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of the NOR process, Covista shall request standardized or customized routing of
its Customer traffic in conjunction with the provision of unbundled local circuit
switching.
If Covista selects customized routing, Covista shall define the routing plan and
Verizon shall implement such plan, subject to technical feasibility constraints.
Time and Material Charges may apply.
10.4 Tandem Circuit Switching.
The unbundled Tandem circuit switching element includes trunk-connect
facilities, the basic circuit switching function of connecting trunks to trunks, and
the functions that are centralized in Tandem circuit switches. Unbundled
Tandem circuit switching creates a temporary transmission path between
interoffice trunks that are interconnected at a Verizon access Tandem for the
purpose of routing a call or calls.
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Unbundled Interoffice Facilities
Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1 of this Attachment, where facilities
are available, at Covista s request, Verizon shall provide Covista with interoffice
facilities (IOF) unbundled from other Network Elements at the rates set forth in
the Pricing Attachment; provided, however, that Verizon shall offer unbundled
shared IOF only to the extent that Covista also purchases unbundled local circuit
switching capability from Verizon in accordance with Section 10 of this
Attachment. Verizon shall provide Covista with such IOF in accordance with, but
only to the extent required by, Applicable Law. Verizon will not install new
electronics, and Verizon will not build new facilities.
If and, to the extent that, Covista has purchased (or purchases) transport from
Verizon under a Verizon Tariff or otherwise, and Covista has a right under
Applicable Law to convert (and wishes to convert) such transport to unbundled
IOF under this Agreement, it shall give Verizon written notice of such request
(including, without limitation, through submission of ASRs if Verizon so requests)
and provide to Verizon all information (including, without limitation , a listing of the
specific circuits in question) that Verizon reasonably requires to effectuate such
conversion. In the case of any such conversion, Covista shall pay any and all
conversion charges (e., non-recurring charges), as well as any and all
termination liabilities, minimum service period charges and like charges in
accordance with Verizon s applicable Tariffs.
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Signaling Networks and Call-Related Databases
Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1 of this Attachment and upon
request by Covista, Verizon shall provide Covista with access to databases and
associated signaling necessary for call routing and completion by providing SS7
Common Channel Signaling (UCCS") Interconnection, and Interconnection and
access to toll free service access code (e., 800/888/877) databases, LlOB, and
any other necessary databases, in accordance with this Section 12 and the rates
and charges provided in the Pricing Attachment. Such access shall be provided
by Verizon in accordance with, but only to the extent required by, Applicable Law.
Covista shall provide Verizon with CCS Interconnection required for call routing
and completion, and the billing of calls which involve Covista s Customers, at
non-discriminatory rates (subject to the provisions of the Pricing Attachment),
terms and conditions, provided further that if the Covista information Verizon
requires to provide such call-related functionality is resident in a database,
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Covista will provide Verizon with the access and authorization to query Covista
information in the databases within which it is stored.
12.Alternatively, either Party ("Purchasing Party ) may secur~ CCS Interconnection
from a commercial SS7 hub provider (third party signaling provider) to transport
signaling messages to and from the Verizon CCS network, and in that case the
other Party will permit the Purchasing Party to access the same databases as
would have been accessible if the Purchasing Party had connected directly to the
other Party's CCS network. If a third party signaling provider is selected by
Covista to transport signaling messages, that third party provider must present a
letter of agency toVerizon , prior to the testing ofthe interconnection, authorizing
the third party to act on behalf of Covista.
Regardless of the manner in which Covista obtains CCS Interconnection , Covista
shall comply with Verizon s SS7 certification process prior to establishing CCS
Interconnection with Verizon.
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The Parties will provide CCS Signaling to each other, where and as available, in
conjunction with all Reciprocal Compensation Traffic, Toll Traffic, Meet Point
Billing Traffic, and Transit Traffic. The Parties will cooperate on the exchange of
TCAP messages to facilitate interoperability of CCS-based features between
their respective networks, including all CLASS Features and functions, to the
extent each Party offers such features and functions to its Customers. All CCS
Signaling parameters will be provided upon request (where available), including
called party number, Calling Party Number, originating line information, calling
party category, and charge number. All privacy indicators will be honored as
required under applicable law.
The Parties will follow all OBF-adopted standards pertaining to CIC/OZZ codes.
Where CCS Signaling is not available, in-band multi-frequency ("MF") wink start
signaling will be provided. Any such MF arrangement will require a separate
local trunk circuit between the Parties' respective switches in those instances
where the Parties have established End Office to End Office high usage trunk
groups. In such an arrangement, each Party will out pulse the full ten-digit
telephone number of the called Party to the other Party.
The Parties acknowledge that there is a network security risk associated with
interconnection with the public Internet Protocol network, including, but not
limited to, the risk that interconnection of Covista signaling systems to the public
Intemet Protocol network may expose Covista and Verizon signaling systems
and information to interference by third parties. Covista shall notify Verizon in
writing sixty (60) days in advance of installation of any network arrangement that
may expose signaling systems or information to access through the public
Internet Protocol network. Covista shall take commercially reasonable efforts to
protect its signaling systems and Verizon s signaling systems from interference
by unauthorized persons.
Each Party shall provide trunk groups, where available and upon reasonable
request, that are configured utilizing the B8ZS ESF protocol for 64 kbps clear
channel transmission to allow for IS ON interoperability between the Parties
respective networks.
The following publications describe the practices, procedures and specifications
generally utilized by Verizon for signaling purposes and are listed herein to assist
the Parties in meeting their respective Interconnection responsibilities related to
Signaling:
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Telcordia Generic Requirements, GR-905-CORE, Issue 1 , March
1995, and subsequent issues and amendments; and
Where applicable, Verizon Supplement Common Channel Signaling
Network Interface Specification (Verizon-905).
Each Party shall charge the other Party mutual and reciprocal rates for any
usage-based charges for CCS Signaling, toll free service access code (e.
800/888/877) database access, LlOB access, and access to other necessary
databases, as follows: Verizon shall charge Covista in accordance with the
Pricing Attachment and the terms and conditions in applicable Tariffs. Covista
shall charge Verizon rates equal to the rates Verizon charges Covista, unless
Covista s Tariffs for CCS signaling provide for lower generally available rates, in
which case Covista shall charge Verizon such lower rates. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, to the extent a Party uses a third party vendor for the provision of CCS
Signaling, such charges shall apply only to the third party vendor.
Operations Support Systems
Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1 of this Attachment and in Section 8 of the
Additional Services Attachment, Verizon shall provide Covista with access via electronic
interfaces to databases required for pre-ordering, ordering, provisioning, maintenance
and repair, and billing. Verizon shall provide Covista with such access in accordance
with, but only to the extent required by, Applicable Law. All such transactions shall be
submitted by Covista through such electronic interfaces.
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Any request by Covista for access to a Verizon Network Element that is not
already available and that Verizon is required by Applicable Law to provide on an
unbundled basis shall be treated as a Network Element Bona Fide Request
pursuant to Section 14., of this Attachment. Covista shall provide Verizon
access to its Network Elements as mutually agreed by the Parties or as required
by Applicable Law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 14, a Party shall not be
required to provide a proprietary Network Element to the other Party under this
Section 14 except as required by Applicable Law.
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Network Element Bona Fide Request (BFR).
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Each Party shall promptly consider and analyze access to a new
unbundled Network Element in response to the submission of a
Network Element Bona Fide Request by the other Party hereunder.
The Network Element Bona Fide Request process set forth herein
does not apply to those services requested pursuant to Report &
Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 91-141 (reI. Oct. 19, 1992)
,-r 259 and n.603 or subsequent orders.
A Network Element Bona Fide Request shall be submitted in writing
and shall include a technical description of each requested Network
Element.
The requesting Party may cancel a Network Element Bona Fide
Request at any time, but shall pay the other Party s reasonable and
demonstrable costs of processing andlor implementing the Network.
Element Bona Fide Request up to the date of cancellation.
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Within ten (10) Business Oays of its receipt, the receiving Party shall
acknowledge receipt of the Network Element Bona Fide Request.
Except under extraordinary circumstances, within thirty (30) days of its
receipt of a Network Element Bona Fide Request, the receiving Party
shall provide to the requesting Party a preliminary analysis of such
Network Element Bona Fide Request. The preliminary analysis shall
confirm that the receiving Party will offer access to the Network
Element or will provide a detailed explanation that access to the
Network Element is not technically feasible andlor that the request
does not qualify as a Network Element that is required to be provided
by Applicable Law.
If the receiving Party determines that the Network Element Bona Fide
Request is technically feasible and access to the Network Element is
required to be provided by Applicable Law, it shall promptly proceed
. with developing the Network Element Bona Fide Request upon receipt
of written authorization from the requesting Party. When it receives
such authorization, the receiving Party shall promptly develop the
requested services, determine their availability, calculate the
applicable prices and establish installation intervals. Unless the Parties
otherwise agree, the Network Element requested must be priced in
accordance with Section 252(d)(1) of the Act.
As soon as feasible, but not more than ninety (90) days after its receipt
of authorization to proceed with developing the Network Element Bona
Fide Request, the receiving Party shall provide to the requesting Party
a Network Element Bona Fide Request quote which will include, at a
minimum, a description of each Network Element, the availability, the
applicable rates, and the installation intervals.
Within thirty (30) days of its receipt of the Network Element Bona Fide
Request quote, the requesting Party must either confirm its order for
the Network Element Bona Fide Request pursuant to the Network
Element Bona Fide Request quote or seek arbitration by the
Commission pursuant to Section 252 of the Act.
If a Party to a Network Element Bona Fide Request believes that the
other Party is not requesting, negotiating or processing the Network
Element Bona Fide Request in good faith, or disputes a determination
or price or cost quote, or is failing to act in accordance with Section
251 of the Act, such Party may seek mediation or arbitration by the
Commission pursuant to Section 252 of the Act.
15.Maintenance of Network Elements
If (a) Covista reports to Verizon a Customer trouble , (b) Covista requests a dispatch, (c)
Verizon dispatches a technician , (d) such trouble was not caused by Verizon s facilities or
equipment in whole or in part, and (e) such trouble is not found within 30 days of the
initial dispatch to have been caused by Verizon s facilities or equipment in whole of part,
then Covista shall pay Verizon a charge set forth in the Pricing Attachment for time
associated with said dispatch. In addition , this charge also applies when the Customer
contact as designated by Covista is not available at the appointed time. Covista accepts
responsibility for initial trouble isolation and providing Verizon with appropriate dispatch
information based on its test results. If, as the result of Covista instructions, Verizon is
erroneously requested to dispatch to a site on Verizon company premises ("dispatch in
a charge set forth in the Pricing Attachment will be assessed per occurrence to Covista
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by Verizon. If as the result of Covista instructions, Verizon is erroneously requested to
dispatch to a site outside of Verizon company premises ("dispatch out"), a charge set
forth in the Pricing Attachment will be assessed per occurrence to Covista by Verizon.
Verizon agrees to respond to Covista trouble reports on a non-discriminatory basis
consistent with the manner in which it provides service to its own retail Customers or to
any other similarly situated Telecommunications Carrier.
16.Combinations
Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1 of this Attachment, Verizon shall be
obligated to provide a Combination only to the extent provision of such Combination is
required by Applicable Law. To the extent Verizon is required by Applicable Law to
provide a Combination to Covista, Verizon shall provide such Combination in accordance
with, and subject to, requirements established by Verizon that are consistent with
Applicable Law (such requirements, the "Combo Requirements ). Verizon shall make the
Combo Requirements publicly available in an electronic form.
17.Rates and Charges
The rates and charges for UNEs, Combinations and other services, facilities and
arrangements, offered under this Attachment shall be as provided in this Attachment and
the Pricing Attachment.
18.Good Faith Performance
If and, to the extent that, Verizon, prior to the Effective Oate of this Agreement, has not
provided in the State of Idaho a Service offered under this Attachment, Verizon reserves
the right to negotiate in good faith with Covista reasonable terms and conditions
(including, without limitation , rates and implementation timeframes) for such Service; and,
if the Parties cannot agree to such terms and conditions (including, without limitation
rates and implementation timeframes), either Party may utilize the Agreement's dispute
resolution procedures.
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COLLOCATION ATTACHMENT
Verizon s Provision of Collocation
Verizon shall provide to Covista, in accordance with this Agreement (including, but not
limited to, Verizon s applicable Tariffs) and the requirements of Applicable Law
Collocation for the purpose of facilitating Covista s interconnection with facilities or
services of Verizon or access to Unbundled Network Elements of Verizon; provided, that
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Verizon shall be obligated to
provide Collocation to Covista only to the extent required by Applicable Law and may
decline to provide Collocation to Covista to the extent that provision of Collocation is not
required by Applicable Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Collocation
Attachment, nothing in this Collocation Attachment shall be deemed to require Verizon to
provide (and, for the avoidance of any doubt, Verizon may decline to provide andlor
cease providing) Collocation that, if provided by Verizon, would be used by Covista to
obtain unbundled access to any network element: (a) that Verizon is not required to
unbundle under 47 U.C. 9 251 (c)(3) or (b) that Verizon is not required to unbundle
under 47 C.R. Part 51.
Because the Commission rejected Verizon s Collocation Tariff Advice No. 00-05 in Order
No. 28490 on August 29, 2000, Verizon shall provide Collocation according to the
following terms and conditions in the State of Idaho on an interim basis only until such
time as the Commission s decision is reversed and Verizon s Collocation Tariff Advice
No. 00-05 is permitted to go into effect or until such time as Verizon files another
Collocation Tariff in Idaho. At such time as the Commission s decision is reversed and
Verizon s Collocation Tariff Advice No. 00-05 is permitted to go into effect or at such time
as there is a Verizon Collocation Tariff on file with the Commission, and subject to the
foregoing, the following terms and conditions will be rendered ineffectual, and Verizon
shall provide Collocation to Covista in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth
in Verizon s Collocation Tariff, and Verizon shall do so regardless of whether or not such
terms and conditions are effective.
Section 1 of this Collocation Attachment ("Attachment"), in conjunction with the rest of
this Agreement, set forth the terms and conditions under which Verizon shall provide
Collocation services to Covista. Collocation provides for access to Verizon s "premises
for the purpose of interconnection andlor access to Unbundled Network Elements
(UNEs). For the purposes of this Attachment
, "
premises" is defined to include Verizon
central offices , serving Wire Centers, and all other buildings or similar structures owned
leased, or otherwise controlled by Verizon that house Verizon s network facilities.
Collocation at Verizon s Wire Centers and access tandems shall be accomplished
through caged, cageless , virtual or microwave service offerings, as described below
except if not practical for technical reasons or due to space limitations. In such event,
Verizon shall provide adjacent Collocation or other methods of Collocation, subject to
space availability and technical feasibility. In accordance with, but only to the extent
required by Applicable Law, Verizon shall also offer rates, terms and conditions for
Collocation services that are not expressly addressed in this Attachment or Verizon
Tariffs on an individual case basis.
Types of Collocation.
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Sinale Caaed . A single caged arrangement is a form of caged
Collocation, which allows a single CLEC to lease caged floor space to
house its equipment within Verizon premises.
Shared Caaed. A shared caged arrangement is a newly constructed
caged Collocation arrangement that is jointly applied for and occupied
by two or more CLECs within a Verizon premise. When two or more
CLECs request establishment and jointly apply for a new caged
Collocation arrangement to be used as a shared caged arrangement
one of the participating CLECs must agree to be the host CLEC (HC)
and the other(s) to be the guest CLEC (GC). The HC and GC(s) are
solely responsible for determining whether to share a shared caged
Collocation arrangement and if so, upon what terms and conditions.
The HC and GC(s) must each be interconnected to Verizon for the
exchange of traffic with Verizon andlor to access unbundled network
elements. Verizon will not issue separate billing for any of the rate
elements associated with the shared caged Collocation arrangement
between the HC and the GC(s), but Verizon will provide the HC with
information on the proportionate share of the NRCs for each CLEC in
the shared arrangement. The HC will be responsible for ordering and
payment of all Collocation applicable services ordered by the HC and
GC(s). The HC and GC will be responsible for ordering their own
unbundled network elements from Verizon. Verizon will separately bill
the HC andlor GC(s) for unbundled network elements ordered. The
HC and GC(s) are Verizon s customers and have all the rights and
obligations applicable hereunder to CLECs purchasing Collocation-
related services, including, without limitation, the obligation to pay all
applicable charges, whether or not the HC is reimbursed for all or any
portion of such charges by the guest(s). All terms and conditions for
caged Collocation as described in this Attachment will apply to shared
caged Collocation requirements.
Subleased Caaed. Vacant space available in a CLEC's caged
Collocation arrangement may be made available to a third party(s) for
the purpose of interconnection andlor for access to UNEs in Verizon
premises via the subleasing Collocation arrangement. The CLEC
subleases the floor space to the third party(s) pursuant to terms and
conditions agreed to by the CLEC and the third party(s) involved. The
CLEC and third party(s) must each be interconnected to Verizon for
the exchange of traffic with Verizon andlor to access unbundled
network elements. The CLEC is solely responsible for determining
whether to sublease a shared caged Collocation arrangement and if
so, upon what terms and conditions. Verizon will not issue separate
billing for any of the rate elements associated with the subleased
caged Collocation arrangement between the CLEC and the third
party(s). The CLEC will be responsible for ordering and payment of all
Collocation applicable services ordered by the CLEC and the third
party(s). Each CLEC and third party will be responsible for ordering
their own unbundled network elements from Verizon. Verizon will
separately bill the CLEC and third party/parties for unbundled network
elements ordered. The CLEC and third party(s) are Verizon
customers and have all the rights and obligations applicable hereunder
to CLECs purchasing Collocation-related services, including, without
limitation, the obligation to pay all applicable charges, whether or not
the CLEC is reimbursed for all or any portion of such charges by the
third party(s). All terms and conditions for caged Collocation as
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Ordering.
described in this Attachment will apply to subleased caged Collocation
requirements.
Caaeless. Cageless Collocation is a form of Collocation in which
CLECs can place their equipment in Verizon premises. A cageless
Collocation arrangement allows a CLEC , using Verizon approved
vendors, to install equipment in single bay increments in an area
designated by Verizon. The equipment location will be designated by
Verizon and will vary based on individual Verizon premise
configurations. CLEC equipment will not share the same equipment
bays with Verizon equipment.
Adjacent.An adjacent Collocation arrangement permits a CLEC to
construct or procure a structure on Verizon property for Collocation for
the purposes of interconnection andlor access to UNEs in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Adjacent Collocation
is only an option when the following conditions are met: (1) space is
legitimately exhausted in Verizon s premise for caged and cageless
Collocation; and (2) it is technically feasible to construct or procure a
hut or similar structure on Verizon property that adheres to local
building code , zoning requirements, and Verizon building standards.
Covista is responsible for complying with all zoning requirements, any
federal , state or local regulations, ordinances and laws, and obtaining
all associated permits. Verizon may, where required, participate in the
zoning approval and permit acquisitions. Covista may not take any
action in establishing an adjacent structure that will force Verizon to
violate any zoning requirements or any federal, state, or local
regulations, ordinances, or laws.
Any construction by Covista on Verizon property must comply with
Verizon s technical specifications as they relate to environmental
safety and grounding requirements. Verizon will make available power
and physical Collocation services to Covista in the same non-
discriminatory manner as it provides itself for its own remote
equipment buildings (REBs).
Virtual.Under virtual Collocation, Verizon installs and maintains
Covista provided equipment which is dedicated to the exclusive use of
the Covista in a Collocation arrangement. Additional details on virtual
Collocation are set forth in Section 1.
Microwave. Physical Collocation of microwave transmission facilities
will be permitted on a first-come, first-served basis except where such
Collocation is not practical for technical reasons or because of space
limitations. Microwave Collocation provides for the interconnection of
Covista or Verizon provided facilities , equipment and support
structures located in , on or above the exterior walls and roof of Verizon
premises. Additional details on microwave Collocation are set forth in
Section 1.10.
Application.
Point of Contact.Covista must request Collocation
arrangements through Verizon s designated point of
contact. Completed applications for Collocation must be
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sent directly to Verizon s Collocation Project Manager at the
following address: Collocation Project Manager, Verizon
125 High Street, Room 1134, Boston, MA 02110;
Facsimile: [phone]; E-Mail at:
coliocation.applicationsCWverizon.com.Additional
information and requirements regarding Collocation may be
obtained from Verizon s public website at www.verizon.com.
Application Form/Fee. Covista requesting Collocation at a
Verizon premise will be required to complete the application
form and submit the non-refundable engineering fee set
forth in the Pricing Attachment, described in Section 1.
for each Verizon premise at which Collocation is requested.
The application form will require Covista to provide all
engineering, floor space (where applicable), power
environmental and other requirements necessary for the
function of the service. Covista will provide Verizon with
specifications for any non-standard or special requirements
at the time of application. Verizon reserves the right to
assess the customer any additional charges on an
individual case basis ("ICB") associated with complying with
the requirements. Any such charges shall be noticed to
Covista.
Verizon will process Collocation requests from CLECs on a
first-come , first-serve basis pursuant to Verizon s receipt of
. a completed application form and the non-refundable
engineering fee.
Space Availabilitv.Subject to forecasting requirements, Verizon will
inform Covista whether space is available to accommodate Covista
request within eight (8) Business Oays after receipt of a completed
application. Verizon s response will be one of the following:
There is space and Verizon will proceed with the
arrangement.
There is no space. Verizon will proceed as described in
Section 1.4.
There is no readily available space, however, Verizon will
determine whether space can be made available and will
notify Covista within twenty (20) Business Oays. At the end
of this period, Verizon will proceed as described in 1.10r
2 above.
Collocation Schedule. If space is available, Verizon will provide to
Covista a Collocation schedule describing Verizon s ability to meet the
physical Collocation request within eight (8) Business Oays after
receipt of a completed application. Covista shall have nine (9)
Business Oays from receipt of a Verizon provided Collocation
schedule to pay 50% of the NRCs associated with the ordered
Collocation services.
If the application is deficient, Verizon will specify in writing, within eight (8)
Business Oays, the information that must be provided by Covista in order
to complete the application. If Covista resubmits a revised application
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curing any deficiencies in its original application within ten (10) calendar
days after being informed of them, Covista shall retain its position within
the Collocation application queue.
(Intentionally Left Blank).
Augmentation.Any request for an addition , partial reduction, or a
change to an existing Collocation arrangement that has been
inspected and turned over to Covista shall be considered an
augmentation request. An augmentation request will require the
submission of a complete application form and a non-refundable
engineering or minor augment fee. A minor augment fee may not be
required under the circumstances outlined below. The definition of a
major or minor augment is as follows:
Major augments of Collocation arrangements are those
requests that: (a) require AC or OC power; (b) add
equipment that generates more BTU's of heat, or (c)
increase the floor space over what Covista requested in its
original application. A complete application and engineering
fee will be required when submitting a request that requires
a major augment.
Minor augments of Collocation arrangements will require
the submission of a complete application form and the
minor augment fee. Minor augments are those requests
that: (a) do not require additional OC and AC power, (b) do
not add equipment that generates more BTU's of heat, (c)
do not increase floor space, and (d) do not add transmission
cables, over what Covista requested in its original
application. The requirements of a minor augment request
cannot exceed the capacity of the existing/proposed
electrical , power or HVAC system. Requests for additional
OSO, OS1 , and OS3 facility terminations to access Verizon
unbundled network elements are included as minor
augments, providing no additional transmission cables are
required.
Minor augments that require an augment fee are those
requests that require Verizon to perform a service or
function on behalf of Covista including but not limited to:
installation of virtual equipment cards or software upgrades,
removal of virtual equipment, requests to pull cable from
exterior microwave facilities, and requests to terminate OSO
OS1 and OS3 cables.
Minor augments that do not require a fee are those
augments performed solely by Covista, that do not require
Verizon to provide a service or function on behalf of Covista
including but not limited to, requests to install additional
equipment in Covista Collocation space. Prior to the
installation of the additional equipment, Covista agrees to
provide Verizon an application form with an updated
equipment listing that includes the new equipment to be
installed in Covista s Collocation arrangement. Once the
equipment list is submitted to Verizon, Covista may proceed
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1.2.
with the augment. Covista agrees that changes in
equipment provided by Covista under this provision will not
exceed the engineering specifications for power and HVAC
as requested on original application. All augments will be
subject to Verizon inspection, in accordance with term of
this contract for the purpose of ensuring compliance with
Verizon safety standards.
Exoansion . Verizon will not be required to construct additional space
to provide for Covista Collocation when available space has been
exhausted. Where Covista seeks to expand its existing Collocation
space, Verizon shall make contiguous space available to the extent
possible; provided, however, Verizon does not guarantee contiguous
space to Covista to expand its existing Collocation space. Covista
requests for expansion of existing space within a specific Verizon
premise will require the submission of an application form and the
appropriate major augment fee.
Relocation.Covista requests for relocation of the termination
equipment from one location to a different location within the same
Verizon premise will be handled on an 1GB basis. Covista will be
responsible for all costs associated with the relocation of its
equipment.
Installation and Operation.
Joint Plannina and Imolementation Levels for Phvsical Collocation.
Verizon and Covista shall work cooperatively in meeting the standard
implementation milestones and deliverables as determined during the
joint planning process. The physical (caged and cageless) Collocation
arrangement implementation interval is seventy-six (76) Business
Oays for all standard arrangement requests which were properly
forecast six (6) months prior to the application date, subject to the
conditions set forth for forecasting and capacity. Major construction
obstacles or special Covista requirements may extend the interval by
fifteen (15) Business Oays, resulting in a ninety-one (91 )-Business
Oay interval.
1.3.The interval for Collocation augments which were properly
forecast six months prior to the application date, subject to
Section 1.1.4 as well as the conditions for forecasting and
capacity, is forty-five (45) Business Oays where the
necessary infrastructure is installed and available for use.
Such augments are limited to the following:
800 2 wire voice grade terminations, or
400 4 wire voice grade terminations, or
600 line sharing/line splitting facilities, where line
sharing/splitting already exists within the central
office and where Covista is eligible for line
sharinglline splitting, or
1.4 28 OS 1 terminations, or
24 OS3 terminations, or
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12 fiber terminations, or
Conversion of 2 wire voice grade to 4 wire
(minimum 100 - maximum 800), or
2 feeds (1A and 1B) OC power fused at 60 amps
or less, or
OC Power as defined in 8 preceding, plus any
one (1) additional item as defined in 1 through 7
preceding; or 2 of the following: a) 28 OS1
terminations; b) 3 OS3 terminations; or c) 12
fiber terminations. Covista must have 100% of
all cables terminated to the existing cross
connects for the one additional item selected
and the in-service capacity of that selection must
be at 85% utilization or above unless Covista
can demonstrate to Verizon that: a) the
previous two months trend in growth would
exceed 100% of the available capacity by the
end of the forty-five (45) Business Oay augment
interval; or b) other good cause or causes that
Covista cross connect capacity may be
exceeded by the end of the forty-five (45)
Business Oay augment interval.
For 2 wire to 4 wire voice grade conversions, all pairs must
be spare and in consecutive 100 pair counts.
The following standard implementation milestones will
apply, in Business Oays, unless Verizonand Covista jointly
decide otherwise:
3.4
Oay 1-Covista submits completed application
and associated fee.
Oay 8-Verizon notifies Covista that request can
be accommodated and advises of due date.
Oay 17-Covista notifies Verizon of its intent to
proceed and submits 50% payment.
Oay 3D-Material ships and is received at
vendor warehouse; Covista provided splitters
delivered to vendor warehouse (Line Sharing
Option C only, and applicable only where
Covista is eligible for line sharing/line splitting).
Oay 45-Augment (as defined herein)
completes.
Oay 76-Verizon and Covista attend Collocation
acceptance meeting and Verizon turns over the
Collocation arrangement to Covista. Oay 76
also applies to completion of other augments not
defined herein.
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The forty-five (45) Business Oay interval is subject to the
following requirements:
1.4.Infrastructure to support the requested augment
must be in place (e., cable racking from
common area to distributing frames, relay racks
for splitter shelves, frame capacity for
termination blocks, cable holes, fuse positions at
existing Battery Oistribution Fuse Boards
(BOFBs).
1.4.The Covista must install sufficient equipment to
support requested terminations/facilities.
1.4.In large central offices with complex cable runs
(Le., multiple floors), the Verizon may request to
negotiate extensions to the forty-five (45)
Business Oay interval.
A preliminary schedule will be developed outlining major
milestones. Covista and Verizon control various interim
milestones they must complete in order to meet the overall
intervals. The interval clock will stop, and the final due date
will be adjusted accordingly, for each milestone Covista
misses (day for day). When Verizon becomes aware of the
possibility of vendor delays, Verizon will first contact Covista
to attempt to negotiate a new interval. If Verizon and
Covista cannot agree, the dispute will be submitted to the
Commission for prompt resolution. Verizon and Covista
shall conduct additional joint planning meetings, as
reasonably required, to ensure that all known issues are
discussed and to address any that may impact the
implementation process. Verizon will permit Covista to
schedule one escorted visit to Covista s Collocation space
during construction. The applicable labor rates in the
Pricing Attachment will be applied for the escorted visit
the case of extended intervals resulting from within Verizon
control or resulting from vendor delays, and provided the
necessary security is in place, Verizon will permit Covista
access to the Collocation arrangement to install equipment
while the delayed work is completed, so long as it is safe to do
so and Covista s work does not impair or interfere with Verizon
in completing Verizon s work. Prior to Covista beginning the
installation of its equipment, Covista must sign a conditional
acceptance of the Collocation arrangement. If Covista elects
to accept the space prior to the scheduled completion
occupancy fees shall commence upon signing a conditional
acceptance of the space by Covista.
Intervals for non-standard arrangements, including adjacent
Collocation, shall be mutually agreed upon by Covista and
Verizon.
Verizon will inform the Commission as soon as it knows it
will require raw space conversion to fulfill a request based
on an application or forecast. Raw space conversion
timeframes are negotiated on an individual case basis
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based on negotiations with the site preparation vendor(s).
Verizon will use its best efforts to minimize the additional
time required to condition Collocation space, and will inform
Covista of the time estimates as soon as possible.
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Verizon will request forecasts from Covista on a semi-
annual basis, with each forecast covering a two-year period.
Covista will be required to update the near-term (6-month)
forecasted application dates. Information requested will
include central office, month applications are expected to be
sent, requested in-service month , preference for virtual or
physical (caged or cageless) Collocation, square footage
required (physical), high-level list of equipment to be
installed (virtual), and anticipated splitter arrangements
where Covista is eligible for line sharing/line splitting. For
augments, Covista may elect to substitute alternative CLLI
codes within a LATA for the forecasted demand.
If Verizon has a written guarantee of reimbursement, it will
examine forecasts for offices in which it is necessary to
condition space, and discuss these forecasts with Covista to
determine the required space to be conditioned. IfVerizon
commits to condition space based on forecasts and if Covista
is assigned space, Covista will give Verizon a non-refundable
deposit equal to the application fee. Verizon will perform initial
reviews of requested central offices forecasted for the next six
months to identify potential problem sites. Verizon will consider
forecasts in staffing decisions. Verizon will enter into planning
discussions with Covista to validate forecasts, discuss flexibility
in potential trouble areas, and assist in application preparation.
Unforecasted demand (including augments) will be given a
lesser priority than forecasted demand. Verizon will make
every attempt to meet standard intervals for unforecasted
requests. However, if unanticipated requests push demand
beyond Verizon s capacity limits, Verizon will negotiate
longer intervals as required (and within reason). In general
ifforecasts are received less than two (2) months prior to
the application date, the interval start day may be
postponed as follows:
No forecast: Interval Start Oate commences two
(2) months after application receipt date.
2.2 Forecast received one (1) month or less prior to
application receipt date: Interval Start Oate
commences two (2) months after application
receipt date.
2.2.Forecast received greater than one (1) month
and less than two (2) months prior to application
receipt date: Interval Start Oate commences
one (1) month after application receipt date.
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2.4 Forecast received two (2) months or more prior
to application receipt date: Interval Start Oate
commences on the application receipt date.
Any such interval adjustments will be discussed with
Covista at the time the application is received.
Collocation Capacity.
Verizon s estimate of its present capacity (Le., no more than
an increase of 15% over the average number of
applications received for the preceding three months in a
particular geographic area) is based on current staffing and
current vendor arrangements. If the forecasts indicate
spikes in demand, Verizon will attempt to smooth the
demand via negotiations with the forecasting CLECs. If
Verizon and Covista fail to agree to smooth demand
Verizon will determine if additional expenditures would be
required to satisfy the spikes in demand and will work with
the Commission Staff to determine whether such additional
expenditure is warranted and to evaluate cost recovery
options.
If Verizon augments its workforce based on Covista
forecasts and if Covista refuses to smooth demand as
described in Section 1., Covista will be held
accountable for the accuracy of their forecasts.
Vendor Capacity. Verizon will continuously seek to improve vendor
performance for all premises work, including Collocation. Since the
vendors require notice in order to meet increases in demand , Verizon
will share Covista actual and forecasted demand with appropriate
vendors, as required, subject to the appropriate confidentiality
safeguards.
Responsibilitv for Vendor Oelavs. No party shall be excused from their
obligations due to the acts or omissions of a Party s subcontractors
material, person, suppliers or other third persons providing such
products or services to such Party unless such acts or omissions are
the product of a Force Majeure Event, or unless such delay or failure
and the consequences thereof are beyond the reasonable control and
without the fault or negligence of the Party claiming excusable delay or
failure to perform.
Space Preparation.
Caae Construction. For caged Collocation , Covista may
construct the cage with a standard enclosure if they are a
Verizon approved contractor or Covista may subcontract
this work to a Verizon approved contractor.
Site Selection/Power. Verizon shall designate the space
within its premise where Covista shall collocate its
equipment. Verizon will assign Collocation space to Covista
in a just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory manner.
Verizon will allow Covista requesting caged or cageless
Collocation to submit space preferences on the Application
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Form prior to assigning caged and cageless Collocation
space to Covista. Verizon will assign caged and cageless
space in accordance with the following standards: (1)
Covista s Collocation costs cannot be materially increased
by the assignment; (2) Covista s occupation and use of
Verizon s premises cannot be materially delayed by the
assignment; (3) The assignment cannot impair the quality of
service or impose other limitations on the service Covista
wishes to offer; and (4) The assignment cannot reduce
unreasonably the total space available for caged and
cage less Collocation, or preclude unreasonably, caged and
cageless Collocation within Verizon s premises.
Verizon may assign caged and cageless Collocation to
space separate from space housing Verizon s equipment,
provided that each of the following conditions is met: (1)
Either legitimate security concerns, or operational
constraints unrelated to Verizon s or any of its affiliates' or
subsidiaries competitive concerns, warrant such separation;
(2) Any caged and cageless Collocation space assigned to
an affiliate or subsidiary of Verizon is separated from space
housing Verizon s equipment; (3) The separated space will
be available in the same time frame as, or a shorter time
frame than, non-separated space; (4) The cost ofthe
separated space to Covista will not be materially higher than
the cost of non-separated space; and (5) The separated
space is comparable, from a technical and engineering
standpoint, to non-separated space.
Where applicable, Verizon shall provide, at the rates set
forth in the Pricing Attachment described in Section 1.
48V OC power with generator andlor battery back-up, heat
air conditioning and other environmental support to
Covista s equipment in the same standards and parameters
required for Verizon equipment within that Verizon premise.
Covista may install AC convenience outlets and overhead
lighting if Covista is a Verizon approved contractor, or this
work may be subcontracted to a Verizon approved
contractor.
OC Power. Verizon will provide OC power to the
Collocation arrangement as specified by Covista in its
Collocation application. The Covista will specify the load on
each feed and the size of the fuse to be placed on each
feed. Covista must order a minimum of ten (10) load amps
for each caged, cage less, and virtual Collocation
arrangement. Covista may order additional OC Power
(beyond the minimum) in one (1) amp increments. Charges
forDC power will be applied based on the total number of
load amps ordered on each feed.
For example, if Covista orders a total of 40 load amps of OC
power and an A and B feed, Covista could order 20 load
amps on the A feed and 20 load amps on the B feed.
Verizon will permit Covista to order a fuse size up to 2.
times the load amps ordered provided that applicable law
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permits this practice. Thus, Covista could order that each
feed be fused at 50 amps if Covista wants one feed to carry
the entire load in the event the other feed fails. Accordingly,
Covista will be charged on the basis of the total number of
load amps ordered, Le., 40 amps, and not based on the
total number of amps available for the fuse size ordered.
Covista is responsible for engineering the power
consumption in its Collocation arrangements and therefore
must consider any special circumstances in determining the
fused capacity of each feed. Verizon will engineer the
power feeds to the Collocation arrangement in accordance
with industry standards based upon requirements ordered
by Covista in its Collocation application. Any subsequent
orders to increase OC power load at a Collocation
arrangement must be submitted on a Collocation
application.
Verizon reserves the right to perform random inspections to
verify the actual power load being drawn by a Collocation
arrangement. At any time, without written notice, Verizon
may measure the OC power drawn at an arrangement by
monitoring Verizon s power distribution point. In those
instances where Verizon needs access to the Collocation
arrangement to make these measurements, Verizon will
schedule a joint meeting with Covista.
If the inspection reveals that the power being drawn does
not exceed the total number of load amps ordered , no
further action will apply.
If the inspection reveals that the power being drawn
exceeds the total number of load amps ordered but is within
the applicable buffer zone, as defined in Section 1.
that arrangement is subject to the following treatment:
Verizon will provide Covi sta with written
notification, by certified US mail to the person
designated by Covista to receive such notice
that more power is being drawn than was
ordered. Within ten (10) Business Oays of the
date of receipt of notification, Covista must
reduce the power being drawn to match its
ordered load or revise its power requirement to
accommodate the additional power being drawn.
Verizon will accept a certification signed by a
representative of Covista that power
consumption has been reduced to match the
ordered load. Failure to reduce the power being
drawn or submit a revised application within ten
(10) Business Oays will result in an increase in
the amount of power being billed to the audited
load amount.
For a Collocation arrangement that has 100
amps or less fused, the buffer zone for the first
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two violations during a consecutive twelve (12)
month period will be 120% of load , as long as
the second violation is not for the same
Collocation arrangement as the first. For any
subsequent violations, or if the second violation
is for the same Collocation arrangement, and for
any violation where the Collocation arrangement
has more than 100 amps fused, the buffer zone
will be 110% of load.
If the first inspection reveals that the power being drawn is
greater than the applicable buffer zone specified in
, that arrangement is subject to the following
treatment:
8.4
Verizon will notify the person designated by
Covista to receive such notice via telephone or
e-mail that Verizon will take a second
measurement no sooner than one (1) hour and
no later than two (2) days after the initial
inspection. Verizon will not wait for Covista or
require it to be present during the second
inspection.
Additional Labor charges, as set forth in the
Pricing Attachment, apply for the cost
associated with performing this inspection.
Covista may perform its own inspection at
Covista s cage. Covista is not required to wait
for Verizon or require it to be present during
Covista test. Upon request of Covista, Verizon
will send a representative to accompany Covista
to conduct a joint inspection at Covista cage at
no charge to Covista. Nothing herein shall be
construed to prohibit Covista from testing at its
own cage. Covista will send the results of its
own audit measurements to Verizon if they are
taken in response to a notice of violation under
this section and if Covista s measurements differ
from Verizon
If the second test also exceeds the applicable
buffer zone, Verizon will provide Covista with
written notification , within ten (10) Business
Oays, by certified U.S. mail to the person
designated by Covista to receive such notice
that it has exceeded its ordered power. The
notification will include: (1) initials or identifying
number ofVerizon technician(s) who performed
the inspection; (2) dates and times of the
inspections; (3) the make, model and type of test
equipment used; (4) the length of monitoring and
the results of the specific audit; (5) the total load
amps currently being billed; (6) how the test was
done; and (7) any other relevant information or
documents.
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Verizon will maintain a file of results taken of any
inspections for two (2) years and such file will be
made available to Covista that was audited,
upon request. Verizon will treat as confidential
information the identity of CLECs that it audits
as well as the results of such audits, unless it
receives prior written consent of the affected
CLEC to disclose such information or is required
by Applicable Law to disclose such information
to a court or commission. The foregoing does
not preclude Verizon from making the notice
described in Section 1.
If Covista disagrees with the results of the audit
Covista will first notify Verizon. Verizon and
Covista will make a good faith effort to resolve
the issue. If the parties do not resolve the issue,
either party can invoke dispute resolution
processes set forth in this Agreement. The
dispute resolution process set forth in this
Agreement can be initiated by either party after
thirty (30) calendar days have elapsed. This
period commences: (1) ten (10) Business Oays
from receipt of the notification, in the case of
violation within the buffer zone; or (2) after
Covista has recei-.ed notice of the second test
in the case of a violation over the buffer zone.
With the notification required by Section
8.4, Verizon will also notify Covista that it
must submit a non-scheduled attestation of the
power being drawn at each of its remaining
Collocation arrangements in the state. Covista
must submit this non-scheduled attestation
within fifteen (15) Business Oays of the date of
this notification. Failure to submit this non-
scheduled attestation will result in the
application of additional labor charges for any
subsequent OC power inspections Verizon
performs prior to receipt of the next scheduled
attestation. Scheduled attestations are defined
in Section 1.11.
If the inspection reveals that the power being drawn is
greater than the applicable buffer zone set forth in Section
, then Covista shall pay Verizon for additional
power, as well as make separate and additional payments
to a charitable organization agreed upon by the parties
("Charity ) in accordance with the following:
For the first such violation within the same
consecutive twelve (12) month period, Covista
will be billed the audited load amount for four (4)
months. Covista will make a separate and
additional payment to the Charity, measured as
the difference between the billing of the fused
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capacity and the billing at the audited load for
four (4) months. Covista must send notice of its
Charity payment to Verizon within ten (10)
calendar days of making the payment.
For the second such violation within the same
consecutive twelve (12) month period, Covista
will be billed the audited load amount for five (5)
months. Covista will make a separate and
additional payment to the Charity, measured as
the difference between the billing of the fused
capacity and the billing at the audited load for
five (5) months. Covista must send notice of its
Charity payment to Verizon within ten (10)
calendar days of making the payment.
For the third such violation within the same
consecutive twelve (12) month period, Covista
will be billed the audited load amount for six (6)
months. Covista will make a separate and
additional payment to the Charity, measured as
the difference between the billing of the fused
capacity and the billing at the audited load for six
(6) months. Covista must send notice of its
Charity payment to Verizon within ten (10)
calendar days of making the payment.
9.4 For more than three (3) violations within the
same consecutive twelve (12) month period,
Verizon will bill Covista at the fused amount for a
minimum of six (6) months and continue to bill at
the fused amount until an updated attestation or
augment specifying revised power is received.
Verizon will notify Covista that it is being billed
pursuant to this Section 1., designating the
applicable number of months and also
calculating the payment owed to the Charity,
under the provisions set forth preceding.
At the conclusion of any dispute resolution
proceeding, the above payments will be self.
executing.
If Covista has requested a power augment under which the
audited amount would be within the augmented load, plus
the applicable buffer zone set forth in Section 1., and
the augment is late due to the fault of Verizon, the
payments specified in Section 1.9 will not be imposed
and the parties will not count such an instance for purposes
of implementing Section 1.
Annually, Covista must submit a written statement signed
by a responsible officer of Covista, which attests that it is
not exceeding the total load of power as ordered in its
Collocation applications. This attestation, which must be
received by Verizon no later than the last day of June , shall
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individually list all of Covista s completed Collocation
arrangements provided by Verizon in the state. If Covista
fails to submit this written statement by the last day in June
Verizon will notify Covista in writing that it has thirty (30)
calendar days to submit its power attestation. Failure to
submit the required statement within the thirty (30) calendar
day notice period will result in the billing of OC power at
each Collocation arrangement to be increased to the total
number of amps fused until such time as Verizon receives
the required written statement by Covista.
Whenever Verizon is required to perform work on a
Collocation arrangement as a result of Covista s order for a
reduction in power requirements (e., change in fuse size),
Verizon will assess a non-recurring charge for the additional
labor. The non-recurring charge applies for the first half
hour (or fraction thereof) and for each additional half hour
(or fraction thereof) per technician , per occurrence as
shown in the Pricing Attachment.
If Covista orders a change in the power configuration
requiring new -48 volt OC power feeds to the Collocation
arrangement, Verizon will require an engineering/major
augment Fee with an application, as set forth in the Pricing
Attachment, subject to the terms and conditions described
in Section 1.5. In addition, if Covista s order for a
reduction in OC power triggers the deployment of power
cabling to a different power distribution point, the
engineering/major augment fee as set forth in the Pricing
Attachment applies. Verizon will work cooperatively with
Covista to configure the new power distribution cables and
disconnect the old ones.
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Purchase of Equipment.Covista will be responsible for
supply, purchase, delivery, installation and maintenance of
its equipment and equipment bay(s) in the Collocation area.
Verizon is not responsible for the design , engineering, or
performance of Covista s equipment and provided facilities
for Collocation. Upon installation of all transmission and
power cables for Collocation services, Covista relinquishes
all rights, title and ownership of transmission (excluding
fiber entrance facility cable) and power cables to Verizon.
Permissible Equipment.Verizon shall permit the
Collocation and use of any equipment necessary for
interconnection or access to unbundled network elements in
accordance with the following standards: (1) Equipment is
necessary for interconnection if an inability to deploy that
equipment would, as a practical , economic, or operational
matter, preclude Covista from obtaining interconnection with
Verizon at a level equal in quality to that which Verizon
obtains within its own network or Verizon provides to any of
its affiliates, subsidiaries, or other parties; and (2)
Equipment is necessary for access to an unbundled
network element if an inability to deploy that equipment
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would, as a practical, economic, or operational matter
preclude Covista from obtaining nondiscriminatory access
to that unbundled network element, including any of its
features, functions, or capabilities.
Multi-functional equipment shall be deemed necessary for
interconnection or aC(::ess to an unbundled network element
if and only if the primary purpose and function of the
equipment, as Covista seeks to deploy it, meets either or
both of the standards set forth in the preceding paragraph.
For a piece of equipment to be utilized primarily to obtain
equal in quality interconnection or nondiscriminatory access
to one or more unbundled network elements, there also
must be a logical nexus between the additional functions the
equipment would perform and the telecommunication
services Covista seeks to provide to its customers by
means of the interconnection or unbundled network
element. The Collocation of those functions of the
equipment that, as stand-alone functions, do not meet either
of the standards set forth in the preceding paragraph must
not cause the equipment to significantly increase the burden
on Verizon s property.
Whenever Verizon objects to Collocation of equipment by
Covista for purposes within the scope of Section 251(c)(6)
of the Act, Verizon shall prove to the state commission that
the equipment is not necessary for interconnection or
access to unbundled network elements under the standards
set forth above.
Covista may place in its caged Collocation space ancillary
equipment such as cross connect frames, and metal
storage cabinets. Metal storage cabinets must meet
Verizon premise environmental standards.
Specifications . Collocation facilities shall be placed
maintained, relocated or removed in accordance with the
applicable requirements and specifications of the current
editions of the National Electrical Code (NEC), the National
Electrical Safety Code (NESC) and rules and regulations of
the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), the
Federal Communications Commission, the Commission
and any other governing authority having jurisdiction. All
Covista entrance facilities and splices must comply with
Telecordia Technologies' Generic Specification for Optical
Fiber and Optical Fiber Cable (TR- TSY-00020), Cable
Placing Handbook, Cable Splicing Handbook, Cable
Maintenance Handbook, and General Information Tools and
Safety, as they relate to fire, safety, health, environmental
safeguards or interference with Verizon services or facilities.
Covista designated and installed equipment located within
Verizon premises must comply with the most recent issue
unless otherwise specified , of Telecordia Technologies
Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) Generic
Equipment Requirements (GR-CORE-63) as it pertains to
safety requirements. This equipment must also comply with
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the most current issue, unless otherwise specified, of
Verizon s Network Equipment Installation Standards
(Verizon Information Publication IP 72201) and Verizon
Central Office Engineering Standards (Verizon Information
Publication IP 72013). Where a difference in specification
may exist, the more stringent shall apply. If there is a
conflict between industry standards and Verizon s technical
specifications, Covista and Verizon will make a good faith
effort to resolve the difference. Covista designated facilities
shall not physically, electronically or inductively interfere
with the facilities of Verizon, other CLEC(s), tenant(s) or any
other party. If such interference occurs, Verizon may take
action as permitted under Section 1.
Covista equipment must conform to the same specific
risk/safety/hazard standards which Verizon imposes on its
own central office equipment as defined in Verizon s NEBS
requirements RNSA-NEB-95-0003, Revision 10 or higher.
Covista equipment is not required to meet the same
performance and reliability standards as Verizon imposes
on its own equipment as defined in Verizon s RNSA-NEB-
95-0003, Revision 10 or higher. In addition, Covista may
install equipment that has been deployed by Verizon for five
(5) years or more with a proven safety record; however, this
provision does not prohibit the installation of equipment less
than five years old, provided the equipment meets the
NEBS safety guidelines referenced in this section prior to
the time of deployment. Verizon reserves the right to
specify the type of cable, equipment and construction
standards required in situations not otherwise covered in
this Agreement. In such cases, Verizon will, at its
discretion, furnish to Covista written material which will
specify and explain the required construction.
Cable. Covista is required to provide proper cabling, based
on circuit type (VF, OSO , xOSL , OS1 , OS3, etc.) to ensure
adequate shielding and reduce the possibility of
interference. Covista is responsible for providing fire
retardant riser cable that meets Verizon standards. Verizon
is responsible for placing Covista s fire retardant riser cable
from the cable vault to the Collocation space. Verizon is
responsible for installing Covista provided fiber optic cable
in the cable space or conduit from the first manhole to the
premises. This may be shared conduit with dedicated inner
duct. If Covista provides its own fiber optic facility, then
Covista shall be responsible for bringing its fiber optic cable
to the Verizon premise manhole. Covista must leave
sufficient cable length for Verizon to be able to fully extend
such cable through to Covista s Collocation space.
Manhole/SDlicina Restrictions.Verizon reserves the right to
prohibit all equipment and facilities, other than fiber optic
cable, in its manholes. Covista will not be permitted to
splice fiber optic cable in the first manhole outside of the
Verizon premise. Where Covista is providing underground
fiber optic cable in Manhole #1 , it must be of sufficient
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length as specified by Verizon to be pulled through the
Verizon premise to Covista s Collocation space. Verizon is
responsible for installing a cable splice, if necessary, where
Covista provided fiber optic cable meets Verizon standards
within the Verizon premise cable vault or designated
splicing chamber. Verizon will provide space and racking
for the placement of an approved secured fire retardant
splice enclosure.
Access Points and Restrictions . Points of interconnection
and demarcation between Covista s facilities and Verizon
facilities will be designated by Verizon. This point(s) will be
a direct connection(s) to Covista s network. Verizon shall
have the right to require Covista to terminate Collocation
facilities onto a Point of Termination (POT) Bay. Covista
must tag all entrance facilities to indicate ownership.
Covista will not be allowed access to Verizon s OSX line-
ups, MOF or any other Verizon facility termination points.
Only Verizon employees, agents or contractors will be
allowed access to the MOF, OSX, or fiber distribution panel
to terminate facilities, test connectivity, run jumpers andlor
hot patch in-service circuits.
Staaina Area . For caged and cageless Collocation
arrangements, Covista shall have the right to use a
designated staging area, a portion of the Verizon premise
and loading areas, if available, on a temporary basis during
Covista s equipment installation work in the Collocation
space. Covista is responsible for protecting Verizon
equipment Verizon premise walls and flooring within the
staging area and along the staging route. Covista will meet
all Verizon fire, safety, security and environmental
requirements. The temporary staging area will be vacated
and delivered to Verizon in an acceptable condition upon
completion of the installation work. Covista may also utilize
a staging trailer, which can be located on the exterior
premises of Verizon premise. Verizon may assess Covista
a market value lease rate for the area occupied by the
trailer.
Testina. Upon installation of Covista s equipment, and with
prior notice, Verizon and Covista will mutually agree to
schedule a meeting prior to the turn-up phase of the
equipment to ensure proper functionality between Covista
equipment and the connections to Verizon equipment. The
time period for this to occur will correspond to Verizon
maintenance window installation requirements. It is solely
the responsibility of Covista to provide their own monitor
and test points, if required , for connection directly to its
terminal equipment. If Covista cannot attend the scheduled
turn-up phase meeting for any reason, Covista must provide
Verizon with seventy-two (72) hours advanced written
notice prior to the scheduled meeting. If Covista fails
attend the scheduled meeting without the advanced written
notification, Verizon reserves the right to charge Covista
additional labor rates set forth in the Pricing Attachment for
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subsequent turn-up meetings with Covista which are
required to complete the turn-up phase of the Collocation
arrangement.
Interconnection Between Collocated Spaces.Oedicated
Transit Service (OTS), which allows for interconnection
between Covista and another CLEC, provides a dedicated
electrical or optical path between Collocation arrangements
(caged, cage less, and virtual) of the same or of two different
CLECs within the same Verizon premises, using Verizon
provided distribution facilities. OTS is available for OSO
OS 1, OS3 , and dark fiber cross connects. In addition
Verizon will also provide other technically feasible cross-
connection arrangements, including lit fiber, on an Individual
Case Basis (ICB) as requested by Covista and agreed to by
Verizon. Verizon will offer OTS to Covista as long as such
access is technically feasible.
OTS is only available when both Collocation arrangements
(either caged, cageless, and/or virtual) being interconnected are
within the same Verizon premises, provided that the collocated
equipment is used for interconnection with Verizon andlor for
access to the Verizon s unbundled network elements. Verizon
shall provide such OTS connections from Covista s Collocation
arrangement to another Collocation arrangement of Covista
within the same Verizon premises, or to a Collocation
arrangement of another CLEC in the same Verizon premises.
OTS is provided at the same transmission level from Covista to
another CLEC.
The OTS arrangement requires Covista to provide cable
assignment information for itself as well as for the other CLEC.
Verizon will not make cable assignments for OTS. Covista is
responsible for all OTS ordering, bill payment, disconnect
orders and maintenance transactions and is the customer of
record. When initiating a OTS request, Covista must submit
an Access Service Request (ASR) and a letter of agency from
the CLEC it is connecting to that authorizes the OTS connection
and facility assignment. OTS is provided on a negotiated
interval with Covista.
Optical Facilitv Terminations . If Covista requests access to
unbundled dark fiber interoffice facilities, Covista may apply
for a fiber optic patchcord connection(s) between Verizon
fiber distribution panel (FOP) and Covista s collocated
transmission equipment and facilities. The fiber optic
patchcord cross connect is limited in use solely in
conjunction with access to unbundled dark fiber and
Oedicated Transit Service.
Non-Compliant Installations and Operations. If at any time
Verizon reasonably determines that either Covista
Collocation equipment or it's engineering and installation do
not meet the requirements outlined in this Attachment,
Covista will be responsible for the costs associated with the
removal of equipment or modification of the equipment or
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engineering and installation to render it compliant. If
Covista fails to correct any non-compliance with these
standards within thirty (30) days' written notice to Covista
Verizon may have the equipment removed or the condition
corrected at Covista expense. If, during the installation
phase, Verizon reasonably determines that any Covista
designated equipment is unsafe, non-standard or in
violation of any applicable fire, environmental, security, or
other laws or regulations, Verizon has the right to
immediately stop the work until the problem is corrected to
Verizon s satisfaction. However, when any of the above
conditions poses an immediate threat to the safety of
Verizon employees, interferes with the performance of
Verizon s service obligations, or poses an immediate threat
to the physical integrity of the overhead superstructure or
any other facilities of Verizon, Verizon may perform such
work andlor take such action that Verizon deems necessary
without prior notice to Covista. The reasonable cost of said
work andlor actions shall be borne by Covista. Verizon
reserves the right to remove products, facilities and
equipment from its list of approved products upon ninety
(90) days' notice to Covista if such products , facilities and
equipment are determined to be no longer compliant with
NEBS safety standards. If Covista equipment poses an
immediate safety threat, Covista shall remove the
equipment immediately.
Access to Collocation Space. Verizon will permit Covista
employees, agents, and contractors approved by Verizon to have
direct access to Covista s caged and cageless Collocation equipment
twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week and reasonable
access to Verizon s restroom and parking facilities. Covista
employees, agents, or contractors must comply with the policies and
practices of Verizon pertaining to fire, safety, and security. Verizon
reserves the right, with twenty-four (24) hours prior notice to Covista
to access Covista s collocated partitioned space to perform periodic
inspections to ensure compliance with Verizon installation , safety and
security practices. Where Covista shares a common entrance to the
Verizon premise with Verizon, the reasonable use of shared building
facilities, e., elevators, unrestricted corridors, etc., will be permitted.
However, Verizon reserves the right to permanently remove andlor
deny access from Verizon premises, any Covista employee, agent, or
contractor who violates Verizon s policies, work rules, or business
conduct standards, or otherwise poses a security risk to Verizon.
Network Outage. Oamaae and Reporting. Covista shall be
responsible for: (a) any damage or network outage occurring as a
result of Covista owned or Covista designated termination equipment
in Verizon premise; (b) providing trouble report status when requested;
(c) providing a contact number that is readily accessible twenty-four
(24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week; (d) notifying Verizon of
significant outages which could impact or degrade Verizon s switches
and services and provide estimated clearing time for restoral; and (e)
testing its equipment to identify and clear a trouble report when the
trouble has been sectionalized (isolated) to Covista service.
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Verizon will make every effort to contact Covista in the event Covista
equipment disrupts the network. If Verizon is unable to make contact
with Covista, Verizon shall temporarily disconnect Covista s service, as
provided in Section 1.11.
Security Requirements.
10.Security Measures.Covista agrees that its
employeeslvendors with access to Verizon premise shall at
all times adhere to the rules of conduct established by
Verizon for the Verizon premises and Verizon s personnel
and vendors. Verizon reserves the right to make changes
to such procedures and rules to preserve the integrity and
operation of Verizon s network or facilities or to comply with
applicable laws and regulations. Verizon will provide
Covista with written notice of such changes. Where
applicable, Verizon will provide information to Covista on
the specific type of security training required so Covista
employees can complete such training.
Covista will maintain with Verizon a list of all Covista
employees who are currently authorized by Covista to
access its caged and cageless Collocation space and will
include social security numbers of all such individuals.
Covista will also maintain with Verizon a list of its
collocated-approved vendors and their social security
numbers who request access to caged and cageless
Collocation space. Only those individuals approved by
Verizon will be allowed access to Verizon premises and
caged and cage less Collocation space. Where required by
agencies of federal, state, or local government, only
individuals that are U.S. citizens will be granted access. All
Covista personnel must obtain and prominently display a
valid non-employee Verizon identification card. Former
employees of Verizon will be given access to Verizon
premises by Covista in accordance with the Verizon
normal security procedures applicable to any Vendor(s) or
Contractor(s) on Verizon s premises. Verizon reserves the
right to revoke any identification badge andlor access card
of any Covista employee or agent found in violations of the
terms and conditions set forth herein.
Covista must follow Verizon s security guidelines, which are
published on Verizon s web site. Verizon may suspend
Covista employee or agent from Verizon s premises if
hislher actions materially affect the safety andlor integrity of
Verizon s network or the safety of Verizon or other Covista .
employees/agents. Unless Covista employee or agent
poses an immediate threat to Verizon or other CLECs,
Verizon will provide Covista with a written explanation of
violations committed by the Covista employee or agent four
(4) Business Oays prior to suspending Covista employee or
agent from Verizon premises. Covista will have two (2)
Business Oays to respond to Verizon s notification. Any
such employee or agent may later be allowed readmission
to Verizon premises on mutually agreeable terms. Nothing
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in this section, however, restricts Verizon s authority to bar
the Covista employee or agent from Verizon premises for
violating Verizon s security guidelines.
Security Standards.Verizon will be solely responsible for
determining the appropriate level of security in each Verizon
premise. Verizon reserves the right to deny access to
Verizon buildings andlor outside facility structures for any
Covista employee, agent or contractor who cannot meet
Verizon s established security standards. Employees
agents or contractors of Covista are required to meet the
same security requirements and adhere to the same work
rules that Verizon s employees and contractors are required
to follow. Verizon also reserves the right to deny access to
Verizon buildings andlor outside facility structures for
Covista s employee, agent and contractor for falsification of
records, violation of fire, safety or security practices and
policies or other just cause. Covista employees, agents or
contractors who meet Verizon s established security
standards will be provided access to Covista s caged and
cageless Collocation equipment 24 hours a day, seven days
a week and reasonable access to Verizon s restroom
facilities. If Covista employees, agents or contractors
request and are granted access to other areas of Verizon
premises, a Verizon employee, agent or contractor may
accompany and observe Covista employee(s), agent(s) or
contractor(s) at no cost to Covista. Verizon may use
reasonable security measures to protect its equipment
including, for example, enclosing its equipment in its own
cage or other separation, utilizing monitored card reader
systems, digital security cameras, badges with
computerized tracking systems, identification swipe cards
keyed access andlor logs, as deemed appropriate by
Verizon.
Verizon may require Covista employees and contractors to
use a central or separate entrance to Verizon s premises,
provided, however, that where Verizon requires that Covista
employees or contractors access collocated equipment only
through a separate entrance, employees and contractors of
Verizon s affiliates and subsidiaries will be subject to the
same restriction.
Verizon may construct or require the construction of a
separate entrance to access caged and cageless
Collocation space , provided that each of the following
conditions is met: (i) Construction of a separate entrance is
technically feasible; (ii) Either legitimate security concerns,
or operational constraints unrelated to the incumbent's or
any of its affiliates' or subsidiaries competitive concerns,
warrant such separation; (iii) Construction of a separate
entrance will not artificially delay Collocation provisioning;
and (iv) Construction of a separate entrance will not
materially increase Covista s Collocation costs.
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10.Access Cards/ldentification. Access cards or keys will be
provided to no more than a reasonable number of
individuals for Covista for each Verizon premise for the
purpose of installation, maintenance and repair of Covista
caged and cageless Collocation equipment. All Covista
employees, agents and contractors requesting access to
the Verizon premise are required to have a photo
identification card , which identifies the person by name and
the name of Covista. The 10 must be worn on the
individual's exterior clothing while on or at Verizon
premises. Verizon will provide Covista with instructions and
necessary access cards or keys to obtain access to Verizon
premises. Covista is required to immediately notify Verizon
by the most expeditious means, when any Covista
employee, agent or contractor with access privileges to
Verizon premises is no longer in its employ, or when keys
access cards or other means of obtaining access to Verizon
premises are lost, stolen or not returned by an employee
agent or contractor no longer in its employ. Covista is
responsible for the immediate retrieval and return to Verizon
of all keys, access cards or other means of obtaining
access to Verizon premises upon termination of
employment of Covista s employee andlor termination of
service. Covista shall be responsible for the replacement
cost of keys, access cards or other means of obtaining
access when lost, stolen or failure of Covista or Covista
employee, agent or contractor to return to Verizon.
Emeraencv Access.Covista is responsible for providing a contact
number that is readily accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Covista will provide access to its Collocation space at all times to allow
Verizon to react to emergencies, to maintain the building operating
systems (where applicable and necessary) and to ensure compliance
with OSHA/Verizon regulations and standards related to fire, safety,
health and environment safeguards. Verizon will attempt to notify
Covista in advance of any such emergency access. If advance
notification is not possible Verizon will provide notification of any such
entry to Covista as soon as possible following the entry, indicating the
reasons for the entry and any actions taken which might impact
Covista s facilities or equipment and its ability to provide service.
Verizon will restrict access to Covista s Collocation space to persons
necessary to handle such an emergency. The emergency
provisioning and restoration of interconnection service shall be in
accordance with Part 64 , Subpart 0, Paragraph 64.401 , of the FCC'
Rules and Regulations, which specifies the priority for such activities.
Verizon reserves the right, without prior notice, to access Covista
Collocation space in an emergency, such as fire or other unsafe
conditions, or for purposes of averting any threat of harm imposed by
Covista or Covista s equipment upon the operation of Verizon s or
another CLEC's equipment, facilities andlor employees located
outside Covista s Collocation space. Verizon will notify Covista as
soon as possible when such an event has occurred. In case of a
Verizon work stoppage , Covista s employees , contractors or agents
will comply with the emergency operation procedures established by
Verizon. Such emergency procedures should not directly affect
Covista s access to its premises , or ability to provide service. Covista
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will notify Verizon point of contact of any work stoppages by Covista
employees.
Space Requirements.
1.4.
1.4.
Space Availability. If Verizon is unable to accommodate caged and
cageless Collocation requests at a Verizon premise due to space
limitations or other technical reasons, Verizon will post a list of all such
sites on its website and will update the list within ten (10) calendar
days of the date at which a Verizon premise runs out of caged and
cageless Collocation space. This information will be listed at the
following public Internet URL: httD:llwww.verizon.com/reaulatorv
Where Verizon has denied caged and cage less Collocation requests
at a Verizon premise due to space limitations or other technical
reasons, Verizon shall: (a) submit to the state commission, subject to
any protective order as the state may deem necessary, detailed floor
plans or diagrams of the Verizon premise which show what space, if
any, Verizon or any of its affiliates has reserved for future use; and
describe in detail , the specific future uses for which the space has
been reserved and the length of time for each reservation; and (b)
allow Covista to tour the entire premises of the Verizon premise,
without charge, within ten (10) calendar days of the tour request.
Minimum/Maximum/Additional Space. The standard sizes of caged
Collocation space will be increments of 100 square feet unless
mutually agreed to otherwise by Verizon and Covista. The minimum
amount of floor space available to Covista at the time of the initial
application will be twenty-five (25) square feet of caged Collocation
space or one (1) single bay in the case of cageless Collocation. The
maximum amount of space available in a specific Verizon premise to
Covista will be limited to the amount of existing suitable space which is
technically feasible to support the Collocation arrangement requested.
Existing suitable space is defined as available space in a Verizon
premise that does not require the addition of AC/OC power, heat and
air conditioning, battery andlor generator back-up power and other
requirements necessary for provisioning Collocation services.
Additional space to provide for caged, cage less andlor adjacent
Collocation will be provided on a per request basis, where available.
Additional space can be requested by Covista by completing and
submitting a new application form and the applicable non-refundable
engineering fee set forth in the Pricing Attachment. Verizon will not be
required to lease additional space when available space has been
exhausted.
Use of Space.Verizon and Covista will work cooperatively to
determine proper space requirements, and efficient use of space. In
addition to other applicable requirements set forth in this Agreement
Covista shall install all its equipment within its designated area in
contiguous line-ups in order to optimize the utilization of space within
Verizon s premises. Covista shall use the Collocation space solely for
the purposes of installing, maintaining and operating Covista
equipment to interconnect for the exchange of traffic with Verizon
andlor for purposes of accessing UNEs. Covista shall not construct
improvements or make alterations or repairs to the Collocation space
without the prior written approval of Verizon. The Collocation space
may not be used for administrative purposes and may not be used as
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1.4.
1.4.
Covista s employee(s) work location, office or retail space, or storage.
The Collocation space shall not be used as Covista s mailing orshipping address.
Reservation of Soace.Verizon reserves the right to manage its
Verizon premise conduit requirements and to reserve vacant space for
planned facility. Verizon will retain and reserve a limited amount of
vacant floor space within its Verizon premises for its own specific
future uses on terms no more favorable than applicable to other
CLECs seeking to reserve Collocation space for their own future use.
If the remaining vacant floor space within a Verizon premise is
reserved for Verizon s own specific future use, the Verizon premise will
be exempt from future caged and cage less Collocation requests.
Covista shall not be permitted to reserve Verizon premise cable space
or conduit system. If new conduit is required, Verizon will negotiate
with Covista to determine an alternative arrangement for the specific
location. Covista will be allowed to reserve Collocation space for its
caged/cageless arrangements based on Covistas documented
forecast provided Verizon and subject to space availability. Such
forecast must demonstrate a legitimate need to reserve the space for
use on terms no more favorable than applicable to Verizon seeking to
reserve vacant space for its own specific use. Cageless Collocation
bays may not be used solely for the purpose of storing Covista
equipment.
Collocation Soace Reoort. Upon request by Covista and upon Covista
signing a Collocation nondisclosure agreement, Verizon will make
available a Collocation space report with the following information for
the Verizon premise requested:
1.4.Oetailed description and amount of caged and cageless
Collocation space available;
1.4.Number of telecommunications carriers with existing
Collocation arrangements;
1.4.Modifications of the use of space since the last Collocation
space report requested; and,
1.4.5.4 Measures being taken, if any, to make additional
Collocation spaces available.
The Collocation space report is not required prior to the submission of
a Collocation application for a specific Verizon premise in order to
determine Collocation space availability for the Verizon premise. The
Collocation space report will be provided to Covista within ten (10)
calendar days of the request provided the request is submitted during
the ordinary course of business. A Collocation space report fee
contained in the Pricing Attachment will be assessed per request and
per Verizon premise.
Reclamation . When initiating an application form, Covista must have
started installing equipment approved for Collocation at Verizon
premise within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed sixty (60)
calendar days from the date Covista accepts the Collocation
arrangement. If Covista does not utilize its Collocation space within
the established time period, and has not met the space reservation
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requirements of Section 1.4.4 to the extent applicable, Verizon may
reclaim the unused Collocation space to accommodate another
CLEC's request or Verizon s future space requirements. Verizon shall
have the right, for good cause shown , and upon sixty (60) calendar
days' notice, to reclaim any Collocation space, cable space or conduit
space in order to fulfill its obligation under public service law and its
Tariffs to provide telecommunication services to its Customers. In
such cases, Verizon will reimburse Covista for reasonable direct costs
and expenses in connection with such reclamation. Verizon will make
every reasonable effort to find other alternatives before attempting to
reclaim any such space. Covista may seek Commission relief from
reclamation within ten (10) Business Oays of being notified.
Rate Sheet.The rates for Verizon s Collocation services provided
pursuant to this Agreement are set forth in the Pricing Attachment only
to the extent that there are no corresponding rates in an applicable
Verizon Collocation Tariff that has been filed with the Commission and
become effective. If there is a Verizon Collocation Tariff that has been
filed with the Commission and become effective, the rates in such
Tariff shall apply and the rates set forth in the Pricing Attachment shall
not apply.
Subsequent to the execution of this Agreement, Verizon also may
elect to file a Collocation Tariff with the Commission with provisions
addressing any of the rates specified in this Agreement. Any such
Tariff, when it becomes effective, shall supersede and replace the
corresponding rates set forth in the Pricing Attachment and such rates
specified in the Pricing Attachment shall cease to be effective.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the rates
identified in this Collocation Attachment also may be superseded
prospectively by rates contained in future final, binding and non-
appealable regulatory orders or as otherwise required by legal
requirements.
Billina and Pavment.The initial payment of NRCs shall be due and
payable in accordance with Section 1.1. The balance of the NRCs
and all related monthly recurring service charges will be billed to
Covista when Verizon provides Covista access to the caged, cageless
or adjacent Collocation arrangement or completes installation of the
virtual Collocation arrangement and shall be payable in accordance
with applicable established payment deadlines.
Liability and Indemnification.
In addition to their other respective indemnification and liability obligations set
forth in this Agreement, each party shall meet the following obligations. To the
extent that this provision conflicts with any other provision in this Agreement, this
provision shall control. The fact that a provision appears in another part of the
Agreement but not in this Attachment, or in this Attachment and not in another
part of the Agreement, shall not be interpreted as, or deemed grounds for finding,
a conflict.
No liability shall attach to Verizon for damages arising from errors
mistakes, omissions , interruptions, or delays of Verizon , its agents
servants or employees, in the course of establishing, furnishing,
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rearranging, moving, terminating, or changing the service or facilities
(including the obtaining or furnishing of information in respect thereof
orwith respect to the subscribers or users of the service or facilities) in
the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct. Subject to the
preceding and to the provisions following, with respect to any claim or
suit, by Covista or by any others, for damages associated with the
installation , provision, termination, maintenance , repair or restoration
of service, Verizon s liability, if any, shall not exceed an amount equal
to the proportionate charge for the service by Verizon for the service
for the period during which service was affected.
Verizon shall not be liable for any act or omission of any other party
furnishing a portion of service used in connection with the services
herein.
Verizon is not liable for damages to Covista premises resulting from
the furnishing of service, including the installation and removal of
equipment and associated wiring, unless the damage is caused by
Verizon s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Verizon shall be indemnified , defended and held harmless by Covista
andlor its end user against any claim , loss or damage arising from the
use of services offered under this Attachment, involving:
6.4.All claims, including but not limited to injuries to persons or
property from voltages or currents, arising out of any act or
omission of Covista or its end user in connection with
facilities provided by Verizon, Covista, or the end user; or
6.4.Verizon shall not be liable to Covista or its customers in
connection with the provision or use of the services
provided under this Attachment for indirect, incidental
consequential, reliance or special damages, including
(without limitation) damages for lost profits, regardless of
the form of action, whether in contract, indemnity, warranty,
strict liability, or tort, including (without limitation) negligence
of any kind, even if Verizon has been advised of the
possibility of such loss or damage.
Verizon does not guarantee or make any warranty with respect to its
services when used in an explosive atmosphere. Verizon shall be
indemnified, defended and held harmless by Covista from any and all
claims by any person relating to Covista s use of services so provided.
No license under patents (other than the limited license to use) is
granted by Verizon or shall be implied or arise by estoppel, with
respect to any service offered under this Attachment.
Verizon s failure to provide or maintain services under this Attachment
shall be excused by labor difficulties , governmental orders, civil
commotions, criminal actions taken against Verizon, acts of God and
other circumstances beyond Verizon s reasonable control.
Verizon shall not be liable for any act or omission of any other entity
furnishing to Covista facilities, equipment, or services used in
conjunction with the services provided under this Attachment. Nor
shall Verizon be liable for any damages or losses due to unauthorized
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use of the services or the failure or negligence of Covista or Covista
end user, or due to the failure of equipment, facilities, or services
provided by Covista or its end user.
Neither party shall be liable to the other or to any third party for any
physical damage to each other s facilities or equipment within the
central office, unless caused by the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the party's agents or employees.
Covista shall indemnify, defend and save harmless Verizon from and
against any and all losses, claims, demands, causes of action and
costs, including attorney s fees, whether suffered, made, instituted or
asserted by Covista or by any other party or person for damages to
property and injury or death to persons, including payments made
under any worker s compensation law or under any plim for
employees' disability and death benefits, which may arise out of or be
caused by the installation, maintenance, repair, replacement
presence, use or removal of Covista s equipment or facilities or by
their proximity to the equipment or facilities or all parties occupying
space within or on the exterior of Verizon s central office(s), or by any
act or omission of Verizon , its employees, agents, former or striking
employees, or contractors, in connection therewith, unless caused by
gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of Verizon. These
provisions shall survive the termination, cancellation , modification or
rescission of the Agreement for at least 18 months from the date of the
termination.
Verizon shall indemnify, defend and save harmless Covista from and
against any and all losses, claims, demands, causes of action and
costs, including attorneys' fees, whether suffered, made, instituted or
asserted by Verizon or by any other party or person for damages to
property and injury or death to persons, including payments made
under any worker s compensation law or under any plan for
employees' disability and death benefits, which may arise out of or be
caused by Verizon s provision of service within or on the exterior of the
central office of by an act or omission of Covista, its employees
agents, former or striking employees, or contractors, in connection
therewith, unless caused by gross negligence or willful misconduct on
the part of Covista.
Covista shall indemnify, defend and save harmless Verizon from and
against any and all losses, claims, demands, causes of action
damages and costs, including but not limited to attorney s fees and
damages costs, and expense of relocating conduit systems resulting
from loss of right-of-way or property owner consents, which may arise
out of or be caused by the presence, in, or the occupancy of the
central office by Covista andlor acts by Covista, its employees, agents
or contractors.
Covista shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Verizon , its
directors, officers and employees, servants, agents, affiliates and
parent, from and against any and all claims, cost, expense or liability
of any kind, including but not limited to reasonable attorney s fees
arising out of or relating to Covista installation and operation of its
facilities or equipment within the multiplexing node, roof space and
transmitter space.
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Casualty.
Covista represents, warrants and covenants that it shall comply with
all applicable federal, state or local law, ordinance, rule or regulations
including but not limited to, any applicable environmental , fire , OSHA
or zoning laws. Covista shall indemnify, defend , and hold harmless
Verizon, its directors, officers and employees, servants, agents,
affiliates and parent, from and against any and all claims, cost
expense or liability of any kind including but not limited to fines or
penalties arising out of any breach of the foregoing by Covista, its
directors, officers, employees, servants, agents, affiliates and parent.
These provisions shall survive the termination , cancellation,
modification or rescission of the Agreement for at least 18 months
from the date of the termination.
Verizon represents, warrants and covenants that it shall comply with
all applicable federal, state or local law, ordinance, rule or regulations
in connection with its provision of service within or on the exterior of
the central office, including but not limited to, any applicable
environmental, fire, OSHA or zoning laws. Verizon shall indemnify,
defend, and hold harmless Covista, its directors, officers, employees,
agents or contractors, from and against any and all claims, cost
expense or liability of any kind including but not limited to fines or
penalties arising out of any breach of the foregoing by Verizon, its
directors , officers and employees, servants, agents, affiliates and
parent.
Verizon and Covista shall each be responsible for all persons under
their control or aegis working in compliance herewith, satisfactorily,
and in harmony with all others working in or on the exterior of the
central office and, as appropriate, cable space.
If the Collocation equipment location or any part thereof is damaged
by fire or other casualty, Covista shall give immediate notice thereof to
Verizon. The terms and conditions of this Attachment shall remain in
full force and effect with the following modifications:
If the Collocation equipment location or any part thereof is
partially damaged or rendered partially unusable by fire or
other casualty caused by Verizon , the damages thereto
shall be repaired by and at the expense of Verizon. Non-
recurring and monthly recurring charges, until such repair is
substantially completed, shall be apportioned from the day
following the casualty according to the part of the
Collocation equipment location which is usable. Verizon
reserves the right to elect not to restore the Collocation
equipment location under the conditions specified in 1.
If Verizon elects to restore the Collocation equipment
location, Verizon shall inform Covista of its plans to
repairlrestore the Collocation equipment location as soon as
it is practicable and will work in good faith to restore service
to Covista as soon as possible. Verizon shall make repairs
and restorations with all reasonable expedition subject to
delays due to adjustment of insurance claims, labor troubles
and causes beyond Verizon s reasonable control.
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If the Collocation equipment location or any part thereof is
totally damaged orrendered wholly unusable by fire or other
casualty caused by Verizon , then applicable non-recurring
and monthly recurring charges shall be proportionately paid
up to the time of the casualty and thenceforth shall cease
until the date when the Collocation equipment location shall
have been repaired and restored by Verizon. Verizon
reserves the right to elect not to restore the Collocation
equipment location under the conditions specified in 1.
If Verizon elects to restore the Collocation equipment
location, Verizon shall inform Covista of its plans to
repairlrestore the Collocation equipment location as soon as
it is practicable and will work in good faith to restore service
to Covista as soon as possible. Verizon shall make repairs
and restorations with all reasonable expedition subject to
delays due to adjustment of insurance claims, labor troubles
and causes beyond Verizon s reasonable control.
If the Collocation equipment location or any part thereof is
partially damaged or rendered partially unusable by fire or
other casualty through no fault of Verizon or Covista, then
the applicable non-recurring and monthly recurring charges
shall be proportionately paid up to the time of the casualty
and thenceforth shall cease until the date when the
Collocation equipment location shall have been repaired
and restored. Any repair or restoration work undertaken by
Covista in its Collocation arrangement must be done by a
Verizon-approved contractor and must be approved in
advance by Verizon. Verizon reserves the right to
discontinue Covista s Collocation equipment location or any
part thereof under the conditions specified in 1.
If the Collocation equipment location or any part thereof is
totally damaged, rendered wholly unusable, partially
damaged or rendered partially unusable by fire or other
casualty caused by Covista, the liability and indemnification
provisions of this Attachment shall apply and Verizon may
terminate Covista Collocation arrangement immediately.
If the Collocation equipment location or any part thereof is rendered
wholly unusable through no fault of Covista, or (whether or not the
demised premises are damaged in whole or in part) if the building shall
be so damaged that Verizon shall decide to demolish it or to rebuild it
then, in any of such events, Verizon may elect to discontinue Covista
Collocation equipment location or any part thereof. In this event,
Verizon will provide Covista with written notification within ninety (90)
days after such fire or casualty specifying a date for discontinuance.
The date of discontinuance shall not be more than sixty (60) days after
the issuance of such notice to Covista. Covista must vacate the
premises by the date specified in the notice. Verizon s rights against
Covista under this Attachment prior to such discontinuance and any
applicable non-recurring and monthly recurring charges owing shall be
paid up to the date of discontinuance. Any payments of monthly
recurring charges made by Covista, which were on account of any
period subsequent to such date shall be returned to Covista.
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7.4
After any such casualty and upon request by Verizon, Covista shall
remove from the Collocation equipment location and other associated
space, as promptly as reasonably possible, all of Covista salvageable
inventory and movable equipment, furniture and other property.
In the event non-recurring andlor recurring charges were suspended
pursuant to 1., Covista liability for applicable non-recurring and
monthly recurring charges shall resume either upon occupancy by
Covista or thirty (30) days after written notice from Verizon that the
Collocation equipment location or any part thereof is restored to a
condition comparable to that existing prior to such casualty, which ever
comes first.
Nothing contained in these provisions shall relieve Covista from
liability that may exist as a result of damage from fire or other casualty.
Each party shall look first to any insurance in its favor before making
any claim against the other party for recovery for loss or damage
resulting from fire or other casualty, and to the extent that such
insurance is in full force and collectible and to the extent permitted by
law, Verizon and Covista each will release and waive all right of
recovery against the other or anyone claiming through or under each
of them by way of subrogation or otherwise. The release and waiver
shall be in force only if both releasers' insurance policies contain a
clause providing that such release or waiver shall not inval!date the
insurance and also, provided that such a policy can be obtained
without additional premiums.
Verizon will not carry insurance on the Covista furniture andlor
furnishings or any fixtures or equipment, improvements, or
appurtena nces removable by Covista and therefore will not be
obligated to repair any damage thereto or be obligated to replace the
same.
Implementation and Termination of Service.
Implementation of Collocation Charaes . Verizon shall provide Covista
with a notice ("Scheduled Completion Notice ) indicating the
scheduled completion date ("Scheduled Completion Oate ) for the
Collocation arrangement. Verizon shall also provide a notice that will
remind Covista of the Scheduled Completion Oate and will request
Covista to schedule and attend a "Collocation Acceptance Meeting
CAM"). Collocation charges will be implemented in accordance with
this section regardless of the readiness of Covista to utilize the
completed Collocation arrangement.
Collection of Non-Recurrina Charaes . The initial payment
of non-recurring charges (NRCs) shall be due and payable
in accordance with Section 1.3. Covista shall pay the
balance of the NRCs ("NRC Balance ) upon Covista
acceptance of the Collocation arrangement or thirty (30)
calendar days after the Collocation arrangement is
completed, whichever comes first.
Commencement of Recurring Charaes . Monthly recurring
charges will commence upon CLEC acceptance of the
Collocation arrangement or thirty (30) calendar days after
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the Collocation arrangement is completed , whichever
comes first ("Commencement Oate ), and shall continue
until terminated pursuant to Section 1.8).
Extension Request.A CLEC may request to extend or
delay the Scheduled Completion Oate of a Collocation
arrangement for up to six (6) months. A CLEC electing to
extend the Scheduled Completion Oate of a Collocation
arrangement must notify Verizon in writing ("Extension
Notice ) within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the
Scheduled Completion Notice. In order for Verizon to delay
billing of monthly recurring charges for the applicable
Collocation arrangement, Covista must remit the NRC
Balance to Verizon for the Collocation arrangement with the
Extension Notice. Monthly recurring charges will not be
billed by Verizon until the space for the Collocation
arrangement is accepted by Covista or the six (6) month
extension period has expired, whichever comes first. At any
time during or after the extension period, if Covista
terminates its Collocation arrangement, the termination shall
be governed by Section 1.8.4.
If Verizon ascertains the space for the Collocation
arrangement is needed to satisfy another CLEC'
Collocation request prior to the end of the six (6) month
extension period , Verizon will notify Covista that its
Collocation space has been requested by another CLEC.
Covista will have up to five (5) Business Oays after the
notification to retain the Collocation space by notifying
Verizon in writing that it desires to keep the space
Retention Notice ). If Covista retains the Collocation
space , monthly recurring charges shall commence for
Covista thirty (30) calendar days after Covista sends the
Retention Notice or when Covista accepts the space,
whichever comes first.
Grounds for Termination by Verizon.Failure by Covista to comply with
the terms and conditions of this Attachment, including nonpayment of
rates and charges, may result in termination of Collocation service. In
addition to the other grounds for termination of Collocation services set
forth herein , Verizon reserves the right to terminate such services
upon thirty (30) calendar days notice in the event Covista: (a) is not in
conformance with provisions of this Attachment or other Company
standards and requirements; andlor (b) imposes continued disruption
and threat of harm to Company employees andlor network, or
Verizon s ability to provide service to other CLECs.
Verizon also reserves the right to terminate such services, without
prior notice, in the event Covista s Collocation arrangement imposes
emergency conditions, such as fire or other unsafe conditions, upon
the operation of Verizon s equipment and facilities or to Company
employees located outside Covista s Collocation space.
Verizon reserves the right to inspect Covista s Collocation
arrangement to determine if sufficient OC Power andlor facility
terminations are being used to maintain interconnection andlor access
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to unbundled network elements. If Verizon determines that the
Collocation arrangement is not being used for interconnection and/or
access to unbundled network elements (from, for example , insufficient
OC Power andlor facility terminations), Verizon reserves the right to
terminate Covista s Collocation service upon thirty (30) calendar days
notice.
If Verizon elects to terminate a Collocation arrangement pursuant to
this section, the termination shall be governed by Section 1.8.4.
Termination bv CLEC.Covista must notify Verizon in writing of its
plans to terminate a Collocation arrangement ("CLEC Termination
Notice ), and such Covista termination shall be governed by this
Section.
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Termination After Completion . If Covista elects to terminate
an existing Collocation arrangement after a Collocation
arrangement has been completed, the termination will be
effective thirty (30) calendar days after Verizon s receipt of
Covista Termination Notice. If CLEC terminates a
Collocation arrangement under this section, the termination
shall be governed by Section 1.8.4 and Covista remains
responsible to pay any unpaid NRCs associated with the
terminated arrangement as set forth in Section 1.1. If the
Collocation arrangement being terminated contains
equipment in which a third party maintains an ownership or
a security interest, Covista shall include a list of any such
owners and secured parties in Covista Termination Notice.
Termination Prior to Completion.If Covista elects to
terminate a request for Collocation when construction is in
progress and prior to completion of the Collocation
arrangement, the termination will be effective upon
Verizon s receipt of Covista Termination Notice. For all
non-recurring charges associated with providing the
Collocation arrangement, Covista will be billed and is
responsible for payment of non-recurring charges in
accordance with the following (for the purposes of this
section , the number of "Oays" refers to Business Oays
measured from Verizon s receipt of a complete application
from Covista):
Effective date of Covista termination on or
between Oays 1 to 15, Covista owes 20% of
non-recurring charges.
3.2.Effective date of Covista termination on or
between Oays 16 to 30, Covista owes 40% of
non-recurring charges.
Effective date of Covista termination on or
between Oays 31 to 45, Covista owes 60% of
non-recurring charges.
2.4 Effective date of Covista termination on or
between Oays 46 to 60, Covista owes 80% of
non-recurring charges.
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8.3.Effective date of Covista termination after Oay
, Covista owes 100% of non-recurring
charges.
If after applying these percentages to NRCs already paid by
Covista, any refunds are due Covista, such refunds shall be
applied fi rst as a credit to any accounts with balances owed
by Covista to Verizon , with any remaining refund amount
issued to Covista. Engineeringlmajor augment fees
submitted with the application will not be refunded. Covista
Termination Notice must be received by Verizon prior to the
Scheduled Completion Oate to avoid incurring any monthly
recurring charges.
8.4 Effects of Termination. If Verizon or Covista terminates a Collocation
arrangement under the terms and conditions of this Attachment, the
following provisions shall apply:
8.4.
8.4.
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Equipment Removal and Monthly Recurring Charges.
Covista shall disconnect and remove its equipment from the
designated Collocation space by the effective date of the
termination. Upon removal by Covista of all its equipment
from the Collocation space, if Covista does not restore the
Collocation space to its original condition at time of
occupancy, Covista will reimburse Verizon for the cost to do
so. Due to physical and technical constraints, removal of
Covista entrance facility cable will be at Verizon s option.
Covista shall reimburse Verizon for all costs Verizon incurs
to decommission OC Power and transmission cable
terminations previously applied for by Covista. Verizon
reserves the right to remove Covista s equipment if Covista
fails to remove and dispose of the equipment by the
effective date of the termination. Covista will be charged
the appropriate additional labor charge in the Pricing
Attachment for the removal and disposal of such equipment.
All monthly recurring charges will continue to be charged to
Covista until the effective date of the termination or, at
Verizon discretion , until any later date up to the date that all
equipment is removed and the Collocation space is restored
to its original condition at space turnover.
Refund of Non-Recurring Charges. If Verizon or Covista
has terminated a Collocation arrangement pursuant to
Sections 1.2 and 1.3 and Covista ("original CLEC") has
paid a non-recurring charge(s) for an asset in a Collocation
arrangement, and is succeeded by another CLEC who uses
the same asset ("subsequent CLEC"), Covista will receive a
refund from Verizon for the remaining undepreciated
amount of the asset upon occupancy by the subsequent
CLEC up to the applicable non-recurring charges paid by
the subsequent CLEC. If Verizon uses an asset for which
Covista paid a non-recurring charge, Verizon will make a
pro rata refund of such paid non-recurring charges to
Covista. For purposes of calculating prorated refunds to
Covista, Verizon will use the economic life of the asset. Any
refunds issued pursuant to this section shall be applied first
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as a credit to any accounts with balances owed by Covista
to Verizon, and any remaining refund amount will be issued
to Covista. Engineeringlmajor augment fees submitted with
the application and any other paid non-recurring charges
not associated with the asset will not be refunded.
Closure. Oecommissioninq or Sale of Premises. Collocation
arrangements will automatically terminate if the premise in which the
Collocation space is located is closed, decommissioned or sold and no
longer houses Verizon s network facilities. At least one hundred eighty
(180) days written notice will be given to Covista of events which may
lead to the automatic termination of any such arrangement pursuant to
the terms and conditions of this Attachment, except when
extraordinary circumstances require a shorter interval. In such cases
Verizon will provide notice to Covista as soon as practicable. Verizon
will work with Covista to identify alternate Collocation arrangements.
Verizon will work cooperatively with Covista to minimize any potential
for service interruption resulting from such actions.
Miscellaneous. Verizon retains ownership of Verizon premise floor
space, adjacent land and equipment used to provide all forms of
Collocation. Verizon reserves for itself and its successors and
assignees, the right to utilize the Verizon premises' space in such a
manner as will best enable it to fulfill Verizon s service requirements.
Covista does not receive, as a result of entering into a Collocation
arrangement hereunder, any right, title or interest in Verizon s premise
facility, the multiplexing node , multiplexing node enclosure, cable,
cable space, cable racking, vault space or conduit space other than as
expressly provided herein. To the extent that Covista requires use of
a Verizon local exchange line, Covista must order a business local
exchange access line (B 1). Covista may not use Verizon official lines.
Virtual Collocation.
Unless otherwise specified in this Section 1., the provisions contained in other
sections of the Collocation Attachment shall apply to virtual Collocation.
Oescriotion. Under virtual Collocation, Verizon installs and maintains
Covista provided equipment, which is dedicated to the exclusive use of
Covista in a Collocation arrangement. Covista provides fiber-optic
facilities through Verizon entrance manholes for connection to Covista
virtually collocated transmission equipment that provides
interconnection to Verizon facilities located in the premises.
The physical point of interface for connection to the virtual
arrangement is referred to as manhole zero. From this manhole into
the premises, Verizon shall assume ownership of and maintain the
fiber. From this manhole toward Covista s location, the fiber optic
cable remains Covista s responsibility, with Covista performing all
servicing and maintaining full ownership. If Covista is purchasing
Verizon provided unbundled interoffice facilities as transport, Covista
entrance fiber is not required. All elementslservices shall be
connected to the output cables of the virtual Collocation arrangement
using Verizon designated cable assignments, not channel
assignments.
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9.4
Virtual Collocation is offered on a first come, first served basis and is
provided subject to the availability of space and facilities in each
premises where virtual Collocation is requested.
If Covista requests virtual Collocation of equipment other than the
standard virtual arrangement, Covista and Verizon will mutually agree
upon the type of equipment to be virtually collocated.
Implementation Intervals and Planning. Verizon and Covista shall
work cooperatively to jointly plan the implementation milestones.
Verizon and Covista shall work cooperatively in meeting those
milestones and deliverables as determined during the joint planning
process. A preliminary schedule will be developed outlining major
milestones including anticipated delivery dates for the Covista-
provided transmission equipment and for training.
Verizon will notify Covista of issues or unanticipated delays, as they
become known. Verizon and Covista shall conduct additional joint
planning meetings, as reasonably required , to ensure all known issues
are discussed and to address any that may impact the implementation
process. Planning meetings shall include establishment of schedule
identification of tests to be performed, spare plug-in/card requirements,
test equipment, and determination of the final implementation
schedule.
The implementation interval is 76 Business Oays for all standard
arrangement requests which were properly forecast six months prior to
the application dates subject to the provisions in this Attachment
governing forecasting and capacity. Covista shall deliver the virtual
Collocation equipment to Verizon premises by Business Oay forty (40).
Verizon and Covista shall work cooperatively to schedule each site on
a priority-based order. Verizon and Covista shall mutually agree upon
intervals for non-standard arrangements.
Transmission Failure. Covista shall be responsible for monitoring and
reporting signal loss to Verizon. In the event of a transmission failure,
Covista shall be responsible for initial trouble isolation as set forth in
Section 1., regardless of whether the fiber span is equipped with
optical regeneration equipment.
Accommodations . Upon receipt of a completed application and
associated virtual engineering fee, Verizon will conduct an application
review, engineering review and site survey at the requested premises.
Verizon will notify Covista within eight (8) Business Oays of the results
of this review and site survey.
The dedicated terminal equipment inside Verizon s premises shall be
provided by Covista and leased to Verizon for the sum of one dollar
after successful installation and equipment testing by Verizon. The
term of the operating lease will run for the duration of the virtual
Collocation arrangement, at which time Covista will remove the
equipment. Covista will retain ownership of this equipment inside the
premises. Verizon will operate and maintain exclusive control over this
equipment inside the premises.
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Where Verizon uses approved contractors for installation
maintenance or repair of virtual Collocation arrangements, Covista
may hire the same approved contractors directly for installation
maintenance or repair of Covista designated equipment.
Where Verizon does not use contractors, Covista designated
equipment and Covista provided facilities used in the provision of
virtual Collocation will be installed , maintained and repaired by
Verizon. Verizon will maintain and repair Covista designated
equipment under the same timeframe and standards as its own
equipment.
Covista personnel are not allowed on Verizon premises to maintain
and repair on virtual Collocation equipment.
Verizon shall monitor local premises and environmental alarms to
support the equipment. Verizon will notify Covista if a local office
alarm detects an equipment affecting condition.
Verizon will be responsible to pull the fiber into and through the cable
entrance facility (i.e., vault) to the virtual Collocation arrangement. All
installations into the cable entrance facility are performed by Verizon
personnel or its agents.
No virtual Collocation arrangement will be placed in service by Verizon
until necessary training has been completed (refer to Section 1.11).
Plua-ins and Spare Cards. When a plug-in/card is determined by
Verizon to be defective, Verizon will label the plug-in as defective and
place it in Covista-dedicated plug-in/card storage cabinet. Covista will
be notified as the plug-in/card is replaced.
Verizon will not provide spare plug-ins/cards under any circumstances
nor is Verizon responsible for Covista s failure to replace defective
plug-ins/cards. Verizon shall not be held responsible if Covista
provides an inadequate supply of plug-ins/cards. Verizon will
segregate and secure Covista-provided maintenance spares in
Covista-provided spare plug-in/card cabinet.
Covista shall provide the shop-wired piece of equipment fully pre-
equipped with working plug-ins/cards. In addition, Covista shall
provide Verizon with maintenance spares for each plug-in/card type.
The number of maintenance spares shall be the manufacturer
recommended amount, unless otherwise mutually agreed by Verizon
and Covista, provided however, that in no event shall the number of
spare plug-ins/cards be less than two of each type. These spares
must be tested by Covista prior to delivery to Verizon.
In addition to maintenance spares, Covista will also provide any
unique tools or test equipment required to maintain, turn-up, or repair
the equipment.
Upon receiving notification from Verizon that a plug-in/card has been
replaced , Covista is then responsible to contact the Verizon operations
manager to arrange exchange and replacement of the plug-in/card.
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Exchanged, pre-tested spares shall be provided within one week of
replacement of a defective plug-in/card.
Subject to premise space availability, Covista shall have the option of
providing a stand-alone spare plug-in/card cabinet(s) or a rack-
mountable spare plug-in/card cabinet(s), to Verizon s specification , to
house the spare plug-ins/cards. The spare plug-in/card cabinet(s) and
minimum number of maintenance spares must be provided before the
virtual Collocation arrangement is completed and service is
established.
The amount of spare plug-ins/cards required will be based on the
manufacturer's recommended amount, unless otherwise mutually
agreed by Verizon and Covista.
Safety and Technical Standards. Verizon reserves all rights to
terminate, modify or reconfigure the provision of service to Covista if
in the discretion of Verizon, provision of service to Covista may in any
way interfere with or adversely affect Verizon s network or its ability to
service other CLECs.
All Co'vista equipment to be installed in Verizon premises must fully
comply with the GR - 000063 - CORE, GR -1089 - CORE and
Verizon s premises environmental and transmission standards in effect
at the time of equipment installation. The equipment must also comply
with the requirements in NIP 74165, as they relate to fire, safety,
health, environmental, and network safeguards.
It is Covista s responsibility to demonstrate and provide to Verizon
adequate documentation from an accredited source certifying
compliance. Covista equipment must conform to the same specific
risk/safety/hazard standards which Verizon imposes on its own
premises equipment as defined in RNSA - NEB - 95 - 0003, Revision
10 or higher.
Covista equipment is not required to meet the same performance and
reliability standards as Verizon imposes on its own equipment as
defined in RNSA - NEB - 95 - 0003, Revision 10 or higher. Covista
may install equipment that has been deployed by Verizon for five years
or more with a proven safety record.
All Covista s entrance facilities and splices must comply with TR - TSY
- 00020, TR - NWT - 001058, BR - 760 - 200 - 030 and SR - TAP -
001421 as they relate to fire, safety, health , environmental safeguards
and interference with Verizon s services and facilities. Such
requirements include, but are not limited to the following: (1) The
fibers must be single mode; (2) The fiber optic units must be of loose
tube (12 fibers) or ribbon (12 fibers) design; (3) The fiber cable must
be marked according to the cable ma rking requirements in GR - 20
CORE, Section 6.1 - 4; (4) The fiber must be identified according to
the fiber and unit identification (color codes) in GR - 20 - CORE
Section 6.2.5; (5) Unless otherwise mutually agreed , the outer cable
jacket shall consist of a polyethylene resin , carbon black, and suitable
antioxidant system; and (6) Silica fibers shall be fusible with a
commercially available fusion splicer(s) that is commonly used for this
operation.
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Control Over Premises-Based Equipment.Verizon exercises
exclusive physical control over the premises-based transmission
equipment that terminates Covista s circuits and provides the
installation, maintenance, and repair services necessary to assure
proper operation of the virtually collocated facilities and equipment.
Such work will be performed by Verizon under the direction of Covista.
Removal of Equipment.Verizon reserves the right to remove facilities
and equipment from its list of approved products if such products
facilities and equipment are determined to be no longer compliant with
NEBS standards or GR -1089 - CORE.
Installation and Trouble Resolution. Verizon will process and prioritize
the trouble ticket in the same manner it does for its own equipment
including the dispatch of a technician to the equipment. The
technician will contact Covista at the number provided and service the
equipment as instructed and directed by Covista.
Placement. Removal and Monitoring of Facilities and Equipment.
From manhole zero toward Covista s location the fiber optic cable
remains Covista s responsibility, with Covista performing all servicing
and maintaining full ownership.
Covista has the responsibility to remotely monitor and control their
circuits terminating in Verizon s premises, however, Covista will not
enter Verizon s premises under virtual Collocation arrangements.
Performance and surveillance monitoring and trouble isolation shall be
provided by Covista. A clear distinction must be made by Covista
when submitting reports of troubles on Verizon serviceslelements
connected to the virtually collocated equipment and reports of troubles
with the collocated equipment. The former can be handled using
Verizon technicians and standard processes. The latter will require
specially trained technicians familiar with the collocated equipment
(refer to Section 1.11).
When Covista isolates a trouble and determines that a Verizon
technician should be dispatched to the equipment location for a
servicing procedure, Covista shall enter a trouble ticket with Verizon.
Covista shall provide standard trouble information, including the virtual
Collocation arrangement's circuit identification , nature of the activity
request, and the name and telephone number of Covista
technicianlcontact.
Responses to all equipment servicing needs will be at Covista
direction. Maintenance will not be performed without Covista s direct
instruction and authorization.
If Covista is providing its own transport fiber for the virtual Collocation
arrangement, Covista will arrange placement of the fiber into manhole
zero with enough length (as designated by Verizon) to reach the virtual
Collocation arrangement.
Maintenance activity (trouble in the equipment) is to be tested , isolated
and evaluated by Covista. Verizon technicians will perform the
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instructed activities on the equipment as specifically directed by
Covista.
Covista shall provide, own, and operate the terminal equipment at their
site outside Verizon s premises.
Use of Non-Standard Eauipment.When Covista requests a virtual
Collocation arrangement consisting of equipment which Verizon does
not use in its network nor has deployed in that particular premise to
provide service to itself or another CLEC, Covista shall be responsible
for training 50%, but no fewer than five, of Verizon technicians in the
administrative work unit responsible for servicing the equipment. Any
special tools or electronic test sets that Verizon does not have at the
premises involved must be provided by Covista with adequate
manufacturer s training.
Covista is responsible to arrange and pay all costs (including but not
limited to transportation and lodging for Verizon technicians) to have
Verizon technicians professionally trained by appropriate trainers
certified on the specific equipment to be used to provide the virtual
Collocation arrangement to Covista. Covista shall also pay for Verizon
technicians' time subject to rates contained in the Pricing Attachment.
When travel is required, travel expenses associated with training will
be charged to Covista based on ticket stubs andlor receipts. This
includes paying for mileage according to the IRS rates for personal car
mileage or airfare, as appropriate Covista also has the option of
arranging and paying for all travel expenses for Verizon technicians
directly.
In the event of an equipment upgrade, Covista must provide
secondary training subject to the provisions contained herein.
Additions and Rearranaements. Once Covista has established a
virtual Collocation arrangement, changes to the existing configuration
(including but not limited to , growing, upgrading, andlor reconfiguring
the current equipment) are considered rearrangements to that virtual
Collocation arrangement. If Covista decides to rearrange an existing
virtual Collocation arrangement, Covista must submit a new
application outlining the details of the rearrangement along with a
virtual engineeringlmajor augment fee.
Application of Rates and Charges.
Billina. Verizon will apply charges (e., non-recurring and recurring
rates for entry fiber, power, etc.) and commence billing for the virtual
Collocation arrangement upon completion of the installation , when it
shall have finished all elements of the installation under its control.
The readiness of Covista to utilize the completed virtual Collocation
arrangement will not impair the right of Verizon to commence billing.
Verizon shall charge Covista for all costs incurred in providing the
virtual Collocation arrangement, including, but not limited to, Verizon
planning, engineering and installation time and costs incurred by
Verizon for inventory services. Any and all expenses associated with
placing Covista s fiber in manhole zero , including license fees, shall be
the responsibility of Covista.
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Virtual Engineerina Fee.Verizon will require a virtual
engineeringlmajor augment fee (NRC) per virtual Collocation request
per premise or other Verizon location where Covista requests to
establish virtual Collocation. A virtual engineering/major augment fee
is required to be submitted by Covista with its application. This fee
applies for all new virtual Collocation arrangements as well as
subsequent additions to an existing arrangement, and provides for
application processing, and for Verizon s performance of an initial site
visit and an engineering evaluation.
If Covista cancels or withdraws its request for a virtual Collocation
arrangement prior to turn-up, Covista will be liable for all costs and
liabilities incurred by Verizon in the developing, establishing, or
otherwise furnishing the virtual Collocation arrangement up to the point
of cancellation or withdrawal.
Other Virtual Collocation Rate Elements. The application, description
and rates of Collocation rate elements that are also applicable for
virtual Collocation are described in the Pricing Attachment.
Conversions . Requests for converting virtual Collocation
arrangements to caged or cageless arrangements shall be submitted
and designated as an Augment Application described in Section 1.
Requests for converting a virtual arrangement to a cage less
arrangement that requires no physical changes to the arrangement will
be assessed a minor augment fee. All other conversion requests for
virtual to caged or cageless will be assessed an engineeringlmajor
augment Fee and other applicable charges. Verizon will notify Covista
within ten (10) Business Oays following receipt of the completed
Augment Application if Covista conversion request is accepted or
denied. When converting a virtual arrangement to a caged or
cage less arrangement, Covista s equipment may need to be relocated.
Covista will be responsible for all costs associated with the relocation
of its equipment as described in Section 1.
Microwave Collocation.
Microwave Collocation is available on a first-come first-served basis where
technically feasible. The microwave equipment may include microwave
antenna(s), mounts , towers or other antenna support equipment on the exterior
of the building, and radio transmitterlreceiver equipment located either inside or
on the exterior of the building. All microwave antennas must be physically
interconnected to Verizon facilities through the Collocation arrangement. Unless
otherwise specified in this Section 1., the provisions contained in other
sections of the Collocation Attachment shall apply to microwave Collocation.
1.10.Accommodations. Verizon will provide space within the cable riser,
cable rack support structures and between the transmitterlreceiver
space and the roof space needed to reach the physical or virtual
Collocation arrangement and to access Verizon s interconnection
point. Waveguide may not be placed in Verizon cable risers or racks.
Verizon reserves the right to prohibit the installation of waveguide
metallic conduit and coaxial cable through or near sensitive equipment
areas. The route of the waveguide andlor coaxial cable as well as any
protection required will be discussed during the pre-construction
survey.
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10.
10.
Verizon will designate the space in, on or above the exterior walls and
roof of the premises, which will constitute the roof space or
transmitterlreceiver space. Verizon may require Covista
transmitterlreceiver equipment to be installed in a locked cabinet which
may be free standing, wall mounted or relay rack mounted. Verizon
may enclose Covista s multiplexing node or transmitterlreceiver
equipment in a cage or room.
At the option of Verizon, the antenna support structure shall be built
owned and maintained by either Verizon or by Covista. Verizon
reserves the right to use existing support structures for Covista
antenna, subject to space and capacity limitations. Verizon also
reserves the right to use any unused portion of a support structure
owned by Covista for any reason , subject to the provisions set forth
below. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the support
structure to maintain a record of the net book value of the structure.
When Verizon is the owner of the structure, it shall keep such records
in accordance with the FCC's Part 32 uniform system of accounts.
When Covista is the owner of the structure, it shall keep such records
in acc~rdance with generally accepted accounting principles.
The owner of the support structure shall use reasonable efforts to
accommodate requests by other CLECs to use the support structure
for microwave interconnection on a first-come first-served basis.
For those interconnecting via microwave facilities, transmitterlreceiver
equipment may be located in Covista s interior Collocation space, or in
a separate location inside or on the exterior of the building as
determined by Verizon.
Securitv. Verizon will permit Covista s employees, agents and
contractors approved by Verizon to have access to the areas where
Covista s microwave antenna and associated equipment (e., tower
and support structure, transmitterlreceiver equipment, and waveguide
andlor coaxial cable) is located during normal business hours for
installation and routine maintenance, provided that Covista
employees, agents and contractors comply with the policies and
practices of Verizon pertaining to fire , safety and security. Such
approval will not be unreasonably withheld. Ouring non-business
hours, Verizon will provide access on a per event basis.
Verizon will also permit all approved employees, agents and
contractors of Covista to have access to Covista s cable and
associated equipment (e., repeaters). This will include access to
riser cable, cableways, and any room or area necessary for access.
Safety and Technical Standards . Verizon reserves the right to remove
facilities and equipment from its list of approved products if such
products, facilities and equipment are determined to be no longer
compliant with NEBS standards or electromagnetic compatibility and
electrical safety generic criteria for network telecommunication
equipment specified in GR -1089 - CORE. Verizon will provide 90
days notice of the change unless it is due to an emergency which
renders notice impossible.
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Verizon reserves the right to review wind or ice loadings, etc., for
antennas over 18 inches in diameter or for any multiple antenna
installations, and to require changes necessary to insure that such
loadings meet generally accepted engineering criteria for radio tower
structures.
The minimum height of equipment placement. such as microwave
antennas, must be eight feet from the roof. For masts, towers andlor
antennas over ten (10) feet in height, Covista or if applicable, Verizon
shall have the complete structure, including guys and supports,
inspected every two years by an acceptable licensed professional
engineer of its choice specializing in this type of inspection. For
Covista owned structures that are solely for the use of one CLEC'
antenna(s), such inspection will be at Covista s own cost and expense.
For structures used by multiple CLECs, the costs associated with such
inspection shall be apportioned based on relative capacity ratios. A
copy of this report may be filed with Verizon within ten (10) days of the
inspection. The owner shall be responsible to complete all
maintenance andlor repairs, as recommended by the engineer, within
90 days.
Covista shall provide written notice to Verizon of any complaint (and
resolution of such complaint) by any governmental authority or others
pertaining to the installation , maintenance or operation of Covista
facilities or equipment located in roof space or transmitter/receiver
space. Covista also agrees to take all necessary corrective action.
All Covista microwave equipment to be installed in or on the exterior of
Verizon premises must be on the Verizon s list of approved products
or equipment that is demonstrated as complying with the technical
specifications described herein. Where a difference may exist in the
specifications, the more stringent shall apply.
Covista must comply with Verizon technical specifications for
microwave Collocation interconnection specified in NIP - 74171 and
Verizon s digital switch environmental requirements specified in NIP -
74165, as they relate to fire, safety, health , environmental , and
network safeguards, and ensure that Covista provided equipment and
installation activities do not act as a hindrance to Verizon services or
facilities. Covista s equipment placed in or on roof space or
transmitler/receiver space must also comply with all applicable rules
and regulations of the FCC and the FAA.
Covista facilities shall be placed, maintained , relocated or removed in
accordance with the applicable requirements and specifications of the
current edition of NIP - 74171 , national electric code, the national
electrical safety code, rules and regulations of the OSHA, and any
governing authority having jurisdiction.
All Covista microwave facilities must comply with Bellcore
specifications regarding microwave and radio based transmission and
equipment, CEF, BR - 760 - 200 - 030, and SR - TAP - 001421; and
Verizon s practices as they relate to fire, safety, health, environmental
safeguards transmission and electrical grounding requirements, or
interference with Verizon services or facilities.
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10.4
10.
The equipment located in , on or above the exterior walls or roof of
Verizon s building must either be on Verizon s list of approved
products or fully comply with requirements specified in GR - 63
CORE, GR -1089 - CORE and NIP 74171. This equipment must
also comply with NIP - 74160 , premise engineering environmental and
transmission standards as they relate to fire, safety, health,
environmental safeguards, or interference with Verizon service or
facilities.
Each transmitter individually and all transmitters collectively at a given
location shall comply with appropriate federal, state andlor local
regulations governing the safe levels of radio frequency radiation. The
minimum standard to be met by Covista in all cases is specified in
ANSI C95.1 -1982.
Covista equipment must conform to the same specific risk, safety,
hazard standards which Verizon imposes on its own premises
equipment as defined in RNSA - NEB - 95 - 0003, Revision 10 or
higher. Covista equipment is not required to meet the same
performance and reliability standards as Verizon imposes on its own
equipment as defined in RNSA - NEB - 95 - 0003, Revision 10 or
higher.
Placement and Removal of Facilities and Eauioment.Prior to
installation of Covista s facilities or transmission equipment for
microwave interconnection, Covista must obtain at its sole cost and
expense all necessary licenses, permits, approvals andlor variances
for the installation and operation of the equipment and particular
microwave system, and when applicable for any towers or support
structures, as may be required by authorities having jurisdiction.
Covista is not permitted to penetrate the building exterior wall or roof
when installing or maintaining transmission equipment and support
structures. All building penetration will be done by Verizon or a hired
agent of Verizon.
Any Covista s equipment used to produce or extract moisture must be
connected to existing or newly constructed building or roof top
drainage systems, at the expense of Covista.
Covista will be responsible for supplying, installing, maintaining,
repairing and servicing the following microwave specific equipment:
Waveguide, waveguide conduit, andlor coaxial cable, the microwave
antenna and associated tower and support structure and any
associated equipment; and the transmitter/receiver equipment and any
required grounding.
Covista may install equipment that has been deployed by the Verizon
for five years or more with a proven safety record.
Moves. Reolacements or Other Modifications . Where Covista intends
to modify, move replace or add to equipment or facilities within or
about the roof space or transmitterlreceiver space(s) and requires
special consideration (e., use of freight elevators , loading dock
staging area, etc.), Covista must request and receive written consent
from Verizon. Such consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
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Covista shall not make any changes from initial installation in terms of
the number of transmitter/receivers, type of radio equipment, power
output of transmitters or any other technical parameters without the
prior written approval of Verizon.
10.Space and Facilities. Monthly rates are applicable to Covista for the
space (generally on the premises roof) associated with Verizon or
other CLEC owned antenna support structures. The rate is calculated
using the rate per square foot, multiplied by the square footage of the
footprint, which resultant is multiplied by Covista s relative capacity
ratio (RCR), (Le., the sum of the RCRs of each of the Covista
antennas ).
Square footage for the footprint will be based on the length times width
of the entire footprint formed on the horizontal plane (generally the roof
top) by the antennae s), tower( s), mount( s), guy wires andlor support
structures used by Covista. For a non-rectangular footprint, the length
will be measured at the longest part of the footprint and the width will
be the widest part of the footprint.
The owner of the support structure may charge Covista proposing to
use the structure, on a one-time basis, for the following costs andlor
values. Any incremental costs associated with installing the Covista
antenna, including but not limited to, the costs of engineering studies,
roof penetrations, structural attachments, support structure
modification or reinforcement, zoning and building permits. A portion
of the net book value of the support structure is based on the RCR of
Covista s proposed antenna(s) to be mounted on the structure.
Covista s RCR represents the percent of the total capacity of the
support structure used by Covista s antenna(s) on the structure.
Spare capacity shall be deemed to be that of the owner of the
structure. RCRs shall be expressed as a two place decimal number
rounded to the nearest whole percent. The sum of all users' RCRs
and the owner s RCR shall at all times equal 1.00. It shall be the
responsibility of the owner of the structure to provide Covista the net
book value of the structure at the time of the proposed use. Upon
request, the owner shall also provide the proposed user accounting
records or other documentation supporting the net book value.
The owner of the structure may not assess Covista any charges in
addition to the one-time charge described above, except that the
owner of the structure may assess Covista a proportionate share of
inspection costs and Verizon may assess Covista monthly recurring
charges for use of its roof space. At the time Covista proposes to
attach additional antennas to an existing support structure, it shall be
the responsibility of Covista to obtain, at its cost and expense , an
engineering analysis by a registered structural engineer to determine
the relative capacity ratio of all antennas on the structure , including the
proposed antennas.
When a Covista is the owner of the structure, the proposed user shall
pay Covista directly the one-time charge as set forth above. When
Verizon is the owner of the support structure, it shall determine the
charge on an individual case basis. In the event that Covista as owner
of the support structure fails to comply with these provisions, at
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10.
10.
Verizon s option, ownership of the support structure shall transfer to
Verizon.
Costs incurred by Verizon to conduct a review for wind or ice loadings
(etc.) for antennas over 18 inches in diameter, or for any multiple
antenna installation, and any changes which may be required thereto
in order to insure that such loadings meet generally accepted
engineering criteria for radio tower structures, will be billed to Covista.
Emeraencv Power andlor Environmental Support. In the event special
work must be done by Verizon to provide emergency power or
environmental support to the transmitter/receiver equipment or
antenna , Covista will be billed on a time and materials basis for the
costs incurred.
Escortina . When Covista personnel are escorted by a qualified
Verizon employee for access to the roof space, transmitter/receiver
space, or cable risers and racking for maintenance, the miscellaneous
labor charges as set forth in the Pricing Attachment will apply.
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911 ATTACHMENT
911/6-911 Arrangements
Covista may, at its option, interconnect to the Verizon 911/E-911 Selective
Router or 911 Tandem Offices, as appropriate, that serve the areas in which
Covista provides Telephone Exchange Services, for the provision of 911/E-911
services and for access to all subtending Public Safety Answering Points
(PSAP). In such situations, Verizon will provide Covista with the appropriate
CLL! codes and specifications of the Tandem Office serving area. In areas
where E-911 is not available, Covista and Verizon will negotiate arrangements to
connect Covista to the 911 service in accordance with applicable state law.
Path and route diverse Interconnections for 911/E-911 shall be made at the
technically feasible Point of Interconnection on Verizon s network at which the
Parties interconnect, or other points as necessary and mutually agreed, and as
required by law or regulation.
Within thirty (30) days of its receipt of a complete and accurate request from
Covista, to include all required information and applicable forms , and to the
extent authorized by the relevant federal, state, and local authorities, Verizon will
provide Covista, where Verizon offers 911 service, with the following at a
reasonable fee, if applicable:
3.4
Electronic Interface
a file via electronic medium containing the Master Street Address
Guide ("MSAG") for each county within the LATA(s) where Covista is
providing, or represents to Verizon that it intends to provide within sixty
(60) days of Covista s request, local exchange service, which MSAG
shall be updated as the need arises and a complete copy of which
shall be made available on an annual basis;
a list of the address and CLL! code of each 911/E-911 selective router
or 911 Tandem office(s) in the area in which Covista plans to offer
Telephone Exchange Service;
a list of geographical areas, e., LATAs, counties or municipalities,
with the associated 911 tandems, as applicable.
a list of Verizon personnel who currently have responsibility for 911/E-
911 requirements, including a list of escalation contacts should the
primary contacts be unavailable.
any special 911 trunking requirements for each 911/E-911 selective
router or 911 Tandem Office, where available , and;
prompt return of any Covista 911/E-911 data entry files containing
errors, so that Covista may ensure the accuracy of the Customer
records.
Covista shall use, where available, the appropriate Verizon electronic interface, through
which Covista shall input and provide a daily update of 911/E-911 database information
related to appropriate Covista Customers. In those areas where an electronic interface is
not available, Covista shall provide Verizon with all appropriate 911/E-911 information
such as name, address, and telephone number via facsimile for Verizon s entry into the
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911/E-911 database system. Any 911/E-911-related data exchanged between the
Parties prior to the availability of an electronic interface shall conform to Verizon
standards, whereas 911/E-911-related data exchanged electronically shall conform to the
National Emergency Number Association standards (NENA). Covista may also use the
electronic interface, where available, to query the 911/E-911 database to verify the
accuracy of Covista Customer information.
911 Interconnection
Verizon and Covista will use commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate the prompt,
robust, reliable and efficient interconnection of Covista systems to the 911/E-911
platforms andlor systems.
911 Facilities
Covista shall be responsible for providing facilities from the Covista End Office to the 911
Tandem or selective router. Covista shall deploy diverse routing of 911 trunk pairs to the
911 tandem or selective router.
Local Number Portability for use with 911
The Parties acknowledge that until Local Number Portability (LNP) with full 911/E-911
compatibility is utilized for all ported telephone numbers, the use of Interim Number
Portability ("INP") creates a special need to have the Automatic Location Identification
(All) screen reflect two numbers: the "old" number and the "new" number assigned by
Covista. Therefore, for those ported telephone numbers using INP, Covista will provide
the 911/E-911 database with both the forwarded number and the directory number, as
well as all other required information including the appropriate address information for the
Customer for entry into the 911/E-911 database system. Further, Covista will out pulse
the telephone number to which the call has been forwarded (that is, the Customer s ANI)
to the 911 Tandem office or selective router. Covista will include their NENA five
character Company Identification ("COIO") for inclusion in the All display.
Covista is required to enter data into the 911/E-911 database under the NENA
Standards for LNP. This includes, but is not limited to, using Covista s NENA
COIO to lock and unlock records and the posting of Covista s NENA COIO to the
All record where such locking and migrating feature for 911/E-911 records are
available or as defined by local standards.
PSAP Coordination
Verizon and Covista will work cooperatively to arrange meetings with PSAPs to answer
any technical questions the PSAPs, or county or municipal coordinators may have
regarding the 911/E-911 arrangements.
911 Compensation
Covista will compensate Verizon for connections to its 911/E-911 platform andlor system
pursuant to the rate schedule included in the Pricing Attachment.
911 Rules and Regulations
Covista and Verizon will comply with all applicable rules and regulations (including 911
taxes and surcharges as defined by local requirements) pertaining to the provision of
911/E-911 services in the State of Idaho.
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Good Faith Performance
If and, to the extent that, Verizon, prior to the Effective Oate of this Agreement, has not
provided in the State of Idaho a Service offered under this Attachment, Verizon reserves
the right to negotiate in good faith with Covista reasonable terms and conditions
(including, without limitation , rates and implementation timeframes) for such Service; and
if the Parties cannot agree to such terms and conditions (including, without limitation
rates and implementation timeframes), either Party may utilize the Agreement's dispute
resolution procedures.
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PRICING ATTACHMENT
General
As used in this Attachment, the term "Charges" means the rates, fees, charges
and prices for a Service.
Except as stated in Section 2 or Section 3 of this Attachment, Charges for
Services shall be as stated in this Section 1.
The Charges for a Service shall be the Charges for the Service stated in the
Providing Party s applicable Tariff.
1.4 In the absence of Charges for a Service established pursuant to Section 1.3 of
this Attachment, the Charges shall be as stated in Appendix A of this Pricing
Attachment. For rate elements provided in Appendix A of this Pricing Attachment
that do not include a Charge, either marked as "TBO" or otherwise, Verizon is
developing such Charges and has not finished developing such Charges as of
the Effective Oate of this Agreement ("Effective Oate ). When Verizon finishes
developing such a Charge, Verizon shall notify Covista in writing of such Charge
in accordance with, and subject to, the notices provisions of this Agreement and
thereafter shall bill Covista, and Covista shall pay to Verizon , for Services
provided under this Agreement on the Effective Oate and thereafter in
accordance with such Charge. Any notice provided by Verizon to Covista
pursuantto this Section 1.4 shall be deemed to be a part of Appendix A of this
Pricing Attachment immediately after Verizon sends such notice to Covista and
thereafter.
The Charges stated in Appendix A of this Pricing Attachment shall be
automatically superseded by any applicable Tariff Charges. The Charges stated
in Appendix A of this Pricing Attachment also shall be automatically superseded
by any new Charge(s) when such new Charge(s) are required by any order of the
Commission or the FCC , approved by the Commission or the FCC, or otherwise
allowed to go into effect by the Commission or the FCC (including, but not limited
, in a Tariff that has been filed with the Commission or the FCC), provi ded such
new Charge(s) are not subject to a stay issued by any court of competent
jurisdiction.
In the absence of Charges for a Service established pursuant to Sections 1.
through 1.5 of this Attachment, if Charges for a Service are otherwise expressly
provided for in this Agreement, such Charges shall apply.
In the absence of Charges for a Service established pursuant to Sections 1.
through 1.6 of this Attachment, the Charges for the Service shall be the Providing
Party's FCC or Commission approved Charges.
In the absence of Charges for a Service established pursuant to Sections 1.
through 1.7 of this Attachment, the Charges for the Service shall be mutually
agreed to by the Parties in writing.
Verizon Telecommunications Services Provided to Covista for Resale Pursuant to
the Resale Attachment
Verizon Telecommunications Services for which Verizon is Required to Provide a
Wholesale Oiscount Pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act.
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1.4
The Charges for a Verizon Telecommunications Service purchased by
Covista for resale for which Verizon is required to provide a wholesale
discount pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act shall be the Retail
Price for such Service set forth in Verizon s applicable Tariffs (or, if
there is no Tariff Retail Price for such Service, Verizon s Retail Price
for the Service that is generally offered to Verizon s Customers), less,
to the extent required by Applicable Law: (a) the applicable wholesale
discount stated in Verizon s Tariffs for Verizon Telecommunications
Services purchased for resale pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act;
or (b) in the absence of an applicable Verizon Tariff wholesale
discount for Verizon Telecommunications Services purchased for
resale pursuant to Section 251 (c)( 4) of the Act, the applicable
wholesale discount stated in Appendix A for Verizon
Telecommunications Services purchased for resale pursuant to
Section 251 (c)( 4) of the Act.
The Charges for a Verizon Telecommunications Service Customer
Specific Arrangement ("CSA") purchased by Covista for resale
pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Resale Attachment for which Verizon is
required to provide a wholesale discount pursuant to Section 251(c)(4)
of the Act shall be the Retail Price for the CSA, less, to the extent
required by Applicable Law: (a) the applicable wholesale discount
stated in Verizon s Tariffs for Verizon Telecommunications Services
purchased for resale pursuant to Section 251 (c)(4) of the Act; or (b) in
the absence of an applicable Verizon Tariff wholesale discount for
Verizon Telecommunications Services purchased for resale pursuant
to Section 251 (c)( 4) of the Act, the applicable discount stated in
Appendix A for Verizon Telecommunications Services purchased for
resale pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in accordance with, and to the extent permitted by
Applicable Law, Verizon may establish a wholesale discount for a CSA
that differs from the wholesale discount that is generally applicable to
Telecommunications Services provided to Covista for resale pursuant
to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act.
Notwithstanding Sections 2.1 and 2.2 of this Attachment, in
accordance with , and to the extent permitted by Applicable Law
Verizon may at any time establish a wholesale discount for a
Telecommunications Service (including, but not limited to, a CSA) that
differs from the wholesale discount that is generally applicable to
Telecommunications Services provided to Covista for resale pursuant
to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act.
The wholesale discount stated in Appendix A shall be automatically
superseded by any new wholesale discount when such new wholesale
discount is required by any order of the Commission or the FCC,
approved by the Commission or the FCC, or otherwise allowed to go
into effect by the Commission or the FCC, provided such new
wholesale discount is not subject to a stay issued by any court of
competent jurisdiction.
The wholesale discount provided for in Sections 2.1 through 2.3 of
this Attachment shall not be applied to:
Short term promotions as defined in 47 CFR ~ 51.613;
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5.2 Except as otherwise provided by Applicable Law, Exchange
Access services;
Subscriber Line Charges, Federal Line Cost Charges, end
user common line Charges, taxes, and government
Charges and assessment (including, but not limited to, 9-1-
1 Charges and Oual Party Relay Service Charges).
5.4 Any other service or Charge that the Commission, the FCC
or other governmental entity of appropriate jurisdiction
determines is not subject to a wholesale discount under
Section 251(c)(4) of the Act.
Verizon Telecommunications Services for which Verizon is Not Required to
Provide a Wholesale Oiscount Pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act.
The Charges for a Verizon Telecommunications Service for which
Verizon is not required to provide a wholesale discount pursuant to
Section 251(c)(4) of the Act shall be the Charges stated in Verizon
Tariffs for such Verizon Telecommunications Service (or, ifthere are
no Verizon Tariff Charges for such Service, Verizon s Charges for the
Service that are generally offered by Verizon).
The Charges for a Verizon Telecommunications Service customer
specific contract service arrangement ("CSA") purchased by Covista
pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Resale Attachment for which Verizon is
not required to provide a wholesale discount pursuant to Section
251(c)(4) of the Act shall be the Charges provided for in the CSA and
any other Charges that Verizon could bill the person to whom the CSA
was originally provided (including, but not limited to, applicable Verizon
Tariff Charges).
Other Charges.
Covista shall pay, or collect and remit to Verizon, without discount, all
Subscriber Line Charges, Federal Line Cost Charges, and end user
common line Charges , associated with Verizon Telecommunications
Services provided by Verizon to Covista.
Covista Prices
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Charges that Covista bills
Verizon for Covista s Services shall not exceed the Charges for Verizon s comparable
Services, except to the extent that Covista s cost to provide such Covista s Services to
Verizon exceeds the Charges for Verizon s comparable Services and Covista has
demonstrated such cost to Verizon, or, at Verizon s request, to the Commission or the
FCC.
(This Section Intentionally Left Blank)
Regulatory Review of Prices
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Party reserves its respective
rights to institute an appropriate proceeding with the FCC, the Commission or other
governmental body of appropriate jurisdiction: (a) with regard to the Charges for its
Services (including, but not limited to, a proceeding to change the Charges for its
services, whether provided for in any of its Tariffs, in Appendix A, or otherwise); and (b)
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with regard to the Charges of the other Party (including, but not limited to, a proceeding
to obtain a reduction in such Charges and a refund of any amounts paid in excess of any
Charges that are reduced).
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APPENDIX A TO THE PRICING ATTACHMENT
V1.
Rates and Charges for Transport and Termination of Traffic
Reciprocal Compensation Traffic Termination
Reciprocal Compensation Traffic End Office Rate: $0.0050687 per minute of
use.
Reciprocal Compensation Traffic Tandem Rate: $0.0070138 per minute of use.
The Tandem Transit Service Charge is $0.0018345 per minute of use.
Transit Service Billing Fee - Five percent (5%) of the Tandem Transit Traffic
Service Charges assessed during the billing period for Tandem Transit Traffic
exchanged with the relevant third party carriers.
Transit Service Trunkin~ Charge (for each relevant third party carrier) - For each
OS1 equivalent volume (or portion thereof) of Tandem Transit Traffic exchanged
with the relevant third party carrier during a monthly billing period: an amount
equal to the total monthly rate for 24 channels (OS1 equivalent) for Switched
Access, Access Tandem Oedicated Trunk Port OS1 , as set forth in Verizon Tariff
FCC No. 14, as amended from time to time.
Entrance Facility and Transport for Interconnection Charges: See Intrastate
Special Access Tariff
This Appendix may contain rates for (and/or reference) services, facilities, arrangements and the like that
Verizon does not have an obligation to provide under the Agreement (e.g.. services, facilities, arrangements and the like
for which an unbundling requirement does not exist under 47 U.C. Section 251(cX3)). Notwithstanding any such rates
(and/or references) and, for the avoidance of any doubt, nothing in this Appendix shall be deemed to require Verizon to
provide a service, facility, arrangement or the like that the Agreement does not require Verizon to provide, or to provide a
service, facility, arrangement or the like upon rates, terms or conditions other than those that may be required by the
Agreement.
All rates and charges set forth in this Appendixshall apply until such time as they are replaced by new rates
and/or charges as the Commission or the FCC may approve or allow to go into effect from time to time, subject however
to any stay or other order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction. In addition to any rates and charges set forth
herein, Verizon, effective as of March 11 , 2005, may, but shall not be required to, charge (and Covista shall pay) any rates
and charges that apply to a CLEC's embedded base of certain UNEs pursuant to the FCC's Order on Remand
Unbundled Access to Network Elements; Review of the Section 251 Unbundling Obligations of Incumbent Local
Exchange Carriers WC Docket No. 04-313, CC Docket No. 01-338 (FCC reI. Feb. 4,2005) (the "TRRO"), the foregoing
being without limitation of other rates and charges that may apply under subsequent FCC orders or otherwise. In
addition, as set forth in Industry Notices, surcharges may apply to certain rates contained herein in order to apply a rate
equivalent to the resale discount rate for certain facilities and arrangements that are no longer available as unbundled
network elements or combinations thereof.
All rates and charges specified herein are pertaining to the Interconnection Attachment.
A CCS busy hour equivalent of 200,000 combined minutes of use.
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II.Services Available for Resale
The avoided cost discount for all Resale services is 13.50%.
Non-Recurring Charges (NRCs) for Resale Services
Pre-ordering
CLEC Account Establishment Per CLEC
Customer Record Search Per Account
Ordering and Provisioning
Engineered Initial Service Order (ISO) - New Service
Engineered Initial Service Order c As Specified
Engineered Subsequent Service Order
Non-Engineered Initial Service Order - New Service
Non-Engiheered Initial Service Order - Changeover
Non-Engineered Initial Service Order - As Specified
Non-Engineered Subsequent Service Order
Central Office Connect
Outside Facility Connect
Manual Ordering Charge
Product Specific
$273.
$ 11.
$311.
$123.
$ 59.
$ 42.
$ 21.
$ 82.
$ 19.
$ 12.
$ 68.
$ 12.
NRCs, other than those for Pre-ordering, Ordering and Provisioning, and Custom
Handling as listed in this Appendix, will be charged from the appropriate retail
tariff. No discount applies to such NRCs.
Custom Handling
Service Order Expedite:
Engineered
Non-Engineered
Coordinated Conversions:
ISO
Central Office Connection
Outside Facility Connection
Hot Coordinated Conversion First Hour:
ISO
Central Office Connection
Outside Facility Connection
Hot Coordinated Conversion per Additional Quarter Hour:
ISO
Central Office Connection
Outside Facility Connection
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$ 35.48
$ 12.
$ 17.
$ 10.$ 9.
$ 30.
$ 42.
$ 38.
6.40
$ 10.$ 9.
Application of NRCs
Pre-orderi ng:
CLEC Account Establishment is a one-time charge applied the first time that
Covista orders any service from this Agreement.
Customer Record Search applies when Covista requests a summary of the
services currently subscribed to by the end-user.
Ordering and Provisioning:
Engineered Initial Service Order - New Service applies per Local Service
Request (LSR) when engineering work activity is required to complete the order
g. digital loops.
Non-Engineered Initial. Service Order - New Service applies per LSR when no
engineering work activity is required to complete the order, e.g. analog loops.
Initial Service Order - As Specified (Engineered or Non-Engineered) applies only
to Complex Services for services migrating from Verizon to Covista. Complex
Services are services that require a data gathering form or has special
instructions.
Non-Engineered Initial Service Order - Changeover applies only to Basic
Services for services migrating from Verizon to Covista. End-user service may
remain the same or change.
Central Office Connect applies in addition to the ISO when physical installation is
required at the central office.
Outside Facility Connect applies in addition to the ISO when incremental
fieldwork is required.
Manual Ordering Charge applies to orders that require Verizon to manually enter
Covista s order into Verizon s Secure Integrated Gateway System (SIGS), e.
faxed orders and orders sent via physical or electronic mail.
Custom Handling (These NRCs are in addition to any Preordering or Ordering and
Provisioning NRCs):
Service Order Expedite (Engineered or Non-Engineered) applies if Covista
requests service prior to the standard due date intervals.
Coordinated Conversion applies if Covista requests notification and coordination
of service cut over prior to the service becoming effective.
Hot Coordinated Conversion First Hour applies if Covista requests real-time
coordination of a service cut-over that takes one hour or less.
Hot Coordinated Conversion Per Additional Quarter Hour applies, in addition to
the Hot Coordinated Conversion First Hour, for every 15-minute segment of real-
time coordination of a service cut-over that takes more than one hour.
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III.Prices for Unbundled Network Elements
Monthly Recurring Charges
Local Loop
2 Wire Analog Loop (inclusive of NIO)
4 Wire Analog Loop (inclusive of NIO)
2 Wire Oigital Loop (inclusive of NIO)
4 Wire Oigital Loop (inclusive of NIO)
OS-1 Loop
OS-3 Loop
45.
67.
45.
67.
160.
320.
26.
16.
26.
31.
45.
BFR
Supplemental Features:
ISON-BRI Line Loop Extender
OS 1 Clear Channel Capability
Sub-Loop
Wire Feeder
Wire Oistribution
4-Wire Feeder
Wire Oistribution
Wire Orop
Wire Orop
Inside Wire
Network Interface Device (leased separately)
Basic NIO:
Complex (12 x) NIO
Switching
Port
Basic Analog Line Side Port
Coin Line Side Port
ISDN BRI Oigital Line Side Port
OS-1 Oigital Trunk Side Port
ISON PRI Oigital Trunk Side Port
19.40
70.
227.
Usage Charges (must purchase Port)
Local Central Office Switching
(Overall Average MOU)
Common Shared Transport
0050687
4 For the avoidance of any doubt, in addition to any rates and charges set forth herein, Verizon, effective as of March 11,
2005, may, but shall not be required to, charge (and Covista shall pay) any rates and charges that apply to a CLEC'
embedded base of certain UNEs pursuant to the TRRO, the foregoing being without limitation of other rates and charges
that may apply under subsequent FCC orders or otherwise; in addition, as set forth in Industry Notices, surcharges may
apply to certain rates contained herein in order to apply a rate equivalent to the resale discount rate for certain facilities
and arrangements that are no longer available as unbundled network elements or combinations thereof.
5 In compliance with the FCC Order approving the Merger of GTE Corporation and Bell Atiantic(CC Docket No. 98-1840),
Verizon will offer limited duration promotional discounts on resold residential exchange access lines. The terms and
conditions on which these promotional discounts are being made available can be found on Verizon s web site, at
httD:/Iwww.ate.com/wise for former GTE service areas and httD://www.bell-atl.com/wholesale/html/resources.htm for
former Bell Atlantic service areas.
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Transport Facility (Average MOU/ALM)
Transport Termination (Average MOU/Term)
Tandem Switching (Average MOU)
Terminating to Originating Ratio
Dedicated Transport Facilities
CLEC Oedicated Transport
COT 2 Wire
COT 4 Wire
COT OS1
COT OS3 Optical Interface
COT OS3 Electrical Interface
Interoffice Oedicated Transport
lOT OSO Transport Facility per ALM
lOT OSO Transport Termination
lOT OS1 Transport Facility per ALM
lOT OS1 Transport Termination
lOT OS3 Transport Facility per ALM
lOT OS3 Transport Termination
Multiplexing
OS1 to Voice Multiplexing
OS3 to OS1 Multiplexing
OS1 Clear Channel Capability
Unbundled Dark Fiber
Unbundled Oark Fiber Loops/Sub-Loops
Dark Fiber Loop
Oark Fiber Sub-Loop - Feeder
Oark Fiber Sub-Loop - Oistribution
Unbundled Oark Fiber Oedicated Transport
Oark Fiber lOT -Facility
Oark Fiber lOT -Termination
Intermediate Office Cross Connect
Covista ID Comprehensive Ver2.8 -doc 181
0000021
0001106
0017134
$ 33.
$ 53.
300.
$ 1 312.
$ 1 750.
12.
45.
25.
234.
194.
550.
26.
67.
53.
13.
24.
TBO
UNE-P Pricing
MRCs. The MRC for a UNE-P will generally be equal to the sum of the MRCs for the
combined UNEs (e.g. the total of the UNE loop charge plus the UNE port charges in the
Agreement (see Note A) plus: UNE local switching (per minute originating usage plus
TIO factor to determine terminating minutes) based on UNE local switching rates in the
Agreement plus UNE shared transport and tandem switching (based on factors for
percent interoffice and tandem switch usage, plus assumed transport mileage of 10 miles
and 2 terms) based on UNE shared transport rates in the Agreement plus UNE Vertical
Services charges (optional per line charges, if allowed by the Agreement).
(Note A): UNE platforms are available in four looplport configurations as shown below.
If the price for any component of these platforms is not set forth herein, Verizon will use
the 1GB process to determine the appropriate price and TBO pricing shall apply.
UNE Basic Analog Voice Grade Platform consists of the following components:
UNE 2-wire Analog loop; and
UNE Basic Analog Line Side port
UNE ISON BRI Platform consists of the following components:
UNE 2-wire Oigitalloop; and
UNE ISON BRI Oigital Line Side port
UNE ISON PRI Platform consists of the following components:
UNE OS1 loop; and
UNE IS ON PRI Oigital Trunk Side port
UNE OS1 Platform consists of the following components:
UNE OS1 loop; and
UNE OS1 Oigital Trunk Side port
NRCs. Optional NRCs will apply as ordered by the CLEC including such charges as
Expedites, Coordinated Conversions, loop Conditioning, etc.
EEL Pricing
MRCs. The MRCs for an EEL will generally be equal to the applicable MRCs for UNEs
and Multiplexing that comprise an EEL arrangement (e.g. UNE Loop, lOT, COT,
Multiplexing, & Clear Channel Capability).
6 For the avoidance of any doubt, in addition to any rates and charges set forth herein, Verizon, effective as of March 11
2005, may, but shall not be required to, charge (and Covista shall pay) any rates and charges that apply to a CLEC'
embedded base of certain UNEs pursuant to the TRRO, the foregoing being without limitation of other rates and charges
that may apply under subsequent FCC orders or otherwise; in addition, as set forth in Industry Notices, surcharges may
apply to certain rates contained herein in order to apply a rate equivalent to the resale discount rate for certain facilities
and arrangements that are no longer available as unbundled network elements or combinations thereof.
Covista ID Comprehensive Ver2.8 -doc 182
Line Splitting
Except as noted in the following paragra ph, the provider of voice services in a Line
Splitting arrangement ("VLEC") will be billed for all charges associated with the Network
Elements and other Verizon services, facilities and arrangements, used in conjunction
with the Line Splitting arrangement ("Line Splitting Arrangement"), regardless of which
CLEC in the Line Splitting Arrangement orders the Network Elements or other Verizon
services, facilities or arrangements. These charges include, but are not limited to, all
applicable non-recurring charges and monthly recurring charges related to such Line
Splitting Arrangement, including but not limited to UNE-P (2-wire digital UNE loop or 2-
wire AOSL capable UNE loop, UNE switch port, UNE local switching usage, UNE local
transport and usage rates), testing, pre-qualification, OSS , line conditioning, CLEC
account establishment and misdirected trouble charges.
The CLEC with the applicable collocation arrangement will be billed for splitter
establishment and collocation related charges.
7 Rates for the individual line splitting components are contained in existing terms for Unbundled Network Elements andCollocation.
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NON-RECURRING CHARGES - LOOP, PORT AND NID
Pre-ordering
CLEC Account Establishment Per CLEC
CustomerRecord Search
$166.
$ 4.
Ordering and Provisioning
Loop:
Engineered Initial Service Order (ISO)
Non-Engineered ISO
Central Office Connection
Outside Facility Connection (See Note 1)
$294.
$ 49.
$ 12.
$ 68.
NIO:
ISO
Outside Facility Connection
$ 33.
$ 42.
Port:
ISO
Subsequent Service Order
Central Office Connection
$ 50.46
$ 25.
$ 12.
Custom Handling
Manual Ordering Charge
Service Order Expedite:
Engineered Loop LSRs
All Other LSRs
$ 12.
$ 25.
$ 3.
Coordinated Conversions:
ISO
Central Office Connection
Outside Facility Connection
$ 17.
$ 10.
$ 9.
Hot Coordinated Conversion First Hour:
ISO
Central Office Connection
Outside Facility Connection
$ 30.
$ 42.
$ 38.
Hot Coordinated Conversion per Additional Quarter Hour:
ISO
Central Office Connection
Outside Facility Connection
6.40
$ 10.$ 9.
Note 1: The Outside Loop Facility Charge will apply when fieldwork is required for establishment
of a new unbundled loop service.
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NON-RECURRING CHARGES - OTHER UNEs
Exchange - FOI Feeder Interconnection - Initial
Exchange - FOI Feeder Interconnection - Subsequent
Exchange - FOI Oistribution Interconnection - Initial
Exchange - FOI Oistribution Interconnection - Subsequent
Exchange - Serving Terminal Interconnection - Initial
Exchange - Serving Terminal Interconnection - Subsequent
$ 36.
$ 15.
$ 36.
$ 15.
$ 36.
$ 15.
$ 26.
$ 11.
$ 26.
$ 11.
$ 26.
$ 11.
$ 46.20
$ 16.
$ 61.
$ 16.
$ 28.
$ 13.
$ 24.
7.22
$ 30.$ 7.
$ 15.
6.41
Advanced - Service Inquiry Charge $405.$405.NIA NIA
Advanced - Interoffice Oedicated Transport - Initial $ 64.$ 64.$267.$224.
Advanced - Unbundled Loop - Initial $ 64.$ 64.$261.$220.43
Advanced - Sub-Loop Feeder - Initial $ 64.$ 64.$261.$220.43
Advanced - Sub-Loop Oistribution - Initial $ 64.$ 64.$264.$216.
Intermediate Office Cross Connect TBO
Oark fiber Record Review (with reservations)TBO
Oark Fiber Optional Engineering Services TBO
m:c"
:S'!.",
Advanced - Basic (2-wire and 4-wire) - Initial $ 88.39 $ 56.$12.NIA
Advanced - Basic (2-wire and 4-wire) - Subsequent $ 38.$ 21.$ 12.NIA
OS1/0S3 - Initial $ 97.$ 65.$12.NIA
OS1/DS3 - Subsequent $ 38.$ 21.$ 12.NIA
OS3 to OS1 Multiplexer NIA NIA $450.NIA
OS1 to OSO Multiplexer NIA NIA $800.NIA
Advanced - Basic (2-wire and 4-wire) Changeover (As Is)$161.$99.$41.NIA
Advanced - Basic (2-wire and 4-wire) Changeover (As Is)-$7.$4.$41.NIA
Additional MOG (Mass Order Generator) Only
Advanced - Complex (OS1 and above) Changeover (As Is)$179.$117.$41.NIA
Advanced - Complex (OS1 and above) Changeover (As Is)-$7.$4.$41.NIA
Additional MOG (Mass Order Generator) Only
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Loop Conditioning - Bridged Tap
Loop Conditioning - Load Coils
Loop Conditioning - Load Coils Bridged Tap
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
$318.
$249.
$568.
$ 34.
$ 34.
Exchange - Basic - Initial $ 31.$ 22.$ 28.23 $ 26.
Exchange - Basic - Subsequent $ 16.44 $ 13.
Exchange - Basic - Changeover $ 19.$ 15.
Exchange - Complex Non-Oigital - Initial $ 41.$ 27.$162.41 $ 31.
Exchange - Complex Non-Oigital - Subsequent (Port Feature)$ 16.44 $ 13.
Exchange - Complex Non-Oigital - Subsequent (Switch $ 20.$ 13.$ 22.$ 22.
Feature Group)
Exchange - Complex Non-Oigital - Changeover (As Is)$ 22.$ 17.
Exchange - Complex Non-Oigital - Changeover (As Specified)$ 30.$ 21.$ 20.
Exchange - Complex Oigital - Initial $ 41.$ 27.$205.$ 28.
Exchange - Complex Oigital - Subsequent (Port Feature)$ 16.44 $ 13.
Exchange - Complex Oigital - Subsequent (Switch Feature $ 20.13.$ 22.$ 22.
Group)
Exchange - Complex Oigital - Changeover (As Is)$ 22.17.
Exchange - Complex Oigital - Changeover (As Specified)$ 30.$ 21.$ 80.
Advanced - Complex - Initial $ 48.$ 34.$681.$303.
Advanced - Complex - Subsequent $ 20.$ 13.$ 65.$ 48.47
Advanced - Complex - Changeover (As Is)$ 24.19.$ 51.$ 34.
Advanced - Complex - Changeover (As Specified)$ 37.$ 28.$ 82.$ 64.
~~i!I~~~l
Advanced - Basic(2-wire and 4-wire) - Initial $ 95.49 $ 63.$428.NIA
Advanced - Basic (2-wire and 4-wire)- Subsequent $ 45.$ 28.$ 58.20 N/A
Advanced - Complex (OS1 and above) -Initial $105.$ 72.$584.49 NIA
Advanced - Complex(OS1 and above) - Subsequent $ 45.$ 28.$ 86.NIA
Entrance FacilitylOedicated Transport OSO - Initial
Entrance FacilitylOedicated Transport OSO - Subsequent
Entrance FacilitylOedicated Transport OSlIOS3 - Initial
Entrance FacilitylOedicated Transport OS1/0S3 - Subsequent
Clear Channel Capability
$ 95.49
$ 45.
$105.
$ 45.
NIA
$ 63.
$ 28.
$ 72.
$ 28.77
NIA
$390.
$ 58.
$515.
$ 86.
$90.
N/A
N/A
NIA
N/A
NIA
8 These charges are interim and subject to retroactive true back to the Effective Date of this Agreement.
Covista ID Comprehensive Ver2.8 -doc 186
Facilities and Trunks - Initial
Facilities and Trunks - Subsequent (with Engineering Review)
Facilities and Trunks - Subsequent (w/o Engineering Review)
Trunks Only - Initial
Trunks Only - Subsequent (with Engineering Review)
Trunks Only - Subsequent (w/o Engineering Review)
STP Ports (SS7 Links)
$237.
$ 71.
$ 71.
$126.
$ 49.46
$ 49.46
$237.
$205.
$ 55.
$ 55.
$ 93.
$ 33.
$ 33.
$205.
$568.
$213.
$ 67.
$505.41
$202.
$ 67.
$438.
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
Exchange Products
Advanced Products
Customer Record Search (per account)
CLEC Account Establishment (per CLEC)
Oesign Change Charge - EELs and Transport
$ 3.
$ 25.
$ 4.
$166.
$40.
CLEC Splitter Connection - Initial
CLEC Splitter Connection - Subsequent
Covista ID Comprehensive Ver2.8 -doc 187
$ 32.
$ 13.
$ 3.
$ 25.
$166.
$40.
$ 22.
$ 9.
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
$ 53.
$ 14.49
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
$ 47.
$ 13.
Application of NRCs
Preordering:
CLEC Account Establishment is a one-time charge applied the first time that
Covista orders any service from this Agreement.
Customer Record Search applies when Covista requests a summary of the
services currently subscribed to by the end-user.
Ordering and Provisioning:
Initial Service Order (ISO) applies to each Local Service Request (LSR) and
Access Service Request (ASR) for new service. Charge is Manual (e.g. for a
faxed order) or Semi-Mechanized (e.g. for an electronically transmitted order)
based upon the method of submission used by the CLEC.
Subsequent Service Order applies to each LSRIASR for modifications to an
existing service. Charge is Manual or Semi-Mechanized based upon the method
of submission used by the CLEC.
Advanced ISO applies per LSRIASR when engineering work activity is required
to complete the order.
Exchange ISO applies per LSRIASR when no engineering work activity is
required to complete the order.
Provisioning - Initial Unit applies per ISO for the first unit installed. The
Additional Unit applies for each additional unit installed on the same ISO.
Basic Provisioning applies to services that can be provisioned using standard
network components maintained in inventory without specialized instructions for
switch translations, routing, and service arrangements.
Complex Provisioning applies to services that require special instruction for the
provisioning of the service to meet the customer s needs.
Examples of services and their Ordering/Provisioning category that applies:
Exchange-Basic: 2-Wire Analog, 4-Wire Analog, Standard Sub-Loop Oistribution
Standard Sub-Loop Feeder, Orop and NIO.
Exchange-Complex: Non-loaded Sub-Loop Oistribution, Non-load Sub-Loop
Feeder, Loop Conditioning, Customized Routing, IS ON BRI Oigital Line Side Port
and Line Sharing.
Advanced-Basic: 2-Wire Oigital Loop, 4-Wire Oigital Loop
Advanced-Complex: OS1 Loop, OS3 Loop, Oark Fiber, EELs, and ISON PRI
Oigital Trunk Side Port
Conditioning applies in addition to the ISO, for each Loop or Sub-Loop UNE for
the installation and grooming of Conditioning requests.
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OS1 Clear Channel Capability applies in addition to the ISO, per OS1 for the
installation and grooming of OS1 Clear Channel Capability requests.
Changeover Charge applies to UNE-P and EEL orders when an existing retail
resale, or special access service is already in place.
Service Inquiry - Oark Fiber applies per service inquiry when a CLEC requests
Verizon to determine the availability of dark fiber on a specific route.
EELs - The NRCs that generally apply to an EEL arrangement are applicable
ordering & provisioning charges for EEL Loops, lOT, COT, Multiplexing and Clear
Channel Capability
Custom Handling (These NRCs are in addition to any Preordering or Ordering and
Provisioning NRCs):
Service Order Expedite applies if Covista requests service prior to the standard
due date intervals and the expedite request can be met by Verizon.
Coordinated Conversion applies if Covista requests notification and coordination
of service cut-over prior to the service becoming effective.
Hot Coordinated Conversion First Hour applies if Covista requests real-time
coordination of a service cut-over that takes one hour or less.
Hot Coordinated Conversion Per Additional Quarter Hour applies, in addition to
the Hot Coordinated Conversion First Hour, for every 15-minute segment of real-
time coordination of a service cut-over that takes more than one hour.
Oesign Change Charge applies to EELs & Transport orders for design changes
requested by the CLEC.
Covista ID Comprehensive Ver2.8 -doc 189
IV.Rates and Charges for 911
See State Tariff.
Covista ID Comprehensive Ver2.8 -doc 190
Collocation Rates
Non-Recurrina Prices
Engineering Costs
Engineering/Major Augment Fee
Minor Augment Fee
Access Card Administration (New/Replacement)
Cage Grounding Bar
DC Power
per occurrence NRC 129.
per occurrence NRC 200.
per card NRC 22.
per bar NRC 1,437.
per project NRC 75.43
per cable NRC 1341.
per wire NRC 18.
Overhead Superstructure per project NRC 2,440.
Facility Cable or Fiber Optic Patch cord PullITermination
Engineering per project NRC 76.
Facility Cable Pull per cable run NRC 211.
Fiber Optic Patchcord Pull per cable run NRC 207.
OSO Cable Termination per 100 pair NRC
OS1 Cable Termination per 28 pair NRC
DS3 Coaxial Cable Termination (Preconnectorized)per termination NRC
OS3 Coaxial Cable Termination (Unconnectorized)per termination NRC 11.
Fiber Optic Patchcord Termination per termination NRC
Fiber Cable Pull
Engineering per project NRC 607.
Place Innerduct per lin ft NRC
Pull Cable per lin ft NRC
Cable Fire Retardant per occurrence NRC 42.
Fiber Cable Splice
Engineering per project NRC 31.
Splice Cable per fiber NRC 70.
BITS Timing per project NRC 307.
Engineering
Cable PullITermination
Ground Wire
Monthlv Recurrina Prices
Caged Floor Space including Shared Access Area
DC Power
per sq ft
per load amp
Building Modification
Environmental Conditioning
per request
per load amp
Facility Termination
OSO
OS1
OS3
Fiber Optic Patchcord
Cable Rack Space - Metallic
Cable Rack Space - Fiber
Fiber Optic Patchcord Duct Space
per 100 pr
per 28 pr
per OS3
per connector
per cable run
per innerduct ft
per cable run
Covista ID Comprehensive Ver2.8 -doc 191
MRC
MRC 14.
MRC
MRC
201.
MRC
MRC
MRC
MRC
MRC
MRC
MRC
16.
11.
Manhole Space - Fiber per project MRC
Subduct Space - Fiber per lin ft MRC
Cable Vault Splice
Fiber Cable - 48 Fiber
Material per splice MRC 10.
Fiber Cable - 96 Fiber
Material per splice MRC 27.
BITS Timing per occurrence MRC 11.
Covista ID Comprehensive Ver2.8 -doc 192
Non-Recurrin Prices
Engineering Costs
EngineeringlMajor Augment Fee per occurrence NRC 129.
Minor Augment Fee per occurrence NRC 200.
Access Card Administration (New/Replacement)per card NRC 22.
DC Power
Engineering per project NRC 75.43
Cable PulilTermination per cable NRC 1341.
Ground Wire per wire NRC 18.
Overhead Superstructure per project NRC 2,440.
Facility Cable or Fiber Optic Patchcord Pull/Termination
Engineering per project NRC 76.
Facility Pull per cable run NRC 211.
Fiber Optic Patchcord Pull per cable run NRC 207.
OSO Cable Termination per 100 pair NRC
OS1 Cable Termination per 28 pair NRC
OS3 Coaxial Cable Termination per termination NRC
(Preconnectorized)
OS3 Coaxial Cable Termination per termination NRC 11.
(Unconnectorized)
Fiber Optic Patchcord Termination per termination NRC
Fiber Cable Pull
Engineering per project NRC 607.
Place Innerduct per lin ft NRC
Pull Cable per lin ft NRC
Cable Fire Retardant per occurrence NRC 42.
Fiber Cable Splice
Engineering per project NRC 31.
Splice Cable per fiber NRC 70.
BITS Timing per project NRC 307.
Monthl Recurrin Prices
Relay Rack Floor Space per lin ft MRC 20.
DC Power per load amp MRC 14.
Building Modification per request MRC 201.
Environmental Conditioning per load amp MRC 2.28
Facility Termination
OSO per 100 pr MRC
OS1 per 28 pr MRC 16.
OS3 per OS3 MRC 11.
Fiber Optic Patch cord per connector MRC
Cable Rack Space - Metallic per cable run MRC
Cable Rack Space - Fiber per innerduct ft MRC
Fiber Optic Patch cord Duct Space per cable run MRC
Manhole Space - Fiber per project MRC
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~~i~~!i~1?1~4'1~;L~'H~a1;g~.'..itlfl.~,
Elements
Subduct Space - Fiber
Cable Vault Splice
Fiber Cable - 48 Fiber
Material per splice MRC 10.
Fiber Cable - 96 Fiber
Material per splice MRC 27.
BITS Timing per occurrence MRC 11.
Covista ID Comprehensive Ver2.8 -doc 194
~~!
~~A~i~~~!~ml~~Ji~.~~lfi~: ,
Elements
Non-Recurrina Prices
Engineering Fee per occurrence NRC $958.
Facility Pull 1 lin ft NRC
Facility Termination
DSO Cable
Connectorized per 100 pr NRC
U nconnectorized per 1 00 pr NRC 42.
DS1 Cable
Connectorized per 28 pr NRC
Unconnectorized per 28 pr NRC 32.
DS3 (Coaxial) Cable
Connectorized per OS3 NRC
U nconnectorized per OS3 NRC 11.
Fiber per fiber term NRC 70.
Monthl Recurrin Prices
Facility Termination
OSO per 100 pr MRC
OS1 per 28 pr MRC 16.
OS3 per coaxial MRC 11.
Cable Vault Space
Fiber Cable - 48 fiber
Space Utilization
Fiber Cable - 96 fiber
per subduct MRC
per subduct MRC
1 lin ft MRC
1 lin ft MRC
per innerduct ft MRC
1 lin ft MRC
Space Utilization
Cable Rack Space
Metallic OSO
Metallic OS 1
Fiber
Coaxial
Covista ID Comprehensive Ver2.8 -doc 195
Non-Recurrina Prices
Engineering Costs
Engineering/Major Augment Fee
Equipment Installation
Software Upgrades
Card Installation
DC Power
Engineering
Cable PulllTermination
Ground Wire
per occurrence NRC 557.
per quarter rack NRC 3,474.
per base unit NRC 96.
per card NRC 222.
per project NRC 75.43
per cable NRC 1341.
per wire NRC 18.
Facility Cable or Fiber Optic Patch cord PulllTerminationEngineering per projectFacility Cable Pull per cable run
Fiber Optic Patchcord Pull per cable runOSO Cable Termination per 100 pairOS1 Cable Termination per 28 pair
OS3 Coaxial Cable Termination per termination
(Preconnectorized)
OS3 Coaxial Cable Termination
(Unconnectorized)
Fiber Optic Patchcord Termination
Fiber Cable Pull
Engineering
Place Innerduct
Pull Cable
Cable Fire Retardant
Fiber Cable Splice
Engineering
Splice Cable
BITS Timing
per proj ect
per fiber
per project
NRC 76.
NRC 211.
NRC 207.
NRC
NRC
NRC
NRC 11.
NRC
NRC 607.
NRC
NRC
NRC 42.
NRC 31.
NRC 70.
NRC 307.
per termination
per termination
per project
per lin ft
per !in ft
per occurrence
Monthly Recurrina Prices
Equipment Maintenance
DC Power
per quarter rack MRC 82.
per load amp MRC 14.
per load amp MRC
per 100 pr MRC
per 28 pr MRC 16.
per OS3 MRC 11.
per connector MRC
per cable run MRC
per innerduct ft MRC
per cable run MRC
Environmental Conditioning
Facility Termination
OSO
OS1
OS3
Fiber Optic Patchcord
Cable Rack Space - Metallic
Cable Rack Space - Fiber
Fiber Optic Patch cord Duct Space
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Elements
Manhole Space - Fiber
Subduct Space - Fiber
Cable Vault Splice
Fiber Cable - 48 Fiber
Material
Fiber Cable - 96 Fiber
Material
BITS Timing
per splice MRC 10.
per splice MRC 27.
per occurrence MRC 11.
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Elements
Non-Recurrina Prices
Augment Fee
Facility Pull
Engineering
Labor
Building Penetration for Microwave Cable
Special Work for Microwave
Monthlv Recurrina Prices
Rooftop Space
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per occurrence NRC 998.
per project NRC 76.
per linear ft NRC
per occurrence NRC 1GB
per occurrence NRC 1GB
per sq ft MRC
198
Non-Recurrina Prices
DSO
Service Order - Semi-Mechanized
Service Order - Manual
Service Connection - CO Wiring
Service Connection - Provisioning
per order NRC 21.
per order NRC 38.
per jumper NRC 7.20
per order NRC 64.
per order NRC 21.
per order NRC 38.
per jumper NRC 17.
per order NRC 78.
1GB
DS1/DS3/Dark Fiber
Service Order - Semi-Mechanized
Service Order - Manual
Service Connection - CO Wiring
Service Connection - Provisioning
lit Fiber
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Elements
Labor:
Overtime Installation Labor
Overtime Repair Labor
Additional Installation Testing Labor
Standby Labor
Testing & Maintenance with Other Telcos, Labor
Other Labor
Labor Rates:
Basic Time, Business Day, Per Technician
First Half Hour or Fraction Thereof
Each Additional Half Hour or Fraction Thereof
Overtime, Outside the Business Day
First Half Hour or Fraction Thereof
Each Additional Half Hour or Fraction Thereof
Prem.Time,Outside Business Day, Per Tech
First Half Hour or Fraction Thereof
Each Additional Half Hour or Fraction Thereof
Cable Material
Facility Cable-OSO Cable (Connectorized) 100
pair
Facility Cable-OS1 Cable (Connectorized)
Facility Cable-OS3 Coaxial Cable
Fiber Optic Patchcord - 24 Fiber (Connectorized)
Power Cable-Wire Power 1/0
Power Cable-Wire Power 2/0
Power Cable-Wire Power 3/0
Power Cable-Wire Power 4/0
Power Cable-Wire Power 350 MCM
Power Cable-Wire Power 500 MCM
Power Cable-Wire Power 750 MCM
Facility Cable - Category 5 Connectorized
Collocation Space Report
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per rates below
per rates below
per rates below
per rates below
per rates below
per rates below
NRC $42.
NRC 21.41
NRC 100.
NRC 75.
NRC 150.
NRC 125.
per cable run NRC 324.
per cable run NRC 301.
per cable run NRC 82.
per cable run NRC 810.
per cable run NRC 91.
per cable run NRC 132.
per cable run NRC 146.
per cable run NRC 180.
per cable run NRC 307.
per cable run NRC 428.
per cable run NRC 658.
per linear ft NRC
per premise NRC 218.
DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION OF RATE ELEMENTS
Non-Recurring Charges
The following are non-recurring charges (one-time charges) that apply for specific work activity:
Enaineerina/Maior Augment Fee. The EngineeringlMajor Augment Fee applies for each initial
Caged , Cageless, Virtual, or Microwave collocation request and major augment requests for
existing Caged, Cageless, and Virtual collocation arrangements. This charge recovers the costs
of the initial walkthrough to determine if there is sufficient collocation space, the best location for
the collocation area, what building modifications are necessary to provide collocation, and if
sufficient OC power facilities exist in the premises to accommodate collocation. This fee also
includes the total time for the Building Services Engineer and the time for the Outside Plant and
Central Office Engineers to attend status meetings.
Enaineerina/Maior Auament Fee (Microwave Onlv~The EngineeringlMajor Augment Fee for
Microwave Collocation applies when an existing Caged and Cageless collocation arrangement is
augmented with newly installed microwave antennae and other exterior facilities. This charge
recovers the costs of the initial walkthrough to determine if there is sufficient space, the best
location for the microwave antennae and other exterior facilities, what building modifications are
necessary, if any, and if sufficient support facilities exist in the premises to accommodate the
microwave antennae and other exterior facilities. This fee also includes the total time for the
Building Services Engineer to coordinate the entire project.
Minor Auament Fee. The Minor Augment Fee applies for each minor augment request of an
Existing Caged, Cageless, Virtual, or Microwave collocation arrangement that does not require
additional AC or OC power systems, HVAC system upgrades, or additional cage space. Minor
augments are those requests that require the Company to perform a service or function on behalf
of the CLEC including, but not limited to: installation of Virtual equipment cards or software
upgrades, removal of Virtual equipment, requests to pull cable from exterior microwave facilities
and requests to terminate OSO, OS1 and OS3 cables.
Access Card Administration. The Access Card Administration rate covers activities associated
with the issuance and management of premises access cards. The rate is applied on a per card
basis.
Caae Groundina Bar. The Cage Grounding Bar rate recovers the material and labor costs to
provision a ground bar, including necessary ground wire, in the collocator s cage.
BITS Timina. The non-recurring charge for BITS Timing includes engineering, materials, and
labor costs to wire a BITS port to the CLEC's equipment. If requested, it is applied on a per
project basis.
Overhead Superstructure. The Overhead Superstructure charge is applied for each initial caged
and cageless collocation application. The Overhead Superstructure charge is designed to
recover Verizon s engineering, material, and installation costs for extending dedicated overhead
superstructure.
Facility Cable or Fiber Optic Patchcord PulllTermination-Enaineerina. The Facility Cable or Fiber
Optic Patchcord Pull/Termination-Engineering charge is applied per project to recover the
engineering costs of pulling and terminating the interconnection wire (cable or fiber patchcord)
from the collocation cage or relay rack to the Main Oistribution Frame block, OSX panel , or fiber
distribution panel. The charge would also apply per project to recover the engineering costs of
pulling transmission cable from microwave antennae facilities on the rooftop to the collocation
cage or relay rack.
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Facilitv Pull . The Facility Pull charge is applied per cable run and recovers the labor cost of
pulling metallic cable or fiber optic patchcord from the collocation cage or relay rack to the Main
Oistribution Frame block, OSX panel, or fiber distribution panel.
Cable Termination. The Cable Termination charge is applied per cable or fiber optic patchcord
terminated and is designed to recover the labor cost of terminating or disconnecting transmission
cable or fiber optic patch cord from the collocation cage or relay rack to the Main Oistribution
Frame block, OSX panel, or fiber distribution panel.
Fiber Cable Pull-Enqineerinq. The Fiber Cable Pull-Engineering charge is applied per project to
cover the engineering costs for pulling the CLEC's fiber cable, when necessary, into Verizon
central office.
Fiber Cable Pull-Place Innerduct The Fiber Cable Pull-Place Innerduct charge is applied per
linear foot to cover the cost of placing innerduct. Innerduct is the split plastic duct placed from the
cable vault to the CLEC's equipment area through which the CLEC's fiber cable is pulled.
Fiber Cable Pull-Labor. This charge is applied per linear foot and covers the labor costs of pulling
the CLEC's fiber cable into Verizon s central office.
Fiber Cable Pull-Fire Retardant.This charge is associated with the filling of space around cables
extending through walls and between floors with a non-flammable material to prevent fire from
spreading from one room or floor to another.
Fiber Optic Patchcord Termination.The Fiber Optic Patchcord Termination is applied per fiber
cable termination and recovers the labor cost to terminate the fiber optic patchcord cable.
Fiber Solice-Enqineerinq. The Fiber Splice-Engineering charge is applied per project and covers
the engineering costs for fiber cable splicing projects.
Fiber Splice. The Fiber Splice charge is applied per fiber cable spliced and recovers the labor
cost associated with the splicing.
OC Power.Non-recurring charges for OC Power are applied for each caged , cageless, and
virtual collocation application and major OC Power augments to existing arrangements. These
charges recover Verizon s engineering and installation costs for pulling and terminating OC power
cables to the collocation area. For initial applications , each OC Power feed will require two (2)
cables.
Cable Material Charqes. The CLEC has the option of providing its own cable or Verizon may, at
the CLEC's request, provide the necessary transmission and power cables for caged, cageless
and virtual collocation arrangements. If Verizon provides these cables, the applicable Cable
Material Charge will be charged.
Adjacent Enqineerinq Fee. The Adjacent Engineering Fee provides for the initial activities of the
Central Office Equipment Engineer, Land & Building Engineer and the Outside Plant Engineer
associated with determining the capabilities of providing Adjacent On-Site collocation. The labor
charges are for an on-site visit, preliminary investigation of the manhole/conduit systems, wire
center and property, and contacting other agencies that could impact the provisioning of adjacent
collocation.
Adiacent Facilitv Pull-Labor. This charge covers the labor of running the interconnection wire
(cable) from the main distribution frame connector to a termination block or OSX panel.
Adiacent Fiber Cable Termination.This charge covers the labor of terminating fiber cable for
adjacent collocation to the main distribution frame block or OSX panel.
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Collocation SDace ReDort. When requested by a CLEC , Verizon will submit a report that
indicates Verizon s available collocation space in a particular premise. The report will be issued
within ten calendar days of the request. The report will specify the amount of collocation space
available at each requested premise, the number of collocators, and any modifications in the use
of the space since the last report. The report will also include measures that Verizon is taking to
make additional space available for collocation.
Miscellaneous Services Labor.Additional labor, if required, by Verizon to complete a collocation
request, disconnect collocation power cables, remove collocation equipments, or perform
inventory services for CLECs.
Facility Pull (Microwave Only). The Facility Pull charge is applied per linear foot and recovers the
labor cost of pulling transmission cable from the microwave antennae and other exterior facilities
on the rooftop to the transmission equipment in the collocation cage or relay rack.
Buildina Penetration for Microwave Cable. The reasonable costs to penetrate buildings for
microwave cable to connect microwave antennae facilities and other exterior facilities to the
transmission equipment in the collocation cage or relay rack will be determined and applied on an
individual case basis, where technically feasible, as determined by the initial and subsequent
Engineering surveys.
SDecial Work for Microwave. The costs incurred by Verizon for installation of CLEC's microwave
antennae and other exterior facilities that are not recovered via other microwave rate elements
will be determined and applied on an individual case basis.
Virtual EauiDment Installation. The Virtual Equipment Installation charge is applied on a per quarter
rack (or quarter bay) basis and recovers the costs incurred by Verizon for engineering and
installation of the virtual collocation equipment. This charge would apply to the installat ion of powered
equipment including, but not limited to, ATM , OSLAM , frame relay, routers, OC3, OC12, OC24
OC48, and NGOLC. This charge does not apply for the installation of splitters.
Virtual Software UDgrade. The Virtual Software Upgrade charge is applied per base unit when
Verizon, upon CLEC request, installs software to upgrade equipment for an existing Virtual
Collocation arrangement.
Virtual Card Installation. The Virtual Card Installation charge is applied per card when Verizon, upon
CLEC request, installs additional cards for an existing Virtual Collocation arrangement.
Oedicated Transit Service (OTS) Service Order Charge. Applied per OTS order to the requesting
CLEC for recovery of OTS order placement and issuance costs. The manual charge applies when
the semi-mechanized ordering interface is not used.
Oedicated Transit Service (OTS) - Service Connection CO Wiring. Applied per OTS circuit to the
questing CLEC for recovery of OTS jumper material , wiring, service turn-up for OSO, OS 1 , OS3
and dark fiber circuits.
Oedicated Transit Service (OTS) - Service Connection Provisioning. Applied per OTS order to the
request CLEC for recovery of circuit design and labor costs associated with the provisioning of OSO
OS 1 , OS3, and dark fiber circuits for OTS.
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Monthly Recurring Charges
The following are monthly charges. Monthly charges apply each month or fraction thereof that
Collocation Service is provided.
Caaed Floor Soace. Caged Floor Space is the cost per square foot to provide environmentally
conditioned caged floor space to the CLEC. Environmentally conditioned space is that which has
proper humidification and temperature controls to house telecommunications equipment. The
. cost includes only that which relates directly to the land and building space itself.
Relav Rack Floor Soace.The Relay Rack Floor Space charge provides for the environmentally
conditioned floor space that a relay rack occupies based on linear feet. The standardized relay
rack floor space depth is based on half the aisle area in front and back of the rack, and the depth
of the equipment that will be placed within the rack.
Cable Subduct Soace-Manhole. This charge applies per project per month and covers the cost of
the space that the outside plant fiber occupies within the manhole.
Cable Subduct Soace. The Subduct Space charge covers the cost of the subduct space that the
outside plant fiber occupies and applies on a per linear foot basis.
Fiber Cable Vault Solice. The Fiber Cable Vault Splice charge applies per splice and covers the
space and material cost associated with the CLEC's fiber cable splice within Verizon s cable
vault.
Cable Rack Soace-Metallic. The Cable Space-Metallic charge is applied for each OSO, OS1 and
OS3 cable run. The charge is designed to recover the space utilization cost that the CLEC'
metallic and coaxial cable occupies within Verizon.
Cable Rack Soace-Fiber. The Cable Rack Space-Fiber charge recovers the space utilization
cost that the CLEC's fiber cable occupies within Verizon s cable rack system.
Fiber Ootic Patchcord Ouct Soace. The Fiber Optic Ouct Space rate element is applied per cable
run and recovers the cost for the central office duct space occupied by the fiber optic patchcord
cable.
OC Power.The OC Power monthly charge is applied on a per load amp basis with a 10 amp
minimum for each caged, cageless, and virtual collocation arrangement. This charge is designed
to recover the monthly facility and utility expense to power the collocation equipment.
Facility Termination. This charge is applied per cable terminated. This charge is designed to
recover the labor and material costs of the applicable main distribution frame 100 pair circuit
block, OSX facility termination panel, or fiber distribution panel.
BITS Timina. The BITS Timing monthly charge is designed to recover equipment and installation
cost to provide synchronized timing for electronic communications equipment. This rate is based
on a per port cost.
Building Modification. The Building Modification monthly charge is applied to each caged and
cage less arrangement and is associated with provisioning the following items in Verizon
premises: security, dust partition , ventilation ducts, demolitionlsite work, lighting, outlets, and
grounding equipment.
Environmental Conditioning. The Environmental Conditioning charge is applied to each caged
cageless, and virtual arrangement on a per load amp increment (10 amp minimum) based on the
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CLEC's OC Power requirements. This charge is associated with the provisioning of heating,
ventilation , and air conditioning systems for the CLEC's equipment in Verizon s premises.
Adiacent Cable Vault SDace. The Adjacent Cable Vault Space charge covers the cost of the
space the CLEC's cable occupies within the cable vault. The charge is based on the diameter of
the cable or subduct.
Adjacent Cable Rack SDace. This charge covers the space utilization cost that the CLEC's fiber
metallic or coaxial cable occupies within the cable rack system. The charge is based on the
linear feet occupied.
Microwave RooftoD SDace. Microwave Rooftop Space is the cost per square foot to provide
rooftop space to the CLEC for microwave antennae and other exterior facilities. The cost
includes only that which relates directly to the land and building space itself.
Virtual EauiDment Maintenance.The Virtual Equipment Maintenance charge is applied on a per
quarter rack (or quarter bay) basis and recovers the costs incurred by the Company for maintenance
of the CLEC's virtual collocation equipment. This charge would apply to the maintenance of
equipment including, but not limited to, ATM, OSLAM, frame relay, routers, OC3, OC12, OC24
OC48, and NGOLC. This charge does not apply for the maintenance of splitters.
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EXHIBIT A TO SECTION (FIBER MEET ARRANGMENT) OF THE INTERCONNECTION
ATTACHMENT
Technical Specifications and Requirements
for
Covista - VERIZON NORTHWEST INC.
Fiber Meet Arrangement No. (XX)
The following technical specifications and requirements will apply to Covista - Verizon Norttwest
Inc. Fiber Meet Arrangement (NUMBER) ("FM No. (XX)"):
FM No. (XX) will provide interconnection facilities for the exchange of applicable traffic (as
set forth in the Amendment) between Verizon s (NAME OF WIRE CENTER/CENTRAL
OFFICE) and Covista s (NAME OF SWITCH/WIRE CENTER/CENTRAL OFFICE) in the
the State of Idaho. A diagram of FM No. (XX) is included as Exhibit A-
Fiber Meet Points ("FMPs
FM No. (XX) will be configured as shown on Exhibit A-1. FM No. (XX) will have
two FMPs. Neither FMP is more than three (3) miles from the nearest Verizon
Wire Center.
Verizon will provision a Fiber Network Interface Oevice ("FNIO") at (POLE XX
STREET YY, TOWN ZZ, STATE) and terminate L-J strands of its fiber optic
cable in the FNIO. The FNIO provisioned by Verizon will be a
(MANUFACTURER, MOOEL). Verizon will bear the cost of installing and
maintaining its FNIO. The fiber patch panel within Verizon s FNIO will serve as
FMP No.1. Verizon will provide a fiber stub at the fiber patch panel in Verizon
FNIO for Covista to connect L-J strands of its fiber cable L-J connectors.
Verizon s FNIO will be locked, but Verizon and Covista will have 24 hour access
to their respective side of the fiber patch panel located in Verizon s FNIO.
Covista will provision a FNIO at (POLE XX, STREET YY, TOWN ZZ, STATE) and
terminate L-J strands of its fiber optic cable in the FNID. The FNIO
provisioned by Covista will be a (MANUFACTURER, MOOEL). Covista will bear
the cost of installing and maintaining its FNIO. The fiber patch panel within
Covista s FNIO will serve as FMP No.2. Covista will provide a fiber stub at the
fiber patch panel in Covista s FNIO for Verizon to connect L-J strands of its
fiber cable. Covista s FNIO will be locked, but Covista and Verizon will have 24
hour access to their respective side of the fiber patch panel located in Covista
FNIO.
Transmission Characteristics.
FM No. (XX) will be built (as a ring configuration).
The transmission interface for FM No. (XX) will be (Synchronous Optical Network
("SONET")).
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Terminating equipment shall comply with (SONET transmission requirements as
specified in Telcordia Technologies document GR-253 CORE (Tables 4-3
through 4-11)).
3.4 The optical transmitters and receivers shall provide adequate power Dr the end-
to-end length of the fiber cable to be traversed.
The optical transmission rate will be (Unidirectional) OC-(XX).
The path switch protection shall be set as (Non-Revertive).
Verizon and Covista shall provide (Primary Reference Source traceable timing).
Add Orop Multiplexer,
Verizon will, at its own cost, obtain and install (at its own premise) its own Add
Orop Multiplexer. Verizon will use a (MANUFACTURER, MOOEL) Add Orop
Multiplexer with firmware release of (XX) at the network level. Before making
any upgrade or change to the firmware of its Add Orop Multiplexer, Verizon must
provide Covista with fourteen (14) days advance written notice that describes the
upgrade or change to its firmware and states the date on which such firmware
will be activated in Verizon s Add Orop Multiplexer.
Covista will , at its own cost, obtain and install (at its own premise) its own Add
Orop Multiplexer. Covista will use a (MANUFACTURER, MOOEL) Add Orop
Multiplexer with firmware release of (XX) at the network level. Before making
any upgrade or change to the firmware of its Add Orop Multiplexer, Covista must
provide Verizon with fourteen (14) days advance written notice that describes the
upgrade or change to its firmware and states the date on which such firmware or
software will be activated in Covista s Add Orop Multiplexer.
Covista and Verizon will monitor all firmware upgrades and changes to observe
for any failures or anomalies adversely affecting service or administration. If any
upgrade or change to firmware adversely affects service or administration of FM
No. (XX), the firmware will be removed from the Add Orop Multiplexer and will
revert to the previous version of firmware.
4.4 The Oata Communication Channel shall be disabled between the Verizon and
Covista Add Orop Multiplexers of FM No. (XX).
Testino
Prior to turn-up of FM No. (XX), Verizon and Covista will mutually develop and
implement testing procedures for FM No. (XX)
Connectino Facilitv Assionment ("CFA") and Slot Assionment Allocation ("SAA"
For one-way and two-way trunk arrangements, the SAA information will be
turned over to Covista as a final step of turn up of the FM No. (XX).
For one-way trunk arrangements, Verizon will control the CFA for the subtending
facilities and trunks connected to Verizon s slots and Covista will control the CFA
for the subtending facilities and trunks connected to Covista s slots. Covista will
place facility orders against the first half of the fully configured slots (for example
slots 1-6 of a fully configured OC12) and Verizon will place orders against the
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second half of the slots (for example, slots 7-12). If either Party needs the other
Party's additional slot capacity to place orders, this will be negotiated and
assigned on a case-by-case basis. For SAA, Verizon and Covista shall jointly
designate the slot assignments for Verizon s Add Orop Multiplexers and Covista
Add Orop Multiplexer in FM No. (XX).
For two-way trunk arrangements, Covista shall control the CFA for the
subtending facilities and trunks connected to FM No. (XX). Covista shall place
facility and trunk orders against the total available SAA capacity of FM No. (XX).
Inventorv. Provisionina and Maintenance. Surveillance. and Restoration
Verizon and Covista will inventory FM No. (XX) in their operational support
systems before the order flow begins.
Verizon and Covista will notify each other s respective Maintenance Control
Office of all troubleshooting and scheduled maintenance activity to be performed
on FM No. (XX) facilities prior to undertaking such work, and will advise each
other of the trouble reporting and maintenance control point contact numbers and
the days and hours of operation. Each Party shall provide a timely response to
the other Party s action requests or status inquiries.
Verizon will be responsible for the provisioning and maintenance of the FM No.
(XX) transport facilities on Verizon s side of the FMPs, as well as delivering its
applicable traffic to the FMPs. Covista will be responsible for the provisioning and
maintenance of the FM No. (XX) transport facilities on the Covista s side of the
FMPs, as well as delivering its applicable traffic to the FMPs. As such, other
than payment of any applicable intercarrier compensation charges pursuant to
the terms of the Agreement, neither Party shall have any obligation to pay the
other Party any charges in connection with FM No. (XX).
7.4 Verizon and Covista will provide alarm surveillance for their respective FM No.
(XX) transport facilities. Verizon and Covista will notify each other s respective
maintenance control office of all troubleshooting and scheduled maintenance
activity to be performed on the facility prior to undertaking such work, and will
advise each other of the trouble reporting and maintenance control point contact
numbers and the days and hours of operation.
Cancellation or Modification of FM No. rXX1
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8, all expenses and costs
associated with the construction , operation, use and maintenance of FM No. (XX)
on each Party s respective side of the FMPs will be borne by such Party.
If either Party terminates the construction of the FM No. (XX) before it is used to
exchange traffic, the Party terminating the construction of FM No. (XX) will
compensate the other Party for that Party s reasonable actual incurred
construction andlor implementation expenses.
If either Party proposes to move or change FM No. (XX) as set forth in this
document, at any time before or after it is used to exchange traffic, the Party
requesting the move or change will compensate the other Party for that Party
reasonable actual incurred construction andlor implementation expenses.
Augments, moves and changes to FM No. (XX) as set forth in this document
must be mutually agreed upon by the Parties in writing.
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COVISTA, INC.
By:
Oate:
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VERIZON NORTHWEST INC.
209
By:
Oate:
Exhibit A-
Covista - Verizon Northwest Inc. Fiber Meet Arrangement No. (XX)
City, State
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