Common use of Trunking Clause in Contracts

Trunking. ‌ 4.2.1 Trunking will be established at the DS-1 level or DS-0 level, and facilities will be established at the DS-1 level, or higher, as agreed upon by the Parties. All trunking will be jointly engineered to an objective P.01 grade of service. The Parties may utilize additional end office trunking depending upon traffic volume. 4.2.2 Where ALLTEL is a 911 provider, separate trunks connecting SPRINT’s switch to ALLTEL’s E911 routers will be established by SPRINT. If SPRINT purchases such services from ALLTEL, they will be provided at applicable tariff rates. For all 911/E911 traffic originating from SPRINT, it is the responsibility of SPRINT and the appropriate state or local public safety-answering agency to negotiate the manner in which 911/E911 traffic from SPRINT will be processed. 4.2.3 SPRINT will not route traffic to ALLTEL’s local end office switches to act as a tandem on SPRINT’s behalf nor will ALLTEL route traffic to SPRINT’s local end office switches to act as a tandem on ALLTEL's behalf. 4.2.4 This Agreement is applicable only to ALLTEL’s serving areas. ALLTEL will not be responsible for interconnections or contracts relating to any of SPRINT’s interconnection with any other Carrier.