Common use of Trunking Architecture Clause in Contracts

Trunking Architecture. (a) If an Originating Party’s Reciprocal Compensation Traffic and ISP-bound Traffic destined for a particular end office of the Receiving Party exceeds the equivalent of one DS1 for any three (3) months during any six (6) month period, the Originating Party must establish direct trunking to that end office of the Receiving Party (which shall have a Tandem-routed overflow for two-way trunks) by: (i) self- provisioning, (ii) purchasing from the Receiving Party transport (i.e., trunking and facilities, including any necessary multiplexing) from the relevant IP of the Originating Party to the Receiving Party’s end office at rates set forth in the Receiving Party’s applicable special access tariff, or (iii) purchasing transport from a third party. To the extent such trunking is provided pursuant to option (ii) in the immediately preceding sentence, such transport shall be rated according to the Receiving Party’s applicable intrastate or interstate special access tariff by applying the Percent Interstate Usage (“PIU”) and Percent Local Usage (“PLU”) factors provided by the Originating Party. For purposes of such application, the portion of use attributable to Reciprocal Compensation Traffic shall be rated at intrastate special access tariff rates, and the portion attributable to ISP-bound Traffic shall be rated at interstate special access tariff rates. For purposes of this Section 1.0.2, Verizon shall satisfy its end office trunking obligations by handing off traffic to a geographically relevant Level 3 IP established pursuant to Sections 1.0.1.1 and