Common use of Optional EAS Traffic Clause in Contracts

Optional EAS Traffic. Optional EAS Traffic is local calling scope traffic that, under defined optional rate packages chosen by the End User, terminates at a physical location outside of that End User’s Local Calling Area or mandatory Extended Area Service (EAS). Optional EAS is an EAS calling plan that is not required or mandated by the FCC or the Commission but is voluntarily offered by a Party. An EAS calling plan that is required or mandated by the FCC or the Commission is a mandatory EAS plan irrespective of whether or not mandatory EAS area is only available to end users who affirmatively elect or opt to take advantage of such wider local calling area and irrespective of whether such end users must pay an additional charge in order to have the benefit of such mandatory EAS area.