Common use of Engineering Specifications Clause in Contracts

Engineering Specifications. The Parties agree to establish technical interface specifications for Mid-Span Meet arrangements that permit the successful interconnection and completion of traffic routed over the facilities that interconnect at the Mid-Span Meet. The technical specifications will be designed so that each Party may, as far as is technically feasible, independently select the transmission, multiplexing, and fiber terminating equipment to be used on its side of the Mid-Span Meet. Requirements for such interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these specifications within 90 days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Mid-Span Meet arrangements between them. In the event the Parties cannot agree on the technical specifications required, the Parties will, after discussion at the Vice Presidential level, interconnect with each other using one of the other interconnection arrangements defined elsewhere in this Agreement or pursue the dispute resolution procedures contained herein. Prior to the establishment of any Mid-Span Meet arrangement, the Parties agree to jointly develop all additional necessary requirements for such interconnection, including but not limited to such items as control and assignment of facilities within the fiber Mid-Span Meet arrangement, network management requirements, maintenance responsibilities, and operational testing and acceptance requirements for installation of Mid- Span Meets.