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IDAHO PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION Februar 9,2012
Via Overnight Delivery
Ms. Jean Jewell, Secretar
Idaho Public Utilties Commission
472 West Washington State House
Boise, ID 83720-0074 IN 'II. -T-r:i-o 1
Re: Wide Voice, LLC - Application For Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide
Facilties-Based and Resale Local Exchange Telecommunications Services
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Enclosed for filing please find one original and three (3) copies of the Application of Wide Voice,LLC to
provide facilties-based and resale local exchange telecommunications services within the state ofIdaho.
The Applicant is submitting its financial data, required as parofthis Application, under separate cover marked
"confidential". Due to the competitive nature of the telecommunications industr, Wide Voice respectfully
requests that this information only be inspected by Staff directly associated with this application and be kept
from public disclosure as it contains highly sensitive and proprietar information.
Any questions you may have regarding this fiing may be directed to my attention at [phone] or via e-
mail at croese1(ftminc.com.
Please acknowledge receipt of this filing by returning one copy ofthis transmitt11etter date staped inthe self
addressed staped envelope enclosed for that purpose. Than you for your assistace.
Sincerely,~~
Carey Roesel
Consultant to Wide Voice, LLC
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Enclosure
cc: Tara Odenthal - Wide Voice
File: Wide Voice - ID Local
TMS: IDL1200
2600 Maitland Center Parkway, Suite 300 - Maitland, FL 32751
P.O. Drawer 200 - Winter Park, FL 32790-0200 - Telephone: (407) 740 - 8575 - Facsimile: (407) 740 - 0613
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Application of
Wide Voice, LLC
Provide Facilities-based and Resale
Local Exchange Services Throughout Idaho
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APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO PROVIDE
FACILITIES-BASED AND RESALE LOCAL EXCHANGE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
Pursuant to Title 62 of the Idaho Code and IDAPA 31.01.111, Wide Voice, LLC ("Wide Voice")
respectfully requests that the Idaho Public Utilties Commission ("Commission") to grant the Company a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to provide local exchange telecommunications services
within the State ofIdaho.
In support of its Application, Wide Voice submits the following:
I. Proposed Services:
Wide Voice, LLC, proposes to offer competitive local exchange service, including exchange
access service, within the state ofIdaho using its own facilties. It may also utilze resold services
available from the underlying ILEC or other facilties-baseçl carriers. Petitioner wil negotiate an
interconnection agreement with Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QC.
Idaho Local Application of
Wide Voice, LLC
Page 1
II. Form of Business:
(a) Wide Voice, LLC is incorporated in the State of Nevada. The main address of the
corporation is:
Wide Voice, LLC
410 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 562-437-1422
Toll Free: 1-866-508-9020
Website: ww.widevoice.com
(b) All correspondence, notices, inquiries and other communications regarding this
Application should be addressed to:
Carey Roesel
Consultant to Wide Voice, LLC
Technologies Management, Inc.
2600 Maitland Center Parkway, Suite 300
Maitland, Florida 3275 i
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: croesel§tminc.com
(c) The Applicant is a Nevada Corporation, authorized by the Idaho Secreta of State to
transact business within the State of Idaho.
A copy ofthe Company's certified financials is attched as Exhibit E.
The Company's Registered Agent in Idaho is:
CT Corporation System
1111 West Jefferson, Suite 530
Boise, ID 83702
(d) Offcers and Directors
Offcers and Directors of Wide Voice, LLC are provided as Exhibit C.
(e) Stockholders
Stockholders holding a 5% or greater interest in the Company are provided as Exhibit D.
Idaho Local Application of
Wide Voice, LLC
Page 2
III. Telecommunication Service
The Applicant anticipates it wil begin to provide service as soon as this application is approved
by the Commission. Wide Voice proposes to provide resold and facilities-based local exchange
services through the combination of its own facilities and the resale of other carriers' facilties and
network elements. The Company intends to offer service immediately upon certification and
approval of its interconnection agreement. Wide Voice wil be providing service to business
customers.
IV. Service Territory
Wide Voice intends to offer service in the entire state of Idaho.
V. Financial Information
Wide Voice possesses the managerial, technical and financial ability to provide local
telecommunications service in the State of Idaho. Wide Voice has the financial resources to
enable the Company to successfully provide local telecommunications service in the State of
Idaho and the management team in place to manage its operations. Wide Voice provides its
financial statements as proof of its financial stability to provide the required services within the
State ofIdaho as Exhibit E. A copy of current resumes of Wide Voice's management personnel
is attched as Exhibit F.
VI. Ilustrative Tariff
The Applicant's proposed local and access tariffs are included with this application as Exhibit H.
Idaho Local Application of
Wide Voice, LLC
Page 3
VII. Customer Contacts
Applicant is responsible for all customer inquiries and complaints. The telephone number for
customer inquiries and complaints is provided by Wide Voice on the customer bil. Wide Voice's
Customer Service departent may be accessed through a toll-free number: 1-866-508-9020.
Customer service is available seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day.
The contact for resolution of customer complaints with the Commission is:
Patrick Chicas, President
Wide Voice, LLC
4 i 0 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 562-437-1422
Email: pjcaYwidevoice.com
VIII. Interconnection Agreements
The Company is in the process of negotiating interconnection agreements with Qwest
Corporation dba CenturyLink QC and have these agreements fied with the Commission prior to
offering any local services.
IX. Compliance with Commission Rules
The Applicant has reviewed all of the Commission rules and agrees to comply with them.
Idaho Local Application of
Wide Voice, LLC
Page 4
X. Escrow Account or Security Bond
(If a company required advance deposits by its customers, the company must submit a signed
copy of an escrow account with a bonded escrow agent or a security bond. The escrow or bond
shall be suffcient to meet customer deposit refunds in case of company default.)
(At the commission discretion, an additional deposit may be required to keep customers whole in
case of company default)
(The Commission wil review the individual requirement of establishing an escrow or security
account by the Company upon good showing by the Company for a period of two years.
Wide Voice wil not be requiring any advanced payments or prepaid services that wil require a
bond.
In support ofthis Application, the following exhibits are attched hereto:
Exhibit A -
ExhibitB -
Exhibit C-
Exhibit D-
ExhibitE -
Exhibit F-
Exhibit G-
Exhibit H-
Certificate of Incorporation;
Certificate of Authority to Transact Business in the State of Idaho;
Officers and Directors
Stockholders
Financial Statements
Profies of Senior Management Key Personnel
Proposed service area map (Rule 112(c))
Proposed Local Exchange and Access Tariffs
Idaho Local Application of
Wide Voice, LLC
Page 5
This Application demonstrates that Wide Voice, LLC possesses the technical, financial and managerial
resources to provide local exchange and interexchange service in Idaho.
Wherefore, Wide Voice, LLC respectfully requests that the Commission:
1. grant Wide Voice authority to operate as a provider of resold and facilties-based basic
local exchange and resold interexchange telecommunications services within the State of
Idaho;
2. grant the waivers requested in this Application; and
3. grant such other relief as it deems necessary and appropriate.
Respectfully submitted,
Wide Voice, LLC
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President
Wide Voice, LLC
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Idaho Local Application of
Wide Voice, LLC
Page 6
WIDE VOICE, LLC
Exhibit A
Articles of Incorporation
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WIDE VOICE, LLC
Exhibit B
Certificate of Authority to Transact Business within the State of Idaho
IDSOS CERTIFICATE OF EXISTENCE
State of Idaho
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CERTIFICATE OF EXISTENCE
OF
WIDE VOICE, LLC
File Number W- 108373
I, BEN YSURSA, Secretary of State of the State of Idaho, hereby certfy that I am the custodian
of the limited liabilty company records of this State.
I FURTHER CERlIFY That the records of this office show that the above-named limited
liabilty company was organized under the laws of NEVADA and filed an application for registration
of foreign limited liabilty company in Idaho on i 1/ i 4/20 1 1.
I FURlHER CERlIFY That the limited liabilty company's registration has not been canceled.
Dated: 11/28/2011 9:30 AM
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SECREfARY OF STATE
Authentic Accss Idao Doument ( http://www.accessidaho.orgpubliÇloort/authenticate.html)
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WIDE VOICE, LLC
Exhibit C
Officers and Directors
Wide Voice, LLC
Officers and Directors
All officers and directors can be reached at the Company's headquarters location: 410 South Rampart,
Suite 390, Las Vegas, NY 89145 or at 1-866-508-9020.
Offcers:
Patrick Chicas President
Directors:
Patrick Chicas President
Erickson Family Trust
Patrick Chicas
Tandy DeCosta
WIDE VOICE, LLC
Exhibit D
Stockholders
WIDE VOICE, LLC
Exhibit E
Financial Statements
Financial Statements are provided under seal as confidential.
WIDE VOICE, LLC
Exhibit F
Profies of Senior Management Key Personnel
Wide Voice, LLC
Resumes of Key Management Employees
Patrick Chicas, President & Chief Executive Offcer
Mr. Chicas is the founder of WideVoice, LLC and serves as its President and Chief Executive Offcer.
Mr. Chicas was a co-founder of the CLEC and VoIP provider CommParters, LLC in June 2003 to 2008,
serving as its Chief Technology Offcer.
Mr. Chicas is responsible for the network architecture and topology, vendor selection, POP constrction
and all engineering aspects of the Company. From August 2000 to November 2003, Mr. Chicas was the
president, co-Chairman and a member of the board at Rubicon Media Group, an Internet publishing
concern. From March 1999 to August 2000, Mr. Chicas was the Vice President for Data Services at
Mpower Communications. While at Mpower, Mr. Chicas designed the company's VoIP network for
small business services. From Januar 1997 to September 1998, Mr. Chicas was the first executive hire
and Vice President of Operations at Digital Island, Inc. Mr. Chicas has prior telecommunications
experience with PacTel Cellular (now Verizon) and GTE Mobilnet (now Verizon). As an early participant
in Internet-related businesses, Mr. Chicas was a co-founder of Hawaii Online's Internet Access Service.
Hawaii Online was the first statewide ISP in Hawaii and was ultimately sold to GST Communications.
Mr. Chicas also cofounded LJ.net, an ISP founded to serve rural communities in the western United
States. Mr. Chicas resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.
WIDE VOICE, LLC
Exhibit G
Proposed Service Area Map
Wide Voice seeks statewide authority to offer its services.
WIDE VOICE, LLC
ExhibitH
Proposed Local Exchange and Access Tariffs
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Original Title Page
LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICATIONS TARIF
IDAHO
TELECOMMUICATIONS SERVICES TARIF
OF
WIDE VOICE, LLC
This tariff contains the descriptions, regulations, and rates applicable to the furnishing of
service and facilties for local exchange and interexchange telecommunication services within
the state of Idaho by Wide Voice, LLC ("Wide Voice"). This tariff is on fie with the Idaho
Public Utilties Commission. Copies may be inspected, during normal business hours, at the
Company's principal place of business.
CONTACT INFORMTION
Commission Staff and Consumer Complaints Contact:
Patrick Chicas, President
Wide Voice, LLC
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 562-437-1422
Toll Free: 866-508-9020
Email: pjc§widevoice.com
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. I
Preface
Original Page 1
LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMUICA nONS TARIF
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page Title
Preface
Table of Contents
Check Sheet
Explanation of Symbols
Application of Tariff
Service Area Map
Tariff Format
1
2
4
5
5
6
Defmitions Section 1
Rules and Regulations Section 2
Service Areas Section 3
Service Charges and Surcharges Section 4
Local Exchange Service Section 5
Toll Services Section 6
Contract Pricing Section 7
Special Arrangements Section 8
Promotions Section 9
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Preface
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
CHECK SHEET
The pages listed below of this taiff are effective as of the date shown. Revised pages contain all changes from
the original taiff that are in effect as of the date indicated.
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410 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
CHECK SHEET, (CONT'D.)
SECTION PAGE REVISION SECTION PAGE REVISION
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. I
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS
The following symbols are used for the purposes indicated below:
(C) To signify changed listing, rule, or condition that may affect rates or charges.
(D) To signify discontinued material, including listing, rate, rule, or condition.
(I) To signify an increase.
(M) To signify material relocated from or to another par of tariff schedule with no change in text,
rate, rule or condition.
(N) To signify new material including listing, rate, rule or condition.
(R) To signify a reduction.
(S) To signify reissued materiaL.
(T) To signify change in wording of text but not change in rate, rule, or condition.
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Issued By: Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
APPLICATION OF TARIFF
This tariff sets forth the service offerings, rates, terms and conditions applicable to the
furnishing of intrastate end-user local exchange communications services by Wide Voice,
LLC, hereinafter referred to as the Company, to Customers within the state ofIdaho. Wide
Voice's services are furnished subject to the availabilty of facilties and subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein.
This taiff is on file with the Idaho Public Utilties Commission. In addition, this taiff is
available for review at the main offce of Wide Voice, LLC, at 41 0 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145.
SERVICE AREA MAP
Wide Voice, LLC, wil provide local exchange service in areas currently served by Qwest and
intrastate toll service throughout the State of Idaho. Local calling areas are as defined in
Section 3 of this tariff.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
4 i 0 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
TARIFF FORMAT
A. Page Numbering - Page numbers appear in the upper right corner ofthe page. Pages are numbered
sequentially, however, new pages are occasionally added to the taiff. When a new page is added
between pages already in effect, a decimal is added. For example, a new page added between pages 14
and 15 would be 14.1.
B. Page Revision Numbers - Revision numbers also appear in the upper right corner of each page.
These numbers are used to determine the most current page version on fie with the Commission. For
example, the 4th Revised Page 14 cancels the 3rd Revised Page 14. Because of various suspension
periods, deferrals, etc., the most current page number on fie with the Commission is not always the
tariff page in effect. Consult the Check Sheet for the page currently in effect.
C. Paragraph Numbering Sequence - There are nine levels of paragraph coding. Each level of coding
is subservient to its next higher level:
2.
2.1.
2.1.1.
2. 1. 1. A.
2. 1. 1.A. 1.
2.1.1.A.1.(a).
2. 1. 1.A. 1. (a). i.
2.1. i .A.1.(a).I.(i).
2.1.1.A.1.(a).I.(i).(l ).
D. Check Sheets - When a tariff fiing is made with the Commission, an updated Check Sheet
accompanies the tariff filing. The Check Sheet lists the pages contained in the tariff, with a cross
reference to the current revision number. When new pages are added, the Check Sheet is changed to
reflect the revision. All revisions made in a given fiing are designated by an asterisk (*). There wil be
no other symbols used on this page if these are the only changes made to it (Le., the format, etc.
remain the same, just revised revision levels on some pages.) The taiff user should refer to the latest
Check Sheet to find out if a paricular page is the most current on fie with the Commission.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 1
Original Page 1
LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION i - DEFINITIONS
Advance Payment - Payment of all or par of a charge required before the sta of service.
Authorized User - A person, corporation or other entity that is authorized by the Company Customer to utilize
service provided by the Company to the customer. The customer is responsible for all charges incurred by an
Authorized
Automatic Numbering Identifcation (ANI) - A tye of signaling provided by a local exchange telephone
company which automatically identifies the local exchange line from which a call originates.
Commission - Idaho Public Utilties Commission.
Common Carrier - An authorized company or entity providing telecommunications services to the public
Company - Wide Voice, LLC, the issuer of this tariff.
Customer - The person, firm or corporation that orders service and is responsible for the payment of charges
and compliance with the terms and conditions of this taiff.
Customer Premises - A location, or equipment, designated by the Customer for the purposes of connecting to
the Company's services.
Customer Terminal Equipment - Terminal equipment provided by the Customer.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 1
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMUICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS, (CONT'D.)
Deposit - Refers to a càsh or equivalent of cash security held as a guarantee for payment of the charges.
End Offce - An operating offce of the Company where connections are made between telephone exchange
service arangements.
Equal Access - A form of dialed access provided by local exchange companies whereby interexchange calls
dialed by the Customer are automatically routed to the Company network. Presubscribed Customers may also
route interexchange calls to the Company network by dialing an access code supplied by the Company.
Exchange Telephone Company or Telephone Company - Denotes any individual, parership, association,
joint-stock company, trst, or corporation authorized by the appropriate regulatory bodies to engage in
providing public switched communication service throughout an exchange area, and between exchange areas
within the LATA.
Individual Case Basis. (ICB) - A service arrangement in which the regulations, rates and charges are
developed based on the specific circumstances ofthe Customer's situation.
IXC or Interexchange Carrier - A long distance telecommunications services provider.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. I
Section 1
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS, (CONT'D.)
Joint User - A person, firm or corporation designated by the Customer as a user of local exchange service
furnished to the Customer by the Company, and to whom a portion of the charges for such facilties are biled
under a joint use arangement.
LATA - A Local Access and Transport Area established pursuant to the Modification of Final Judgment
entered by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Civil Action No. 82-0192; or any
other geographic area designated as a LATA in the National Exchange Carier Association, Inc. TariffF .C.C.
No.4, or its successor taiff(s).
LEC - Local Exchange Company refers to the dominant, monopoly local telephone company in the area also
served by the Company.
Local Callng - A completed call or telephonic communication between a calling Station and any other Station
within the local service area of the Callng Station.
Monthly Recurring Charges - The monthly charges to the Customer for services, facilties and equipment,
which continue for the agreed upon duration of the service.
MOU - Minutes of Use.
Non-Recurring Charge ("NRC") - The initial charge, usually assessed on a one-time basis, to initiate and
establish service.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 1
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMUICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS, (CONT'D.)
Point of Presence ("POP") - The Point of Presence.
Premises - The space or equipment occupied by a Customer or authorized user in a building or buildings or
contiguous propert not separated by a public right of way.
Recurring Charges - Monthly charges to the Customer for services, and equipment, which continues for the
agreed upon duration of the service.
Service(s) - Local Exchange Service. Includes services and facilties provided for the origination or
termination of any telecommunication regardless of the technology used in transmission. This includes, but is
not limited to, local exchange, long distance, and data communications services that may use TDM, Internet
Protocol ("IP") or other technology.
Service Commencement Date - The first day following the date on which the Company notifies the Customer
that the requested service or facilty is available for use, unless extended by the Customer's refusal to accept
service which does not conform to standards set forth in the Service order or this taiff, in which case the
Service Commencement Date is the date of the Customer's acceptance of service. The paries may mutually
agree on a substitute Service Commencement Date.
Service Order - The written or verbal request for Company services by the Customer and the Company in the
format devised by the Company. A Service Order initiates the respective obligations ofthe paries as set forth
therein and pursuant to this tariff.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. I
Section I
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS, (CONT'D.)
Station - The network control signaling unit and any other equipment provided at the Customer premises that
enables the Customer to establish communications connections and to effect communications through such
connections.
Subscriber - The person, firm, parership, corporation, or other entity that orders telecommunications service
from the Company. Service may be ordered by, or on behalf of, those who own, lease or otherwise manage the
pay telephone, PBX, or other switch vehicle from which an End User places a call utilzing the services of the
Company.
Terminal Equipment - Any telecommunications equipment other than the transmission or receiving
equipment provisioned at a Company location.
Usage Charges - Charges for minutes or messages traversing over local exchange facilties.
User or End User - A Customer, Joint User, or any other person authorized by a Customer to use service
provided under this tariff.
Wide Voice - Wide Voice, LLC, issuer of this tariff.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
4 i 0 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS
2.1 Undertaking ofthe Company
2.1.1 Scope
The Company undertes to furnish communications service pursuant to the terms of this
tariff in connection with one-way and/or two-way information transmission between points
within the state of Idaho.
The Company is responsible under this taiff only for the services and facilties provided
hereunder, and it assumes no responsibilty for any service provided by any other entity that
purchases access to the Company network in order to originate or terminate its own services,
or to communicate with its own customers.
The Company arranges for installation, operation, and maintenance of the communications
services provided in this taiff for Customers in accordance with the terms and conditions set
forth under this taiff. The Company may act as the Customer's agent for ordering access
connection facilities provided by other carriers or entities, when authorized by the Customer,
to allow connection of a Customer's location to the Company network. The Customer shall be
responsible for all charges due for such service arangement.
2.1.2 Shortage of Equipment or Facilties
A.The Company reserves the right to limit or to allocate the use of existing facilties, or
of additional facilties offered by the Company, when necessar because oflack of
facilties, or due to some other cause beyond Company control.
B.The furnishing of service under this taiff is subject to the availabilty on a continuing
basis of all the necessary facilties and is limited to the capacity of the Company
facilities as well as facilities the Company may obtain from other cariers to furnish
service from time to time as required at the sole discretion of the Company.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMUICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.1 Undertaking ofthe Company, (Cont'd.)
2.1.3 Terms and Conditions
A.Service is provided on the basis of a minimum period of at least thirt (30) days, 24-
hours per day. For the purpose of computing charges in this taiff, a month is
considered to have 30 days. When a service is discontinued prior to the expiration of
the minimum period, charges are applicable, whether the service is used or not.
B.Except as otherwise stated in this tariff, Customers may be required to enter into
written service orders which shall contain or reference a specific description of the
service ordered, the rates to be charged, the duration of the services, and the terms
and conditions in this taiff. Customers wil also be required to execute any other
documents as may be reasonably requested by the Company to provide service.
C.At the expiration of the initial term specified in each Service Order, or in any
extension thereof, service shall continue on a month-to-month basis, unless otherwise
specified by the written Service Order, at the then current rates unless terminated by
either par upon notice. Any termination shall not relieve the Customer of its
obligation to pay any charges incurred under the service order and this taiff prior to
termination. The rights and obligations which by their nature extend beyond the
termination of the term of the service order shall survive such termination.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
Original Page 3
LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.1 Undertaking of the Company, (Cont'd.)
2.1.3 Terms and Conditions, (Cont'd.)
D. Service may be terminated by Company upon written notice to the Customer if:
1. the Customer is using the service in violation ofthis tariff; or
2. the Customer is using the service in violation of the law; or
3. the Customer is in violation of written Service Order terms.
E.This tariff shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the State of Idaho
regardless of its choice of laws provision.
F.Any other telephone company may not interfere with the right of any person or entity
to obtain service directly from the Company. No person or entity shall be required to
make any payment, incur any penalty, moneta or otherwise, or purchase any
services in order to have the right to obtain service directly from the Company.
G.To the extent that either the Company or any other telephone company exercises
control over available cable pairs, conduit, duct space, raceways, or other facilties
needed by the other to reach a person or entity, the par exercising such control shall
make them available to the other on terms equivalent to those under which the
Company makes similar facilties under its control available to its Customers. At the
reasonable request of either par, the Company and the other telephone company
shall join the attempt to obtain from the owner of the propert access for the other
part to serve a person or entity.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. I
Section 2
Original Page 4
LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.1 Undertaking of the Company, (Cont'd.)
2.1.4 Limitations on Liabilty
A.The included tariff language does not constitute a determination by the Commission
that a limitation of liabilty imposed by the Company should be upheld in a court of
law. Acceptance for fiing by the Commission recognizes that it is a court s
responsibilty to adjudicate negligence and consequential damage claims. It is also
the court's responsibilty to determine the validity of the exculpatory clause.
B.Except as otherwise stated in this section, the liabilty ofthe Company for damages
arising out of either: (1) the furnishing of its services, including but not limited to
mistakes, omissions, interrptions, delays, or errors, or other defects, representations,
or use of these services or (2) the failure to furnish its service, whether caused by acts
or omission, shall be limited to the extension of allowances to the Customer for
interrptions in service as set forth in Section 2.7.
c.Except for the extension of allowances to the Customer for interrptions in service as
set forth in Section 2.7, the Company shall not be liable to a Customer or third par
for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, reliance, consequential, exemplar or
punitive damages, including, but not limited to, loss of revenue or profits, for any
reason whatsoever, including, but not limited to, any act or omission, failure to
perform, delay, interrption, failure to provide any service or any failure in or
breakdown of facilties associated with the service.
D.The liabilty of the Company for errors in biling that result in overpayment by the
Customer shall be limited to a credit equal to the dollar amount erroneously biled or,
in the event that payment has been made and service has been discontinued, to a
refund of the amount erroneously biled.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. I
Section 2
Original Page 5
LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.1 Undertaking of the Company, (Cont'd.)
2.1.4 Limitations on Liabilty, (Cont'd.)
E. The Company shall be indemnified and saved harless by the Customer from and
against all loss, liabilty, damage and expense, due to:
1.Any act or omission of: (a) the Customer, (b) any other entity fuishing
service, equipment or facilties for use in conjunction with services or
facilities provided by the Company; or (c) common cariers or
warehousemen, except as contracted by the Company;
2.Any delay or failure of performance or equipment due to causes beyond the
Company control, including but not limited to, acts of God, fires, floods,
earhquakes, hurricanes, or other catastrophes; national emergencies,
insurrections, riots, wars or other civil commotions; strikes, lockouts, work
stoppages or other labor diffculties; criminal actions taken against the
Company; unavailabilty, failure or malfunction of equipment or facilties
provided by the Customer or third paries; and any law, order, regulation or
other action of any governing authority or agency thereof;
3.Any unlawful or unauthorized use of Company facilties and services;
4.Libel, slander, invasion of privacy or infringement of patents, trade secrets,
or copyrights arising from or in connection with the material transmitted by
means of Company-provided facilties or services; or by means of the
combination of Company-provided facilities or services;
5.Breach in the privacy or security of communications transmitted over
Company facilties;
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
Original Page 6
LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.1 Undertaking of the Company, (Cont'd.)
2.1.4 Limitations on Liabilty, (Cont'd.)
E. (Contd.)
6.Changes in any of the facilties, operations or procedures of the Company
that render any equipment, facilties or services provided by the Customer
obsolete, or require modification or alteration of such equipment, facilties or
services, or otherwise affect their use or performance, except where
reasonable notice is required by the Company and is not provided to the
Customer, in which event the Company liabilty is limited as set forth in
Section 2.1.4.A.
7.Defacement of or damage to Customer premises resulting from the
furnishing of services or equipment on such premises or the installation or
removal thereof;
8.Injury to propert or injury or death to persons, including claims for
payments made under Workers' Compensation law or under any plan for
employee disabilty or death benefits, arising out of, or caused by, any act or
omission of the Customer, or the constrction, installation, maintenance,
presence, use or removal of the Customer's facilties or equipment
connected, or to be connected to Company facilties;
9.Any non-completion of calls due to network busy conditions;
10.Any calls not actually attempted to be completed during any period that
service is unavailable;
11.And any other claim resulting from any act or omission of the Customer or
patron(s) of the Customer relating to the use of Company services or
facilties.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
Original Page 7
LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.1 Undertaking of the Company, (Cont'd.)
2.1.4 Limitations on Liabilty, (Cont'd.)
F.The Company does not guarantee nor make any waranty with respect to installations
provided by it for use in an explosive atmosphere.
G.The Company makes no waranties or representations, EXPRESS OR IMLIED,
either in fact or by operation of law, statutory or otherwise, including waranties of
merchantabilty or fitness for a paricular use, except those expressly set fort herein.
H.Failure by the Company to assert its rights pursuant to one provision of this rate sheet
does not preclude the Company from asserting its rights under other provisions.
I.Directory Errors - In the absence of gross negligence or wilful misconduct, no
liabilty for damages arising from errors or mistaes in or omissions of directory
listings, or errors or mistakes in or omissions of listing obtainable from the directory
assistace operator, including errors in the reporting thereof, shall attach to the
Company. An allowance for errors or mistakes in or omissions of published directory
listings or for errors or mistaes in or omissions of listing obtainable from the
directory assistace operator shall be at the monthly taiff rate for each listing, or in
the case of a free or no-charge directory listing, credit shall equal two times the
monthly tariff rate for an additional listing, for the life of the directory or the charge
period during which the error, mistake or omission occurs.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.1 Undertaking of the Company, (Cont'd.)
2.1.5 Notifcation of Service-Affecting Activities
The Company wil provide the Customer reasonable notification of service-affecting activities
that may occur in normal operation of its business. Such activities may include, but are not
limited to, equipment or facilties additions, removals or rearangements and routine
preventative maintenance. Generally, such activities are not specific to an individual
Customer but affect many Customers' services. No specific advance notification period is
applicable to all service activities. The Company wil work cooperatively with the Customer
to determine the reasonable notification requirements. With some emergency or unplaned
service-affecting conditions, such as an outage resulting from cable damage, notification to
the Customer may not be possible.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.1 Undertaking ofthe Company, (Cont'd.)
2.1.6 Provision of Equipment and Facilties
A.The Company shall use reasonable efforts to make available services to a Customer
on or before a paricular date, subject to the provisions of and compliance by the
Customer with, the regulations contained in this tariff. The Company does not
guarantee availabilty by any such date and shall not be liable for any delays in
commencing service to any Customer.
B.The Company shall use reasonable effort to maintain only the facilities and
equipment that it furnishes to the Customer. The Customer may not, nor may the
Customer permit others to, rearange, disconnect, remove, attempt to repair, or
otherwise interfere with any of the facilities or equipment provisioned by the
Company, except upon the written consent of the Company.
C.The Company may substitute, change or rearange any equipment or facilty at any
time and from time to time, but shall not thereby alter the technical parameters of the
service provided the Customer.
D.Equipment the Company provides or installs at the Customer Premises for use in
connection with the services the Company offers shall not be used for any purose
other than that for which it was provided.
E.The Customer shall be responsible for the payment of service charges as set fort
herein for visits by Company agents or employees to the Premises of the Customer
when the service diffculty or trouble report results from the use of equipment or
facilties provided by any par other than the Company, including but not limited to
the Customer.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.1 Undertaking ofthe Company, (Cont'd.)
2.1.6 Provision of Equipment and Facilties, (Cont'd.)
F. The Company shall not be responsible for the installation, operation, or maintenance
of any Customer-provided communications equipment. Where such equipment is
connected to the facilties furnished pursuant to this tariff, the responsibilty of the
Company shall be limited to the furnishing of facilties offered under this taff and to
the maintenance and operation of such facilties. Subject to this responsibilty, the
Company shall not be responsible for:
1. the transmission of signals by Customer-provided equipment or for the
quality of, or defects in, such transmission; or
2. the reception of signals by Customer-provided equipment.
2.1.7 Non-routine Installation
At the Customer's request, installation and/or maintenance may be performed outside
Company regular business hours or in hazdous locations. In such cases, charges based on
cost of the actual labor, material, or other costs incurred by or charged to the Company wil
apply. If installation is stared during regular business hours, but, at the Customer's request,
extends beyond regular business hours into time periods including, but not limited to,
weekends, holidays, and/or night hours, additional charges may apply.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.1 Undertaking of the Company, (Cont'd.)
2.1.8 Special Construction
Subject to the agreement of the Company and to all of the regulations contained in this taiff,
special construction of facilities may be underten on a reasonable effort basis at the request
of the Customer. Special constrction is that constrction undertaken:
A. where facilities are not presently available, and there is no other requirement for the
facilties so constrcted;
B. of a type other than that which the Company would normally utilze in the furnishing
of its services;
C. over a route other than that which the Company would normally utilze in the
furnishing of its services;
D. in a quantity greater than that which the Company would normally constrct;
E. on an expedited basis;
F. on a temporar basis until permanent facilties are available;
G. involving abnormal costs; or
H. in advance of its normal constrction.
2.1.9 Ownership of Facilties
Title to all facilties provided in accordance with this taiff remains in the Company, its
parers, agents, contractors or suppliers.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.2 Prohibited Uses
2.2.1 The services the Company offers shall not be used for any unlawfl purpose or for any use as
to which the Customer has not obtained all required governmental approvals, authorizations,
licenses, consents and permits.
2.2.2 The Company may require applicants for service who intend to use Company offerings for
resale and/or for shared use to fie a letter with the Company confirming that their use of the
Company offerings complies with relevant laws and Commission regulations, policies, orders,
and decisions.
2.2.3 The Company may block any signals being transmitted over its network by Customers who
cause interference to the Company or other users. Customer shall be relieved of all obligations
to make payments for charges relating to any blocked Service and shall indemnify the
Company for any claim, judgment or liabilty resulting from such blockage.
2.2.4 A Customer, joint user, or authorized user may not assign, or transfer in any manner, the
service or any rights associated with the service without the written consent of the Company.
The Company wil permit a Customer to transfer its existing service to another entity if the
existing Customer has paid all charges owed to the Company for regulated communications
services. Such a transfer wil be treated as a disconnection of existing service and installation
of new service, and non-recurring installation charges as stated in this tariffwil apply.
Issued: Effective Date:
Issued By: Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.3 Obligations of the Customer
2.3.1 General
The Customer is responsible for making proper application for service; placing any necessar
order, complying with taiff regulations; payment of charges for services provided. Specific
Customer responsibilties include, but are not limited to the following:
A.the payment of all applicable charges pursuant to this tariff and written Service
Orders;
B.damage to or loss of Company facilities or equipment caused by the acts or omissions
ofthe Customer; or the noncompliance by the Customer, with these regulations; or by
fire or theft or other casualty on the Customer Premises, unless caused by the
negligence or wilful misconduct of the employees or agents of the Company;
C.providing at no charge, as specified from time to time by the Company, any needed
personnel, equipment space and power to operate Company facilties and equipment
provisioned on the premises of the Customer, and the level of heating and air condi-
tioning necessar to maintain the proper operating environment on such premises;
D.obtaining, maintaining, and otherwise having full responsibilty for all rights-of-way
and conduits necessar for installation of fiber optic cable and associated equipment
used to provide Communication Services to the Customer from the cable building
entrance or propert line to the location ofthe equipment space described in 2.3.1.C.
Any and all costs associated with obtaining and maintaining the rights-of-way
described herein, including the costs of altering the strcture to permit instalation of
the Company-provided facilties, shall be borne entirely by, or may be charged by the
Company to, the Customer. The Company may require the Customer to demonstrate
its compliance with this section prior to accepting an order for service;
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.3 Obligations ofthe Customer, (Cont'd.)
2.3.1 General, (Cont'd.)
E.providing a safe place to work and complying with all laws and regulations regarding
the working conditions on the premises at which Company employees and agents
shall be installng or maintaining Company facilties and equipment. The Customer
may be required to install and maintain Company facilties and equipment within a
hazardous area if, in the Company opinion, injury or damage to Company employees
or propert might result from installation or maintenance by the Company. The
Customer shall be responsible for identifying, monitoring, removing and disposing of
any hazardous material (e.g., asbestos) prior to any constrction or installation work;
F.complying with all laws and regulations applicable to, and obtaining all consents,
approvals, licenses and permits as may be required with respect to, the location of
Company facilties and equipment in any Customer premises or the rights-of-way for
which Customer is responsible under Section 2.3.1.D.; and granting or obtaining
permission for Company agents or employees to enter the premises of the Customer
at any time for the purpose of installing, inspecting, maintaining, repairing, or upon
termination of service as stated herein, removing the facilties or equipment of the
Company;
G.not creating, or allowing to be placed, any liens or other encumbrances on Company
equipment or facilties; and
H.making Company facilties and equipment available periodically for maintenance
purposes at a time agreeable to both the Company and the Customer. No allowance
wil be made for the period during which service is interrpted for such purposes.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.3 Obligations ofthe Customer, (Cont'd.)
2.3.2 Liabilty of the Customer
A.The Customer wil be liable for damages to the facilties of the Company and for all
incidental and consequential damages caused by the negligent or intentional acts or
omissions of the Customer, its offcers, employees, agents, invites, or contractors
where such acts or omissions are not the direct result of Company negligence or
intentional misconduct.
B.To the extent caused by any negligent or intentional act ofthe Customer as described
in A., preceding, the Customer shall indemnify, defend and hold harless the
Company from and against all claims, actions, damages, liabilties, costs and
expenses, for (l) any loss, destrction or damage to propert of any third par, and
(2) any liabilty incurred by the Company to any third par pursuant to this or any
other rate sheet of the Company, or otherwise, for any interrption of, interference to,
or other defect in any service provided by the Company to such third par.
C.The Customer shall not assert any claim against any other Customer or user of
Company services for damages resulting in whole or in par from or arising in
connection with the furnishing of service under this rate sheet including but not
limited to mistaes, omissions, interrptions, delays, errors or other defects or
misrepresentations, whether or not such other Customer or user contributed in any
way to the occurrence of the damages, unless such damages were caused solely by
the negligent or intentional act or omission ofthe other Customer or user and not by
any act or omission of the Company. Nothing in this rate sheet is intended either to
limit or to expand Customer's right to assert any claims against third paries for
damages of any nature other than those described in the preceding sentence.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.4 Customer Equipment and Channels
2.4.1 General
Local Exchange Service includes services and facilties provided for the origination or
termination of any telecommunication regardless of the technology used in transmission. This
includes, but is not limited to, local exchange, long distace, and data communications
services that may use TDM, Internet Protocol ("IP") or other technology. Company services
are designed primarily for the transmission of voice-grade telephonic signals, except as
otherwise stated in this tariff. A User may transmit any form of signal that is compatible with
Company equipment, but the Company does not guarantee that its services wil be suitable for
purposes other than voice-grade telephonic communication except as specifically stated in this
taiff.
2.4.2 Station Equipment
A.Terminal equipment on the User's Premises and the electrc power consumed by such
equipment shall be provided by and maintained at the expense ofthe User. The User
is responsible for the provision of wiring or cable to connect its terminal equipment
to the Company Point of Connection.
B.The Customer is responsible for ensuring that Customer-provided equipment
connected to Company equipment and facilties is compatible with such equipment
and facilties. The magnitude and character of the voltages and curents impressed on
Company-provided equipment and wiring by the connection, operation, or
maintenance of such equipment and wiring shall be such as not to cause damage to
the Company-provided equipment and wiring or injury to Company employees or to
other persons. Any additional protective equipment required to prevent such damage
or injury shall be provided by the Company at the Customer's expense, subject to
prior Customer approval of the equipment expense.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.4 Customer Equipment and Channels, (Cont'd.)
2.4.3 Interconnection of Facilties
A.Any special interface equipment necessar to achieve compatibilty between the
facilities and equipment of the Company used for furnishing Communication
Services and the channels, facilties, or equipment of others shall be provided at the
Customer's expense.
B.Communication Services may be connected to the services or facilties of other
communications cariers only when authorized by, and in accordance with, the terms
and conditions of the tariffs of the other communications cariers that are applicable
to such connections.
C.Facilities furnished under this taiff may be connected to Customer-provided terminal
equipment in accordance with the provisions of this taiff. All such terminal
equipment shall be registered by the Federal Communications Commission pursuant
to Par 68 of Title 47, Code of Federal Regulations; and all User-provided wiring
shall be installed and maintained in compliance with those regulations.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICATIONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.4 Customer Equipment and Channels, (Cont'd.)
2.4.4 Inspections
A.Upon suitable notification to the Customer, and at a reasonable time, the Company
may make such tests and inspections as may be necessar to determine that the
Customer is complying with the requirements set forth in Section 2.4.2.A. for the
installation, operation, and maintenance of Customer-provided facilties, equipment,
and wiring in the connection of Customer-provided facilities and equipment to
Company-owned facilties and equipment.
B.If the protective requirements for Customer-provided equipment are not being
complied with, the Company may take such action as it deems necessar to protect its
facilties, equipment, and personneL. The Company wil notify the Customer
promptly if there is any need for further corrective action. Within ten days of
receiving this notice, the Customer must tae this corrective action and notify the
Company of the action taen. If the Customer fails to do this, the Company may tae
whatever additional action is deemed necessar, including the suspension of service,
to protect its facilties, equipment and personnel from har.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.5 Payment Arrangements
2.5.1 Payment for Service
The Customer is responsible for the payment of all charges for facilities and services
furnished by the Company to the Customer and to all Authorized Users by the Customer,
regardless of whether those services are used by the Customer itself or are resold to or shared
with other persons.
The Customer is responsible for payment of any sales, use, gross receipts, excise, access or
other local, state, federal and 911 taxes, charges or surcharges (however designated)
(excluding taes on Company net income) imposed on or based upon the provision, sale or
use of network services.
Customers wil only be charged once, on either an interstate or intrastate basis, for any
nonrecurring charges.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
Section 2
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.5 Payment Arrangements, (Cont'd.)
2.5.2 Biling and Collection of Charges
The Customer is responsible for payment of all charges incurred by the Customer or other
Authorized Users for services and facilities furnished to the Customer by the Company.
A.Nonrecurring charges are due and payable within thir (30) days after the invoice
date, unless otherwise agreed to in advance.
B.The Company shall present invoices for recurring charges monthly to the Customer,
in advance of the month in which service is provided, and Recurring Charges shall be
due and payable within thirt (30) days after the invoice date unless otherwise agreed
to in advance. When biling is based on customer usage, charges wil be biled
monthly for the preceding biling periods.
C.When service does not begin on the first day of the month, or end on the last day of
the month, the charge for the fraction of the month in which service was furnished
wil be calculated on a pro rata basis. For this purpose, every month is considered to
have thirt (30) days.
D.Biling ofthe Customer by the Company wil begin on the Service Commencement
Date, which is the first day following the date on which the Company notifies the
Customer that the service or facilty is available for use, except that the Service
Commencement Date may be postponed by mutual agreement of the paries, or if the
service or facility does not conform to stadards set forth in this taiff or the Service
Order. Biling accrues through and includes the day that the service, circuit,
arangement or component is discontinued.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. I
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.5 Payment Arrangements, (Cont'd.)
2.5.2 Biling and Collection of Charges, (Cont'd.)
E.If any portion of the payment is not received by the Company, or if any portion of the
payment is received by the Company in funds that are not immediately available,
thirt (30) days following the invoice date, then a late payment penalty shall be due
the Company. The late payment penalty shall be that portion of the payment not
received by the date due minus any charges biled as local taes multiplied by 1.5%.
F.The Customer wil be assessed a charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each
check submitted by the Customer to the Company that a financial institution refuses
to honor.
G.If service is disconnected by the Company in accordance with Section 2.6 following
and later restored, restoration of service wil be subject to all applicable installation
charges. Service shall, at the Company's discretion, be restored when all past due
amounts are paid or the event giving rise to the discontinuance (if other than
nonpayment) is corrected.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.5 Payment Arrangements, (Cont'd.)
2.5.3 Disputed Bils
A.In the event that a biling dispute occurs concerning any charges biled to the
Customer by the Company, the Company may require the Customer to pay the
undisputed portion of the bil to avoid discontinuance of service for non-payment.
The Customer must submit a documented claim for the disputed amount. The
Customer wil submit all documentation as may reasonably be required to support the
claim. All claims must be submitted to the Company within 30 days of receipt of
biling for those services. If the Customer does not submit a claim as stated above,
the Customer waives all rights to fiing a claim thereafter.
B.Unless disputed the invoice shall be deemed to be correct and payable in full by the
Customer. If the Customer is unable to resolve any dispute with the Company, then
the Customer may fie a complaint with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, 472
West Washington, P.O. Box 83720, Boise ID 83720-0074; 208-334-0300 or 1-800-
432-0369.
c.Ifthe dispute is resolved in favor of the Customer and the Customer has witheld the
disputed amount, no interest credits or penalties wil apply.
D.Ifthe dispute is resolved in favor ofthe Company and the Customer has witheld the
disputed amount, payment is due within 5 days of notice of resolution or late fees and
penalties wil apply.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.5 Payment Arrangements, (Cont'd.)
2.5.4 Advance Payments
A.Advance payments are not required of residential Customers.
B.For commercial Customers, the Company may require a Customer to make an
advance payment before services and facilities are furnished. The advance payment
wil not exceed an amount equal to the non-recurring charge(s) and one month's
charges for the service or facilty. In addition, where special constrction is involved,
the advance payment may also include an amount equal to the estimated non-
recurring charges for the special constrction and recurring charges (if any) for a
period to be set between the Company and the Customer. The advance payment wil
be credited to the Customer's initial bil. An advance payment may be required in
addition to a deposit.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. I
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.5 Payment Arrangements, (Cont'd.)
2.5.5 Deposits
A. Commercial Customers
1.The Company may, in order to safeguard its interests, require a Customer
which has a proven history of late payments to the Company or does not
have established credit or has a bad credit rating to make a deposit prior to or
at any time after the provision of service to the Customer to be held by the
Company as a guarantee of the payment of rates and charges. No such
deposit wil be required of a Customer which has established satisfactory
credit and has no history of late payments to the Company.
2.The amount of the deposit which may be required of a Customer for the
purpose of establishing credit shall not exceed two times the average
monthly bil for residential Customers whose bils are payable in advance.
The amount of deposit may be adjusted at the request ofthe Customer at any
time when the character, purpose, or degree of the Customer's use of the
service has materially changed, or when it is indicated that it wil change.
3.The making ofa deposit shall not relieve any Customer of the obligation to
pay current bils when due. A deposit shall only be applied to the
indebtedness of the Customer for jurisdictional telecommunications services
of the provider.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. I
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMUICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.5 Payment Arrangements, (Cont'd.)
2.5.5 Deposits, (Cont'd.)
A. Commercial Customers, (Cont'd.)
4.The Company wil pay interest on deposits, to accrue from the date the
deposit is made until it has been refunded, or until a reasonable effort has
been made to effect refund. The Company wil pay interest at the rate
prescribed by the Commission.
5.The Company shall keep a record of each cash deposit until the deposit is
returned. The record wil show the name of each Customer making a deposit;
the premises occupied by the Customer when making the deposit and each
successive premises occupied while the deposit is retained by the Company;
the amount and date of making the deposit; and a record of each transaction,
such as the payment of interest, interest credited, etc., concerning the
deposit. Concurrently with receiving a deposit, the Company wil provide the
Customer a receipt showing the deposit date, the name and biling address of
the Customer and the deposit amount.
6.Upon discontinuance of service, or when a Customer has established credit
by other means, the Company wil promptly refund any deposit, plus accrued
simple interest, or the balance, if any, in excess of the unpaid bils for the
services furnished by the Company. A transfer of service from one location
to another within the Company serving area shall not be deemed a
discontinuance with the Company if the character of the service remains
unchanged.
7.Deposits wil be refunded after twelve months of timely payment, with
interest as specified above.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.5 Payment Arrangements, (Cont'd.)
2.5.6 Cancellation of Application for Service
A.Applications for service cannot be canceled without Company agreement. Where the
Company permits a Customer to cancel an application for service prior to the sta of
service or prior to any special constrction, no charges wil be imposed except for
those specified below.
B.Where, prior to cancellation by the Customer, the Company incurs any expenses in
installng the service or in preparing to install the service that it otherwise would not
have incurred, a charge equal to the costs incurred by the Company, less net salvage,
shall apply, but in no case shall this charge exceed the sum of the charge for the
minimum period of services ordered, including installation charges, and all charges
others levy against the Company that would have been chargeable to the Customer
had service commenced (all discounted to present value at six percent).
C.Where the Company incurs any expense in connection with special constrction, or
where special arangements of facilties or equipment have begun, before the
Company receives a cancellation notice, a charge equal to the costs incurred by the
Company, less net salvage, applies. In such cases, the charge wil be based on such
elements as the cost of the equipment, facilties, and material, the cost of installation,
engineering, labor, and supervision, general and administrative expense, other
disbursements, depreciation, maintenance, taes, provision for return on investment,
and any other costs associated with the special constrction or arangements.
D.Special charges described in 2.5.6.A. through 2.5.6.C. wil be calculated and applied
on a case-by-case basis.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. I
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.5 Payment Arrangements, (Cont'd.)
2.5.7 Changes in Service Requested
If the Customer makes or requests material changes in circuit engineering, equipment
specifications, service parameters, premises locations, or otherwise materially modifies any
provision of the application for service, the Customer's installation fee shall be adjusted
accordingly.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.6 Discontinuance of Service
2.6.1 Service may be disconnected after seven (7) days written notice for any of the following
reasons:
A. The Customer did not pay undisputed delinquent bils for local exchange services or
paid a delinquent bil for local exchange services with any dishonored check.
B. The Customer failed to make a security deposit or obtain a guarantee when one is
required.
C. The Customer failed to abide by the terms of a payment arangement.
D. The Customer misrepresented the Customer's identity for the purpose of obtaining
telephone service.
E. The Company determines as prescribed by relevant state or other applicable
standards that the Customer is wilfully wasting or interfering with service through
improper equipment or otherwise.
F. The Customer is using service(s) for which the Customer did not apply.
2.6.2 At least 24 hours before actual termination, the Company wil attempt to contact the Customer
affected to apprize the Customer of the proposed termination action and steps to tae to avoid
or delay termination. Service wil not be terminated in the event that a formal or informal
complaint concerning termination is fied with the Commission.
Issued: Effective Date:
Issued By: Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. I
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.6 Discontinuance of Service, (Cont'd.)
2.6.3 Service may be disconnected without notice and without incurring any liabilty for any of the
following reasons:
A.A condition immediately dangerous or hazardous to life, physical safety or propert
exists, or it is necessar to prevent a violation offederal, state or local safety or health
codes.
B.The company is ordered to terminate service by any court, the Commission, or any
other duly authorized public authority.
C.In the event of fraudulent use of the Company's network, where the service(s) was
(were) obtained, diverted or used without the authorization or knowledge of the
Company, the Company wil discontinue service without notice and/or seek legal
recourse to recover all costs involved in enforcement of this provision.
D.The Company has tried dilgently to meet the notice requirements but has been
unsuccessful in its attempt to contact the Customer affected.
E.The Customer has misrepresented the Customer's identify for purposes of obtaining
telephone service and has no or an inadequate security deposit on fie with the
Company and has an outstanding bil exceeding $100.
F.Upon the Customer's insolvency, assignment for the benefit of creditors, filing for
bankrptcy or reorganization, or failng to discharge an involunta petition within
the time permitted by law.
G.Upon the Company's discontinuance of service to the Customer under Section 2.6.1
or 2.6.2., the Company, in addition to all other remedies that may be available to the
Company at law or in equity or under any other provision ofthis tariff, may declare
all future monthly and other charges that would have been payable by the Customer
during the remainder ofthe term for which such services would have otherwise been
provided to the Customer to be immediately due and payable (discounted to present
value at six percent).
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.7 Allowances for Interruptions in Service
Interrptions in service that are not due to the negligence of, or noncompliance with the provisions of
this tariff by, the Customer or the operation or malfunction of the facilties, power or equipment
provided by the Customer, wil be credited to the Customer as set forth in 2.7.1 for the part of the
service that the interrption affects.
2.7.1 General
A. Service Outage
A credit allowance wil be given when service is interrpted, except as specified
below. A service is interrpted when it becomes inoperative to the Customer, e.g., the
Customer is unable to transmit or receive, because of a cross-talk, static or other
transmission problem, the Company wil respond to a Customer's report of such a
"service outage" in accordance with IDAP A 31.41.01 Rule 503. Customer's bils wil
be appropriately and automatically credited pursuant to the terms of Rule 503.
B. Receipt and Recording of Reports
The Company wil provide for the receipt of Customer trouble reports at all hours
and make a full and prompt investigation of and response to all reports. The
Company wil maintain an accurate record of trouble reports made by its Customers.
This record wil include accurate identification ofthe Customer or service affected,
the time, date and nature of the report, the action taken to clear the trouble or satisfy
the Customer, and the date and time of trouble clearance or other disposition. This
record wil be available to the Commission or its authorized representatives upon
request at any time within two (2) years of the date of the record.
C. Repair Commitments
Commitments to the Customer for repair service wil be set in accordance with Rule
503. The Company wil make every reasonable attempt to fulfill repai commitments
to its Customers. Customers wil be timely notified of unavoidable changes. Failure
to meet a repair commitment does not relieve the Company of the credited provisions
in Rule 503.01, unless the Customer fails to keep an appointment the Customer
agreed to when the original commitment was made
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.7 Allowances for Interruptions in Service, (Cont'd.)
2.7.1 General, (Cont'd.)
D. Restoration of Service
When the Company providing local exchange is informed by a Customer of a local
exchange service outage, the Company wil:
1.restore service within sixteen (16) hours after the report of the outage if the
Customer notifies the Company that the service outage creates an emergency
for the Customer, or
2.restore service within twenty-four (24) hours afer the report of the outage if
no emergency exists, except that outages reported between noon on Saturday
and 6:00 p.m. on the following Sunday must be restored within fort-eight
(48) hours or by 6:00 p.m. on the following Monday, whichever is sooner. If
the Company does not restore service within the times required by this
subsection, the Company wil credit the Customer's account for an amount
equal to the monthly rate for one (1) month of basic local exchange service.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.7 Allowances for Interruptions in Service, (Cont'd.)
2.7.1 General, (Contd.)
E. Extenuating Circumstances
Following disruption of local exchange service caused by natural disaster or other
causes not within the Company's control and affecting large groups of Customers, or
in conditions where the personal safety on an employee would be jeopardized, the
Company is not required to provide the credit referred to in Subsection 503.01 as
long as it uses reasonable judgment and dilgence to restore service, giving due
regard for the needs of various Customers and the requirements of the
telecommunications service priority (TSP) program ordered in FCC Docket 88-341.
When a Customer causes the Customer's own service outage or does not make a
reasonable effort to arange a repair visit within the service restoration deadline, or
when the Company determines that the outage is attibutable to the Customer's own
equipment or inside wire, the Company is not required to provide to that Customer
the credit referred to in Subsection 503.01.
F. Compliance Standard
Each month at least ninety percent (90%) of out-of-service trouble reports wil be
cleared in accordance with Subsection 503.01 and 503.02. The Company wil keep a
monthly service record as described in Subsection 502.01 and wil notify the
Commission whenever the record indicates the ninety percent (90%) level has not
been met for a period of three (3) consecutive months.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.8 Use of Customer's Service by Others
2.8.1 Joint Use Arrangements
Joint use arangements wil be permitted for all services provided under this taiff. From each
joint use arrangement, one member wil be designated as the Customer responsible for the
maner in which the joint use of the service wil be allocated. The Company wil accept
orders to star, rearrange, relocate, or discontinue service only from the designated Customer.
Without affecting the Customer's ultimate responsibilty for payment of all charges for the
service, each joint user shall be responsible for the payment ofthe charges biled to it.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.9 Cancellation of Service!lermination Liabilty
If a Customer cancels a Service Order or terminates services before the completion ofthe term for any
reason whatsoever other than a service interrption (as defined in Section 2.7.1 above), the Customer
agrees to pay to the Company termination liabilty charges, as defined below unless otherwise stated in
written Service Order. These charges shall become due as of the effective date of the cancellation or
termination and be payable within the period, set forth in Section 2.5.2.
2.9.1 Termination Liabilty
The Customer's termination liabilty for cancellation of service shall be equal to:
A.all unpaid Non-Recurring charges reasonably expended by the Company to establish
service to the Customer; plus
B.any disconnection, early cancellation or termination charges reasonably incurred and
paid to third paries by the Company on behalf of the Customer; plus
C.all Recurring Charges specified in the applicable Service Order Tariff for the balance
of the then current term.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.10 Transfers and Assignments
Neither the Company nor the Customer may assign or transfer its rights or duties in connection with
the services and facilties provided by the Company without the written consent of the other par,
except that the Company may assign its rights and duties:
2.10.1 to any subsidiary, parent company or affliate of the Company; or
2.10.2 pursuant to any sale or transfer of substatially all the assets of the Company; or
2.10.3 pursuant to any financing, merger or reorganization of the Company.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.11 Customer Liabilty for Unauthorized Use of the Network
Unauthorized use of the network occurs when a person or entity that does not have actual, apparent, or
implied authority to use the network, obtains Company services provided under this tariff.
2.11.1 Customer Liabilty for Fraud and Unauthorized Use of the Network
A. The Customer is liable for the unauthorized use ofthe network obtained through the
fraudulent use of a Company calling card, if such a card is offered by the Company,
or an accepted credit card, provided that the unauthorized use occurs before the
Company has been notified.
B. A Company callng card is a telephone callng card issued by the Company at the
Customer's request, which enables the Customer or user(s) authorized by the
Customer to place calls over the network and to have the charges for such calls biled
to the Customer's account.
An accepted credit card is any credit card that a cardholder has requested or applied
for and received, or has signed, used, or authorized another person to use to obtain
credit. Any credit card issued as a renewal or substitute in accordance with this
paragraph is an accepted credit card when received by the cardholder.
C. The Customer must give the Company written or oral notice that an unauthorid use
of a Company callng card or an accepted credit card has occurred or may occur as a
result of loss, and/or theft.
D. The Customer is responsible for payment of all charges for calling card services
furnished to the Customer or to users authorized by the Customer to use service
provided under this rate sheet, unless due to the negligence of the Company. This
responsibilty is not changed due to any use, misuse, or abuse of the Customer's
service or Customer-provided equipment by third paries, the Customer's employees,
or the public.
The liabilty of the Customer for unauthorized use of the network by credit card fraud
wil not exceed the lesser offift dollars ($50.00) or the amount of money, propert,
labor, or services obtained by the unauthorized user before notification to the
Company.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
4 i 0 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89 i 45
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.12 Notices and Communications
2.12.1 The Customer shall designate on the Service Order the address to which the Company shall
mail or deliver all notices and other communications, except that the Customer may also
designate a separate address to which Company bils for service shall be mailed.
2.12.2 The Company shall designate on the Service Order an address to which the Customer shall
mail or deliver all notices and other communications, except that Company may designate a
separate address on each bil for service to which the Customer shall mail payment on that
bil.
2.12.3 Except as otherwise stated in this tariff, all notices or other communications required to be
given pursuant to this taiff wil be in writing. Notices and other communications of either
part, and all bils mailed by the Company, shall be presumed to have been delivered to the
other par on the third business day following placement of the notice, communication or bil
with the U.S. Mail or a private delivery service, prepaid and properly addressed, or when
actually received or refused by the addressee, whichever occurs first.
2.12.4 The Company or the Customer shall advise the other par of any changes to the addresses
designated for notices, other communications or biling, by following the procedures for
giving notice set forth herein.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.13 Taxes, Fees and Surcharges
The Company reserves the right to bil any and all applicable taes, fees and surcharges in addition to
normal rates and charges for services provided to the Customer, where permitted by law. Taxes and
fees include, but are not limited to: Federal Excise Tax, State Sales Tax, Municipal Tax, Gross
Receipts Tax, Idaho Telecommunications Service Assistance Program, and Universal Service. Unless
otherwise specified in this tariff, such taes, fees and surcharges are in addition to rates as quoted in
this tariff and wil be itemized separately on Customer invoices.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. I
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D.)
2.14 Miscellaneous Provisions
2.14.1 Telephone Number Changes
Whenever any Customer's telephone number is changed after a directory is published, the
Company shall intercept all calls to the former number for at least one hundred and twenty
(120) days and give the callng par the new number provided existing central offce
equipment wil permit, and the Customer so desires.
When service in an existing location is continued for a new Customer, the existing telephone
number may be retained by the new Customer only if the former Customer consents in
writing, and if all charges against the account are paid or assumed by the new Customer.
2.14.2 Maintenance and Operations Records
Records of various tests and inspections, to include non-routine corrective maintenance
actions or monthly traffc analysis summaries for network administration, necessar for the
purposes of the Company or to fulfill the requirements of Commission rules shall be kept on
fie in the offce of the Company as required under Commission rules.
2.15 Universal Emergency Telephone Number Service (911)
Universal Emergency Telephone Number Service (911 Service) is an arangement of Company central
office and trnking facilities whereby any telephone user who dials the numbers 911 wil reach the
emergency report center for the telephone from which the number is dialed or wil be routed to an
operator if all lines to an emergency report center are busy. If no emergency report center Customer
exists for a central offce entity, a telephone user who dials the number 911 wil be routed to an
operator. No call-specific charges apply to 911 calls.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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SECTION 3 - SERVICE AREAS
3.1 Local Exchange Service Areas
Local exchange services are provided, subject to availabilty of facilities and equipment, in all areas
currently served by the following incumbent LECs:
1)Qwest Corporation dba CentuLink QC
- Northern Idaho
- Southern Idaho
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 1
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 4 - SERVICE CHAGES AND SURCHARGES
4.1 Service Order and Change Charges
4.1.1 Non-recurring charges apply to processing Service Orders for new service and for changes in
service.
Primary Line Connection Charge: Applies to requests for initial connection or
establishment of telephone service with the Company.
Secondary Line Connection Charge: Applies to installation of a second or additional access
line.
Service Order Charge: Applies to connection of new lines and to services orders associated
with Customer requests for changes in service, moves, and the addition of services, including
the additional of callng features.
4.1.2 Rates
Line Connection Charge
Primary Line
Secondar Line
Service Order Charge
Moves/ J\dds/Changes
Business
$60.00
$60.00
$25.00
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
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SECTION 4 - SERVICE CHARGES AND SURCHARGES, (CONT'D.)
4.2 Premises Visit Charge
Premises Visit charges apply when the installation of network access facilties or trouble resolution
require a visit to the Customer's premises. This charge applies in addition to the Technician Dispatch
Charge.
Installation Charge - 1 sl Hour
Repair Charge - 1 sl 12 Hour
Repair Charge - Each Add'l 12 Hour
Business
$120.00
$91.00
$46.00
4.3 Restoral Charge
A restoration charge applies to the restoration of suspended service and facilties because of
nonpayment of bils and is payable at the time that the restoration of the suspended service and
facilties is aranged. The restoration charge does not apply when, after disconnection of service,
service is later re-installed.
Per occasion, per line:
Business
$40.00
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 5 - LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE
5.1 Inbound Callng Service
Inbound Callng Service is a DID voice line equivalent service used to connect the public switched
telephone network and Customer's equipment for the transmission of voice, data or video trffc. This
Service allows Business End Users to designate an area in the Company's Central Offce as the
Business End User's Designated Premises, based upon space availabilty. Inbound Callng Service
may be provisioned using Company or Customer provided access. Transport and Port charges wil be
assessed on a DSO-equivalent basis derived by taing the total incoming DID traffic divided by
7,000,000 minutes multiplied by 672.
When Customer-provided access is used, Transport and End User Common Line (EUCL) charges wil
not apply. EUCL charges wil be applied according to the Company's FCC taiff for all Company-
provided access.
Monthly Recurring Charges (MRC)per DSO-equivalent
Transport Charges,
per mile (minimum 1 mile)$1.00
Port Charges
0-1 DS3s
2-3 DS3s
4-5 DS3s
6-8 DS3s
9+ DS3s
$5.00
$4.00
$3.00
$2.00
$1.00
Usage charges per Inbound MOU
0- 2m (MOU) per account
Over 2m to 10m MOU per account
Over 10m to 20m MOU per account
Over 20m to 30m MOU per account
Over 30m to 40m MOU per account
Over 40m to 50m MOU per account
Over 50m MOU per account
$0.0010
$0.0007
$0.0006
$0.0005
$0.0004
$0.0003
$0.0002
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 6 - TOLL SERVICES
(Reserved for future Use)
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 7 - CONTRACT SERVICES
7.1 Individual Case Basis (ICB) Arrangements
Arrangements wil be developed on a case-by-case basis in response to a bona fide special request
from a Customer or prospective Customer to develop a competitive bid for a service not generally
offered under this tariff. Rates quoted in response to such competitive requests may be different than
those specified for such services in this tariff. ICB rates wil be offered to the Customer in wrting and
on a nondiscriminatory basis.
7.2 Special Service Arrangements
7.2.1 If a Customer's requirements cannot be met by services included in this tariff, or pricing for a
service is shown in this taiff as "ICB", the Company wil provide, where practical, special
service arangements at charges to be determined on an Individual Case Basis. These special
service arangements wil be provided if the provision of such arangements is not detrimental
to any other services furnished under the Company's tariffs.
7.2.2 Special service arangement rates are subject to revision depending on changing costs or
operating conditions.
7.2.3 If and when a special service arangement becomes a generically tariffed offering, the taffed
rate or rates wil apply from the date of taiff approval.
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 8 - SPECIAL ARNGEMENTS
8.1 Non-Routine Installation and/or Maintenance
At the Customer's request, installation and/or maintenance may be performed outside Company
regular business hours, or (in sole discretion of the Company and subject to any conditions it may
impose) in hazardous locations. In such cases, charges based on the cost oflabor, material, and other
costs incurred by or charged to the Company wil apply. If installation is stared during regular
business hours but, at the Customer's request, extends beyond regular business hours into tie periods
including, but not limited to, weekends, holidays, and/or night hours, additional charges may apply.
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LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMICA nONS TARIF
SECTION 9 - PROMOTIONS
9.1 Demonstration of Service
From time to time the Company may demonstrate service for potential Customers by providing free
use of its network on a limited basis for a period of time, not to exceed one (1) month. Demonstration
of service and the tye, duration or quantity of service provided wil be at the Company's discretion.
9.2 Special Promotions
From time to time, the Carier may provide promotional offerings to introduce a current or potential
Subscriber to a service not being used by the subscriber. These offerings may be limited to certain
dates, times or locations and may waive or reduce recurring or non-recurring charges. The Company
wil notify the Commission prior to the effective date of any promotional offering.
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
IDAHO
INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
OF
WIDE VOICE, LLC
This tariff contains the descriptions, regulations, and rates applicable to the provision of
access services within the state ofIdaho by Wide Voice, LLC ("Wide Voice"). This tariff is
on fie with the Idaho Public Utilties Commission. Copies may be inspected, during normal
business hours, at the Company's principal place of business.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Commission Staff and Consumer Complaints Contact:
Patrick Chicas, President
Wide Voice, LLC
410 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 562-437-1422
Toll Free: 866-508-9020
Email: pjc§widevoice.com
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
CHECK SHEET
Sheets of this tariff indicated below are effective as of the date shown at the bottom of the respective sheet(s).
Original and revised sheets as named below comprise all changes from the original tariff and are currently in
effect as ofthe date on the bottom of this sheet.
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
ISSUING CARRIERS
Wide Voice, LLC
CONC~G CARRRS
No Concurring Cariers
CONNCTING CARRRS
No Connecting Carriers
OTHER PARTICIPATING CARRIERS
No Other Paricipating Cariers
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(C)
(D)
(I)
(M)
(N
(R)
(T)
EXPLANA nON OF SYMBOLS
To signify changed rate, regulation or condition.
To signify discontinued rate, regulation or condition.
To signify an increase.
To signify text relocated without change.
To signify new material, including a listing, rate, regulation, rule or condition.
To signify a reduction.
To signify a change in the word of text, but no change in the rate, rule or condition.
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Check Sheet 2
Concurring, Connecting and Paricipating Cariers 3
Explanations of Symbols 4
Table of Contents 5
Section 1 Defmitions of Abbreviations 6
Section 2 Rules and Regulations 27
Section 3 Switched Access Service 59
Section 4 Special Contracts, Arrangements and Constrction 83
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Access Code
The term" Access Code" denotes a uniform seven digit code unique to an individual customer. The seven digit
code has the form 950-XXXX or 101XX.
Access Minutes
The term "Access Minutes" denotes that usage of exchange facilties in Intrastate service for the purpose of
calculating chargeable usage. On the originating end of an Intrastate call, usage is measured from the time the
originating end user's call is delivered by the Company to and acknowledged as received by the customer's
facilities connected with the originating exchange. On the terminating end of an Intrastate call, usage is
measured from the time the call is received by the end user in the terminating exchange. Timing of usage at
both originating and terminating ends of an Intrastate call shall terminate when the callng or called part
disconnects, whichever event is recognized first in the originating and terminating exchanges, as applicable.
Access Service Group (ASG)
The term "Access Service Group" denotes a group oflike access services ordered to an end offce or access
tadem switch or to a dial tone offce.
Access Tandem
The term "Access Tandem" denotes a Company or Exchange Telephone Company switching system that
provides a concentration and distribution function for originating or terminating traffc between end offces
and the customer's point of termination.
Access Transport Parameter (A TP)
The term "Access Transport Parameter (A TP)" denotes the SS7 out of band signaling parameter which
provides the automatic transmission of information from the originatig calling location through the Common
Channel Signaling Network. Information supplied using ATP may consist of one or more ofthe following:
Called Part Subaddress; Callng Part Subaddress; High and Low Layer Compatibilty and Compatibilty
Checking by the called par's equipment.
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SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS, (CONT'D)
Agent
The term "Agent" denotes any individual, corporation, or other entity who an end user or location provider
designates to act on its behalf before the Company whether in conjunction with the selection of a primary IC
or in conjunction with other matters pertaining to the end user's or location provider's service.
Answer/Disconnect Supervision
The term "Answer/Disconnect Supervision" denotes the transmission of the switch trnk equipment
supervisory signal (off-hook or on-hook) to the customer's point of termination as an indication that the called
par has answered or disconnected.
Automatic Number Identification (ANI)
The term "Automatic Number Identification" (ANI) denotes the automatic transmission of information digits
and a seven or ten digit number to the customer's premises for calls originating in the LATA, to identify the
calling station.
Automatic Number Identification Information Digits (ANIi)
The term "Automatic Number Identification Information Digits" (ANIi) denotes the two digit ANIi pair
assignment made by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator at Telcordia. The information digits
precede the 7 or 10 digit telephone number on the ANI record and inform the customer of the callng part's
class of service for biling, routing and special handling purposes.
Bit
The term "Bit" denotes the smallest unit of information in the binar system of notation.
Call
The term "Call" denotes a customer attemptfor which the complete address code (e.g., 0-, 911, or 10 digits) is
provided to the serving dial tone office.
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SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS, (CONT'D)
Callng Par Number (CPN)
The term "Calling Par Number" (CPN) denotes the SS7 out of band signaling parameter which
automatically transmits the callng par's ten-digit telephone number to the customer's premises for calls
originating in the LATA.
Carrier Identification Parameter (CIP)
The term "Carrier Identification Parameter" (CIP) denotes the SS7 out of band signaling parameter which
transmits the Carier Identification Code (CIC) ofthe presubscribed carrier or the Access Code (l 01XX)
dialed by the callng par to the customer as par of the Initial Address Message (lAM).
Carrier Or Common Carier
See "Interexchange Carrier".
Carier Selection Parameter (CSP)
The term "Carrier Selection Parameter" (CSP) denotes the SS7 out of band signaling parameter which
identifies whether the dialing end user accessed the customer's network through a presubscribed line or by
dialing the customer's 101 XX code.
CCS
The term "CCS" denotes a hundred call seconds, which is a standard unit of traffic load that is equal to 1 00
seconds of usage or capacity ofa group of servers (e.g., trnks).
Central Office (CO)
The term "Central Offce" denotes a local Company switching system located at a wire center where
Telephone Exchange Service customer station loops are terminated for purposes of interconnection to each
other and to trnks.
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SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS, (CONT'D)
Central Office Prefix
The term "Central Office Prefix" denotes the first three digits (N) of the seven digit telephone number
assigned to a customer's telephone exchange service when dialed on a local basis.
Centralized Automatic Reporting On Trunks (CAROn Testing
The term "Centralized Automatic Reporting on Trunks Testing" denotes a type testing which includes the
capacity for measuring operational and transmission parameters.
Chanel(s)
The term "Channel( s)" denotes an electrical or photonic, in the case of fiber optic-based transmission systems,
communications path between two or more points of termination.
Channelize
The term "Channelize" denotes the process of multiplexing wider bandwidth or higher speed channels into
narower bandwidth or lower speed channels or vice versa.
Charge Number (CN)
The term "Charge Number" denotes the SS7 out of band signaling parameter which is equivalent to the 10-
digit ANI telephone number.
CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carier)
The term "CLEC" denotes a telecommunications company, certified by a state utilties commission, to
provide a competitive local exchange service in ILEC Territory.
Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) Provider
The term "Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) provider" denotes a common carrier as defined by the
Federal Communications Commission subject to the Rules set forth in Section 332 of the Communications
Act.
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SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS, (CONT'D)
Common Channel Signaling Access Capabilty CCCSAC)
The term "Common Chanel Signaling Access Capabilty" (CCSAC) denotes the interconnection between the
Company's CCSN and a customer's CCSN.
Common Channel Signaling Network CCCSN)
The term "Common Chanel Signaling Network" (CCSN) denotes a specialized digital signaling network
separate from the regular message (voice) network which interconnects computerized switching systems and
has access to special data bases.
Common Line
The term "Common Line" denotes a line, trunk or other facility provided under the general and/or local
exchange service tariffs of the Company, terminated on a central offce switch. A common line-residence is a
line or trnk provided under the residence regulations of the general and/or local exchange service tariffs. A
common line-business is a line provided under the business regulations of the general and/or local exchange
service tariffs.
Communications Systems
The term "Communications Systems" denotes channels and other facilties which are capable of
communications between terminal equipment provided by other than the Company.
Company
Used throughout this tariff to indicate Wide Voice, LLC.
CustomerCs)
The term "customer(s)" denotes any individual, parership, association, joint-stock company, trst,
corporation, governmental entity or any other entity which subscribes to the services offered under this Tariff
including Interexchange Carriers (ICs), end users and interconnectors.
Customer-provided Tandem
The term "Customer-provided Tandem" denotes a customer-provided switching system that provides a
concentration and distribution function of originating or terminating traffic between a Company equal access
end offce(s) subtending the customer-provided tandem at the customer's point of termination.
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Destination Point Code
The term "Destination Point Code" denotes a routing label that identifies where the CCS/SS7 signaling
message should be sent.
Detail Biling
The term "Detail Biling" denotes the listing of each message and/or rate element for which charges to a
customer are due on a bil prepared by the Company.
Dial Pulse Address Signaling
The term "Dial Pulse Address Signaling" denotes the transmission of number information, e.g., called
number, between the end office switching systems and the customer's premises (in either direction) by means
of direct current impulses.
Direct- Trunked Transport
The term "Direct- Trunked Transport" denotes the following: (1) the transport between the serving wire center
of the customer's premises and a Company end office, Company Hub or Company access tandem or between
a Company Hub and a Company end offce or Company access tandem on circuits dedicated to the use of a
single customer, without switching at the Company access tandem or, (2) the transport with Tandem
Signaling Information (i.e., CIC and OZZ codes or equivalent SS7 parameters) between the serving wire
center of the customer-provided tandem premises and a Company equal access end office subtending the
customer-provided tandem or a Company Hub or between a Company Hub and a Company equal access end
offce subtending the customer-provided tandem.
Donor Switch
The term "Donor Switch" denotes the original switch source of a portable NXX code.
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Dual Tone Multifreguency Address Signaling
The term "Dual Tone Multifrequency Address Signaling" denotes a type of signaling that is an optional
feature of Lines ide Switched Access Service. It may be utilzed when Lineside Switched Access Service is
being used in the terminating direction (from the point of termination with the customer to the local exchange
end offce). An offce arranged for Dual Tone Multifrequency Signaling would expect to receive address
signals from the customer in the form of Dual Tone Multifrequency signals.
800 Data Base Access Service
The term "800 Data Base Access Service" denotes a toll-free originating Trunkside Access Service when the
8XX Service Access Code (i.e., 800, 822, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, or 888 as available) is used. The term 8XX
is used interchangeably with 800 Data Base Service throughout this Tariff to describe this service.
8XX Service Provider
The term "8XX Service Provider" denotes a telecommunications company, including Exchange and
Interexchange Carriers, that offer 8XX Service to subscribers.
End Offce Switch
The term "End Offce Switch" denotes a local Company switching system where Telephone Exchange
Service customer station loops are terminated for purposes of interconnection to trnks. Included are Remote
Switching Modules and Remote Switching Systems served by a host office in a different wire center.
End User
"End User" means any customer of an Intrastate telecommunications service that is not a carrier, exceptthat a
carrier (other than a telephone company) shall be deemed to be an "end user" when such carrier uses a
telecommunications service for administrative purposes and a person or entity that offers telecommunications
services exclusively as a reseller shall be deemed to be an "end user" if all resale transmissions offered by
such reseller originates or terminates on the premises of such reseller.
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Entrance Facilty
The term "Entrance Facilty" denotes the dedicated Switched Access transport facilty from the customer's
premises or point of demarcation to the Company serving wire center
Entr Switch
See "First Point of Switching".
Exchange
The term "Exchange" denotes a unit generally smaller than a Local Access and Transport Area, established by
the Telephone Company for the administration of communications service in a specified area which usually
embraces a city, town or vilage and its environs. It consists of one or more central offices together with the
associated facilities used in furnishing communications service within that area. The exchange includes any
Extended Area Service (EAS) area that is an enlargement of a Telephone Company's exchange area to include
nearby exchanges. One or more designated exchanges comprise a given Local Access and Transport Area.
Exit Message (EXM)
The term "Exit Message" (EXM) denotes a SS7 message sent to an end office by the Company's access
tandem or a customer-provided tandem switch to mark the carier connect time when the Company's access
tandem or a customer-provided tandem switch sends an Initial Address Message to the interexchange carier.
Extended Area Service (EAS)
See definition of "Exchange".
First Point of Switching
The term "First Point of Switching" denotes the first Telephone Company location at which switching occurs
on the terminating path of a call proceeding from the customer's premises to the terminating end offce and, at
the same time, the last Telephone Company location at which switching occurs on the originating path of a
call proceeding from the originating end office to the customer's premises.
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Flexible Automatic Number Identification
The term "Flexible Automatic Number Identification" denotes the two digit ANIi pair assignents which are
installed in a switch via a flexible software program controlled by the Telephone Company.
Hard Coded Automatic Number Identification Information Digits
The term "Hard Coded Automatic Number Identification Information Digits" denotes the two digit ANIi pair
assignments which are installed in a switch via a generic switch update provided by the switch vendor.
Host Office
The term "Host Office" denotes an electronic switching system which provides call processing capabilties for
one or more Remote Switching Modules or Remote Switching Systems.
Hub
The term "Hub" denotes a Company designated wire center at which bridging, multiplexing or connections to
other services are performed (e.g., W ATS Access Service, PPSN and connections of two like services
installed as two separate services).
Immediately Available Funds
The term "Immediately Available Funds" denotes a corporate or personal check drawn on a bank account and
funds which are available for use by the receiving part on the same day on which they are received and
include U.S. Federal Reserve bank wire transfers, U.S. Federal Reserve notes (paper cash), U.S. coins, U.S.
Postal Money Orders and New York Certificates of Deposit.
Individual Case Basis (ICB)
The term "Individual Case Basis" denotes a condition in which the regulations, if applicable, rates and charges
for an offering under the provisions of this Tariff are developed based on the circumstances in each case.
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Initial Address Message (lAM)
The term "Initial Address Message" (lAM) denotes a SS7 signaling message that contains the address and
routing information required to establish a point-to-point telephone connection.
Integrated Service Digital Network User Part (ISUP)
The term "Integrated Service Digital Network User Par" denotes protocol that provides the mechanism for
establishing the connections from the originating exchange to the destination exchange, without using the
bearer circuit itself.
Interexchange Carier (Ie) Or Interexchange Common Carier
The term "Interexchange Carier" (Ie) or "Interexchange Common Carier" denotes any individual,
parership, association, joint-stock company, trust, governmental entity or corporation engaged for hire in
Intrastate communication by wire or radio between two or more exchanges.
Intrastate Communications
The term "Intrastate Communications" denotes any communications within a state subject to oversight by a
state regulatory commission as provided by the laws of the state involved.
Letter of Authorization (LOA)
The term "Letter of Authorization" (LOA) denotes the signed authorization form from a customer or agent
designating who has authority to act on behalf of the customer for biling and service related issues.
Line-Side Connection
The term "Line-Side Connection" denotes a connection of a transmission path to the line side of a local
exchange switching system.
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Local Access and Transport Area (LATA)
The term "Local Access and Transport Area" denotes a geographic area established for the provision and
administration of communications service. It encompasses one or more designated exchanges, which are
grouped to serve common social, economic and other purposes.
Local Area Network (LAN)
The term "Local Area Network" denotes a network permitting the interconnection and intercommunication of
a group of computers, primarily for the sharing of resources such as data storage devices and printers.
Local Callng Area
The term "Local Calling Area" which includes Extended Area Service (EAS) points, denotes a geographical
area, as defined in the Telephone Company's Local and/or General Exchange Service tariff, in which an end
user (Telephone Exchange Service subscriber) may complete a call without incurring MTS charges.
Local Tandem Switch
The term "Local Tandem Switch" denotes a local Telephone Company switching unit by which local or
access telephonic communications are switched to and from an End Offce Switch.
Location Routing Number
The term "Location Routing Number" denotes a ten-digit number used to uniquely identify a switch that has
ported numbers.
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Logical Channel
The term "Logical Channel" denotes a communications chanel through the network that allows simultaeous
transmission of sequenced data packets through the network. No circuit capacity is preassigned to a logical
chanel; capacity is made available as data is transmitted.
Major Fraction Thereof
The term "Major Fraction Thereof' is any period of time in excess of 1/2 of the stated amount of time. As an
example, in considering a Private Line Transport Service period of four (4) hours, a major fraction thereof
would be any period of time in excess of 2 hours exactly. Therefore, if a given service is interrpted for a
period of six hours and one minute, the customer would be given a credit allowance for two four-hour
periods.
Message
The term "Message" denotes a "call" as defined preceding.
Mobile Telephone Switching Office (MTSO)
The term "Mobile Telephone Switching Offce" (MTSO) denotes the switching facility used by a Commercial
Mobile Radio Service provider in performing originating and terminating switching functions for calls
exchanged between their customers, the Telephone Company customers, Interexchange Carriers and
Independent Telephone Company customers.
Modification Of Final Judgment (MFJ)
The term "Modification of Final Judgment" (MFJ) denotes the consent decree approved by the U.S. District
Court in United States versus Western Electric 552 F. Supp. 171 (To D.C. 1982).
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Las Vegas, NV 89145
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Multifrequency eMF) Address Signaling
The term "Multifrequency (MF) Address Signaling" denotes a signaling method in which a combination of
two out of six Voiceband frequencies are used to represent a digit or a control signaL.
N Minus One (N-I)
The term "N Minus One (N-I)" denotes a querying protocol where 'N' is a wireless or wireline entity
terminating the call to the end user, or a network provider contracted by the entity to provide tandem access.
The N- i carrier for a local call is usually the Local Exchange Company ofthe callng par, but may also be a
wireless provider. The N-I carrier for an interexchange call is usually the calling customer's interexchange
carrier.
National Directory Assistance (NDA) Service
The term "National Directory Assistance" denotes a telephone number, voice information service for any
NP A in the United States that the Company provides to telecommunications carriers.
Network Address
The term "Network Address" denotes a numeric character string used to identify the customer network
location of the DTE and the destination of each viral call made within the network to that location.
Network Control Signaling
The term "Network Control Signaling" denotes the transmission of signals used in the telecommunications
system which perform functions such as supervision (control, status, and charge signals), address signaling
(e.g., dialing), callng and called number identifications, rate of flow, service selection error control and
audible tone signals (call progress signals indicating re-order or busy conditions, alerting, coin denominations,
coin collect and coin return tones) to control the operation of the telecommunications system.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
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Network Interface (NI)
The term "Network Interface (NI)" denotes the point of interconnection between Company communications
facilities and terminal equipment, protective apparatus or other customer provided facilties.
Network- To-Network Interface (NI)
The term "Network- To-Network Interface (NI)" denotes a frame relay industr-standard interface between
two frame relay networks, used to connect frame relay networks.
North American Numbering Plan (NANP)
The term "North American Numbering Plan" denotes a three-digit area (Numbering Plan Area) code and a
seven-digit telephone number made up of a three-digit Central Office code plus a four-digit station number.
Off-hook
The term "Off-hook" denotes the active condition of Switched Access or a Telephone Exchange Service line.
Offce Replacement
The term "Offce Replacement" denotes a situation where the hardware and softare in a Company switching
office is replaced with different hardware and softare for the establishment and maintenance of a given
switching offce.
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On-hook
The term "On-hook" denotes the idle condition of Switched Access or a Telephone Exchange Service line.
Originating Direction
The term "Originating Direction" denotes the use of access service for the origination of calls from an end
user premises to a customer's premises.
Pay Telephone
The term "Pay Telephone" denotes an instrment provided by a Payphone Service Provider that is available to
the general public for public convenience and necessity. Pay telephones utilize Basic and Smar Public Access
Line Service provided under the general and/or local exchange service tariffs.
Payphone Service Provider (PSP)
The term "Payphone Service Provider (PSP)" denotes an entity that controls and incurs the costs of placement
and maintenance of pay telephones.
Point Of Interconnection
The term "Point of Interconnection " denotes the Company-designated point ofphysical demarcation outside
the Company's wire center where the interconnector provided and owned fiber optic facilties end and the
Company's fiber optic facilities begin for Expanded Interconnection-Collocation Service.
Point Of Termination (POT)
The term "Point of Termination" denotes a point at or near a customer-designated premises at which the
Company's responsibilty for the provision of Access Service ends.
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Premises
The term "Premises" denotes a building, portion of a building in a multi-tenant building or buildings on
continuous propert (except Railroad Right-of-Way, etc.) not separated by a public highway. It may also
denote a customer-owned enclosure or utilty vault located aboveground or underground on private property
or on customer acquired Right-of-Way. Except for an end user that offers Telecommunications Services
exclusively as a reseller, this term is not to be limited to one building, but applies as well to a complex, or
campus-type configuration of buildings.
Primary IC (PIC)
The term "Primar IC" (PIC) denotes the Interexchange Carrier (IC) of choice as designated by an end user
for business or residential service or a location provider for a pay telephone.
Prime Service Vendor
The term "Prime Service Vendor" denotes the status of the Company when contracting directly with the user
of TSP service.
Protocol
Set of rules for conducting interactions between two or more terminals, hosts or peripherals. These rules
consist of synta (header strcture), semantics (actions and reactions that are supposed to occur) and timing
(relative ordering and duration of states and events).
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410 South Rapar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
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Q!
The term "Query" denotes the inquiry to a Company database to obtain information, processing instrctions or
service data.
Quotation Preparation Fee
The term "Quotation Preparation Fee" denotes the fee for the work activities performed by the Company to
provide a quotation for EIC Service.
Recipient Switch
The term "Recipient Switch" denotes any end office switch that serves ported NXX codes not originally
assigned to the switch.
Regional Service Management Systemlumber Portabilty Administration Center
The term "Regional Service Management Systemlumber Portabilty Administration Center" denotes the
third par administered number portabilty database which maintains information on all ported numbers in a
specific geographic area, in this case, the Company's region.
Registered Equipment
The term "Registered Equipment" denotes the customer's premises equipment which complies with and has
been approved within the Registration Provisions of Part 68 of the F.C.C.'s Rules and Regulations.
Release Message
The term "Release Message" denotes a SS7 message sent in either direction to indicate the release of a
specific circuit.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
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Remote Switching Modules And/Or Remote Switching Systems
The term "Remote Switching Modules and/or Remote Switching Systems" (RSMlSS) denotes small,
remotely controlled electronic end office switches which obtain their call processing capabilty from an ESS-
type Host Office. The RSMlSS cannot accommodate direct trnks to a customer.
Responsible Organization
The term "Responsible Organization" denotes the entity responsible for the management and administration
of 800 Data Base Access Service records in the Service Management System according to the Guidelines for
800 Data Base.
Service Control Point (SCP)
The term "Service Control Point" (SCP) denotes the node in the network where several independent data base
applications receive and respond toSS7 queries.
Service Management System/800 (SMS/800)
Service Management System/800 (SMS/800) is the main operations support system of800 Data Base Access
Service. It is used to create and update subscriber 8XX records that are then downloaded to SCPs for handling
subscribers' 8XX calls (see Service Control Points). The system is also used by RESP ORGs to reserve and
assign 8XX numbers.
Service Switching Point (SSP)
The term "Service Switching Point" (SSP) denotes a signal point equipped with the abilty to halt call process,
formulate and send a SS7 query to a remote location and route the call based on information contained in the
response.
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Serving Wire Center (SWC)
The term "Serving Wire Center" denotes the local Telephone Company office from which dial tone for local
exchange service would normally be provided to the customer premises.
Signal Point (SP)
The term "Signal Point" (SP) denotes an end node in a CCSN. Signal Points can be switches (i.e., end offces
and access tandems), data bases or operator service systems that are equipped with CCS.
Signal Transfer Point (STP)
The term "Signal Transfer Point" (STP) denotes a switch which provides CCSN access and performs CCSN
message routing and screening.
Signal Transfer Point Port (STP PORT)
The term "Signal Transfer Point Port" (STP PORT) denotes the point of termination on the STP which
provides CCSN access.
Signaling System 7 (SS7)
The term "Signaling System 7" (SS7) denotes the signaling protocol in the CCSN.
Subtending End Offce of an Access Tandem
The term "Subtending End Offce of an Access Tandem" denotes an end offce that has final trnk group
routing through that tandem.
Switching System
The term "Switching System" denotes the hardware and/or softare utilzed by the Company for the
establishment and maintenance of a given central office.
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410 South Rapar, Suite 390
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Tandem Service Provider
The term "Tandem Service Provider" denotes any interested third par including competitive access
providers, interexchange cariers and end users, requesting Tandem Signaling Information for the purpose of
providing tadem switching to carry CST3 or FGD Service traffc from a Company end offce to their own
tandem, switch traffic at that point, and deliver the traffic to the appropriate interexchange carier.
Tandem-Switched Transport
The term "Tandem-Switched Transport" denotes the transport between an access tandem and end offces that
subtend the access tandem that utilzes tandem switching functions. Tandem-Switched Transport consists of
circuits used in common by multiple customers from the tandem to an end offce.
Telecommunications Number
The term "Telecommunications Number" denotes a unique NP A NXX-XX assigned to a subscriber of a
Local Service Provider.
Terminating Direction
The term "Terminating Direction" denotes the use of Access Service for the completion of calls from a
customer's premises to an end user's premises.
Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffc
The term Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic denotes a customer's interexchange voice traffic exchanged with the
Telephone Company in Time Division Multiplexing format over PSTN facilities, which originates and/or
terminates in Internet Protocol (IP) format. Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic originates and lor terminates in IP format
when it originates from and/or terminates to an end user customer of a service that requires IP-compatible
customer premises equipment.
Transaction Capabilties Application Part (TCAP)
The term "Transaction Capabilties Application Par" denotes the design of non-circuit related messages.
TCAP protocol provides a means for reliable transfer of information from one application at a switch location
to another application within another network entity.
Transmission Path
The term "Transmission Path" denotes an electrical path capable of transmitting signals within the range of
the service offering; e.g., a voice grade transmission path is capable of transmitting voice frequencies within
the approximate range of 300 to 3000 Hz. A transmission path comprises physical or derived channels
consisting of any form or configuration of facilties typically used in the telecommunications industry.
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Trunk
The term "Trunk" denotes a communications path connecting two switching systems in a network, used in the
establishment of an end-to-end connection.
Trunk Group
The term "Trunk Group" denotes a set of trnks which are traffc engineered as a unit for the establishment of
connections between switching systems in which all of the communications paths are interchangeable.
Trunk-Side Connection
The term "Trunk-Side Connection" denotes the connection ofa transmission path to the trnk side ofa local
exchange switching system.
Unauthorized PIC Change
The term "Unauthorized PIC Change" denotes an end user or location provider whose selected PIC was
changed and the IC is unable to produce the signed end user or location provider Letter Of Authorization
(LOA) to the Company for the resolution of the PiC dispute.
V and H Coordinates Method
The term "V and H Coordinates Method" denotes a method of computing airline miles between two points by
utilzing an established formula which is based on the vertical (V) and horizontal (H) coordinates ofthe two
points.
Wire Center
The term "Wire Center" denotes a building in which one or more central offices, used for the provision of
Telephone Exchange Services, are located.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS
2.1 Undertaking of Wide Voice, LLC
2.1.1 The Company undertakes to furnish switched or dedicated access communications service
pursuant to the terms of this tariff.
2. 1.2 The Company's services and facilties are available twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7)
days per week.
2.1.3 The Company is responsible under this tariff only for the services and facilties provided
hereunder, and it assumes no responsibilty for any service provided by any other entity that
purchases access to the Company network in order to originate or terminate its own services,
or to communicate with its own customers.
2.1.4 The Company arranges for installation, operation, and maintenance of the communications
services provided in this tariff for Customers in accordance with the terms and conditions set
forth under this tariff. The Customer shall be responsible for all charges due for such service
arangements.
2.2 Use of the Company's Service
2.2.1 Services provided under this tariff may be used by the Customer for any lawful
telecommunications purpose for which the service is technically suited.
2.2.2 The services the Company offers shall not be used for any unlawful purpose or for any use as
to which the Customer has not obtained all required governmental approvals, authorizations,
licenses, consents and permits.
2.2.3 Recording oftelephone conversations of service provided by the Company under this taff is
prohibited except as authorized by applicable federal, state and local laws.
2.2.4 Any service provided under this tariff may be resold to or shared Gointly used) with other
persons at the Customer's option. The Customer remains solely responsible for all use of
service ordered by it or biled to its account(s) pursuant to this tariff, for determining who is
authorized to use its service, and for promptly notifying the Company of any unauthorized
use. The Customer may advise its customers that a portion of its service is provided by the
Company, but the Customer shall not represent that the Company jointly paricipates with
the Customer in the provision of the service. The Company may require applicants for
service who intend to use the Company's offerings for resale, shared and/or joint use to fie a
letter with the Company confirming that their use ofthe Company's offerings complies with
relevant laws and the Commission's regulations, policies, orders, and decisions.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
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2.3 Limitations
2.3.1 The Company does not undertake to transmit messages, but offers the use of its facilties
when available, and wil not be liable for errors in transmission or for failure to establish
connections.
2.3.2 The furnishing of service under this tariff is subject to the availabilty on a continuing basis
of all the necessar facilties and equipment and is limited to the capacity of the Company's
facilities as well as facilities the Company may obtain from other cariers, from time to time,
to furnish service as required at the sole discretion of the Company.
2.3.3 The Company reserves the right to limit or to allocate the use of existing facilties, or of
additional facilities offered by the Company, when necessar because oflack offacilties, or
due to some other cause beyond the Company's control.
2.3.4 The Company may block any signals being transmitted over its network by Customers which
cause interference to the Company or other users. Customer shall not be relieved of all
obligations to make payments for charges relating to any blocked service and shall
indemnify the Company for any claim, judgment or liabilty resulting from such blockage.
2.3.5 The Company reserves the right to discontinue service when the Customer is using the
service in violation of the provisions of this tariff, or in violation of the law.
2.3.6 The Company reserves the right to discontinue service, limit service, or to impose
requirements as required to meet changing regulatory or statutory rules and standards, or
when such rules and standards have an adverse material affect on the business or economic
feasibility of providing service, as determined by the Company in its reasonable judgment.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
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2.4 Assignment and Transfer
Neither the Company nor the Customer may assign or transfer its rights or duties in connection with
the services and facilties provided by the Company without the written consent ofthe other par,
except that the Company may assign its rights and duties to a) any entity controllng, controlled by or
under common control with the Company, whether direct or indirect; b) under any sale or transfer of
all or substantially all the assets ofthe Company within the applicable state or states; or c) under any
financing, merger or reorganization of the Company.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
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2.5 Application or Service
Customers may be required to enter into written or oral service orders which shall contain or
reference a specific description of the service ordered, the rates to be charged, the duration of the
services, and the terms and conditions in this tariff. Customers wil also be required to execute any
other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Company.
2.6 Ownership of Facilties
2.6.1 The Customer obtains no propert right or interest in the use of any specific type offacility,
service, equipment, number, process, or code.
2.6.2 Title to all facilties utilzed by the Company to provide service under the provisions of this
tariff shall remain with the Company, its parers, agents, contractors or suppliers. Such
facilties shall be returned to the Company, its parters, agents, contractors or suppliers by
the Customer, whenever requested, within a reasonable period following the request in
original condition, reasonable wear and tear expected.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
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2.7 Liabilty of the Company
2.7.1 The liabilty of the Company for damages of any nature arising from errors, mistakes,
omissions, interrptions, or delays of the Company, its agents, servants, or employees, in the
course of establishing, furnishing, rearanging, moving, terminating, changing or removing
the service or facilties or equipment shall not exceed an amount equal to the charges
applicable under this tariff (calculated on a proportionate basis where appropriate, at the sole
discretion of the Company) to the period during which such error, mistake, omission,
interrption or delay occurs.
2.7.2 In no event shall the Company be liable for any incidental, indirect, special, or consequential
damages (including, without limitation, lost revenue or profits) of any kind whatsoever
regardless of the cause or foreseeabilty thereof.
2.7.3 When the services or facilties of other common cariers are used separately or in
conjunction with the Company's facilties or equipment in establishing connection to points
not reached by the Company's facilties or equipment, the Company shall not be liable for
any act or omission of such other common carriers or their agents, servants or employees.
2.7.4 The Company shall not be liable for any failure of performance hereunder if such failure is
due to any cause or causes beyond the reasonable control of the Company. Such causes shall
include, without limitation, acts of God, fire, explosion, vandalism, cable cut, storm or other
similar occurrence, any law, order, regulation, direction, action or request of the United
States government or of any other government or of any civil or miltar authority, national
emergencies, insurrections, riots, wars, strikes, lockouts or work stoppages or other labor
diffculties, supplier failures, shortages, breaches or delays, or preemption of existing service
to restore service in compliance with FCC, or other relevant Commission, rules and
regulations.
2.7.5 The Company shall not be liable for interrptions, delays, errors, or defects in transmission,
or for any injury whatsoever, caused by the Customer, or the Customer's agents, End Users,
or by facilties or equipment provided by the Customer.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
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2.7 Liabilty of the Company (Continued)
2.7.6 No liability shall attach to the Company by reason of any defacement or damage to the
Customer's premise resulting from the existence of the Company's equipment or facilities
on such premise, or by the installation or removal thereof, when such defacement or damage
is not the result of the gross negligence or intentional misconduct of the Company or its
employees.
2.7.7 The Company does not guarantee nor make any waranty with respect to installations
provided by it for use in an explosive atmosphere.
2.7.8 The Company makes no waranties or representations, express or implied, either in fact or by
operation of law, statutory or otherwise, including warranties of merchantabilty or fitness
for a paricular use, except those expressly set forth herein.
2.7.9 Failure by the Company to assert its rights under a provision of this tariff does not preclude
the Company from asserting its rights under other provisions.
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410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
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2.8 Liabilty of the Customer
2.8.1 The Customer wil be liable for damages to the facilities of the Company and for all
incidental and consequential damages caused by the acts or omissions of the Customer, its
offcers, employees, agents, invites, or contractors where such acts or omissions are not the
direct result of the Company's negligence or intentional misconduct.
2.8.2 To the extent caused by the acts or omissions of the Customer as described in 2.8.1,
preceding, the Customer shall indemnify, defend and hold harless the Company from and
against all claims, actions, damages, liabilties, costs and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, for (1) any loss, destrction or damage to propert of any third par, and (2)
any liabilty incurred by any third par pursuant to this or any other tariff of the Company,
or otherwise, for any interruption of, interference to, or other defect in any service provided
to such third par.
2.8.3 A Customer shall not assert any claim against any other Customer or user of the Company's
services for damages resulting in whole or in par from or arising in connection with the
furnishing of service under this tariff including but not limited to mistaes, omissions,
interruptions, delays, errors or other defects or misrepresentations, whether or not such other
Customer or user contributed in any way to the occurrence of the damages, unless such
damages were caused solely by the negligent or intentional act or omission of the other
Customer or user and not by any act or omission ofthe Company. Nothing in this tariff is
intended either to limit or to expand Customer's right to assert any claims against third
paries for damages of any nature other than those described in the preceding sentence.
2.8.4 The Customer shall be fully liable for any damages, including, without limitation, usage
charges, that the Customer may incur as a result of the unauthorized use of services provide
to a Customer. Unauthorized use occurs when a person or entity that does not have actual,
apparent, or implied authority to use the network, obtains the Company's services provided
under this tariff. The unauthorized use of the Company's services includes, but is not limited
to, the placement of calls from the Customer's premise, and the placement of calls through
equipment controlled and/or provided by the Customer, that are transmitted over the
Company's network withoutthe authorization ofthe Customer. The Customer shall be fully
liable for all such usage charges.
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Issued By: Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
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2.9 Obligations of the Customer
2.9.1 The Customer is responsible for placing any necessary orders; for complying with tariff
regulations; and payment of charges for services provided. Specific Customer
responsibilties include, but are not limited to the following:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
reimbursing the Company for damage to or loss of the Company's facilties or
equipment caused by the acts or omissions ofthe Customer; or the non-compliance
by the Customer, with these regulations; or by fire or theft or other casualty on the
Customer premise, unless caused by the gross negligence or intentional misconduct
of the employees or agents of the Company;
providing at no charge, as specified from time to time by the Company, any needed
equipment, secured space, power, supporting strctures, and conduit to operate
Company facilties and equipment installed on the premise ofthe Customer, and the
level of heating and air conditioning necessary to maintain the proper operating
environment on such premise;
obtaining, maintaining and otherwise having full responsibilty for all rights-of-way
and conduit necessary for installation offiber optic cable and associated equipment
used to provide communications services to the Customer from the cable building
entrance or property line to the location of the equipment space described in Section
2.9.1 (b). Any and all costs associated with the obtaining and maintaining the
rights-of-way described herein, including the costs of alterig the strcture to permit
installation of the Company provided facilities, shall be borne entirely by, or may be
charged by the Company, to the Customer; the Company may require the Customer
to demonstrate its compliance with this section prior to accepting an order (if
required) for service;
providing a safe place to work and complying with all laws and regulations
regarding the working conditions on the premise at which Company employees and
agents shall be installng or maintaining the Company's facilties and equipment; the
Customer may be required to install and maintain Company facilties and equipment
within a hazardous area if, in the Company's opinion, injury or damage to the
Company employees or propert might result from installation or maintenance by
the Company; the Customer shall be responsible for identifying, monitoring,
removing and disposing of any hazardous material (e.g., friable asbestos) prior to
any constrction or installation work;
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
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2.9.1 (continued)
(e)complying with all laws and regulations applicable to, and obtaining all consents,
approvals, licenses and permits as may be required with respect to, the location of
Company facilties and equipment in any Customer Premises or the rights-of-way
for which Customer is responsible under Section 2.9 1 (c); and granting or obtaining
permission for Company agents or employees to enter the premise of the Customer
at any time for the purpose of installng, inspecting, maintaining, repairing, or upon
termination of service as stated herein, removing the facilties or equipment of the
Company;
(t)not creating or allowing to be placed any liens or other encumbrances on the
Company's equipment or facilties;
(g)making Company facilties and equipment available periodically for maintenance
purposes at a time agreeable to both the Company and the Customer, such
agreement not to be reasonably witheld or denied. No allowance wil be made for
the period during which service is interrpted for such purposes;
(h)taking all steps necessar to cancel or otherwise discontinue any service(s) to be
replaced by any of the Company's service(s) as described herein; and
(i)ensuring that any Customer provided equipment and/or systems are properly
interfaced with Company facilties or services, that the signals emitted into
Company's network are of the proper mode, bandwidth, power, and signal level for
the intended use ofthe Customer and in compliance with the criteria set fort in this
tariff, and that the signals do not damage equipment, injure personnel, or degrade
service to other Customers.
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.9 Obligations of the Customer (Continued)
2.9.2 With regard to access services provided by the Company, specific Customer responsibilties
include, but are not limited to the following:
(a) Design of Customer Services
The Customer shall be responsible for its own expense for the overall design of its
services and for any redesigning or rearrangements of its services which may be
required because of changes in facilties, operations or procedures of the Company,
minimum protection criteria, or operating or maintenance characteristics of the
facilties.
(b) Network Contingency Coordination
The Customer shall, in cooperation with the Company, coordinate in planing the
actions to be taken to maintain maximum network capabilty following natural or
man-made disasters which affect telecommunications service.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.9 Obligations of the Customer (Continued)
2.9.3 Jurisdictional Reports Requirements
(a)Customer must state percentage of interstate traffic (PIU) on a quarerly basis at the
beginning of each calendar month, in advance.
(b)Customer must state percentage of Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic (PVU) on a quarterly
basis at the beginning of each calendar quarer, in advance for both interstate and
intrastate jurisdictions.
(c)Customer must state percentage of CMRS-originated traffc (PCU) on a quarterly
basis at the beginning of each calendar quarter, in advance. If CMRS originated,
must state traffic that is inter-MTA (PCIU) on a quarerly basis at the beginning of
each calendar quarer, in advance.
(d)In all cases, the burden of proof, contrar to data gathered by the Company, is on the
customer.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.10 Biling and Payment for Service
2.10.1 Responsibilty for Charges
The Customer is responsible for payment of all charges for services and equipment furnished
to the Customer for transmission of calls via the Company. In paricular and without
limitation to the foregoing, the Customer is responsible for any and all cost(s) incurred as the
result of:
(a) any delegation of authority resulting in the use of Customer's communications
equipment and/or network services which result in the placement of calls via the
Company;
(b) any and all use of the service arangement provided by the Company, including calls
which the Customer did not individually authorize;
(c) any calls placed by or through the Customer's equipment via any remote access
feature(s);
2.10.2 Minimum Period
The minimum period for which services are provided and for which rates and charges are
applicable is one (1) month unless otherwise specified in this tariff or by mutually agreed
upon contract. When a service is discontinued prior to the expiration of the minimum
period, charges are applicable, whether the service is used or not.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chic as, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.10 Biling and Payment for Service (Continued)
2.10.3 Payment for Service
A.All charges due by the Customer are payable to the Company or any agent duly
authorized to receive such payments. Terms of payment shall be according to the
rules and regulations of the agent and subject to the rules of regulatory bodies
having jurisdiction.
B.Non-recurring charges for installations, service connections, moves or
rearangements are due and payable upon receipt of the Company's invoice by the
Customer. At the Company's discretion, payment of all or a portion of any non-
recurring charges may be required prior to commencement of facilty or equipment
installation or constrction required to provide the services requested by the
Customer.
C.The Company shall present invoices for recurring charges monthly to the Customer,
in advance of the month in which service is provided.
D.When biling is based upon Customer usage, usage charges wil be biled monthly in
arrears for service provided in the preceding biling period.
E.Customer biling for dedicated services wil begin on the Service Commencement
Date. Biling accrues through and includes the day that the service, circuit,
arangement or component is discontinued.
F.When service does not begin on the first day of the month, or end on the last day of
the month, the charge for the fraction of the month in which service was furnished
wil be calculated on a pro-rata basis. For this purpose, every month is considered to
have 30 days.
G.Amounts not paid within 30 days after the mailng date of invoice wil be considered
past due.
H.In the event Company, in its sole discretion, chooses to forego biling the Customer
for access services in any paricular month(s), Company reserves the right to back
bil Customer for any unbiled recurring or nonrecurring charges for a period of
twenty-four (24) months.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.10 Biling and Payment for Service (Continued)
2.10.4 Disputed Charges
A.Any objections to biled charges must be reported to the Company or its biling
agent within sixty (60) days of the invoice date of the bil issued to the Customer.
Adjustments to Customers' bils shall be made to the extent that circumstaces exist
which reasonably indicate that such changes are appropriate.
B.In the event that a biling dispute occurs concerning any charges biled to the
Customer by the Company, the Customer must submit a documented claim for the
disputed amount. The Customer wil submit all documentation as may reasonably
be required to support the claim. All claims must be submitted to the Company
within ninety (90) days of the invoice date of the bil for the disputed services.
C.If the dispute is resolved in favor of the Customer, and the Customer has withheld
the disputed amount, no interest credits or penalties wil apply.
D.If the dispute is resolved in favor of the Company and the Customer has withheld
the disputed amount, any payments withheld pending settlement of the disputed
amount shall be subject to the late payment penalty as set forth in 2.10.5.
E.If the dispute is resolved in favor of the Customer and the Customer has paid the
disputed amount, the Customer wil receive an interest credit from the Company for
the disputed amount times a late factor as set forth in 2.10.5.
If the dispute is resolved in favor of the Company and the Customer has paid the
disputed amount on or before the payment due date, no interest credit or penalties
wil apply.
F.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.10 Biling and Payment for Service (Continued)
2.10.5 Late Payment Fees
A late payment charge of 1.5% per month, or the highest rate permitted by applicable law,
whichever is less, shall be due to the Company for any biled amount for which payment has
not been received by the Company within thir (30) days of the invoice date of the
Company's invoice for service, or if any portion of the payment is received by the Company
in funds which are not immediately available upon presentment.
2. i 0.6 Returned Check Charge
A service charge equal to $25.00, or the actual fee incurred by Company from a bank or
financial institution, whichever is greater, wil be assessed for all checks returned by a bank
or other financial institution for: insuffcient or uncollected funds, closed account, apparent
tampering, missing signature or endorsement, or any other insufficiency or discrepancy
necessitating return of the instrment at the discretion of the drawee bank or other financial
institution.
2.11 Taxes, Surcharges and Fees
2.1 i. 1 All state and local taxes (i.e., gross receipts ta, sales tax, municipal utilties ta) are listed as
separate line items on the Customer's bil and are not included in the quoted rates and
charges set forth in this tariff. To the extent that a municipality, other political subdivision or
local agency of government, or Commission imposes upon and collects from the Company a
gross receipts tax, sales tax, occupation tax, license ta, permit fee, rights-of-way fee,
franchise fee, or other regulatory fee or tax, such and fees and taxes shall, insofar as
practicable and allowed by law, be biled pro rata to Customers receiving service from the
Company within the territorial limits of such municipality, other political subdivision or
local agency of government. It shall be the responsibilty of the Customer to pay any such
taes and fees that subsequently become applicable retroactively.
2.11.2 The Company may adjust its rates and charges or impose additional rates and charges on its
Customers in order to recover amounts it is required by governmental or quasi-governental
authorities to collect from or pay to others in support of statutory or regulatory programs.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.12.1 General
2.12 Deposits and Advanced Payments
2.12.2 Deposits
The Company reserves the right to validate the creditworthiness of Customers and biled
paries through available verification procedures. Where a Customer's creditworthiness is
unacceptable to the Company, Company may refuse to provide service, require a deposit or
advance payment, or otherwise restrict or interrpt service to a Customer.
A.The Company wil, in order to safeguard its interests, only require a customer who
has a proven history oflate payments to the Company or does not have established
credit to make a deposit prior to or at any time after the provision of service to the
customer to be held by the Company as a guarantee of the payment of rates and
charges. A deposit does not relieve the Customer ofthe responsibilty for the prompt
payment of bils on presentation. A deposit may be required in addition to an
advance payment.
B.The maximum amount of any deposit shall not exceed the equivalent of the
customers estimated liabilty for two months' service.
C.The Company wil pay interest on deposits, to accrue from the date the deposit is
made until it has been refunded, or until a reasonable effort has been made to effect
refund. The Company wil pay interest at the rate prescribed by the Commission or
as otherwise permitted by applicable law.
D.If the amount of a deposit is proven to be less than required to meet the requirements
specified above, the Customer shall be required to pay an additional deposit upon
request.
E.Upon discontinuance of service, the Company shall promptly and automatically
refund the Customer's deposit plus accrued interest, or the balance, if any, in excess
of the unpaid bils including any penalties assessed for service furnished by the
Company.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rapar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.12 Deposits and Advanced Payments (Continued)
2.12.3 Advance Payments
To safeguard its interests as indicated in 2.12.2 A., the Company may require a Customer to
make an advance payment before services and facilties are furnished. The advance payment
wil not exceed an amount equal to one (1) month's estimated biling. This wil be applied
against the next month's charges and a new advance payment may be collected for the next
month, if necessar. Advance payments do not accrue interest. An advance payment may be
required in addition to a deposit.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2. i 3 Cancellation by Customer
2.13.1 General
A. Customers of the Company's service may cancel service by providing the Company
with written notification thirt (30) days prior to the requested cancellation date.
The Company shall hold the Customer responsible for payment of all bils for
service furnished until the cancellation date specified by the Customer or until thir
(30) days after the date that the cancellation notice is received, whichever is later.
B. Customers seeking to cancel service have an affrmative obligation to block traffc
originating from or terminating to the Company's network. By originating traffc
from or terminating traffic to the Company's network, the Customer wil have
constrctively ordered the Company's switched access service.
2.13.2 Cancellation of Contract Services
A. If a Customer cancels a service order or terminates services before the completion of
the term or where the Customer breaches the terms in the service contract, the
Customer may be requested by the Company to pay to Company termination
liabilty charges. These charges shall become due and owing as of the effective date
of the cancellation or termination. Unless otherwise specified in this tariff, the
termination liabilty shall be equal to:
(1)all unpaid nonrecurring charges reasonably expended by the Company to
establish service to Customer, plus;
(2)any disconnection, early cancellation or termination charges reasonably
incurred and paid to third paries by the Company on behalf of Customer,
plus;
(3)all recurring charges specified in the applicable service order for the balance
of the then current term.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.13 Cancellation by Customer (Continued)
2.13.3 Cancellation of Application for Service
A.Where the Company permits the Customer to cancel an application for service prior
to the start of service or prior to any special constrction, no charges wil be
imposed except for those specified below.
B.Where, prior to cancellation by the Customer, the Company incurs any expenses in
installing the service or in preparing to install the service that it otherwise would not
have incurred, a charge equal to the costs the Company incurred, less net salvage,
shall apply, but in no case shall this charge exceed the sum of the charge for the
minimum period of services ordered, including installation charges, and all charges
others levy against the Company that would have been chargeable to the Customer
had service begun.
C.Where the Company incurs any expense in connection with special constrction, or
where special arrangements of facilties or equipment have begun, before the
Company receives a cancellation notice, a charge equal to the costs incurred, less
net salvage, may apply. In such cases, the charge wil be based on such elements as
the cost of the equipment, facilties, and material, the cost of installation,
engineering, labor, and supervision, general and administrative expense, other
disbursements, depreciation, maintenance, taes, provision for return on investment,
and any other costs associated with the special construction or arrangements.
D.The charges described above wil be calculated and applied on a case-by-case basis.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.14 Cancellation by Company
2.14.1 Service continues to be provided until canceled by the Customer pursuant to Section 2.13 or
until discontinued by the Company. The Company may render bils subsequent to the
termination of service for charges incurred before termination. The Customer shall pay such
bils in full in accordance with the payment terms of this tariff.
2.14.2 The Company may refuse or discontinue service to a Customer without notice under the
following conditions:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
For violation of law or this tariff: Except as provided elsewhere in this tariff, the
Company may refuse, suspend or cancel service, without notice, for any violation of
terms of this tariff, for any violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, decree or
policy of any government authority of competent jurisdiction, or by reason of any
order or decision of a court or other government authority havingjurisdiction which
prohibits the Company from furnishing such service or prohibits Customer from
subscribing to, using, or paying for such service.
For the Company to comply with any order or request of any governental authority
having jurisdiction: The Company may refuse, suspend or cancel service, without
notice, in order to permit the Company to comply with any order or request of any
governmental authority having jurisdiction.
In the event of Customer or Authorized User use of equipment in such a maner as
to adversely affect the Company's equipment or service to others.
In the event of tampering with the equipment or services of the Company or its
agents.
In the event of unauthorized or fraudulent use of service. Whenever service is
discontinued for fraudulent use of service, the Company may, to the extent that
Company opts to restore such service, require the Customer to make, at Customer's
own expense, all changes in facilties or equipment necessar to eliminate ilegal use
and to pay an amount reasonably estimated as the loss in revenues resulting from
such fraudulent use.
(f)If any of the facilties, appliances, or apparatus on Customer's premises are found to
be unsafe or causing harm to the Company's facilities, and may refuse to furnish
service until the applicant or Customer shall have remedied the condition.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rapar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.14 Cancellation by Company (Continued)
2.14.3 The Company may refuse or discontinue service provided that, unless otherwise stated, the
Customer shall be given five (5) days written notice to comply with any rule or remedy any
deficiency:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(t)
(g)
For nonpayment: The Company, by written notice to the Customer and in
accordance with applicable law, may refuse, suspend or cancel service without
incurring any liabilty when there is an unpaid balance for service that is past due.
For returned checks: The Customer whose check or draft is returned unpaid for any
reason, after two attempts at collection, may, at the Company's discretion, be
subject to refusal, suspension or cancellation of service in the same manner as
provided for nonpayment of overdue charges.
For neglect or refusal to provide reasonable access to the Company or its agents for
the purpose of inspection and maintenance of equipment owned by the Company or
its agents.
For Customer use or Customer's permitting use of obscene, profane or grossly
abusive language over the Company's facilities, and who, after five (5) days notice,
fails, neglects or refuses to cease and refrain from such practice or to prevent the
same, and to remove its propert from the premises of such person.
For use of telephone service for any propert or purpose other than that described in
the application.
For Customer's breach of any contract for service between the Company and the
Customer.
For periods of inactivity in excess of sixty (60) days.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.15 Restoration of Service
2.15.1 If service has been discontinued for nonpayment or as otherwise provided herein and the
Customer wishes service continued, service may be restored at the Company's sole
discretion, when all past due amounts are paid or the event giving rise to the discontinuance
(if other than nonpayment) is corrected. Customers whose service was disconnect for non-
payment may be required to pay a deposit and/or advance payment prior to service
restoration.
2.15.2 A restoration fee of $25.00, or the actual costs incurred by the Company plus an
administrative charge, whichever is greater, applies to Customers whose service is restored
following disconnection by the Company.
2.15.3 Restoration of disrupted services shall be in accordance with applicable Commission and/or
Federal Communications Commission Rules and Regulations specified in Part 64, Subpar
D, which specify the priority system for such activities.
2.16 Provision of Company Equipment and Facilties
2.16.1 The Company shall use reasonable efforts to maintain only the facilties and equipment that
it furnishes to the Customer. The Customer may not nor may the Customer permit others to
rearange, disconnect, remove, attempt to repair, or otherwise interfere with any of the
facilties or equipment installed by the Company, except upon the written consent of the
Company.
2.16.2 The Company may substitute, change or rearrange any equipment or facilty at any time and
from time to time, but shall not thereby alter the technical parameters of the service provided
the Customer.
2.16.3 Equipment the Company provides or installs at the Customer premises shall not be used for
any purpose other than that for which the equipment is provided.
2.16.4 The Company shall not be responsible for the installation, operation, or maintenance of any
Customer provided communications equipment. Where such equipment is connected to the
facilties furnished under this tariff, the responsibilty of the Company shall be limited to the
furnishing of facilties offered under this tariff and to the maintenance and operation of such
facilties. Subject to this responsibilty, the Company shall not be responsible for:
(a)the transmission of signals by Customer provided equipment or for the quality of, or
defects in, such transmission; or
(b)
(c)
the reception of signals by Customer-provided equipment; or
network control signaling where such signaling is performed by Customer-provided
network control signaling equipment.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.17 Interconnection
2.17.1 Service furnished by the Company may be interconnected with services or facilties of other
authorized communications common cariers and with private systems, subject to technical
limitations established by the Company. Service furnished by the Company is not par ofa
joint undertaking with such other common carriers or systems. Any special interface
equipment or facilities necessary to achieve compatibilty between the facilties of Company
and other paricipating cariers shall be provided at the Customer's expense.
2.17.2 Connection with the facilties or services of other cariers shall be under the applicable terms
and conditions of the other cariers' tariffs. The Customer is responsible for taking all
necessary legal steps for interconnecting Customer-provided terminal equipment or systems
with Company's facilties. Customer shall secure all licenses, permits, rights-of-way, and
other arangements necessary for such interconnection.
2.17.3 The Customer shall ensure that the facilties or equipment provided by another carrier are
properly interconnected with the facilties or equipment of the Company. If the Customer
maintains or operates the interconnected facilties or equipment in a manner which results or
may result in har to the Company's facilties, equipment, personnel, or the quality of
service, the Company may, upon five (5) days written notice, require the use of protective
equipment at the Customer's expense. If this written notice fails to eliminate the actual or
potential harm, the Company may, upon additional five (5) days written notice, terminate the
existing service of the Customer.
2.17.4 Ifhar to the Company's network, personnel or services is imminent due to interconnection
with another carrier's services, the Company reserves the right to shut down Customer's
service immediately, with no prior notice required.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2. i 8 Customer-Provided Equipment
2.18.1 The Company's services are designed primarily for the transmission of voice-grade
telephonic signals, except as otherwise stated in this tariff. A user may transmit any form of
signal that is compatible with the Company's equipment, but the Company does not represent
that its services wil be suitable for purposes other than voice-grade telephonic
communication except as specifically stated in this taiff.
2.18.2 Terminal equipment on the user's premises and the electric power consumed by such
equipment shall be provided by and maintained at the expense of the Customer. The
Customer is responsible for the provision of wiring or cable to connect its terminal
equipment to the Company's network.
2.18.3 The Customer is responsible for ensuring that Customer-provided equipment connected to
Company equipment and facilties is compatible with such equipment and facilties. The
magnitude and character of the voltages and currents impressed on Company-provided
equipment and wiring by the connection, operation, or maintenance of such equipment and
wiring shall be such as not to cause damage to the Company-provided equipment and wiring
or injury to the Company's employees or to other persons. Any additional protective
equipment required to prevent such damage or injury shall be provided by the Company at
the Customer's expense, subject to prior Customer approval of the equipment expense.
2.18.4 Upon suitable notification to the Customer, and at a reasonable time, the Company may
make such tests and inspections as may be necessary to determine that the Customer is
complying with the requirements under this Section 2.18 for the installation, operation, and
maintenance of Customer-provided facilities, equipment, and wiring in the connection of
Customer-provided facilties and equipment to Company-owned facilities and equipment.
2.18.5 If the protective requirements for Customer-provided equipment are not being complied
with, the Company may take such action as it deems necessary to protect its facilities,
equipment, and personneL. The Company may, upon five (5) days written notice, require the
use of additional protective equipment at the Customer's expense. If this written notice fails
to remedy any protective deficiencies or potential har, the Company may, upon additional
five (5) days written notice, terminate the existing service of the Customer.
2.18.6 If harm to the Company's network, personnel or services is imminent, the Company
reserves the right to shut down Customer's service immediately, with no prior notice
required.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.19 Inspection, Testing and Adjustments
2.19.1 The Company may, upon reasonable notice, make such tests and inspections as may be
necessary to determine whether the terms and conditions of this tariff are being complied
with in the installation, operation or maintenance of the Customer's or the Company's
facilties or equipment. The Company may interrpt service at any time, without penalty or
liability, due to the deparre from or reasonable suspicion ofthe deparre from any of these
terms and conditions.
2.19.2 Upon reasonable notice, the facilties or equipment provided by the Company shall be made
available to the Company for such tests and adjustments as may be necessary for their
maintenance in a condition satisfactory to the Company. No interrption allowance shall be
granted for the time during which such tests and adjustments are made, unless such
interruption exceeds twenty-four hours in length and is requested by the Customer.
2.19.3 The Company wil provide the Customer reasonable notification of service-affecting
activities that may occur in normal operation of its business. Such activities may include, but
are not limited to, equipment or facilties additions, removals or rearangements and routine
preventative maintenance. Generally, such activities are not specific to an individual
Customer but affect many Customers' services. No specific advance notification period
applies to all service activities. The Company wil work cooperatively with the Customer to
determine the reasonable notification requirements. With some emergency or unplanned
service-affecting conditions, such as an outage resulting from cable damage, notification to
the Customer may not be possible.
Issued: Effective Date:
Issued By: Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.20.1 General
2.20 Allowances for Interrptions in Service
A.Upon the written request of the Customer, delivered to the Company no later than
thirt (30) days following the date of service interrption, a credit allowance wil be
given when service is interrpted, except as specified in Section 2.20.2 following. A
service is interrpted when it becomes inoperative to the Customer, e.g., the
Customer is unable to transmit or receive, because of a failure of a component
furnished by the Company under this tariff.
B.An interrption period begins when the Customer report to the Company a service,
facility or circuit is inoperative and, if necessar, releases it for testing and repair by
the Company, as determined in its sole and reasonable discretion. An interrption
period ends when the service, facilty or circuit is operative.
C.If the Customer reports a service, facilty or circuit to be interrpted but declines to
release it for testing and repair, refuses access to its premises for test and repair by
the Company, or continues to make voluntar use ofthe service, the service, facilty
or circuit is considered to be impaired but not interrpted. No credit allowances wil
be made for a service, facilty or circuit considered by the Company to be impaired.
D.The Customer shall be responsible for the payment of service charges for visits by
the Company's agents or employees to the premises of the Customer when the
service diffculty or trouble report results from the use of equipment or facilties
provided by any par other than the Company, including but not limited to the
Customer.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.20 Allowances for Interrptions in Service (Continued)
2.20.2 Limitations of Allowances
A. No credit allowance wil be made for any interrption in service:
(1) due to the negligence of or noncompliance with the provisions of this tariff
by any person or entity other than the Company, including but not limited to
the Customer;
(2) due to the failure of power, equipment, systems, connections or services not
provided by the Company;
(3) due to circumstances or causes beyond the reasonable control of the
Company;
(4) during any period in which the Company is not given full and free access to
its facilties and equipment for the purposes of investigating and correcting
interrptions;
(5) during any period when the Customer has released service to the Company
for maintenance purposes or for implementation of a Customer order for a
change in service arangements;
(6) that occurs or continues due to the Customer's failure to authorize
replacement of any element of special constrction; and
(7) that was not reported to the Company within 30 days of the date that service
was affected.
(8) Cellular and other wireless transmission is subject to interrptions including
but not limited to, dropped calls, interrpted calls, unintellgible calls, one-
way audio and other problems created by factors beyond Company's
control. Under no circumstances wil Company provide credit or payment
of any kind for calls which experience problems related to cellular
(wireless) transmissions.
2.20.3 Use of Another Means of Communications
If the Customer elects to use another means of communications during the period of
interrption, the Customer must pay the charges for the alternative service used.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.20 Allowances for Interrptions in Service (Continued)
2.20.4 Application of Credits for Interrptions in Service
A. Except as provided in Section 2.20.2 A., if a Customer's service is interrpted, and
it remains interrpted for eight normal working hours or longer after access to the
premises is made available and after being reported to be out of order, appropriate
adjustments or refunds shall be made to the Customer, when such adjustment
exceeds $1.00.
B. The amount of adjustment or refund shall be determined on the basis ofthe known
period of interruption, generally beginning from the time the service interrption is
first reported. The refund to the Customer shall be a pro rata par of the month's
flat rate charges (if any) for the period of days and that portion of the service
facilities rendered useless or inoperative. The refund may be accomplished by a
credit on a subsequent bil for the service.
C. For purposes of credit computation every month shall be considered to have seven
hundred and twenty (720) hours. For services with a monthly recurring charge, no
credit shall be allowed for an interrption of continuous duration of less than eight
(8) hours. The Customer shall be credited for an interrption of eight (8) or more
hours at the rate of 1/720th of the monthly charge for the services affected for each
day that the interrption continues. The formula used for computation of credits is
as follows:
Credit = A/720 x B
A = outage time in hours (must be 8 or more)
B = total monthly recurring charge for affected service.
D.No credits wil be provided for usage sensitive services.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrck Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.21 Notices and Communications
2.21.1 The Customer shall designate on the service order, or shall otherwise provide, an address to
which the Company shall mail or deliver all notices and other communications, except that
Customer may also designate a separate address to which the Company's bils for service
shall be mailed.
2.21.2 The Company shall designate on the service order an address to which the Customer shall
mail or deliver all notices and other communications, except that Company may designate a
separate address on bils for service to which the Customer shall mail payment on that bil.
2.21.3 Notice of a pending disconnection of a Customer's service may contain the reason for the
notice, the date of the notice, a description of any remedies the Customer may make, the time
allotted for the Customer to make remedies (if any), and a toll free customer service number
the Customer may call to obtain additional information.
2.21.4 Except as otherwise stated in this tariff, all other notices or communications required to be
given under this tariff wil be in writing.
2.21. 5 Notices and other communications of either par, and all bils mailed by the Company, shall
be presumed to have been delivered to the other par on the second business day following
placement of the notice, communication or bil with the U.S. mail or a private delivery
service, prepaid and properly addressed, or when actually received or refused by the
addressee, whichever occurs first.
2.21.6 The Company or the Customer shall advise the other par of any changes to the addresses
designated for notices, other communications or biling, by following the procedures for
giving notice set forth herein.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.22 Mixed Interstate and Intrastate Switched Access Services
2.22.1 When mixed interstate and intrastate switched access service is provided, all charges,
including nonrecurring charges, usage charges, and optional features, wil be prorated
between interstate and intrastate. The percentage provided in the reports as set forth in 2.9.2
preceding wil serve as the basis for prorating the charges. The percentage of an access
service to be charged as interstate is applied in the following manner:
(a) For nonrecurring chargeable rate elements, multiply the Pil times the quantity of
chargeable elements times the interstate tariff rate per element.
(b) For usage sensitive chargeable rate elements, multiply the Pil times actual use
(measured or Company assumed average use) times the interstate rate.
2.22.2 A similar calculation is then performed to determine the intrastate portion of the bil.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrck Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.23 Determination of Jurisdiction of Mixed Interstate and Intrastate Dedicated Facilties
2.23.1 When mixed interstate and intrastate service is provided over a dedicated facilty, the
jurisdiction wil be determined as follows. For jurisdictional reports required for switched
access, see Section 2.9.2.
(a) If the Customer's estimate of the interstate traffic on the service equals 10% or more
of the total traffic on that service, the service wil be provided according to the
applicable rules and regulations of the appropriate FCC taiff.
(b) If the Customer's estimate of the interstate traffc on the service is less than 10% of
the total traffc on that service, the service wil be provided according to the
applicable rules and regulations of this tariff.
(c) If the percentage of interstate traffc on the service changes to the extent that it alters
the jurisdiction of the service, the Customer must notifY the Company of any
required change in status. The affected service wil revert to the appropriate
jurisdictional tariff within the next full biling cycle. Any applicable termination
liabilty wil be transferred with the jurisdictional change of the service.
2.24 Orerig, Rag and Bilg of Acc Servces Where More Than One Exchange Telephone Company is
Involved
When an Access Service is provided to a cusomer wher one portion of the service is provided by
one Exchange Telephone Company and the other porton of the service is provided by another
Exchange Telephone Company, the Company accepts and aderes to the Ordering and Biling
Forum guidelines, Multiple Exchange Carier Access Biling (MCAB) and Multiple Exchange
Carier Ordering and Design (MCOD).
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS, (CONT'D)
2.25 Application of Access Charges to VoIP-PSTN Access Traffc
2.25.1 All VoIP-PSTN Access traffic wil be assessed switched access charges in accordance with
the Company's applicable interstate switched access Tariff FCC NO.3 which can be viewed
at www.widevoice.com.
2.25.2 The Company shall assess and collect switched access rates for access services, regardless of
whether the Company itself delivers such traffc to the called par's premises or delivers the
call to the called par's premises via contractual or other arangements with an affliated or
unaffliated provider of VoIP service that does not itself seek to collect switched access
charges for the same traffic. The Company wil not charge for functions not performed by
the Company, its affiliated or unaffliated provider of VoIP service. For purposes of this
provision, functions provided by the Company as part of transmitting telecommunications
between designated points using, in whole or in par, technology other than TDM
transmission in a manner that is comparable to a service offered by a local exchange carrier
constitutes the functional equivalent of carier access service.
Issued: Effective Date:
Issued By: Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE
3.1 General
3.1.1 Switched Access Service, which is available to customers for their use in furnishing their
services to end users, provides a two-point electrical communications path between a
customer's premises and an end user's premises. It provides for the use of terminating,
switching, transport facilties and common subscriber plant of the Company. Switched
Access Service provides for the abilty to originate calls from an end user's premises to a
customer's premises, and to terminate calls from a customer's premises to an end user's
premises in the LATA where it is provided.
3.1.2 When a rate as set forth in this tariff is shown to more than two decimal places, the charges
wil be determined using the rate shown. The resulting amount wil then be rounded to the
nearest penny (i.e., rounded to two decimal places).
3.1.3 In the absence of an ASR as described in Section 3.4, delivery of calls to, or acceptance of
calls from, the Customer's End User location(s) via Company-provided switched access
services shall constitute a Constrctive Order and an agreement by the Customer to purchase
the Company's switched access services as described and priced herein.
3.1.4 In those situations where a CMRS provider terminates interMTA traffc over the Company's
network then the rates, terms and conditions of this tariff wil apply.
Issued: Effective Date:
Issued By: Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.2 Provision and Description of Switched Access Service
3.2.1 Switched Access Service is provided as a FGD serving arrangement. The provision ofFGD
Switched Access Service requires transport facilties (Entrance Facilities, DTT facilties, and
TST facilties for tandem routed traffc), multiplexing equipment and the appropriate local
switching functions.
3.2.2 Serving arrangements are arranged for either originating, terminating or two-way callng.
Originating callng permits the delivery of calls from Telephone Exchange Service locations
to the customer's premises. Terminating callng permits the delivery of calls from the
customer's premises to Telephone Exchange Service locations. Two-way calling permits the
delivery of calls in both directions, but not simultaneously. The Company wil determine the
tye of callng to be provided unless the customer requests that a different tye of directional
callng is to be provided. In such cases, the Company wil work cooperatively with the
customer to determine the directionality.
3.2.3 There are various optional features available with Switched Access Service. These additional
features are provided as Switched Transport, Common Switching, Transport Termination
and Line Termination.
3.2.4 FGD is provided at Company-designated end offce switches whether routed directly to an
end office or via Company-designated electronic access tandem switches.
3.2.5 FGD, which is available to all customers, provides a trunk-side termination through the use
of end offce or access tandem switch trnk equipment. Wink-start sta-pulsing and answer.
supervisory signaling are sent by the terminating offce. Disconnect-supervisory signaling is
sent from the originating or terminating office. When FGD uses SS7 out of band signaling,
no signaling wil be done via the message chaneL.
3.2.6 When FGD service is directly routed to an end office, the Switched Transport configuration
is composed of an Entrance Facilty and a DTT facilty to an end office. When FGD is
switched through an access tandem, the Switched Transport configuation is composed of an
Entrance Facilty, a DTT facilty between the SWC and the access tandem and TST from the
access tandem to the end offces subtending the access tandem. Multiplexing options are
available.
Issued: Effective Date:
Issued By: Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.2 Provision and Description of Switched Access Service (Continued)
3.2.7 FGD switching is provided with multifrequency address signaling or SS7 out band signaling.
With multifrequency address signaling, up to 12 digits of the called part number dialed by
the customer's end user using dual-tone multifrequency or dial-pulse address signals wil be
provided by Company equipment to the customer's premises where the Switched Access
Service terminates. Such address signals wil be subject to the ordinary transmission
capabilties of the Switched Transport provided. With SS7 out of band signaling, up to 12
digits of the called par number dialed by the customer's end user using dual tone
multifrequency or dial pulse address signals is provided by the Company equipment to the
customer's designated premises.
3.2.8 FGD switching, when used in the terminating direction, may be used to access valid NXs
in the LATA, community information services of an information service provider, and other
customer services (by dialing the appropriate codes) when such services can be reached
using valid NXX codes. When directly routed to an end office via DTT, only those valid
NXX codes served by that offce may be accessed. When routed through an access tandem,
only those valid NXX codes served by end offces subtending the access tadem may be
accessed. Calls in the terminating direction wil not be completed to 1 01XX, 950-XX
(or 1 + 950-XX) access codes, local operator assistance (0- and 0+), Voice DA (411 or
555-1212) and service codes 611 and 911.
3.2.9 The Company wil establish a trnk group or groups for the customer at end offce switches
or access tandem switches where FGD switching is provided. When required by technical
limitations a separate trnk group wil be established for each type of FGD switching
arangement provided. Different tyes of FGD or other switching arangements may be
combined in a single trk group at the option of the Company.
Issued: Effective Date:
Issued By: Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.2 Provision and Description of Switched Access Service (Continued)
3.2.10 The uniform access code for FGD switching is 101 XXX. Uniform access codes wil be the
assigned access numbers of all FGD access provided to the customer by the Company. No
access code is required for calls to a customer over FGD Switched Access Service when the
end user's telephone exchange service is aranged for Interexchange Carier (LC)
Subscription. When no access code is required, the number dialed by the customer's end user
shall be a 7- or 10- digit number after dialing the prefix 0 or 1 for calls in the North
American Numbering Plan (NANP). For calls outside the NANP, and, if the end offce is
technically equipped for International Direct Distance Dialing (IDDD), a 7- to 15- digit
number may be dialed after dialing the prefix 011 or 01. When the 10 1XX access code is
used, FGD switching also provides for dialing the digit 0 or 00 for access to the customer's
operator, 911 for access to the Company's emergency reporting service, or at the customer's
option, the end-of-dialing digit (#) for cut-through access to the customer's premises.
3.2.11 FGD switching wil be arranged to accept calls from telephone exchange service locations
without the need for dialing a 101XX uniform access code. Each telephone exchange
service line may be marked with an IC Subscription code to identify the 101 XX uniform
access code its calls wil be directed to for interLA T A service.
Issued: Effective Date:
Issued By: Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.3 Rate Categories
There are three rate categories which apply to Switched Access Service:
Switched Transport (described in 3.3.1, following)
Local Switching (described in 3.3.2, following)
Common Line (described in Sections 3.3.3, following)
In addition to the three rate categories, there are rate elements applicable to certain Switched
Access services:
800 DB Access Service Charges, applicable to 800 DB Access Service provided in
conjunction with Trunkside Access. The description and application of these charges are
set forth in 3.3.4, following.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.3 Rate Categories (Continued)
3.3.1 Switched Transport
A. General Description
The Switched Transport rate category provides the transmission facilities between
the customer's premises and the end offce switch( es) where the customer's traffc is
switched to originate or terminate its communications. Switched Transport is a two-
way voice-frequency transmission path composed ofan Entrance Facility (EF) and a
Direct- Trunked Transport (DTT) facilty for direct routed traffc. For tadem routed
traffic, the Switched Transport is composed of an EF, a DTT to an access tandem
and Tandem-Switched Transport (TST) from the access tandem to the subtending
end offces. The transmission path permits the transport of calls in the originating
direction (from the end user's end offce switch to the customer's premises) and in
the terminating direction (from the customer's premises to the end offce switch), but
not simultaneously. The voice-frequency transmission path may be comprised of
any form or configuration of plant capable of and typically used in the
telecommunications industr for the transmission of voice and associated telephone
signals within the frequency bandwidth of approximately 300 to 3000 Hz.
B. Switched Transport EF Rate Category
An EF provides the communication path between a customer's premises and the
Telephone Company serving wire center (SWC) of that premises for the sole use of
the customer. The EF rate category is composed of a Voice Grade rate, aDS 1 rate or
a DS3 rate. An EF is provided even if the customer's premises and the SWC are
located in the same building.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.3 Rate Categories (Continued)
3.3.1 Switched Transport (Continued)
C. Switched Transport DTT Rate Category
DTT provides the transmission path on circuits dedicated to the use of a single
customer between:
· the customer's SWC and an end office, or
· the customer's SWC and an access tandem, or
. the customer's SWC and a Company Hub where multiplexing functions are
performed, or
· a Company Hub and an end offce, or
· a Company Hub and an access tandem.
The DTT rate category is composed of a monthly fixed rate and a monthly per mile
rate based on the facility provided, (i.e., Voice Grade, DSI or DS3). The fixed rate
provides the circuit equipment at the ends of the transmission paths. The per-mile
rate provides the transmission facilities, including intermediate transmission circuit
equipment, between the end points of the circuit. The DTT rate is the sum of the
fixed rate and the per-mile rate. For purposes of determining the per-mile rate,
mileage wil be measured as airline mileage using the V & H coordinates method in
accordance with standard industr practices.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.3 Rate Categories (Continued)
3.3.1 Switched Transport (Continued)
D. Switched Transport TST Rate Category
Tandem Switched Transport (TST) provides the transmission facilties between an
access tandem and end offices subtending that tadem utilzing tandem switching
functions. TST consists of circuits used in common by multiple customers from the
access tandem to an end offce. The TST rate category is composed of the rate
elements set forth in (1) through (4), following.
(1) Tandem Transmission
Tandem Transmission is composed of a fixed per-MOU rate ("Tandem
Switched Transport - Termination") and per-mile/per-MOU rate ("Tandem
Switched Transport - Facilty"). The fixed rate provides for the circuit
equipment at the end of the interoffce transmission paths. The per-mile rate
provides for the transmission facilities, including intermediate transmission
circuit equipment between the end points of the interoffce circuit. For
purposes of determining the per-mile rate, mileage wil be measured as
airline mileage using the V & H coordinates method in accordance with
standard industr practices.
(2) Tandem Switching
Tandem Switching is a per-MOU rate assessed for utilzing tandem
switching functions when tadem routing is requested for trnks ide
services.
(3) Access Tandem Trunk Port
An access tandem trnk port (ATTP) is provided for each trnk terminated
on the serving wire center side of the access tandem when the customer has
requested tandem routing. The A TTP rate is assessed monthly per trnk.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.3 Rate Categories (Continued)
3.3.1 Switched Transport (Continued)
(4) Common Transport Multiplexing
Common transport multiplexing equipment is utilzed in the end offce side of the
access tandem when common transport is provided between the access tandem and
the subtending end offces. This rate is assessed on a per-MOU basis. (Multiplexing
equipment associated with a DTT facilty ordered to the access tandem is
provisioned on the SWC side of the access tandem. Multiplexing rates for EF and
DTT facilties are priced on an individual case basis, and if assessed, are in addition
to the common transport multiplexing rates.)
3.3.2 Local Switching
The Local Switching rate category provides the local end offce switching, end user line
termination and intercept functions necessar to complete the transmission of Switched
Access Communications to and from the end users served by the local end office. The Local
Switching rate categories are described following.
1. Local End Offce Switching Functions
a. Common Switching
Common Switching provides the local end offce switching functions
associated with the various access switching arrangements.
b. Transport Termination
Transport Termination provides for the arangements which terminate the
Switched Transport facilities.
2.Intercept Function The Intercept Function provides for the termination of a call at a
Company Intercept operator or recording. The operator or recording tells a caller
why a call, as dialed, could not be completed, and if possible, provides the correct
number.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.3 Rate Categories (Continued)
3.3.2 Local Switching (Continued)
3. End Offce Shared Port
The End Offce Shared Port rate provides for the termination of common transport
trnks in shared end office ports and in remote switching system or module (RSS or
RSM) ports. The End Offce Shared Port rate is assessed on a per-MOU basis to all
trnks ide originating and terminating access minutes utilzing tandem routing to an
end offce. If tadem routing is being utilzed to a RSS or RSM (via a host offce),
the shared port rate is assessed to the access minutes originating or terminating from
that RSS or RSM and is not assessed at the host offce. Ifthe customer has requested
direct routing from the SWC to a RSS or RSM (via a host offce), the End Office
Shared Port rate is assessed to the access minutes originating or terminating from the
RSS or RSM. This rate is in addition to the End Office Dedicated Trunk Port rate
assessed for the dedicated trunk terminating in the host office as described below.
4. End Offce Dedicated Trunk Port
The End Office Dedicated Trunk Port rate provides for termination of a trnk to a
dedicated trunk port in an end offce. The rate is assessed per month for each trnk
in service directly routed (via DTT) between the SWC and the end offce.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.3 Rate Categories (Continued)
3.3.3 Carier Common Line Access Service
Carrier Common Line Access Service provides for the use of Telephone Company common
lines by customers for access to end users to furnish Intrastate telecommunications service.
The Telephone Company wil provide Carier Common Line Access Service (Carrier
Common Line Access) to customers in conjunction with Switched Access Service.
A. Provision of Service
Where. the customer is provided Switched Access Service under other sections of
this Tariff, the Telephone Company wil provide the use of Telephone Company
common lines by a customer for access to end users at rates as set fort in this
Section.
B. Determination Of Usage Subject To Carier Common Line Access Rates
Except as set forth herein, all Switched Access Service provided to the customer wil
be subject to Carier Common Line Access rates.
C. Switched Access Service Provided In Conjunction With A Commercial Mobile
Radio Service Provider
For Switched Access Service provided in conjunction with a Commercial Mobile
Radio Service provider, Carrier Common Line Access rates do not apply.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.3 Rate Categories (Continued)
3.3.4 800 Data Base Access Service
800 Data Base (800 DB) Access Service is an originating service utilizing Trunkside Access
which provides for the forwarding of end user dialed 8XXXX calls to a customer
based on the dialed 8XX number. The basic query includes the 8XX number identification
and the appropriate area of service routing for an 800 number based on the geographic
origination of the calL. The 800 customer may choose to have a call delivered to a single
carier termination or multiple carrier terminations based on a specific LATA, NP A,
NP AlXX, or up to any combination of the same.
The provision of800 DB Access Service requires the customer's direct access to the Service
Management System/800 (SMS/800), or as an alternative, the provision of such service by a
Responsible Organization in accordance with the Guidelines for 800 Data Base.
When an 8XX call is originated by an end user, the Company wil perform the customer
identification function based on the dialed digits and the geographic origination ofthe call to
determine the customer location to which the call is to be routed in accordance with
SMS/800 information residing in the Service Control Point (SCP).
The customer has the option of having the dialed 8XX number (Le., 8XX-NXX-XX) or
the translated Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) number (Le., NPA-NXX-XX)
delivered. If the translated POTS number is delivered, the customer must request the POTS
Translation vertical feature through the Responsible Organization.
The customer's 8XX voice or data traffc may be combined in the same trnk group
arangement with the customer's non-8XX Access Service voice or data traffc or
provisioned on a separate trunk group, unless prohibited by technical limitations.
800 DB Access Service originating usage, whether combined with non-8XX Access Service
usage on trnk groups or provided using dedicated trnk groups, shall be measured in the
same manner as specified for non-8XX Access Service usage over Trunkside Access.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.3 Rate Categories (Continued)
3.3.4 800 Data Base Access Service (Continued)
The Company must be notified twenty-four (24) hours prior to any media stimulation. The
Company maintains the right to apply protective controls, i.e., those actions such as call
gapping, to ensure the provisioning of acceptable service to all telecommunications users of
the Company's network services.
Vertical Features In addition to the basic carrier identification function, 800 DB Access
Service subscribers may request vertical features through a Responsible Organization in
accordance with the SMS/800 User Guide. Vertical features wil be maintained within the
SCP when technically feasible.
Call Handling and Destination Features allow service subscribers variable routing options by
specifying a single carier, multiple cariers (Exchange and/or Interexchange Carers), single
termination or multiple terminations. Multiple terminations for the variable routing options
require the POTS Translation feature. The following variable routing options are available.
· Routing by Originating Telephone Number (NPA-NXX-XX)
· Time of Day
· Day of Week
· Specific Date
· Allocation by Percentage
A Call Handling and Destination Feature Query Charge is assessed to the service provider
for each 8XX query to the SCP which utilzes one or more of the Call Handling and
Destination Features.
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.4 Access Ordering
3.4.1 General
A. Customers may order switched access through a Constrctive Order, as defined
herein, or through an ASR. The format and terms of the ASR wil be as specified in
the Industr Access Service Order Guidelines, unless otherwise specified herein.
B. A Customer may order any number of services of the same type and between the
same premises on a single ASR. All details for services for a paricular order must
be identicaL.
C. The Customer shall provide all information necessary for the Company to provide
and bil for the requested service. When placing an order for Access Service, the
Customer shall provide the following minimum information:
(1) Customer name and Premises address( es);
(2) Biling name and address (when different from Customer name and
address); and
(3) Customer contact name(s) and telephone number(s) for the following
provisioning activities: order negotiation, order confirmation, interactive
design, installation and biling.
3.4.2 Access Service Date Intervals
A. Access Service is provided with Standard or Negotiated Intervals
B. The Company wil specify a firm order confiration date and Service
Commencement Date contingent on the ASR being complete as received. To the
extent the Access Service can be made available with reasonable effort, the
Company wil provide the Access Service in accordance with the Customer's
requested interval, subject to the following conditions:
(1)For service provided under a Standard Interval: The Standard Interval for
Switched Service wil be sixty (60) business days from the Application
Date. This interval only applies to standard service offerings where there
are pre-existing facilties to the Customer Premises. Access Services
provided under the Standard Interval wil be installed during Company
business hours.
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.4 Access Ordering (Continued)
3.4.2 Access Service Date Intervals (continued)
B. (continued)
(2) For service provided under a Negotiated Interval: The Company wil offer
a Service Date based on the type and quantity of Access Services the
Customer has requested. The Negotiated Interval may not exceed by more
than six months the Standard Interval Service Date, or, when there is no
Standard Interval, the Company offered Service Date, except as otherwise
agreed by the Company in writing. The Company wil negotiate a Service
Date interval with the Customer when:
a) The Customer requests a Service Date before or beyond the
applicable Standard Interval Service Date; or
b) There is no existing facilty connecting the Customer Premises with
the Company; or
c) The Customer requests a service that is not considered by the
Company to be a standard service offering (for example, if
additional engineering or special construction is required to
complete the order); or
d) The Company determines that Access Service canot be installed
within the Stadard Interval.
C. All services for which rates are applied on an Individual Case Basis are provided
with a Negotiated Interval.
3.4.3 Access Service Request Modifications
The Customer may request a modification of its ASR prior to the Service Commencement
Date. All modifications must be in writing using the industr ASR process. The Company,
in its sole discretion, may accept a verbal modification from the Customer. The Company
wil make every effort to accommodate a requested modification when it is able to do so with
the normal work force assigned to complete such an order within normal business hours.
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.5 Special Constrction or Special Service Arrangements
3.5.1 Subject to the agreement ofthe Company and to all ofthe regulations contained in this taiff,
special construction of Company facilities or development of special service arrangements
may be undertaken by the Company on a reasonable-efforts basis at the request of the
Customer. Such constrction or arangements wil be provided pursuant to regulations
contained in Section 6 of this taiff.
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Issued By: Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.6 Rate Regulations
There are three types of rates and charges that apply to Switched Access Service. These are monthly
recurring rates, usage rates and nonrecurring charges. These rates and charges are applied differently
to the various rate elements as set forth herein.
A.Monthly Rates Monthly rates are flat recurring rates that apply each month or fraction
thereof that a specific rate element is provided. For biling purposes, each month is
considered to have 30 days.
B.Usage Rates Usage rates are rates that apply only when a specific rate element is used. These
are applied on a per-access minute, a per-call or per-query basis. Usage rates are
accumulated over a monthly period.
C.Nonrecurring Charges Nonrecurring charges are one-time charges that apply for specific
work activity (i.e., installation or change to an existing service). The types of nonrecurring
charges that apply for Switched Access Service are: installation of service, installation of
optional features or service rearangements.
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rapar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.6 Rate Regulations (Continued)
3.6.1 Measurement and Biling of Access Minutes
A.When recording originating calls over Switched Access Service with multi-
frequency address signaling, usage measurement begins when the first wink
supervisory signal is forwarded from the Customer's facilties. The measurement of
originating call usage over Switched Access Service ends when the originating
Switched Access Service entr switch receives disconnect supervision from either
the originating End User's End Offce (indicating that the originating End User has
disconnected), or from the Customer's facilties, whichever is recognized first by the
entr switch. For terminating calls over Switched Access Service with multi-
frequency address signaling, the measurement of access minutes begins when a
seizure signal is received from the Carier's trnk group at the Point of Presence
within the LATA. The measurement of terminating call usage over Switched
Access Service ends when a disconnect signal is received, indicating that either the
originating or terminating user has disconnected.
B.When recording originating calls over Switched Access Service with SS7 signaling,
usage measurement begins with the transmission of the initial address message by
the switch for direct trunk groups and with the receipt of an exit message by the
switch for tandem trnk groups. The measurement of originating Switched Access
Service usage ends when the entry switch receives or sends a release message,
whichever occurs first. For terminating calls over Switched Access Service with SS7
signaling, the measurement of access minutes begins when the terminating recording
switch receives the initial address message from the terminating End User. On
directly routed trnk groups or on tandem routed trnk groups, the Company switch
receives the initial address message and sends the indication to the Customer in the
form of an answer message. The measurement of terminating Switched Access
Service call usage ends when the entry switch receives or sends a release message,
whichever occurs first.
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.6 Rate Regulations (Continued)
3.6.1 Measurement and Biling of Access Minutes (Continued)
c.Mileage, where applicable, wil be measured in accordance with standard industry
practices.
D.The Company wil use the Small Exchange Carier Access Biling ("SECAB")
guidelines, or the Carrier Access Biling System ("CABS") guidelines, or other
system that emulates or otherwise produces a reasonable substitute for the output of
SECAB or CABS, for biling all charges under this taiff. The Company wil
provide biling using a hardcopy format or upon request, a mechanized medium
(e.g., cartridge tape, CD ROM, etc.). Bils wil be accurate and contain suffcient
supporting details to allow customers to account for the charges and to verify their
accuracy in a reasonable and timely fashion. Requests for additional bil detail wil
be handled and priced on an Individual Case Basis (lCB).
E.Access minutes are accumulated during the biling period. Fractional minutes at the
end of the biling period are rounded up to the next whole minute.
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampart, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.6 Rate Regulations (Continued)
3.6.2 Moves
A. A move of services involves a change in the physical location of one of the
following:
(1) The point of termination at the Customer's Premises, or
(2) The Customer's Premises
B. The charges for the move are dependent on whether the move is to a new location
within the same building or to a different building as described below:
(1) Moves Within the Same Building
When the move is to a new location within the same building, the charge for
the move wil be an amount equal to one half of the nonrecurring charge for
the capacity affected. There wil be no change in the minimum period
requirements.
(2) Moves to a Different Building
Moves to a different building wil be treated as a discontinuance and sta of
service and all associated nonrecurring charges wil apply. New minimum
period requirements wil be established for the new service. The Customer
wil also remain responsible for satisfying all outstanding minimum period
charges for the discontinued service.
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.6 Rate Regulations (Continued)
3.6.3 Service Rearrangements
A.Service rearrangements are changes to existing services which do not result in either
a change in the minimum period requirements or a change in the physical location of
the point of termination at the Customer's premises or the Customer's End User's
premises. Changes which result in the establishment of new minimum period
obligations are treated as disconnects and stars.
B.The charge to the Customer for the service rearrangement is dependent on whether
the change is administrative only in nature or involves an actual physical change to
the service.
C.Administrative changes wil be made without charge(s) to the Customer. Such
changes require the continued provision and biling of the Access Service to the
same entity or change in jurisdiction.
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.7 Entrance Facilties and Direct-Trunked Transport Rates and Charges
Nonrecurring and Monthly Recurring Entrance Facilties and Direct- Trunked Transport charges are
priced on an Individual Case Basis (ICB).
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.8 Other Access Service Rates and Charges
3.8.1 Qwest/CenturyLink Areas
(A)Dedicated Trunk Port
PerDSl $112.08
(B)Dedicated Tandem Trunk Port
Per DSI $60.48
(C)Tandem Switching
Per minute of use $0.002469
(D)Tandem Switched Transport - Termination
Per minute of use $0.000431
(E)Tandem Switched Transport - Facilty
Per minute of use per mile $0.000022
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIF
SECTION 3 - SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE, (CONT'D)
3.8 Other Access Service Rates and Charges, (Cont'd.)
3.8.1 Qwest/CenturyLink Areas, (Cont'd.)
(F)
(G)
(H)
(I)
(J)
(K)
Common Transport Multiplexing (DS3/DS 1)
Per minute of use $0.000242
Common Trunk Port
Per minute of use $0.000499
Local Switching
Per minute of use $0.016918
Carrier Common Line
Originating
Terminating
$0.015303
$0.020432
Interconnection Charge
Per minute of use N/A
Database Charges
LNP Query - per query
800 Query
Basic, per query
POTS translation, per query
$0.002002
$0.003500
$0.000000
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Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 4 - SPECIAL CONTRCTS, ARRNGEMENTS, AND CONSTRUCTION
4. i Special Contract Arrangements
At the option of the Company, services may be offered on a contract basis to meet specialized pricing
requirements of the Customer not contemplated by this tariff. The terms of each contract shall be
mutually agreed upon between the Customer and Company and may include discounts off of rates
contained herein and waiver of recurring, nonrecurring, or usage charges. The terms of the contract
may be based parially or completely on the term and volume commitment, type of access
arangement, mixture of services, or other distinguishing features. Service shall be available to all
similarly situated Customers for a fixed period of time following the initial offering to the first
contract Customer as specified in each individual contract.
4.2 Special Service Arrangements
4.2.1 If a Customer's requirements cannot be met by services included in this tariff or pricing for a
service is shown in this tariff as "ICB", the Company wil provide, where practical, special
service arrangements at charges to be determined on an Individual Case Basis. These special
service arrangements wil be provided if the provision of such arangements is not
detrimental to any other services furnished under the Company's tariffs.
4.2.2 Special service arangement rates are subject to revision depending on changing costs or
operating conditions.
4.2.3 If and when a special service arangement becomes a generically tariffed offering, the
tariffed rate or rates wil apply from the date of tariff approval.
4.3 Non-Routine Installation Charges
At the Customer's request, installation and/or maintenance may be performed outside the Company's
regular business hours or in hazardous locations. In such cases, charges based on cost of the actual
labor, material, or other costs incurred by or charged to the Company wil apply. If installation is
stared during regular business hours but, at the Customer's request, extends beyond regular business
hours into time periods including, but not limited to, weekends, holidays or night hours, additional
charges may apply.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar, Suite 390
Las Vegas, NY 89145
Wide Voice, LLC Idaho Tariff No. 2
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INTRSTATE ACCESS SERVICES TARIFF
SECTION 5 - SPECIAL CONTRCTS, ARRNGEMENTS, AND CONSTRUCTION, (CONT'D)
4.4 Special Constrction Charges
4.4.1 General
A. Special constrction charges may apply for services provided to the Customer by the
Company. Special constrction includes but is not limited to that constrction
undertaken:
(l) where facilties are not presently available, and there is no other
requirement for the facilities so constrcted;
(2) of a type other than that which the Company would normally utilze in the
furnishing of its services;
(3) over a route other than that which the Company would normally utilze in
the furnishing of its services;
(4) in a quantity greater than that which the Company would normallyconstrct;
(5) on an expedited basis;
(6) on a temporar basis until permanent facilties are available;
(7) involving abnormal costs;
(8) in advance of its normal constrction; or
(9) when the Company furnishes a facilty or service for which a rate or charge
is not specified in the Company's tariff.
B.Where the Company furnishes a facility or service requiring special constrction,
charges wil be determined by the Company and may include: (l) non-recurring
charges; (2) recurring charges; (3) usage charges; (4) termination liabilties; or (5) a
combinations thereof.
C.Rates and charges for special constrction shall be determined and presented to the
Customer for its approval prior to the star of constrction. No constrction wil
commence until and unless the Customer accepts in writing the rates and charges as
presented by the Company.
Issued:Effective Date:
Issued By:Patrick Chicas, President
410 South Rampar Suite 390
Las Vegas, NV 89145