scope
The Customer shall order Recording Service for Feature Group D Switched Access
by end office and type of call in accordance with the terms and conditions
established on an individual case basis Special Order.
(l) Upon forty five (45) days' prior written notice by the Customer to the
Company (or such shorter period as the parties may mutually agree upon),
the Customer or its authorized representative shall have the right to
commence an audit during normal business hours and at intervals of no
more than one audit in any six month billing period. The audit will be
limited to all such records and accounts as may, under recognized
accounting practices, contain information bearing upon amounts subject
to being billed to the Customer's end users by the Company as part of its
provision of Billing and Collection Services and the changes to the
Customer for other services provided by the Company pursuant to this
tariff.
(2) The written notice of audit shall identify the date upon which it is to
commence, the location, the Customer's representatives, the subject matter
of the audit, and the materials to be reviewed.
(3) The written notice of audit shall be directed to the Company's
representative at the address stipulated by such representative.
(A)
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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BILLING AND COLLECTION SERVICES
Recordine Service (cont'd.)
4.2.4 Pavment Arrangements and Audit Provision (cont'd.)
(A) Notice and Scope (cont'd.)
(4) The Company may, within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Customer's
notice of audit, postpone commencement by written notice for a period not
to exceed fifteen (15) days, but only for good cause. The Company shall
also indicate the new date for commencement of said audit.
(s)Upon completion of the audit, the Customer's auditors are to provide an
oral report of their findings to the Company prior to their departure,
followed by a letter within thirty (30) days confirming findings and
postponed completion.
(B) Payment of Expense
(c)Req uests forlExaCIqry[iarc
(l)In addition to audits, the Customer, or its representatives, may request,
from time to time, the opportunity to conduct an examination, as defined
in (2) following. The Company will make reasonable efforts to
accommodate requests for examination and to cooperate in the conduct of
an examination.
(2)An "Examination" shall, for purposes of this section, constitute a
reasonable inquiry on a single issue or a specific topic related to Billing
and Collection Service for a stated reason.
Upon concurrence by both parties that errors or omissions exist,
adjustment shall be made by the proper party to compensate for any errors
or omissions disclosed by such examination or audit.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
Each party shall bear its own expenses in connection with the conduct of an audit.
Special data extractions required by the Customer for its representative to conduct
the audit will be paid for by the Customer. "Special data extraction" for auditing
purposes shall mean programming, clerical and computer time required to create
an output record (from existing data files) that cannot normally be created from
current software programs in the production program library.
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4.2 Recording Service (cont'd.)
4.2.4 Payment Arrangements and Audit Provision (cont'd.)
(D) Audit Provision
All information received or reviewed by the Customer or its authorized
representative is to be considered confidential and is not to be distributed, provided
or disclosed in any form to anyone not involved in the audit, nor is such
information to be used for any other purposes.
(E) Minimum Period and Minimum Monthllr Charge
The minimum period for which Recording Service without sorting is proved and
for which charges apply is one month.
(F) Cancellation of a Soecial Order
A Customer may cancel a Special Order for Recording Service on any date prior
to the service date. The cancellation date is the date the Company receives written
or verbal notice from the Customer that the Special Order is to be canceled. Their
verbal notice must be followed by written confirmation within ten (10) days. The
service date for Recording Service is the date the Customer requests the recording
to start. When a Customer cancels a Special Order for Recording Service after the
order date but prior to the start of service, a Special Order charge and the minimum
monthly charges will apply.
(G) Changes to Special Orders
When the Customer requests material changes to a pending Special Order for
Recording Service, the pending Special Order will be canceled and the requested
changes will be undertaken if they can be accommodated by the Telephone
Company under a new Special Order. All cancellation charges as set forth in (C)
preceding will apply for the canceled Special Order.
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Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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4.2 Recordine Service (cont'd.)
4.2.5 Rate Regulations
The Special Order charge applies for each Special Order accepted by the Company for
Recording Service or for a subsequently requested change.
4.3 AutomaticNumberldentification
Automatic Number Identification (ANI) provides the automatic transmission of a seven or ten digit
number and information digits to the Customer's premises for calls originating in the LATA, to
identify the calling telephone number. The ANI feature is an end office software function which
is associated on a call-by-call basis with (l) all individual transmission path in a trunk group routed
directly between an end office and a Customer's premises or, where technically feasible, with (2)
all individual transmission paths in a trunk group between an end office and an access tandem, and
a trunk group between an access tandem and a Customer's premises.
4.3.1 Rate Regulations
When Automatic Number Identification (ANI) is delivered (with Feature Group D
originating) and the Customer is charged the recording rate as set forth in Section 5.3.1,
the ANI rate does not apply. If the Customer is not charged the recording rate, the ANI
rate as set forth in Section 5.3.2 will apply for each ANI record delivered to the Customer.
4.4 Billing Name and Address Service
Billing Name and Address (BNA) Service is the provision of the complete billing name, street
address, city or town, state and zip code for a telephone number assigned by the Company.
BNA Service is provided for the sole purpose of permitting the Customer to bill its telephone
communications service to its end users and may not be resold or used for any other purpose,
including marketing activity such as market surveys or direct marketing by mail or by telephone.
The Customer may not use BNA information to bill for merchandise, gift cenificates, catalogs or
other services or products.
BNA Service is provided on both a manual and mechanized basis. On a manual basis, the
information will be provide by voice telecommunications or by mail, as appropriate. On a
mechanized basis, the information will be entered on magnetic tape containing recorded Customer
messages.
BNA information is furnished for sent-paid, collect, bill to third number, 700 and 900 service
messages and messages charged to a calling card that is resident in the Company's data base.
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Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, tL 60606
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4.4 BillingName and Address Service (cont'd.)
4.4.1 Undertaking of The Comoany
(A) A request for information on over 100 and up to 500 telephone numbers should be
mailed to the Company. The Company will provide the response by first class
U.S. Mail within ten (10) business days.
(B)Upon receipt of a magnetic tape of recorded Customer messages, the Company
will, at the request of the Customer, provide BNA Service on a mechanized basis.
The tape of messages may be provided by the Customer or, where the Customer
subscribes to Recording Service as set forth in 4.1.2 preceding, may be the output
from that service. The Company will enter the BNA information on the recorded
message tape and send the tape to the Customer by first class U.S. Mail. Other
methods of delivering the data may be negotiated, and charges based on cost will
apply.
The Company will provide a response to Customer-provided tapes by mail within
six (6) business days of receipt. The Company will process and mail tapes which
are the output of Recording Service every fifth business day.
(c)The Company will specify the format in which requests and tapes are to be
submitted.
(D) The BNA information will be provided for the calling number furnished to the
extent a billing name and address exists in the Company' records, including non-
published and non-listed numbers. If the billing name and address information for
a specific calling number is confidential due to legal, national security, end user or
regulatory imposed requirements, the Company will provide an indicator on the
confidential records.
(E)The Company will provide the most current BNA information resident in its
database. Due to normal end user account activity, there may be instances where
the BNA information provided is not the BNA that was applicable at the time the
message was originated.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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Billing Name and Address Service (cont'd.)
4.4.2 Obligations of the Customer
(A) With each order for BNA Service, the Customer shall identify the authorized
individual and address to receive the BNA information.
(B)A Customer which orders BNA Service on a mechanized basis and which intends
to submit tapes of record messages for processing must provide the Company with
an acceptable test tape or transmission which includes all call types for which BNA
information may be requested.
(c)The Customer shall institute adequate internal procedures to insure that BNA
information, including that related to non-published and non-listed telephone
numbers, is used only for the purpose set forth in this tariff and that BNA
information is available only to those Customer personnel or agents with a need to
know the information. The Customer must handle all billing name and address
information designated as confidential by the Company in accordance with the
Company's procedures concerning confidential information. The Company will
provide to the Customer a statement of its procedures concerning confidential
information.
(D) The Customer shall not publicize or represent to others that the Company jointly
participates with the Customer in the development of the Customer's end user
records, accounts, data bases or market date, records, files and data bases or other
systems it assembles through the use of BNA Service.
(E)When the Customer orders BNA Service for both interstate and intrastate
messages, the projected percentage of interstate use must be provided in a whole
number to the Company. The Company will designate the number obtained by
subtracting the projected interstate percentage from 100 (1OO-projected interstate
percentage = intrastate percentage) as the projected intrastate percentage. This
whole number percentage will be used by the Company to apportion the rates and
nonrecurring charges between interstate and intrastate in those circumstances
where the recorded message detail is not sufficient to permit the Company to
determine the appropriate jurisdiction. This percentage will remain in effect until
a revised report is received as set forth following.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
2225 Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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4.4 Billine Name and Address Service (cont'd.)
4.4.2 Obligations of the Customer (cont'd.)
(E) (cont'd.)
Effective on the first of January, April, July and October of each year the Customer
may update the jurisdictional report. The Customer shall forward to the Company,
to be received no later than 20 calendar days after the first of each such month, a
revised report showing the interstate percentage of use for the past three months
ending the last day of December, March, June and September, respectively.
Except where jurisdiction can be determined from the recorded message detail, the
revised report will serve as the basis for the next three months billing and will be
effective on the bill date in the following month (e.g., February, May, August and
November). No prorating or back billing will be done based on the report. If the
Customer does not supply the report, the Company will assume the percentages to
be the same as those provided in the last quarterly report. For those cases in which
a quarterly report has never been received from the Customer, the Company will
assume the percentages to be the same as those provided in the order for service.
(F)The Company shall use reasonable efforts to provide accurate and complete lists.
The company makes no warranties, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy or
completeness of these lists.
Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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Billins Name and Address Service (cont'd.)
4.4.3 Rate Regulations
(A) Service Establishment Charges apply for the initial establishment of BNA Service
on a manual basis, for the initial establishment of BNA Service on a mechanized
basis and for establishment of a Master List for a Customer.
(B)A charge applies for each request for BNA information for a telephone number
provided on a manual basis. A charge applies for each message processed to
supply BNA information on a mechanized basis.
The Company will keep a count of the requests and of the messages processed.
The Company will bill the Customer in accordance with these counts whether or
not the Company was able to provide BNA information for all requests and
messages.
(c)Where the recorded message detail is sufficient to determine a message is an
intrastate message, the rates set forth in 5.3.3 following apply to each such
message.
Usage for which the recorded message detail is insufficient to determine
jurisdiction will be prorated by the Company between interstate and intrastate.
The percentages provided in the reports as set forth in 4.4.2(E) preceding will serve
as the basis for prorating the charges. The intrastate charges are determined as
follows: For usage sensitive (e.g., requests or messages processed) chargeable rate
elements, multiply the intrastate percent times actual use times the stated tariff rate.
(D)When a Customer cancels an order for BNA Service after the order date, the
Service Establishment Charge applies.
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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5.1.2
RATES
Access Service
5.1.1 Service Orders
(A) Service Implementation
(l) Installation Charge
-Per circuit
(2)Access Order Charge
-Per Access Request
(B)Service Date Change
-Per Access Order
Design Change
-Per Access Order
Switched Access Service
Tandem Switched Access (Originating)
Tandem Switched Access (Terminating)
End Office Switched Access (Originating)
End Office Switched Access (Terminating)
Transport and Termination (Originating)
Transport and Termination (Terminating)
Nonrecurring
Charge
(c)
$2s0
$100
$ 100
$100
Per Access Minute
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*** Denotes rates that are benchmarked to the corresponding rates in Peerless Network, Inc.
FCC Tariff No. 4.
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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RATES
Access Service (cont'd.)
5.1.3 Local Transport
(A) Entrance Facilit),
(l) DSI
-Per Point of Termination
DS3
-Per Point of Termination
(3) Installation
-Per DSI
-Per DS3
(B)Direct Trunked Transport
Facility Mileage
DSI
DS3
Monthly Recurring
$158.00
$700.00
Non-recurring Charge (NRC)
$s00.00
s775.00
(2)
Monthly Rate
$30.00
$3s0.00
Per Mile
$ 13.00
$s7.00
NRC
$300.00
$1,200.00
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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5.1 Access Service (cont'd.)
5.1.3 Local Transport (cont'd.)
(C) Network Blocking Charger
(D) Chargeable Optional Features
(l) SS7 Signaling Option Conversion,
non-recurring
-Per First Trunk Converted
-Per Additional Trunk Converted
(2) Change in Point Code
-Per change
Multiplexing
DS3 to DSl, per multiplexer
Dedicated Switch Port
Per DSI port
(G) Cross Connect
Per connection (DS I level)
rApplies to FG D only
(E)
(F)
Rate Per Call Blocked
$0.01
$175
$s0
$200
ss00
$ls
$60
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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5.1 Access Service (cont'd.)
5.1.3 Local Transport (cont'd.)
(H) Non-chargeableOptionalFeatures
(l) SupervisorySignaling
DX Supervisory Signaling arrangement
-Per Transmission Path
SF Supervisory Signaling arrangement
-Per Transmission Path
E&M Types I,II, & ilI Supervisory Signaling
arrangement
-Per Transmission Path
(2)Signaling System 7
-Per signaling connection arranged
(3)64 kbps Clear Channel Capability
-Per Transmission Path
Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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5.1 Access Service (cont'd.)
5.1.4 End Office
(l)Common Switchin g Chargeable Optional Features
Rate
Automatic Number Identifi cation/
SS7 Charge Number
-Per Attempt $0.002s
(2) Common Switching Non-Chargeable Ootional Features
Service Class Routing
(available with FGD)
-Per Transmission Path Group
Altemate Traffic Routing
(available with FGD)
-Per Transmission Path Group
International Carrier Option
(available with FGD)
-Per End Office and Access Tandem
SS7 Signaling Option
-Calling Party Number
(available with FGD)
-Carrier Selection Parameter
(available with FGD)
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Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606
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RATES
5.1 Access Service (cont'd.)
5.1.4 End Office (cont'd.)
Local Switching (cont'd.)
(3) Trunk Side Transport Termination Non-Chargeable Options
Standard Trunk for Originating,
Terminating or Two-Way Operation
(available with FGD)
Operator Trunk, Full Feature Arrangement
(available with FGD)
Operator Trunk, Assist Feature
(available with FGD)
(4) Non-Chargeable SS7 Signaling Option
Calling Party Number
(available with FGD)
Charge Number
(available with FGD)
Carrier Selection Parameter
(available with FGD)
Access Transport Parameter
(available with FGD)
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Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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5.1 Access Services (cont'd.)
5.1.5 Toll Free Data Base Access Service
(A) Customer ldentification
-Per Query
Rate
$0.00s
(B)Toll Free Number Reservation
-Per Toll Free Number $ 1.00
Effective: XXXX
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222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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5.2 MiscellaneousServices
5.2.1 Presubscription
Presubscription,
-Per Telephone Exchange Service
Line or Trunk, Manual
Non-Recurring Charge
$1.2s
-Per Telephone Exchange Service
Automatic $0.00
5.2.2 Per-Call Payphone Recovery
per call
5.2.3 LNP Ouery
per query
Recurring Charge
$0.s0
$0.002
Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago, IL 60606
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5.3 Billins and Collection Services
5.3.1 Recording
-Per Customer Message
5.3.2 Automatic Number Identification
-Per Attempt
s.3.3
5.4 Transit Traffic Service
Per Minute of Use
RATES
Billing Name and Address
Mechanized Transaction
- Service Establishment Charge
- Query Charge
Per Telephone Number
Recurring
Charge
$0.02s
$0.020
$125.00
$0.20
$0.03000
Issued: XXXX Effective: XXXX
Issued By: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
222 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2730
Chicago,IL 60606