Common use of Fiber Meet Interconnection Clause in Contracts

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel and Charter can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel End Office and Charter's premises. The Parties shall establish a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement pursuant to Article III, Section 10. 2.3.2.2 Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Fiber Meet design options, which include, but are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option. 2.3.2.4.1 Design One: Charter’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTel's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter and CenturyTel locations. In this case, the POI would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel designated) manhole at the CenturyTel End Office Switch. CenturyTel shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTel's office. Charter shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTel's office on the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at Charter’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole location.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel CenturyLink and Charter BendTel can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office and CharterBendTel's premisespremises within the local calling area. The Parties BendTel shall establish request a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within by submitting a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement BFR for the same pursuant to Article III, Section 10. 2.3.2.2 Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), Article shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Fiber Meet design options, which options include, but are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option.: 2.3.2.4.1 Design One: CharterBendTel’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTelCenturyLink's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter BendTel and CenturyTel CenturyLink locations. In this case, the POI This Interconnection point would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter BendTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel CenturyLink designated) manhole at the CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office Switchswitch. CenturyTel CenturyLink shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter BendTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter BendTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel CenturyLink to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel CenturyLink cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel CenturyLink fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTelCenturyLink's office. Charter BendTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel CenturyLink shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTelCenturyLink's office on the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at CharterBendTel’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole locationCenturyLink FDF.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 a. Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel CenturyLink and Charter QCC can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office and CharterQCC's premisespremises within the local calling area. The Parties QCC shall establish request a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within by submitting a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement BFR for the same pursuant to Article III, Section 10Capacity Planning and Forecasts Section. 2.3.2.2 b. Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services services, as described in the Interconnection Trunking Requirements Section 3 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 c. Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Fiber Meet design options, which include, but are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option. 2.3.2.4.1 Design One: Charter’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTel's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter and CenturyTel locations. In this case, the POI would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel designated) manhole at the CenturyTel End Office Switch. CenturyTel shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTel's office. Charter shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTel's office on the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at Charter’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole location.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel CenturyLink and Charter can CLECcan occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office and Charter**CLEC's premisespremises within the local calling area. The Parties shall establish ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ request a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within by submitting a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement BFR for the same pursuant to Article III, Section 10. 2.3.2.2 Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), Article shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Fiber Meet design options, which options include, but are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option.: 2.3.2.4.1 Design One: Charter**CLEC’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTelCenturyLink's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter and CenturyTel CLECand CenturyLink locations. In this case, the POI This Interconnection point would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel designated) manhole at the CenturyTel End Office Switch. CenturyTel shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTel's office. Charter shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTel's office on the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at Charter’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole location.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 If mutually agreed, which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld, Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel CenturyLink and Charter ▇▇▇▇▇▇ can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible Technically Feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office or a CenturyLink Tandem Office and Charter▇▇▇▇▇▇'s premisespremises within the Local Calling Area with each Party being individually responsible for its incurred costs in establishing this arrangement. The Parties ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall establish request a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a arrangement via request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement pursuant to Article III, Section 10their assigned Carrier Account Manager. 2.3.2.2 Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet will be designed so that each Party may, as far as is technically feasibleTechnically Feasible, independently select the transmission, multiplexing, and fiber terminating equipment to be used on its side of the POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Intentionally left blank. 2.3.2.5 The ▇▇▇▇▇▇ location includes FOTs, multiplexing and fiber required to terminate the optical signal provided from CenturyLink. This location is ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s responsibility to provision and maintain. 2.3.2.6 The CenturyLink location includes all CenturyLink FOTs, multiplexing and fiber required to terminate the optical signal provided from ▇▇▇▇▇▇. This location is CenturyLink's responsibility to provision and maintain. 2.3.2.7 Neither party shall charge the other any non-recurring, recurring or usage charges for the use of its allotted facilities, including associated FOT and multiplexing functionality, on the Fiber Meet design optionsPoint arrangement for the trunk and traffic types described in the Agreement. 2.3.2.8 Pursuant to the mutually agreed upon implementation terms, which includeCenturyLink and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall procure, but install, and maintain the agreed-upon FOT equipment in each of their locations where the Parties established a Fiber Meet. Capacity shall be sufficient to provision and maintain all trunk groups for the purposes of Interconnection. 2.3.2.9 Each Party shall provide its own, unique source for the synchronized timing of its FOT equipment. At a minimum, each timing source must be Stratum-3 traceable and cannot be provided over DS0/DS1 facilities, via Line Timing; or via a Derived DS1 off of FOT equipment. Both Parties agree to establish separate and distinct timing sources that are not limited toderived from the other, and meet the followingcriteria identified above. 2.3.2.10 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and CenturyLink will mutually agree on the capacity of the FOT(s) to be utilized based on equivalent DS1s or DS3s. Each Party will also agree upon the optical frequency and wavelength necessary to implement the Interconnection. The Parties can mutually will develop and agree upon any other design optionmethods for the capacity planning and management for these facilities, terms and conditions for over provisioning facilities, and the necessary processes to implement facilities as indicated below. These methods will meet quality standards as mutually agreed to by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and CenturyLink. 2.3.2.4.1 Design One: Charter’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTel's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter and CenturyTel locations. In this case, the POI would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel designated) manhole at the CenturyTel End Office Switch. CenturyTel shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTel's office. Charter shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTel's office on the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at Charter’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole location.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel CenturyLink and Charter Pine Belt can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office and CharterPine Belt's premisespremises within the local calling area. The Parties Pine Belt shall establish request a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within by submitting a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement BFR pursuant to Article III, Section 10. 2.3.2.2 Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), Article shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Fiber Meet design options, which options include, but are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option.: 2.3.2.4.1 Design One: CharterPine Belt’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTelCenturyLink's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter Pine Belt and CenturyTel CenturyLink locations. In this case, the POI This Interconnection point would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel designated) manhole at the CenturyTel End Office Switch. CenturyTel shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTel's office. Charter shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTel's office on the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at Charter’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole location.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel and Charter Sprint can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel End Office and CharterSprint's premisespremises within the local calling area. The Parties Sprint shall establish request a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within by submitting a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement pursuant to Article III, Section 10Bona Fide Request (BFR). 2.3.2.2 Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), Article shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Intentionally Left Blank 2.3.2.5 The Sprint location includes FOTs, multiplexing and fiber required to terminate the optical signal provided from CenturyTel. This location is Sprint’s responsibility to provision and maintain. 2.3.2.6 The CenturyTel location includes all CenturyTel FOTs, multiplexing and fiber required to terminate the optical signal provided from Sprint. This location is CenturyTel's responsibility to provision and maintain. 2.3.2.7 Pursuant to the mutually agreed upon implementation terms of Sprint’s Fiber Meet design optionsBFR, which includeCenturyTel and Sprint shall procure, but install, and maintain the agreed-upon FOT equipment in each of their locations where the Parties established a Fiber Meet. Capacity shall be sufficient to provision and maintain all trunk groups prescribed by Section 3 of this Article for the purposes of Interconnection. 2.3.2.8 Each Party shall provide its own, unique source for the synchronized timing of its FOT equipment. At a minimum, each timing source must be Stratum-3 traceable and cannot be provided over DS0/DS1 facilities, via Line Timing; or via a Derived DS1 off of FOT equipment. Both Parties agree to establish separate and distinct timing sources that are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option. 2.3.2.4.1 Design One: Charter’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTel's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter and CenturyTel locations. In this case, the POI would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel designated) manhole at the CenturyTel End Office Switch. CenturyTel shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTel's office. Charter shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel shall take the fiber derived from the manhole other, and terminate it inside CenturyTel's office on meet the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole locationcriteria identified above. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at Charter’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole location.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 3.2.1 Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel TDS TELECOM and Charter LEVEL 3 can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between LEVEL 3's premises and a CenturyTel TDS TELECOM End Office and Charter's premises. The Parties shall establish a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement pursuant to Article III, Section 10Office. 2.3.2.2 3.2.2 Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 5 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), Appendix ITR shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 3.2.3 Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 3.2.4 There are four basic Fiber Meet design options, which include, but are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option. 2.3.2.4.1 3.2.4.1 Design One: CharterLEVEL 3’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTelTDS TELECOM's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter LEVEL 3 and CenturyTel TDS TELECOM locations. In this case, the POI This Interconnection point would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter LEVEL 3 will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel TDS TELECOM designated) manhole at the CenturyTel TDS TELECOM's End Office Switchswitch. CenturyTel TDS TELECOM shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter LEVEL 3 to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter LEVEL 3 will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel TDS TELECOM to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel TDS TELECOM cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel TDS TELECOM fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTelTDS TELECOM's office. Charter LEVEL 3 shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel TDS TELECOM shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTelTDS TELECOM's office on the FDF at CenturyTelTDS TELECOM's expense. In this case, case the POI shall be at the CenturyTel TDS TELECOM designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel TDS TELECOM will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter LEVEL 3 designated) manhole at the Charter LEVEL 3 location. Charter LEVEL 3 shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel TDS TELECOM to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel TDS TELECOM will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter LEVEL 3 to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter LEVEL 3 fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CharterLEVEL 3’s location. CenturyTel TDS TELECOM shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter LEVEL 3 shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CharterLEVEL 3’s office on the FDF at CharterLEVEL 3’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter LEVEL 3 designated manhole location.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 If mutually agreed, which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld, Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel CenturyLink and Charter COMCAST can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible Technically Feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office or a CenturyLink Tandem Office and CharterCOMCAST's premisespremises within the Local Calling Area with each Party being individually responsible for its incurred costs in establishing this arrangement. The Parties COMCAST shall establish request a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a arrangement via request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement pursuant to Article III, Section 10their assigned Carrier Account Manager. 2.3.2.2 Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet will be designed so that each Party may, as far as is technically feasibleTechnically Feasible, independently select the transmission, multiplexing, and fiber terminating equipment to be used on its side of the POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Intentionally left blank. 2.3.2.5 The COMCAST location includes FOTs, multiplexing and fiber required to terminate the optical signal provided from CenturyLink. This location is COMCAST’s responsibility to provision and maintain. 2.3.2.6 The CenturyLink location includes all CenturyLink FOTs, multiplexing and fiber required to terminate the optical signal provided from COMCAST. This location is CenturyLink's responsibility to provision and maintain. 2.3.2.7 Neither party shall charge the other any non-recurring, recurring or usage charges for the use of its allotted facilities, including associated FOT and multiplexing functionality, on the Fiber Meet design optionsPoint arrangement for the trunk and traffic types described in the Agreement. 2.3.2.8 Pursuant to the mutually agreed upon implementation terms, which includeCenturyLink and COMCAST shall procure, but install, and maintain the agreed-upon FOT equipment in each of their locations where the Parties established a Fiber Meet. Capacity shall be sufficient to provision and maintain all trunk groups for the purposes of Interconnection. 2.3.2.9 Each Party shall provide its own, unique source for the synchronized timing of its FOT equipment. At a minimum, each timing source must be Stratum-3 traceable and cannot be provided over DS0/DS1 facilities, via Line Timing; or via a Derived DS1 off of FOT equipment. Both Parties agree to establish separate and distinct timing sources that are not limited toderived from the other, and meet the followingcriteria identified above. 2.3.2.10 COMCAST and CenturyLink will mutually agree on the capacity of the FOT(s) to be utilized based on equivalent DS1s or DS3s. Each Party will also agree upon the optical frequency and wavelength necessary to implement the Interconnection. The Parties can mutually will develop and agree upon any other design optionmethods for the capacity planning and management for these facilities, terms and conditions for over provisioning facilities, and the necessary processes to implement facilities as indicated below. These methods will meet quality standards as mutually agreed to by COMCAST and CenturyLink. 2.3.2.4.1 Design One: Charter’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTel's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter and CenturyTel locations. In this case, the POI would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel designated) manhole at the CenturyTel End Office Switch. CenturyTel shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTel's office. Charter shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTel's office on the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at Charter’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole location.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel and Charter Cal-Ore can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel End Office and CharterCal-Ore's premisespremises within the local calling area. The Parties Cal-Ore shall establish request a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within by submitting a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement BFR for the same pursuant to Article III, Section 10. 2.3.2.2 Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), Article shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Fiber Meet design options, which options include, but are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option. 2.3.2.4.1 Design One: Charter’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTel's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter and CenturyTel locations. In this case, the POI would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel designated) manhole at the CenturyTel End Office Switch. CenturyTel shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTel's office. Charter shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTel's office on the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at Charter’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole location.:

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 A. Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel CenturyLink and Charter **CLEC can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office and Charter**CLEC's premisespremises within the local calling area. The Parties **CLEC shall establish request a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within by submitting a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement BFR for the same pursuant to Article III, Section 1016. 2.3.2.2 B. Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 74 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), Article shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 C. Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Fiber ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Meet design options, which options include, but are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option.: 2.3.2.4.1 1) Design One: Charter**CLEC’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTelCenturyLink's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter **CLEC and CenturyTel CenturyLink locations. In this case, the POI This Interconnection point would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 2) Design Two: Charter **CLEC will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel CenturyLink designated) manhole at the CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office Switchswitch. CenturyTel CenturyLink shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter **CLEC to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter **CLEC will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel CenturyLink to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel CenturyLink cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel CenturyLink fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTelCenturyLink's office. Charter **CLEC shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel CenturyLink shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTelCenturyLink's office on the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at Charter**CLEC’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole CenturyLink FDF. 3) Design Three: Both **CLEC and CenturyLink each provide two fibers between their locations. This design may only be considered where existing fibers are available and there is a mutual benefit to both Parties. CenturyLink will provide the fibers associated with the “working” side of the system. **CLEC will provide the fibers associated with the “protection” side of the system. The Parties will work cooperatively to terminate each other’s fiber in order to provision this joint SONET ring or point-to-point linear system. Both Parties will work cooperatively to determine the appropriate technical handoff for purposes of demarcation and fault isolation. The POI will be defined as being at the CenturyLink location. E. The **CLEC location includes FOTs, multiplexing and fiber required to terminate the optical signal provided from CenturyLink. This location is **CLEC’s responsibility to provision and maintain. F. The CenturyLink location includes all CenturyLink FOTs, multiplexing and fiber required to terminate the optical signal provided from **CLEC. This location is CenturyLink's responsibility to provision and maintain. G. Pursuant to the mutually agreed upon implementation terms of **CLEC’s Fiber Meet BFR, CenturyLink and **CLEC shall procure, install, and maintain the agreed-upon FOT equipment in each of their locations where the Parties established a Fiber Meet. Capacity shall be sufficient to provision and maintain all trunk groups prescribed by Section 73 for the purposes of Interconnection. H. Each Party shall provide its own, unique source for the synchronized timing of its FOT equipment. At a minimum, each timing source must be Stratum-3 traceable and cannot be provided over DS0/DS1 facilities, via Line Timing; or via a Derived DS1 off of FOT equipment. Both Parties agree to establish separate and distinct timing sources that are not derived from the other, and meet the criteria identified above. I. CLEC and CenturyLink will mutually agree on the capacity of the FOT(s) to be utilized based on equivalent DS1s or DS3s. Each Party will also agree upon the optical frequency and wavelength necessary to implement the Interconnection. The Parties will develop and agree upon methods for the capacity planning and management for these facilities, terms and conditions for over provisioning facilities, and the necessary processes to implement facilities as indicated below. These methods will meet quality standards as mutually agreed to by **CLEC and CenturyLink. 73.7. Responsibilities of the Parties 73.7.1. **CLEC and CenturyLink shall work cooperatively to install and maintain a reliable network. **CLEC and CenturyLink shall exchange appropriate information (e.g., maintenance contact numbers, network information, information required to comply with law enforcement and other security agencies of the federal and state government and such other information as the Parties shall mutually agree) to achieve this desired reliability.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel CenturyLink and Charter WOW can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office and CharterWOW's premisespremises within the local calling area. The Parties WOW shall establish request a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within by submitting a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement BFR for the same pursuant to Article III, Section 10. 2.3.2.2 Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), Article shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Fiber Meet design options, which options include, but are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option.: 2.3.2.4.1 Design One: CharterWOW’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTelCenturyLink's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter WOW and CenturyTel CenturyLink locations. In this case, the POI This Interconnection point would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter WOW will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel CenturyLink designated) manhole at the CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office Switchswitch. CenturyTel CenturyLink shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter WOW to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter WOW will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel CenturyLink to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel CenturyLink cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel CenturyLink fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTelCenturyLink's office. Charter WOW shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel CenturyLink shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTelCenturyLink's office on the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at CharterWOW’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole locationCenturyLink FDF.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel CenturyLink and Charter TWCIS (AL) can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office and CharterTWCIS (AL)'s premises. The Parties shall establish a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within a commercially reasonable period of time following CenturyTelCenturyLink’s final acceptance of a request by Charter TWCIS (AL) to establish a fiber meet point Fiber Meet Point arrangement pursuant to Article III, Section 10. 2.3.2.2 Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), Article shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s)POI. The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of in the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Fiber Meet design options, which include, but are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option. 2.3.2.4.1 Design One: CharterTWCIS (AL)’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTelCenturyLink's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter TWCIS (AL) and CenturyTel CenturyLink locations. In this case, the POI This Interconnection point would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter TWCIS (AL) will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel CenturyLink designated) manhole at the CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office Switchswitch. CenturyTel CenturyLink shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter TWCIS (AL) to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter TWCIS (AL) will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel CenturyLink to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel CenturyLink cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel CenturyLink fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTelCenturyLink's office. Charter TWCIS (AL) shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel CenturyLink shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTelCenturyLink's office on the FDF at CenturyTelCenturyLink's expense. In this case, case the POI shall be at the CenturyTel CenturyLink designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel CenturyLink will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter TWCIS (AL) designated) manhole at the Charter TWCIS (AL) location. Charter TWCIS (AL) shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel CenturyLink to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel CenturyLink will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter TWCIS (AL) to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter TWCIS (AL) fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CharterTWCIS (AL)’s location. CenturyTel CenturyLink shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter TWCIS (AL) shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CharterTWCIS (AL)’s office on the FDF at CharterTWCIS (AL)’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter TWCIS (AL) designated manhole location.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel CenturyLink and Charter MCC can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office and CharterMCC's premisespremises within the local calling area. The Parties MCC shall establish request a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within by submitting a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement BFR for the same pursuant to Article III, Section 10. 2.3.2.2 Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), Article shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Fiber Meet design options, which options include, but are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option.: 2.3.2.4.1 Design One: CharterMCC’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTelCenturyLink's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter MCC and CenturyTel CenturyLink locations. In this case, the POI This Interconnection point would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter MCC will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel CenturyLink designated) manhole at the CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office Switchswitch. CenturyTel CenturyLink shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter MCC to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter MCC will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel CenturyLink to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel CenturyLink cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel CenturyLink fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTelCenturyLink's office. Charter MCC shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel CenturyLink shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTelCenturyLink's office on the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at CharterMCC’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole locationCenturyLink FDF.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 A. Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel CenturyLink and Charter **CLEC can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office and Charter**CLEC's premisespremises within the local calling area. The Parties **CLEC shall establish request a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within by submitting a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement BFR for the same pursuant to Article III, Section 1016. 2.3.2.2 B. Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 74 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), Article shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 C. Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic D. Fiber Meet design options, which options include, but are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option.: 2.3.2.4.1 1) Design One: Charter**CLEC’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTelCenturyLink's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter **CLEC and CenturyTel CenturyLink locations. In this case, the POI This Interconnection point would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 2) Design Two: Charter **CLEC will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel CenturyLink designated) manhole at the CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office Switchswitch. CenturyTel CenturyLink shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter **CLEC to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter **CLEC will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel CenturyLink to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel CenturyLink cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel CenturyLink fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTelCenturyLink's office. Charter **CLEC shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel CenturyLink shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTelCenturyLink's office on the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at Charter**CLEC’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole CenturyLink FDF. 3) Design Three: Both **CLEC and CenturyLink each provide two fibers between their locations. This design may only be considered where existing fibers are available and there is a mutual benefit to both Parties. CenturyLink will provide the fibers associated with the “working” side of the system. **CLEC will provide the fibers associated with the “protection” side of the system. The Parties will work cooperatively to terminate each other’s fiber in order to provision this joint SONET ring or point-to-point linear system. Both Parties will work cooperatively to determine the appropriate technical handoff for purposes of demarcation and fault isolation. The POI will be defined as being at the CenturyLink location. E. The **CLEC location includes FOTs, multiplexing and fiber required to terminate the optical signal provided from CenturyLink. This location is **CLEC’s responsibility to provision and maintain. F. The CenturyLink location includes all CenturyLink FOTs, multiplexing and fiber required to terminate the optical signal provided from **CLEC. This location is CenturyLink's responsibility to provision and maintain. G. Pursuant to the mutually agreed upon implementation terms of **CLEC’s Fiber Meet BFR, CenturyLink and **CLEC shall procure, install, and maintain the agreed-upon FOT equipment in each of their locations where the Parties established a Fiber Meet. Capacity shall be sufficient to provision and maintain all trunk groups prescribed by Section 73 for the purposes of Interconnection. H. Each Party shall provide its own, unique source for the synchronized timing of its FOT equipment. At a minimum, each timing source must be Stratum-3 traceable and cannot be provided over DS0/DS1 facilities, via Line Timing; or via a Derived DS1 off of FOT equipment. Both Parties agree to establish separate and distinct timing sources that are not derived from the other, and meet the criteria identified above. I. CLEC and CenturyLink will mutually agree on the capacity of the FOT(s) to be utilized based on equivalent DS1s or DS3s. Each Party will also agree upon the optical frequency and wavelength necessary to implement the Interconnection. The Parties will develop and agree upon methods for the capacity planning and management for these facilities, terms and conditions for over provisioning facilities, and the necessary processes to implement facilities as indicated below. These methods will meet quality standards as mutually agreed to by **CLEC and CenturyLink. 73.7. Responsibilities of the Parties 73.7.1. **CLEC and CenturyLink shall work cooperatively to install and maintain a reliable network. **CLEC and CenturyLink shall exchange appropriate information (e.g., maintenance contact numbers, network information, information required to comply with law enforcement and other security agencies of the federal and state government and such other information as the Parties shall mutually agree) to achieve this desired reliability.

Fiber Meet Interconnection. 2.3.2.1 Fiber Meet Interconnection between CenturyTel CenturyLink and Charter Big River can occur at any mutually agreeable, economically and technically feasible point(s) between a CenturyTel CenturyLink End Office and CharterBig River's premisespremises within the local calling area. The Parties Big River shall establish request a Fiber Meet Point of Interconnection within by submitting a commercially reasonable period following CenturyTel’s final acceptance of a request by Charter to establish a fiber meet point arrangement pursuant to Article III, Section 10BFR for the same. 2.3.2.2 Where the Parties interconnect their networks pursuant to a Fiber Meet, the Parties shall jointly engineer and operate this Interconnection as a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) ring or single point-to-point linear SONET system. Administrative control of the SONET system shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Only Interconnection trunks or trunks used to provide ancillary services as described in Section 3 of this Article, and 911 trunks (where technically feasible), Article shall be provisioned over this facility. 2.3.2.3 Neither Party will be given the IP address or allowed to access the Data Communications Channel (DCC) of the other Party’s Fiber Optic Terminal (FOT). The Fiber Meet 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 POI(s). The Parties will work cooperatively to achieve equipment and vendor compatibility of the FOT equipment. Requirements for such Interconnection specifications will be defined in joint engineering planning sessions between the Parties. The Parties may share the investment of the fiber as mutually agreed. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop and agree on these facility arrangements within ninety (90) days of the determination by the Parties that such specifications shall be implemented, and in any case, prior to the establishment of any Fiber Meet arrangements between them. 2.3.2.4 There are four basic Fiber Meet design options, which options include, but are not limited to, the following. The Parties can mutually agree upon any other design option.: 2.3.2.4.1 Design One: CharterBig River’s fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) and CenturyTelCenturyLink's fiber cable (four, or some integral multiple thereof, fibers) are connected at an economically and technically feasible point between the Charter Big River and CenturyTel CenturyLink locations. In this case, the POI This Interconnection point would be at a mutually agreeable location. 2.3.2.4.2 Design Two: Charter will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or CenturyTel designated) manhole at the CenturyTel End Office Switch. CenturyTel shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable Charter to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. Charter will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for CenturyTel to pull the fiber cable through the CenturyTel cable vault and terminate on the CenturyTel fiber distribution frame (FDF) in CenturyTel's office. Charter shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. CenturyTel shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside CenturyTel's office on the FDF at CenturyTel's expense. In this case, the POI shall be at the CenturyTel designated manhole location. 2.3.2.4.3 Design Three: CenturyTel will provide fiber cable to the last entrance (or Charter designated) manhole at the Charter location. Charter shall make all necessary preparations to receive and to allow and enable CenturyTel to deliver fiber optic facilities into that manhole. CenturyTel will provide a sufficient length of Optical Fire Resistant (OFR) cable for Charter to run the fiber cable from the manhole and terminate on the Charter fiber distribution frame (FDF) in Charter’s location. CenturyTel shall deliver and maintain such strands wholly at its own expense up to the POI. Charter shall take the fiber from the manhole and terminate it inside Charter’s office on the FDF at Charter’s expense. In this case the POI shall be at the Charter designated manhole location.