Common use of Bill-and-Keep Clause in Contracts

Bill-and-Keep. The Parties shall assume that Local Traffic originated by or terminating to the Parties’ end-user customers is roughly balanced between the parties. Accordingly, the Parties agree to use a Bill-and-Keep Arrangement with respect to termination of Local Traffic and Internet Service Provider (ISP) traffic only. Nothing in this Section 3.2.2 shall be interpreted to (i) change compensation set forth in this Agreement for traffic or services other than Local Traffic and Internet Service Provider traffic, including but not limited to internetwork facilities, access traffic or wireless traffic, or (ii) allow either Party to aggregate traffic other than Local Traffic for the purpose of compensation under the Bill-and-Keep Arrangement described in this Section 3.2.2, except as set forth in Section 3.1 above. The Parties agree to abide by Commission or FCC rules regarding the exchange of traffic should such rules be changed.