Converged Ethernet Access

(formerly Multi-Service Ethernet Access Service)

 

I.          SERVICE DESCRIPTION:  Converged Ethernet Access is provided by MCI Legacy Company.  Converged Ethernet Access provides dedicated high bandwidth access to one or more MCI Legacy Company Network Services via a single connection using Ethernet topology, per Customer designated location, where the circuit itself is provided by MCI Legacy Company and where facilities are available.  Availability of services, speeds, and features may vary based on Customer’s billing platform.  Converged Ethernet Access must be combined with a minimum of one MCI Legacy Company Network Service.  MCI Legacy Company Network Services include, but are not limited to Ethernet Virtual Private Line – Metro, Ethernet Virtual Private Line – National, Ethernet Virtual Private Line – International, Company-provided Virtual Private LAN Service, Internet Dedicated Service, and Private IP Service, Private IP Layer 2 Service and Company-provided vBNS+.  Converged Ethernet Access provides monitoring for Converged Ethernet Access outages for all bandwidth speeds and Customer support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Converged Ethernet Access is required for MCI Legacy Company Network Services ordered on or after July 1, 2005.

 

1.         Network Configuration:  Converged Ethernet Access types are available in the following configurations:

 

Type 1 Service:  The Ethernet connection at the Customer designated location is furnished via MCI Legacy Company facilities, and the Ethernet connection at the MCI Legacy Company IXC Point of Presence location is furnished via MCI Legacy Company Facilities.  Ethernet connections furnished by MCI Legacy Company Facilities use Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) services as the facility class.

 

Type 2 Service:  The Ethernet connection at the Customer designated location is furnished via non-MCI Legacy Company facilities, and the Ethernet connection at the MCI Legacy Company IXC Point of Presence location is furnished via MCI Legacy Company Facilities.  Non-MCI Legacy Company facilities use an Ethernet facility class and MCI Legacy Company facilities use a TDM facility class.

 

Type 3 Service: The Ethernet connection at the Customer designated location is furnished via non-MCI Legacy Company facilities, and the Ethernet connection at the MCI Legacy Company IXC Point of Presence location may or may not be furnished via MCI Legacy Company facilities.  Facilities furnished by both MCI Legacy Company and non-MCI Legacy Company use Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) services as the facility method.

 

Type 4 Service:  The Ethernet connection at the Customer designated location is furnished via non-MCI Legacy Company facilities, and the Ethernet connection at the MCI Legacy Company IXC Point of Presence location is furnished via MCI Legacy Company Facilities.  Facilities furnished by both MCI Legacy Company and non-MCI Legacy Company use an Ethernet facility class.

 

1.1       General Availability:  Converged Ethernet Access in Type 1, Type 2, Type 3 and Type 4 network configurations are available as described in the following tables. 

 

A.         For Converged Ethernet Access ordered prior to March 31, 2008, the following Converged Ethernet Access in Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 network configurations are available:

 

Bandwidths (Mbps)
Type 1	Type 2	Type 3
1 - 10 in 1 Mbps increments	1 - 10 in 1 Mbps increments	1 - 10 in 1 Mbps increments
15 - 50 in 5 Mbps increments	20 - 100 in 10 Mbps increments	20 - 100 in 10 Mbps increments
60 - 100 in 10 Mbps increments	200 - 500 in 100 Mbps increments	150
150 - 500 in 50 Mbps increments		300
600 - 1 Gbps in 100 Mbps increments		600
		1 Gbps

 

B.         For Converged Ethernet Access ordered after April 1, 2008, the following Converged Ethernet Access in Type 1, Type 2, Type 3 and Type 4 network configurations are available:

 

Type 1	Bandwidths (Mbps)
10 Mbps Interface	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
FET Interface	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100
GIGE Interface	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000
Type 2	Bandwidths (Mbps)
10 Mbps Interface	NA
FET Interface	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
GIGE Interface	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500
Type 3	Bandwidths (Mbps)
10 Mbps Interface	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
FET Interface	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100
GIGE Interface	50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000
Type 4	Bandwidths (Mbps)
10 Mbps Interface	NA
FET Interface	8, 10, 20, 50, 80, 100
GIGE Interface	100, 200, 300, 600, 1000

 

1.2       Availability for Use by Other Services:  Converged Ethernet Access is available for use by the services indicated in the following table.  Multi-service access is not available for Customers who order Converged Ethernet Access for Internet Dedicated Service.

 

SERVICE	Type 1	Type 2	Type 3	Type 4
Ethernet Virtual Private Line – Metro	Available	Available	Available	Available
Ethernet Virtual Private Line – National	Available	Available	Available	Available
Ethernet Virtual Private Line – International	Available	NA	Available	NA
Virtual Private LAN Service	Available	Available	Available	Available
Internet Dedicated Service	Available	Available	Available	NA
Private IP Service	Available	Available	Available	Available
Private IP Layer 2 Service.	Available	Available	Available	Available
vBNS+	Available	NA	Available	Available

 

1.3       LATA Availability:  The following table indicates the availability of Converged Ethernet Access by Type and by LATA (Local Access Transport Areas).  Not all Converged Ethernet Access types, features, speeds and bands are available for certain locations within a LATA.  Service is provided to Customer-designated locations where facilities are available.

 

Type 2 Service is available to Customers whose wire center is within 20 airline miles of a Type 2 Service Switch (see Mileage Calculation) and whose location is within the maximum allowable range from a Type 2 Service Switch as measured by the dB loss rate, where the maximum dB loss cannot exceed 26dB @1310nm for the 100 Mbps interface, 9.5dB @1330nm for the 1000 Mbps interface, or 22dB @1550nm for the 1000 Mbps interface.

 

LATA	CITY	STATE	Type 1	Type 2	Type 3	Type 4
120	Portland	ME	Available	NA	Available	NA
122	Manchester	NH	Available	NA	Available	NA
126	Springfield	MA	Available	Available	Available	NA
128	Boston	MA	Available	Available	Available	NA
130	Providence	RI	Available	Available	Available	NA
132	New York Metro	NY	Available	Available	Available	NA
134	Albany	NY	Available	Available	Available	NA
136	Syracuse	NY	Available	Available	Available	NA
140	Buffalo	NY	Available	Available	Available	NA
222	Princeton	NJ	Available	Available	Available	NA
224	Newark	NJ	Available	Available	Available	NA
226	Harrisburg	PA	NA	Available	Available	NA
228	Philadelphia	PA	Available	Available	Available	NA
234	Pittsburgh	PA	Available	Available	Available	NA
236	Washington	DC	Available	Available	Available	NA
238	Baltimore	MD	Available	Available	Available	NA
244	Roanoke	VA	NA	Available	Available	NA
246	Ashburn	VA	Available	Available	Available	NA
248	Richmond	VA	Available	Available	Available	NA
250	Lynchburg	VA	NA	Available	Available	NA
252	Norfolk	VA	NA	Available	Available	NA
320	Cleveland	OH	Available	NA	Available	Available
324	Columbus	OH	Available	NA	Available	Available
326	Toledo	OH	Available	NA	Available	NA
336	Indianapolis	IN	Available	NA	Available	Available
340	Detroit	MI	Available	NA	Available	Available
346	Lansing	MI	Available	NA	Available	NA
348	Grand Rapids	MI	Available	NA	Available	Available
356	Milwaukee	WI	Available	NA	Available	Available
358	Chicago	IL	Available	NA	Available	Available
422	Charlotte	NC	Available	NA	Available	Available
426	Raleigh	NC	Available	Available	Available	Available
438	Atlanta	GA	Available	NA	Available	Available
452	Jacksonville	FL	Available	NA	Available	Available
458	Orlando	FL	Available	NA	Available	Available
460	Miami	FL	Available	NA	Available	Available
468	Memphis	TN	Available	NA	Available	Available
470	Nashville	TN	Available	NA	Available	Available
474	Knoxville	TN	Available	NA	Available	NA
477	Huntsville	AL	Available	NA	Available	NA
482	Jackson	MS	Available	NA	Available	Available
490	New Orleans	LA	Available	NA	Available	Available
520	St. Louis	MO	Available	NA	Available	Available
522	Springfield	MO	Available	NA	Available	NA
524	Kansas City	MO	Available	NA	Available	Available
528	Little Rock	AR	Available	NA	Available	NA
536	Oklahoma City	OK	Available	NA	Available	NA
538	Tulsa	OK	Available	NA	Available	NA
552	Dallas	TX	Available	Available	Available	Available
556	Waco	TX	Available	NA	Available	NA
558	Austin	TX	Available	NA	Available	NA
560	Houston	TX	Available	NA	Available	Available
566	San Antonio	TX	Available	NA	Available	Available
628	Minneapolis	MN	Available	NA	Available	NA
656	Denver	CO	Available	NA	Available	NA
660	Salt Lake City	UT	Available	NA	Available	NA
664	Albuquerque	NM	Available	NA	Available	NA
666	Phoenix	AZ	Available	NA	Available	NA
668	Tucson	AZ	Available	NA	Available	NA
672	Portland	OR	Available	Available	Available	NA
674	Seattle	WA	Available	Available	Available	NA
720	Reno	NV	Available	NA	Available	NA
722	San Francisco	CA	Available	NA	Available	Available
726	Sacramento	CA	Available	NA	Available	Available
728	Fresno	CA	Available	NA	Available	NA
730	Los Angeles	CA	Available	Available	Available	Available
732	San Diego	CA	Available	NA	Available	Available
734	Bakersfield	CA	Available	NA	Available	NA
738	Stockton	CA	Available	NA	Available	NA
920	Stamford/Hartford	CT	Available	NA	Available	Available
922	Cincinnati	OH	Available	NA	Available	NA
952	Tampa	FL	Available	Available	Available	NA
974	Rochester	NY	Available	NA	Available	NA

 

Converged Ethernet Access will be provided by Type 3 network configurations for U.S. Mainland locations not included on the preceding LATA list and where the Ethernet connections are provided via non-MCI Legacy Company facilities.

 

2.         Geographic Service Configurations:  Converged Ethernet Access may be provided as InterLATA Service, known as Corridor Service, between: LATA 132 and LATAs 222 and 224; LATA 222 and LATA 224; and as IntraLATA InterSTATE service within LATA 236 and LATA 228, and for locations in LATA 246 for which the local loop is furnished in whole via MCI Legacy Company-owned facilities.  All other Converged Ethernet Access is intraLATA.

 

II.          DEFINITIONS:  General Definitions apply.

 

III.         FEATURES AND OPTIONS:

 

1.         The Converged Ethernet Access Term Plan is available.

 

2.         Link Aggregation:  Link Aggregation is only available for orders placed by Customer prior to August 1, 2009.  Link Aggregation provides Customer with an additional Ethernet interface port connection at Customer’s designated premises.  The Ethernet interface is provided on a secondary interface port card and is limited to one (1) additional interface port.  Link Aggregation does not provide protection beyond Customer’s designated premises. 

 

Monthly Recurring Rate per Interface Port                 $350

 

Link Aggregation is only available on FET Interfaces. It is available for Type 1 at the Mbps specified in Section I.1.1 above.  Link Aggregation is not available for Type 2 or Type 4 and is only available for Type 3 bandwidths greater than 40 Mbps.  Link Aggregation may not be combined with the Converged Ethernet Access Diversity feature.

 

3.         Converged Ethernet Access Diversity: Converged Ethernet Access Diversity (CEA Diversity) provides Customer with redundancy of varying levels.  Customer must have two Converged Ethernet Access circuits originating in the same location and the Converged Ethernet Diversity feature must be installed concurrent with the second Converged Ethernet Access circuit.  Transmission and path diversity are not included as a part of the CEA Diversity feature.  Path diversity is not provided as a part of the Customer’s first or second Converged Ethernet Access circuit.

 

3.1       CEA Diversity Feature Levels

 

3.1.1    UNI Card Diversity: User Network Interface (UNI) Card Diversity provides Customer with an additional Ethernet interface port connection at the Customer’s designated premise, provided on the secondary interface port card in the same Ethernet device as the primary Converged Ethernet Access circuit.  The Customer’s second Converged Ethernet Access circuit utilizes this second interface port to connect to the same Layer 2 switch, and same CPA Node, as the Customer’s primary Converged Ethernet Access circuit.

 

3.1.2    UNI Device Diversity: UNI Device Diversity provides Customer with an additional Ethernet interface port connection at the Customer’s designated premise, provided on a separate Ethernet device. The Customer’s second Converged Ethernet Access circuit utilizes this second Ethernet device to connect to the same Layer 2 switch, and same CPA Node, as the Customer’s primary Converged Ethernet Access circuit.

 

3.1.3    Layer 2 Switch Geographic Diversity: Layer 2 Switch Geographic Diversity provides Customer with an additional Ethernet interface port connection at the Customer’s designated premise, provided on a separate Ethernet device with a termination at a separate Layer 2 switch. The Customer’s second Converged Ethernet Access circuit utilizes the second Ethernet device to connect to a separate Layer 2 switch, in the same CPA market area, as the Customer’s primary Converged Ethernet Access circuit.

 

Layer 2 Switch Geographic Diversity is limited to the following 15 markets (LATA): Atlanta (438), Baltimore (238), Chicago (358), Cleveland (320), Dallas (552), Denver (656), Houston (560), Los Angeles (730), New York City (132), New Jersey (224), New York/New Jerseycorridor (132/224), Phoenix (666), San Francisco (722), Tampa (952) and Washington DC (236). 

 

Switches utilized for Layer 2 Switch Geographic Diversity are predefined by Company engineering and are not available for discrete selection by the Customer.

 

3.2       General Availability: For Converged Ethernet Access circuits ordered after July 1, 2009, the Converged Ethernet Access diversity is only available for Type 1 and Type 3 on FET and GBE Interfaces.  UNI Card Diversity is available for bandwidths between 50 Mbps and 500 Mbps, at the bandwidth availability specified in Section I.1.1 above.  UNI Device Diversity and Layer 2 Switch Geographic Diversity are available for bandwidths greater than 45 Mbps, at the bandwidth availability specified in Section I.1.1 above. 

 

Other Availability Conditions:

 

·         A maximum of two circuits, from the same location, can be diverse from each other.

·         Link Aggregation may not be combined with CEA Diversity.

·         Change, move and supplemental orders can not be used to increase/decrease bandwidth or to order the diversity feature.

 

3.3       Converged Ethernet Access Diversity Monthly Recurring and Non-Recurring Charges:  The following monthly recurring and non-recurring charges apply based on type of interface, bandwidth and feature level.  1 – 10

 

3.3.1    Standard Interfaces:  Charges apply to both the Customer’s primary and secondary Converged Ethernet Access circuits.

 

		Monthly Recurring Charges
		Feature Level
Interface Type	Bandwidth (Mbps)	UNI Card Diversity	UNI Device Diversity	Layer 2 Switch Geographic Diversity	Non-Recurring Charges
FET Interface	50 – 100	$     25	$  50	$   1,550	$  250
GBE Interface	50 – 150	$   125	$  150	$   1,650	$  250
	200 – 500	125	150	3,150	250
	600 – 1000	NA	150	6,150	250

 

3.3.2    Restricted Interfaces:  The following Converged Ethernet Access Diversity interfaces have limited availability and are provided at the Company’s discretion. 

 

		Monthly Recurring Charges
		Feature Level
Interface Type	Bandwidth (Mbps)	UNI Card Diversity	UNI Device Diversity	Layer 2 Switch Geographic Diversity	Non-Recurring Charges
10 Mbps Interface	1 – 10	$   2,000	$  2,000	$     3,500	$  1,000
FET Interface	Less than 50	2,500	2,500	5,000	1,000
GBE Interface	Less than 50	2,500	2,500	8,750	1,000
GBE Interface	Greater than 500	2,500	NA	NA	1,000
10 Gbps Interface	1 – 10,000	25,000	25,000	50,000	1,000

 

4.         UNI Port Protection:  UNI Port Protection is available for orders placed by Customer on or after August 1, 2009.  UNI Port Protection provides Customer with an additional Ethernet interface port connection at Customer’s designated premises.  The Ethernet interface is provided on a secondary interface port card using link aggregation and is limited to one (1) additional interface port.  UNI Port Protection does not provide protection beyond Customer’s designated premises. 

 

Monthly Recurring Rate per Interface Port

$350

 

 

UNI Port Protection is only available on FET and GBE Interfaces. It is available for Type 1 and Type 3 at the Mbps specified in Section I.1.1 above for those that are 50Mbps or greater.  UNI Port Protection is not available for Type 2 or Type 4.

 

IV.        RATES AND CHARGES:  Price quotes for Converged Ethernet Access are valid for a period of 45 calendar days from the date the quote is provided to Customer.  Orders placed after 45 days or if no quote is provided will be priced at the rate in effect at the time of the order.

 

1.         Type 1 Monthly Recurring and Non-Recurring Charges:

 

1.1       July 1, 2005 through August 31, 2005

1.2       September 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006

1.3       On or After July 1, 2006

 

2.         Type 2 Monthly Recurring and Non-Recurring Charges:

 

2.1       February 1, 2006 through August 31, 2006

2.2       September 1, 2006 through October 31, 2006

2.3       November 1, 2006 through April 30, 2008

2.4       May 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009

2.5       On or After July 1, 2009

 

3.         Type 3 Monthly Recurring and Non-Recurring Charges:

 

3.1       July 1, 2005 through August 31, 2005

3.2       September 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006

3.3       July 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007

3.4       April 1, 2007 through August 31, 2007

3.5       September 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009

3.6       On or After July 1, 2009

 

4.         Type 4 Monthly Recurring and Non-Recurring Charges:

 

4.1       April 1, 2008 through October 31, 2008

4.2       November 1, 2008 through April 14, 2009

4.3       On or After April 15, 2009

 

5.         Non-Recurring Charges: 

 

5.1       Administrative Non-Recurring Charges

 

5.2       Bandwidth Reconfiguration Charge:  Bandwidth reconfiguration provides Customer the ability to reconfigure bandwidth using Customer’s existing interface and physical access facility on Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 network configurations.  The following charge is in addition to the Administrative Change charge and applies per bandwidth reconfiguration.

 

Charge per Bandwidth Reconfiguration

$500

 

Orders which require a change in the Customer’s existing interface, physical access facility and/or provider of the physical access facility may be handled in accordance with Company’s procedures for a new Converged Ethernet Access install.

 

5.3       Customer Support Services charges apply.

 

6.         FUSF and CCRC apply.

 

V.         TERMS AND CONDITIONS:  The General Terms and Conditions and product-specific terms and conditions apply.