Common use of Provision of Local Number Portability Clause in Contracts

Provision of Local Number Portability. Each Party shall provide, to the extent technically feasible, service provider local Number Portability, subject to the Act, regulations thereunder and relevant FCC and Commission decisions. Until permanent Number Portability ("PNP") is available, each party shall provide Interim Number Portability ("INP"), through RCF and LERG reassignment, as described herein, immediately upon notification that CLEC is commencing facilities-based local exchange service on CLEC-provided facilities. Each Party shall provide INP through Flex DID and/or Route Indexing, as described below, no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of this agreement or immediately upon CLEC's notification that it is commencing facilities-based local exchange service on CLEC-provided facilities, which ever occurs later. Each Party will provide INP with minimum impairment of functionality, quality, reliability and convenience to the other Party's subscriber. Each Party will provide PNP as soon as it is technically feasible, in conformance with FCC rules and the Act.