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TlELICOR INC
100 West Harrison; Ste. S2(M
Seattle, Washington 98119-4192
5,3 Distance Calcdafions
Where charges for a service are specified based upon distance, the f~llorc~ing fuks apply-:
5.3.1 Distance between two points is measured as airline rfistdinczcr htwcxm tke &tt. CeBW& a$ the
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with each NPA-IW combination (where NPA is the arcla CB~Q atld h~ & g.4;' first &&T
digits of a seven-digit telephone number), SfuThere there it; ritlk kifepho* rtflfinkt &&wkfr.d
with an access be on the Company's newark (such w II dedic&ed ~U31 GF WXE3 ax@
line), We Company will appry the fate mrtb of' &c Cust~i3~nct%
number.
5.3.2 The airline distance between any two rak centers is dekrtllt&b as fc?ifrs~~:
Step 1: Obtain the "V" (vertical) arrd "W @orit~n&l) it~i0fdi.n.rt~ $0~
from the above-referenced BeUcorc dmmenk
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Step 2: Computer the diffe~ence between he "V" caardinatrt d tlte t%~.k;~ rate sefit&$~+~&&~i
the difference between the two "El'* cwrdineta,
Step 3: Square each difference obtained in step (b) ah~ve,
Step 4: Add the square of the "V" diffeme ~trd qum& at the "%f'" b$iOfe~~~
obtained in step C) above,
Step 5: Divide the sum of Ihe squares by 10, Rour~cf tn thg nma t&i$tre# ?rhof~* numkt @
any fraction is obtained.
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next higher whole number if any fraction is obtYrined" %ih% b tfw ~.BAP~/$&: ~miie~tgc~
Step 6: Obtain the square rout of the whsfc numk mulk nbt~*.?~irfcti
5.3.3 The formula for distance calculations is:
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1 QD West Plarrkon; Ste, $200
Seattie Washington 9811%4?9t