Common use of Indirect Traffic Clause in Contracts

Indirect Traffic. When the Parties interconnect their networks indirectly via a third party LEC’s tandem, compensation shall be in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as specified in section 4 and at the rates specified in Attachment 1. Neither Party shall deliver traffic destined to terminate at the other Party’s end office via another LEC’s end office or via another LEC's tandem to the other Party's tandem. When traffic to an end office that directly subtends a third party LEC’s tandem exceeds 500,000 mobile to land minutes of use, then Carrier will establish a direct connection to the ALLTEL end office. If the ALLTEL end office is a remote switch, the Carrier will establish a direct connection to the ALLTEL host switch serving the ALLTEL remote switch. 4.3.1 With respect to Carrier’s originated indirect traffic, the POI will be adjacent to and on the ALLTEL side of the third party LEC's tandem through which ALLTEL and Carrier are indirectly interconnected. With respect to ALLTEL originated indirect traffic, the POI will be adjacent to and on Carrier’s side of the third party LEC's tandem through which ALLTEL and Carrier are indirectly interconnected. 4.3.2 Each Party will assume responsibility for the costs of transport from its switch to the POI for the traffic it originates. 4.3.3 ALLTEL agrees to provide local dialing parity on calls to Carrier’s NPA-NXXs associated with ALLTEL’s local and EAS calling scope, regardless of what transport arrangements ALLTEL utilizes to deliver intraMTA traffic to Carrier, or whether the third party tandem provider imposes or attempts to impose transit fees for traffic in the land-to-mobile direction.