20200327Amendment No. 2.pdf

March 27, 2020
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING

Diane M. Hanian
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W Chinden Blvd., Bldg. 8, Ste. 201-A
Boise, ID 83714

Re: Amendment No. 2 to the Interconnection Agreement between Frontier
Communications Northwest Inc. and Time Warner Cable Information Services (Idaho),
LLC D/B/A Time Warner Cable

Dear Ms. Hanian,

Frontier Communications submits to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission the attached
Amendment No. 2 to the Interconnection Agreement between Frontier Communications
Northwest Inc. and Time Warner Cable Information Services (Idaho), LLC D/B/A Time Warner
Cable.

Please acknowledge receipt of this filing.

Thank you for your attention. Questions concerning the attached may be directed to the
undersigned.

Sincerely,
Shannon Lipp
Legal Assistant

Attachment

Shannon Lipp
Legal Assistant
Frontier Communications
1800 41st St., Suite N-100
Everett, WA 98203
[phone]
[e-mail]
RECEIVED
2020 March 27,PM2:01
IDAHO PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION
VZN-T-20-01
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO THE
INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS NORTHWEST INC.
AND
TIME WARNER CABLE INFORMATION SERVICES (IDAHO), LLC D/B/A TIME WARNER CABLE
This Amendment No. 2 (this “Amendment”) shall be deemed effective May 1, 2020 (the
“Amendment Effective Date”) by and between Frontier Communications Northwest Inc.
(“Frontier”), a Washington corporation with principal place of business at 180 S. Clinton
Avenue, Rochester, NY 14646, and Time Warner Cable Information Services (Idaho), LLC d/b/a
Time Warner Cable (“TWCIS”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with offices at 12405 Powerscourt Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63131. Frontier and
TWCIS may be hereinafter referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.
This Amendment only covers the services addressed herein that Frontier provides in its
operating territory in the state of Idaho.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Frontier and TWCIS are Parties to an interconnection agreement under
Sections 251 and 252 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended dated May 1, 2011 (the
“Agreement”);
NOW. THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
1. Amendment to Agreement. 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, a Frontier Tariff or a Frontier
Statement of Generally Available Terms and Conditions (“SGAT”).
2.Miscellaneous Provisions
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
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necessary to give effect to the terms and conditions of this Amendment. In the
event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of this Amendment and the
terms and conditions of the Agreement, this Amendment shall govern; 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.

2.2 Capitalization. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings set forth in the Amended Agreement.

2.3 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original and all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

2.4 Captions. 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.

2.5 Scope of Amendment. This Amendment shall amend, 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.

2.6 Joint Work Product. The Parties acknowledge that this Amendment is the joint
work product of the Parties, that, for convenience, this Amendment has been
drafted in final form by TWCIS and that, accordingly, in the event of ambiguities
in this Amendment, no inferences shall be drawn for or against either Party on
the basis of authorship of this Amendment.

2.7 Amendments. No amendments or modifications shall be made to this
Amendment unless in writing and signed by appropriate representatives of the
Parties.

2.8 Waivers. A failure or delay of either Party to enforce any of the provisions of this
Amendment, or any right or remedy available under this 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. Term of Agreement. The Term of the Amended Agreement is extended through the date
that is thirty-six (36) months after the Amendment Effective Date. During the extended
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Term, notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement to the contrary, Frontier
may not terminate the Amended Agreement except for default or following receipt of a
notice from TWCIS pursuant to Section 13 of the Agreement.

4. Local Number Portability. For a period of not less than twenty-four (24) months after
the Amendment Effective Date Frontier shall process and complete Local Number
Portability (“LNP”) so as to, at a minimum, meet Commission and FCC LNP
requirements, and with at least the same level of quality and intervals as Frontier did
prior to the Amendment Effective Date.

5. OSS/BSS.

5.1 Change Management Process. For a period of not less than twenty-four (24)
months after the Amendment Effective Date Frontier shall continue to adhere to
its existing wholesale operations OSS Interface Change Management Process
(version 10/24/2017) (“Change Management Process”).

5.2 Replicated OSS/BSS. For a period of not less than twenty-four (24) months after
the Amendment Effective Date Frontier shall use its replicated OSS/BSS,
maintaining at least the same intervals, quality of service, accuracy and flow-
through, including for local service requests associated with LNP and directory
listings, and for access service requests and design layout records associated
with interconnection facilities, including trunks and DS-1 (and higher capacity)
facilities as was maintained by Frontier prior to the Amendment Effective Date,
subject to any changes made pursuant to the Change Management Process.

5.3 Changes to Virtual Front Office. For a period of not less than twenty-four (24)
months after the Amendment Effective Date Frontier shall provide TWCIS and
the Commission with at least 180 days’ written notice, or such longer time
period as required under the Change Management Process, of its intent to
transition to a new Virtual Front Office (“VFO”), provided that no such change to
the VFO shall become effective until after the expiration of the 24 month period
after the Amendment Effective Date.

6. Wholesale Services. For a period of not less than twenty-four (24) months after the
Amendment Effective Date Frontier shall maintain updated escalation procedures, contact lists
and account manager information and will identify and assign a single point of contact to TWCIS
to address interconnection agreement, systems and/or other issues.

[Signatures on next page]

By:
Name: ael L. Scanlon
By:
Name: Stephen LeVan
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed
as of the Amendment Effective Date.
Time Warner Cable Information Services
(Idaho), LLC d/b/a Time Warner Cable
By Charter Communications, Inc., its
Manager
Frontier Communications Northwest Inc.
Title: Vice President, Circuit Operations Title: SVP, Carrier Sales and Service
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed 
as of the Amendment Effective Date. 

Time Warner Cable Information Services 
(Idaho), LLC d/b/a Time Warner Cable 
By Charter Communications, Inc., its 
Manager 
Frontier Communications Northwest Inc. 

By:  _______________________________ By:              

Name: Michael L. Scanlon 

Name: Kevin Saville 

Title:  Vice President, Circuit Operations 

Title:  Sr. Vice President & General Counsel