Mid-Span Meet Clause Samples

A Mid-Span Meet clause defines the point at which two telecommunications networks interconnect, typically at a mutually agreed location between the parties’ respective facilities. This clause specifies the technical and operational requirements for the interconnection, such as the type of equipment used, the division of responsibilities for maintenance, and the allocation of costs associated with the meet point. Its core practical function is to ensure a clear, coordinated, and efficient handoff of network traffic between providers, minimizing disputes and technical issues related to network interconnection.
Mid-Span Meet. Either Party may request Interconnection through a Mid-Span Meet for the exchange of Local Traffic, ISP Bound Traffic and Tandem Transit Traffic. 4.7.1 A Mid-Span Meet is a fiber connection arrangement whereby the Parties physically interconnect their networks via an optical fiber interface (as opposed to an electrical interface). The Mid-Span Meet is the location where one Party's facilities, provisioning, maintenance, and financial responsibility, begins and the other Party's responsibility ends. 4.7.2 If both Parties mutually agree to Interconnect pursuant to a Mid-Span Meet, CENTURYLINK and CITIZENS shall jointly engineer and operate an OC-3 Synchronous Optical Network ("SONET") transmission system. The Parties shall interconnect their transmission and routing of Local Traffic, ISP Bound Traffic and Tandem Transit Traffic via a local channel facility at the DS1 Level. The Parties shall work jointly to determine the specific transmission system. CENTURYLINK's transmission equipment must be compatible with CITIZENS's equipment. 4.7.3 CENTURYLINK shall, wholly at its own expense, procure, install and maintain the agreed upon equipment in the CENTURYLINK End Office Switch. CITIZENS shall, wholly at its own expense, procure, install and maintain the agreed upon equipment in the CITIZENS End Office Switch. 4.7.4 CITIZENS and CENTURYLINK shall mutually designate a Mid-Span Meet within the borders of the CITIZENS exchange area. CITIZENS shall make all necessary preparations to receive, and to allow and enable CENTURYLINK to deliver, fiber optic facilities into the Mid-Span Meet with sufficient spare length to reach the splice point at the Mid-Span Meet. 4.7.5 CENTURYLINK shall deliver and maintain its fiber strands wholly at its own expense. CITIZENS shall deliver and maintain its fiber strands wholly at its own expense. Upon verbal request by CENTURYLINK, CITIZENS shall allow CENTURYLINK access to the Mid-Span Meet entry point for maintenance purposes as promptly as possible. 4.7.6 The Parties shall jointly coordinate and undertake maintenance of the transmission system. Each Party shall be responsible for maintaining the components of their own transmission system. 4.7.7 Each Party will be responsible for providing its own transport facilities to the Mid-Span Meet. 4.7.8 The Parties will mutually agree on the appropriate sizing for the facilities. The capacity of Interconnection Facilities provided by each Party will be based on mutual forecasts and sound en...
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Mid-Span Meet. The Parties may mutually agree to bear their own cost of transport from the “IP” to each Party’s initial point of switching. Absent such agreement the method of compensation will be common transport or dedicated transport at the rates listed in Appendix B. If the dedicated transport option is chosen, each Party’s charges will be reduced to reflect the proportionate share of the facility that is used for transport of traffic originated by the other Party. The Parties will negotiate an initial factor(s) representative of the proportionate share of traffic exempt from local compensation. This factor will be updated quarterly in a like manner or as often as the Parties otherwise agree. Once the traffic that is exempt from local compensation can be measured, the actual exempt traffic will be used rather than the above factor.
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