Common use of Loop Testing Clause in Contracts

Loop Testing. 5.4.1 At NEN’s request GTE will provide coordinated testing of unbundled loops provisioned in a manner that will allow for the transmission of digital signals. GTE will notify NEN via a toll free telephone number, such as a local number or an 800/ 888 number, when any loop order is completed. Answer time for NEN’s test center should be within twenty (20) seconds with a maximum hold time of five (5) minutes. The GTE technician will remain available at the site for at least ten (10) minutes after the GTE technician has completed the order and notified NEN. During this ten minute window NEN may test the circuit and recontact the GTE technician if trouble is encountered. GTE will not perform routine testing of the unbundled loop for maintenance purposes. NEN will be required to provision a loop testing device either in its central office (switch location), Network Control Center or in its collocation arrangement to test the unbundled loop. GTE will perform repair and maintenance once trouble is identified by NEN. 5.4.2 All Loop facilities furnished by GTE on the premises of NEN's end-users and up to the network interface or functional equivalent are the property of GTE. GTE must have access to all such facilities for network management purposes. GTE employees and agents may enter said premises at any reasonable hour to test and inspect such facilities in connection with such purposes or, upon termination or cancellation of the Loop facility, to remove such facility. 5.4.3 GTE will provide loop transmission characteristics to NEN end-users which are equal to those provided to GTE end-users. 5.4.4 If NEN leases loops which are conditioned to transmit digital signals, as a part of that conditioning, GTE will test the loop and provide recorded test results to NEN. In maintenance and repair cases, if loop tests are taken, GTE will provide any recorded readings to NEN at time the trouble ticket is closed in the same manner as GTE provides to itself and its end-users.