IMPORTANT NOTICE RELATING TO THIS GUIDE AND FORMER TARIFFS

 

Prior to August 1, 2001, service was furnished under MCI Telecommunications, Inc.{MCIT), Tariff FCC No. 7 filed with the Federal Communications Commission and now canceled. Beginning August 1, 2001, service is being furnished pursuant to this Guide and any underlying written contract between the Company and the Customer.

 

Please not the following regarding this important change.

 

                  MCIT Tariff FCC No. 7 was amended on June 23, 2001 to incorporate new or revised General Definitions and new or revised General Terms and Conditions of Service contained in WorldCom Tariff FCC No. 1. Like the service in former MCIT Tariff FCC No. 7, these General Definitions and General Terms and Conditions are now part of this Guide and, therefore, are part of customer service contracts. Some of the definitions and terms and conditions contained in former MCIT Tariff FCC No. 7are reflected in the General Definitions and General Terms and Conditions of Service and, accordingly, were removed from the former tariff at the time of detariffing on July 31, 2001. This explains why there may be omissions or gaps in the service information previously found in MCIT Tariff FCC. No. 7 and currently contained in this Guide.

 

                  Except as noted in the preceding paragraph, the text of this Guide replicates the information contained in former MCIT Tariff FCC No. 7 on July 31, 2001.

 

                  If there is an inconsistency between a General Definition or a General Term and Condition, a service-specific definition or term and condition, or a definition and term and condition contained in a written contract between the Company and the Customer, the relationship with the Customer will consist of the following, in order of precedence from (1) through (3): (1) the definition or term and condition in the written contract; (2) the service-specific definition or term and condition; and (3) the General Definition or Term and Condition. An inconsistency will be deemed to include any instance in which a service-specific definition or a service-specific term and condition has no counterpart in the General Definitions or the General Terms and Conditions of Service.

 

                  The Company may change the Guide from time to time and any change made will be binding on customers after fulfillment of the notice period set forth in Section 7.B of the General Terms and Conditions.

 

Any reference to tariff within the text of the Guide shall mean Guide.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

 

Effective June 23, 2001, all Definitions of Terms are superseded by the General Definitions contained in WORLDCOM Tariff F.C.C No. 1, except as otherwise provided for in Section 1.C.01 thereof.

 

800 Subscriber

 

An 800 Subscriber is the agency, department, instrumentality, or other entity of the United States Government or such an agency, department, instrumentality, or other entity which is providing service to the United States Government that, in accordance with SMS/800 procedures, controls an 800 number and has the right to designate its Resp Org.

 

Access Coordination

 

Provides for the design, ordering, installation coordination, pre-service testing, service turn-up and maintenance of a Company- or customer-provided local access channel.

 

Access Line

 

A dedicated arrangement which connects a customer location to a Company terminal location or a Company switching center.

 

Administrative Change

 

The modification of an existing circuit, dedicated access line or port, at the request of the customer, that involves changes to authorization codes, speed numbers, route guide, consolidation of billing within Dedicated Access Line Service, verification of testing performed by parties other than Company, or any other administrative change not covered by a Billing Record Change.

 

Attempted Delivery

 

Denoted a procedure whereby Company will attempt to connect an authorized facsimile terminal designated by a subscriber to the facsimile service system in order to enable the transmission of facsimile data to the designated compatible authorized facsimile terminal. Availability of the designated authorized facsimile terminal is not the responsibility of Company.

 

Attenuation Distortion

 

The difference between the amount of power lost at certain frequencies compared to the power lost at frequency of 1004 Hz. Used in connection with C-type conditioning.

 

Authorization Code

 

One or more codes (consisting of 5 or more digits) made available to customer to identify themselves as users authorized access to, and use of, Company Government Telecommunications Services.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B8ZS (Bipolar 8 Zero Substitution)

 

A DS1 line coding technique that enables digitized voice and data transmission at the rate of 1.536 Mbps independent of the number of consecutive zeros and pulse density requirements that are normally imposed on the T1 transmission line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancellation of Order

 

A customer-initiated request to discontinue processing a service order, either in part or in its entirety, prior to the commencement of an ordered service. Company will assess charges against the customer for each circuit-end or dedicated access line so canceled if (1) the local exchange carrier has confirmed in writing that the circuit-end or dedicated access line will be installed; or (2) Company has already submitted facilities orders to an interconnecting carrier. (This differs from a disconnection.)

 

Central Office Connection (COC)

 

Connects the Company Inter-Office Channel of a dedicated transmission circuit or connects the access port of a switched channel to a Local Access Channel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clear Channel Capability

 

The capability to permit the unrestricted use of a digital communications channel independent of the number of consecutive zeros and pulse density requirements (i.e., 64 kbps usable bandwidth for a DSO channel and 1.536 Mbps usable bandwidth for a DS1 channel).

Company Terminal

 

Any Company location where Company provides services as described herein.

 

Customer

 

A customer is anyone providing service under a direct contractual arrangement to a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government under this tariff. A customer may also be any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government. For purposes of SMS Resp Org Changes, the customer is the agency, department, instrumentality, or other entity of the United States Government or such agency, department, instrumentality, or other entity providing service to the United States Government that submits the change request.

 

Customer Premises

 

A location, free of any interfering easements, designated by the customer for the origination and termination of Government Telecommunications Services to the customer or its authorized user(s).

 

DSU (Data Service Unit)

 

A device that connects a customer's premises or serving central office and the Company terminal for origination or termination of calls.

 

 

 

 

 

Direct Termination Overflow

 

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An option which allows a Gnt or Gnt 800 customer to direct that calls to a specific Dedicated Termination line group shall be routed over Companys shared network if all Dedicated Termination lines in the group are busy.

 

Disconnection

 

The physical disconnection of a circuit, dedicated access line or port connection being used for existing service.

 

Emergency Service

 

Company provides its customers, through Company operators, telephone access to public safety answering points in the localities. When Company routes a call to a public safety answering point or a municipal emergency service provider, this service shall be known as emergency service.

 

Envelope Delay Distortion

 

A measure of linearity of the phase versus frequency of a channel. The maximum variation over a band of frequencies of the envelope delay, a derivative of the phase with respect to frequency. Used in connection with C-type conditioning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expedite

 

A customer-initiated service order, plus the accompanying installation or the charge to related circuits, that is processed in a time period shorter than Companys standard service interval.

 

Facilities

 

Any item of communications plant or equipment other than Customer-Provided Terminal Equipment used to provide or to connect to Company service.

 

Fiber-Only Routing

 

A channel that is provisioned exclusively on fiber optic transmission facilities.

 

Installation

 

The connection of a circuit, dedicated access channel or port for new or additional service.

 

Institutional Phones

 

Telephones, other than payphones, located in public institutions such as universities, prisons, or public offices, or in hotels or motels, or in other premises where the subscriber to Company

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service may not be able to control access to the phones.

 

Intermodulation Distortion

 

A measure of the non-linearity of a channel used in connection with D-type conditioning.

 

Inter-Office Channel

 

The long-haul portion of a dedicated circuit that connects two or more points of presence in distant cities.

 

Inter-Office Conditioning

 

Special adjustments made to the long-haul portion of a dedicated circuit (required for data circuits only) to assure specific performance levels required for high-speed data transmission.

 

Inter-Office Signalling

 

Signaling (as defined herein) which applies to dedicated circuits carrying voice traffic only.

 

Invoice

 

The term "Invoice" as used in connection the Metered Use Service Option B (MCI Gnt 800) denotes all service groups (locations) and MCI Gnt 800 numbers associated with a single Corporate ID.

 

Joint User

 

A person, firm or corporation designated by the customer as a user of communication facilities furnished to the customer by Company, and to whom a portion of the charges for such facilities are billed under a joint user arrangement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local Access Channel Data Conditioning

 

Special conditioning of the local access channel of a dedicated circuit in order to meet performance specifications required for processing data over the circuit. The customer is responsible for requesting the specific type of conditioning required.

 

Parameters for C-type conditioning are as follows:

 

C-1 Conditioning - The attenuation distortion and envelope delay distortion parameters for C-1 conditioning are:

 

Attenuation Distortion

(1004Hz Reference)

 

Frequency Range (Hz) Variation (dB)

1004-2404 -1.0 to +3.0

304-2704 -2.0 to +6.0

2704-3004 -3.0 to +12.0

 

Envelope Delay Distortion

 

Frequency Range (Hz) Variation (mcs)

 

1004-2404 1000

804-2604 1750

 

C-2 Conditioning - The attenuation distortion and envelope delay distortion for C-2 conditioning are:

 

Attenuation Distortion

(1004Hz Reference)

 

Frequency Range (Hz) Variation (dB)

504-2804 -1.0 to +3.0

304-3004 -2.0 to +6.0

 

Envelope Delay Distortion

 

Frequency Range (Hz) Variation (mcs)

1004-2604 500

604-2604 1500

504-2804 3000

 

C-4 Conditioning - C-4 conditioning is for two-point channels or multipoint channels having not more than four Customer's premises. The attenuation distortion and envelope delay distortion parameters for C-4 conditioning are:

 

Attenuation Distortion

(1004Hz Reference)

 

Frequency Range (Hz) Variation (dB)

504-3004 -2.0 to +3.0

304-3204 -2.0 to +6.0

 

Envelope Delay Distortion

 

Frequency Range (Hz) Variation (mcs)

1004-2604 300

804-2804 500

604-3004 1500

504-3004 3000

 

In the multipoint application, all transmission is from a master Customer's premises to each of 2 or 3 remote Customer's premises. Transmission is not possible between the remote Customer's premises.

 

C-5 Conditioning - C-5 conditioning is available for two-point channels where both Customer's premises are located in the Mainland. The attenuation distortion and envelope delay distortion parameters for C-5 conditioning are:

 

Attenuation Distortion

(1004Hz Reference)

 

Frequency Range (Hz) Variation (dB)

504-2804 -0.5 to +1.5

304-3204 -1.0 to +3.0

Envelope Delay Distortion

 

Frequency Range (Hz) Variation (mcs)

1004-2604 100

604-2604 300

504-2804 600

 

Parameters for D-type conditioning are as follows:

 

D-1 Conditioning - D-1 conditioning is for two-point channels.

 

D-5 Conditioning - D-5 conditioning is for multi-point and multi-drop channels which involve any sort of bridging. The parameters apply between the master location and each polled location.

 

The signal to noise ratio and intermodulation distortion for D-1 and D-5 conditioning are:

 

Signal to Noise Ratio

28 dB

 

Intermodulation Distortion

Signal to second order modulation products:

35 dB

 

Signal to third order modulation products:

40 dB

 

D-6 Conditioning - The local access parameters for D-6 conditioning are:

 

Attenuation Distortion

 

Frequency Range (Hz) Variation (dB)

404-2804 -1.0 to +2.0

304-3004 -1.0 to +3.0

3004-3204 -2.0 to +6.0

 

Envelope Delay Distortion

 

Frequency Range (Hz) Variation (mcs)

1004-2604 100

804-2604 200

604-2604 300

504-2804 600

504-3004 3000

 

Signal to Noise Ratio

Equal to or greater than 32 dB

 

Intermodulation Distortion

Signal to second order modulation products:

Equal to or greater than 38 dB

 

Signal to third order modulation products:

Equal to or greater than 42 dB

 

 

 

Locations

 

Places from or at which service is furnished.

 

- In connection with Metered Use Service Option A (Gnt), location denotes a physical address as which service is furnished.

 

- In connection with Metered Use Service Option B (Gnt 800), location denotes a service Group.

 

Multiline Terminating Device

 

Denotes switching equipment, key telephone type systems or other similar customer premise terminating equipment which, is capable of terminating more than one access line.

 

Multipoint Arrangement

 

An arrangement whereby an Inter-Office Channel connects customer locations served by more than two Company Points of Presence and/or where an Inter-Office Channel connecting two or more Company POPs connects two or more customer locations.

 

National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP)

 

Government requirement for maintenance of a state of readiness for, response to, management of, an event or crisis, which causes or threatens injury or harm to the population, damage to or loss of property, or otherwise would degrade or jeopardize the National Security Emergency Preparedness of the United States Government.

 

Network Channel Terminating Equipment (NCTE)

 

A device that connects a customer's data terminal equipment to the Local Access Channel of Terrestrial Digital Service (including T-1 Digital Access).

 

Off-net

 

A location which does not subscribe to MCI Gnt service.

 

On-net

 

A location which subscribes to Gnt service.

 

One-Way Transmission

The capability of transmission in only one direction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Premises

The space designated by a customer at its place or places of business for termination of Company service, for its own communications needs.

 

Rate Center

A specified geographical location used for determining mileage measurements.

 

Redundancy

The provision of alternate Government Telecommunications Services using one or more different routings, circuits, and/or additional equipment.

 

Resp Org

A Resp Org is the entity responsible for managing and administering an 800 subscriber's records in the 800 Service Management System (SMS/800). The SMS/800 recognizes one

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Resp Org for each 800 number.

 

 

 

 

Route Diversity

Two channels which are furnished partially or entirely over two physically separate routes.

 

Service Group

The term "Service Group" as used in connection with Metered Use Service Option B (Gnt 800)

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denotes a group of access lines represented by a lead ANI, a switch/trunk identifying number, or a single telephone number.

 

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Shared Termination

Utilization of the local exchange network facilities for termination of Gnt service calls.

 

Shared Transport

 

Utilization of Companys switched network for the long-haul transmission portion of Gnt service calls.

 

Signal to Noise Ratio

 

The ratio in dB of a tone signal to the corresponding noise.

 

Signaling

 

Line status communications between Company terminals and/or local exchange carrier central offices, required for voice grade dedicated circuits only.

 

Special Access Surcharge

 

A charge imposed by the local exchange company in accordance with Section 69.115 of the FCC Rules and Regulations.

 

Terminal Equipment

 

Devices, apparatus and their associated wiring, including but not limited to private branch exchanges, channel banks, multiplexors, teleprinters, telephone handsets and data sets.

Transmission Speed

 

Analog or digital transmission speed or rate, in bits per seconds (bps).

 

Twelve O'Clock

 

In designating time period 12:00 am refers to 12:00 midnight and 12:00 pm refers to 12:00 noon.

 

Two-Way Transmission

 

The capability of transmission in either direction or in both directions at once.

 

U.S. Mainland

 

The District of Columbia and the 48 coterminous states.

 

Effective June 23, 2001, all Rules and Regulations are superseded by the General Terms and Conditions contained in WORLDCOM Tariff F.C.C No. 1, except as otherwise provided for in Section 1.C.01 thereof.

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE

 

.01 Government Telecommunications Services are common user telecommunication services furnished by Company between specified locations for Government communications requirements under the terms of this tariff.

 

.02 Government Telecommunications Services consist of furnishing for the use of customers, or their authorized users, channels for the direct transmission and reception of communications between Company POPs, and all service offerings contained herein which anticipate the provision of such channels as part of the offering. Such services have the capability of being extended beyond Company POPs.

 

.03 Acting at the Customer's request and as its authorized agent, Company will make reasonable efforts to arrange for additional service requirements which may include terminal equipment and circuit conditioning.

 

2. LIMITATIONS

 

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.02 Company reserves the right to discontinue furnishing service, upon written notice, when necessitated by conditions beyond its control or when the customer is using the service in violation of the provisions of this tariff, or in violation of the law.

 

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.06 To the extent applicable, Company services will be subject to the conditions set forth in the Truth in Lending Act, Reg. Z, 12 C.F.R.  226 (1991).

 

3. TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

.01 A customer must place a written service order in a form acceptable to Company to initiate new Government Telecommunications Services or to expand existing services provided by Company. If an entity that is not a department, agency or other instrumentality of the United States Government places an order for Government Telecommunications Service, the service order must specify the contractual arrangement under which the customer will provide the Government Telecommunications Service to a department(s), agency(ies) or other instrumentality(ies) of the United States Government. Company reserves the right to request to obtain a copy of the contractual arrangement.

 

.02 Except as otherwise provided in Section C of this tariff, Company provides and bills for service based on minimum period of one (1) month, beginning on the date the billing, under this tariff, becomes effective. Company will continue to provide such service until the customer cancels such service in writing on not less than thirty (30) days notice from the date of the postmark on the letter giving notice of cancellation.

 

.03 The customer agrees to operate Company facilities in accordance with instructions of Company or Companys agents. Failure to do so will void Company liability for interruption of service and may make customer responsible for damage to equipment pursuant to Section B-3.04 below.

 

.04 Customer agrees to return to Company all Company-provided equipment and facilities delivered to customer and used to provide service within five (5) days of termination of the service in connection with which the equipment or facilities were used. Said facilities shall be in the same condition as when delivered to customer, normal wear and tear only excepted. Customer shall reimburse Company, upon demand, for any costs incurred by Company due to customer's failure to comply with this provision.

 

.05 Government Telecommunications Service will be provided twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week, either on a monthly or a metered use basis.

 

.06 The customer is responsible for taking all necessary legal steps for interconnecting its customer-provided terminal equipment or communications systems with Company facilities. The customer shall secure all licenses, permits, rights-of-way, and other arrangements that may be necessary for such interconnection.

 

.07 The customer shall ensure that its equipment is properly interfaced with Company facilities, that the signals emitted into Companys network are of the proper mode, bandwidth, power, data speed, and signal level for the intended use of the customer and in compliance with the criteria set forth in Section B-12 below, and that the signals do not damage Company facilities, injure personnel or degrade service to other customers. If the Federal Communications Commission or some other appropriate certifying body certifies terminal equipment as being technically acceptable for direct electrical connection with interstate communications service, Company will permit such equipment to be connected with its channels without the use of protective interface devices. If the customer fails to maintain and operate its equipment properly, with resulting imminent harm to Company facilities, personnel, or the quality of service to other customer, Company may, upon written notice, require the use of protective equipment at the customer's expense. If this fails to produce satisfactory quality and safety, Company may, upon written notice, terminate the customer's service.

 

.08 For the purpose of computing charges in this tariff, a month is considered to have thirty (30) days.

 

.09 Pricing for specially customized service(s) may vary from pricing set forth under the specific service options contained in this Tariff based on volume, term, utilization, and other commitments made by the customer. However, such pricing shall not exceed any prices established under those specific service options.

 

4. LIABILITY

 

.01 Companys liability for willful misconduct, if established as a result of judicial or administrative proceedings, is not limited by this tariff. Companys liability, if any, with regard to the delayed installation of Company facilities or commencement of service, shall not exceed $1,000. With respect to any other claim or suit, by a customer or any other person, for damages associated with the ordering, installation (including delays thereof), provision, termination, maintenance, repair, interruption, or restoration of any service or facilities offered under this tariff, and subject to the limitations in Section B-4.02 through 4.07 following. Companys liability, if any, shall be limited as follows:

 

.011 With respect to any Dedicated leased Line Service offered by Company in Section C-2 herein, Companys liability shall not exceed an amount equivalent to the credit for interruption of service provided for in the relevant subsections of Section C-2.02 of this tariff (principally Section C-2.02116). With respect to other services offered by Company which have the characteristics of a private line service, Companys liability shall not exceed an amount equal to the proportionate monthly recurring charge or charges for the service for the period during which the service was affected.

 

.012 With respect to any service provided by Company which involves dedicated access, shared interexchange transmission, and shared termination, Companys liability shall not exceed an amount equal to the proportionate monthly recurring charges -- including any service charges, minimum monthly charges, basic feature package charges, monthly charges for optional features, charges for dedicated access facilities and any other monthly charges -- for the period during which the service was affected, or, if only a transmission using the shared interexchange facilities is interrupted, an amount equal to the charge applicable to a one minute call to the called station at the time the affected call was made.

 

.013 With respect to any inbound service provided by Company which involves shared access and shared interexchange transmission and/or shared termination. Companys liability shall not exceed an amount equal to the proportionate monthly recurring charges -- including any monthly fee for any option associated with the service, charges for dedicated termination facilities, and any other monthly charges -- for the period during which the service was affected, or, if only a transmission using the shared interexchange facilities is interrupted, an amount equal to the charge applicable to a one minute call to the customer's station at the time, and over the range, of the affected call, taking account of the form of service and type of termination the customer had selected. Where any claim arises out of Companys acting as a Resp Org or performing SMS Resp Org Changes, or where MCI Gnt 800 service is not made available on the date committed to the customer, or cannot otherwise be made available after Companys acceptance of the customer's order, or is provided with a number or numbers other than the one(s) committed by Company to the customer, or the number or numbers are not included in 800 Service Directory Assistance or are included in an incorrect form, and any such failure or failures is due solely to the negligence of MCI, in such case Companys liability, if any, will be limited to the lesser of (a) the actual monetary damages incurred and proved by the customer as the direct result of such failure or failures, or (b) the sum of $1,000.00. Company shall not be liable at all for the use, misuse, or abuse of a customer's 800 Service by third parties, including, without limitation, the customer's employees or members of the public who dial the customer's 800 number by mistake. Compensation for any injury the customer may suffer due to the fault of others than Company must be sought from such other parties. With respect to Resp Org Service and SMS Resp Org Changes, the customer or others authorized to use the service will indemnify and hold Company harmless against any third party claims arising out of the execution of changes requested by the customer, including those changes made by an 800 Subscriber. Where the Resp Org Service customer is a customer acting on behalf of an 800 Subscriber, the customer represents that it has the authority to act on the 800 Subscriber's behalf in choosing a Resp Org and otherwise utilizing Companys Resp Org Service.

 

.014 With respect to International Switched Voice Service provided by Company which involves shared access, shared interexchange transmission, and shared termination, Companys liability shall not exceed an amount equal to the minimum charge applicable to the called station at the time the affected call was made. If there is a higher initial rate for the service that higher rate shall apply. This limitation applies to all calls to international points regardless of the Company service to which the customer subscribes.

 

.015 With respect to the routing of calls by Company to public safety answering points or municipal emergency service providers, Companys liability, if any, will be limited to the lesser of: (a) the actual monetary damages incurred and proved by the customer as the direct result of Companys action, or failure to act, in routing the call, or (b) the sum of $1,000.00.

 

.016 The liability provided for above, shall, in each case, be in addition to any amounts that may otherwise be due the customer under this tariff as a credit allowance for the interruption of service. In no event shall Company be liable to customer for any indirect, special, incidental, consequential, exemplary or punitive loss or damage of any kind, including lost profits (whether or not Company has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages) by reason of any act or omission in its performance under this tariff.

 

.02 Company shall be indemnified defended, and held harmless by the customer or by others authorized to use the service against all claims of loss or damage arising from the use of service furnished under this tariff including:

 

.021 claims for libel, slander, invasion of privacy, or infringement of copyright arising out of the material, data, information, or other content transmitted over Companys channels transmitted via Company service; and

 

.022 patent infringement claims arising from combining or connecting MCI-furnished Government Communications Network Services with apparatus and systems furnished by the customer or others; and

 

.023 all other claims arising directly out of acts or omissions of the customer, an authorized user, or others, including those relating to Section B-4.07 following, in connection with any service provided by MCI.

 

.03 Company is not liable for any act or omission of any other company or companies furnishing a portion of the service, or for damages associated with service, channels, or equipment which it does not furnish, or for damages which result from the operation of customer-provided systems, equipment, facilities or services which are interconnected with Company services.

 

.04 Company does not guarantee or make any warranty with respect to any service installations at locations containing an atmosphere which is explosive, prone to fire, dangerous or otherwise unsuitable for such installations. The customer and the user indemnify and hold Company harmless from any and all loss, claims, demands, suits or other action, or any liability whensoever, whether suffered, made, instituted or asserted by the customer or by any other party or persons, for any personal injury to, or death of, any person or persons, and for any loss, damage, or destruction of any property, whether owned by the customer or others, caused or claimed to have been caused directly of indirectly by the installation, operation, failure to operate, maintenance, removal, presence, condition, location or use of service furnished by Company at such locations.

 

.05 Company is not liable for any defacement of, or damage to, the premises of a customer resulting from the furnishing of channel facilities or the attachment or instruments, apparatus and associated wiring furnished by Company on such customer's premises or by the installation or removal thereof, when such defacement or damage is not the result of Company negligence. No agents or employees of other participating carriers shall be deemed to be agents or employees of MCI.

 

.06 Except for granting credit allowance for interruptions of service as provided for in Section B-13 and other sections of this tariff, Company shall not be liable for any failure of performance due to causes beyond its control, including but not limited to, acts of God, fires, floods or other catastrophes; national emergencies, insurrections, riots or wars; strikes, lockouts, work stoppages or other labor difficulties; preemption of existing services to restore service in compliance with Part 64, Subpart D, Appendix A of the FCC's Rules and Regulations; and any law, order, regulation or other action of any governing authority or agency thereof.

 

.07 Company shall not be liable for the customer's failure to fulfill its obligation to take all necessary steps including, without limitation, obtaining, installing and maintaining all necessary equipment, materials and supplies, for interconnecting the terminal equipment or communications system of the customer, or any third party acting as its agent, to the Company network. The customer shall secure all licenses, permits, rights‑of‑way, and other arrangements necessary for such interconnection. In addition, the customer shall ensure that its equipment and/or system or that of its agent is properly interfaced with Company service, that the signals emitted into Companys network are of the proper mode, band‑width, power, data speed, and signal level for the intended use of the customer and in compliance with the criteria set forth in Section B‑12 following, and that the signals do not damage Company equipment, injure its personnel or degrade service to other customers. If the Federal Communications Commission or some other appropriate certifying body certifies terminal equipment as being technically acceptable for direct electrical connection with interstate communications service, Company will permit such equipment to be connected with its channels without the use of protective interface devices. If the customer or its agent fails to maintain and operate its equipment and/or system or that of its agent properly, with resulting imminent harm to Company equipment, personnel, or the quality of service to other customers, Company may, upon written notice, require the use of protective equipment at the customer's expense. If this fails to produce satisfactory quality and safety, Company may, upon written notice, terminate the customer's service without liability.

 

5. CANCELLATION OF SERVICES BY A CUSTOMER (See Section B-10 for termination by Company)

 

.01 If a customer cancels service before the commencement of service, or before completion of some other period mutually agreed upon by the customer and Company, the customer shall pay a charge for the nonrecoverable portions of expenditures or liabilities incurred expressly on behalf of the customer by Company and not fully reimbursed by installation and monthly charges not previously paid. If, prior to the commencement of service, Company or another entity acting at the direction of Company, either has begun or completed construction based on a customer order, the customer shall bear the nonrecoverable cost of such construction.

 

.02 If Company receives a request for service discontinuance from a foreign carrier furnishing interconnected service to a Customer, but has not yet been notified of such discontinuance by the Customer, Company will contact the Customer and request a written confirmation of the intended discontinuance. If the Customer does not furnish such written confirmation to Company within five business days, Company will discontinue service as requested by the foreign carrier. If the Customer elects not to have the service discontinued, it must so indicate in writing within the specified five‑business‑days deadline and provide to Company the lease number assigned to each circuit associated with service.

 

6. USE OF SERVICES

 

.01 Service furnished by Company may be used for one or more of the following:

 

.011 for the transmission of communications by the customer.

 

.012 for the transmission of communications to or from an authorized user or joint user.

 

.013 Service furnished by Company may be arranged for resale subject to the following: The customer will be responsible for all interaction and interface with its own subscribers or customers.

 

 

.02 Service furnished by Company shall not be used:

 

.021 for any unlawful purpose.

 

.022 for any purpose for which any payment or other compensation is received by the customer, except when the customer is an entity which resells Company service exclusively to a department, agency or other instrumentality of the United States Government as part of an enhanced communications service, or other integrated system requirement under a direct contractual arrangement.

 

.03 Directory Assistance is available to customers of Companys Gnt services. An undiscounted charge will be applied to each call for information as to any telephone number in the United States and in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, CNMI, and Canada. The Directory Assistance charge applies to each call regardless of whether the Directory Assistance Bureau is able to furnish the requested telephone number. The surcharge on credit card calls will not be applied to Directory Assistance calls. In addition, Directory Assistance calls will not count toward, nor be calculated as part of the Volume Discounts offered under the Metered Use Service Options referenced below. For International Switched Voice Service, an undiscountable charge will be applied to each call for Directory Assistance in the international locations listed in Section E-2.02.

 

Directory Assistance charges will be waived if: (1) the customer experiences poor transmission or is disconnected during the call to Directory Assistance; (2) the customer is given an incorrect telephone number by the Directory Assistance operator; or (3) the customer has inadvertently misdialed and reached Directory Assistance for a country not intended. The customer must notify an Company Customer Service Representative to receive have the charges waived.

 

.04 Service furnished by Company may be arranged for joint use or authorized use. The joint user or authorized user shall be permitted to use such service in the same manner as the customer, but subject to the following:

 

.041 One joint user or authorized user must be designated as the customer. The designated customer does not necessarily have to have communications requirements of his own. The customer must specifically name all joint users or authorized users in the Application for Service. Orders which involve the start, rearrangement or discontinuance of joint use or authorized use service will be accepted by Company only from that customer and will be subject to all regulations of this tariff.

 

.042 All charges for the service will be computed as if the service were to be billed to one customer. The joint user or authorized user which has been designated as the customer will be billed for all components of the service and will be responsible for all payments to the company. In the event that the designated customer fails to pay the company each joint user or authorized user shall be liable to the company for all charges incurred as a result of its use of Companys Service. Each joint or authorized user must submit to the designated customer a letter accepting contingent liability for its portion of all charges billed by the company to the designated customer. This letter must also specify that the joint or authorized user understands that the company will receive a copy of the guaranty from the designated customer. The customer shall be responsible for allocating charges to each joint user or authorized user.

 

.05

 

.051

 

 

 

 

.052

 

 

 

 

 

.053

 

 

 

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(b)

 

 

 

(c)

 

 

 

.054

 

 

 

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(b)

 

 

 

(c)

 

 

 

.055

 

 

 

(a)

 

 

 

(b)

 

 

 

(c)

 

 

 

.06

 

 

 

.061

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.062

 

 

 

 

 

 

.063

 

 

 

 

.064

 

 

 

 

.065

 

 

 

 

.066

 

 

 

 

.07 At the request of the domestic customer or with his or her concurrence, or at the request of his or her foreign correspondent, Company may arrange for the provisioning of the international Private Line abroad to interconnect with the domestic circuit. The customer's order placed with either Company or a foreign carrier may be end-to-end circuit provisioning, single-end billing of the foreign carrier charges, and/or the domestic end charges. The terms and conditions of service of the respective carriers will apply for each segment of the circuit.

 

7. PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS

 

.01 Accrual charges for Government Telecommunications Service will commence the day following availability to a customer.

 

.02 The customer is responsible for payment of all charges for services furnished to the customer or its joint or authorized users. This responsibility is not changed by virtue of any use, misuse, or abuse of the customer's service or customer-provided systems, equipment, facilities, or services interconnected to the customer's service, which use, misuse, or abuse may be occasioned by third parties, including without limitation, the customer's employees or other members of the public. Non-recurring charges are payable when the services for which they are specified have been performed. If an entity other than Company (e.g., another carrier or a supplier) imposes charges on Company, in addition to its own internal costs, in connection with a service for which a Company non-recurring charge is specified, those charges will be passed on to the customer. Recurring charges which are fixed in amount and not dependent on usage are billed in advance. Usage charges are billed after each usage cycle. For customers, the rate or volume discount level applicable to a customer for a particular service or services shall be the rate or volume discount level in effect at the end of the monthly billing period applicable to the customer for the particular service or services. For the purpose of computing charges in this tariff, a month is considered to have thirty (30) days.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.03 Invoices will be due and payable upon receipt. Amounts not paid within thirty (30) days after the date of the invoice will be considered past due. Interest at the applicable rate prescribed in the Prompt Payment Act or other applicable federal law will accrue upon any unpaid amount commencing thirty (30) days after receipt of a proper invoice.

 

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9. INSPECTION

 

Company may, upon reasonable notice, make such tests and inspections as may be necessary to determine that the requirements of this tariff are being complied with in the installation, operation or maintenance of customer or Company equipment. Company may interrupt the service at any time, without penalty to Company, because of departure from any of these requirements.

 

10. TERMINATION FOR CAUSE BY Company (See Section B-5 for Cancellation by Customer)

 

Upon nonpayment of any sum past due and owing to Company, or upon a violation of any of the provisions governing the furnishing of service under this tariff, Company may, upon thirty (30) working days written notification to the customer, without incurring any liability, discontinue furnishing such service.

 

 

 

 

11. TESTS AND ADJUSTMENTS

 

The customer shall make Company-provided service available to Company for such tests and adjustments as may be necessary to maintain them in satisfactory condition; no interruption allowance will be granted for the time during which such tests and adjustments are made.

 

12.

 

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.0343

 

 

.0344

 

 

 

.04

 

 

 

13. ALLOWANCE FOR INTERRUPTIONS

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section C of this tariff, or Section B-13.024 below, the following credit allowance for interruptions of Company services will be made:

 

.01 For all Companys services for which charges are specified on a usage basis, and in which there may be interruption of an individual call, attributable to a condition in Companys shared interexchange facilities or in shared access or termination facilities provided by other carriers, which can be remedied by redialing the call and for all international calling by subscribers to these or other Company services:

 

.011 A credit allowance will be made for that portion of a call which is interrupted due to poor transmission (e.g. noisy circuit), one-way transmission (one party is unable to hear the other), or involuntary disconnection caused by deficiencies in Companys service. Where a call has been disconnected, the customer will receive a credit allowance equal to the charge for the initial minute of the call made to reestablish communications with the other party, the customer will receive a credit allowance up to an amount equivalent to the charge for the last three minutes of the interrupted call, or for the entire call if it lasted less than three minutes.

 

.012 A customer may also receive credit for reaching a wrong number. A customer who has reached a wrong number will receive a credit allowance equal to the charge for the initial minute of the call to the wrong number if the customer reports the situation promptly to a Customer Service Representative.

 

.013 To receive a credit, the customer must notify its Customer Service Representative promptly and furnish information, including the called number, the service subscribed to, the difficulty experience, and the approximate time the call was placed. If the customer elects to use another means of communications after one of the above interruptions, or during a period when the customer is unable to place a call over Company, the customer must pay the charges for the alternative service used.

 

.02 For all of Companys services which involve dedicated access, dedicated interexchange transmission, and/or dedicated termination, for which monthly recurring charges applied, which are interrupted for more than an individual call and cannot be remedied by dialing the call except as provided in Section B-13.024 below, the customer will be given a credit allowance for an interruption of two (2) consecutive hours or more as follows:

 

.021 When service is interrupted for a period of less than two (2) hours, no credit allowance will be given.

 

.022 Dedicated interexchange line or linees and/or the access or termination line or lines associated with the service are interrupted for a period of two (2) to twenty-four (24) hours, a credit allowance in an amount equal to one thirtieth of the monthly recurring charge or charges will be given.

 

.023 When the service's dedicated access or termination line or lines associated with the service are interrupted for a period of more than twenty-four (24) hours, a credit allowance in an amount equal to one thirtieth of the monthly recurring charge or charges will be given for each twenty-four (24) hour period or fraction thereof.

 

.024 No credit allowance will be made for:

 

.0241 Interruptions caused by the negligence of the customer or others authorized by the customer to use the customer's service.

 

.0242 Interruptions due to the failure of power, equipment, systems, or services not provided by Company.

 

.0243 Interruptions during any period which, Company or its agents are not afforded access to the premises where access lines associated with the customer's services are terminated.

 

.0244 Interruptions during periods when the customer or authorized or joint user has released the service to Company for maintenance or rearrangement purposes, or for the implementation of a customer order.

 

.0245 Interruptions during periods when the customer elects not to release the service for testing or repair and continues to use it on an impaired basis.

 

.0246 Non-completion of calls due to network busy conditions.

 

.0247 Interruptions during periods for tests and adjustments as may be necessary to maintain such services in satisfactory condition.

 

.0248 Interruptions not reported to Company.

 

.025 An interruption period begins when the customer reports to Company that the service has been interrupted and releases the service for testing and repair. An interruption period ends when the service is operative again. If the customer reports the service to be inoperative, but declines to release it for testing and repair, the service is deemed to be impaired, but not interrupted.

.026 If the customer elects to use another means of communication during the period of interruption, the customer must pay the charges for the alternative service used.

 

.027 For the purpose of determining the amount of allowance, every month is considered to have thirty (30) days. Only those segments of service actually affected by the interruption shall be considered in determining the amount of allowance.

 

.03 As used in this Section B-13, the term "service" includes circuits or equipment provided by Company and/or a participating international carrier, or an overseas administration connecting with such international carrier.

 

.04 At a customer's request and expense, Company will attempt to make arrangements for redundancy on the customer's service.

 

14. APPLICABLE SERVICE REGULATIONS

 

The regulations of this Section B shall apply to each of the Government Telecommunications Services furnished under this tariff except that, in the event that any of the provisions of Section C are inconsistent with any of the provisions in Sections A and B of this tariff, the provisions of Section C shall supersede those that are inconsistent to the extent required to resolve the conflict.

 

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17. RESERVATION AND ADMINISTRATION, OWNERSHIP, USE AND ASSIGNMENT OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR MCI GNT 800 SERVICE

 

.01 Reservation and Administration of 800 Numbers: In its capacity as Resp Org, Company will act to reserve and administer 800 numbers in accordance with the effective procedures of the 800 Service Management System (SMS/800).

 

.02 Use of Numbers: Each 800 telephone number must be placed into actual and substantial use by the customer.

 

.03 If a customer of Gnt 800 is found to be non-compliant in passing back appropriate answer supervision, Company reserves the right to suspend service temporarily and/or deny requests for additional service. Company shall give the customer 10 days written notice via certified U.S. Mail of intent to suspend or deny service due to such non-compliance.

 

18.

 

 

 

 

19. APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS

 

In addition to the regulations set forth above, Federal Acquisition Regulations, 48 C.F.R., Chapter 1, and agency supplements thereto, 48 C.F.R., Chapters 2-15, subject to all applicable exemptions, may apply to the provision of Government Telecommunications Service mandated by law or as otherwise agreed between Company and a customer.

 

20.

 

 

SECTION C - SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS AND RATES

 

1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF GOVERNMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE

 

.01 Government Telecommunications Services are offered to subscribers on a full-time monthly basis, or on a Metered Use Basis.

 

.02 All services shall remain in effect for a minimum of thirty (30) days, subject to the terms of any applicable Term Plan.

 

.03 A customer may provide the dedicated LEC access facilities to access Companys terminal for the provision of Government Telecommunications Service.

 

.04 Company offers it services subject to the availability of the necessary facilities and/or equipment. Company reserves the right to refuse to provide service to or from any location where the necessary facilities and/or equipment are not available (see Section B.2).

 

.05 The following is a list of the Government Telecommunications Service provided by Company and the references for the description and appropriate rates:

 

Service Section Page No.

GCI C-3.08 106.8

Gnt C-3.02 71

Gnt 800 Service C-3.03 88

Government Dedicated Transmission Service

(GDTS) C-2 44

Government Emergency Telecommunications

Service (GETS) C-3.07 105.7

International Switched Voice Services E-2 113

MCI Forum Conference Calling C-3.05 105.4.1

MCI HyperStream Frame Relay C-3.09 105.10

MCI PrePaid C-3.06 105.4.3

Virtual Private Data Service C-3.04 105.1

 

.06 General Charges:

 

FUSF, Administrative Expense Fee and CCRC apply and CAC applies to invoices of customers of Metered Use Service Option A (Gnt), Metered Use Service Option G (GCI) and International Switched Voice Services.

 

2.                GOVERNMENT DEDICATED TRANSMISSION SERVICE (GDTS)

 

.01 General Description

 

Company Government Dedicated Transmission Services (GDTS) offers discrete intercity communications facilities which are dedicated to the use of a specific customer and are billed at pre-determined fixed monthly rates. Except as otherwise provided, the customer may elect to have Company provide local facilities, may provide his own, or may arrange for any combination thereof. GDTS may be provided for analog transmission and digital transmission and is offered in the modes described in Section C-2.011 through C-2.0112. GDTS¹ may be connected to Canadian and Mexican private line service. Rates for the U.S. portion of such a connection are based on the rates in Section C-2.021 through C-2.022, herein. The carriers in Canada and Mexico will charge their rates for the portion of the circuit in their respective countries. Rates for services to Canada will be based on airline mileage to a border crossing determined by the Canadian carrier. Rates for services to Mexico will be based on the airline mileage to the border crossing nearest the Mexican termination point, subject to capacity availability in Mexico.

 

¹ Service to Canada is limited to Analog Service, Terrestrial Digital Service - 1.5, Digital Data Service (56 kbps option only), and Digital Private Line Service (excluding 64 kbps and Fractional T-1 speeds options). Service to Mexico is limited to Analog Service. Terrestrial Digital Data Service - 1.5, Digital Data Service (56 and 64 kbps options only), and Digital private Line Service (56 and 64 kbps and Fractional T-1 speeds options only).

 

.011 Dedicated Local Access Services

 

.0111 Analog Access

 

Access arrangement which relies on local exchange carrier technology for analog transmission at approximate speeds of 0-300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600 bit per second (bps) to connect customers' premises to Company terminals for use with Company services. Company will make this form of local access available for GDTS Analog Inter-office Service, Digital Private Line Service and Government T-1 Digital Service as well as for MCI Gnt service (Section C-3.02) and MCI Gnt 800 service (Section C-3.03).

 

.0112 Digital Access

 

.01121 T-1 Digital Access - is high capacity digital access which relies on local exchange carrier T-1 technology to transmit at a speed of 1.544 mbps to connect customers' premises to Company terminals for use with Company services. Company will make this form of local access available for GDTS Analog and Digital Inter-office Services as well as for MCI Gnt service (Section C-3.02) and MCI Gnt 800 service (Section C-3.03).

 

.01122 Digital Data Access - is digital access which relies on local exchange carrier technology to transmit at speeds of 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, and 56 kbps to connect customers' premises to Company terminals for use with Company services. Company will make this form of local access available for GDTS Digital Data and Digital Private Line Inter-office Services.

 

.01123 DS-3 Digital Access - is high capacity digital local access which relies on DS-3 transmission technology at a speed of 44.736 Mbps. Company will make this form of local access available for Government T-3 Service.

 

.012 Dedicated Inter-Office Services

 

.0121 Analog Inter-Office Service:

 

.01211 Voice Grade Service is offered in increments of one or more voice grade channels, each with nominal bandwidth of 4 kHz. A customer may use such voice grade channels or combinations of voice grade channels, on a permissive basis, for voice service, data service, facsimile service or combinations thereof, and may interconnected with the facilities of other communications carriers and users for a customer's communications needs, such as voice connecting arrangements. Company will provide, if required, a handset at each circuited as part of this service. This service is available as point‑to‑point and multipoint,where capabilities permit.

 

.01212 Analog Data Service is offered at approximate data speeds of 0‑300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 7200 or 9600 bits per second (bps).

 

.0122 Digital Inter-Office Service:

 

.01221 Government Digital Data Service (GDDS) is a point‑to‑point dedicated circuit used for simultaneous two‑way transmission at synchronous speeds of 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 56, and 64 kbps.

 

.01222 Government T-1 Service is a point‑to‑point dedicated circuit used for simultaneous two‑way transmission of serial bipolar, isochronous digital signals at a transmission speed of 1.544 Mbps.

 

.01223 Government Digital Private Line Service is a dedicated digital circuit used for voice and data communications at transmission speeds of up to 64 kbps and fractional T-1 speeds of up to 1472 kbps in 56 kbps or 64 kbps increments. This service can be accessed by either Analog Local or Digital Local Access, including DS0 Access, Digital Data Local Access, T‑1 Digital Access or Terrestrial Digital Service - 45 Local Access. Multipoint Service is available for analog data applications and for digital data communications at speeds up to 56 kbps.

 

.01224 Government T-3 Service is a point-to-point dedicated circuit between customers premises that is used for simultaneous two-way transmission of serial bipolar, isochronous digital signals at a transmission speed of 44.736 Mbps. One Government T-3 channel provides the equivalent information handling capacity of 28 Government T-1 channels or 672 voice grade equivalent circuits. Government T-3 Service may be used for any combination of voice and data communications.

 

.013 Notification Required from Customers: A customer must provide Company with a minimum of one month's written notice to disconnect a circuit. All charges for dedicated transmission line services and service components ordered under this tariff and provided by Company, or by Company as agent when acting in the customer's behalf, will apply for one month from the time notice is received, or until the requested disconnection date, whichever is later. The charges will apply whether or not the customer uses the circuit.

 

.02 Rates and Charges

 

.021 Dedicated Local Access Services

 

.0211 Analog Local Access Functions

 

See MCI WORLDCOM Communication, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, Section C-12, Table IV, Part B for Service Availability.

 

.02111 Local Access Channel ‑ Installation charges for each Local Access Channel will be calculated on an individual case basis, in accordance with the charges set forth in the relevant Local Exchange Carrier's interstate tariff as of September 1, 1992. (See Section C-4.) The monthly recurring and installation charges are found in MCI WORLDCOM Communication, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 8.

 

.02112 Access Coordination (per Local Access Channel) ‑ Charges apply if Company orders the Local Access Channel, or in the case of customer‑provided access, if the customer has not provided written notice to Company that the customer accepts responsibility for the design, installation coordination and ongoing coordination of testing and trouble resolution for the Local Access Channel, or if the customer requests Company coordinate access arrangements.

 

MONTHLY INSTALLATION

$29.75 $174.00

 

.02116 Credit Allowance for Interruption of Local Access Service ‑‑ Credit will be allowed for interrupted service as follows:

 

.021161 A credit allowance will be given for Local Access Channels that are interrupted for 30 minutes or more. The credit allowance is determined in the following manner:

 

.0211611 Calculate the Average Channel Value by determining the total monthly charges for the local channel service. That sum is then divided by the total number of channels on the local channel service to obtain the Average Channel Value.

 

.0211612 Calculate the Average Channel Value for one full day by dividing the Average Channel Value for one month by 30 days: (result of C-2.0211611 divided by 30).

 

.0211613 Multiply the Average Channel Value for one day by the interruption period to be credited (see Calculation Table following) in order to determine the credit for one channel (result of C-2.0211612 multiplied by interruption period).

 

.0211614 Multiply the credit for one channel by the number of channels affected to determine the credit allowance for the local channel service (result of C-2.0211613 multiplied by number of channels affected).

 

.021162 Calculation Table ‑ The following table is used for calculating credit allowance for interruptions for Local Access Service.

 

.0211621 Interruptions of 24 Hours or Less

 

Interruption Period

Length of Interruption to be Credited

 

Less than 30 minutes None

30 minutes up to, but not including, 3 hours 1/10 day

3 hours up to, but not including, 6 hours 1/5 day

6 hours up to, but not including, 9 hours 2/5 day

9 hours up to, but not including, 12 hours 3/5 day

12 hours up to, but not including, 15 hours 4/5 day

15 hours up to 24 hours inclusive One day

 

Two or more interruptions of 30 minutes or more, during any period up to, but not including, three hours, shall be considered as one interruption.

 

.0211622 Interruptions Over 24 Hours ‑ Interruptions over 24 hours will be credited 1/5 day for each three‑hour period or fraction thereof. No more than one full day's credit will be allowed for any period of 24 hours.

 

 

.02118 Analog Company Central Office Connection (COC) ‑ Charge is the same whether access is Company‑provided or customer‑provided, (per connection).

 

MONTHLY INSTALLATION

 

$22.10 $215.00

 

.0212 Digital Access Functions

 

.02121 T‑1 Digital Access Functions:

 

T-1 Digital Access is a high capacity digital local access arrangement which relies on T-1 transmission technology provided by the local exchange carrier and which will be used to conect customer's premises to Company terminals to provide customer access to Company services.

 

This form of access is available with the following service offerings: Digital Private LIne Service (Section C-2.027, Terrestrial Digital Service (TDS 1.5 and TDS-45), Digital Data and Analog Dedicated Leased Line Interoffice Services (Section C-2.0213). MCI GNT 800 Service (C-3.03), GNT (C-3.02) and Virtual Private Data Services (C-3.04)

 

.021211 Local Access Channels: Installation charges for each Local Access Channel will apply on an individual case basis, in accordance with the charges set forth in the relevant Local Exchange Carrier's interstate tariff as of April 15, 1992. The monthly recurring and installation charges are found in MCI WORLDCOM Communication, Inc Tariff FCC No. 8.

 

.021212 At the customer's request and where feasible, Company may permit the customer ot obtain other forms of access to the customer's TDS-1.5 service; or Company may procure other forms of access to such service. All applicable recurring and non-recurring charges for such service will be calculated on an individual case basis, in accordance with the charges assessed by the Local Exchange Carrier or other access provider. The installation and monthly charges for any iterface equipment associated with such access that is provided by Company shall be calculated on an individual case basis. If Company procures access for the customer from the Local Exchange Carrier, the customer's use of such access shall be in conformity with the regulations and other terms and conditions under which the Local Exchange Carrier provides such access.

 

In addition to such individual case basis charges, Company shall assess charges for the following:

 

Analog Access Coordination (if requested by the customer) (See Section C-2.02112)

 

Analog or TDS-45 Company Central Office Connection (See Section C-2.02118)

 

.021213 Access Coordination - The following charges apply, per Local Access Channel. These charges apply if Company orders the Local Access Channel for access coordination. In the case of customer provided local access channel, these charges apply for access coordination, if the customer has not provided written notice to Company that the customer accepts responsibility for the design, installation coordination and ongoing coordination of testing and trouble resolution for the Local Access Channel.

 

For Unchannelized T-1 Digital Access:

 

MONTHLY INSTALLATION

$85.00 I $215.00

 

For Channelized T-1 Digital Access:

 

MONTHLY INSTALLATION

$85.00I $215.00

 

.021214 Special Access Surcharge¹ - The monthly charges listed in Section C-02113, apply per digital voice grade equivalent channel. No installation charges apply.

 

.021215 Local Channel Options

 

.0212151 Channelized Access Line With Telco M24 Multiplexer: Charges will apply on an individual case basis.

 

.0212152 Route Diversity: Charges will apply on an individual case basis, in accordance with the charges set forth in the relevant Local Exchange Carrier's interstate tariff as specified in Appendix A.

 

.021216 Access Integration Option: A form of T-1 Digital Access which allows customers to utilize their dedicated access lines to carry traffic for both an inbound and an outbound service over the same circuits.

 

MONTHLY INSTALLATION

$ 0.00 $ 0.00

 

¹ The Surcharge, imposed by the Local Exchange Carrier, will not apply to those customers who furnish Company with an Exemption Certification, as defined herein.

 

.021217 Features:

 

.0212171 Bullet Proof Guarantee: Customers subscribing to this feature are guaranteed service restoral, within one minute, in the event of Company-provided T-1 Digital Access circuit failure. If this timeframe cannot be met, Company will provide a credit to the customer equal to one month's local access channel charges, after any discounts and taxes, for the affected circuit. The credit will not include Central Office Connection (COC), Access Coordination (AC), ISDN PRI, and associated equipment charges. The monthly credit shall not exceed the discounted monthly recurring charges for the local access circuit. No credits will be provided for non-recurring charges. The credits will only apply when the customer has reported the outage or interruption to Company, and Company, in its sole discretion, has verified that the customer is eligible for the Guarantee. This feature is available only at Company-designated locations, and only for T-1 circuits enrolled prior to the 10th day in the month prior to the outage.

 

This guarantee does not apply to the following: interruptions or outages caused by the customer; in cases where customer premises equipment is provided by the customer or any third party; during the period of time that the customer has released the circuit to Company for maintenance purposes, rearrangements or other order changes; and, when the customer elects not to release the circuit for testing or repair and continues to use it on an impaired basis. This guarantee does not apply during busy conditions or Company Network failures.

 

.021218 Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Service¹: ISDN integrates voice, data, and video communications services via standard interfaces.

 

.0212181 Primary Rate Interface (PRI): Through PRI, a customer can share access facilities among MCI GNT 800 Service and MCI GNT. An attribute of PRI, Call-by-Call Service Configuration, allows for these services to share dynamically allocated individual circuits within the PRI. Private Line Service is also available with the above combinations.

 

The PRI consists of a 64 kbps D channel and 23 B channels of 64 kbps each. The bearer, or B, channels are used to access Company services supported over the PRI. The D channels are used to carry signalling and control information for the associated B channels.

 

In addition to providing basic access to the Company services specified above, the PRI interface can be configured to support the following advanced ISDN features: Call‑by‑Call Service Configuration, Non‑Facility Assoicated Signaling, D‑Channel Backup, Automatic Number Identification (ANI), Dialed Number identification Service (DNIS) and, for GNT customers, Calling Station Identification (CSI). Call‑by‑Call Service Configuration allows the B channels of a PRI to be shared between multiple services carried on the PRI. With Non‑Facility Associated Signaling, one PRI D channel can control up to a maximum of 20 T‑1 Digital Access channels. D Channel Backup provides a redundant hot stand‑by of the PRIs primary D Channel. Automatic Number Identification (ANI) allows a customer to receive the originating caller's working telephone number provided this information is forwarded to Company by the caller's Local Exchange Carrier (LEC). DNIS provides the called party with the number dialed by the customer or a translated version of the dialed number.

 

The delivery of ANI and DNIS is ordered along with MCI GNT 800 Service. CSI is provided to GNT customers who order PRI. T-1 Digital Access is required to obtain ISDN PRI. Digital Private Line Service can be configured within an ISDN T-1 Digital Access Line. Each time a change in the number of Private Line DS0s is required, a PRI reconfiguration charge will be assessed. (See Section C-7.2.)

 

After initial installation of the PRI trunk group, a customer may choose to add or delete groups of B channels in DS1 blocks. Each time the trunk group size is changed, a trunk group rearrangement charge will be assessed.

 

.021219 Central Office Connection: Applies per Access connection. T-1 access channelization allows the customer to derive up to 24 channels of service from a 1.544 Mbps access circuit.

 

For Unchannelized T-1 Digital Access:

 

MONTHLY INSTALLATION

 

$180.00 I $340.00

 

For Channelized T-1 Digital Access:

 

MONTHLY INSTALLATION

 

$285.00 I# $340.00

 

.0212111 DRS Fixed Network Reconfiguration (FNR) - Allows customers to electronically control 56 kbps and T-1 connections between DRS ports. DRS FNR supports point-to-point voice grade and analog data service up to 9.6 kbps. DRS FNR supports analog access and T-1 Digital Gateway access. Analog service circuits with DRS may be interconnected to TDS 1.5 and DDS DRS DAB and FNR circuits for disaster recovery. Analog service DRS FNR circuits may be interconnected to Digital Private Line Service FNR circuits for network grooming.

 

The monthly recurring and installation charges specified in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1 apply.

 

A DRS customer is required to provide a suitably equipped workstation, using either dedicated 9.6 kbps line access from the customer premises to Companys DRS host computer of secure 9.6 kbps switched access using an 800 number and access security system provided by Company corporate security to Companys DRS host computer.

 

¹ Company will waive all installation and monthly recurring charges associated with local and interoffice channel portions of the private line for one (1) Company -provided 9.6 kbps voice grade private line to be used for DRS customer access between the customer's premises and the Company DRS Control Center through March 31, 1993. The customer is responsible for providing all hardware and software components of the personal computer terminal and any transmission equipment (e.g., modems). These charges will not be waived if Company does not provide the access.

 

.0212112 DRS Dynamic Allocation of Bandwidth

 

DRS Dynamic Allocation of Bandwidth (DAB) ‑ Allows customers to reserve usage‑sensitive, virtual Company private line bandwidth, either on demand, or via scheduled reservation, in increments of 1.544 mbps (e.g. for use as disaster recovery backup of customer data processing facilities, video conferencing, and other digital network management functions). Reservations are made from a remote customer's premise(s). Usage time must be reserved in 15 minute increments based on standard quarter hour definitions (e.g. 00:00, 00:15, 00:30, 00:45) and will be billed as such, rounded up to the nearest 15 minutes. Reservations not cancelled or modified at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time will be assessed charges for a minimum of 15 minutes of usage based on the mileage for that particular reservation. DRS DAB can also be used in conjunction with DRS FNR.

 

Rate Per 15 Minutes

Mileage Band Per Call

 

The charges specified in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1 apply.

 

For both DRS FNR and DRS DAB, the following applies:

 

A DRS customer is required to provide a suitably equipped workstation, using either dedicated 9.6 kbps line access from the customer premise to Companys DRS host computer or secure 9.6 kbps switched access using an 800 number and access security system provided by MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc.corporate security to Companys DRS host computer.

 

The monthly and installation charges specified in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1 apply.

 

¹ Company will waive the installation and monthly recurring charges associated with the local and interoffice channel portions of the private line for one (1) Company‑provided dedicated 9.6 kbps access line or one (1) secure 9.6 switched access line to be used for DRS customer access between the customer's premises and Companys DRS host computer through March 31, 1993. The customer is responsible for providing all hardware and software components of customer's workstation and any transmission equipment (e.g. modems, personal computer, printer). These charges will not be waived if Company does not provide the access.

 

.0212113 ISDN ESP: Allows Gnt 800 service customer to receive the telephone number (referred to as an ANI) from which the calling party has dialed at the time the call is answered. ISDN ESP is available only with PRI access. ANI will be available to ISDN ESP customers on calls originating from local exchange carriers' end offices with equal access Feature Group D signalling.

 

Customers who elect ISDN ESP will be assessed the following charges:

 

PER ANI

FEATURE DELIVERY INSTALLATION¹

 

ANI delivery $0.01 $300.00

 

.0212114 At the customer's request and where feasible, Company may permit the customer to obtain other forms of access to the customer's Government T-1 service; or Company may procure other forms of access to such service. All applicable recurring and non‑recurring charges for such service will be calculated on an individual case basis, in accordance with the charges assessed by the Local Exchange Carrier or other access provider. The installation and monthly charges for any interface equipment associated with such access that is provided by Company shall be calculated on an individual case basis. If Company procures access for the customer from the Local Exchange Carrier, the customer's use of such access shall be in conformity with the regulations and other terms and conditions under which the Local Exchange Carrier provides such access.

 

In addition to such individual case basis charges, Company shall assess charges for the following:

 

Analog Access Coordination (if requested by the customer). (See Section C‑2.02112.)

 

Analog Central Office Connection (See Section C‑2.02117)

 

.02122 DDS Local Access Functions

 

.021221 Digital Data Access Channel ‑ Installation charges for each Local Access Channel will be calculated on an individual case basis, in accordance with the charges set forth in the relevant Local Exchange Carrier's interstate tariff as of April 15, 1992. (See Section C-4.) The monthly recurring and installation charges are found in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 8.

 

.0212211 LEC‑GDDS Hub Access Charge (required, one per DDS Local Access Channel)

 

SPEED MONTHLY INSTALLATION

 

2.4, 4.8, 9.6 kbps $ 65.00 N/A

56 kbps $ 50.00 N/A

 

.021222 Access Coordination (per Local Access Channel) ‑ Charges apply if Company orders the Local Access Channel or if the customer requests Company coordination.

 

SPEED MONTHLY INSTALLATION

 

2.4, 4.8, 9.6 kbps $29.75 $232.00

56 kbps $29.75 $287.00

 

.021223 Local Access Channel Options

 

.0212231 Route Diversity ‑ Charges will be calculated on an individual case basis, in accordance with the charges set forth in the relevant Local Exchange Carrier's tariff, and passed on to the customer.

 

.02122 DDS Local Access Functions

 

.021224 Clear Channel 64 kbps GDDS is available only with T1 Digital local access that is equipped with B8ZS line coding from the Local Exchange Carrier.

 

.021225 Credit Allowance for Interruption of Local Access Service ‑ Credit will be allowed for interrupted local access service as provided under Section C‑2.02116 preceding.

 

.021226 DDS Company Central Office Functions

 

.0212261 Central Office Connection (COC) (per connection)

 

SPEED MONTHLY INSTALLATION

 

2.4, 4.8, 9.6 kbps $21.30 $167.00

56 kbps $21.30 $252.00

 

.0212262 Credit Allowance for Interruptions ‑ For purposes of determining credit allowances in accordance with the regulations in Section C‑2.02116 preceding, a DDS service is considered to be interrupted when:

 

.02122621 There has been a loss of continuity, or

 

.02122622 The error performance is below the design objective of 99.5% error free seconds measured over a continuous 24‑hour period.

 

.0212263 DRS Fixed Network Reconfiguration (FNR) - Allows customers to electronically control 56 kbps and T-1 connections between DRS ports. DRS FNR supports point-to-point analog Digital Private Line Service up to 9.6 kbps, and point-to-point digital service up to 56 kbps. DRS FNR supports analog access, Digital Data Service (DDS) access, T-1 Digital Gateway access, and T-45 access. Digital Private Line Service circuits with DRS may be interconnected to TDS 1.5 and DDS DRS DAB and FNR circuits for disaster recovery. Digital Private Line Service circuits with DRS FNR may be connected to Company Voice Grade and Analog Data Service DRS FNR circuits for network grooming.

 

The monthly recurring and installation charges specified in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1 apply.

 

A DRS customer is required to provide a suitable equipped workstation, using either dedicated 9.6 kbps line access from the customer premise to Companys DRS host computer or secure 9.6 kbps switched access using an 800 number and access security system provided by Company corporate security to Companys DRS host computer.

 

¹ Company will waive all installation and monthly recurring charges associated with the local and interoffice channel portions of the private line for one (1) Company-provided 9.6 kbps voice grade private line to be used for DRS customer access between the customer's premises and the Company DRS Control Center through March 31, 1993. The customer is responsible for providing all hardware and software components of the personal computer terminal and any transmission equipment (e.g., modems). These charges will not be waived if Company does not provide the access.

 

.021227 At the customer's request and where feasible, Company may permit the customer to obtain other forms of access to the customer's GDDS; or Company may procure other forms of access to such service. All applicable recurring and non‑recurring charges for such service will be calculated on an individual case basis, in accordance with the charges assessed by the Local Exchange Carrier or other access provider. The installation and monthly charges for any interface equipment associated with such access that is provided by Company shall be calculated on an individual case basis. If Company procures access for the customer from the Local Exchange Carrier, the customer's use of such access shall be in conformity with the regulations and other terms and conditions under which the Local Exchange Carrier provides such access.

 

In addition to such individual case basis charges, Company shall assess charges for the following:

 

Analog or T‑1 Digital Access Coordination (if requested by the customer) (See Sections C‑2.02112 and C‑2.21212, respectively)

 

Analog or T-1 Digital Company Central Office Connection (See Sections C‑2.02117, and C‑2.02121, respectively)

 

Government T‑1 Digital Central Office Options (See Section C‑2.212172)

 

.02123 Digital Private Line Local Access Function

 

Local Access for this service can be acquired through one of the following types of analog or digital access: Analog Local Access (Section C‑2.0211), T‑1 Digital Access (Section C‑2.02121), DDS Local Access (Section C‑2.02122), or DS0 Access. DS0 Access is a digital local access arrangement which is provided by the Local Exchange Carrier, where available, to connect customers' premises to Company terminals to provide synchronous digital transmission at data speeds of 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 56, or 64 kbps. The monthly recurring and installation charges are found in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 8.

 

.021231 Local Access Channel: The relevant monthly and non‑recurring charges associated with the type of local access chosen, including any options, are applicable. In the case of customer‑provided local access channels, these charges apply for access coordination, if the customer has not provided written notice to Company that the customer accepts responsibility for the design, installation coordination and ongoing coordination of testing and trouble resolution for the Local Access Channel.

 

.021232 Access Coordination: All relevant monthly and non‑recurring charges for the type the type of local access chosen are applicable.

 

DSO/Hubless Digital Access:

 

DSO Access Speed Monthly Installation

2.4, 4.8, 9.6 kbps $29.75 $174.00

56, 64 kbps $29.75 $174.00

 

.021234 Special Access Surcharge¹: For Analog Local Access, this charge applies per Local Channel. For T‑1 Digital Local Access and this charge applies per voice grade equivalent channel.

 

.021235 Digital Private Line Service supporting multipoint digital data applications is available only with Digital Access. Service supporting multipoint analog data applications can be accessed by either Analog Local Access or Digital Local Access.

 

.021236 Local Exchange Carrier bridging for Multipoint Digital Private Line is supported where available. The customer will be assessed all applicable Local Exchange Carrier charges.

 

.021237 Clear Channel 64 kbps Digital Private Line Service is available only with T1 local access that is equipped with B8ZS line coding or DS0 Access, from the Local Exchange Carrier, where available.

 

.021238 Credit Allowance for Interruption of Local Access Service: Credit will be allowed for interrupted local access services as provided under Section C‑2.02116 preceding.

 

.021239

 

.0212310 Digital Private Line Service at fractional T-1 speeds of multiple 56 kbps is available only with T-1 local access from the Local Exchange Carrier. Service with fractional T-1 speeds in multiples of 64 kbps is available only with T-1 local access with B8ZS line coding.

 

¹ The Surcharge, imposed by the Local Exchange Carrier, will not apply to those customers who furnish Company with an Exemption Certification (as defined herein).

 

.02124 DS-3 Digital Access Local Access Functions

 

DS-3 Digital Access is a high capacity digital local access arrangement which relies on DS-3 transmission technology used by the Local Exchange Carrier, or other access provider, and which will be used to connect customers' premises to Company terminals to provide customer access to Company services.

 

This form of access when used in conjunction with Government T-45, will be acquired on the customer's behalf or provided by Company. Customer-provided access is not allowed.

 

.021241 Local Access Channel - Monthly and installation charges for each Local Access Channel will be calculated on an individual case basis, in accordance with the following:

 

.0212411 Where tariffed charges exist for DS3 access supplied by the Local Exchange Carrier or other access provider, the charges to the customer ordering such access will equal the total of the tariffed charges imposed on Company by the Local Exchange Carrier or other access provider; or

 

.0212412 Where tariffed charges do not exist or the access is not provided by a Local Exchange Carrier, charges to the customer will be the applicable recurring and non-recurring charges imposed on Company by the Local Exchange Carrier or other access provider,

 

.0212413 Charges for special arrangements, including engineering, construction, labor, facility costs and other costs associated with making the interconnection compatible between the customer's and Companys equipment and/or facilities are additional and at the expense of the customer and shall be charged on an individual case basis.

 

.0212414 There will be no allowance for service deferral on the Local Access Channel. All charges for access begin on the original service request date, or the telco delivery date, whichever is later.

 

.021242 Access Coordination (per Local Access Channel)

 

Monthly Installation

$130.00 $2,200.00

 

.021243 Special Access Surcharge (per voice grade equivalent channel)

 

¹ - See Section C-2.02113 for monthly charges. No installation charges apply.

 

.021244 Credit Allowance for Interruption of Local Access Service - Credit will be allowed for interrupted local access service as provided under Section C-2.02116 preceding.

 

.02125 DS-3 Company Central Office Functions

 

.021251 Central Office Connection (COC) (per DS3 connection)

 

Monthly Installation

 

$520.00 $500.00

 

¹ The Surcharge, imposed by the Local Exchange Carrier, will not apply to those customers who furnish Company with an Exemption Certification (as defined herein).

 

.02125 DS-3 Company Central Office Functions

 

.021252 Company Central Office Options (per Central Office Connection)

 

.0212521 M13 Multiplex - To demultiplex up to 28 T-1 (1.544 Mbps) channels from/into a T-3 (44.736 Mbps) digital signal.

 

Monthly Installation

ICB ICB

 

A Government T-45 Central Office Connection is required to connect the 44.736 Mbps digital signal to this office option. In addition, T-1 (1.544 Mbps) Central Office Connections are required to connect each T-1 channel to this office option.

 

.0212522 Route Diversity - Charges will be developed and filed on an individual case basis.

 

.021253 Credit Allowance for Interruptions - For purposes of determining credit allowance in accordance with Section C-2.02116 preceding, a Government T-45 service is considered to be interrupted when:

 

.0212531 There has been a loss of continuity, or

 

.0212532 There have been 300 or more seconds of transmission containing errors in a 15 minute period.

 

.02126 Access Pricing Plans: Customers who order Dedicated Access Line Service from Company may subscribe to service through an Access Pricing Plan (APP) which qualifies the customer to receive discounts which apply against the applicable monthly local circuit rates. Other charges (e.g., Access Coordination, Central Office Connection, and installation charges) described herein are not discountable under these plans. For purposes of these APP's, Dedicated Access Line Service only includes channelized T-1 access, unchannelized T-1 access, DSO, DDS and Analog access.

 

An APP applies only to one access circuit. The plan and its discounts are not transferrable to any other circuit, nor may the APP be transferred from one customer to another.

 

.021261 Commencing an APP

 

All customer requests to commence an APP must be made in writing and received by Company no later than the 15th day of the month preceding the month in which the APP is to commence. A customer must provide Company with one month written notice to change an APP. All charges for access facilities will apply until the requested disconnection date. The charges will apply whether or not the customer uses the circuit. The APP commences the day of installation for a new circuit, or the first day the Initial Circuit can be billed under the plan.

 

.021262 Rate Changes

 

Customers whose circuits are subscribed through an APP are subject to all rate and discount revisions which are made during the course of the APP's term. Customers who are enrolled in an APP on or before June 1, 1993, will be charged a rate no greater than the rate in effect on June 1, 1993 for the term of the plan. A customer who enrolls either channelized or unchannelized T-1 Digital Access Circuits in an APP after June 1, 1993 will be charged a rate no greater than the rate in effect on the date the APP becomes effective, for the term of the plan.

 

.021263 Early Termination

 

Discontinuance of service under this tariff with or without termination liability is as specified in FAR Clause Nos. 52.249-02, 52.249-08 and/or GSAR Clause No. 552.209-72.

 

Customers who terminate service prior to the end of the committed term will be charged an early termination charge equal to the lesser of the following:

 

 the number of months remaining in the term multiplied by 50 percent of the undiscounted monthly rate at the time of termination; or,

 

 one month's undiscounted monthly rate at the time of termination for customers in a one-year APP; two months' undiscounted monthly rate at the time of termination for customers in a two-year APP; six months' undiscounted monthly rate at the time of termination for customers in a three-year APP; eight months' undiscounted monthly rate at the time of termination for customers in a four-year APP; and ten months' undiscounted monthly rate at the time of termination for customers in a five-year APP.

 

Early termination charges will be waived under the following circumstances:

 

 The customer upgrades its service from DDS or DSO or Analog to T-1 Digital Access, or from T-1 Digital Access to TDS-45 Local Access; the new services is provided from the Company facility to the same customer location as the disconnected service; and the written request to disconnect the circuit under the APP and to install the upgrade circuit are received by Company concurrently, with no lapse in service;

 

 The customer replaces an APP for a given circuit with an APP expiring on or after the original APP for the same circuit;

 

 The customer requests that a circuit be moved and:

 

- The move is to another location in the same LATA; and

 

- The new circuit at the new location is to be installed on or before the date the original circuit is disconnected; and

 

- The new circuit is enrolled in an APP expiring on or after the APP on the original circuit.

 

The customer is responsible for all applicable installation charges for the new circuit.

 

.021264 Upon expiration of an APP, a circuit will be automatically resubscribed through an APP with the same term commitment as the original plan unless the customer states, in writing to Company, that it wishes not to be re-enrolled or to be enrolled in an APP of a different term than the original. Such written notice must be received by Company no later than 30 days prior to the existing plan's expiration.

 

.021265 Discounts

 

The following discounts apply to those customers who have enrolled in an APP term discount arrangement as described in Section B above, in accordance with the terms specified therein.

 

T-1 Analog DSO, DDS

Term Commitment Discount Discount Discount

 

12 Months 5% 0% 0%

24 Months 10% 4% 5%

36 Months 20% 5% 8%

48 Months 22% 6% 10%

60 Months 24% 7% 15%

 

 The customer requests that a circuit be moved and:

 

- The move is to another location in the same LATA; and

 

- The new circuit at the new location is to be installed on or before the date the original circuit is disconnected; and

 

- The new circuit is enrolled in an APP expiring on or after the APP on the original circuit.

 

The customer is responsible for all applicable installation charges for the new circuit.

 

.021264 Upon expiration of an APP, a circuit will be automatically resubscribed through an APP with the same term commitment as the original plan unless the customer states, in writing to Company, that it wishes not to be re-enrolled or to be enrolled in an APP of a different term than the original. Such written notice must be received by Company no later than 30 days prior to the existing plan's expiration.

 

.021265 Discounts

 

The following discounts apply to those customers who have enrolled in an APP term discount arrangement as described in Section B above, in accordance with the terms specified therein.

 

T-1 Analog DSO, DDS

Term Commitment Discount Discount Discount

 

12 Months 5% 0% 0%

24 Months 10% 4% 5%

36 Months 20% 5% 8%

48 Months 22% 6% 10%

60 Months 24% 7% 15%

 

.022 Dedicated Inter-Office Services

 

0.221 Analog Inter-Office Service

 

0.2211 Inter-Office Channel (IOC)

 

IOC charges are determined according to mileage, using the applicable per circuit and per mile monthly rates for individual IOCs. Charges will apply each month at the prescribed rate. A customer may disconnect circuits subject to the regulations in Section C-2.013 entitled "Notification Required for Customers".

 

0.22111 Mileage Measurements (per IOC)

.0221111 Point-to-Point: The rate mileage for the IOC on a point to point private line service is the airline distance measured between two Company Points of Presence. See MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, Section C-11, Part A1 for method of calculation for airline mileage.

 

.0221112 Multipoint: The rate mileage for the Inter-Office Channel(s) on a private line service with three or more Points of Presence is the sum of the individual airline mileage measured between each pair of Company Points of Presence which results in the lowest total mileage charge when all of the Company Points of Presence are connected together. The charge for the airline mileage between each pair of Company Points of Presence is calculated separately and then summed. (Note: The actual Company routing of the private line service may vary from the priced configuration. This method of calculation applies except in those cases when the customer specifies the sequence in which the Inter-Office Channels are connected.)

 

.022112 Mileage Charges (per IOC) ‑ See Section C‑2.22111 above for methods of calculation for mileage charges. Installation is not applicable.

 

MONTHLY

MILEAGE FIXED PER MILE

1 + $170.88 $0.21

 

.022113 Credit Allowance for Interruption of Inter-Office Service - Credit will be allowed for interrupted inter-office service as provided under Section C-2.02116 preceding.

 

.0222 Government T-1 Inter-Office Service

 

.02221 Inter‑Office Channel (IOC) (per channel)

 

IOC charges are determined according to mileage, using the applicable per circuit and per mile monthly rates for individual IOCs. Charges will apply each month at the prescribed rate. A customer may disconnect circuits subject to the regulations in Section C‑2.013 entitled "Notification Required From Customers".

 

Monthly Recurring IOC Charges

 

Mileage Band Per Circuit Per Mile

1 + $1009.39 $1.45

 

.02222 Inter-Office Channel Options

 

.022221 Route Diversity ‑ Charges will be developed and filed on an individual case basis.

 

.022222 Fiber‑only Routing ‑ See MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, Section C‑12, Table IV ‑ Part A for the availability of this option.

 

.022223 MCI View ‑ Provides access to near real‑time monitoring of a customer's Company service carrying the customer's voice and data traffic. Access is provided through a customer‑provided terminal connected to the customer's host and an Company‑provided DDS 9.6 kbps dedicated line connection to the customer host.

 

The monthly and installation charges specified in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1 apply.

 

Components associated with IEC 9.6 kbps Access and their relevant monthly and non‑recurring charges are those shown in Section C‑2.02122 above.

 

¹ For those customers who choose MCI View for both Government T-1 and Gnt Service, the monthly recurring system/application charges will be $425 and the system/application installation charges of $1000 will be assessed in lieu of the charges outlines above.

 

.02223 Credit Allowance of Interruption of Inter‑Office Service: Credit will be allowed for interrupted inter‑office service as provided under Section C‑2.02116 preceding and shall be based upon the specifications shown in Section C‑2.212173 herein.

 

.0223 GDDS Inter-Office Service

 

.02231 Inter-Office Channel (IOC) (per channel)

 

IOC charges are determined according to mileage and data speed, using the applicable per circuit and per mile rates for individual IOCs. A customer may disconnect circuits or shift them to other plans subject to the regulations in Section C‑2.013 entitled "Notification Required From Customers".

 

DDS 56Kbps DDS 9.6, 4.8, 2.4Kbps DSO 2.4, 4.8, 9.6 56 Kbps

Per Per Per Per Per Per

Mileage Circuit + Mile Circuit + Mile Circuit + Mile

 

1 - 50 $195.13 $3.26 $163.90 $0.19 $170.88 $0.19

51 - 100 253.01 2.10 163.90 0.19 170.88 0.19

101 - 500 332.38 1.30 163.90 0.19 170.88 0.19

501 + 612.94 0.74 163.90 0.19 170.88 0.19

 

.02232 Inter-Office Channel Options

 

.022321 Route Diversity ‑ Charges will be developed and filed on an individual case basis.

 

.022322 Credit Allowance for Interruption of Inter‑Office Service - Credit will be allowed for interrupted inter‑office service as provided under Section C‑2.02116 preceding.

 

.0224 Digital Private Line Inter‑Office Service

 

.02241 Monthly Plan: Under this plan, IOC charges are determined according to mileage, using the applicable fixed and per mile monthly plan rates for the individual IOCs as specified below. A customer may disconnect circuits or shift them to another plan subject to the regulations in Section C-2.013 entitled "Notification Required From Customers."

 

.022411 Inter-Office Channel IOC Rates¹ - See Section C-2.0221111 above for methods of calculation for mileage charges. Installation is not applicable.

 

.0224111 IOC Monthly Plan Rates:

 

MONTHLY

DATA SPEED MILEAGE FIXED PER MILE

 

64 kbps 1 + $212.21 $0.26

 

112 kbps or 1 + $299.36 $0.35

Clear Channel 128 kbps

 

168 kbps or 1 + $438.08 $0.51

Clear Channel 192 kbps

 

¹ For Digital Data Service customers who convert to Digital Private Line Service, the new service rates will begin on the first of the following month.

 

MONTHLY

DATA SPEED MILEAGE FIXED PER MILE

 

224 kbps or 1 + $567.31 $0.66

Clear Channel 256 kbps

 

280 kbps or 1 + 700.69 0.84

Clear Channel 320 kbps

 

336 kbps or 1 + 827.55 0.97

Clear Channel 384 kbps

 

392 kbps or 1 + 941.96 1.11

Clear Channel 448 kbps

 

448 kbps or 1 + 1,045.11 1.12

Clear Channel 512 kbps

 

504 kbps or 1 + 1,140.55 1.35

Clear Channel 576 kbps

 

560 kbps or 1 + 1,224.13 1.48

Clear Channel 640 kbps

 

616 kbps or 1 + 1,310.09 1.58

Clear Channel 704 kbps

 

672 kbps or 1 + $1,390.12 $1.67

Clear Channel 768 kbps

 

728 kbps or 1 + 1,442.28 1.75

Clear Channel 832 kbps

 

784 kbps or 1 + 1,480.81 1.83

Clear Channel 896 kbps

 

840 kbps or 1 + 1,505.12 1.91

Clear Channel 960 kbps

 

896 kbps or 1 + 1,526.46 1.97

Clear Channel 1024 kbps

 

952 kbps or 1 + 1,540.09 2.02

Clear Channel 1088 kbps

 

1008 kbps or 1 + 1,547.80 2.08

Clear Channel 1152 kbps

 

1064 kbps or 1 + 1,554.32 2.12

Clear Channel 1216 kbps

 

1120 kbps or 1 + $1,557.88 $2.15

Clear Channel 1280 kbps

 

1176 kbps or 1 + 1,561.44 2.17

Clear Channel 1344 kbps

 

1232 kbps or 1 + 1,564.40 2.19

Clear Channel 1408 kbps

 

1288 kbps or 1 + 1,566.77 2.20

Clear Channel 1472 kbps

 

.0225 Government T-3 Service

 

A Government T-3 Inter-Office Channel (IOC) connects two designated Company terminals on Companys digital fiber optic network.

 

.02251 Mileage Charges (per IOC)

 

MILEAGE PER CIRCUIT PER MILE

 

1 + $8,492.33 $23.17

 

.024 Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) Provisioning

 

.03 Service Availability

 

.031 GDTS facilities for Analog Service and Digital Private Line Service are available between the Company Metropolitan Area Terminal City Locations set forth in Table IV, Part B of MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1.

 

.032 GDTS facilities for Government T-1 and Government Digital Data Service (GDDS) are available between the Company Metropolitan Area Terminal City Locations set forth in Table IV, Part A of the MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1. Government T-1 service is also available in cities listed in Section C-12, Table IV, Part B, of MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, where facilities permit.

 

.033 D‑6 Conditioning when ordered in conjunction with Digital Private Line Service, is available between the Company Metropolitan Area terminal city locations set forth in Section C-12, Table IV, Part B, of MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1.

 

SECTION C - SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS AND RATES

 

3. METERED USE SERVICE

 

.01 GENERAL DESCRIPTION

 

Metered Use Service offers the use of intercity communications facilities shared among multiple users. Company provides Government Telecommunications Services customers the following separate Metered Use Service Options: Option A (Gnt), Option B (Gnt 800), Option C (Virtual Private Data Service), Option D (MCI Forum Conference Calling), Option E (MCI Prepaid Calling Card Service), Option F (Government Emergency Telecommunications Service), Option G (GCI), Option H (MCI HyperStream Frame Relay) and Option I (MCI WorldCom On-Net Services). Depending on the option(s) chosen, the customer may select the manner in which calls are originated and terminated, may obtain one-way or two-way service, may enjoy point-to-point or multipoint service, or may originate calls in multiple cities.

 

Government Telecommunications Service Metered Use Service Options involve, depending on the Option selected, a monthly subscription fee, a recurring monthly minimum charge for intercity facility usage, or a one-time initiation of service charge. At additional cost, certain Metered Use Service Options offer a customer the ability to: (1) identify the users and allocate the cost of their long distance service through the use of accounting codes, and (2) receive call records on magnetic tape.

 

Under each of the above Metered Use Service Options, excluding Option C and Option H, the individual customer's total monthly charges for use of the intercity communication facilities are based upon the total time the customer (account) utilizes such facilities. In that regard, individual intercity facilities usage charges, as well as other specific charges, discounts and/or features are applicable to each individual service option. A specific description of each of the Metered Use Service Options and it recurring and non-recurring charges, features, applicable discounts and service availability is contained in Sections C-3.02 and C-3.10 following.

 

3. METERED USE SERVICE

 

.02 OPTION A (GNT)

 

Unless specifically modified herein, all terms, conditions, rates and charges applicable to Metered Use Service Option G (Vnet) found in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1 shall apply. Unless otherwise indicated herein, when used throughout this tariff the terms "Gnt" and "Gnet" shall be used interchangeably with the term "Vnet" found in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1.

.021 Rates and Charges: In lieu of the rates and charges applicable to Metered Use Service Option G (Vnet) found in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, the following rates and charges shall apply:

 

.0211 Gnt Card Surcharge: The following per-call surcharges apply to each Gnt Card call, other than calls to Directory Assistance. This surcharge will not apply to customized announcement calls.

 

Per-Call

Surcharge

 

Calls to 50 U.S. States, Puerto Rico,

the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam,

CNMI, and Canada: $0.36

 

Calls to international locations

other than Canada: $1.30

 

.0212 Shared Transport Per-Minute Usage Charges:

 

.02121 For calls from the U.S. Mainland and Hawaii to the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, and Hawaii, the following per‑minute rates apply:

 

Rate Per Minute

Option A Option B

 

Dedicated On-net to:

Dedicated On-net $0.0500 $0.0708

Shared On-net 0.0916 0.1020

Off-net 0.0916 0.1020

 

Shared On-net to:

Dedicated On-net 0.0978 0.1082

Shared On-net 0.1404 0.1404

Off-net 0.1404 0.1404

 

Off-net to:

Dedicated On-net 0.0978 0.1082

Shared On-net 0.1404 0.1404

Off-net 0.1404 0.1404

 

.02122 For calls from the U.S. Mainland and Hawaii to Guam, the following per‑minute rates apply:

 

Day Evening Night & Weekend

 

1st 30 Sec. Add'l 6 Sec. 1st 30 Sec. Add'l 6 Sec. 1st 30 Sec. Add'l 6 Sec.

$0.0762 $0.0152 $0.0762 $0.0152 $0.1123 $0.0097

 

.02123 For calls from the U.S. Mainland and Hawaii to CNMI, the following per‑minute rates apply:

 

Day Evening Night & Weekend

 

1st 30 Sec. Add'l 6 Sec. 1st 30 Sec. Add'l 6 Sec. 1st 30 Sec. Add'l 6 Sec.

$0.2375 $0.0475 $0.1465 $0.0283 $0.1465 $0.0293

 

.0213 Directory Assistance: An undiscounted charge of $0.67 per call will be applied to each Directory Assistance call, subject to the provisions set forth in Section B-6.03 of this tariff.

 

.0214 800 Remote Access Surcharge: The following per-call surcharges apply to each 800 Remote Access call.

 

Per-Call

Surcharge

 

Calls to Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, CNMI and Canada: $0.36

 

Calls to international locations

other than Canada: $1.30

 

.0215 From U.S. Mainland and Hawaii to International Locations: For outbound calls from the U.S. Mainland and Hawaii to Canada, the following per‑minute rates apply:

 

Day Evening Night & Weekend

 

1st 30 Sec. Add'l 6 Sec. 1st 30 Sec. Add'l 6 Sec. 1st 30 Sec. Add'l 6 Sec.

$0.0902 $0.0089 $0.0855 $0.0080 $0.0761 $0.0076

 

.022 Basic Feature Package Charge: In lieu of the Basic Feature Package installation charge applicable to Metered Use Service Option G (Vnet) found in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, the following charge shall apply:

 

Installation Per Customer

 

Basic Feature Package: $0

 

3. METERED USE SERVICE

 

.03 OPTION B (GNT 800)

 

Unless specifically modified herein, all terms, conditions, rates and charges applicable to Metered Use Service Option F (MCI 800 Service) found in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1 shall apply. Unless otherwise indicated herein, when used throughout this tariff the term "Gnet 800" shall be used interchangeably with the term "MCI 800 Service" found in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1.

 

.031 Rates and Charges: In lieu of the rates and charges applicable to Metered Use Service Option F (MCI 800 Service) found in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, the following rates and charges shall apply:

 

.032 Monthly Recurring Charges:

 

.0321 Switched WATS Termination The following Base Rate Per Minute rates apply: $0.1510 per minute for calls from the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

 

.0322 Dedicated Termination The following Base Rate Per Minute rates apply:

 

For calls from the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands:

 

Base Rate Per Minute Option A: $0.0980

Option B: $0.1090

 

.0323 Business Line Termination

 

For calls from the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands:

 

Base Rate Per Minute $0.1410

 

Canadian Origination: Usage charges for Canadian originating traffic appear below.

 

RANGE BUSINESS DAY EVENING NIGHT & WEEKEND

7 $0.37 $0.28 $0.22

8 0.52 0.39 0.32

9 0.59 0.44 0.35

 

.033 Service Options:

 

.0331 Extended Call Coverage: Allows calls to originate from Canada. The non‑recurring installation charge will be assessed for each of the coverage areas selected, for each 800 Service telephone number. The Change Charge applies to any changes in the coverage areas, to cancellation of the feature, or to cancellation of the 800 service number with which the feature has been associated.

 

NON‑RECURRING

 

MONTHLY INSTALLATION CHANGE

N/A $0.00 $0.00

 

.0332 International Call Coverage: The following per-minute usage charges apply.

 

Switched Dedicated

Country Terminations Terminations

 

Antigua (Barbuda) $1.63 $1.54

Australia 1.55 1.46

Bahamas 1.24 1.16

Bahrain 2.15 2.05

Barbados 1.61 1.52

Belgium 1.61 1.52

Bermuda 1.28 1.21

Brazil 1.66 1.59

Canada (see below) (see below)

Cayman Islands 1.61 1.52

Chile 1.90 1.81

China 3.45 3.37

Colombia 1.78 1.70

Costa Rica 1.68 1.58

Cyprus 1.88 1.80

Denmark 1.73 1.64

Dominican Republic 1.36 1.27

Ecuador 2.43 2.33

El Salvador 2.12 2.03

Finland 1.73 1.64

France (including Monaco) 1.71 1.64

Germany, West 1.60 1.53

Greece 1.64 1.58

Guatemala 1.50 1.42

Hong Kong 2.05 2.00

Hungary 1.61 1.53

Indonesia 2.19 2.13

Ireland 1.61 1.53

Israel 1.96 1.88

Italy (including San

Marino and Vatican City) 1.73 1.64

Jamaica 1.61 1.53

Japan 1.89 1.80

Korea, Republic of 2.01 1.93

Luxembourg 1.68 1.58

Malaysia 2.00 1.93

Mexico (see below) (see below)

Netherlands 1.61 1.53

Netherlands Antilles 1.48 1.40

New Zealand 2.23 2.17

Nicaragua 2.12 2.03

Norway 1.73 1.63

Panama 1.55 1.48

Peru 2.59 2.50

Philippines 1.90 1.82

Portugal 2.07 2.00

Qatar 2.23 2.16

Singapore 1.96 1.88

South Africa 2.48 2.37

Spain 1.85 1.77

St. Lucia 1.61 1.52

Sweden 1.61 1.51

Switzerland 1.73 1.64

Taiwan 1.78 1.71

Thailand 2.07 2.00

Trinidad/Tobago 1.61 1.53

Turkey 2.26 2.19

United Arab Emirates 2.23 2.16

United Kingdom 1.36 1.27

Uruguay 1.78 1.70

Venezuela 2.11 2.01

 

.03321 Canada Origination: Usage charges for Canadian originating traffic appear below.

 

Switched Termination Dedicated Termination

Range Business Night & Business Night &

Day Evening Weekend Day Evening Weekend

 

7 $0.4569 $0.3735 $0.3735 $0.4341 $0.3690 $.3690

8 0.6623 0.4728 0.4728 0.6467 0.4717 0.4717

9 0.6623 0.4728 0.4728 0.6467 0.4717 0.4717

 

Business Line Termination From Canada to Puerto Rico

 

Business Night &

Day Evening Weekend

 

$0.6623 $0.4728 $0.4728

.03222 Mexico Origination: Usage charges for Mexico originating traffic appear below:

 

Switched Access Dedicated Access

Standard Economy Standard Economy

 

M1 $0.70 $0.52 $0.67 $0.49

M2 0.60 0.47 0.57 0.44

M3 1.45 1.08 1.41 1.04

M4 1.94 1.45 1.91 1.41

 

.03323 Volume Discounts: The following volume discounts will apply to all international Gnt 800 service calls when total monthly international usage equals or exceeds $1,000.00 for a particular terminating service group.

 

Total Monthly Usage Percentage Discount

$ 000 - $ 999.99 0%

$ 1,000 - $ 2,999.99 5%

$ 3,000 + 10%

 

.0333 Call Detail (not including international usage): Individual call identification provided only when a call originates from a converted end office.

 

.03331 Call Detail on Magnetic Tape (per billing account)

 

Monthly Non-Recurring

 

$0.00 $0.00

 

.03332 Call Detail on Paper (per billing account)

 

Monthly Non-Recurring

 

$0.00 $0.00

 

3. METERED USE SERVICE

 

.04 OPTION C (VIRTUAL PRIVATE DATA SERVICE)

 

Unless specifically modified herein, all terms, conditions, rates and charges applicable to Metered Use Service Option S (Virtual Private Data Service (VPDS)) found in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1 shall apply.

 

.5 OPTION D (MCI FORUM CONFERENCE CALLING)

Option D is a one‑way, multipoint service provided through Company, allowing the furnishing of long distance telecommunication service between a single calling station and two or more called stations, when at least one of the called stations is located in a different LATA than the calling station. MCI Forum Conference Calling requires a teleconferencing bridge port for each calling station. The necessary bridge ports are provided by a designated Company Conference Center and are available as a Dial‑Out, 800 Meet Me, Local Meet Me and Unattended Meet Me Service. All MCI Forum Conference Calling calls are rounded to the next highest minute. Calculations of usage begins at the connect time of the first called party and ends when either the last participant in the conference call disconnects or the Company Conference Center operator terminates the call. If the computed charge includes a fraction of a cent, the fraction is rounded to the nearest whole cent.

 

A conference call is initiated by making a reservation of a date and time for the call. Reservations of Companys Forum Conference Calling Service can be placed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Conference calls can be held on any day of the week at anytime. Cancellation of scheduled conference calls within thirty (30) minutes of the scheduled conference call time are subject to the charges specified below.

 

Unless otherwise indicated herein, the term "networkMCI Conferencing" shall be used interchangeably with the term "MCI Forum Conference Calling" when used throughout this tariff.

 

Except as otherwise stated below, all other applicable terms, conditions, features and charges as specified in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, Section C‑3.17 (Option P ‑ Forum Conference Calling) will apply.

 

.51 Methods of Conference Calling

 

Except for Personal 800 Meet‑Me Service, all methods of Conference Calling specified in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, Section C‑3.171, are available.

 

.52 Intercity Facilities Usage Charges.

 

The following per-minute rate will apply to all Conference Calling calls and apply to each bridge port used. Except as specified in this section, the usage charges for Crisis Management as described in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, Section C‑3.172111 will apply.

 

.521 Usage Charges

 

.5211 From the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Per-Minute Usage Charges:

 

Weekday Pricing: 12:00 am Monday through 11:59 p.m. Friday CST

 

Dial‑Out Service $0.37

800 Meet-Me Service 0.37

Attended Toll Meet-Me Service 0.22

Unattended Toll Meet-Me Service 0.15

Unattended Meet Me Service 0.30

Crisis Management Option I 0.37

Crisis Management Option II 0.37

 

Weekend Pricing: 12:00 a.m. Saturday through 11:59 p.m. Sunday CST

 

Dial Out Service $0.26

800 Meet-Me Service 0.26

Attended Toll Meet-Me Service 0.22

Unattended Toll Meet-Me Service 0.15

Unattended Meet-Me Service 0.24

Crisis Management Option I 0.26

Crisis Management Option II 0.26

 

Charges during all time of day rate periods for Document Conference Calling usage:

 

Standard Data Dial Out Service $0.53

Premier Data Dial Out Service 0.58

Premier Combined Data and Voice Dial Out Service 0.89

Standard Combined Data and Voice Dial Out Service 0.85

Standard Data Toll Free Meet Me Service 0.53

Premier Data Toll Free Meet Me Service 0.58

Standard Combined Data and Voice Toll Free Meet Me Service 0.85

Premier Combined Data and Voice Toll Free Meet Me Service 0.89

Standard Voice Dial Out Service 0.32

Premier Voice Dial Out Service 0.37

Standard Voice Toll Free Meet Me Service 0.32

Premier Voice Toll Free Meet Me Service 0.37

 

.17215 From U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Guam and CNMI Per-Minute Usage Charges: Apply to all completed conference calls which originate or terminate in Guam and CNMI.

 

Weekday Pricing: 12:00 a.m. Monday through 11:59 p.m. Friday CST

 

Dial‑Out Service $0.91 per minute

Personal 800 Service 0.91

800 Meet-Me Service 0.91

Unattended Meet-Me Service 0.81

Crisis Management Option I 0.91

Crisis Management Option II 0.91

 

Weekend Pricing: 12:00 a.m. Saturday through 11:59 p.m. Sunday CST

 

Dial-Out Service $0.71

Personal 800 Service 0.71

800 Meet-Me Service 0.71

Unattended Meet-Me Service 0.61

Crisis Management Option I 0.71

Crisis Management Option II 0.71

 

.5213 From U. S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands to International Locations Per-Minute Usage Charges: The rates described in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, Section C-3.17213 will apply.

 

.53 Discounts The discounts described in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, Section C‑3.1722 will not apply.

 

.54 Conference Features The conference features described in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, Section C‑3.173 are available.

 

.55 Per Call Charges The Set‑Up Fees specified in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, Section C‑3.174 will be waived. All other applicable charges will apply.

 

.56 Service Availability The terms specified in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, Section C‑3.175 will apply.

 

.06 Option E (MCI PrePaid)

 

Option E is a prepaid calling card service that allows customers to originate outbound direct dial calls via Company-provided 800 numbers. MCI PrePaid card customers may originate calls at any telephone in the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and CNMI and from the international locations specified in Section C-3.0613, and may terminate calls in the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and CNMI and the international locations specified in Section C-3.0612. All Option E calls are rounded to the next higher full minute.

 

.061 Unit Value: MCI PrePaid cards may be obtained from Company or from agents of

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Company in various unit denominations with a per-unit value of $0.35, inclusive of all taxes.

 

.0611 For Calls Terminating in the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and CNMI: One unit equals one minute (or fraction thereof) of calling.

 

.0612 For Calls Terminating in International Locations: The following number of units equal one minute (or fraction thereof) of calling.

 

Country Units/Minute

 

Afghanistan 19

Albania 5

Algeria 5

American Samoa 5

Andorra 3

Angola 5

Anguilla 5

Antarctica (Casey,

Davis, Mawson, and

Macquarie Island) 6

Antarctica (Scott Base) 2

Antigua (Barbuda) 5

Argentina 5

Armenia 7

Aruba 4

Ascension Island 9

Australia (including

Tasmania) 2

Austria 3

Azerbaijan 6

Bahamas 3

Bahrain 6

Bangladesh 9

Barbados 5

Belarus 5

Belgium 3

Belize 6

Benin 7

Bermuda 2

Bhutan 7

Bolivia 6

Bosnia-Herzegovina 5

Botswana 5

Brazil 4

British Virgin Islands 4

Brunei 4

Bulgaria 5

Burkina Faso 9

Burundi 7

Cambodia 12

Cameroon 9

Canada 2

Cape Verde Islands 7

Cayman Islands 3

Central African Republic 11

Chad 14

Chile 3

China 6

Christmas Island 2

Cocos Islands 2

Colombia 5

Comorros 8

Congo 10

Cook Island 14

Costa Rica 4

Croatia 4

Cuba 10

Cyprus 4

Czech Republic 4

Denmark 2

Diego Garcia 6

Djibouti 9

Dominica 7

Dominican Republic 3

Easter Island 3

Ecuador 6

Egypt 8

El Salvador 5

Equatorial Guinea 9

Eritrea 12

Estonia 4

Ethiopia 13

Faeroe Islands 6

Falkland Islands 7

Fiji Islands 9

Finland 2

France 2

French Antilles (including

Martinique, St. Barthelemy,

and St. Martin) 5

French Guiana 5

French Polynesia 7

Gabon 6

Gambia 6

Georgia 6

Germany 2

Ghana 6

Gibraltar 5

Greece 4

Greenland 5

Grenada (including Carriacou) 7

Guadeloupe 5

Guantanamo Bay 10

Guatemala 5

Guinea 7

Guinea Bissau 7

Guyana 11

Haiti 7

Honduras 7

Hong Kong 3

Hungary 4

Iceland 3

India 8

Indonesia 5

Iran 8

Iraq 15

Ireland 3

Israel 4

Italy 3

Ivory Coast 10

Jamaica 6

Japan 3

Jordan 8

Kazakhstan 7

Kenya 8

Kiribati 10

Korea, Republic of 5

Kuwait 8

Kyrgyzstan 8

Laos 10

Latvia 5

Lebanon 9

Lesotho 5

Liberia 6

Libya 5

Liechtenstein 2

Lithuania 5

Luxembourg 2

Macao 4

Macedonia 6

Madagascar 27

Malawi 5

Malaysia 4

Maldives 9

Mali 11

Malta 4

Marshall Islands 7

Mauritania 7

Mauritius 9

Mayotte Island 8

Mexico 3

Micronesia 8

Midway 20

Moldova 7

Monaco 2

Mongolia 10

Montserrat 8

Morocco 7

Mozambique 5

Myanmar 11

Namibia 4

Nauru 10

Nepal 10

Netherlands 2

Netherlands Antilles 3

Nevis 4

New Caledonia 8

New Zealand 2

Nicaragua 6

Niger 7

Nigeria 8

Niue Island 16

Norfolk Island 6

Norway 2

Oman 7

Pakistan 9

Palau 6

Panama 6

Papua New Guinea 7

Paraguay 6

Peru 6

Philippines 5

Poland 4

Portugal (including

Azores and

Madeira Islands) 4

Qatar 7

Reunion Island 7

Romania 5

Russia 7

Rwanda 10

San Marino 3

Sao Tome 11

Saudi Arabia 8

Senegal 9

Seychelles 9

Sierra Leone 9

Singapore 3

Slovakia 4

Slovenia 3

Solomon Islands 8

South Africa 5

Spain (including Balearic

Islands, Canary Islands,

Ceuta and Melilla) 4

Sri Lanka 9

St. Helena 9

St. Kitts 4

St. Lucia 4

St. Pierre/Miquelon 3

St. Vincent/Grenadines 6

Sudan 8

Suriname 9

Swaziland 5

Sweden 2

 

Switzerland 2

Syria 8

Taiwan 4

Tajikistan 7

Tanzania 7

Thailand 6

Togo 9

Tonga 9

Trinidad/Tobago 6

Tunisia 6

Turkey 5

Turkmenistan 10

Turks and Caicos Islands 6

Tuvalu 11

Uganda 5

Ukraine 5

United Arab Emirates 5

United Kingdom 2

Uruguay 5

Uzbekistan 7

Vanuatu 18

Vatican City 3

Venezuela 4

Vietnam 13

Wake 20

Wallis and Futuna 10

Western Sahara 4

Western Samoa 8

Yemen, Republic of 11

Yugoslavia 5

Zaire 7

Zambia 7

Zimbabwe 4

 

.0613 For Calls Originating in International Locations: The following number of units equal one minute (or fraction thereof) of calling for calls that originate from the international locations specified below for termination in the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands:

 

Country Units/Minute

 

Australia

(including Tasmania) 4

Bahamas 3

Belgium 4

Canada 2

Chile 5

China 9

Columbia 6

Cyprus 7

Denmark 4

Dominican Republic 5

Finland 4

France 4

Germany 2

Greece 6

Hong Kong 5

Hungary 6

Indonesia 7

Ireland 4

Israel 7

Italy 3

Japan 5

Luxembourg 4

Malaysia 5

Netherlands 3

New Zealand 4

Panama 7

South Africa 6

Sweden 3

Switzerland 4

United Kingdom 3

Uruguay 7

Venezuela 5

 

.062 Features:

 

.0621 Directory Assistance: An undiscountable charge of four units per call will apply for each call requesting Directory Assistance for numbers in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and CNMI), subject to the provisions set forth in Section B-6.03 herein.

 

.0622 Operator Assistance and Customer Service: These features are furnished at no additional charge.

 

.0623 Recharging: Customers who elect to recharge unexpired cards will receive service under MCI WORLDCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1 as set forth in Section C-3.26 for Metered Use Service

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Option Y (MCI PrePaid).

 

.063 Other Charges:

 

.0631 Payphone Use Charge: An undiscountable charge of 2 units per call is applicable to each MCI PrePaid call originating from a domestic payphone. This charge, which is in addition to standard tariffed usage charges and any applicable surcharges associated with Company service, applies for the use of the instrument used to access Company service and is unrelated to the Company service accessed from the payphone. The payphone use charge does not apply to calls placed to MCI PrePaid Customer Service.

 

.064 Other Conditions of Service:

 

 Calls to 700, 800, 900 and 950 numbers and international Directory Assistance will not be completed using the MCI PrePaid card.

 

 Calls may only be charged against a MCI PrePaid card that has a sufficient available balance.

 

 MCI PrePaid card balances will be reduced and depleted based upon customer usage. Customers will be given notice one minute before available card balance is depleted, based on the terminating location of the call. When the balance of available time is depleted, the call will be terminated.

 

 MCI PrePaid cards are non‑refundable and will expire on the date specified on the card or the carrier or package in which the card is included.

 

 Company will provide a credit equal to one minute of applicable service for MCI PrePaid card calls that are interrupted or are subject to inadequate transmission. Credits will not be issued when an interruption or service deficiency is: (a) not reported to Company; or, (b) due to failure of power, equipment or systems not provided by Company.

 

 This offering will be available to a single government entity from the effective date of this tariff through July 1, 1995.

 

.07 Option F (Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS)

 

Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) is a custom integrated switched telecommunications service which allows the customer enhanced survivability and priority treatment for its communications by integrating specialized capabilities into both the Company switched network and private Government networks and services.

 

.071 Rates and Charges:

 

Nonrecurring charges and monthly recurring charges apply whether or not the service is used.

 

.0711 Nonrecurring Charges

 

The following rates will be charged in Years One through Three.

Annual Period Annual Rate

 

Year One $2,821,385.00

Year Two $2,168,774.00

Year Three $0.00

 

The following rates will be charged each month for Operations, Administration and Maintenance, based on year of service (OA&M).

 

Annual Period Monthly Rate

 

Year One $315,955.00

Year Two 174,229.00

Year Three 74,828.00

Year Four 37,381.56

Year Five 37,958.53

Year Six 38,727.81

Year Seven 39,361.63

Year Eight 40,241.91

Year Nine 40,826.81

Year Ten 39,237.92

 

.0713 Usage Sensitive Charges

 

.07131 Usage Charges: The Customer will be charged $0.144 per minute for domestic GETS usage.

 

The rates and charges applicable to international Metered Use Service Option G (Vnet) set forth in Section C-3.0935 found in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1 shall apply for international GETS usage.

 

.07132 Per-Call Surcharges: The Customer will be charged a $0.75 per-call surcharge for operator-assisted calls.

 

.0714 Other Charges: An undiscountable $0.30 per call charge is applicable to calls that originate from any domestic payphone used to access Company services as follows. This charge, which is in addition to standard tariffed usage charges and any applicable surcharges associated with Company service, applies for the use of the instrument used to access Company service and is unrelated to the Company service accessed from the payphone. Customers of GETS will be charged the payphone use charge for each domestic payphone call made using GETS. The payphone use charge does not apply to calls placed from payphones at which the customer pays for service by inserting coins during the progress of the call.

 

.072 Other Requirements

 

The Customer must commit to an initial term of service of 36 months. To be eligible to continue to receive GETS following the expiration of this 36-month period and the end of each subsequent annual period of the term of service, the Customer must commit to a term of service of 12 months.

 

3. METERED USE SERVICE

 

.08 OPTION G (GCI)

 

Government Connections International (GCI) is a customized virtual network telecommunications service. It provides a unified service for multi‑location organizations, providing both communications and management features. GCI is suitable for long distance calls between company locations, as well as all long distance calls to the entire U.S. and to those international locations listed in Table V, Part E. Call Detail Tapes and Location Level invoices are available under this program. Customers under this option are not eligible to receive the benefits of promotional offerings or additional discounts as described in this tariff.

 

Subscribers to GCI take a Basic Feature Package which includes the availability of Dedicated and Switched Access and Termination; international calling to the international locations listed in Table V, Part E; Long Distance Directory Assistance; Accounting Codes and a consolidated invoice for all GCI calls from all locations.

 

.081 Access/Termination Methods

 

.0811 Dedicated Access/Termination: Access components and the relevant charges for those components shall be the same as set forth in Section C-2.0211. If a customer's location generates 25,000 minutes of GCI service traffic per month, Company will provide the option of installing T-1 dedicated access at no charge. If T-1 dedicated access is installed, the customer will also receive a 1 percent discount off the base switched rates as specified in Section E-1.01.

 

.0812 Switched Access/Termination: The base rates in Section E-1.01 will apply for switched access as provided by the Local Exchange Company.

 

.0813 GCI Card Access: This feature is available from overseas locations listed in Section C-12, Table IV, Part A of MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1. Subscribers can dial overseas toll free numbers on a country specific basis to reach an Company operator located in the U.S. The Company operator will process the subscriber's call based on its authorization number validation and calling range privilege.

 

.082 Operator Assistance: The following surcharges will apply:

 

Directory Assistance $0.64 per call

Person-to-Person $6.00 per call

Station-to-Station $3.00 per call

Verify Calling Card $0.64 per call

Verify Authorization Code $0.64 per call

 

.083 GCI Calling Card - Outbound: Service is available to international locations listed in Section E-1.01 via an "800" number. The usage rates shown in Section E-1.01 apply with the following surcharges:

 

Calls to International Locations $1.75 per call

 

.084 GCI Calling Card - Inbound: Applies to inbound international calls to the U.S. Mainland. All applicable terms, conditions, features and discounts (excluding charges) as specified in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, Section C-3.091 Option G (Vnet) Card Worldphone access will apply. Customers will receive a 6 percent discount in addition to the Vnet Worldphone discounts that customers may be eligible to receive. In lieu of the per-minute rates set forth in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1, Section C-3.07342, the following per-minute rates will apply:

 

Country 1st Min. Add'l. Min.

 

American Samoa $1.1725 $1.1725

Antigua (Barbuda) 0.7566 0.7566

Argentina 1.0339 1.0339

Armenia 1.1789 1.1789

Aruba 0.9102 0.9102

Australia 0.5966 0.5966

Austria 0.7085 0.7085

Bahamas 0.4986 0.4986

Bahrain 1.0104 1.0104

Barbados 0.7507 0.7507

Belarus 1.4210 1.4210

Belgium 0.5916 0.5916

Belize 0.7458 0.7458

Bermuda 0.7648 0.7648

Bolivia 0.8849 0.8849

Brazil 0.8205 0.8205

British Virgin Islands 0.8978 0.8978

Brunei 0.9445 0.9445

Bulgaria 1.0193 1.0193

Canada 0.3200 0.3200

Cayman Islands 1.1173 1.1173

Chile 0.5800 0.5800

China 1.2789 1.2789

Colombia 0.7855 0.7855

Costa Rica 0.6723 0.6723

Croatia 0.8546 0.8546

Cyprus 1.3642 1.3642

Czech Republic 0.8163 0.8163

Denmark 0.5816 0.5816

Dominica 1.0995 1.0995

Dominican Republic 0.5878 0.5878

Ecuador 0.8222 0.8222

Egypt 0.9261 0.9261

El Salvador 0.6684 0.6684

Fiji Islands 1.0223 1.0223

Finland 0.6129 0.6129

France 0.5835 0.5835

French Antilles 0.7420 0.7420

French Guiana 0.7420 0.7420

Gabon 1.0080 1.0080

Gambia 0.9957 0.9957

Germany 0.5803 0.5803

Greece 0.7566 0.7566

Grenada

(including Carriacou) 0.9852 0.9852

Guatemala 0.6566 0.6566

Guyana 0.7320 0.7320

Haiti 0.6975 0.6975

Honduras 0.7475 0.7475

Hong Kong 0.5846 0.5846

Hungary 0.7161 0.7161

Iceland 0.6736 0.6736

India 1.2505 1.2505

Indonesia 0.9545 0.9545

Iran 1.7354 1.7354

Ireland 0.5140 0.5140

Israel 0.7437 0.7437

Italy 0.6311 0.6311

Ivory Coast 1.0395 1.0395

Jamaica 0.8945 0.8945

Japan 0.8859 0.8859

Jordan 0.9745 0.9745

Kazakhstan 1.0745 1.0745

Kenya 0.9976 0.9976

Korea, Republic of 0.8957 0.8957

Kuwait 1.0104 1.0104

Latvia 1.3573 1.3573

Lebanon 1.0024 1.0024

Liechtenstein 0.9100 0.9100

Luxembourg 0.6308 0.6308

Macao 0.6845 0.6845

Malaysia 0.9541 0.9541

Malta 0.9240 0.9240

Marshall Islands 1.5705 1.5705

Mexico 0.8480 0.8480

Micronesia 1.3090 1.3090

Monaco 0.5236 0.5236

Morocco 1.2985 1.2985

Mustique 1.0260 1.0260

Nakhodka 1.4210 1.4210

Netherlands 0.6123 0.6123

Netherlands Antilles 0.6053 0.6053

New Zealand 0.8349 0.8349

Nicaragua 0.7360 0.7360

Norway 0.3912 0.3912

Palm Island 1.0260 1.0260

Panama 0.7477 0.7477

Papua New Guinea 1.6975 1.6975

Paraguay 0.9947 0.9947

Peru 0.8879 0.8879

Philippines 0.9457 0.9457

Poland 0.8278 0.8278

Portugal 0.7148 0.7148

Qatar 1.0104 1.0104

Romania 1.0360 1.0360

Russia 1.4210 1.4210

Sakhalin 1.4210 1.4210

San Marino 0.8780 0.8780

Saudi Arabia 0.9829 0.9829

Singapore 0.6352 0.6352

Slovakia 0.8007 0.8007

Slovenia 0.4777 0.4777

South Africa 0.7737 0.7737

Spain 0.7791 0.7791

Sri Lanka 1.0435 1.0435

St. Lucia 1.0470 1.0470

St. Vincent and Grenadines 1.0260 1.0260

Sweden 0.5061 0.5061

Switzerland 0.5877 0.5877

Syria 1.2142 1.2142

Taiwan 0.9747 0.9747

Thailand 1.0211 1.0211

Trinidad and Tobago 0.8016 0.8016

Turkey 0.6441 0.6441

Turks & Caicos Islands 0.9737 0.9737

Ukraine 1.4210 1.4210

Union Island 1.0260 1.0260

United Arab Emirates 0.8833 0.8833

United Kingdom 0.3552 0.3552

Uruguay 0.7628 0.7628

Vatican City 0.6311 0.6311

Venezuela 0.6968 0.6968

Vietnam 1.4535 1.4535

 

.085 Domestic: Domestic rates and surcharges will apply as listed in Section

C-3.0211.

 

3. METERED USE SERVICE

 

.09 OPTION H (MCI HyperStream Frame Relay)

 

Unless specifically modified herein, all terms, conditions, rates and charges applicable to Metered Use Service Option GG (MCI HyperStream Frame Relay) found in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1 shall apply.

 

.10 OPTION I (MCI WorldCom On-Net Services)

 

Unless specifically modified herein, all terms, conditions, rates and charges applicable to Metered Use Service Option RR (MCI WorldCom On-Net Services) found in MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1 shall apply.

 

4. List of Pass Through Local Exchange Carriers

 

Companys Local Access Channel Charges for the Dedicated Leased Line Service described in Section C-2.02 will be passed through based on the following Local Exchange Carriers as specified in their interstate tariffs on the date specified in this tariff. If a carrier is not listed, the rates will be based on the charges in the NECA tariff as of the date specified in this tariff.

 

Alltel of Illinois, Inc.

Bell South Telephone Companies

Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania

C & P Telephone Company of Maryland

C & P Telephone Company of the District of Columbia

C & P Telephone Company of Virginia

C & P Telephone Company of West Virginia

Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Company

Centel Telephone Companies

Central Telephone Company - Nevada

Central Telephone Company - North Carolina

Central Telephone Company of Florida

Central Telephone Company of Illinois

Central Telephone Company of Texas

Central Telephone Company of Virginia

Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company

Contel of Arkansas, Inc.

Contel of California, Inc.

Contel of Illinois, Inc.

Contel of Indiana, Inc.

Contel of Iowa, Inc.

Contel of Kentucky, Inc.

Contel of Maine, Inc.

Contel of Minnesota, Inc.

Contel of New Hampshire, Inc.

Contel of New York, Inc.

Contel of North Carolina, Inc.

Contel of North Dakota, Inc.

Contel of Pennsylvania, Inc.

Contel of South Carolina, Inc.

Contel of South Dakota, Inc.

Contel of Texas, Inc.

Contel of the Northwest, Inc.

Contel of the South, Inc.

Contel of the West, Inc.

Contel of Vermont, Inc.

Contel of Virginia, Inc.

Contel of West Virginia, Inc.

Diamond State Telephone Company

GTE California, Inc. GTE Florida, Inc.

GTE Hawaiian Telephone Company

GTE North, Inc.

GTE Northwest, Inc.

GTE South, Inc.

GTE Southwest, Inc.

Illinois Bell Telephone Company

Illinois Consolidated Telephone Company

Indiana Bell Telephone Company

Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company

Michigan Bell Telephone Company

NECA

Nevada Bell

New England Telephone and Telegraph Company

New Jersey Bell Telephone Company

New York Telephone Company

Ohio Bell Telephone Company

Pacific Bell

Rochester Telephone Corporation

Southern New England Telephone Company

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company

Sugar Land Telephone Company

United Inter-Mountain Telephone Company

United Telephone Company of Arkansas

United Telephone Company of Florida

United Telephone Company of Indiana, Inc.

United Telephone Company of Iowa

United Telephone Company of Kansas

United Telephone Company Minnesota

United Telephone Company of Missouri

United Telephone Company of New Jersey, Inc.

United Telephone Company of Ohio

United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania

United Telephone Company of Texas, Inc.

United Telephone Company of the Carolinas

United Telephone Company of the Northwest

United Telephone Company of the West

US West Communications, Inc.

Wisconsin Bell, Inc.

 

SECTION D - RATES FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES

 

1. General Description of Supportive Services

 

.01 Supportive services are those for which Company has established rates to cover various areas of support to satisfy certain customer requirements which are considered supplemental to those areas normally provided by Company as part of its service.

 

2. Supportive Services

 

.01 Supportive Services are provided to subscribers to Companys services who are acting on behalf of themselves, joint users, or authorized users. Company, at its option, and subject to the provisions of Section B-6 preceding, will support the customer's interaction and administrative involvement with the joint and authorized users as outlined in Sections D-2.02 through D-2.04 following.

 

.02 Company will, at its option, develop recurring and non-recurring charges for the provision of specialized billing arrangements and/or detail sorted by individual sub-user provided to customers of its Dedicated Leased Line Service offering who are acting on behalf of joint and authorized users. The amount of these charges will depend upon both the level of support requested by the customer and the ability of Company to comply with the customer's request. These provisions do not affect the customer's ultimate responsibility for payment of all charges for joint or authorized user services.

 

.03 At the customer's option, additional Supportive Services are available for all Company services at the daily rate set forth below. These supportive Services include, but are not limited to, such areas as training of customer personnel, administration of joint or authorized user groups, compilation and generation of information necessary for submitting and processing and Application for Service, etc.

 

- $520.00 per day - customer is also responsible for all travel and per diem expenses.

 

.04 Engineering or sales support by Company to assist the customer in interactions with joint or authorized users may be requested by the customer. In this case, the rates in Section D-4 apply.

 

3. Special Construction

 

.01 Basis for Rates and Charges

 

Rates and charges for special construction will be based on the costs incurred by Company and may include (a) non-recurring type charges, (b) recurring type charges, (c) termination liabilities, (d) underutilization liabilities, or (e) combinations thereof.

 

.02 Basis for Cost Computation

 

The costs referred to in Section D-3.01 preceding may include one or more of the following items to the extent that they are applicable:

 

.021 Cost installed of the facilities to be provided, including estimated cost for rearrangements of existing facilities. Cost installed includes the cost of:

 

(a) equipment and materials provided or used,

(b) engineering, labor and supervision (including necessary overtime),

(c) transportation,

(d) rights-of-way, and

(e) express shipping of equipment and other expedite charges deemed necessary by Company to provide the requested service.

 

.022 Cost of maintenance,

 

.023 Depreciation on the estimated cost installed of any facilities provided, based on the anticipated useful service life of the facilities with an appropriate allowance for the estimated net salvage,

 

.024 Administration, taxes and uncollectible revenue on the basis of reasonable average costs for these items,

 

.025 License preparation, processing and related fees,

 

.026 Tariff preparation, processing and related fees,

 

.027 Any other identifiable costs related to the facilities provided,

.028 An amount for return and contingencies.

 

.03 Termination Liability

 

To the extent that there is no other requirement for use by Company, a termination liability may apply for facilities specially constructed at the request of the customer to meet its requirements.

 

.031 The termination liability period is the estimated service life of the facilities provided.

 

.032 The amounts of the maximum termination liability is equal to the estimated amounts for:

 

(a) Cost installed of the facilities provided including estimated costs for rearrangements of existing facilities and/or construction of new facilities as appropriate, less net salvage. Cost installed includes the cost of:

 

(i) equipment and materials provided or used,

(ii) engineering, labor, and supervision,

(iii) transportation, and

(iv) rights-of-way.

 

(b) License preparation, processing, and related fees,

 

(c) Tariff preparation, processing, and related fees,

 

(d) Any other identifiable costs related to the specially constructed or rearranged facilities.

 

.033 The applicable termination liability charge is based on the normal method for calculating the unpaid balance of a term obligation. The amount of such charge is obtained by multiplying the sum of the amounts determined as set forth in D-3.032 preceding by a factor related to the unexpired period of liability and the discount rates for return and contingencies. The amount determined in D-3.032(a) preceding shall be adjusted to reflect the predetermined estimated net salvage, including any reuse of the facilities provided. This product is adjusted to reflect applicable taxes.

 

.04 Underutilization Liability

 

To the extent that there is no other requirement for use by Company, a charge may apply after an initially agreed upon period, and annually thereafter for voice grade type facilities or a portion thereof specially constructed to meet the forecasted needs of the customer between the customer's terminal location and Company locations, where the customer utilizes such facilities in an amount less than 70 percent of its forecasted requirements.

 

.05 Ownership of Facilities

 

Title and/or right to possession to all facilities provided in accordance with this tariff remains in Company and/or its affiliates.

 

4. Additional Engineering and Labor and Trouble Reporting

 

.01 Additional Engineering

 

Additional engineering is that engineering or engineering consultation requested by the customer as described in Sections D-4.011 through D-4.013 following. Company will notify the customer that additional engineering charges as specified in Section D-4.04 following will apply before any additional engineering is undertaken.

 

.011 Design Change or Cancellation

 

A design change or cancellation is a change or cancellation requested by the customer.

 

.012 Engineering Consultation

Engineering consultation is the obtaining of technical advice from Company by the customer not in connection with a specific order, and situations in which the customer requests Company to provide information or to perform a function which will entail additional engineering by Company. This does not include brief inquiries where no significant engineering time is required or inquiries associated with customer facility forecasts.

 

.013 Expedited Engineering

 

Expedited engineering is the engineering effort required to meet customer requests for less than normal engineering design interval.

 

.02 Additional Labor

 

Additional labor is that labor requested by the customer on a given facility as described in Section D-4.021 through D-4.025 following. Company will notify the customer that additional labor charges as specified in Section D-4.04 following will apply before any additional labor is undertaken.

 

.021 Overtime Installation

 

Overtime installation is that Company installation effort outside of regularly scheduled working hours.

 

.022 Additional Installation Testing

 

Additional installation testing is that testing performed by Company at the time of installation which is in addition to normal pre-service acceptance testing.

 

.023 Overtime Repair

 

Overtime repair is that Company maintenance effort performed outside of regularly scheduled working hours.

 

.024 Stand By

 

Stand By includes all time in excess of one-half (1/2) hour during which Company personnel stand by to make coordinated tests on a given facility.

 

.025 Other Labor

 

Any additional labor not included in Sections D-4.021 through D-4.024 preceding which may be undertaken at the customer's request.

 

.03 Trouble Reporting

 

In systems furnished by multiple common carriers where a customer patron is unable to identify the appropriate carrier for trouble reporting purposes, Company will, at the request of the customer, accept trouble reports from the customer patron.

 

.04 Additional Engineering

 

The rates for additional engineering are as follows:

Charge

 

Engineering design change or cancellation, each: $234.00

 

Engineering consultation and expedited engineering:

 

Basic rate, per 1/2 hour or major fraction thereof: 62.50

 

Overtime rate, outside of normal business hours, per

1/2 hour or major fraction thereof: 92.50

 

.05 Additional Labor

 

The rates for additional labor are as follows:

Per Hour or Major

Fraction Thereof

.051 Overtime Installation or Trouble-Testing

per increment of overtime over basic rate: $ 27.00

 

.052 Additional Installation Testing Standby or

other Labor Basic rate, regularly scheduled

working hours: 107.00

 

Overtime rate, outside of regularly scheduled

working hours on a scheduled work day: 134.00*

 

Premium time, outside of scheduled work day: 160.00*

 

* A call-out of a Company employee at a time not consecutive with his or her scheduled work period is subject to a minimum charge of four hours.

 

Per Hour or Major

Fraction Thereof

 

.053 Field Engineer/Technician Support

Labor Basic rate, regularly

scheduled working hours $72.00

 

Overtime rate, outside of

regularly scheduled working hours

on a scheduled work day: $99.00*

 

Premium time, outside of scheduled

work day: $126.00*

 

.06 Trouble Reporting:

 

The rate for trouble reporting is as follows:

 

Receipt of trouble reports,

per customer service

termination per month: 4.00

 

* A call-out of a Company employee at a time not consecutive with his or her scheduled work period is subject to a minimum charge of four hours.

 

SECTION E ‑ INTERNATIONAL SWITCHED VOICE SERVICE

 

1. General Description

 

International Switched Voice Service (ISVS) is available to the Department of Defense, Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (DITCO), for outbound calls originating from the U.S. Mainland, and for inbound calls originating from the locations listed in Section E-3.021, subject to the provisions set forth under this Tariff, unless otherwise stated herein. These per-minute rates shall apply in lieu of the rates and charges set forth for Metered Use Service Option G (Vnet) found in Section C-3.0739 of MCI WORLCOM Communications, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 1.

 

2. Rates and Charges

 

International calls which begin in one rate period and end in another will be charged the rate in effect at the time the connection is established. Rates are country specific (do not change within a given country) and are in effect seven (7) days a week, twenty-four (24) hours a day. If the computed charge includes a fraction of a cent, the fraction is rounded to the nearest whole cent.

 

International calls made by customers to the countries in Section E-2.02 of this tariff will be calculated on a thirty (30) second minimum duration basis, with additional charges for each six (6) second increment.

 

All outbound (U.S. to international) calls are priced based upon the local time the call is placed at the call's point of origination. All inbound (international to U.S.) calls are priced based upon the local time the call is placed at the call's point of termination.

 

.01 Per Minute Base Rate Usage Charges: Applicable time periods may be found in Section E-3.03. Applicable rate elements for ISVS may be found in Section E-2.02.

 

1. Government Connections International (GCI) Rates and Charges

 

.01 Base Switched Rates

Initial Add'l

Country 30 sec 6 sec

 

Afghanistan $1.9243 $0.2137

Albania 1.0541 0.1064

Algeria 0.6075 0.0535

American Samoa 0.7239 0.0568

Andorra 0.3479 0.0410

Angola 1.1260 0.1177

Anguilla 0.5789 0.0851

Antarctica (Casey Base) 1.2040 0.1935

Antarctica (Scott Base) 1.2040 0.1935

Antigua (Barbuda) 0.3049 0.0450

Argentina 1.1158 0.0508

Armenia 2.1723 0.1359

Aruba 0.2494 0.0366

Ascension Island 1.7084 0.1201

Australia 0.3776 0.0230

Austria 0.3577 0.0356

Azerbaijan 2.3695 0.1079

Bahamas 0.2577 0.0273

Bahrain 1.1595 0.0529

Bangladesh 1.7158 0.1036

Barbados 0.5112 0.0527

Belarus 0.7793 0.0355

Belgium 0.3205 0.0304

Belize 0.9996 0.0565

Benin 0.9113 0.0713

Bermuda 0.2124 0.0314

Bhutan 1.9223 0.2220

Bolivia 1.1166 0.0624

Bosnia-Herzegovina 0.9049 0.0830

Botswana 0.8146 0.0682

Brazil 0.7799 0.0431

British Virgin Islands¹ 0.2835 0.0417

Brunei 0.9703 0.0484

Bulgaria 0.7147 0.0632

Burkina Faso 0.9253 0.1348

Burundi 1.1066 0.1934

Cambodia 1.7722 0.2213

Cameroon 0.9678 0.0683

Canada 0.1119 0.0200

Cape Verde Islands 0.4438 0.0763

Cayman Islands 0.2591 0.0383

Central African Republic 0.9769 0.1838

Chad Republic 1.2973 0.2509

Chile 0.5382 0.0419

China 2.4165 0.0828

Christmas Island 2.4165 0.0828

Cocos Island 2.4165 0.0828

Colombia 0.9231 0.0574

Comorros 1.0584 0.1417

Congo 0.8935 0.1424

Cook Islands 0.9540 0.1293

Costa Rica 0.7398 0.0458

Croatia 0.5112 0.0469

Cuba 0.6432 0.0664

Cyprus 0.5662 0.0644

Czech Republic 0.5701 0.0454

Denmark 0.2474 0.0338

Diego Garcia 2.0114 0.1806

Djibouti 0.6653 0.0996

Dominica 0.4828 0.0498

Dominican Republic 0.4683 0.0550

Egypt 1.0310 0.0641

El Salvador 0.8904 0.0630

Ecuador 0.9249 0.0587

Equatorial Guinea 1.4893 0.2520

Eritrea 1.8571 0.1302

Estonia 1.8274 0.0832

Ethiopia 1.2333 0.0865

Faeroe Islands 0.4948 0.0483

Falkland Islands 0.8114 0.1384

Fiji Islands 1.7074 0.0802

Finland 0.3614 0.0404

France 0.2323 0.0274

French Antilles² 0.4832 0.0712

French Guiana 0.7108 0.0662

French Polynesia³ 1.4442 0.0756

Gabon 1.2991 0.0917

Gambia 0.7542 0.0531

Georgia 1.4453 0.0658

Germany 0.3405 0.0335

Ghana 0.6138 0.0660

Gibraltar 0.8256 0.0943

Greece 0.6511 0.0523

Greenland 0.8088 0.0644

Grenada (including Carriacou) 0.4660 0.0481

Guadeloupe 0.4298 0.0502

Guantanamo 0.8599 0.0887

Guatemala 0.8659 0.0550

Guinea 0.4056 0.0670

Guinea Bissau 1.0212 0.1493

Guyana 1.1789 0.0659

Haiti 0.5769 0.0594

Honduras 1.0721 0.0609

Hong Kong 0.7174 0.0444

Hungary 0.5461 0.0466

Iceland 0.4719 0.0434

India 0.9271 0.0807

Indonesia 1.2124 0.0606

Iran 1.6550 0.0748

Iraq 1.5837 0.1207

Ireland 0.3211 0.0340

Israel 1.1981 0.0529

Italy 0.5586 0.0443

Ivory Coast 1.2307 0.0866

Jamaica 0.5423 0.0558

Japan 0.3602 0.0252

Jordan 1.4070 0.0641

Kazakhstan 0.7793 0.0355

Kenya 0.9482 0.0668

Kiribati 1.0479 0.0986

Korea, Democratic People's

Republic of 0.8331 0.0517

Kuwait 1.3084 0.0596

Kyrgystan 1.3084 0.0596

Laos 1.7076 0.1673

Latvia 2.3039 0.1049

Lebanon 0.8417 0.1210

Lesotho 0.7729 0.0691

Liberia 0.8622 0.0723

Libya 2.4795 0.1747

Liechtenstein 0.5302 0.0454

Lithuania 2.4737 0.1126

Luxembourg 0.4008 0.0401

Macao 1.0160 0.0793

Macedonia 0.5112 0.0469

Madagascar 1.7207 0.3342

Malawi 0.7067 0.0509

Malaysia 0.9724 0.0490

Maldives 1.3379 0.1352

Mali 0.6375 0.1160

Malta 0.4901 0.0487

Marshall Islands 0.8634 0.0580

Mauritania 0.8015 0.1201

Maurituis 0.7236 0.1080

Mayotte Island 1.9728 0.2641

Mexico 0.4957 0.0687

Micronesia 0.8585 0.0577

Miquelon 0.6087 0.0745

Moldova 1.9277 0.0878

Monaco 0.2323 0.0274

Mongolia 1.5124 0.2051

Montserrat 0.4230 0.0485

Morocco 0.9748 0.0687

Mozambique 0.9029 0.1223

Myanmar 2.7565 0.2700

Nakhodka 1.2443 0.0566

Namibia 0.9712 0.0724

Nauru 0.6931 0.0894

Nepal 1.7158 0.1036

Netherlands 0.2200 0.0249

Netherlands Antilles⁴ 0.3574 0.0410

Nevis 0.3995 0.0458

New Caledonia 1.1433 0.0896

New Zealand⁵ 0.8267 0.0418

Nicaragua 1.0829 0.0612

Niger 0.6278 0.1130

Nigeria 0.7939 0.0564

Niue 1.3390 0.1860

Norfolk Island 1.3390 0.1860

Norway 0.1992 0.0243

Oman 1.2478 0.0636

Pakistan 1.7574 0.1064

Palau 1.0001 0.1405

Panama 0.8457 0.0539

Papua New Guinea⁶ 0.8125 0.0382

Paraguay 1.1422 0.0638

Peru 0.9231 0.0574

Philippines 1.0345 0.0583

Pitcairn Island 1.7950 0.0908

Poland 0.5021 0.0461

Portugal⁷ 0.6891 0.0551

Qatar 1.1824 0.0600

Republic of Yemen 1.4858 0.0674

Reunion Island 0.6358 0.0971

Romania 0.6806 0.0828

Russia 1.1158 0.0508

Rwanda 0.8491 0.1086

Sakhalin 0.9264 0.0537

San Marino 1.3598 0.1078

Sao Tome 0.9628 0.1283

Saudi Arabia 1.0465 0.0596

Senegal 1.7210 0.1213

Seychelles Islands 1.6700 0.1399

Sierra Leone 0.7430 0.0840

Singapore 0.7045 0.0456

Slovakia 0.5701 0.0454

Slovenia 0.5112 0.0469

Solomon Islands 0.8427 0.1029

* Somali Republic 3.2861 2.0312

South Africa 0.5954 0.0479

Spain⁸ 0.5887 0.0473

Sri Lanka 1.3899 0.0839

St. Helena 0.8102 0.1382

St. Kitts 0.4359 0.0450

St. Lucia 0.4350 0.0449

St. Pierre 0.6210 0.0760

St. Vincent and Grenadines 0.5059 0.0522

Sudan 2.2706 0.2032

Suriname 1.7639 0.0986

Swaziland 0.8384 0.0592

Sweden 0.2850 0.0320

Switzerland 0.3195 0.0273

Syria 0.9381 0.1101

Tadjikistan 2.9175 0.1328

Taiwan 0.8107 0.0453

Tanzania 1.7075 0.1205

Thailand 1.0107 0.0562

Togo 1.4593 0.1027

Tonga Islands 1.4946 0.0991

Trinidad and Tobago 0.5330 0.0550

Tunisia 1.0125 0.0713

Turkey 0.5724 0.0578

Turkmenistan 2.4660 0.1123

Turks & Caicos Islands 0.5007 0.0515

Tuvalu 1.6360 0.2045

Uganda 0.9678 0.0683

Ukraine 1.1158 0.0508

Union Island 1.0423 0.1076

United Arab Emirates⁹ 0.6984 0.0497

United Kingdom¹⁰ 0.1569 0.0205

Uruguay 0.5026 0.0811

Uzbekistan 1.6325 0.0743

Vanuatu 1.6155 0.2164

Vatican City 1.2875 0.1021

Venezuela 0.4846 0.0322

Vietnam 0.8492 0.1179

Wake 0.8492 0.1179

Wallis & Futuna Islands 2.0297 0.2282

Western Sahara 1.2745 0.1024

Western Samoa 1.0323 0.0796

Yugoslavia 1.0780 0.0989

Zaire 1.0125 0.0713

Zambia 1.0213 0.0721

Zimbabwe 0.6703 0.0507

 

¹ Includes Anegada, Camanoe Island, Guana Island, Jost Van Dyke, Little Thatch, Marina Cay, Mosquito Island, North South, Peter Island, Salt Island, Tortola and Virgin Gorda.

² Includes Martinique, St. Barthelemy, and St. Martin

³ Includes the Islands of Moorea and Tahiti

⁴ Includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, St. Eustatius, and St. Marten.

⁵ Includes Chatham Island.

⁶ Includes Admiralty Islands, Bouganinville, New Britain, and New Ireland

⁷ Includes Azores and Madeira Islands.

⁸ Includes Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla.

⁹ Includes Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al Quwain.

¹⁰ Includes the Channel Islands, England, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

 

* Countries marked with an asterisk (*) are calculated on a one (1) minute minimum duration basis, with additional charges for each one (1) minute increment.

 

2. Rates and Charges

 

.02 ISVS Base Rates

Standard Discount Economy

Initial Add'l Initial Add'l Initial Add'l

Country 30 sec 6 sec 30 sec 6 sec 30 sec 6 sec

 

Afghanistan $0.6108 $0.1222 $0.3772 $0.0754 $0.3449 $0.0690

Albania 0.2630 0.0526 0.2445 0.0275 0.2445 0.0275

Algeria 0.5549 0.0482 0.3419 0.0297 0.4576 0.0398

American Samoa 0.5891 0.0514 0.1850 0.0370 0.3644 0.0318

Andorra 0.3620 0.0310 0.2080 0.0178 0.1603 0.0138

Angola 0.2876 0.0575 0.4989 0.0998 0.3845 0.0546

Anguilla 0.3358 0.0286 0.3438 0.0684 0.3358 0.0286

Antarctica (Casey, Davis, Mawson,

and Macquarie Island) 0.6930 0.1386 0.4865 0.0973 0.4440 0.0888

Antarctica (Scott Base) 0.6930 0.1386 0.4865 0.0973 0.4440 0.0888

Antigua (Barbuda) 0.1258 0.0252 0.3508 0.0400 0.1871 0.0214

Argentina 0.3425 0.0685 0.1965 0.0393 0.3146 0.0360

Armenia 0.5872 0.0504 0.9869 0.0845 0.5674 0.0486

Aruba 0.1639 0.0141 0.1420 0.0284 0.1522 0.0131

Ascension Island 0.2973 0.0595 0.4542 0.0518 1.0522 0.2104

Australia (includingTasmania) 0.0975 0.0195 0.0535 0.0107 0.0974 0.0141

Austria 0.1310 0.0262 0.1491 0.0124 0.1427 0.0124

Azerbaijan 0.2212 0.0253 0.2410 0.0482 0.2067 0.0237

Bahamas 0.1911 0.0166 0.1093 0.0091 0.1086 0.0088

Bahrain 0.3434 0.0687 0.1791 0.0358 0.1850 0.0370

Bangladesh 0.4638 0.0928 N/A N/A 0.2865 0.0573

Barbados 0.1787 0.0357 0.1882 0.0376 0.1885 0.0350

Belarus 0.1702 0.0340 0.2768 0.0554 0.2549 0.0292

Belgium 0.0777 0.0155 0.0602 0.0080 0.0499 0.0097

Belize 0.5268 0.0347 0.9163 0.0786 0.5268 0.0381

Benin 0.3366 0.0673 0.1940 0.0388 0.1940 0.0388

Bermuda 0.1325 0.0265 0.0765 0.0153 0.0765 0.0153

Bhutan 0.6726 0.0576 N/A N/A 1.2566 0.1077

Bolivia 0.2139 0.0428 0.3746 0.0749 0.2111 0.0422

Bosnia‑Herzegovina 0.4802 0.0455 0.4296 0.0354 0.4069 0.0309

Botswana 0.2591 0.0518 0.1486 0.0297 0.1486 0.0297

Brazil 0.2250 0.0450 0.1320 0.0264 0.1991 0.0228

British Virgin Islands¹ 0.2645 0.0302 0.1010 0.0202 0.1245 0.0249

Brunei 0.1984 0.0397 0.6031 0.0690 0.2027 0.0405

Bulgaria 0.3339 0.0261 0.2718 0.0544 0.1519 0.0304

Burkina Faso 0.3506 0.0701 0.3218 0.0368 0.3463 0.0395

Burundi 0.8182 0.1636 0.9086 0.1817 $0.7381 $0.1476

Cambodia 0.6473 0.1295 0.7453 0.0637 0.6804 0.0583

Cameroon 0.3422 0.0684 0.3074 0.0615 0.3422 0.0684

Canada 0.0902 0.0089 0.0855 0.0080 0.0761 0.0076

Cape Verde Islands 0.1963 0.0393 0.3763 0.0753 0.2213 0.0443

Cayman Islands 0.2455 0.0280 0.0920 0.0184 0.1360 0.0156

Central African Republic 0.6210 0.1242 0.3843 0.0769 0.7680 0.0659

Chad 1.4130 0.2826 0.9548 0.1192 0.9525 0.1905

Chile 0.1750 0.0350 0.0945 0.0189 0.1770 0.0151

China 0.3779 0.0756 0.4825 0.0965 0.5150 0.0434

Christmas Island 0.7875 0.1575 0.7782 0.0889 0.4440 0.0888

Cocos Island 0.7875 0.1575 0.7782 0.0889 0.4440 0.0888

Colombia 0.1335 0.0267 0.2540 0.0508 0.2626 0.0263

Comorros 0.5210 0.1042 0.4522 0.0517 0.3650 0.0730

Congo 0.4605 0.0921 0.5301 0.0457 0.6452 0.0553

Cook Islands 0.4279 0.0490 0.5110 0.1022 0.4279 0.0490

Costa Rica 0.1610 0.0322 0.2850 0.0570 0.2523 0.0289

Croatia 0.1069 0.0214 0.1890 0.0378 0.2179 0.0187

Cuba 0.1813 0.0363 0.3362 0.0672 0.3010 0.0345

Cyprus 0.2155 0.0431 0.2136 0.0244 0.1620 0.0324

Czech Republic 0.1761 0.0352 0.1761 0.0166 0.0915 0.0179

Denmark 0.1195 0.0239 0.1368 0.0113 0.1334 0.0111

Diego Garcia 0.5688 0.0568 N/A N/A 0.2558 0.0512

Djibouti 0.7171 0.0819 0.4454 0.0509 0.4113 0.0470

Dominica 0.2631 0.0301 0.4575 0.0524 0.1648 0.0315

Dominican Republic 0.1237 0.0247 0.2552 0.0510 0.1453 0.0291

Easter Island 1.6882 0.3376 0.9761 0.1952 0.8893 0.1779

Ecuador 0.2016 0.0403 0.3487 0.0697 0.2016 0.0403

Egypt 0.4044 0.0501 0.4044 0.0809 0.2698 0.0540

El Salvador 0.2204 0.0441 0.3648 0.0730 0.3198 0.0366

Equatorial Guinea 0.5575 0.0895 1.6203 0.1362 2.0172 0.1695

Eritrea 0.4765 0.0953 0.4765 0.0953 0.6622 0.0590

Estonia 0.2255 0.0451 0.2256 0.0255 0.1395 0.0279

Ethiopia 0.5903 0.0505 0.5128 0.1025 0.5903 0.0505

Faeroe Islands 0.4133 0.0473 0.2372 0.0271 0.2338 0.0268

Falkland Islands 0.6035 0.1207 0.5966 0.0682 0.5966 0.0682

Fiji Islands 0.7805 0.0708 0.7024 0.0638 0.6320 0.0573

Finland 0.1015 0.0203 0.0927 0.0106 0.0580 0.0116

France 0.1085 0.0217 0.0580 0.0116 0.0545 0.0109

French Antilles² 0.2964 0.0339 0.1588 0.0181 0.1459 0.0167

French Guiana 0.2663 0.0432 0.1834 0.0209 0.1674 0.0191

French Polynesia³ 1.0354 0.0870 0.6284 0.1257 1.3558 0.1139

Gabon 0.4455 0.0891 0.2477 0.0495 0.2491 0.0498

Gambia 0.3080 0.0616 0.3585 0.0308 0.3585 0.0320

Georgia 0.3265 0.0653 0.4975 0.0995 0.3458 0.0395

Germany 0.0790 0.0158 0.0445 0.0089 0.0445 0.0089

Ghana 0.2682 0.0536 0.1656 0.0331 0.2016 0.0403

Gibraltar 0.3235 0.0371 0.1638 0.0186 0.2209 0.0251

Greece 0.1939 0.0388 0.1152 0.0230 0.1152 0.0230

Greenland 0.2786 0.0319 0.1623 0.0325 0.2819 0.0564

Grenada (including

Carriacou) 0.1547 0.0309 0.2768 0.0554 0.1459 0.0292

Guadeloupe 0.2154 0.0431 0.1167 0.0233 0.1647 0.0188

Guantanamo 0.1952 0.0390 0.3973 0.0721 0.1704 0.0327

Guatemala 0.1855 0.0371 0.3279 0.0656 0.3024 0.0346

Guinea 0.3019 0.0604 0.1739 0.0348 0.2790 0.0320

Guinea‑Bissau 0.6515 0.1303 0.3738 0.0748 0.7371 0.0644

Guyana 0.4390 0.0878 0.2525 0.0505 0.2520 0.0504

Haiti 0.2418 0.0484 0.4196 0.0839 0.2375 0.0475

Honduras 0.2241 0.0448 0.3927 0.0785 0.4463 0.0385

Hong Kong 0.2570 0.0514 0.2958 0.0252 0.2961 0.0255

Hungary 0.1715 0.0343 0.0960 0.0192 0.1836 0.0155

Iceland 0.0857 0.0171 0.1339 0.0268 $0.0784 $0.0157

India 0.3321 0.0664 N/A N/A 0.2327 0.0465

Indonesia 0.3045 0.0609 0.1750 0.0350 0.2130 0.0426

Iran 1.2112 0.1053 0.3515 0.0703 0.4275 0.0855

Iraq 1.6131 0.1383 0.9278 0.0795 1.1301 0.0969

Ireland 0.2511 0.0216 0.1445 0.0124 0.1445 0.0124

Israel 0.1561 0.0312 0.0995 0.0199 0.2237 0.0193

Italy 0.0905 0.0181 0.0605 0.0121 0.0874 0.0116

Ivory Coast 0.4038 0.0808 0.7049 0.1410 0.8098 0.0694

Jamaica 0.2496 0.0499 0.6074 0.1215 0.2496 0.0499

Japan 0.1596 0.0319 0.0732 0.0146 0.2514 0.0287

Jordan 0.3868 0.0774 0.4189 0.0356 0.3995 0.0342

Kazakhstan 0.6020 0.0686 0.6993 0.1399 0.5912 0.0678

Kenya 0.3950 0.0790 0.4545 0.0386 0.4474 0.0380

Kiribati 1.1249 0.0945 1.1955 0.2391 1.6923 0.1422

Korea, Democratic

People's Republic of 2.1826 0.2494 1.0953 0.2191 2.1481 0.4296

Korea, Republic of 0.1289 0.0258 0.1029 0.0206 0.2118 0.0424

Kuwait 0.3822 0.0764 0.1524 0.0305 0.1742 0.0348

Kyrgyzstan 0.9643 0.0825 1.6788 0.1437 0.9003 0.0769

Laos 1.4438 0.1262 0.7724 0.0676 0.9406 0.0823

Latvia 0.1970 0.0394 0.3678 0.0736 0.3101 0.0354

Lebanon 0.5120 0.1024 0.5885 0.0448 0.3280 0.0656

Lesotho 0.5066 0.0437 0.2408 0.0208 0.2408 0.0208

Liberia 0.2766 0.0553 0.1587 0.0317 0.2898 0.0248

Libya 0.1785 0.0357 0.2774 0.0317 0.3015 0.0603

Liechtenstein 0.2417 0.0276 0.1391 0.0159 0.1003 0.0115

Lithuania 0.2900 0.0332 0.3848 0.0770 0.2610 0.0299

Luxembourg 0.1180 0.0236 0.1079 0.0124 0.0675 0.0135

Macao 0.2131 0.0426 0.3716 0.0743 0.4454 0.0357

Macedonia 0.1289 0.0258 0.2399 0.0480 0.1257 0.0251

Madagascar 1.4325 0.2865 1.9880 0.3976 1.5436 0.1764

Malawi 0.2910 0.0582 0.2307 0.0263 0.2033 0.0407

Malaysia 0.4677 0.0400 0.2689 0.0231 0.4677 0.0400

Maldives 0.9421 0.0809 1.7138 0.1470 2.9804 0.2556

Mali 0.4405 0.0881 0.3744 0.0428 0.4055 0.0463

Malta 0.4027 0.0345 0.2151 0.0185 0.2813 0.0241

Marshall Islands 0.3160 0.0632 0.2215 0.0443 0.2380 0.0476

Mauritania 0.6338 0.0723 0.3644 0.0417 0.3917 0.0448

Mauritius 0.8348 0.0955 0.4802 0.0548 $0.6291 $0.0719

Mayotte Island 2.1087 0.1685 1.6993 0.3399 1.7517 0.1509

Mexico 0.2155 0.0431 N/A N/A 0.1455 0.0291

Micronesia 0.3160 0.0632 0.2911 0.2911 0.2380 0.0476

Moldova 0.5753 0.0657 0.6250 0.6250 0.3235 0.0647

Monaco 0.1625 0.0325 0.0949 0.0949 0.1360 0.0156

Mongolia 0.7292 0.0626 0.6525 0.6525 1.1218 0.1282

Montserrat 0.1695 0.0194 0.3222 0.3222 0.1695 0.0194

Morocco 0.2465 0.0493 0.2370 0.2370 0.1815 0.0363

Mozambique 0.8266 0.0718 0.2580 0.2580 0.5109 0.0444

Myanmar 1.2615 0.1085 2.7085 0.2495 1.6639 0.1211

Mustique 0.0162 0.0323 0.3768 0.0757 0.1967 0.0393

Namibia 0.2781 0.0556 0.1583 0.1583 0.1457 0.0291

Nauru 0.3511 0.0401 0.6566 0.6566 0.3777 0.0431

Nepal 1.1829 0.1016 N/A N/A 0.8287 0.0710

Netherlands 0.0725 0.0145 0.0415 0.0415 0.0608 0.0069

Netherlands Antilles⁴ 0.2823 0.0242 0.1482 0.1482 0.1482 0.0127

Nevis 0.1985 0.0397 0.1140 0.1140 0.0955 0.0191

New Caledonia 0.1715 0.0343 0.2980 0.2980 0.2744 0.0314

New Zealand⁵ 0.1245 0.0249 0.2165 0.2165 0.1991 0.0228

Nicaragua 0.1945 0.0389 0.3380 0.3380 0.1945 0.0389

Niger 0.2945 0.0589 0.2706 0.2706 0.3542 0.0405

Nigeria 0.3069 0.0614 0.1599 0.1599 0.1600 0.0320

Niue Island 0.7690 0.1538 0.6985 0.6985 0.7320 0.1464

Norfolk Island 0.7875 0.1575 0.7782 0.7782 0.9470 0.1082

Norway 0.0830 0.0166 0.0937 0.0937 0.0937 0.0078

Oman 0.6238 0.0545 0.1681 0.1681 0.4360 0.0381

Pakistan 0.8297 0.0711 N/A N/A 0.5807 0.0498

Palau 0.5010 0.1002 0.4606 0.0526 0.3765 0.0753

Palm Island 0.0162 0.0323 0.3768 0.0757 0.1967 0.0393

Panama 0.1683 0.0337 0.2898 0.0580 $0.3289 $0.0290

Papua New Guinea⁶ 0.6053 0.1211 0.6905 0.0599 0.8251 0.0731

Paraguay 0.3335 0.0667 0.2332 0.0286 0.2335 0.0467

Peru 0.2025 0.0405 0.2510 0.0502 0.1950 0.0390

Philippines 0.2720 0.0544 0.1560 0.0312 0.3783 0.0325

Pitcairn Island 1.6881 0.3376 0.9730 0.1946 0.8863 0.1773

Poland 0.1901 0.0380 0.1093 0.0219 0.1990 0.0171

Portugal⁷ 0.2265 0.0453 0.1315 0.0263 0.2530 0.0218

Qatar 0.3637 0.0727 0.1927 0.0385 0.2343 0.0469

Reunion Island 0.4826 0.0552 0.3265 0.0653 0.2774 0.0317

Romania 0.1755 0.0351 0.3058 0.0612 0.3518 0.0302

Russia 0.2458 0.0492 0.3824 0.0765 0.1676 0.0335

Rwanda 0.3910 0.0782 0.2257 0.0451 0.4346 0.0382

San Marino 0.5550 0.1110 0.5077 0.0580 0.6354 0.0726

Sao Tome 0.4015 0.0828 0.3662 0.0732 0.0680 0.1329

Saudi Arabia 0.4695 0.0939 0.2140 0.0428 0.2140 0.0428

Senegal 0.7586 0.1517 0.4361 0.0872 0.4361 0.0872

Seychelles Islands 0.5227 0.1045 0.7944 0.0908 0.9101 0.1820

Sierra Leone 0.4063 0.0813 0.2334 0.0467 0.2334 0.0467

Singapore 0.4559 0.0344 0.2860 0.0197 0.3359 0.0239

Slovakia 0.1920 0.0384 0.1763 0.0201 0.1611 0.0184

Slovenia 0.0926 0.0185 0.1586 0.0317 0.0848 0.0170

Solomon Islands 0.4183 0.0837 0.7067 0.1413 0.6581 0.0579

Somalia 0.5545 0.1109 1.0540 0.2108 0.4325 0.0865

South Africa 0.2460 0.0492 0.1415 0.0283 0.1415 0.0283

Spain⁸ 0.1305 0.0261 0.0750 0.0150 0.1445 0.0130

Sri Lanka 0.4730 0.0946 N/A N/A 0.3087 0.0617

St. Helena 0.4574 0.0915 1.0318 0.0876 0.6241 0.1248

St. Kitts 0.1535 0.0307 0.1920 0.0384 0.1085 0.0217

St. Lucia 0.2917 0.0333 0.3858 0.0772 0.3191 0.0365

St. Pierre/Miquelon 0.2316 0.0463 0.7531 0.0862 0.2316 0.0463

St. Vincent and Grenadines 0.0162 0.0323 0.3786 0.0757 0.1967 0.0393

Sudan 0.8300 0.1660 0.4775 0.0955 0.4365 0.0873

Suriname 0.5221 0.1044 0.3212 0.0509 0.3212 0.0498

Swaziland 0.3173 0.0635 0.1816 0.0363 0.1816 0.0363

Sweden 0.1055 0.0211 0.2021 0.0102 0.2021 0.0087

Switzerland 0.1175 0.0235 0.1255 0.0106 0.1255 0.0106

Syria 0.4511 0.0902 0.3562 0.0712 0.2701 0.0540

Tajikistan 0.4305 0.0861 0.7493 0.1499 0.4305 0.0861

Taiwan 0.3519 0.0298 0.3519 0.0298 0.6051 0.0514

Tanzania 0.3785 0.0325 0.3287 0.0657 0.1894 0.0379

Thailand 0.7712 0.0655 0.4770 0.0373 0.4362 0.0373

Togo 0.3588 0.0718 0.3813 0.0763 0.2552 0.0510

Tonga Islands 0.7338 0.0630 0.7392 0.1478 0.7338 0.0630

Trinidad and Tobago 0.1690 0.0338 0.3023 0.0605 0.3024 0.0283

Tunisia 0.2981 0.0596 0.1840 0.0368 0.1840 0.0368

Turkey 0.1855 0.0371 0.0975 0.0195 0.1385 0.0277

Turkmenistan 0.8199 0.0702 0.7148 0.1430 0.4085 0.0817

Turks & Caicos Islands 0.3797 0.0328 0.2181 0.0184 0.2030 0.074

Tuvalu 0.5394 0.1079 1.0146 0.1160 0.8632 0.1726

Uganda 0.1815 0.0363 0.2964 0.0593 0.1706 0.0341

Ukraine 0.1873 0.0375 0.3276 0.0655 0.2687 0.0307

United Arab Emirates⁹ 0.2478 0.0496 0.1372 0.0274 0.1850 0.0370

United Kingdom¹⁰ 0.0601 0.0120 0.0281 0.0056 0.0287 0.0057

Uruguay 0.4185 0.0373 0.4187 0.0837 0.4185 0.0359

Uzbekistan 0.1225 0.0245 0.2130 0.0426 0.1140 0.0228

Vanuatu 1.5331 0.1394 2.9174 0.2652 1.6781 0.1526

Vatican City 0.0905 0.0181 0.0605 0.0121 0.0874 0.0116

Venezuela 0.5201 0.0447 0.1490 0.0298 0.3637 0.0277

Vietnam 0.5464 0.1093 0.3058 0.0612 0.3198 0.0640

Wake 1.6790 0.3358 1.9013 0.1931 0.8795 0.1759

Wallis & Futuna Islands 0.7855 0.1571 0.4855 0.0971 0.4430 0.0886

Western Sahara 1.6880 0.3376 0.9727 0.1945 0.8862 1.0772

Western Samoa 0.2158 0.0432 0.3761 0.0752 0.2158 0.0432

Yemen, Republic of 0.8594 0.0746 0.4936 0.0423 0.3010 0.0602

Zaire 0.3401 0.0680 0.2367 0.0473 0.2367 0.0473

Zambia 0.3105 0.0621 0.1785 0.0357 0.3576 0.0306

Zimbabwe 0.3062 0.0612 0.1762 0.0352 0.3522 0.0302

 

¹ Includes Anegada, Camanoe Island, Guana Island, Jost Van Dyke, Little Thatch, Marina Cay, Mosquito Island, North South, Peter Island, Salt Island, Tortola and Virgin Gorda.

² Includes Martinique, St. Barthelemy, and St. Martin

³ Includes the Islands of Moorea and Tahiti

⁴ Includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, St. Eustatius, and St. Maarten.

⁵ Includes Chatham Island.

⁶ Includes Admiralty Islands, Bouganinville, New Britain, and New Ireland

⁷ Includes Azores and Madeira Islands.

⁸ Includes Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla.

⁹ Includes Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al Quwain.

¹⁰ Includes the Channel Islands, England, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

 

.03 RATE PERIODS FOR ISVS COUNTRIES

 

Country Time code

 

Afghanistan C

Albania C

Algeria A

American Samoa P

Andorra C

Angola A

Anguilla K

Antarctica (Casey Base) P

Antarctica (Scott Base) P

Antigua K

Argentina F

Aruba K

Ascension Island A

Australia J

Austria C

Bahamas E

Bahrain G

Bangladesh S

Barbados K

Belgium C

Belize N

Benin A

Bermuda E

Bhutan S

Bolivia L

Botswana A

Brazil F

British Virgin Islands E

Brunei P

Bulgaria H

Burkina Faso A

Burma P

Burundi A

Cape Verde Islands A

Cambodia M

Cayman Islands E

Central African Republic A

Chad Republic A

Chile F

China M

Christmas Island P

Cocos Island J

Colombia L

Comoros A

Congo A

Cook Islands P

Costa Rica N

Cuba K

Cyprus C

Czech Republic R

Denmark C

Diego Garcia S

Djibouti A

Dominica K

Dominican Republic K

Easter Island F

Ecuador L

Egypt H

El Salvador N

Equatorial Guinea A

Ethiopia H

Faeroe Islands C

Falkland Islands F

Fiji O

Finland C

France C

French Antilles E

French Guiana F

French Polynesia P

Gabon A

Gambia A

Germany C

Ghana A

Gibraltar C

Greece C

Greenland C

Grenada K

Guadeloup E

Guantanamo K

Guatemala N

Guinea A

Guinea Bissau A

Guyana F

Haiti K

Honduras N

Hong Kong P

Hungary C

Iceland I

India S

Indonesia M

Iran H

Iraq H

Ireland C

Israel D

Italy C

Ivory Coast A

Jamaica K

Japan J

Jordan S

Kenya B

Kiribati P

Korea J

Kuwait B

Laos P

Lebanon G

Lesotho B

Liberia A

Libya A

Liechtenstein C

Luxembourg C

Macao M

Madagascar A

Malawi A

Malaysia M

Maldives Q

Mali A

Malta C

Marshall Islands P

Mauritania A

Mauritius A

Mayotte Island A

Micronesia P

Miquelon K

Monaco C

Mongolia P

Montserrat K

Morocco A

Mozambique K

Mustique K

Namibia A

Nauru P

Nepal S

Netherlands C

Netherlands Antilles E

Nevis K

New Caledonia P

New Zealand P

Nicaragua N

Niger A

Nigeria B

Niue P

Norfolk Island P

Norway C

Oman G

Pakistan S

Palau P

Palm Island K

Panama N

Papua New Guinea P

Paraguay F

Peru L

Philippines M

Pitcairn Island P

Poland R

Portugal I

Qatar B

Republic of Congo A

Republic of Djibouti A

Reunion Island A

Romania H

Rwanda A

San Marino C

Sao Tome A

Saudi Arabia B

Senegal A

Seychelles Islands A

Sierra Leone A

Singapore P

Slovakia R

Solomon Islands P

Somali Republic A

South Africa A

Spain C

Sri Lanka S

St. Helena A

St. Kitts K

St. Lucia K

St. Pierre K

St. Vincent and the Grenadines K

Sudan H

Suriname F

Swaziland A

Sweden C

Switzerland C

Syria H

Taiwan P

Tanzania H

Thailand M

Togo A

Tonga Islands O

Trinidad/Tobago K

Tunisia A

Turkey C

Turks and Caicos Islands E

Tuvalu P

Uganda H

Union Island K

United Arab Emirates G

United Kingdom C

United Republic of Cameroon A

Uruguay L

USSR (Moscow only) H

USSR (Excluding Moscow) H

 

.02 ISVS Calling Card - Inbound: Applies to inbound international calls to the U.S. Mainland. Subscribers can dial overseas toll free numbers on a country specific basis to reach an Company operator located in the U.S. The Company operator will process the subscriber's call based on its authorization number validation and calling range privilege.

 

.021 Usage Charges For ISVS Calling Card - Inbound: The rates specified in Section C-3.084 apply.

 

.022 ISVS Calling Card - Inbound Surcharge: Applies to each ISVS Calling Card inbound call.

 

Calls from any International point

of origination as specified in Section

E-2.02. $2.50 per call

 

Collect or Third Party Billed $5.50 per call

 

4. Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean Inmarsat Locations: ISVS calls to Inmarsat locarions will be nbilled in an initial 30-second increment and addition 6-second increments.

 

Type of Service/Calls Terminating to: 1st 30 Sec. Add'l 6 Sec.

 

Standard A/Atlantic, Indian, and

Pacific Ocean $3.713 $0.743

Standard B/Atlantic and Pacific Ocean 1.913 0.383

Standard B/Indian Ocean 1.688 0.338

Standard M/Atlantic and Pacific Ocean 1.913 0.383

Standard M/Indian Ocean 1.688 0.338

Aeronautical 3.948 0.790

 

5. Service Availability: International Switched Voice Service (ISVS) service is available to any authorized Government location on the U.S. Mainland.

 

SECTION G - MEXICO RATE STEPS

 

For ISVS Calling Card Inbound Service, calls falling into Rate Steps A and B are determined as follows: Calls are rated based upon the first three dailed digits following the country code (52). If the call is dialed using the area code 905 or 706 the rating will be based upon the three digits following 90 or the three digits following 70.

 

RATE STEP A

 

THREE DIALED DIGITS:

 

145

161 - 166

168

169

617

631 - 639

650 - 656

658 - 665

667 - 669

684

823

824

827

828

838

861

862

870 - 899

 

RATE STEP B

 

All Others

 

MEXICAN SERVICE AREAS:

M1   Chihuahua Ciudad Camargo Ciudad Juarez Ciudad Miguel Aleman Delicias Hidalgo del Parral Matamoros Monclova Monterrey Nuevo Laredo Piedras Negras Reynosa Sabinas Saltillo

M2   Ciudad Obregon Ensenada Guaymas Hermosillo Mexicali Navojoa Nogales San Luis Rio Colorado Tijuana

M3   Actopan Aguascalientes Celaya Ciudad Valles Ciudad Victoria Culiacan Durango Irapuato La Paz Leon Los Mochis Mazatlan Pachuca Queretaro Salamanca San Luis Potosi Tampico Torreon Tula Zacatecas

M4   Acapulco Autlan de Navarro Campeche Cancun Chalco Chilpancingo Ciudad Guzman Coatzacoalcos Colima Cordoba Cosamaloapan Cuatitlan Cuautla Cuernavaca Guadalajara Iguala Jalapa Juchitan Lazaro Cardenas Loma Bonita Macuspana Manzanillo Merida Mexico City

M4 Cont.   Minatitlan Morelia Oaxaca Ocotlan Orizaba Poza Rica Puebla Tapachula Tehuacan Tenosique Tepatitlan Tepic Texcoco Texiutlan Tlaxcala Toluca Tulancingo Tuxtla Gutierrez Uruapan Veracruz Villahermosa Zamora Zihuatanejo