Common use of Exchange of Traffic Clause in Contracts

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage factor (“PIU”) to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated and Carrier-terminated traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and traverses the local interconnection trunks. Based upon the unique MTA geography of the areas served by the Parties, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the InterMTA traffic factor shall be 15%, which shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating from Carrier to CenturyLink, and the PIU factor shall be 20%, such that 20% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 80% (100%-20%) shall be treated as intrastate. Both factors are shown in Attachment I. 32.1.2 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.1. 32.1.3 Following the initial three month period, either Party may conduct a state-specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60) days of traffic information, in an effort to derive a more accurate InterMTA traffic percentage and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment of this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier will work with CenturyLink to ensure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“64K CCC”) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLink. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 Where available, CenturyLink will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 Where available, CenturyLink will provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLink’s SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users. 32.8 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 Carrier will provide an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Land.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date. 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage Percent Interstate Usage factor (“PIU”) to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated and Carrier-terminated traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and traverses the local interconnection trunks. Based upon the unique MTA geography of the areas served by the Parties, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the The InterMTA traffic factors and the PIU factor shall be 15%, which based on traffic studies and the PIU shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating originating from Carrier CenturyLink to CenturyLinkCarrier, and the PIU factor shall be 2097.44%, such that 2097.44% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 802.56% (100%-20100%-97.44%) shall be treated as intrastate. Both The factors are shown in Attachment I.Table 1. 32.1.2 32.2 For interMTA traffic crossing local interconnection trunks, CenturyLink will ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as follows: 32.2.1 Carrier’s wireless-originated traffic crossing local interconnection trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink’s applicable interstate terminating access rate. This factor is shown in Table 1. There will be no factors for interstate/intrastate usage. 32.2.2 CenturyLink-originated traffic crossing local trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink’s applicable originating access rate. Of the traffic deemed interMTA, the percent deemed interstate, and the percent deemed intrastate are reflected as a PIU factor shown in Table 1. CenturyLink will use SS7 records to determine its originating traffic routed on local trunks. 32.2.3 CenturyLink will pay no compensation to Carrier for interMTA traffic. 32.2.4 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.132.2.2. 32.1.3 Following 32.2.5 At any time after the initial three month periodEffective Date, either Party the Parties may conduct a state-specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60and shall agree on the number of) days of traffic informationinformation for the study, in to determine an effort to derive a more accurate updated InterMTA traffic percentage percentages and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment of to this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor factors and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier The Parties will work with CenturyLink together to ensure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 32.3 Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not code where currently available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“64K CCC”) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLink. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 Where available, CenturyLink will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 Where available, CenturyLink will provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLink’s SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users. 32.8 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 Where Carrier’s switch is equipped, Carrier will provide an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Land.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date). 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC CMRS are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 32.1. When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage factor (“PIU”) to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 32.1.1. The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carriermobile-originated to-land and Carrierland-terminated to-mobile traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and traverses exchanged over the local interconnection trunkstrunks or indirectly via a foreign ILEC tandem (subject to Section 33.3), but originates and terminates in different MTAs. Based upon the unique MTA geography of boundaries, state borders, network arrangements, and the specific coverage areas served by each of the PartiesParties under this Agreement, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the InterMTA traffic factor shall be 15%, which shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating from Carrier to CenturyLinkEmbarq, and the PIU factor shall be 20%, such that 20% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 80% (100%-20%) shall be treated as intrastate 32.1.2. Both factors are shown in Attachment I. 32.1.2 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink Embarq to Carrier for interMTA InterMTA traffic. CenturyLink Embarq may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ switched access tariffed rates on the mobile-to-land usage for this the InterMTA traffic in accordance with 32.3.132.1.1. 32.1.3 32.1.3. Following the initial three month period, either Party may conduct a state-state- specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60) days 24 hours of traffic informationinformation recorded during a representative, average, period agreed upon by the Parties, in an effort to derive a more accurate InterMTA traffic percentage and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment mutual agreement of this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier will work with CenturyLink Embarq to ensure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 32.2. Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink Embarq will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 32.3. Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink Embarq an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“64K CCC”) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLinkEmbarq. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink Embarq internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 32.4. Where available, CenturyLink Embarq will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink Embarq provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink Embarq shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 32.5. In the event SS7 facilities are not available from Embarq, Carrier may, at its option, obtain multifrequency signaling. 32.6. Where available, CenturyLink Embarq will provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink 32.7. Embarq shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 32.8. If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLinkEmbarq’s SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users.users.‌ 32.8 32.9. Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 32.10. Carrier will provide an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Land.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date. 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink 32.11. Each Party will be responsible for completeness and CLEC are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g.accuracy of call record data. The Parties will send all available message indicators, including originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party telephone number, etclocal routing number and CIC.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage Percent Interstate Usage factor (“"PIU”") to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated and Carrier-terminated traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and traverses the local interconnection trunks. Based upon the unique MTA geography of the areas served by the Parties, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the The InterMTA traffic factors and the PIU factor shall be 15%, which based on traffic studies and the PIU shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating originating from Carrier CenturyLink to CenturyLinkCarrier, and the PIU factor shall be 2092.16%, such that 2092.16% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 807.84% (100%-20100%-92.16%) shall be treated as intrastate. Both The factors are shown in Attachment I.Table One. 32.1.2 32.2 For interMTA traffic crossing local interconnection trunks, CenturyLink will ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as follows: 32.2.1 Carrier's wireless-originated traffic crossing local interconnection trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink's applicable interstate terminating access rate. This factor is shown in Table One. There will be no factors for interstate/intrastate usage. 32.2.2 CenturyLink-originated traffic crossing local trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink's applicable originating access rate. Of the traffic deemed interMTA, the percent deemed interstate, and the percent deemed intrastate are reflected as a PIU factor shown in Table One. CenturyLink will use SS7 records to determine its originating traffic routed on local trunks. 32.2.3 CenturyLink will pay no compensation to Carrier for interMTA traffic. 32.2.4 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.132.2.2. 32.1.3 Following 32.2.5 At any time after the initial three month periodEffective Date, either Party the Parties may conduct a state-specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60and shall agree on the number of) days of traffic informationinformation for the study, in to determine an effort to derive a more accurate updated InterMTA traffic percentage percentages and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment of to this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor factors and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier The Parties will work with CenturyLink together to ensure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 32.3 Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is code where currently available. CenturyLink will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESFMarch 6, 2015/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability kjc/New Cingular/CMRS/SC (“64K CCC”v1-7-13) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLink. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks.Page 24 DocuSEignnveloIpDe8: 5166D12-5D64-4CE9-ACE2-1CE470E15565 32.4 Where available, CenturyLink will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 Where available, CenturyLink will provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s 's SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLink’s 's SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users. 32.8 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 Where Carrier's switch is equipped, Carrier will provide an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Land.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date). 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC CMRS are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s 's charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage Percent Interstate Usage factor (“PIU”) to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated and Carrier-terminated traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and traverses the local interconnection trunks. Based upon the unique MTA geography of the areas served by the Parties, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the The InterMTA traffic factors and the PIU factor shall be 15%, which based on traffic studies and the PIU shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating originating from Carrier CenturyLink to CenturyLinkCarrier, and the PIU factor shall be 2043.06%, such that 2043.06% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 8056.94% (100%-20100%-43.06%) shall be treated as intrastate. Both The factors are shown in Attachment I.Table One. 32.1.2 32.2 For interMTA traffic crossing local interconnection trunks, CenturyLink will ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as follows: 32.2.1 Carrier’s wireless-originated traffic crossing local interconnection trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink’s applicable interstate terminating access rate. This factor is shown in Table One. There will be no factors for interstate/intrastate usage. 32.2.2 CenturyLink-originated traffic crossing local trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink’s applicable originating access rate. Of the traffic deemed interMTA, the percent deemed interstate, and the percent deemed intrastate are reflected as a PIU factor shown in Table One. CenturyLink will use SS7 records to determine its originating traffic routed on local trunks. 32.2.3 CenturyLink will pay no compensation to Carrier for interMTA traffic. 32.2.4 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.132.2.2. 32.1.3 Following 32.2.5 At any time after the initial three month periodEffective Date, either Party the Parties may conduct a state-specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60and shall agree on the number of) days of traffic informationinformation for the study, in to determine an effort to derive a more accurate updated InterMTA traffic percentage percentages and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment of to this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor factors and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier The Parties will work with CenturyLink together to ensure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 32.3 Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not code where currently available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“64K CCC”) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLink. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 Where available, CenturyLink will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 Where available, CenturyLink will provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLink’s SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users. 32.8 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 Where Carrier’s switch is equipped, Carrier will provide an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Land.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date). 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC CMRS are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage Percent Interstate Usage factor (“PIU”) to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated and Carrier-terminated traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and traverses the local interconnection trunks. Based upon the unique MTA geography of the areas served by the Parties, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the The InterMTA traffic factors and the PIU factor shall be 15%, which based on traffic studies and the PIU shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating originating from Carrier CenturyLink to CenturyLinkCarrier, and the PIU factor shall be 2088.24%, such that 2088.24% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 8011.76% (100%-20100%-88.24%) shall be treated as intrastate. Both The factors are shown in Attachment I.Table One. 32.1.2 32.2 For interMTA traffic crossing local interconnection trunks, CenturyLink will ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as follows: 32.2.1 Carrier’s wireless-originated traffic crossing local interconnection trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink’s applicable interstate terminating access rate. This factor is shown in Table One. There will be no factors for interstate/intrastate usage. 32.2.2 CenturyLink-originated traffic crossing local trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink’s applicable originating access rate. Of the traffic deemed interMTA, the percent deemed interstate, and the percent deemed intrastate are reflected as a PIU factor shown in Table One. CenturyLink will use SS7 records to determine its originating traffic routed on local trunks. 32.2.3 CenturyLink will pay no compensation to Carrier for interMTA traffic. 32.2.4 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.132.2.2. 32.1.3 Following 32.2.5 At any time after the initial three month periodEffective Date, either Party the Parties may conduct a state-specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60and shall agree on the number of) days of traffic informationinformation for the study, in to determine an effort to derive a more accurate updated InterMTA traffic percentage percentages and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment of to this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor factors and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier The Parties will work with CenturyLink together to ensure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 32.3 Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not code where currently available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“64K CCC”) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLink. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 Where available, CenturyLink will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 Where available, CenturyLink will provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLink’s SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users. 32.8 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 Where Carrier’s switch is equipped, Carrier will provide an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Land.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date). 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC CMRS are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 32.1. When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage factor (“"PIU”") to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 32.1.1. The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated and Carrier-terminated traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and traverses the local interconnection trunks. Based upon the unique MTA geography of the areas served by the Parties, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the InterMTA traffic factor shall be 15%, which shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating from Carrier to CenturyLink, and the PIU factor shall be 2040%, such that 2040% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 8060% (100%-20100%-40%) shall be treated as intrastate. 32.1.2. Both factors are shown in Attachment I. 32.1.2 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.1. 32.1.3 32.1.3. Following the initial three month period, either Party may conduct a state-specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60) 60 days of traffic information, in an effort to derive a more accurate InterMTA traffic percentage and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment mutual agreement of this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier will work with CenturyLink to ensure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 32.2. Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 32.3. Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“"64K CCC”") trunk quantities within CMRS - AWCC- SC 21 trunkquantitiewsithin thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLink. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 . Where available, CenturyLink will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 Where available, CenturyLink will provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLink’s SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users. 32.8 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 Carrier will provide an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Land.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date. 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage Percent Interstate Usage factor (“PIU”) to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated and Carrier-terminated traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and traverses the local interconnection trunks. Based upon the unique MTA geography of the areas served by the Parties, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the The InterMTA traffic factors and the PIU factor shall be 15%, which based on traffic studies and the PIU shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating originating from Carrier CenturyLink to CenturyLinkCarrier, and the PIU factor shall be 2083.84%, such that 2083.84% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 8016.16% (100%-20100%-83.84%) shall be treated as intrastate. Both The factors are shown in Attachment I.Table 1. 32.1.2 32.2 For interMTA traffic crossing local interconnection trunks, CenturyLink will ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as follows: 32.2.1 Carrier’s wireless-originated traffic crossing local interconnection trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink’s applicable interstate terminating access rate. This factor is shown in Table 1. There will be no factors for interstate/intrastate usage. 32.2.2 CenturyLink-originated traffic crossing local trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink’s applicable originating access rate. Of the traffic deemed interMTA, the percent deemed interstate, and the percent deemed intrastate are reflected as a PIU factor shown in Table 1. CenturyLink will use SS7 records to determine its originating traffic routed on local trunks. 32.2.3 CenturyLink will pay no compensation to Carrier for interMTA traffic. 32.2.4 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.132.2.2. 32.1.3 Following 32.2.5 At any time after the initial three month periodEffective Date, either Party the Parties may conduct a state-specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60and shall agree on the number of) days of traffic informationinformation for the study, in to determine an effort to derive a more accurate updated InterMTA traffic percentage percentages and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment of to this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor factors and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier The Parties will work with CenturyLink together to ensure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 32.3 Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not code where currently available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“64K CCC”) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLink. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 Where available, CenturyLink will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 Where available, CenturyLink will provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLink’s SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users. 32.8 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 Where Carrier’s switch is equipped, Carrier will provide an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Land.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date). 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC CMRS are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 Where the Parties interconnect for the purpose of exchanging traffic between networks, the provisions of this Article 2 will apply. 32.2 Each Party agrees to establish trunking groups from the POI to their designated switching center(s) including, but not limited to, those containing End Office switches, Tandem switches, 911 routing switches, and directory assistance/operator service switches, if available and necessary. 32.3 When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will have agreed to use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage factor (“PIU”) to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 . The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated originating and Carrier-terminated terminating traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and but traverses the local interconnection trunks. . 32.3.1 Based upon the unique MTA geography of boundaries, state borders, network arrangements, and the specific coverage areas served by each of the PartiesParties under this Agreement, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the InterMTA traffic factor shall be 158%, which shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating from Carrier to CenturyLink, and the PIU factor shall be 2040%, such that 2040% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 8060% (100%-20%) shall be treated as intrastate. Both factors are shown in Attachment I.. 32.1.2 32.3.2 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ interstate switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.1traffic. 32.1.3 32.3.3 Following the initial three month period, either Party may conduct a state-state- specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60) 60 days of traffic information, in an effort to derive a more accurate InterMTA traffic percentage and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment mutual agreement of this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier will ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to work with CenturyLink to ensure insure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 32.4 Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 32.5 Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“64K CCC”) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLink. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 32.6 Where available, CenturyLink will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 32.7 In the event SS7 facilities are not available from CenturyLink, Carrier may, at its option, obtain multifrequency signaling. 32.8 Where available, CenturyLink will agrees to provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 32.9 CenturyLink shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 32.10 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLink’s SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users. 32.8 32.11 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 . Except Carrier will provide compensate CenturyLink for the transport of calls that originate in an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Landexchange outside the MTA where the POI is located at cost-based transport rates.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date. 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage factor (“PIU”) to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated and Carrier-Carrier- terminated traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and traverses the local interconnection trunks. Based upon the unique MTA geography specific network arrangements of the Parties, the MTA geography, and the specific coverage areas served by the Parties, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the InterMTA traffic factor shall be 15%, which shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating from Carrier to CenturyLinkEmbarq, and the PIU factor shall be 20%, such that 20% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 80% (100%-20%) shall be treated as intrastate. Both factors are shown in Attachment I.. 32.1.2 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink Embarq to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink Embarq may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ bill Carrier switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.1. 32.1.3 Following the initial three month period, either Party may conduct a state-state- specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60) 60 days of traffic information, in an effort to derive a more accurate InterMTA traffic percentage and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment mutual agreement of this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier will work with CenturyLink Embarq to ensure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink Embarq will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink Embarq an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“64K CCC”) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLinkEmbarq. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink Embarq internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 Where available, CenturyLink Embarq will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink Embarq provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink Embarq shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 In the event SS7 facilities are not available from Embarq, Carrier may, at its option, obtain multifrequency signaling. 32.6 Where available, CenturyLink Embarq will provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink 32.7 Embarq shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 32.8 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLinkEmbarq’s SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users. 32.8 32.9 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 32.10 Carrier will provide an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Land.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Carrier will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date. 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage Percent Interstate Usage factor (“PIU”) to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated and Carrier-terminated traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and traverses the local interconnection trunks. Based upon the unique MTA geography of the areas served by the Parties, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the The InterMTA traffic factors and the PIU factor shall be 15%, which based on traffic studies and the PIU shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating originating from Carrier CenturyLink to CenturyLinkCarrier, and the PIU factor shall be 2083.31%, such that 2083.31% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 8016.69% (100%-20100%-83.31%) shall be treated as intrastate. Both The factors are shown in Attachment I.Table One. 32.1.2 32.2 For interMTA traffic crossing local interconnection trunks, CenturyLink will ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as follows: 32.2.1 Carrier’s wireless-originated traffic crossing local interconnection trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink’s applicable interstate terminating access rate. This factor is shown in Table One. There will be no factors for interstate/intrastate usage. 32.2.2 CenturyLink-originated traffic crossing local trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink’s applicable originating access rate. Of the traffic deemed interMTA, the percent deemed interstate, and the percent deemed intrastate are reflected as a PIU factor shown in Table One. CenturyLink will use SS7 records to determine its originating traffic routed on local trunks. 32.2.3 CenturyLink will pay no compensation to Carrier for interMTA traffic. 32.2.4 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.132.2.2. 32.1.3 Following 32.2.5 At any time after the initial three month periodEffective Date, either Party the Parties may conduct a state-specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60and shall agree on the number of) days of traffic informationinformation for the study, in to determine an effort to derive a more accurate updated InterMTA traffic percentage percentages and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment of to this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor factors and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier The Parties will work with CenturyLink together to ensure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 32.3 Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not code where currently available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“64K CCC”) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLink. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 Where available, CenturyLink will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 Where available, CenturyLink will provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLink’s SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users. 32.8 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 Where Carrier’s switch is equipped, Carrier will provide an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Land.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date). 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC CMRS are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 Where the Parties interconnect for the purpose of exchanging traffic between networks, the provisions of this Article 2 will apply. 32.2 Each Party agrees to establish trunking groups from the POI to their designated switching center(s) including, but not limited to, those containing End Office switches, Tandem switches, 911 routing switches, and directory assistance/operator service switches, if available and necessary. 32.3 When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will have agreed to use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage factor (“PIU”) to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 32.3.1 The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated originating and Carrier-terminated terminating traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and but traverses the local interconnection trunks. Based upon the unique MTA geography of the areas served by the Parties, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the InterMTA traffic factor shall be 15%, % which shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating from Carrier to CenturyLinkSprint, and the PIU factor shall be 20%, such that 20% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 80% (100%-20%) shall be treated as intrastate. Both factors are shown in Attachment I.. 32.1.2 32.3.2 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink Sprint to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink Sprint may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ interstate switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.1traffic. 32.1.3 32.3.3 Following the initial three month period, either Party may conduct a state-state- specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60) 60 days of traffic information, in an effort to derive a more accurate InterMTA traffic percentage and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment mutual agreement of this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier will agrees to work with CenturyLink Sprint to ensure insure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 32.4 Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink Sprint will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 32.5 Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink Sprint an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“64K CCC”) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLinkSprint. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink Sprint internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 32.6 Where available, CenturyLink Sprint will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink Sprint provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink Sprint shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 32.7 In the event SS7 facilities are not available from Sprint, Carrier may, at its option, obtain multifrequency signaling. 32.8 Where available, CenturyLink will Sprint agrees to provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink 32.9 Sprint shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 32.10 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLinkSprint’s SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users. 32.8 32.11 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 . Except Carrier will provide compensate Sprint for the transport of calls that originate in an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Landexchange outside the MTA where the POI is located at cost-based transport rates.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date. 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 2.1. Where the Parties interconnect directly for the purpose of exchanging traffic between networks, the provisions of this Article 2 will apply. 2.2. Each Party agrees to establish trunking groups from the POI to their designated switching center(s) including, but not limited to, those containing End Office switches, Tandem switches, 911 routing switches, and directory assistance/operator service switches, if available and necessary. 2.3. When traffic is not segregated distinguishable according to traffic types, and until either Party can determine actual traffic jurisdiction on each call, the Parties will use utilize an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage factor (“PIU”) to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated and Carrier-terminated interstate traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and traverses the local interconnection trunksrespectively. Based upon on the unique MTA geography of this state, the Parties’ network arrangements, and the specific coverage areas served by the Parties, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Sectionherein, the InterMTA traffic factor shall be 158%, which shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating from Carrier to CenturyLinkSprint, and the PIU factor shall be 20%, such that 20% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 80% (100%-20%) shall be treated as intrastate. Both factors are shown in Attachment I. 32.1.2 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.1. 32.1.3 Following the initial three month period, either Party may conduct a state-specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty thirty (6030) days of traffic information, in an effort to derive a more accurate InterMTA traffic percentage and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment mutual agreement of this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier will ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to work with CenturyLink Sprint to ensure insure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. If the Parties cannot agree on a percentage, then either Party may invoke the Dispute Resolution process outlined in section 19.0. 32.2 2.4. Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink Sprint will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 2.4.1 Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink Sprint an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“64K CCC”) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLinkSprint. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink Sprint internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 2.5. Where available, CenturyLink Sprint will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink Sprint provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink Sprint shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 2.6. In the event SS7 facilities are not available from Sprint, Carrier may, at its option, obtain multifrequency signaling. 2.7. Where available, CenturyLink will Sprint agrees to provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink 2.8. Sprint shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLink’s SS7 network2.9. The Parties will cooperate in the exchange of TCAP messages to facilitate full inter- operability of SS7-based features between their networks, both parties will support including all CLASS signalingfeatures and functions, to the extent each Party offers related such features and functions to its own end-end users. 32.8 2.10. Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, relevant POI and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 Carrier will provide an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Land.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date. 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage Percent Interstate Usage factor (“PIU”) to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated and Carrier-terminated traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and traverses the local interconnection trunks. Based upon the unique MTA geography of the areas served by the Parties, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the The InterMTA traffic factors and the PIU factor shall be 15%, which based on traffic studies and the PIU shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating originating from Carrier CenturyLink to CenturyLinkCarrier, and the PIU factor shall be 2064.79%, such that 2064.79% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 8035.21% (100%-20100%-64.79%) shall be treated as intrastate. Both The factors are shown in Attachment I.Table 1. 32.1.2 32.2 For interMTA traffic crossing local interconnection trunks, CenturyLink will ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as follows: 32.2.1 Carrier’s wireless-originated traffic crossing local interconnection trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink’s applicable interstate terminating access rate. This factor is shown in Table 1. There will be no factors for interstate/intrastate usage. 32.2.2 CenturyLink-originated traffic crossing local trunks deemed interMTA will be billed at CenturyLink’s applicable originating access rate. Of the traffic deemed interMTA, the percent deemed interstate, and the percent deemed intrastate are reflected as a PIU factor shown in Table 1. CenturyLink will use SS7 records to determine its originating traffic routed on local trunks. 32.2.3 CenturyLink will pay no compensation to Carrier for interMTA traffic. 32.2.4 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.132.2.2. 32.1.3 Following 32.2.5 At any time after the initial three month periodEffective Date, either Party the Parties may conduct a state-specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60and shall agree on the number of) days of traffic informationinformation for the study, in to determine an effort to derive a more accurate updated InterMTA traffic percentage percentages and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment of to this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor factors and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier The Parties will work with CenturyLink together to ensure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 32.3 Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not code where currently available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“64K CCC”) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLink. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 Where available, CenturyLink will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 Where available, CenturyLink will provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLink’s SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users. 32.8 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 Where Carrier’s switch is equipped, Carrier will provide an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Land.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date). 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC CMRS are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.

Exchange of Traffic. 32.1 When traffic is not segregated according to traffic types, the Parties will use an InterMTA traffic factor and a percent interstate usage factor (“PIU”) to estimate the amount of traffic that is InterMTA. 32.1.1 The InterMTA factor accounts for both Carrier-originated and Carrier-terminated traffic that crosses the MTA boundary and traverses the local interconnection trunks. Based upon the unique MTA geography of the areas served by the Parties, for the first three months of this Agreement and thereafter unless changed as provided in this Section, the InterMTA traffic factor shall be 15%, which shall be applied only on minutes of use terminating from Carrier to CenturyLink, and the PIU factor shall be 20%, such that 20% of the InterMTA traffic shall be treated as interstate, and 80% (100%-20%) shall be treated as intrastate. Both factors are shown in Attachment I. 32.1.2 No reciprocal compensation will be paid by CenturyLink to Carrier for interMTA traffic. CenturyLink may ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ switched access tariffed rates for this traffic in accordance with 32.3.1. 32.1.3 Following the initial three month period, either Party may conduct a state-specific traffic study, using a minimum of sixty (60) days of traffic information, in an effort to derive a more accurate InterMTA traffic percentage and/or PIU, the results of which will be used going forward upon amendment of this Agreement by the Parties; provided, however, that the InterMTA factor and PIU shall not be revised more often than once every six months. Carrier will work with CenturyLink to ensure the necessary traffic data required for sampling purposes is available for such study. 32.2 Standard interconnection facilities shall be extended superframe (ESF) with B8ZS line code. Where ESF/B8ZS is not available, Carrier will agree to using other interconnection protocols on an interim basis until the standard ESF/B8ZS is available. CenturyLink will provide anticipated dates of availability for those areas not currently ESF/B8ZS compatible. 32.3 Where Carrier is unwilling to utilize an alternate interconnection protocol, Carrier will provide CenturyLink an initial forecast of 64 Kbps clear channel capability (“64K CCC”) trunk quantities within thirty (30) Days of the Effective Date consistent with the forecasting agreements between the parties. Upon receipt of this forecast, the parties will begin joint planning for the engineering, procurement, and installation of the segregated 64K CCC Local Interconnection Trunk Groups, and the associated ESF facilities, for the sole purpose of transmitting 64K CCC data calls between Carrier and CenturyLink. Where additional equipment is required, such equipment would be obtained, engineered, and installed on the same basis and with the same intervals as any similar growth job for IXC, Carrier, or CenturyLink internal customer demand for 64K CCC trunks. 32.4 Where available, CenturyLink will provide and implement all defined and industry supported SS7 mandatory parameters as well as procedures in accordance with ANSI standards to support SS7 signaling for call setup for the interconnection trunks. To the extent CenturyLink provides ANSI optional parameters for its own use, CenturyLink shall provide the same to Carrier. 32.5 Where available, CenturyLink will provide carrier identification parameter (CIP) within Carrier’s SS7 call set-up signaling protocol at no charge. 32.6 CenturyLink shall support intercompany 64 KBPS clear channel where it provides such capability to its end users. 32.7 If Carrier interconnects its SS7 network with CenturyLink’s SS7 network, both parties will support CLASS signaling, to the extent each Party offers related features and functions to its own end-users. 32.8 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the POI, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 32.9 Carrier will provide an accurate JIP (Jurisdiction Information Parameter) with all terminating traffic (Mobile to Land.) To the extent that carrier can not provide JIP at the time of the agreement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Carrier will provide a timeline of when JIP will be delivered. In either case, Carrier will deliver JIP within six months from effective date. 32.10 Signaling Parameters: CenturyLink and CLEC are required to provide each other the proper signaling information (e.g., originating Calling Party Number (CPN), Charge Number (ChN) and destination called party number, etc.) as required by Applicable Rules and further clarified by the FCC Order to enable each Party to issue bills in a complete and timely fashion. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided unchanged including CPN and ChN on all calls. All privacy indicators will be honored. Unless the FCC has approved a waiver petition regarding specific technical restrictions, the ChN is to be passed unaltered in SS7 signaling fields where it is different than CPN and ChN must not be populated with a number associated with an intermediate switch, platform, or gateway, or other number that designates anything other than a calling party’s charge number. Where SS7 connections exist, each Party shall pass all CCS signaling parameters, where available, on each call carried over Interconnection trunks.