Common use of Assignment Of NXX Codes And Telephone Numbers Clause in Contracts

Assignment Of NXX Codes And Telephone Numbers. 6.1 The Parties agree, in principle, that the administration and assignment of Central Office Codes ("NXXs") should be moved from PACIFIC to a neutral third party. In the interim, where PACIFIC functions as California Code Administrator, the following provisions apply: 6.1.1 Each Party will comply with Industry Carriers Compatibility Forum ("ICCF") Central Office Code (NXX) Assignment Guidelines, INC 95-0▇▇▇-▇▇▇ ("▇CCF Guidelines"). 6.1.2 Unless the FCC adopts rules that differ from the ICCF Central Office Code Assignment Guidelines, PACIFIC will assign NXX codes to CLEC according to those Guidelines in a competitively neutral manner and on a basis no less favorable than that on which PACIFIC assigns codes to itself. These Number Administrator functions will be provided without charge. Number Administrator functions do not include opening NXX Codes. 6.1.3 It shall be the responsibility of each Party to program and update its own switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to the other Party's assigned NXX codes at all times. Neither PACIFIC nor CLEC shall charge each other for changes to switch routing software necessitated by the creation, assignment or reassignment or activation of NPA or NXX codes, so long as the requirement set forth at page 84 of Commission Decision 96-0▇-▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ains in place. 6.1.4 The Parties will each be responsible for the electronic input of their respective number assignment information into the Routing Database System. 6.1.5 The Parties will provide to each other test-line numbers and access to test lines, including a test-line number that returns answer supervision in each NPA-NXX opened by a Party.

Assignment Of NXX Codes And Telephone Numbers. 6.1 The Parties agree, in principle, that the administration and assignment of Central Office Codes ("“NXXs"”) should be moved from PACIFIC NEVADA to a neutral third party. In the interim, where PACIFIC Pacific Bell functions as California NEVADA’s Code Administrator, the following provisions apply: 6.1.1 Each Party will comply with Industry Carriers Compatibility Forum ("ICCF") Central Office Code (NXX) Assignment Guidelines, INC 9595- 0407-0▇▇▇-▇▇▇ 008 ("▇CCF “ICCF Guidelines"”). 6.1.2 Unless the FCC adopts rules that differ from the ICCF Central Office Code Assignment Guidelines, PACIFIC Pacific Bell will assign NXX codes on NEVADA’s behalf to CLEC according to those Guidelines in a competitively neutral manner and on a basis no less favorable than that on which PACIFIC NEVADA assigns codes to itself. These Number Administrator functions will be provided without charge. Number Administrator functions do not include opening NXX Codes. 6.1.3 It shall be the responsibility of each Party to program and update its own switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to the other Party's ’s assigned NXX codes at all times. Neither PACIFIC nor CLEC Party shall charge each the other Party for changes to switch routing software necessitated by the creation, assignment or reassignment or activation of NPA or NXX codes, so long as . CLEC agrees that NEVADA will not deal with the requirement set forth at page 84 of Commission Decision 96-0▇-▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ains in placeneutral code administrator for payments related to CLEC code administration. 6.1.4 The Parties will each be responsible for the electronic input of their respective number assignment information into the Routing Database System. 6.1.5 The Parties will provide to each other test-line numbers and access to test lines, including a test-line number that returns answer supervision in each NPA-NXX opened by a Party.