Percent Local Usage (PLU) definition

Percent Local Usage (PLU) is a calculation which represents the ratio of the local and Information Access minutes to the sum of local, Information Access and intraLATA toll minutes between exchange carriers sent over Local Interconnection Trunks. Directory assistance, BLV/BLVI, 900, and 976 transiting calls from other exchange carriers and switched access calls are not included in the calculation of PLU.
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Percent Local Usage (PLU). The PLU is calculated by dividing the Local MOU delivered to a Party for termination by the total MOU delivered to a Party for termination. is defined as a factor to be applied to intrastate terminating minutes of use. The numerator shall include all “non-intermediary” local minutes of use adjusted for those minutes of use that only apply local due to Service Provider Number Portability. The denominator is the total intrastate minutes of use including local, intrastate toll, and access, adjusted for Service Provider Number Portability less intrastate terminating Party pays minutes of use.
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Examples of Percent Local Usage (PLU) in a sentence

  • When call details are insufficient to determine the jurisdiction for the call, the CLEC will identify in writing the Percent Local Usage (PLU) factor on each Interconnection order to identify its Local Traffic for Reciprocal Compensation purposes.

  • Percent Local Usage (PLU) is defined as a factor to be applied to intrastate terminating minutes of use.

  • With respect to the latter scenario, AT&T will have to provide an available Percent Local Usage (PLU) to facilitate billing if it desires application of the local interconnection rate.

  • Each Party shall report to the other a Percent Local Usage (PLU) factor.

  • CenturyTel will reciprocally provide Percent Local Usage (PLU) factors to each other on a semi-annual basis to identify the proper percent of Local Traffic carried on local interconnection trunks.

  • With respect to the previous sentence, CLEC will provide PACIFIC with the Percent Local Usage (PLU) factor to facilitate billing of the local interconnection rate.

  • The jurisdictional factors supplied by the Parties will be auditable percentages for Percent Local Usage (PLU) and, for InterMTA traffic, the Percentage of Interstate Usage (PIU).

  • For those trunks existing as of the Effective Date of this Agreement which combine Local and IntraLATA Toll traffic, both Parties agree to use Percent Local Usage (PLU) factors to determine the amount of Local Traffic carried on the trunks.

  • Sprint and CenturyTel will reciprocally provide Percent Local Usage (PLU) factors to each other on a semi-annual basis to identify the proper percent of Local Traffic carried on local interconnection trunks.

  • With respect to the previous sentence, CLEC will provide NEVADA with the Percent Local Usage (PLU) factor to facilitate billing of the local interconnection rate.