Voice Services
Section IV.1
Voice Services Access
IV.1 Access
1.1. Outbound Service
1.1.1. Dedicated Access/Termination
A. T‑1 Digital Access/Termination: Monthly and non-recurring charges in effect on the date of the invoice will apply.
In addition, a Customer may allow another Voice Services Customer to terminate calls on the first Customer's network via dedicated access. This feature is available at the request of the Customer on whose network the calls are to terminate. Such requests must be submitted to the Company in writing. Other Customers authorized to make such calls must dial a private dialing plan number.
B. Analog Access/Termination: Monthly and non-recurring charges in effect on the date of the invoice will apply.
1.1.2. Switched Access: A $5 monthly minimum charge will apply to each Customer location using switched access. The Customer will be charged the difference between the Customers actual usage charges (including surcharges) and $5 per location during each monthly billing period. This charge does not apply to Customers who subscribe to Feature Option 3A.
A. Card Access: For Customers subscribing to Feature Option 2 and/or Feature Option 3A, access via a card may originate from any touch-tone phone in the United States via a toll free number. Calls may terminate in the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, CNMI and the international locations.
The following per-call surcharges will apply to each Card call, other than calls to Directory Assistance, which originates in the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and CNMI.
Surcharge
Calls to the U.S. Mainland, Alaska,
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, Guam, CNMI, and Canada: $0.90
Calls to international locations other than Canada: 1.75
B. Card WorldPhone Access: For Customers subscribing to Feature Option 2 and/or Feature Option 3A only, this feature is available from selected international locations. Customers can dial (via a WorldPhone Card) international toll free numbers on a country specific basis to reach a Company operator located in the United States. WorldPhone Usage Charges will apply.
The following per-call surcharges will apply to each Card WorldPhone Access call:
Surcharge
Calls from Canada to the U.S. Mainland,
Alaska, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Guam, and CNMI: $0.90
Calls from Canada to any destination other
than the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and CNMI: $1.75
Calls from the international locations
specified in WorldPhone except Canada,
to the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands: $2.50
Calls from the international locations specified
in WorldPhone to Directory
Assistance: $2.50
C. Toll Free Remote Access: This feature is not available to Option 1 Customers. Allows access to the Customer 's network via a Customer-specific toll free number from anywhere in the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, CNMI and Canada. This feature is available for calling within the Customers private network, with both 7- and 10-digit dialing plans, via switched access only. This feature is not available via Card Access. Per-call surcharges apply in addition to applicable domestic and international usage charges.
For Customers subscribing to Feature Option 2, a $0.25 per call surcharge will apply to each Toll Free Remote Access call which originates in the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, or CNMI and terminates in the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, CNMI or Canada.
For Customers subscribing to Feature Option 3A, a $0.25 per call surcharge will apply to each Toll Free Remote Access call which originates over "Switched" facilities in the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, or CNMI and terminates over "Switched" facilities in the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, CNMI or Canada.
For Customers subscribing to Feature Option 3A, the following per‑call surcharge will apply.
Surcharge
Calls from the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and CNMI to
the U.S. Mainland, which originate over
"Switched" facilities and terminate over
"Dedicated" facilities: $0.15
For Customers subscribing to Feature Option 2 and/or Feature Option 3A, the following per-call surcharge will apply:
Calls from the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and CNMI to
international locations other than Canada: $1.30
1.2. Inbound Service
1.2.1. Dedicated Access Termination
C. Other Forms of Dedicated Access: At the Customers request and where feasible, the Company may permit the Customer to obtain other forms of access to the Customers inbound service terminating location, or the Company may procure other forms of access to such location. All applicable recurring and non‑recurring charges for such service will be calculated on an individual case basis, in accordance with the charges assessed by the Local Exchange Carrier or other access provider. The installation and monthly charges for any interface equipment associated with such access that is provided by the Company shall be calculated on an individual case basis. If the Company procures access for the Customer from the Local Exchange Carrier, the Customers use of such access shall be in conformity with the regulations and other terms and conditions under which the Local Exchange Carrier provides such access.
1.2.2. Switched WATS Termination: The following non-recurring and monthly recurring charges will apply for Switched WATS termination:
Non-Recurring Monthly
per line $150.00 $35.00
1.2.3. Business Line Termination: The following non-recurring and monthly recurring charges will apply for Business Line termination:
Non-Recurring Monthly
per account $0.00 $0.00
1.2.4. Additional Charges for Inbound Service Access:
A. Special Access Surcharge: The following Special Access Surcharges will apply for both Switched WATS Termination and Dedicated Access Termination for inbound service. It will apply only to Customers subscribing to Feature Option 2 and Feature Option 3B. The Special Access Surcharge, imposed by the Local Exchange Carrier, will not apply to those Customers who furnish the Company with an Exemption Certificate.
A.1. Dedicated Access Termination: The monthly charges for Special Access Surcharge for each voice grade equivalent channel will apply.
A.2. Switched WATS Termination
Non-Recurring Monthly
per line $0.00 $36.25
B. Other Monthly Recurring Charges
A $30 per month service fee per service group for Switched WATS Termination and Business Line Termination will apply.
A $100 per month service fee per service group for Dedicated Access Termination will apply.
A $10 monthly recurring charge applies per: (i) toll free number associated with international Inbound Service; and, (ii) per Customer ANI associated with toll free number associated with international Inbound Service. Waivers of charges set forth in written contracts in effect on or before October 18, 2002 do not apply to these charges.
1.3. Access Term Discount Plan: The following are available to Customers of Option 1 only. Customers who order Dedicated Access Line Service from the Company or a Company affiliate may receive an Access Term Discount. Any Customer who signs a new contract for Voice Services Option 1 and has Dedicated Access Service provided by the Company will automatically receive the Access Term Discount Plan on all Dedicated Access circuits. Any Customer who has not signed a Voice Services Option 1 contract but has a contractual commitment to keeping its dedicated access circuits provided by the Company for at least 12 months will also receive the Access Term Discount Plan discounts on these circuits.
Other charges (e.g., Access Coordination, Central Office Connection, Network Connection, and non-recurring charges) described herein are not discountable under these plans. For purposes of the Access Term Discount Plan, Dedicated Access Line Service only includes Analog Access, T‑1 Digital Access, DDS Local Access and DS0 (Hubless) Access.
1.3.1 Discounts: The following discounts will apply to those Customers who have an Access Term Discount Plan on their dedicated access circuits. The discount applies to the Local Access Channel Monthly Recurring Channel Charges only.
For Customers who have signed a Voice Services Option 1 contract, the Term Commitment of the contract will determine the discount percentage to use. For Customers who have not signed a Voice Services Option 1 contract but have a contractual commitment to keeping its dedicated access circuits provided by the Company or an affiliate of the Company for at least 12 months, the length of time the Customer is committed to its dedicated access continually being provided by the Company determines the discount percentage to use.
DS0 (Hubless)
Analog Local Access or T-1 Digital
Local Access DDS Local Access Access
Term Commitment Discount Discount Discount
12 to 23 Months 0% 0% 5%
24 to 35 Months 4 5 10
36 to 47 Months 5 8 20
48 to 59 Months 6 10 22
60 Months or more 7 15 24