Common use of Business Line Clause in Contracts

Business Line. 3.1 For purposes of this Attachment 2, a “Business Line” is, as defined in 47 C.F.R. § 51.5, a AT&T-owned switched access line used to serve a business customer, whether by AT&T itself or by a CLEC that leases the line from AT&T. The number of business lines in a wire center shall equal the sum of all AT&T business switched access lines, plus the sum of all UNE loops connected to that wire center, including UNE loops provisioned in combination with other unbundled elements. Among these requirements, business line tallies (1) shall include only those access lines connecting end-user customers with AT&T end- offices for switched services, (2) shall not include non-switched special access lines, (3) shall account for ISDN and other digital access lines by counting each 64 kbps-equivalent as one line. For example, a DS1 line corresponds to 24 64 kbps-equivalents, and therefore to 24 “business lines.”

Business Line. 3.1 4. 1 For purposes of this Attachment 2, a “Business Line” is, as defined in 47 C.F.R. § 51.5, a AT&TBellSouth-owned switched access line used to serve a business customer, whether by AT&T BellSouth itself or by a CLEC that leases the line from AT&T. BellSouth. The number of business lines in a wire center shall equal the sum of all AT&T BellSouth business switched access lines, plus the sum of all UNE loops connected to that wire center, including UNE loops provisioned in combination with other unbundled elements. Among these requirements, business line tallies (1) shall include only those access lines connecting end-user customers with AT&T end- BellSouth end-offices for switched services, (2) shall not include non-switched special access lines, (3) shall account for ISDN and other digital access lines by counting each 64 kbps-equivalent as one line. For example, a DS1 line corresponds to 24 64 kbps-equivalents, and therefore to 24 “business lines.”