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VoIP Traffic. (a) In accordance with and to the extent required by the FCC’s Order, In the Matter of Petition for Declaratory Ruling that AT&T’s Phone-to-Phone IP Telephony Services are Exempt from Access Charges, FCC 04-97, WC Docket No. 02-361 (released April 21, 2004) (“AT&T VOIP Order”), any VOIP Traffic exchanged between the Parties that is subject to such AT&T VOIP Order (“Phone-to-Phone VOIP Traffic”) shall pursuant to such Order be billed to the responsible Party at the applicable interstate switched access rates as set forth in the Parties’ relevant tariffs (including, for the avoidance of any doubt, with respect to both usage and applicable facilities). Should the treatment of traffic subject to the AT&T VOIP Order be modified by the FCC, by a court, or by other applicable federal law, such order or law shall be applied prospectively from the effective date of such order or law to the extent such order or law addresses Phone-to-Phone VOIP Traffic, and each Party reserves all rights to argue for or against retroactive application of that order or law. (b) Except as provided in subsection (a) above with respect to Phone-to-Phone VOIP Traffic, the Parties do not agree on whether (and, if so, what) compensation is due in connection with the exchange of VOIP Traffic. Accordingly, until such time as the FCC issues an effective order deciding whether reciprocal compensation, access or some other amount (or regime) constitutes the appropriate compensation due in connection with the exchange of VOIP Traffic (the “FCC VOIP Order”), each Party shall, with respect to VOIP Traffic other than Phone-to- Phone VOIP Traffic (which is addressed in subsection (a) above): (i) track and identify to the other Party sufficient information relating to its VOIP Traffic that is terminated to the other Party to enable the terminating Party to rate such traffic, (ii) conspicuously identify any charges it seeks to impose upon the other Party for termination of VOIP Traffic identified by the other Party to the extent such charges are in excess of the Unitary Rate, and (iii) upon receipt of an invoice from the other Party for charges arising from its termination of such VOIP Traffic, pay an amount no less than the amount that would be due if the Unitary Rate were applied to such VOIP Traffic. Without any probative value as to the merits of either Party’s position with respect to the appropriate compensation due on VOIP Traffic, the billed Party may dispute (and withhold payment of) any acce...
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VoIP Traffic. VoIP Traffic exchanged pursuant to this Agreement will be governed by the default provisions of USF/ICC Transformation Order FCC 11-161 (rel. November 18, 2011) as such order may be revised, reconsidered, modified or changed in the future. When such revisions, reconsiderations, modifications or changes are effective, such provisions shall be automatically incorporated into this Agreement. For clarity, and subject to any future revisions, reconsiderations, modifications or changes in the USF/ICC Transformation Order, interexchange VoIP traffic terminated to either Party is subject to access charges based on the appropriate access tariff, and local VoIP traffic terminated to either Party is subject to the reciprocal compensation provisions of this Agreement. The Parties agree access charges will comply with all FCC mirroring and default phase-down requirements
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VoIP Traffic. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Interconnection Agreements, in any tariff or SGAT, or under Applicable Law (including, without limitation, except as set forth in the last sentence of this section, any change to Applicable Law effected after the Effective Date), the Parties agree that, for purposes of this Amendment only: (i) VOIP Traffic shall be considered to be Telecommunications Traffic, and not Information Services Traffic; (ii) VOIP Traffic that is delivered to the Receiving Party with a CPN (or other accurate Call Record information) that is associated with an exchange outside the Verizon local calling area in which the Customer of the Receiving Party is physically located (“Type 2 VOIP Traffic”) shall not be subject to the Unitary Rates set forth in Section 1 above, but shall instead be subject to the Receiving Party’s applicable switched access rates; (iii) VOIP Traffic that is delivered to the Receiving Party with a CPN (or other accurate Call Record information) that is associated with the same local calling area (or the same LATA, in the case of the state of New York, so long as LATA-wide reciprocal compensation is required by the New York Public Service Commission) in which the Customer of the Receiving Party is physically located (“Type 1 VOIP Traffic”) shall be subject to the Unitary Rates set forth in Section 1 above; and (iv) VOIP Traffic that is delivered to the Receiving Party without CPN (or other accurate Call Record information) shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 1(f)-1(j). Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2, if, after the Effective Date, the FCC or Congress promulgates an effective and unstayed law, rule or regulation, or a court of competent jurisdiction issues an effective and unstayed nationally-effective order, decision, ruling, or the like regarding VOIP Traffic, the Parties will adhere to the relevant portions (i.e., those relating to the regulatory classification of or, compensation for, VOIP Traffic generally or any category of VOIP Traffic) of such legally effective and unstayed rule, regulation, order, decision, ruling or the like as soon as it becomes legally effective.
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VoIP Traffic. As of the Amendment Effective Date, VoIP Traffic exchanged pursuant to these Interconnection Agreements will be governed by the default provisions of USF/ICC Transformation Order. For clarity, and subject to any future revisions, reconsiderations, modifications or changes in the USF/ICC Transformation Order, interexchange VoIP-originated traffic terminated to either Party is subject to interstate access charges, and local VoIP-originated traffic terminated to either Party is subject to the reciprocal compensation provisions of the Amended Agreements. The Parties agree access charges will comply with all FCC mirroring and default phase-down requirements.
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VoIP Traffic. The Parties agree as follows with respect to VOIP Traffic:
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VoIP Traffic. In accordance with and to the extent required by the FCC’s Order, In the Matter of Petition for Declaratory Ruling that AT&T’s Phone-to-Phone IP Telephony Services are Exempt from Access Charges, FCC 04-97, WC Docket No. 02-361 (released April 21, 2004) (“AT&T VOIP Order”), any VOIP Traffic exchanged between the Parties that is subject to such AT&T VOIP Order (“Phone-to-Phone VOIP Traffic”) shall pursuant to such Order be billed to the responsible Party at the applicable interstate switched access rates as set forth in the Parties’ relevant tariffs (including, for the avoidance of any doubt, with respect to both usage and applicable facilities). Should the treatment of traffic subject to the AT&T VOIP Order be modified by the FCC, by a court, or by other applicable federal law, such order or law shall be applied prospectively from the effective date of such order or law to the extent such order or law addresses Phone-to-Phone VOIP Traffic, and each Party reserves all rights to argue for or against retroactive application of that order or law.
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VoIP Traffic. VoIP Traffic exchanged pursuant to this Agreement will be governed by the default provisions of USF/ICC Transformation Order FCC 11- 161 (rel. November 18, 2011) as such order may be revised, reconsidered, modified or changed in the future. When such revisions, reconsiderations, modifications or changes are effective, such provisions shall be automatically incorporated into this Agreement. For clarity, and subject to any future revisions, reconsiderations, modifications or changes in the USF/ICC Transformation Order, interexchange VoIP-originated traffic terminated to either Party is subject to interstate access
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VoIP Traffic. Upon following the Amendment effective date, VoIP-PSTN Traffic exchanged pursuant to this Agreement will be governed by the default provisions of USF/ICC Transformation Order FCC 11-161 (rel. November 18, 2011) as such order may be revised, reconsidered, modified or changed in the future. For clarity, and subject to any future revisions, reconsiderations, modifications or changes in the USF/ICC Transformation Order, interexchange Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic terminated to either Party is subject to interstate access charges, and Local VoIP-PSTN Traffic terminated to either Party is subject to the reciprocal compensation provisions of this Agreement. The Parties agree access charges will comply with all FCC mirroring and default phase-down requirements..
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  • Internet Traffic Any traffic that is transmitted to or returned from the Internet at any point during the duration of the transmission.

  • Traffic The provisions in this Section apply regardless how the ISP-bound traffic is determined.

  • Transit Traffic 7.2.2.3.1 CenturyLink will accept traffic originated by CLEC’s network and/or its end user(s) for termination to other Telecommunications Carrier’s network and/or its end users that is connected to CenturyLink's Switch. CenturyLink will also terminate traffic from these other Telecommunications Carriers’ network and/or its end users to CLEC’s network and/or its end users. For purposes of the Agreement, transit traffic does not include traffic carried by Interexchange Carriers. That traffic is defined as Jointly Provided Switched Access. 7.2.2.3.2 The Parties involved in transporting transit traffic will deliver calls to each involved network with CCS/SS7 protocol and the appropriate ISUP/TCAP messages to facilitate full Interoperability and Billing functions. 7.2.2.3.3 The originating company is responsible for payment of appropriate rates to the transit company and to the terminating company. The Parties agree to enter into traffic exchange agreements with third party Telecommunications Carriers prior to delivering traffic to be transited to third party Telecommunications Carriers. In the event one Party originates traffic that transits the second Party’s network to reach a third party Telecommunications Carrier with whom the originating Party does not have a traffic exchange agreement, then the originating Party will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the second Party against any and all charges levied by such third party Telecommunications Carrier, including any termination charges related to such traffic and any attorneys fees and expenses. In the case of IntraLATA LEC Toll traffic where CenturyLink is the designated IntraLATA Toll provider for existing LECs, CenturyLink will be responsible for payment of appropriate usage rates. 7.2.2.3.4 When CenturyLink receives an unqueried call from CLEC to a telephone number that has been ported to another local services provider, the transit rate will apply in addition to any query rates. 7.2.2.3.5 In the case of a transit call that terminates in the Local Calling Area but in a different state than the call originated, and the CLEC does not have an agreement with CenturyLink in the state where the transit call terminated, CLEC must execute an agreement for that state if it is a state served by CenturyLink. In the absence of a second agreement, the transit rate in Exhibit A of this Agreement will be billed to the CLEC.

  • Information Services Traffic 5.1 For purposes of this Section, (a) Voice Information Service means a service that provides [i] recorded voice announcement information or [ii] a vocal discussion program open to the public, and (b) Voice Information Service Traffic means intraLATA switched voice traffic, delivered to a Voice Information Service. Voice Information Service Traffic does not include any form of Internet Traffic. Voice Information Service Traffic also does not include 555 traffic or similar traffic with AIN service interfaces, which traffic shall be subject to separate arrangements between the Parties. Voice Information Service Traffic is not subject to Reciprocal Compensation charges under Section 7 of the Interconnection Attachment. 5.2 If a BTLLC Customer is served by resold Verizon dial tone line Telecommunications Service or a Verizon Local Switching UNE, to the extent reasonably feasible, Verizon will route Voice Information Service Traffic originating from such Service or UNE to the appropriate Voice Information Service connected to Verizon’s network unless a feature blocking such Voice Information Service Traffic has been installed. In addition to any other charges for such Voice Information Service Traffic, BTLLC shall pay to Verizon without discount any Voice Information Service provider charges billed by Verizon to BTLLC. BTLLC shall pay Verizon such charges in full regardless of whether or not BTLLC collects such charges from its own Customer. 5.3 BTLLC shall have the option to route Voice Information Service Traffic that originates on its own network to the appropriate Voice Information Service connected to Verizon’s network. In the event BTLLC exercises such option, BTLLC will establish, at its own expense, a dedicated trunk group to the Verizon Voice Information Service serving switch. This trunk group will be utilized solely to allow BTLLC to route Voice Information Service Traffic originated on its network to Verizon. In addition to any other charges for such Voice Information Service Traffic, BTLLC shall pay to Verizon without discount any Voice Information Service provider charges billed by Verizon to BTLLC . BTLLC shall pay Verizon such charges in full regardless of whether or not BTLLC collects such charges from its own Customer.

  • Originating Switched Access Detail Usage Data A category 1101XX record as defined in the EMI Telcordia Practice BR-010-200- 010.