Common use of Auditing Procedures Clause in Contracts

Auditing Procedures. A. Within thirty (30) days of a party's receipt of a written request to audit, such party must provide a mutually acceptable independent auditor (the"Auditor") with access to such party's books and records so that the Auditor can perform an audit of the billing of traffic between the parties. The parties agree to retain records of call detail for a minimum of nine months from which the PLU can be ascertained. The audit shall be performed by the Auditor during normal business hours at an office designated by the party being audited. Audit requests shall not be submitted more frequently than once per calendar year. The PLU shall be adjusted based upon the audit results and shall apply to the usage for the quarter the audit was completed, the usage for the quarter prior to the completion of the audit, and to the usage following the completion of the audit until again revised pursuant to a subsequent audit. The party requesting the audit shall pay the cost of the audit, including the Auditor's fees, except that if, as a result of the audit, the party being audited is found to have overstated the PLU by twenty percentage points or more, that party shall reimburse the party requesting the audit for the cost of the audit, including the Auditor's fees. B. For combined interstate and intrastate Carrier Toll Traffic terminated by BellSouth over the same facilities, Carrier shall provide a PIU factor to BellSouth. Carrier does not intend to provide interexchange carrier services to BellSouth end-users. Nevertheless, should Carrier in the future provide toll services through the use of network switched access services, then all jurisdictional report requirements, rules and regulations specified in E2.

Auditing Procedures. A. Within thirty (30) days of a party's receipt of a written request to audit, such party must provide a mutually acceptable independent auditor (the"Auditorthe "Auditor") with access to such party's books and records so that the Auditor can perform an audit of the billing of traffic between the parties. The parties agree to retain records of call detail for a minimum of nine months from which the PLU can be ascertained. The audit shall be performed by the Auditor during normal business hours at an office designated by the party being audited. Audit requests shall not be submitted more frequently than once per calendar year. The PLU shall be adjusted based upon the audit results and shall apply to the usage for the quarter the audit was completed, the usage for the quarter prior to the completion of the audit, and to the usage following the completion of the audit until again revised pursuant to a subsequent audit. The party requesting the audit shall pay the cost of the audit, including the Auditor's fees, except that if, as a result of the audit, the party being audited is found to have overstated the PLU by twenty percentage points or more, that party shall reimburse the party requesting the audit for the cost of the audit, including the Auditor's fees. B. For combined interstate and intrastate Carrier Toll Traffic terminated by BellSouth over the same facilities, Carrier shall provide a PIU factor to BellSouth. Carrier does not intend to provide interexchange carrier services to BellSouth end-users. Nevertheless, should Carrier in the future provide toll services through the use of network switched access services, then all jurisdictional report requirements, rules and regulations specified in E2.