Common use of Enhanced Cooperative Testing Clause in Contracts

Enhanced Cooperative Testing. 11.14.1 For the purposes of this Agreement, “Enhanced Cooperative Testing” is defined as additional testing, maintenance or repair of unbundled Network Elements which is in addition to normal effort required to test, maintain or repair such unbundled Network Elements or comparable facilities or equipment used by Verizon when providing Tariffed services to its retail Customers. 11.14.2 Pursuant to methods and procedures developed as part of the DSL Provisioning Process in New York, at TCG’s request, TCG and Verizon shall perform cooperative testing (as such testing is defined in the New York DSL Collaborative) of DSL-capable Loops. 11.14.3 To the extent TCG requires Enhanced Cooperative Testing of unbundled Network Elements (with the exception of DSL-capable Loops which are addressed in Section 11.14.2 above) and methods and procedures to perform such Enhanced Cooperative Testing have not been developed by other industry forums or collaborative proceedings in New York, the Parties, upon written request of TCG, shall enter into good faith negotiations to determine appropriate rates, if any, terms and conditions applicable to such Enhanced Cooperative Testing.