Access Pricing Plans
Customers who order Dedicated Access Line Service from the Company may subscribe to service through an Access Pricing Plan (APP) which qualifies the Customer to receive discounts which apply against the applicable monthly local circuit rates. Other charges (e.g., Access Coordination, Central Office Connection, Network Connection, and installation charges) described herein are not discountable under these plans. For purposes of these APP's, Dedicated Access Line Service only includes Analog Local Access, T-1 Digital Access, DDS Local Access and DS0 (Hubless) Access.
An APP applies only to one access circuit. The plan and its discounts are not transferrable to any other circuit, nor may the APP be transferred from one Customer to another.
1. Commencing an APP
All Customer requests to commence an APP must be made in writing and received by the Company no later than the 15th day of the month preceding the month in which the APP is to commence. A Customer must provide the Company with one month written notice to change an APP. All charges for access facilities will apply until the requested disconnection date. The charges will apply whether or not the Customer uses the circuit. The APP commences the day of installation for a new circuit, or the first day the Initial Circuit can be billed under the plan.
2. Rate Changes
Customers whose circuits are subscribed through an APP are subject to all rate and discount revisions which are made during the course of the APP's term. Customers who are enrolled in an APP on or before June 1, 1993, will be charged a rate no greater than the rate in effect on June 1, 1993 for the term of the plan. A Customer who enrolls either channelized or unchannelized T-1 Digital Access circuits in an APP between June 1, 1993 and October 1, 1998, exclusive, will be charged a rate no greater than the rate in effect on the date the APP becomes effective, for the term of the plan.
3. Early Termination
Customers who terminate service prior to the end of the committed term will be charged an early termination charge equal to the lesser of the following:
· the number of months remaining in the term multiplied by 50 percent of the undiscounted monthly rate at the time of termination; or,
· one month's undiscounted monthly rate at the time of termination for Customers in a one-year APP; two months' undiscounted monthly rate at the time of termination for Customers in a two-year APP; six months' undiscounted monthly rate at the time of termination for Customers in a three-year APP; eight months' undiscounted monthly rate at the time of termination for Customers in a four-year APP; and ten months' undiscounted monthly rate at the time of termination for Customers in a five-year APP.
Early termination charges will be waived under the following circumstances:
· The Customer upgrades its service from Analog Local Access or DDS Local Access or DS0 (Hubless) Access to T-1 Digital Access, or from T-1 Digital Access to DS-3 Local Access, the new service is provided from the Company facility to the same Customer location as the disconnected service; and the written request to disconnect the circuit under the APP and to install the upgrade circuit are received by the Company concurrently, with no lapse in service;
· The Customer replaces an APP for a given circuit with an APP expiring on or after the original APP for the same circuit;
· The Customer requests that a circuit be moved; and
· The move is to another location in the U.S. Mainland;
· The new circuit at the new location is to be installed on or before the date the original circuit is disconnected; and
· The new circuit is enrolled in an APP expiring on or after the APP on the original circuit.
The Customer is responsible for all applicable installation charges for the new circuit.
· The Customer replaces an APP with an MCI Vision VIP Plus or an MCI Vision Customized Business Program with a greater volume commitment than the existing MCI Vision commitment, has an MCI Vision term length equal to or greater than their existing MCI Vision term, and expires after the date of the plan.
4. Renewal
Upon expiration of an APP, a circuit will be automatically resubscribed through an APP with the same term commitment as the original plan unless the Customer states, in writing to the Company, that it wishes not to be re-enrolled or to be enrolled in an APP of a different term than the original. Such written notice must be received by the Company no later than 30 days prior to the existing plan's expiration.
5. Discounts
The following discounts apply to those Customers who have enrolled in an APP term discount arrangement as described herein, in accordance with the terms specified therein.
Term Commitment (Months) Local Access DDS Local Access Digital Access
12 0% 0% 5%
24 4 5 10
36 5 8 20
48 6 10 22
60 7 15 24