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1 General
ATT 3 – NETWORK INTERCONNECTION/AT&T-9STATE
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SOUTHERN LIGHT
1Q08 GENERIC INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT – 03/10/08
NETWORK INTERCONNECTION
1.1 The Parties shall provide interconnection with each other's networks for the transmission and
routing of telephone exchange service (Local Traffic), ISP-Bound Traffic, and exchange access
(Switched Access Traffic) on the following terms:
2 Definitions: (For the purpose of this Attachment)
For purposes of this attachment only, the following terms shall have the definitions set forth below:
2.1 Automatic Location Identification (ALI) is a feature by which the address associated with the
calling party’s telephone number (ANI) is forwarded to the PSAP for display. Access to the ALI
database is described in Attachment 2 to this Agreement.
2.2 Automatic Number Identification (ANI) corresponds to the seven-digit telephone number
assigned by the serving local exchange carrier.
2.3 AT&T Trunk Group is defined as a one-way trunk group carrying AT&T originated traffic to be
terminated by Southern Light.
2.4 911 Service is as described in this Attachment.
2.5 Call Termination has the meaning set forth for “termination” in 47 C.F.R. § 51.701(d).
2.6 Call Transport has the meaning set forth for “transport” in 47 C.F.R. § 51.701(c).
2.7 Call Transport and Termination is used collectively to mean the switching and transport functions
from the Interconnection Point to the last point of switching.
2.8 Common (Shared) Transport is defined as the transport of the originating Party’s traffic by the
terminating Party over the terminating Party’s common (shared) facilities between (1) the
terminating Party’s tandem switch and end office switch, (2) between the terminating Party’s
tandem switches, and/or (3) between the terminating Party’s host and remote end office switches.
All switches referred herein must be entered into The Telcordia® LERG Routing Guide (LERG).
2.9 Dedicated Interoffice Facility is defined as a switch transport facility between a Party’s Serving
Wire Center and the first point of switching within the LATA on the other Party’s network.
2.10 End Office Switching is defined as the function that establishes a communications path between
the trunk side and line side of the End Office switch.
2.11 Fiber Meet is an interconnection arrangement whereby the Parties physically interconnect their
networks via an optical fiber interface at which one Party’s facilities, provisioning, and maintenance
responsibility begins and the other Party’s responsibility ends.
2.12 Final Trunk Group is defined as the last choice trunk group between two (2) switches for which
there is no alternate route.
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