Local Traffic Reciprocal Compensation Interconnection Points Clause Samples

The "Local Traffic Reciprocal Compensation Interconnection Points" clause defines the locations and arrangements where two telecommunications carriers interconnect their networks to exchange local traffic and settle reciprocal compensation. In practice, this clause specifies the physical or virtual points where calls originating and terminating within the same local area are handed off between carriers, and outlines the technical and operational requirements for these interconnection points. Its core function is to ensure that both parties have a clear, agreed-upon framework for exchanging local traffic and compensating each other, thereby preventing disputes and facilitating efficient network interoperability.
Local Traffic Reciprocal Compensation Interconnection Points. 7.1.1 Except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, the Interconnection Points (“IPs”) from which Reconex will provide transport and termination of Local Traffic to its Customers (“Reconex-IPs”) shall be as follows: 7.1.1.1 For each LATA in which Reconex requests to interconnect with Verizon, except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, Reconex shall establish a Reconex IP in each Verizon Rate Center Area (or Exchange Area) where Reconex chooses to assign telephone numbers to its Customers. Reconex shall establish such Reconex-IP consistent with the methods of interconnection and interconnection trunking architectures that it will use pursuant to Section 2 of this Attachment. 7.1.1.2 At any time that Reconex establishes a Collocation site at a Verizon End Office Wire Center in a LATA in which Reconex is interconnected or requesting interconnection with Verizon, either Party may request in writing that such Reconex Collocation site be established as the Reconex-IP for traffic originated by Verizon Customers served by that End Office. Upon such request, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith mutually acceptable arrangements for the transition to such Reconex-IP. If the Parties have not reached agreement on such arrangements within thirty (30) days, (a) either Party may pursue available dispute resolution mechanisms; and, (b) Reconex shall ▇▇▇▇ and Verizon shall pay the lesser of the negotiated intercarrier compensation rate or the End Office reciprocal compensation rate for the relevant traffic less Verizon’s transport rate, tandem switching rate (to the extent traffic is tandem switched), and other costs (to the extent that Verizon purchases such transport from Reconex or a third party), from the originating Verizon End Office to the receiving Reconex-IP. 7.1.1.3 In any LATA where the Parties are already interconnected prior to the effective date of this Agreement, Reconex may maintain existing IPs, except that Verizon may request in writing to transition such Reconex-IPs to the Reconex-IPs described in subsections 7.1.1.1 and 7.1.1.2,above. Upon such request, the Parties shall negotiate a mutually satisfactory arrangements for the transition to IPs that conform to subsections 7.1.1.1 and 7.1.1.2, above. If the Parties have not reached agreement on such arrangements within thirty (30) days, (a) either Party may pursue available dispute resolution mechanisms; and, (b) Reconex shall ▇▇▇▇ and Verizon shall pay only the lesser of the negotiated intercarrier compe...
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Local Traffic Reciprocal Compensation Interconnection Points. 7.1.1 Except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, the Interconnection Points (“IPs”) from which NOS will provide transport and termination of Local Traffic to its Customers (“NOS-IPs”) shall be as follows: 7.1.1.1 For each LATA in which NOS requests to interconnect with Verizon, except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, NOS shall establish a NOS IP in each Verizon Rate Center Area (or Exchange Area) where NOS chooses to assign telephone numbers to its Customers. NOS shall establish such NOS-IP consistent with the methods of interconnection and interconnection trunking architectures that it will use pursuant to Section 2 of this Attachment. 7.1.1.2 At any time that NOS establishes a Collocation site at a Verizon End Office Wire Center in a LATA in which NOS is interconnected or requesting interconnection with Verizon, either Party may request in writing that such NOS Collocation site be established as the NOS-IP for traffic originated by Verizon Customers served by that End Office. Upon such request, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith mutually acceptable arrangements for the transition to such NOS-IP. If the Parties have not reached agreement on such arrangements within thirty (30) days, (a) either Party may pursue available dispute resolution mechanisms; and,
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Local Traffic Reciprocal Compensation Interconnection Points. 7.1.1 Except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, the Interconnection Points (“IPs”) from which Premiere will provide transport and termination of Local Traffic to its Customers (“Premiere-IPs”) shall be as follows:
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