Common use of Lifeline/Link Up services may be offered Clause in Contracts

Lifeline/Link Up services may be offered. only to those subscribers who meet the criteria that BellSouth currently applies to subscribers of these services. In Kentucky, e.spire is responsible for funding its own Lifeline and Link Up benefit. In Tennessee, e.spire shall purchase BellSouth's Message Rate Service at the stated tariff rate, less the wholesale discount. e.spire must further discount the wholesale Message Rate Service to Lifeline customers with a discount which is no less than the minimum discount that BellSouth now provides. e.spire is responsible for recovering the Subscriber Line Charge from the National Exchange Carriers Association interstate toll settlement pool just as BellSouth does today. The maximum rate that e.spire may charge for Lifeline Service shall be capped at the flat retail rate offered by BellSouth.

Lifeline/Link Up services may be offered. only to those subscribers who meet the criteria that BellSouth currently applies to subscribers of these services. In Kentucky, e.spire Teligent is responsible for funding its own Lifeline and Link Up benefit. In Tennessee, e.spire Teligent shall purchase BellSouth's Message Rate Service at the stated tariff rate, less the wholesale discount. e.spire Teligent must further discount the wholesale Message Rate Service to Lifeline customers with a discount which is no less than the minimum discount that BellSouth now provides. e.spire Teligent is responsible for recovering the Subscriber Line Charge from the National Exchange Carriers Association interstate toll settlement pool just as BellSouth does today. The maximum rate that e.spire Teligent may charge for Lifeline Service shall be capped at the flat retail rate offered by BellSouth.