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COMMUNICATIONS
May 24,2018
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Ms. Diane Hanian
Commission Secretary
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
472 West Washington Street
Boise, lD 83720
Attached please find an original and three (3) copies of the Amendment No. 1 to the
lnterconnection Agreement between Electric Lightwave LLC and Frontier
Communications Northwest I nc. (Frontier).
Please direct any questions on this filing to Leslie Zink at [phone], or
[e-mail].
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Sr. Manager, Pricing & Tariffs
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Enclosures
AMENDMENT
TO THE
INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENTS
Thls Amendment (this'Amendment'), effective as of March 1, 2018 (the ?mendment
Effective Date'), amends each of the lnterconnection Agreements (each, the "Agreement';
collectively, the'lnterconnection Agreements") by and between each of the Frontier incumbent
local exchange carrier CILEC") affillates (individually and collectively'Frontief or the "Frontier
Parties') and each of theAllstream wireline competitive local exchange carrier (?llstream')
affiliates (individually and collactively "Allstream'or the ?llstream Parties'; Frontier and Allstream
are hereinafter refened to individually as a 'Party' and collec-tively as the "Parlies"). Exhibit A
hereto lists, to the best of the Parties' knoadedge, the lnterconneclion Agreements in effect as of
the Effective Date. The term'afiiliates,'as used in this Amendment, shall have the same
meaning as under Rule 405 of the Rules promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. This Amendment only covars the services addressed herein that Frontier provides in
its operating territory in the states listed in Exhibit B.
EIINESSffi:
WHEREAS, Frontier and Allstream are Parties to an interconnection agreement under
Sections 251 and 252 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the'Acf), effective on
the date listed in Exhibit A (the'Agreement"); and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknorvledged, the Parties agree as follows:
Amendment to Aoreement. The Agreement is amended to incorporate the terms and
conditions set forth in this Amendment, all of which shall apply to and be a part of the
Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the'Amended Agreement') notwithstanding any
other term or condition of the Amended Agreement or a Frontier Tariff.
2. Mlscellaneous Provlslons
2.1 Conflict Between this Amendment and the AgreEment. This Amendment shall be
deemed to revise the terms and conditions of the Agreement to the extent
necessary to give effect to the terms and conditions of this Amendment. ln the
event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of this Amendment and the
terms and conditions of the Agreement, this Amendment shall govem; provided,
however, that the fact that a term or condition appears in this Amendment but not
in the Agreement, or in the Agreement but not in this Amendment, shall not be
interpreted as, or deemed grounds for finding, a conflict for purposes of this
Section 2.
Caoitalization. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings set forth in the Amended Agreement.
Counteroarts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an odginal and all of
which together shall constitute one and the same lnstrument.
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2.2
2.3
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2.4
2.5
Caotions. The Parties acknowledge that the captions in this Amendment have
been inserted solely for convenience of reference and in no way define or limit
the scope or substance of any term or condition of this Amendment.
Scooe of Amendment. This Amendment shallamend, modify and revise the
Agreement only to the extent set forth expressly in this Amendment and, except
to the extent expressly set forth in this Amendment, the terms and conditions of
the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect after the Amendment Effective
Date.
Joint Wort Product. The Padies acknowledge that this Amendment is the joint
work product of the Parties, that, for convenience, this Amendment has been
drafted in finalform by Frontier and that, accordingly, in the event of ambiguities
in this Amendment, no inferences shall be drawn for or against either Parg on
the basis of authorship of this Amendment.
Amendments. No amendments or modifrcations shall be made to this
Amendment unless in uniting and signed by appropriate representratives of the
Parties.
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2.7
Waivers. A failure or delay of either Party to enforce any of the provisions of this
Amendment, or any right or remedy available underthis Amendment, or at law or
in equity, or to require performance of any of the provisions of this Amendment,
or to exercise any option that is provided under this Amendment, shall in no way
be construed to be a waiver of such provisions, rights, remedies or options.
3. Reciorocal Compensation. Upon following the Amendment effective date,
Reciprocal compensation rates in this Agreement will be as described below and may be
modilied or changed in the future by amendment to this agreement. Reciprocal Compensation
Trafiic wil! be exchanged at the rates listed in the chart below.
4. VolP Traffic. Upon following the Amendment effective date, local VolP-originated traffic
terminated to either Party is subject to the reciprocal compensation provisions of this Agreement.
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Reciprocal
Compensatlon Rate
Elements
Rate untilJuly 1,2018 Rate beglnnlng July 1,2018
Terminating Local
Switchino $0.00000000 per minute $0.00000000 per minute
Termlnating Tandem-
Switched Transport-
Facilitv
$0.00000200 per minute, per mile $0.00000000 per minute, per mile
Teminating Tandem-
Switched Transport -
Termination
$0.00000000 per minute $0.00000000 per minute
Terminating Tandem
Switchino Rate $0.00069615 per minute $0.00000000 per minute
4.Notices
4.1
4.2
All notices required under the Agreement for Frontier shall be sent to the
contacts listed below and includes, but is not limited to, notice for legal,
regulatory, billing, tax related documents, and insurance related documents.
Contract Management
Frontier Comrnunications
7979 N. Belt Line Road, MC: SlC71
lrving, TX 75063
lnlemet Address: contract. management@ft r.com
With a copy to:
Frontier Communications
Legal Department - lnterconnection
401 Menitt 7
Nonralk, CT 06851
All notices required under the Agreement for Allstream shall be sent to the
contact listed below and includes, but is not limited to, notice for lega!, regulatory,
billing, tax related documents, and insurance related documents.
Allstream Legal
18110 SE 34t,' St.
Building One, Suite 100
Vancouver, WA 98683
Email: [e-mail]
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lN WTNESS WHEREOF, the Partles hereto have caused thls Amendment lo be
executed as of lhe Amendment Effectlve Date.
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EXHIBIT A
INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENTS
F-rontler Legal Entlly Canier Legal Entlty Stdte Agreement .
Effectlve Date
Amendment
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Frontier California lnc.
Electric Lightwave
LLC, dba lntegra
Telecom
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Frontier Communications
Northwest Inc.
Electric Lightwave
LLC ID 5t24t2010 1
Frontier Communications
Northwest !nc.
Electric Lightwave
LLC OR 11t15t2002 5
Frontier Communications
Northwest lnc.
Electric Lightwave
LLC WA 11t15t2002 4
Frontier Communications
Northwest lnc.
lntegra Telecom of
Oreoon. lnc,OR 8n4|2AOO 5
Frontier Communications
Northwest lnc.
lntegra Telecom of
Washinqton lnc.WA 03129t2000 7
5
CA 9t1212013