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CENTURYLINK
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Maura E. Peterson
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Regulatory Law
October 3,2011
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Jean Jewell, Secretar
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
Re: Case No. QWE-T-ll-06
Application for Approval of Amendment to the Interconnection Agreement
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Enclosed for fiing with this Commission on behalf of Qwest Corporation d//a CenturyLink
is an original and three (3) copies of the Application for Approval of Amendment to the
Interconnection Agreement. Century Link respectfully requests that this matter be placed on
the Commission Decision Meeting Agenda for expedited approval.
Please contact me if you have any questions concerning the enclosed.
assistance in this matter.
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
APPLICATION OF QWEST
CORPORATION FOR APPROVAL OF
AN INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
PURSUANT TO 47 U.S.C. §252(e)
CASE NO.: QWE-T-ll-06
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF
AMENDMENT TO THE
INTERCONNCTION AGREEMENT
Qwest Corporation d//a CenturyLink ("CenturyLink") hereby files this Application for
Approval of Amendment to the Interconnection Agreement ("Amendment"), which was
. approved by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission on June 28,2011 (the "Agreement"). The
Amendment with Broadvox-CLEC, LLC ("Broadvox") is submitted herewith.
This Amendment was reached through voluntary negotiations without resort to mediation
or arbitration and is submitted for approval pursuant to Section 252(e) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "Act").
Section 252(e)(2) of the Act directs that a state Commssion may reject an amendment
reached through voluntary negotiations only if the Commission finds that: the amendment (or
portiones) thereof) discriminates against a telecommunications carrier not a party to this
agreement; or the implementation of such an amendment (or portion) is not consistent with the
public interest, convenience and necessity.
CenturyLink respectfully submits this Amendment provides no basis for either of these
findings, and, therefore requests that the Commission approve this Amendment expeditiously.
This Amendment is consistent with the public interest as identified in the pro-competitive
policies of the State of Idaho, the Commission, the United States Congress, and the Federal
Communications Commssion. Expeditious approval of this Amendment will enable Broadvox.
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AMNDMENT TO THE INTERCONNCTION AGREEMENT - Page 1
BROADVOX-CLEC, LLC SPOP IN THE LATA AMENDMENT
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to interconnect with CenturyLink facilities and to provide customers with increased choices
among local telecommunications services.
CenturyLink further requests that the Commssion approve this Amendment without a
hearng. Because this Amendment was reached through voluntary negotiations, it does not raise
issues requiring a hearing and does not concern other paries not a party to the negotiations.
Expeditious approval would further the public interest.
."t..SO
Respectfully submitted this .. day of October, 2011.
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Lisa A. Ande
Attorney for Qwest
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BROADVOX-CLEC, LLC SPOP IN THE LATA AMNDMENT
. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this j (\) day of October, 2011, I served the foregoing
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO THE INTERCONNECTION
AGREEMENT upon all paries of record in this matter as follows:
Jean Jewell, Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
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Kyle V. Bertrand
Broadvox-CLEC, LLC
1228 Euclid Avenue Suite 390
Cleveland OH 44115
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APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AMNDMENT TO THE INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT - Page 3
BROADVOX-CLEC, LLC SPOP IN THE LATA AMNDMENT
Oocl,Sign Envelope 10: F5AC8AA8-3AA-46CE-B96A-39205C680E5E
.Single Point of Presence ("SPOP") in the LATA Amendment
to the Interconnection Agreement between
Qwest Corporation
and
Broadvox-CLEC, LLC
for the State of Idaho
This Amendment ("Amendment") is made and entered into by and between Qwest
Corporation ("Qwest"), a Colorado corporation, and Broadvox-CLEC, LLC ("CLEC"),
incorporated in the State of Ohio. Qwest and CLEC shall be known jointly as the
"Parties".
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into an Interconnection Agreement ("Agreement"), for
service in the State of Idaho, that is currently pending Commission approval; and
WHEREAS, the Parties agree to amend the Agreement by adding the terms and
conditions contained herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms, covenants and conditions
contained in this Amendment and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:.Amendment Terms
This Amendment is made in order to add terms, and conditions for Single Point of
Presence ("SPOP") in the LATA, as set forth in Attachment 1 and Attachment 2,
attached hereto and incorporated herein.
Neither Part shall lose any of its rights from the original contract by entering into this
Amendment for SPOP.
Effective Date
This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon the Commission approval; however,
the Parties may agree to implement the provisions of this Amendment upon execution.
Further Amendments
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Amendments; Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this
sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to
departures from the provisions of this Agreement may not be given without the written
consent thereto by both Parties' authorized representative. No waiver by any part of
any default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether
intentional or not, wil be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default,
misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any way any
rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence.
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Entire Agreement
This Agreement (including the documents referred to herein) constitutes the full and
entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects of
this Agreement and supersedes any prior understandings, agreements, or
representations by or between the Parties, wrtten or oral, to the extent they relate in any
way to the subjects of this Agreement.
The Parties intending to be legally bound have executed this Amendment as of the dates
set forth below, in multiple counterparts, each of which is deemed an original, but all of
which shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Broadvox-CLEC, LLC Qwest Corporation
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Kyle V. Bertrand
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L. T. Christensen
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Director - Wholesale Contracts
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ATTACHMENT 1
Single Point of Presence (SPOP) in the LATA is a Local Interconnection Service (LIS)
Interconnection trunking option that allows CLEC to establish one physical point of presence in
the LATA in Qwests territory. Qwest and CLEC may then exchange traffic at the CLEC's SPOP
utilizing trunking as described in Section 1:
1.1 By utilzing SPOP in the LATA, CLEC can deliver both Exchange Access/lntraLA TA LEC
Toll and Jointly Provided Switched Access traffic and Exchange Service EAS/Local traffc at
Qwests Access Tandem Switches. CLEC can also utilze Qwests behind the tandem
infrastructure to terminate traffic to specific end offices. The SPOP is defined as the CLEC's
physical point of presence. This allows for a trunk group from CLEC's POI in one Local Callng
Area (LCA) to be ordered to any Qwest local tandem or end offce in another LCA which is
otherwise not available, absent this amendment.
1.2 SPOP in the LATA includes an Entrance Facilty (EF), Expanded Interconnect Channel
Termination (EICT), or Mid Span Meet POI and Direct Trunked Transport (DTT) options
available at both a DS1 and DS3 capacity.
1.3 Where CLEC intends to send calls through a Qwest tandem to a subtending end offce,
the following conditions apply:
1.3.1 CLEC may interconnect at either the Qwest local Tandem Switch or the
Qwest Access Tandem Switch for the delivery of Exchange Service (EAS/local) traffc.
WhenCLEC is interconnected at the Access Tandem Switch and where there would be
a DS1's worth of Exchange Service (EAS/local) traffic (512 BHCCS) between CLEC's
Switch and those Qwest End Office Switches subtending a Qwest local Tandem Switch,
CLEC will order a direct trunk group to the Qwest local Tandem Switch.
1.3.2 Qwest will allow Interconnection for the exchange of Exchange Service
(EAS/local) traffc at Qwests Access Tandem Switch without requiring Interconnection atthe local Tandem Switch, at least in those circumstances when traffic volumes do not
justify direct connection to the local Tandem Switch; and regardless of whether capacity
at the Access Tandem Switch is exhausted or forecasted to exhaust.
1.4 CLEC wil provide notification to all Co-Providers in the local calling areas of CLEC's
change in routing when the CLEC chooses to route its traffc in accordance with Qwests
SPOP interconnection trunking.
1.5 Ordering
1.5.1 Prior to ordering, Qwest and CLEC wil work together to review CLEC's
network configuration in order to ensure correct and complete ASR ordering.
1.5.2 SPOP in a LATA wil be ordered based upon the standard ordering process
for the type of facilty chosen.
1.5.3 CLEC wil issue ASRs to convert existing access tandem trunk groups to
SPOP trunk groups.
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1.5.4 In addition, the ASR ordering SPOP trunks wil include SPOP Remarks .
"Single POP in LATA" and the SPEC Field must be filed out with the appropriate code.
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ATTACHMENT 2
SINGLE POINT OF PRESENCE WAIVER
Qwest wil waive the requirement for CLEC to connect to each Qwest Access Tandem in the
LATA with this waiver.
CLEC certifies:
That it will not originate any traffic destined for subtending offices of Qwests Access Tandems
for which CLEC seeks a waiver or, if CLEC does originate such traffc, that CLEC will route such
traffic to a Non-Qwest network; and CLEC certifies that it has no end users in the serving area
of the Qwest Access Tandem for which CLEC seeks a waiver.
CLEC wil send an electronic letter to Qwest indicating the Qwest access tandems subject to
this waiver at the time of ordering trunks required to implement SPOP in the LATA. In addition,
CLEC wil provide a revised electronic letter to Qwest advising of any changes in the network
configuration of the aforementioned access tandems. Should CLEC desire to begin serving end
users in the serving area of a Qwest access tandem currently under this waiver, CLEC must first
establish trunking to the appropriate Qwest access tandem. Additionally, should CLEC desire to
originate traffic destined to a Qwest end offce subtending a Qwest access tandem currently
under this waiver, CLEC must first establish trunking to the appropriate Qwest access tandem.
Should this traffic occur, the Parties agree to meet within forty-five (45) Days of Qwests
identification of such misrouted traffic to discuss methods for avoiding future misrouting on that
trunk group or groups, CLEC wil then have thirty (30) Days from the date of meeting to correct
such misrouting on that trunk group or groups. If further misrouting occurs or continues after
that date on the same trunk group or groups as the onginal misrouting identified, the Parties
agree to meet again within thirt (30) Days of Qwests identification of such misrouted traffic to
discuss methods for avoiding future misrouting on that trunk group or groups. CLEC wil then
have thirty (30) Days from the date of meeting to correct such misrouting. If further misrouting
occurs or continues after that date on the same trunk group or groups, Qwest will consider this
waiver null and void and all requirements in Attachment 1 or in the existing Agreement currently
in effect between the Parties wil be reinstated. If the Parties disagree about whether the traffic
identified by Qwest was actually misrouted, the Parties agree to avail themselves of the dispute
resolution provision of their Agreement.
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