Common use of Loop Qualification Tools Clause in Contracts

Loop Qualification Tools. Qwest offers five (5) Loop qualification tools: the ADSL Loop Qualification Tool, Raw Loop Data Tool, POTS Conversion to Unbundled Loop Tool, MegaBit Qualification Tool, and ISDN Qualification Tool. These and any future Loop qualification tools Qwest develops will provide CLEC access to Loop qualification information in a nondiscriminatory manner and will provide CLEC the same Loop qualification information available to Qwest. If the Loop make-up information for a particular facility is not contained in the Loop qualification tools or if the Loop qualification tools return unclear or incomplete information, then CLEC may request that Qwest perform a manual search of the company's records, back office systems and databases where Loop information resides. Qwest will provide CLEC, via email, the Loop information identified during the manual search within forty-eight (48) hours of Qwest’s receipt of CLEC’s request for manual search. The email will contain the following Loop makeup information: composition of the Loop material; location and type of pair gain devices, terminals, Bridged Tap, and load coils; Loop length, and wire gauge. After completion of the investigation, Qwest will load the information into the LFACS database, which will populate the fields in the Loop qualification tools.

Loop Qualification Tools. Qwest offers five (5) Loop qualification tools: the ADSL Loop Qualification Tool, Raw Loop Data Tool, POTS Conversion to Unbundled Loop Tool, MegaBit Qualification Tool, and ISDN Qualification Tool. These and any future Loop qualification tools Qwest Qwes t develops will provide CLEC access to Loop qualification information in a nondiscriminatory manner and will provide CLEC the same Loop qualification information available to Qwest. If the Loop make-up information for a particular facility is not contained in the Loop qualification tools or if the Loop qualification tools return unclear or incomplete information, then CLEC may request that Qwest perform a manual search of the company's records, back office systems and databases where Loop information resides. Qwest will provide CLEC, via email, the Loop information identified during the manual search within forty-eight (48) hours of Qwest’s receipt of CLEC’s request for manual search. The email will contain the following Loop makeup information: composition of the Loop material; location and type of pair gain devices, terminals, Bridged Tap, and load coils; Loop length, and wire gauge. After completion of the investigation, Qwest will load the information into the LFACS database, which will populate the fields in the Loop qualification tools.