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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20250916Amended Interconnection Agreement.pdf Single Point of Presence ("SPOP") in the LATA Amendment to the Interconnection Agreement Between Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QC and Washington RSA No. 8 Limited Partnership c/o Inland Cellular its General Partner for the state of Idaho This Amendment ("Amendment") is made and entered into by and between Washington RSA No. 8 Limited Partnership c/o Inland Cellular its General Partner (WSP) and Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QC ("CenturyLink"). CenturyLink and WSP shall be known jointly as the "Parties". RECITALS WHEREAS, the Parties entered into an Interconnection Agreement for service in the state of Idaho which was approved by the Commission on February 26, 2001; and WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Agreement by adding the terms and conditions contained herein. AGREEMENT NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms, covenants and conditions contained in this Amendment and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows: Amendment Terms This Amendment is made in order to add terms, and conditions for Single Point of Presence ("SPOP") in the LATA as set forth in Attachment 1, attached hereto and incorporated herein. Neither Party shall lose any of its rights from the original contract by entering into this Amendment for SPOP. Effective Date This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon the Commission approval, however, the Parties may agree to implement the provisions of this Amendment upon execution. Further Amendments Amendments; Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions of this Agreement may not be given without the written consent thereto by both Parties' authorized representative. No waiver by any party of any default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, will be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence. June 26,2025/kjc/SPOP Wireless Amd/Washington RSA/ID 1 Amendment to CDS-001108-0065(v. 01.21.2015-2) Entire Agreement This Agreement (including the documents referred to herein) constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects of this Agreement and supersedes any prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or between the Parties, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subjects of this Agreement. The Parties intending to be legally bound have executed this Amendment as of the dates set forth below, in multiple counterparts, each of which is deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Washington RSA No. 8 Limited Partnership Qwest Corporation c/o Inland Cellular its General Partner dba CenturyLink QC A) L AfAh'btit6d1SPgh`6tOtb Auttl5Mzu&duSPgM feT) Nathan Weis Kimberly J. Povirk Name Printed/Typed Name Printed/Typed Chairman & Owner Sr. Dir. Bus. Ops Wholesale Sales Title Title 06/29/2025 06/29/2025 Date Date June 26,2025/kjc/SPOP Wireless Amd/Washington RSA/ID 2 Amendment to CDS-001108-0065(v. 01.21.2015-2) ATTACHMENT 1 Definitions "Wireless Switched Access Traffic" is traffic that originates at one of the WSP's End User Customers and terminates at an IXC Point of Presence, or originates at an IXC Point of Presence and terminates at one of the WSP's End User Customers, when the traffic transits the CenturyLink network. Single Point of Presence (SPOP) in the LATA is a Type 2 Interconnection trunking option that allows WSP to establish one physical point of presence in the LATA in CenturyLink's territory. CenturyLink and WSP may then exchange traffic at the WSP's SPOP utilizing trunking as described in Section 1: 1.1 By utilizing SPOP in the LATA, WSP can deliver both InterMTA and Wireless Switched Access Traffic and IntraMTA traffic at CenturyLink's Access Tandem Switches. WSP can also utilize CenturyLink's behind the tandem infrastructure to terminate traffic to specific end offices. The SPOP is defined as the WSP's physical point of presence. This allows for a trunk group from WSP's POI in one Local Calling Area (LCA) to be ordered to any CenturyLink local tandem or end office in another LCA which is otherwise not available, absent this amendment. 1.2 SPOP in the LATA includes an Entrance Facility (EF), Expanded Interconnect Channel Termination (EICT), or Mid Span Meet POI and Direct Trunked Transport (DTT) options available at both a DS1 and DS3 capacity. 1.3 Where WSP intends to send calls through a CenturyLink tandem to a subtending end office, the following conditions apply: 1.3.1 WSP may interconnect at either the CenturyLink local Tandem Switch or the CenturyLink Access Tandem Switch for the delivery of IntraMTA traffic. When WSP is interconnected at the Access Tandem Switch and where there would be a DS1's worth of IntraMTA traffic (512 BHCCS) between WSP's Switch and those CenturyLink End Office Switches subtending a CenturyLink local Tandem Switch, WSP will order a direct trunk group to the CenturyLink local Tandem Switch. 1.3.2 CenturyLink will allow Interconnection for the exchange of IntraMTA traffic at CenturyLink's Access Tandem Switch without requiring Interconnection at the local Tandem Switch, at least in those circumstances when traffic volumes do not justify direct connection to the local Tandem Switch; and regardless of whether capacity at the Access Tandem Switch is exhausted or forecasted to exhaust. 1.4 WSP will provide notification to all Co-Providers in the local calling areas of WSP's change in routing when the WSP chooses to route its traffic in accordance with CenturyLink's SPOP interconnection trunking. 1.5 Ordering 1.5.1 Prior to ordering, CenturyLink and WSP will work together to review WSP's June 26,2025/kjc/SPOP Wireless Amd/Washington RSA/ID 3 Amendment to CDS-001108-0065(v. 01.21.2015-2) network configuration in order to ensure correct and complete ASR ordering. 1.5.2 SPOP in a LATA will be ordered based upon the standard ordering process for the type of facility chosen. 1.5.3 WSP will issue ASRs to convert existing access tandem trunk groups to SPOP trunk groups. 1.5.4 In addition, the ASR ordering SPOP trunks will include SPOP Remarks "Single POP in LATH" and the SPEC Field must be filled out with the appropriate code. June 26,2025/kjc/SPOP Wireless Amd/Washington RSA/ID 4 Amendment to CDS-001108-0065(v. 01.21.2015-2)