Operator Services and Directory Services. 8.1 Ameritech shall provide requesting carrier access to Ameritech's Operator Service and Directory Assistance facilities where technically feasible. 8.2 Ameritech shall provide unbundled Operator Services (“OS”) and Directory Assistance (“DA”) to requesting carrier in conjunction with Telephone Exchange Service provided to requesting carreir as a purchaser of Resale Services and as an Unbundled Local Switching Network Element or directly as a separate Network Element. A list identifying the NPA/Exchange areas of Ameritech Directory Assistance, and dependent Information Call Completion services will be provided to reqeusting carrier and will be updated as such DA services are provided in additional NPA/Exchange Areas. 8.3 Requesting Carrier will obtain any required custom routing and obtain or provide the necessary direct trunking and termination facilities to the mutually agreed upon meet point with Ameritech facilities for access to unbundled OS and DA services. Requesting carrier is responsible for delivering its OS and DA traffic to Ameritech’s operator service switch. Specifically, requesting carrier shall deliver its traffic direct from the End Office to the operator service switch location, and there can be no Tandem Switching for OS. The operator service location to which requesting carrier will deliver its OS or DA traffic will be determined by Ameritech based on the existing capacity of its service centers. Ameritech will, if technically feasible, enable requesting carrier to deliver its OS or DA traffic to the operator service switch most closely located to the requesting carrier’s NPA/exchange originating the call. 8.4 Ameritech will provide and maintain the equipment at its OS and DA centers necessary to perform the services under this Agreement, with the goal of ensuring that the OS and DA service meets current industry standards. 8.5 Ameritech will provide OS and DA in accordance with its then current internal operating procedures and/or standards. 8.6 Ameritech will maintain a quality of service that will satisfy the standards, if any, established by the Commission having jurisdiction over the provision of such service. Requesting Carrier has the right, once annually, to visit each Ameritech owned or subcontracted office upon reasonable notice to Ameritech or with greater frequency by mutual consent of the Parties. Upon request, Ameritech will provide monthly system results regarding speed of answer, average work time and, for DA only, abandon from queue measurements. 8.7 Requesting carrier is solely responsible for providing all equipment and facilities to deliver OS and DA traffic to the point of Interconnection with Ameritech facilities.
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Sources: Telecommunications
Operator Services and Directory Services. 8.1 Ameritech shall provide requesting carrier CLEC access to Ameritech's Operator Service and Directory Assistance facilities where technically feasible.
8.2 Ameritech shall provide unbundled Operator Services (“OS”) and Directory Assistance (“DA”) to requesting carrier CLEC in conjunction with Telephone Exchange Service provided to requesting carreir CLEC as a purchaser of Resale Services and as an Unbundled Local Switching Network Element or directly as a separate Network Element. A list identifying the NPA/Exchange areas of Ameritech Directory Assistance, and dependent Information Call Completion services will be provided to reqeusting carrier CLEC and will be updated as such DA services are provided in additional NPA/Exchange Areas.
8.3 Requesting Carrier CLEC will obtain any required custom routing and obtain or provide the necessary direct trunking and termination facilities to the mutually agreed upon meet point with Ameritech facilities for access to unbundled OS and DA services. Requesting carrier CLEC is responsible for delivering its OS and DA traffic to Ameritech’s operator service switch. Specifically, requesting carrier CLEC shall deliver its traffic direct from the End Office to the operator service switch location, and there can be no Tandem Switching for OS. The operator service location to which requesting carrier CLEC will deliver its OS or DA traffic will be determined by Ameritech based on the existing capacity of its service centers. Ameritech will, if technically feasible, enable requesting carrier CLEC to deliver its OS or DA traffic to the operator service switch most closely located to the requesting carrier’s CLECs NPA/exchange originating the call.
8.4 Ameritech will provide and maintain the equipment at its OS and DA centers necessary to perform the services under this Agreement, with the goal of ensuring that the OS and DA service meets current industry standards.
8.5 Ameritech will provide OS and DA in accordance with its then current internal operating procedures and/or standards.
8.6 Ameritech will maintain a quality of service that will satisfy the standards, if any, established by the Commission having jurisdiction over the provision of such service. Requesting Carrier CLEC has the right, once annually, to visit each Ameritech owned or subcontracted office upon reasonable notice to Ameritech or with greater frequency by mutual consent of the Parties. Upon request, Ameritech will provide monthly system results regarding speed of answer, average work time and, for DA only, abandon from queue measurements.
8.7 Requesting carrier CLEC is solely responsible for providing all equipment and facilities to deliver OS and DA traffic to the point of Interconnection with Ameritech facilities.
8.8 CLEC will provide and maintain the equipment at its offices necessary to permit Ameritech to perform its services in accordance with the equipment operations and traffic operations which are in effect in Ameritech’s DA and OS offices. CLEC will locate, construct, and maintain its facilities to afford reasonable protection against hazard and interference.
8.9 Upon request and to the extent technically feasible, Ameritech will unbundle OS and DA from resellers of its Telephone Exchange Service, and for CLEC, so CLEC can provide its own OS or DA service or obtain it from a third party. Also, upon request, Ameritech will provide unbundled OS and/or DA as a stand alone unbundled Network Element to CLEC. In either case, CLEC is required to obtain any required custom routing and to arrange for or provide other facilities, services and Network Elements necessary to deliver its OS and DA traffic to Ameritech's designated office, or to the office of another provider, as applicable.
8.10 Upon request, and as technically feasible, Ameritech will provide through an electronic interface, unbundled access to its databases used to provide DA and OS for purpose of enabling CLEC to provide its own OS or DA service, or as otherwise authorized by the FCC or the Commission. Such unbundled access to DA and OS databases is provided as is technically feasible based upon the facilities, equipment and software involved, and upon agreement by CLEC to pay to Ameritech its costs of developing, installing, providing and maintaining such Network Element.
8.11 Specifically, upon request, Ameritech will provide through an electronic interface, unbundled access to its DA database to permit CLEC to have its local exchange directory assistance listings in the areas incorporated into the database, and/or to read the DA listing (with the exception of non-published listing) in that database for the purpose of providing its own DA service. Such unbundled access will be provided in a technically feasible manner based upon the facilities, equipment and software involved, and upon agreement by CLEC to pay to Ameritech its costs of developing, installing, providing and maintaining such network element.
8.12 Access of resellers and CLEC to DA and OS of Ameritech, and the DA and OS Network Elements provided hereunder, whether provided on a bundled or unbundled basis, will, as applicable and as feasible, be provided through the standard interfaces, parameters, intervals, service descriptions, protocols, procedures, practices and methods that Ameritech uses for other customers of its DA and OS services. Upon request, Ameritech will, as technically feasible, provide a different quality of service, upon agreement by CLEC to pay to Ameritech its costs of developing, installing, maintaining and repairing access to and provision of the Network Element at such quality of service.
8.13 CLEC will furnish to Ameritech all information necessary for provision of OS and DA. This information, to the extent it is identified as such, shall be treated as Proprietary Information. For OS this information includes emergency agency phone numbers, rate information (such as mileage bands and operator surcharge information), and originating screening information. CLEC will furnish to Ameritech all information necessary for the provision of OS and DA.
8.13.1 To the extent that CLEC does not mirror Ameritech's operator surcharge rates, then Ameritech will, if technically feasible, enter CLEC's surcharge rates into Ameritech's rate tables, and will charge CLEC for changing those tables at the rates then charged by Ameritech for such service.
8.13.2 For DA services, CLEC will furnish Ameritech ninety (90) days (or such earlier time as the Parties may agree upon) before DA service is initiated details necessary to provide that service. This information includes listing information for the areas to be served by Ameritech and network information necessary to provide for the direct trunking of the DA calls.
8.13.3 CLEC will keep these records current and will inform ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, in writing, at least thirty (30) days prior to any changes in the format to be made in such records. CLEC will inform Ameritech of other changes in the records on a mutually agreed-upon schedule.
8.14 Upon request, and as technically feasible, Ameritech will re-brand such OS and DA services based upon CLEC's obtaining or providing any required facilities, services, Network Elements and custom routing, and their agreement to pay rates that compensate Ameritech for any costs it incurs in developing, installing, providing and maintaining such rebranded service. For branding of calls, CLEC must provide two (2) cassette tapes of an announcement, no longer than three
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Sources: Interconnection Agreement
Operator Services and Directory Services. 8.1 Ameritech shall provide requesting carrier Focal access to Ameritech's Operator Service and Directory Assistance facilities where technically feasible.
8.2 Ameritech shall provide unbundled Operator Services (“"OS”") and Directory Assistance (“"DA”") to requesting carrier Focal in conjunction with Telephone Exchange Service provided to requesting carreir Focal as a purchaser of Resale Services and as an Unbundled Local Switching Network Element or Sch. 9.5 - 14 directly as a separate Network Element. A list identifying the NPA/Exchange areas of Ameritech Directory Assistance, and dependent Information Call Completion services will be provided to reqeusting carrier Focal and will be updated as such DA services are provided in additional NPA/Exchange Areas.
8.3 Requesting Carrier Focal will obtain any required custom routing and obtain or provide the necessary direct trunking bunking and termination facilities to the mutually agreed upon meet point with Ameritech facilities for access to unbundled OS and DA services. Requesting carrier Focal is responsible for delivering its OS and DA traffic to Ameritech’s 's operator service switch. Specifically, requesting carrier Focal shall deliver its traffic direct from the End Office to the operator service switch location, and there can be no Tandem Switching for OS. The operator service location to which requesting carrier Focal will deliver its OS or DA traffic will be determined by Ameritech based on the existing capacity of its service centers. Ameritech will, if technically feasible, enable requesting carrier Focal to deliver its OS or DA traffic to the operator service switch most closely located to the requesting carrier’s Focal's NPA/exchange originating the call.
8.4 Ameritech will provide and maintain the equipment at its OS and DA centers necessary to perform the services under this Agreement, with the goal of ensuring that the OS and DA service meets current industry standards.
8.5 Ameritech will provide OS and DA in accordance with its then current internal operating procedures and/or standards.
8.6 Ameritech will maintain a quality of service that will satisfy the standards, if any, established by the Commission having jurisdiction over the provision of such service. Requesting Carrier Focal has the right, once annually, to visit each Ameritech owned or subcontracted office upon reasonable notice to Ameritech or with greater frequency by mutual consent of the Parties. Upon request, Ameritech will provide monthly system results regarding speed of answer, average work time and, for DA only, abandon from queue measurements.
8.7 Requesting carrier Focal is solely responsible for providing all equipment and facilities to deliver OS and DA traffic to the point of Interconnection with Ameritech facilities.
8.8 Focal will provide and maintain the equipment at its offices necessary to permit Ameritech to perform its services in accordance with the equipment operations and traffic operations are in effect in Ameritech's DA and OS offices. Focal will locate, construct, and maintain its facilities to afford reasonable protection against hazard and interference.
8.9 Upon request and to the extent technically feasible, Ameritech will unbundle OS and DA from resellers of its Telephone Exchange Service, and for Focal, so Focal can provide its own OS or DA service or obtain it from a third party. Also, upon request, Ameritech will provide unbundled OS and/or DA as a stand alone unbundled Network Element to Focal. In either case, Focal is required to obtain any required custom routing and to arrange for or provide other facilities, services and Network Elements necessary to deliver its OS and DA traffic to Ameritech's designated office, or to the office of another provider, as applicable.
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Sources: Interconnection Agreement (Focal Communications Corp)
Operator Services and Directory Services. 8.1 Ameritech shall provide requesting carrier CLEC access to Ameritech's Operator Service and Directory Assistance facilities where technically feasible.
8.2 Ameritech shall provide unbundled Operator Services (“OS”) and Directory Assistance (“DA”) to requesting carrier CLEC in conjunction with Telephone Exchange Service provided to requesting carreir CLEC as a purchaser of Resale Services and as an Unbundled Local Switching Network Element or directly as a separate Network Element. A list identifying the NPA/Exchange areas of Ameritech Directory Assistance, and dependent Information Call Completion services will be provided to reqeusting carrier CLEC and will be updated as such DA services are provided in additional NPA/Exchange Areas.
8.3 Requesting Carrier CLEC will obtain any required custom routing and obtain or provide the necessary direct trunking and termination facilities to the mutually agreed upon meet point with Ameritech facilities for access to unbundled OS and DA services. Requesting carrier CLEC is responsible for delivering its OS and DA traffic to Ameritech’s operator service switch. Specifically, requesting carrier CLEC shall deliver its traffic direct from the End Office to the operator service switch location, and there can be no Tandem Switching for OS. The operator service location to which requesting carrier CLEC will deliver its OS or DA traffic will be determined by Ameritech based on the existing capacity of its service centers. Ameritech will, if technically feasible, enable requesting carrier CLEC to deliver its OS or DA traffic to the operator service switch most closely located to the requesting carrier’s CLECs NPA/exchange originating the call.
8.4 Ameritech will provide and maintain the equipment at its OS and DA centers necessary to perform the services under this Agreement, with the goal of ensuring that the OS and DA service meets current industry standards.
8.5 Ameritech will provide OS and DA in accordance with its then current internal operating procedures and/or standards.
8.6 Ameritech will maintain a quality of service that will satisfy the standards, if any, established by the Commission having jurisdiction over the provision of such service. Requesting Carrier CLEC has the right, once annually, to visit each Ameritech owned or subcontracted office upon reasonable notice to Ameritech or with greater frequency by mutual consent of the Parties. Upon request, Ameritech will provide monthly system results regarding speed of answer, average work time and, for DA only, abandon from queue measurements.
8.7 Requesting carrier CLEC is solely responsible for providing all equipment and facilities to deliver OS and DA traffic to the point of Interconnection with Ameritech facilities.
8.8 CLEC will provide and maintain the equipment at its offices necessary to permit Ameritech to perform its services in accordance with the equipment operations and traffic operations which are in effect in Ameritech’s DA and OS offices. CLEC will locate, construct, and maintain its facilities to afford reasonable protection against hazard and interference.
8.9 Upon request and to the extent technically feasible, Ameritech will unbundle OS and DA from resellers of its Telephone Exchange Service, and for CLEC, so CLEC can provide its own OS or DA service or obtain it from a third party. Also, upon request, Ameritech will provide unbundled OS and/or DA as a stand alone unbundled Network Element to CLEC. In either case, CLEC is required to obtain any required custom routing and to arrange for or provide other facilities, services and Network Elements necessary to deliver its OS and DA traffic to Ameritech's designated office, or to the office of another provider, as applicable.
8.10 Upon request, and as technically feasible, Ameritech will provide through an electronic interface, unbundled access to its databases used to provide DA and OS for purpose of enabling CLEC to provide its own OS or DA service, or as otherwise authorized by the FCC or the Commission. Such unbundled access to DA and OS databases is provided as is technically feasible based upon the facilities, equipment and software involved, and upon agreement by CLEC to pay to Ameritech its costs of developing, installing, providing and maintaining such Network Element.
8.11 Specifically, upon request, Ameritech will provide through an electronic interface, unbundled access to its DA database to permit CLEC to have its local exchange directory assistance listings in the areas incorporated into the database, and/or to read the DA listing (with the exception of non-published listing) in that database for the purpose of providing its own DA service. Such unbundled access will be provided in a technically feasible manner based upon the facilities, equipment and software involved, and upon agreement by CLEC to pay to Ameritech its costs of developing, installing, providing and maintaining such network element.
8.12 Access of resellers and CLEC to DA and OS of Ameritech, and the DA and OS Network Elements provided hereunder, whether provided on a bundled or unbundled basis, will, as applicable and as feasible, be provided through the standard interfaces, parameters, intervals, service descriptions, protocols, procedures, practices and methods that Ameritech uses for other customers of its DA and OS services. Upon request, Ameritech will, as technically feasible, provide a different quality of service, upon agreement by CLEC to pay to Ameritech its costs of developing, installing, maintaining and repairing access to and provision of the Network Element at such quality of service.
8.13 CLEC will furnish to Ameritech all information necessary for provision of OS and DA. This information, to the extent it is identified as such, shall be treated as Proprietary Information. For OS this information includes emergency agency phone numbers, rate information (such as mileage bands and operator surcharge information), and originating screening information. CLEC will furnish to Ameritech all information necessary for the provision of OS and DA.
8.13.1 To the extent that CLEC does not mirror Ameritech's operator surcharge rates, then Ameritech will, if technically feasible, enter CLEC's surcharge rates into Ameritech's rate tables, and will charge CLEC for changing those tables at the rates then charged by Ameritech for such service.
8.13.2 For DA services, CLEC will furnish Ameritech ninety (90) days (or such earlier time as the Parties may agree upon) before DA service is initiated details necessary to provide that service. This information includes listing information for the areas to be served by Ameritech and network information necessary to provide for the direct trunking of the DA calls.
8.13.3 CLEC will keep these records current and will inform ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, in writing, at least thirty (30) days prior to any changes in the format to be made in such records. CLEC will inform ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of other changes in the records on a mutually agreed-upon schedule.
8.14 Upon request, and as technically feasible, Ameritech will re-brand such OS and DA services based upon CLEC's obtaining or providing any required facilities, services, Network Elements and custom routing, and their agreement to pay rates that compensate Ameritech for any costs it incurs in developing, installing, providing and maintaining such rebranded service. For branding of calls, CLEC must provide two (2) cassette tapes of an announcement, no longer than three
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Sources: Interconnection Agreement
Operator Services and Directory Services. 8.1 Ameritech shall provide requesting carrier Requesting Carrier access to Ameritech's Operator Service and Directory Assistance facilities where technically feasible.
8.2 Ameritech shall provide unbundled Operator Services (“OS”OS) and Directory Assistance (“DA”DA) to requesting carrier Requesting Carrier in conjunction with Telephone Exchange Service provided to requesting carreir Requesting Carrier as a purchaser of Resale Services and as an Unbundled Local Switching Network Element or directly as a separate Network Element. A list identifying the NPA/Exchange areas of Ameritech Directory Assistance, and dependent Information Call Completion services will be provided to reqeusting carrier Requesting Carrier and will be updated as such DA services are provided in additional NPA/Exchange Areas.
8.3 Requesting Carrier will obtain any required custom routing and obtain or provide the necessary direct trunking and termination facilities to the mutually agreed upon meet point with Ameritech facilities for access to unbundled OS and DA services. Requesting carrier Carrier is responsible for delivering its OS and DA traffic to Ameritech’s Ameritechs operator service switch. Specifically, requesting carrier Requesting Carrier shall deliver its traffic direct from the End Office to the operator service switch location, and there can be no Tandem Switching for OS. The operator service location to which requesting carrier Requesting Carrier will deliver its OS or DA traffic will be determined by Ameritech based on the existing capacity of its service centers. Ameritech will, if technically feasible, enable requesting carrier Requesting Carrier to deliver its OS or DA traffic to the operator service switch most closely located to the requesting carrier’s Requesting Carriers NPA/exchange originating the call.
8.4 Ameritech will provide and maintain the equipment at its OS and DA centers necessary to perform the services under this Agreement, with the goal of ensuring that the OS and DA service meets current industry standards.
8.5 Ameritech will provide OS and DA in accordance with its then current internal operating procedures and/or standards.
8.6 Ameritech will maintain a quality of service that will satisfy the standards, if any, established by the Commission having jurisdiction over the provision of such service. Requesting Carrier has the right, once annually, to visit each Ameritech owned or subcontracted office upon reasonable notice to Ameritech or with greater frequency by mutual consent of the Parties. Upon request, Ameritech will provide monthly system results regarding speed of answer, average work time and, for DA only, abandon from queue measurements.
8.7 Requesting carrier Carrier is solely responsible for providing all equipment and facilities to deliver OS and DA traffic to the point of Interconnection with Ameritech facilities.
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Sources: Interconnection Agreement
Operator Services and Directory Services. 8.1 Ameritech shall provide requesting carrier CLEC access to Ameritech's Operator Service and Directory Assistance facilities where technically feasible.
8.2 Ameritech shall provide unbundled Operator Services (“OS”) and Directory Assistance (“DA”) to requesting carrier CLEC in conjunction with Telephone Exchange Service provided to requesting carreir CLEC as a purchaser of Resale Services and as an Unbundled Local Switching Network Element or directly as a separate Network Element. A list identifying the NPA/Exchange areas of Ameritech Directory Assistance, and dependent Information Call Completion services will be provided to reqeusting carrier CLEC and will be updated as such DA services are provided in additional NPA/Exchange Areas.
8.3 Requesting Carrier CLEC will obtain any required custom routing and obtain or provide the necessary direct trunking and termination facilities to the mutually agreed upon meet point with Ameritech facilities for access to unbundled OS and DA services. Requesting carrier CLEC is responsible for delivering its OS and DA traffic to Ameritech’s operator service switch. Specifically, requesting carrier CLEC shall deliver its traffic direct from the End Office to the operator service switch location, and there can be no Tandem Switching for OS. The operator service location to which requesting carrier CLEC will deliver its OS or DA traffic will be determined by Ameritech based on the existing capacity of its service centers. Ameritech will, if technically feasible, enable requesting carrier CLEC to deliver its OS or DA traffic to the operator service switch most closely located to the requesting carrier’s CLECs NPA/exchange originating the call.
8.4 Ameritech will provide and maintain the equipment at its OS and DA centers necessary to perform the services under this Agreement, with the goal of ensuring that the OS and DA service meets current industry standards.
8.5 Ameritech will provide OS and DA in accordance with its then current internal operating procedures and/or standards.
8.6 Ameritech will maintain a quality of service that will satisfy the standards, if any, established by the Commission having jurisdiction over the provision of such service. Requesting Carrier CLEC has the right, once annually, to visit each Ameritech owned or subcontracted office upon reasonable notice to Ameritech or with greater frequency by mutual consent of the Parties. Upon request, Ameritech will provide monthly system results regarding speed of answer, average work time and, for DA only, abandon from queue measurements.
8.7 Requesting carrier CLEC is solely responsible for providing all equipment and facilities to deliver OS and DA traffic to the point of Interconnection with Ameritech facilities.
8.8 CLEC will provide and maintain the equipment at its offices necessary to permit Ameritech to perform its services in accordance with the equipment operations and traffic operations which are in effect in Ameritech’s DA and OS offices. CLEC will locate, construct, and maintain its facilities to afford reasonable protection against hazard and interference.
8.9 Upon request and to the extent technically feasible, Ameritech will unbundle OS and DA from resellers of its Telephone Exchange Service, and for CLEC, so CLEC can provide its own OS or DA service or obtain it from a third party. Also, upon request, Ameritech will provide unbundled OS and/or DA as a stand alone unbundled Network Element to CLEC. In either case, CLEC is required to obtain any required custom routing and to arrange for or provide other facilities, services and Network Elements necessary to deliver its OS and DA traffic to Ameritech's designated office, or to the office of another provider, as applicable.
8.10 Upon request, and as technically feasible, Ameritech will provide through an electronic interface, unbundled access to its databases used to provide DA and OS for purpose of enabling CLEC to provide its own OS or DA service, or as otherwise authorized by the FCC or the Commission. Such unbundled access to DA and OS databases is provided as is technically feasible based upon the facilities, equipment and software involved, and upon agreement by CLEC to pay to Ameritech its costs of developing, installing, providing and maintaining such Network Element.
8.11 Specifically, upon request, Ameritech will provide through an electronic interface, unbundled access to its DA database to permit CLEC to have its local exchange directory assistance listings in the areas incorporated into the database, and/or to read the DA listing (with the exception of non-published listing) in that database for the purpose of providing its own DA service. Such unbundled access will be provided in a technically feasible manner based upon the facilities, equipment and software involved, and upon agreement by CLEC to pay to Ameritech its costs of developing, installing, providing and maintaining such network element.
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Sources: Resale or Interconnection Agreement
Operator Services and Directory Services. 8.1 Ameritech shall provide requesting carrier CLEC access to Ameritech's Operator Service and Directory Assistance facilities where technically feasible.
8.2 Ameritech shall provide unbundled Operator Services (“OS”) and Directory Assistance (“DA”) to requesting carrier CLEC in conjunction with Telephone Exchange Service provided to requesting carreir CLEC as a purchaser of Resale Services and as an Unbundled Local Switching Network Element or directly as a separate Network Element. A list identifying the NPA/Exchange areas of Ameritech Directory Assistance, and dependent Information Call Completion services will be provided to reqeusting carrier CLEC and will be updated as such DA services are provided in additional NPA/Exchange Areas.
8.3 Requesting Carrier CLEC will obtain any required custom routing and obtain or provide the necessary direct trunking and termination facilities to the mutually agreed upon meet point with Ameritech facilities for access to unbundled OS and DA services. Requesting carrier CLEC is responsible for delivering its OS and DA traffic to Ameritech’s operator service switch. Specifically, requesting carrier CLEC shall deliver its traffic direct from the End Office to the operator service switch location, and there can be no Tandem Switching for OS. The operator service location to which requesting carrier CLEC will deliver its OS or DA traffic will be determined by Ameritech based on the existing capacity of its service centers. Ameritech will, if technically feasible, enable requesting carrier CLEC to deliver its OS or DA traffic to the operator service switch most closely located to the requesting carrier’s CLECs NPA/exchange originating the call.
8.4 Ameritech will provide and maintain the equipment at its OS and DA centers necessary to perform the services under this Agreement, with the goal of ensuring that the OS and DA service meets current industry standards.
8.5 Ameritech will provide OS and DA in accordance with its then current internal operating procedures and/or standards.
8.6 Ameritech will maintain a quality of service that will satisfy the standards, if any, established by the Commission having jurisdiction over the provision of such service. Requesting Carrier CLEC has the right, once annually, to visit each Ameritech owned or subcontracted office upon reasonable notice to Ameritech or with greater frequency by mutual consent of the Parties. Upon request, Ameritech will provide monthly system results regarding speed of answer, average work time and, for DA only, abandon from queue measurements.
8.7 Requesting carrier CLEC is solely responsible for providing all equipment and facilities to deliver OS and DA traffic to the point of Interconnection with Ameritech facilities.
8.8 CLEC will provide and maintain the equipment at its offices necessary to permit Ameritech to perform its services in accordance with the equipment operations and traffic operations which are in effect in Ameritech’s DA and OS offices. CLEC will locate, construct, and maintain its facilities to afford reasonable protection against hazard and interference.
8.9 Upon request and to the extent technically feasible, Ameritech will unbundle OS and DA from resellers of its Telephone Exchange Service, and for CLEC, so CLEC can provide its own OS or DA service or obtain it from a third party. Also, upon request, Ameritech will provide unbundled OS and/or DA as a stand alone unbundled Network Element to CLEC. In either case, CLEC is required to obtain any required custom routing and to arrange for or provide other facilities, services and Network Elements necessary to deliver its OS and DA traffic to Ameritech's designated office, or to the office of another provider, as applicable.
8.10 Upon request, and as technically feasible, Ameritech will provide through an electronic interface, unbundled access to its databases used to provide DA and OS for purpose of enabling CLEC to provide its own OS or DA service, or as otherwise authorized by the FCC or the Commission. Such unbundled access to DA and OS databases is provided as is technically feasible based upon the facilities, equipment and software involved, and upon agreement by CLEC to pay to Ameritech its costs of developing, installing, providing and maintaining such Network Element.
8.11 Specifically, upon request, Ameritech will provide through an electronic interface, unbundled access to its DA database to permit CLEC to have its local exchange directory assistance listings in the areas incorporated into the database, and/or to read the DA listing (with the exception of non-published listing) in that database for the purpose of providing its own DA service. Such unbundled access will be provided in a technically feasible manner based upon the facilities, equipment and software involved, and upon agreement by CLEC to pay to Ameritech its costs of developing, installing, providing and maintaining such network element.
8.12 Access of resellers and CLEC to DA and OS of Ameritech, and the DA and OS Network Elements provided hereunder, whether provided on a bundled or unbundled basis, will, as applicable and as feasible, be provided through the standard interfaces, parameters, intervals, service descriptions, protocols, procedures, practices and methods that Ameritech uses for other customers of its DA and OS services. Upon request, Ameritech will, as technically feasible, provide a different quality of service, upon agreement by CLEC to pay to Ameritech its costs of developing, installing, maintaining and repairing access to and provision of the Network Element at such quality of service.
8.13 CLEC will furnish to Ameritech all information necessary for provision of OS and DA. This information, to the extent it is identified as such, shall be treated as Proprietary Information. For OS this information includes emergency agency phone numbers, rate information (such as mileage bands and operator surcharge information), and originating screening information. CLEC will furnish to Ameritech all information necessary for the provision of OS and DA.
8.13.1 To the extent that CLEC does not mirror Ameritech's operator surcharge rates, then Ameritech will, if technically feasible, enter CLEC's surcharge rates into Ameritech's rate tables, and will charge CLEC for changing those tables at the rates then charged by Ameritech for such service.
8.13.2 For DA services, CLEC will furnish Ameritech ninety (90) days (or such earlier time as the Parties may agree upon) before DA service is initiated details necessary to provide that service. This information includes listing information for the areas to be served by Ameritech and network information necessary to provide for the direct trunking of the DA calls.
8.13.3 CLEC will keep these records current and will inform ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, in writing, at least thirty (30) days prior to any changes in the format to be made in such records. CLEC will inform Ameritech of other changes in the records on a mutually agreed-upon schedule.
8.14 Upon request, and as technically feasible, Ameritech will re-brand such OS and DA services based upon CLEC's obtaining or providing any required facilities, services, Network Elements and custom routing, and their agreement to pay rates that compensate Ameritech for any costs it incurs in developing, installing, providing and maintaining such rebranded service. For branding of calls, CLEC must provide two (2) cassette tapes of an announcement, no longer than three (3) seconds, for installation on each OS and DA switch serving CLECs Customers.
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Sources: Interconnection Agreement