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GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of 10.1 Each Party to this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] will be responsible for the accuracy and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use commercially reasonable efforts quality of its data as submitted to comply with the Implementation Scheduleother Party. 7.2 10.2 The Parties shall exchange good faithtype of originating calling number transmitted depends on the protocol of the trunk signaling used for interconnection. Traditional protocol will be used with Multi-Frequency (MF) and SS7 signaling, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their ANI will be sent from the originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary Party’s End Office switch to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationterminating Party’s tandem or End Office switch. 7.3 10.3 Where applicable, it is the responsibility of each Party to originate and transmit complete and unaltered calling party number (CPN), as received by an originating party. Where one Party is passing Calling Party Number (CPN) but the other Party is not properly receiving information, the Parties will cooperate to jurisdictionalize and rate the traffic correctly. Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which that are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable the standard format as referenced in Telcordia Technologies BOC Notes on LEC Networks Practice No. SR-TSV-002275, and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable standard format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The the National Network Security Plan and The the Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 10.4 Each Party is responsible to input required data into Routing Data Base Systems (RDBS) and into the Telcordia Technologies Rating Administrative Data Systems (example: BRADS) or other appropriate system(s) necessary to update the LERG unless negotiated otherwise. 10.5 Neither Party shall use any Interconnection, function, facility, product, network element, or service provided under this Agreement or any other service related to thereto or use any of the services provided used in this Agreement combination therewith in any manner that interferes with or impairs service over any facilities of either Party, its affiliated companies or other connecting Telecommunications Carriers, prevents other persons any carrier from using their service its Telecommunications Service, impairs the quality or destroys the normal quality privacy of service Telecommunications Service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s End Users, and subject causes hazards to notice and a reasonable opportunity either Party’s personnel or the public, damage to either Party’s or any connecting carrier’s facilities or equipment, including any malfunction of the offending Party to cure any violationordering or billing systems or equipment. Upon such occurrence, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if for so long as the other Party violates is violating this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of . Upon any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicableviolation, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and shall provide the other Party with notice of the opportunity to correct violation at the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicableearliest practicable time. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 10.6 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers End Users and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible 10.7 Upon LEC signature, LEC shall provide SBC ILEC with LEC’s state-specific authorized and nationally recognized OCN/AECN for administering NXX codes assigned to itInterconnection. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 10.8 Each Party shall be responsible for programming labor relations with its own employees. Each Party agrees to notify the other Party as soon as practicable whenever such Party has knowledge that a labor dispute concerning its employees is delaying or threatens to delay such Party’s timely performance of its obligations under this Agreement and updating their separate networks shall endeavor to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned minimize impairment of service to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed Party (for example, by using its management personnel to perform work or as otherwise expressly defined by other means) in this Agreement, neither the event of a labor dispute to the extent permitted by Applicable Law. 10.9 Each Party shall impose any fees act in good faith in its performance under this Agreement and, in each case in which a Party’s consent or charges on the other agreement is required or requested hereunder, such Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block unreasonably withhold or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partydelay such consent or agreement.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] CENTURYLINK and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ CITIZENS shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty, (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s), CENTURYLINK will provide CITIZENS with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting, of Trunking requirements will be provided by CENTURYLINK to CITIZENS as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents the other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision.normal 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia Technologies for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each As provided in Appendix C, each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches, Tandems and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the Mandatory Local Calling Scope to the other Party. All updates and network programming activities necessary to activate new NXX codes shall be completed as provided in Appendix C. In extraordinary circumstances, and after notice to the other Party, either Party may seek an additional forty-eight (48) hours to complete such tasks. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.one

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] MEDIACOM and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ RGTC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty, (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s), MEDIACOM will provide RGTC with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting, of Trunking requirements will be provided by MEDIACOM to RGTC as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s end users. Subject to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 14, and subject which shall deem to include notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia Technologies for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches, Tandems and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the Mandatory Local Calling Scope to the other Party. All updates and network programming activities necessary to activate new NXX codes shall be completed by the time in which the code becomes effective in the LERG. In extraordinary circumstances, and after notice to the other Party, either Party may seek an additional forty-eight (48) hours to complete such tasks. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of 10.1 Each Party to this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] will be responsible for the accuracy and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use commercially reasonable efforts quality of its data as submitted to comply with the Implementation Scheduleother Party. 7.2 10.2 The Parties shall exchange good faithtype of originating calling number transmitted depends on the protocol of the trunk signaling used for interconnection. Traditional protocol will be used with Multi-Frequency (MF) and SS7 signaling, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their ANI will be sent from the originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary Party’s End Office switch to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationterminating Party’s tandem or End Office switch. 7.3 10.3 Where applicable, it is the responsibility of each Party to originate and transmit complete and unaltered calling party number (CPN), as received by an originating party. Where one Party is passing Calling Party Number (CPN) but the other Party is not properly receiving information, the Parties will cooperate to jurisdictionalize and rate the traffic correctly. Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which that are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable the standard format as referenced in Telcordia Technologies BOC Notes on LEC Networks Practice No. SR-TSV-002275, and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable standard format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The the National Network Security Plan and The the Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 10.4 Each Party is responsible to input required data into Routing Data Base Systems (RDBS) and into the Telcordia Technologies Rating Administrative Data Systems (example: BRADS) or other appropriate system(s) necessary to update the LERG unless negotiated otherwise. 10.5 Neither Party shall use any Interconnection, function, facility, product, network element, or service provided under this Agreement or any other service related to thereto or use any of the services provided used in this Agreement combination therewith in any manner that interferes with or impairs service over any facilities of either Party, its affiliated companies or other connecting Telecommunications Carriers, prevents other persons any carrier from using their service its Telecommunications Service, impairs the quality or destroys the normal quality privacy of service Telecommunications Service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s End Users, and subject causes hazards to notice and a reasonable opportunity either Party’s personnel or the public, damage to either Party’s or any connecting carrier’s facilities or equipment, including any malfunction of the offending Party to cure any violationordering or billing systems or equipment. Upon such occurrence, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if for so long as the other Party violates is violating this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of provision only upon written notice with 30 day cure period after notice receipt. Upon any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicableviolation, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and shall provide the other Party with notice of the opportunity to correct violation at the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicableearliest practicable time. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 10.6 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers End Users and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible 10.7 Upon ICG signature, ICG shall provide SBC ILEC with LEC’s state-specific authorized and nationally recognized OCN/AECN for administering NXX codes assigned to itInterconnection. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 10.8 Each Party shall be responsible for programming labor relations with its own employees. Each Party agrees to notify the other Party as soon as practicable whenever such Party has knowledge that a labor dispute concerning its employees is delaying or threatens to delay such Party’s timely performance of its obligations under this Agreement and updating their separate networks shall endeavor to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned minimize impairment of service to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed Party (for example, by using its management personnel to perform work or as otherwise expressly defined by other means) in this Agreement, neither the event of a labor dispute to the extent permitted by Applicable Law. 10.9 Each Party shall impose any fees act in good faith in its performance under this Agreement and, in each case in which a Party’s consent or charges on the other agreement is required or requested hereunder, such Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block unreasonably withhold or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partydelay such consent or agreement.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] SCRTC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bluegrass shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each However, to the extent that either Party is unable to measure such traffic, compensation will be based on the Mobile/Land ratio as provided in Appendix A. Each party is solely responsible for its own participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, paragraphs 7.4 & 7.5 either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No However, should it be determined that the service discontinuance was in error or that the fault was not in the network of the Party to whom service to a circuit, facility or particular item of equipment was discontinued, then an allowance for interruption shall be due from the discontinuing Party to the Party to whom service was discontinued. Such allowance will equal a prorated amount for each day or fraction thereof for which service was interrupted. Any service allowances due under this agreement must be applicablerequested. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party's expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers' compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage of bodily injury for property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and USCC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two-way direct Trunk(s) or one-way trunks as provided in Section 4.5.1, each Party will provide to the other Party a six (6) month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by USCC to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide for (i) providing facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for (ii) delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate (iii) terminating the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each Each Party is solely responsible for its participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not be allowed to interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 7.8 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange exchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either a Party upon 30 days’ 30-days written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this AgreementAgreement by such other Party. 7.8 7.9 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 7.10 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 7.11 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for its own independent connections to the 911/E911 network. 7.13 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party 7.14 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks routinely update its End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to USCC. USCC shall do the other Partysame with respect to its network for recognizing and routing traffic to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties 7.15 At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at its own expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which that are necessary for routing, transportingtransporting and, measuring, measuring and billing traffic contemplated in Section 5 preceding from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format format, and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall All direct interconnection facilities will be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 aboveat a DS1 level, multiple DS1 level, or DS3 level and will conform to industry standards. All two-way trunk facilities will be engineered to a P.01 grade of service. (The technical reference for DS1 facilities is Telcordia TR-NWT-000499. The Parties are each solely responsible technical reference for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plantrunking facilities is Telcordia TR-NPL-000145.) 7.4 7.2 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s customers, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 7.3 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 7.4 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 7.5 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI codes the Common Language Location Identifier (“CLLI”) assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.6 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each 7.7 SS7 connectivity is required on both Parties’ networks for Type 2 trunks, where it is technically feasible. SS7 connectivity will be provided in accordance with the technical specifications of accepted industry practice and standards. The Parties agree that each Party shall be is individually responsible for programming their portion of the SS7 signaling and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, therefore neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on charge the other Party for such activitiesthe exchange of SS7 messages. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties 21.1 SWBT and DTI shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall each use commercially reasonable their best efforts to comply with meet the Implementation ScheduleInterconnection Activation Dates. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 21.2 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which that are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable the standard format compatible with SWBT's network as referenced in Bellcore's BOC Notes on LEC Networks Practice No. SR-TSV-002275, and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable standard format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The the National Network Security Plan and The the Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 21.3 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services or elements provided in this Agreement in any manner that interferes with other persons in the use of their service, prevents other persons from using their service service, or destroys otherwise impairs the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customersend users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if service, but only for so long as the other Party violates is violating this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If . Upon such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicableviolation, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and shall provide the other Party with notice of the opportunity to correct violation at the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicableearliest practicable time. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 21.4 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers end users and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned 21.5 The Parties shall work cooperatively to itminimize fraud associated with third-number billed calls, calling card calls, and any other services related to this Agreement. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings 21.6 At all times during the term of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each this Agreement, each Party shall use keep and maintain in force at each Party's expense all insurance required by law (e.g. workers' compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or death to any one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury for property damage. Upon request from the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and other Party, each Party shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self insurance). 21.7 In addition to its indemnity obligations under Section 26.0, each Party shall provide, in its tariffs and contracts with its end users that relate to any Telecommunications Service provided or as otherwise expressly defined in contemplated under this Agreement, neither that in no case shall such Party shall impose or any fees of its agents, contractors or charges on others retained by such parties be liable to any end user or third party for (i) any Loss relating to or arising out of this Agreement, whether in contract or tort, that exceeds the other amount such Party would have charged the applicable end user for the service(s) or function(s) that gave rise to such activitiesLoss, and (ii) any Consequential Damages. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove21.8 Unless otherwise stated, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇each Party will render a monthly bill ▇▇ the responsible originating partyother for service(s) provided hereunder. Remittance in full will be due within thirty (30) days of that billing date. Interest shall apply on overdue amounts (other than disputed amounts which are subject to Section 30.12) at the rate specified in Section 30.12, unless otherwise specified in an applicable tariff. Each Party reserves the right to net delinquent amounts against amounts otherwise due the other. 21.9 SWBT is participating with the industry to develop standardized methods through the OBF and shall implement ordering and billing formats/processes consistent with industry guidelines as capabilities are deployed. Where such guidelines are not available or SWBT decides not to fully utilize industry guidelines, SWBT will provide DTI with information on its ordering and billing format/process and requirements at the earliest practicable time.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than forty-five (45) days from the Effective Date or as the Parties otherwise agree, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] RUC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two-way direct Trunk(s), RUC will provide ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by RUC to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities facilit ies within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision.a 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia Technologies for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the Mandatory Local Calling Scope to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreeme nt, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Imp lementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] LEVEL 3 and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ TELCOM shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty, (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s), LEVEL 3 will provide TELCOM with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional, forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ to TELCOM as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s end users. Subject to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 14, and subject which shall deem to include notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision.reasonable 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia Technologies for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the Mandatory Local Calling Scope as defined by the Commission to the other PartyParty in a manner that preserves local dialing parity. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than sixty (60) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] CCCI and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ SPRINT shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two-way direct Trunk(s), SPRINT will provide CCCI with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by SPRINT to CCCI as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than forty-five (45) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] PCIS and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ SPRINT shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two way direct Trunk(s), SPRINT will provide PCIS with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by SPRINT to PCIS as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than forty-five (45) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”)) except that Parties shall activate the exchange of Local Traffic under this Agreement no later than ten (10) days from the Effective Date. Both [LEC] TECH COM INC. and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Telephone Cooperative shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 . Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 . Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s customers, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 . Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 . Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 . Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party . ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Telephone Cooperative shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its Central Office Switches and End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to TECH COM INC. TECH COM INC. shall do the other Partysame with respect its network for recognizing and routing traffic to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Telephone Cooperative ’s NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than sixty (60) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] CITIZENS and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ALLTEL shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two-way direct Trunk(s) or one-way Trunk(s) as provided in Section 4.5.1, each Party will provide to the other Party a six (6) month non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by ALLTEL to CITIZENS as mutually agreed to by the 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide for (i) providing facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for (ii) delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to (iii) terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for its participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not be allowed to interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 7.8 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange exchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either a Party upon 30 days’ 30-days written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement.Agreement by such other Party 7.8 7.9 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 7.10 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 7.11 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for its own independent connection to the 911/E911 network. 7.13 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party 7.14 CITIZENS shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks routinely update its Tandem, End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to ALLTEL. ALLTEL shall do the other Partysame with respect to its network for recognizing and routing traffic to CITIZENS NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties 7.15 At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at its own expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than sixty (60) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] CITIZENS and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ SPRINT shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two-way direct Trunk(s), SPRINT will provide CITIZENS with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by SPRINT to CITIZENS as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national nationa l network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public.; 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity opportunit y to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] CHARTER and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ SOMERSET shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s), CHARTER will 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible responsible: (i) to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's network and ’s network; (ii) for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format format; and (iii) to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance complia nce with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s end users. Subject to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 14, and subject which shall be deemed to include notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for such temporary interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner.Telcordia 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the Mandatory Local Calling Scope to the other Party. All updates and network programming activities necessary to activate new NXX codes, in the CHARTER exchanges as identified in Appendix C II shall be completed by the time in which the code becomes effective in the LERG. In extraordinary circumstances, and after notice to the other Party, either Party may seek an additional seventy-two (72) hours to complete such tasks. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than sixty (60) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ALLTEL shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two-way direct Trunk(s) or one-way trunks as provided in Section 4.5.1, each Party will provide to the other Party a six (6) month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by ALLTEL to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide for (i) providing facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for (ii) delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate (iii) terminating the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each Each Party is solely responsible for its participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their the ir service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not be allowed to interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 7.8 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange exchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either a Party upon 30 days’ 30-days written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this AgreementAgreement by such other Party. 7.8 7.9 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 7.10 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 7.11 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for its own independent connections to the 911/E911 network. 7.13 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party 7.14 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks routinely update its End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to ALLTEL. ALLTEL shall do the other Partysame with respect to its network for recognizing and routing traffic to ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties 7.15 At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at its own expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] NCTC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bluegrass shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each However, to the extent that either Party is unable to measure such traffic, compensation will be based on the Mobile/Land ratio as provided in Appendix A. Each party is solely responsible for its own participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, paragraphs 7.4 & 7.5 either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No However, should it be determined that the service discontinuance was in error or that the fault was not in the network of the Party to whom service to a circuit, facility or particular item of equipment was discontinued, then an allowance for interruption shall be due from the discontinuing Party to the Party to whom service was discontinued. Such allowance will equal a prorated amount for each day or fraction thereof for which service was interrupted. Any service allowances due under this agreement must be applicablerequested. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party's expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers' compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage of bodily injury for property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] CHARTER and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ RGTC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty, (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s), CHARTER will provide RGTC with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting, of Trunking requirements will be provided by CHARTER to RGTC as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s end users. Subject to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 14, and subject which shall deem to include notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement.not 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia Technologies for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches, Tandems and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the Mandatory Local Calling Scope to the other Party. All updates and network programming activities necessary to activate new NXX codes shall be completed by the time in which the code becomes effective in the LERG. In extraordinary circumstances, and after notice to the other Party, either Party may seek an additional forty-eight (48) hours to complete such tasks. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] MRTC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ CINGULAR shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each However, to the extent that either Party is unable to measure such traffic, compensation will be based on the Mobile/Land ratio as provided in Appendix A. Each party is solely responsible for its own participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, paragraphs 7.4 & 7.5 either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No However, should it be determined that the service discontinuance was in error or that the fault was not in the network of the Party to whom service to a circuit, facility or particular item of equipment was discontinued, then an allowance for interruption shall be due from the discontinuing Party to the Party to whom service was discontinued. Such allowance will equal a prorated amount for each day or fraction thereof for which service was interrupted. Any service allowances due under this agreement must be applicablerequested. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party's expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers' compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage of bodily injury for property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] CENTURYLINK and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ CCCI shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty, (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s), CENTURYLINK will provide CCCI with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting, of Trunking requirements will be provided by CENTURYLINK to CCCI as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents the other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to the other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s end users. Subject to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 14, and subject which shall deem to include notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia Technologies for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each As provided in Appendix C, each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches, Tandems and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the Mandatory Local Calling Scope to the other Party. All updates and network programming activities necessary to activate new NXX codes shall be completed as provided in Appendix C. In extraordinary circumstances, and after notice to the other Party, either Party may seek an additional forty-eight (48) hours to complete such tasks. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than sixty (60) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] WWTC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ALLTEL shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two-way direct Trunk(s) or one-way trunks as provided in Section 4.5.1, each Party will provide to the other Party a six (6) month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by ALLTEL to WWTC as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide for (i) providing facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for (ii) delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate (iii) terminating the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each Each Party is solely responsible for it’s participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not be allowed to interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 7.8 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange exchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either a Party upon 30 days’ days written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this AgreementAgreement by such other Party. 7.8 7.9 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 7.10 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 7.11 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for it’s own independent connections to the 911/E911 network. 7.13 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party 7.14 WWTC shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks routinely update its Tandem, End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to ALLTEL. ALLTEL shall do the other Partysame with respect to its network for recognizing and routing traffic to WWTC’s NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this 7.15 At all times during the term of this Agreement, neither each Party shall impose keep and maintain in force at it’s own expense all insurance required by law (e.g., workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or death to any fees or charges on one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage of bodily injury for property damage. Upon request from the other Party, each Party shall provide to the other Party for evidence of such activitiesinsurance (which may be provided through a program or self-insurance). 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than forty-five (45) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”)) except that Parties shall activate the exchange of Local Traffic under this Agreement no later than ten (10) days from the Effective Date. Both [LEC] Lakeland Telecom and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Milltown Mutual Telephone Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 . Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 . Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s customers, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 . Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 . Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 . Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party . Milltown Mutual Telephone Company shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its Central Office Switches and End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to Lakeland Telecom. Lakeland Telecom shall do the other Partysame with respect its network for recognizing and routing traffic to Milltown Mutual Telephone Company’s NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of Each Party to this Agreement will be responsible for the accuracy and quality of its data as submitted to the other Party. The type of originating calling number transmitted depends on the protocol of the trunk signaling used for interconnection. Traditional protocol will be used with Multi-Frequency (“Implementation Schedule”)MF) and SS7 signaling, and ANI will be sent from the originating Party’s end office switch to the terminating Party’s tandem or end office switch. Both [LEC] Where one Party is passing calling party number (CPN) but the other Party is not properly receiving information, the Parties will cooperate to jurisdictionalize and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with rate the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 correctly. Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which that are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable the standard format as referenced in Telcordia Technologies BOC Notes on LEC Networks Practice No. SR-TSV-002275, and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable standard format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The the National Network Security Plan and The the Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 Neither . The Parties shall exchange technical descriptions and forecasts of their Interconnection and traffic requirements in sufficient detail necessary to establish the Interconnections required to assure traffic completion to and from all End Users in their respective designated service areas. Each Party shall use any service related is responsible to input required data into Routing Data Base Systems (RDBS) and into the Telcordia Technologies Rating Administrative Data Systems (BRADS) or use any of other appropriate system(s) necessary to update the services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancesLERG unless negotiated otherwise. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuanceIntentionally omitted. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers End Users and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and telecommunications carriers. Upon MH Telecom signature, MH Telecom shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors AMERITECH WISCONSIN with MH Telecom’s state-specific authorized and nationally recognized OCN/AECN for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Interconnection. Intentionally omitted. Each Party shall be responsible for programming labor relations with its own employees. Each Party agrees to notify the other Party as soon as practicable whenever such Party has knowledge that a labor dispute concerning its employees is delaying or threatens to delay such Party’s timely performance of its obligations under this Agreement and updating their separate networks shall endeavor to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned minimize impairment of service to the other PartyParty (for example, by using its management personnel to perform work or by other means) in the event of a labor dispute to the extent permitted by Applicable Law. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Each Party shall impose any fees act in good faith in its performance under this Agreement and, in each case in which a Party’s consent or charges on the other agreement is required or requested hereunder, such Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block unreasonably withhold or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partydelay such consent or agreement.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] RGTC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ USCC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s) or one-way Trunk(s) as provided in Section 4.5.1, each Party will provide to the other Party a six (6) month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by USCC to RGTC as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide for (i) providing facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for (ii) delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate (iii) terminating the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each Each Party is solely responsible for its participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not be allowed to interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public.equipment or 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 7.8 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange exchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either a Party upon 30 days’ 30-days written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this AgreementAgreement by such other Party. 7.8 7.9 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 7.10 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 7.11 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for its own independent connections to the 911/E911 network. 7.13 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party 7.14 RGTC shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks routinely update its Tandem, End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to USCC. USCC shall do the other Partysame with respect to its network for recognizing and routing traffic to RGTC’s NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties 7.15 At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at its own expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than sixty (60) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule.Implementation 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two-way direct Trunk(s) or one-way trunks as provided in Section 4.5.1, each Party will provide to the other Party a six (6) month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by ALLTEL to MATC as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide for (i) providing facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for (ii) delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate (iii) terminating the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each Each Party is solely responsible for its participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not be allowed to interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 7.8 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange exchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either a Party upon 30 days’ 30-days written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this AgreementAgreement by such other Party. 7.8 7.9 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 7.10 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 7.11 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for its own independent connections to the 911/E911 network. 7.13 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party 7.14 MATC shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks routinely update its End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to ALLTEL. ALLTEL shall do the other Partysame with respect to its network for recognizing and routing traffic to MATC’s NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties 7.15 At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at its own expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than sixty (60) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly joint ly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] CTCI and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ALLTEL shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two-way direct Trunk(s) or one-way trunks as provided in Section 4.5.1, each Party will provide to the other Party a six (6) month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by ALLTEL to CTCI as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide for (i) providing facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for (ii) delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate (iii) terminating the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each Each Party is solely responsible for its participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not be allowed to interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 7.8 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange exchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either a Party upon 30 days’ days written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this AgreementAgreement by such other Party. 7.8 7.9 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 7.10 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 7.11 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for its own independent connections to the 911/E911 network. 7.13 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party 7.14 CTCI shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks routinely update its Tandem, End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to ALLTEL. ALLTEL shall do the other Partysame with respect to its network for recognizing and routing traffic to CTCI’s NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties 7.15 At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at it’s own expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.other Party, each Party shall

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] CENTURYLINK and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ CHIBARDUN shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty, (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s), CENTURYLINK will provide CHIBARDUN with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting, of Trunking requirements will be provided by CENTURYLINK to CHIBARDUN as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan.format 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents the other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to the other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s end users. Subject to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 14, and subject which shall deem to include notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia Technologies for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each As provided in Appendix C, each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches, Tandems and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the Mandatory Local Calling Scope to the other Party. All updates and network programming activities necessary to activate new NXX codes shall be completed as provided in Appendix C. In extraordinary circumstances, and after notice to the other Party, either Party may seek an additional forty-eight (48) hours to complete such tasks. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this 7.13 At all times during the term of this Agreement, neither each Party shall impose keep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or death to any fees or charges on one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the other Party, each Party shall provide to the other Party for evidence of such activitiesinsurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance). 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] CHARTER and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ MANAWA shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty, (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s), CHARTER will provide MANAWA with a six (6) calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting, of Trunking requirements will be provided by CHARTER to MANAWA as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to to: (i) provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's network and ’s network; (ii) for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and and; (iii) to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s end users. Subject to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 14, and subject which shall be deemed to include notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement.of 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia Technologies for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the Mandatory Local Calling Scope to the other Party. All updates and network programming activities necessary to activate new NXX codes shall be completed by the time in which the code becomes effective in the LERG. In extraordinary circumstances, and after notice to the other Party, either Party may seek an additional seventy-two (72) hours to complete such tasks. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than forty-five (45) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] MATC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ SPRINT shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two way direct Trunk(s), SPRINT will provide MATC with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by SPRINT to MATC as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equip ment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public.to 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than forty-five (45) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] TELCOM and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ WWTC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two-way direct Trunk(s), TELCOM will provide WWTC with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by TELCOM to WWTC as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Partyparty. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of 19.1 Each Party to this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] will be responsible for the accuracy and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use commercially reasonable efforts quality of its data as submitted to comply with the Implementation Scheduleother Party. 7.2 19.2 The Parties shall exchange good faithtype of originating calling number transmitted depends on the protocol of the trunk signaling used for interconnection. Traditional protocol will be used with Multi-Frequency (MF) and SS7 signaling, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their ANI will be sent from the originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary Party’s End Office switch to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationterminating Party’s tandem or End Office switch. 7.3 19.3 It is the responsibility of each Party to originate and transmit complete and unaltered calling party number (CPN), as received by an originating party. Where one Party is passing CPN but the other Party is not properly receiving information, the Parties will cooperate to jurisdictionalize and rate the traffic correctly. Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which that are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable the standard format as referenced in Telcordia Technologies BOC Notes on LEC Networks Practice No. SR-TSV-002275, and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable standard format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The the National Network Security Plan and The the Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 19.4 Each Party is responsible to input required data into Routing Data Base Systems (RDBS) and into the Telcordia Technologies Rating Administrative Data Systems (example: BRADS) or other appropriate system(s) necessary to update the LERG unless negotiated otherwise. 19.5 Neither Party shall use any Interconnection, function, facility, product, network element, or service provided under this Agreement or any other service related to thereto or use any of the services provided used in this Agreement combination therewith in any manner that interferes with or impairs service over any facilities of either Party, its affiliated companies or other connecting CN:09012016-5524 000028 Telecommunications Carriers, prevents other persons any carrier from using their service its Telecommunications Service, impairs the quality or destroys the normal quality privacy of service Telecommunications Service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s End Users, and subject causes hazards to notice and a reasonable opportunity either Party’s personnel or the public, damage to either Party’s or any connecting carrier’s facilities or equipment, including any malfunction of the offending Party to cure any violationordering or billing systems or equipment. Upon such occurrence, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if for so long as the other Party violates is violating this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of . Upon any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicableviolation, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and shall provide the other Party with notice of the opportunity to correct violation at the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicableearliest practicable time. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 19.6 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers End Users and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible 19.7 Upon OE-LEC signature, OE-LEC shall provide AT&T-12STATE with OE-LEC’s state-specific authorized and nationally recognized OCN/AECN for administering NXX codes assigned to itInterconnection. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 19.8 Each Party shall be responsible for programming labor relations with its own employees. Each Party agrees to notify the other Party as soon as practicable whenever such Party has knowledge that a labor dispute concerning its employees is delaying or threatens to delay such Party’s timely performance of its obligations under this Agreement and updating their separate networks shall endeavor to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned minimize impairment of service to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed Party (for example, by using its management personnel to perform work or as otherwise expressly defined by other means) in this Agreement, neither the event of a labor dispute to the extent permitted by Applicable Law. 19.9 Each Party shall impose any fees act in good faith in its performance under this Agreement and, in each case in which a Party’s consent or charges on the other agreement is required or requested hereunder, such Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block unreasonably withhold or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partydelay such consent or agreement.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] CHARTER and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ TRI-COUNTY shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s), CHARTER will provide TRI-COUNTY with a six (6) month non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting, of Trunking requirements will be provided by CHARTER to TRI-COUNTY as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents the other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to the other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s End Users. Subject to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 14, and subject which shall deem to include notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public.to 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers and End Users and to other Telecommunications CarriersProviders. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia Technologies for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches, Tandems and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the applicable ILEC Mandatory Local Calling Scope to the other Party. All updates and network programming activities necessary to activate new NXX codes, as provided in the LERG, shall be completed in a timely fashion. In extraordinary circumstances, and after notice to the other Party, either Party may seek an additional forty-eight (48) hours to complete such tasks. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at such Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties 21.1 SWBT and Optel shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall each use commercially reasonable their best efforts to comply with meet the Implementation ScheduleInterconnection Activation Dates. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 21.2 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which that are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable the standard format compatible with SWBT's network as referenced in Bellcore's BOC Notes on LEC Networks Practice No. SR-TSV-002275, and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable standard format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The the National Network Security Plan and The the Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 21.3 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services or elements provided in this Agreement in any manner that interferes with other persons in the use of their service, prevents other persons from using their service service, or destroys otherwise impairs the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customersend users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if service, but only for so long as the other Party violates is violating this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If . Upon such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicableviolation, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and shall provide the other Party with notice of the opportunity to correct violation at the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicableearliest practicable time. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 21.4 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers end users and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned 21.5 The Parties shall work cooperatively to itminimize fraud associated with third-number billed calls, calling card calls, and any other services related to this Agreement. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings 21.6 At all times during the term of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each this Agreement, each Party shall use keep and maintain in force at each Party's expense all insurance required by law (e.g. workers' compensation insurance) as GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS PAGE 33 OF 52 SWBT/Optel J130 well as general liability insurance for personal injury or death to any one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury for property damage. Upon request from the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and other Party, each Party shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self insurance). 21.7 In addition to its indemnity obligations under Section 25.0, each Party shall provide, in its tariffs and contracts with its end users that relate to any Telecommunications Service provided or as otherwise expressly defined in contemplated under this Agreement, neither that in no case shall such Party shall impose or any fees of its agents, contractors or charges on others retained by such parties be liable to any end user or third party for (i) any Loss relating to or arising out of this Agreement, whether in contract or tort, that exceeds the other amount such Party would have charged the applicable end user for the service(s) or function(s) that gave rise to such activitiesLoss, and (ii) any Consequential Damages. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove21.8 Unless otherwise stated, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately each Party will render a monthly ▇▇▇▇ to the responsible originating partyother for service(s) provided hereunder. Remittance in full will be due within thirty (30) days of that billing date. Interest shall apply on overdue amounts (other than disputed amounts which are subject to Section 30.12) at the rate specified in Section 30.12, unless otherwise specified in an applicable tariff Each Party reserves the right to net delinquent amounts against amounts otherwise due the other. 21.9 SWBT is participating with the industry to develop standardized methods through the OBF and shall implement ordering and billing formats/processes consistent with industry guidelines as capabilities are deployed. Where such guidelines are not available or SWBT decides not to fully utilize industry guidelines, SWBT will provide Optel with information on its ordering and billing format/process and requirements at the earliest practicable time.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] TGTC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ CINGULAR shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each However, to the extent that either Party is unable to measure such traffic, compensation will be based on the Mobile/Land ratio as provided in Appendix A. Each party is solely responsible for its own participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, paragraphs 7.4 & 7.5 either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No However, should it be determined that the service discontinuance was in error or that the fault was not in the network of the Party to whom service to a circuit, facility or particular item of equipment was discontinued, then an allowance for interruption shall be due from the discontinuing Party to the Party to whom service was discontinued. Such allowance will equal a prorated amount for each day or fraction thereof for which service was interrupted. Any service allowances due under this agreement must be applicablerequested. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party's expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers' compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage of bodily injury for property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] LEVEL 3 and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ RGTC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty, (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s), LEVEL 3 will provide RGTC with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional, forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ to RGTC as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s end users. Subject to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 14, and subject which shall deem to include notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia Technologies for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches, Tandems and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the Mandatory Local Calling Scope to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of suc h insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than forty-five (45) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”)) except that Parties shall activate the exchange of Local Traffic under this Agreement no later than ten (10) days from the Effective Date. Both [LEC] Lakeland Telecom and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Milltown Mutual Telephone Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 . Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s customers, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 7.3 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 7.4 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 7.5 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.6 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or all 7.7 Milltown Mutual Telephone Company shall program and update its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming Central Office Switches and updating their separate networks End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to Lakeland Telecom. Lakeland Telecom shall do the other Partysame with respect its network for recognizing and routing traffic to Milltown Mutual Telephone Company’s NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than sixty (60) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] CCCI and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ALLTEL shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two-way direct Trunk(s) or one-way Trunk(s) as provided in Section 4.5.1, each Party will provide to the other Party a six (6) month non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide for (i) providing facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for (ii) delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to (iii) terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for its participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not be allowed to interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 7.8 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange exchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either a Party upon 30 days’ 30-days written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement.Agreement by such other Party 7.8 7.9 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 7.10 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 7.11 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for its own independent connection to the 911/E911 network. 7.13 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party 7.14 CCCI shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks routinely update its Tandem, End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to ALLTEL. ALLTEL shall do the other Partysame with respect to its network for recognizing and routing traffic to CCCI’s NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties 7.15 At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at its own expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of 10.1 Each Party to this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] will be responsible for the accuracy and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use commercially reasonable efforts quality of its data as submitted to comply with the Implementation Scheduleother Party. 7.2 10.2 The Parties shall exchange good faithtype of originating calling number transmitted depends on the protocol of the trunk signaling used for interconnection. Traditional protocol will be used with Multi-Frequency (MF) and SS7 signaling, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their ANI will be sent from the originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary Party’s End Office switch to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationterminating Party’s tandem or End Office switch. 7.3 10.3 It is the responsibility of each Party to originate and transmit complete and unaltered calling party number (CPN), as received by an originating party. Where one Party is passing Calling Party Number (CPN) but the other Party is not properly receiving information, the Parties will cooperate to jurisdictionalize and rate the traffic correctly. Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which that are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable the standard format as referenced in Telcordia Technologies BOC Notes on LEC Networks Practice No. SR-TSV-002275, and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable standard format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The the National Network Security Plan and The the Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 10.4 Each Party is responsible to input required data into Routing Data Base Systems (RDBS) and into the Telcordia Technologies Rating Administrative Data Systems (example: BRADS) or other appropriate system(s) necessary to update the LERG unless negotiated otherwise. 10.5 Neither Party shall use any Interconnection, function, facility, product, network element, or service provided under this Agreement or any other service related to thereto or use any of the services provided used in this Agreement combination therewith in any manner that interferes with or impairs service over any facilities of either Party, its affiliated companies or other connecting Telecommunications Carriers, prevents other persons any carrier from using their service its Telecommunications Service, impairs the quality or destroys the normal quality privacy of service Telecommunications Service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s End Users, and subject causes hazards to notice and a reasonable opportunity either Party’s personnel or the public, damage to either Party’s or any connecting carrier’s facilities or equipment, including any malfunction of the offending Party to cure any violationordering or billing systems or equipment. Upon such occurrence, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if for so long as the other Party violates is violating this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of . Upon any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicableviolation, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and shall provide the other Party with notice of the opportunity to correct violation at the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicableearliest practicable time. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 10.6 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers End Users and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible 10.7 Upon LEC signature, LEC shall provide AT&T-12STATE with LEC’s state-specific authorized and nationally recognized OCN/AECN for administering NXX codes assigned to itInterconnection. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 10.8 Each Party shall be responsible for programming labor relations with its own employees. Each Party agrees to notify the other Party as soon as practicable whenever such Party has knowledge that a labor dispute concerning its employees is delaying or threatens to delay such Party’s timely performance of its obligations under this Agreement and updating their separate networks shall endeavor to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned minimize impairment of service to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed Party (for example, by using its management personnel to perform work or as otherwise expressly defined by other means) in this Agreement, neither the event of a labor dispute to the extent permitted by Applicable Law. 10.9 Each Party shall impose any fees act in good faith in its performance under this Agreement and, in each case in which a Party’s consent or charges on the other agreement is required or requested hereunder, such Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block unreasonably withhold or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partydelay such consent or agreement.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] PCTC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ USCC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s) or one-way trunks as provided in Section 4.5.1, each Party will provide to the other Party a six (6) month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by USCC to PCTC as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide for (i) providing facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for (ii) delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate (iii) terminating the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each Each Party is solely responsible for its participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not be allowed to interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 7.8 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange exchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either a Party upon 30 days’ 30-days written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this AgreementAgreement by such other Party. 7.8 7.9 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 7.10 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 7.11 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for its own independent connections to the 911/E911 network. 7.13 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party 7.14 PCTC shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks routinely update its End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to USCC. USCC shall do the other Partysame with respect to its network for recognizing and routing traffic to PCTC’s NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties 7.15 At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at its own expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] CHARTER and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ TCCC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty, (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s), CHARTER will provide TCCC with a six (6) calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting, of Trunking requirements will be provided by CHARTER to TCCC as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible responsible: (i) to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's network and ’s network; (ii) for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and and; (iii) to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s end users. Subject to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 14, and subject which shall be deemed to include notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipme nt of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement.such temporary interruption 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia Technologies for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the Mandatory Local Calling Scope to the other Party. All updates and network programming activities necessary to activate new NXX codes shall be completed by the time in which the code becomes effective in the LERG. In extraordinary circumstances, and after notice to the other Party, either Party may seek an additional seventy-two (72) hours to complete such tasks. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties 20.1 SWBT and CLEC shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall each use commercially reasonable their best efforts to comply with meet the Implementation ScheduleInterconnection Activation Dates. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 20.2 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which that are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable the standard format compatible with SWBT's network as referenced in Bellcore's BOC Notes on LEC Networks Practice No. SR-TSV-002275, and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable standard format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The the National Network Security Plan and The the Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 20.3 Each Party shall, unless otherwise agreed, adhere to the requirements for the recording, record exchange, and billing of traffic using the guidelines as set forth in the Technical Exhibit Settlement Procedures (TESP), previously provided by SWBT to CLEC. Reference to this technical publication is included in Appendix TP which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. 20.4 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services or elements provided in this Agreement in any manner that interferes with other persons in the use of their service, prevents other persons from using their service service, or destroys otherwise impairs the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customersend users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if service, but only for so long as the other Party violates is violating this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If . Upon such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicableviolation, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and shall provide the other Party with notice of the opportunity to correct violation at the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicableearliest practicable time. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 20.5 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers end users and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned 20.6 The Parties shall work cooperatively to itminimize fraud associated with third-number billed calls, calling card calls, and any other services related to this Agreement. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings 20.7 At all times during the term of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each this Agreement, each Party shall use keep and maintain in force at each Party's expense all insurance required by law (e.g. workers' compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or death to any one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury for property damage. Upon request from the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and other Party, each Party shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self insurance, in which case bonds, letters of credit, or as otherwise expressly defined escrows will be established in comport with mutual agreement). 20.8 In addition to its indemnity obligations under Section 26.0, each Party shall provide, in its tariffs and contracts with its end users that relate to any Telecommunications Service provided or contemplated under this Agreement, neither that in no case shall such Party shall impose or any fees of its agents, contractors or charges on others retained by such parties be liable to any end user or third party for (i) any Loss relating to or arising out of this Agreement, whether in contract or tort, that exceeds the other amount such Party would have charged the applicable end user for the service(s) or function(s) that gave rise to such activitiesLoss, and (ii) any Consequential Damages (as defined in Section 26.3 below). 7.13 The Parties shall not remove20.9 Unless otherwise stated, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately each Party will render a monthly ▇▇▇▇ to the responsible originating partyother for service(s) provided hereunder. Remittance in full will be due within thirty (30) days of that billing date. Interest shall apply on overdue amounts (other than Disputed Amounts which are subject to Section 28.12) at the rate specified in Section 28.12, unless otherwise specified in an applicable tariff. Each Party reserves the right to net delinquent amounts against amounts otherwise due the other. 20.10 SWBT is participating with the industry to develop standardized methods through the OBF and shall implement ordering and billing formats/processes consistent with industry guidelines as capabilities are deployed. Where such guidelines are not available SWBT will provide CLEC with information on its ordering and billing format/process and requirements at the earliest practicable time.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Not later than forty-five (45) days from the Effective Date, the Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and SPRINT shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting two way direct Trunk(s), SPRINT will provide ▇▇▇▇▇▇ with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by SPRINT to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.that

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] AMERY and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ VERIZON WIRELESS shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Each Prior to requesting additional Trunks to the two-way direct Type-2A or Type-2B Interconnection facilities as provided in Section 4.2, Section 4.3 and Section 4.5.2, each Party will provide to the other Party a six (6) month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by VERIZON WIRELESS to AMERY as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party is individually responsible to provide for (i) providing facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for (ii) delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate (iii) terminating the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to its End User or, in the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each case of AMERY, to a third party network identified in Appendix C. Each Party is solely responsible for its participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s End Users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not be allowed to interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 7.8 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange exchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either a Party upon 30 days’ written notice to approval from the other Party Public Service Commission of Wisconsin for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this AgreementAgreement by such other Party. 7.8 7.9 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for administering NPA-NXXs and NPA-NXX-Xs assigned to it. 7.11 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") LERG listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for its own independent connections to the 911/E911 network. 7.13 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 7.14 Each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks routinely update its Tandem Switch, End Office Switches, MSC and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those NPA-NXXs, NPA-NXX-Xs, and LRNs assigned to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating party.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of 10.1 Each Party to this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] will be responsible for the accuracy and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use commercially reasonable efforts quality of its data as submitted to comply with the Implementation Scheduleother Party. 7.2 10.2 The Parties shall exchange good faithtype of originating calling number transmitted depends on the protocol of the trunk signaling used for interconnection. Tradit ional protocol will be used with Multi-Frequency (MF) and SS7 signaling, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their ANI will be sent from the originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary Party’s End Office switch to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationterminating Party’s tandem or End Office switch. 7.3 10.3 Where applicable, it is the responsibility of each Party t o originate and transmit complete and unaltered calling party number (CPN), as received by an originating party. Where one Party is passing Calling Party Number (CPN) but the other Party is not properly receiving information, the Parties will cooperate to jurisdictionalize and rate the traffic correctly. Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which that are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of deliveri ng such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable the standard format as referenced in Telcordia Technologies BOC Notes on LEC Networks Practice No. SR-TSV-002275, and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable standard format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The the National Network Security Plan and The the Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 10.4 Each Party is responsible to input required data into Rout ing Data Base Systems (RDBS) and into the Telcordia Technologies Rating Administrative Data Systems (example: BRADS) or other appropriate system(s) necessary to update the LERG unless negotiated otherwise. 10.5 Neither Party shall use any Interconnection, func tion, facility, product, network element, or service provided under this Agreement or any other service related to thereto or use any of the services provided used in this Agreement combination therewith in any manner that interferes with or impairs service over any facilities of either Party, its affiliat ed companies or other connecting Telecommunications Carriers, prevents other persons any carrier from using their service its Telecommunications Service, impairs the quality or destroys the normal quality privacy of service Telecommunications Service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s End Users, and subject causes hazards to notice and a reasonable opportunity either Party’s personnel or the public, damage to either Party’s or any connecting carrier’s facilities or equipment, including any malfunction of the offending Party to cure any violationordering or billing systems or equipment. Upon such occurrence, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if ser vice for so long as the other Party violates is violating this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of provision only upon written notice with 30 day cure period after notice receipt. Upon any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicableviolation, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and shall provide the other Party with notice of the opportunity to correct violation at the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicableearliest practicable time. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 10.6 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers End Users and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible 10.7 Upon ICG signature, ICG shall provide SBC ILEC with LEC’s state -specific authorized and nationally recognized OCN/AECN for administering NXX codes assigned to itInte rconnection. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 10.8 Each Party shall be responsible for programming labor relations with its own employees. Each Party agrees to notify the other Party as soon as practicable whenever such Party has knowledge that a labor dispute concerning its employees is delaying or threatens to delay such Party’s timely performance of its obligations under this Agreement and updating their separate networks shall endeavor to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned minimize impairment of service to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed Party (for example, by using its management personnel to perform work or as otherwise expressly defined by other means) in this Agreement, neither the event of a labor dispute to the extent permitted by Applicable Law. 10.9 Each Party shall impose any fees act in good faith in its performance under this Agreement and, in each case in which a Party’s consent or charges on the other agreement is required or requested hereunder, such Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties shall not remove, block unr easonably withhold or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partydelay such consent or agreement.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ and ▇▇▇▇ VALLEY shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty, (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s), LEVEL 3 will provide ▇▇▇▇ VALLEY with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional, forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ to ▇▇▇▇ VALLEY as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s end users. Subject to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 14, and subject which shall deem to include notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue discont inue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public.to 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia Technologies for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming sha ll program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the Mandatory Local Calling Scope to the other Party. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements 5.1 Upon request by the other Party, thirty (30) days after the Effective Date of this Agreement Agreement, and no more than once in each six month period thereafter, each shall provide the other Party with a rolling, six (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith6) calendar month, non-binding good faith forecast of its IntraLATA Toll, Local and ISP Traffic and volume requirements for the services provided under this Agreement in the form and in such detail as agreed by the Parties. The Parties agr ee that each forecast provided under this Sections shall be deemed "Proprietary Information" under this Agreement. The Parties shall also exchange non-proprietary technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required assure IntraLATA Toll, Local and ISP Traffic completion to assure traffic terminationand from all Customers in their respective designated service areas. 7.3 5.2 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable format an industry standard format, and to terminate the traffic IntraLATA Toll, Local and ISP Traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable standard format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either 5.2.1. Each Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 The characteristics use protective network traffic management controls such as 7-digit and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of 10-digit code gaps on traffic toward the other Party's network, its affiliated companieswhen required to protect the public switched network from congestion due to facility failures, switch congestion or its connecting failure or 5.2.3. The Parties shall cooperate and concurring carriers involved share pre-planning information regarding cross-network call- ins expected to generate large or focused temporary increases in its services; call volumes, to prevent or cause damage to mitigate the other Party’s plant, impair impact of these events on the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the publicpublic switched network. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 5.3 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 5.4 The Parties shall work cooperatively to minimize fraud associated with third-number billed calls, calling card calls, and any other services related to this Agreement. 5.5 Each Party is responsible for administering the NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 5.6 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide listings of Common Carrier Language Location Identifier ("LERGCLLI") listings of CLLI codes assigned to its switches, and complying with LERG Rules and Guidelines. 7.11 5.7 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 5.8 Each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its own Central Office Switches and End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to and from the other Party's assigned NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 5.9 Each Party is responsible for obtaining transport facilities sufficient to handle traffic between its network and the other Party's network without excessive blocking of either originating or terminating traffic. For purposes of this paragraph a P.01 grade of service will be deemed sufficient. Each Party may provide the facilities itself, order them through a third party, or order them from the other Party. 5.10 Each Party is responsible for requesting interconnection to the other Party's CCIS network where SS7 signaling on the trunk group(s) is desired. Each Party shall connect to a pair of access STPs in each LATA where traffic will be exchanged or shall arrange for signaling connectivity through a third party provider which is connected to the other Party's signaling network; provided, however, that the Parties may also employ direct SS7 connection between each other via B/D links. The Parties shall not remove, block or otherwise “strip” any data from establish interconnection at the signaling stream for calls generated on STP and other points as necessary and as jointly agreed to by the Parties. 5.11 The Parties will cooperate in the exchange of TCAP messages to facilitate full interoperability of CCIS-based features between their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call networks, including all CLASS features and functions, to the end user extent each Party offers such features and functions to accurately ▇▇▇▇ its own End Users and to the responsible originating party.extent the Parties have access to such current CLASS features. All CCIS signaling parameters deployed by both Parties will be provided including CPN. All privacy indicators will be honored

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic termination. 7.3 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, and billing traffic from the other Party's network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 . Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customerscustomers, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plant, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the facilities or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstances. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 7.2 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 7.3 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("LERG") listings of CLLI codes the Common Language Location Identifier (“CLLI”) assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.4 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia or its successor for obtaining routing information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 7.5 SS7 Out of Band Signaling (CCS/SS7) shall be the signaling of choice for interconnecting trunks, where it is technically feasible for both Parties. Use of a third party provider of SS7 trunks, for connecting Cingular to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ systems is permitted. Such connections shall meet generally accepted industry technical standards. 7.6 911/E911 Each Party shall be responsible for programming and updating their separate networks to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned it’s own independent connections to the other Party. Except as 911/E911 network. 7.7 The Parties will work cooperatively to install and maintain reliable interconnected telecommunications networks, including but not limited to, maintenance contact numbers and escalation procedures. 7.8 Each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the relevant, mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreementupon point of interconnection, neither and each Party shall impose any fees or charges on will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the other Party for such activitiesmutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. 7.13 The Parties shall 7.9 Sandhill will offer and provide to Cingular B8ZS Extended Superframe Format (“ESF”) facilities, where available. 7.10 Sandhill will provide applicable alarm systems that are at a level of quality that is equal to that which Sandhill provides itself, a subsidiary, an affiliate, or any other party. At a minimum, Sandhill will design interconnection facilities to meet the same technical criteria and service standards that are used within Sandhill's network. This provision is not removelimited to a consideration of service quality as perceived by end users, block or otherwise “strip” any data from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used and includes, but is not limited to, service quality as perceived by the party terminating the call to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyCingular.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] MATC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ USCC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s) or one-way trunks as provided in Section 4.5.1, each Party will provide to the other Party a six (6) month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional forecasting of Trunking 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide for (i) providing facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for (ii) delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate (iii) terminating the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each Each Party is solely responsible for its participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Services provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers or to either Party's Customers’s end users, and subject to notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision. 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not be allowed to interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 7.8 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange exchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either a Party upon 30 days’ 30-days written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this AgreementAgreement by such other Party. 7.8 7.9 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 7.10 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 7.11 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for its own independent connections to the 911/E911 network. 7.13 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party 7.14 MATC shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks routinely update its End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned to USCC. USCC shall do the other Partysame with respect to its network for recognizing and routing traffic to MATC’s NXX codes. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties 7.15 At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at its own expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 7.1 The Parties shall jointly develop a schedule for promptly implementing all requirements of this Agreement (“Implementation Schedule”). Both [LEC] LEVEL 3 and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ RUC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Implementation Schedule. 7.2 The Parties shall exchange good faith, non-binding technical descriptions and forecasts of their originating traffic in sufficient detail necessary to establish the interconnections required to assure traffic terminationTermination. 7.3 Sixty, (60) days prior to requesting additional two-way direct Trunk(s), LEVEL 3 will provide RUC with a six (6) month calendar month, non-binding forecast of its Trunking requirements. Additional, forecasting of Trunking requirements will be provided by ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ to RUC as mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Parties agree that each forecast provided under this Section shall be deemed “Proprietary Information”. 7.4 Each Party is individually responsible to provide facilities within its network which are necessary for routing, transporting, measuring, measuring and billing traffic from the other Party's ’s network and for delivering of such traffic to the other Party's ’s network in a mutually acceptable format and to terminate the traffic it receives in that mutually acceptable format to the proper address on its network. Such facility shall be designed based upon the description provided under Section 4.0 above. The Parties are each solely responsible for participation in and compliance with national network plans, including The National Network Security Plan and The Emergency Preparedness Plan. 7.4 7.5 Neither Party shall use any service related to or use any of the services Interconnection Facilities provided in this Agreement in any manner that prevents other persons Party from using their service or destroys the normal quality of service to other carriers Party or to either Party's Customers’s end users. Subject to the dispute resolution provisio ns of Section 14, and subject which shall deem to include notice and a reasonable opportunity of the offending Party to cure any violation, either Party may discontinue or refuse service if the other Party violates this provision.reasonable 7.5 7.6 The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of one Party connected with the servicescircuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party shall not interfere with or impair service over any circuits, facilities or equipment of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services; or cause damage to the other Party’s plantcircuits, facilities or equipment, impair the privacy of any communications carried over the circuits, facilities or equipment or create hazards to the employees of the other Party, its affiliated Affiliate companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers or the public. 7.6 7.7 If such characteristics or methods of operation are not in accordance with the preceding paragraph, either party Party will notify the other Party that temporary discontinuance of the circuit, facility or equipment may be required; however, when prior notice is not practicable, either Party may forthwith temporarily discontinue the use of a circuit, facility or equipment if such action is reasonable under the circumstancescircumstance. In such case of temporary discontinuance, either Party will notify the other Party immediately by telephone and provide the other Party with the opportunity to correct the condition that gave rise to the temporary discontinuance. No allowance for interruption will be applicable. 7.7 The physical connection of facilities and interexchange of traffic may be temporarily discontinued by either Party upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for repeated or willful violation of or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement. 7.8 Each Party is solely responsible for the services it provides to its Customers customers and to other Telecommunications Carriers. 7.9 Each Party is responsible for administering NXX codes assigned to it. 7.10 Each Party is responsible for obtaining Local Exchange Routing Guide ("“LERG"”) listings of CLLI Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes assigned to its switches. 7.11 Each Party shall use the LERG published by Bellcore Telcordia Technologies, or its successor successor, for obtaining routing route information and shall provide all required information to Bellcore or its successors Telcordia Technologies for maintaining the LERG in a timely manner. 7.12 Each Party shall be responsible for programming program and updating their separate networks update its End Office Switches and network systems to recognize and route traffic to valid NXX codes including those assigned within the Mandatory Local Calling Scope as defined by the Commission to the other PartyParty in a manner that preserves local dialing parity. Except as mutually agreed or as otherwise expressly defined in this Agreement, neither Party shall impose any fees or charges on the other Party for such activities. 7.13 The Parties At all times during the term of this Agreement, each Party shall not removekeep and maintain in force at each Party’s expense all insurance required by law (e.g., block workers’ compensation insurance) as well as general liability insurance for personal injury or otherwise “strip” death to any data one person, property damage resulting from any one incident, automobile liability with coverage for bodily injury and property damage. Upon request from the signaling stream for calls generated on their respective networks which can otherwise be used by the party terminating the call other Party, each Party shall provide to the end user to accurately ▇▇▇▇ the responsible originating partyother Party evidence of such insurance (which may be provided through a program of self-insurance).