Bona Fide Request (BFR) definition

Bona Fide Request (BFR) means the process described in Attachment 08 – Bona Fide Request (BFR).

Bona Fide Request (BFR). The process CLEC must use (1) to submit a request to obtain Interconnection or access to a Network Element to which CenturyLink is required to provide access on an unbundled basis under Applicable Law, but which Interconnection or Network Element is new, undefined or not otherwise available under the terms of this Agreement; (2) when facilities and equipment are not Currently Available; (3) when CLEC requests that CenturyLink provide Interconnection or a Network Element on an unbundled basis that is superior or inferior in quality than those that CenturyLink provides to itself; and (4) to request certain other services, features, capabilities or functionality defined and agreed upon by the Parties as services to be ordered via the BFR process on an individual case basis (ICB).

Bona Fide Request (BFR) means the process described in BFR Attachment.

Examples of Bona Fide Request (BFR) in a sentence

• The Parties shall establish, through negotiations, at least one (1) of the following Interconnection arrangements, at any Technically Feasible point: (1) a DS1 or DS3 CenturyLink-provided facility; (2) Collocation; (3) negotiated Mid-Span Meet POI facilities; or (4) other Technically Feasible methods of Interconnection via the Bona Fide Request (BFR) process unless a particular arrangement has been previously provided to a third party, or is offered by CenturyLink as a product.

• Where the Parties mutually agree following a Bona Fide Request (BFR) to directly interconnect their respective networks, interconnection will be as specified in the following subsections.

• This ICB/NSCR quote is prepared specifically for collocation requests and is not associated in any way with the Bona Fide Request (BFR) process used to request UNEs or other unique items not contained in a Collocator's ICA.

• Requests for Direct Access will be pursuant to the Bona Fide Request (BFR) Process as outlined in the attached procedures.

• The Parties shall establish, through negotiations, at least one (1) of the following Interconnection arrangements, at any Technically Feasible point: (1) a DS1 or DS3 Qwest-provided facility; (2) Collocation; (3) negotiated Mid-Span Meet POI facilities; or (4) other Technically Feasible methods of Interconnection via the Bona Fide Request (BFR) process unless a particular arrangement has been previously provided to a third party, or is offered by Qwest as a product.

• After December 31, 1998, SBC-SWBT will deploy LRN in other MSAs/areas within six (6) months after receipt of Bona Fide Request (BFR) from the CLEC (see EXHIBIT 1).

• Any request that requires an analysis of Technical Feasibility shall be treated as a Bona Fide Request (BFR), and will follow the BFR Process set forth in this Agreement.

• EXHIBIT 1 [This Attachment is applicable to SBC-SWBT only.] PERMANENT NUMBER PORTABILITY (PNP) BONA FIDE REQUEST (BFR) PROCESS The Permanent Number Portability (PNP) Bona Fide Request (BFR) is a process that Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLECs) shall use to request that PNP be deployed • in a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) beyond the 100 largest MSAs in the countryand• additional switch(es) in an MSA in which PNP has been deployed.

• The minimum service period for Network Elements provided under the Bona Fide Request (BFR) process set forth in Appendix UNE of this Agreement may be longer.

• The Parties shall establish, through negotiations, at least one (1) of the following Interconnection arrangements, at any technically feasible point: (1) a DS1 or DS3 Qwest Provided WIS Entrance Facility; (2) Collocation; (3) negotiated Mid-Span Meet POI facilities; or (4) Other technically feasible methods of Interconnection via the Bona Fide Request (BFR) process unless a particular arrangement has been previously provided to a third party, or is offered by Qwest as a product.

More Definitions of Bona Fide Request (BFR)

Bona Fide Request (BFR). The process CLEC must use (1) to submit a request to obtain Interconnection to which CenturyLink is required to provide under Applicable Law, but which Interconnection is new, undefined or not otherwise available under the terms of this Agreement; (2) when facilities and equipment are not currently available; (3) when CLEC requests that CenturyLink provide Interconnection that is superior or inferior in quality than those that CenturyLink provides to itself; and (4) to request certain other services, features, capabilities or functionality defined and agreed upon by the Parties as services to be ordered via the BFR process on an individual case basis (ICB).

Bona Fide Request (BFR). The process Carrier must use (1) to submit a request to obtain Interconnection to which CenturyLink is required to provide access under Applicable Law, but which Interconnection is new, undefined or not otherwise available under the terms of this Agreement; (2) when facilities and equipment are not currently available; (3) when Carrier requests that CenturyLink provide Interconnection that is superior or inferior in quality than those that CenturyLink provides to itself; and (4) to request certain other services, features, capabilities or functionality defined and agreed upon by the Parties as services to be ordered via the BFR process on an individual case basis (ICB).

Bona Fide Request (BFR) means the process described in the General Terms and Conditions – Part A, Section 78 Bona Fide Request/New Business Process provisions.

Bona Fide Request (BFR). The process Spectrotel must use (1) to submit a request to obtain access to a Network Element to which CenturyLink is required to provide access on an unbundled basis under Applicable Law, but which Network Element is new, undefined or not otherwise available under the terms of this Agreement; (2) when facilities and equipment are not Currently Available; (3) when Spectrotel requests that CenturyLink provide a Network Element on an unbundled basis that is superior or inferior in quality than those that CenturyLink provides to itself; and (4) to request certain other services, features, capabilities or functionality defined and agreed upon by the Parties as services to be ordered via the BFR process on an individual case basis (ICB).