Common use of Number Portability (NP) Clause in Contracts

Number Portability (NP). 1.2.1 Each Party will provide Local Number Portability and obtain End User authorization in accordance with the Act, and applicable FCC rules, regulations and orders. 1.2.2 A Party requesting a number to be ported must send the other providing Party a Local Service Request (LSR). If a Party requests that the other Party port a number, the Parties shall follow the “Local Number Portability Ordering Process” set forth in CenturyLink Standard Practices that complies with applicable FCC rules, regulations and order. 1.2.2.1 Notwithstanding anything herein or in a related document or Standard Practices, the LSR will have a requested due date that is not less than the standard provisioning intervals as established by FCC approved rules, regulations and orders. 1.2.2.2 Notwithstanding anything herein or in a related document or Standard Practices, both Parties agree to provide a Firm Order Confirmation (FOC) and Customer Service Records (CSRs) to the Recipient Party within the time frame established by FCC rules, regulations and orders for a "clean" simple port request LSR. A clean simple port request means that the Party submitting the LSR port request did so accurately without errors in the FCC required validation fields. 1.2.2.3 Notwithstanding anything herein or in a related document or Standard Practices, the minimum porting interval for simple ports shall be as set forth by the FCC regardless of order volume.