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Southern Light
1Q08 GENERIC INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT – 03/10/08
billing for Loops used in line splitting arrangements. The Parties may use the Change Control
Process to address necessary OSS modifications.
3.4 Provisioning Line Splitting – UNE-L
3.4.1 The Voice CLEC provides the splitter when providing Line Splitting with UNE-L. When Southern
Light owns the splitter, Line Splitting requires the following: a loop from NID at the customer’s
location to the serving wire center and terminating into a distribution frame or its equivalent.
3.4.2 An unloaded 2-wire copper Loop must serve the customer. The meet point for the Voice CLEC and
the Data LEC is the point of termination on the MDF for the Data LEC’s cable and pairs.
3.4.3 To order Line Splitting utilizing UNE-L on a particular Loop, Southern Light must have a DSLAM
collocated in the central office that serves the customer of such Loop.
3.4.4 Southern Light may purchase, install and maintain central office POTS splitters in its collocation
arrangements. Southern Light may use such splitters for access to its customers and to provide
digital line subscriber services to its customers using the high frequency spectrum of the UNE-L.
Existing Collocation rules and procedures and the terms and conditions relating to Collocation set
forth in Attachment 4-Central Office shall apply.
3.5 Maintenance – Line Splitting – UNE-L
3.5.1 AT&T will be responsible for repairing voice troubles and the troubles with the physical loop
between the NID at the customer’s premises and the termination point.
3.5.2 Southern Light shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless AT&T from and against any claims,
losses, actions, causes of action, suits, demands, damages, injury, and costs including reasonable
attorney fees, which arise out of actions related to the other service provider, except to the extent
caused by AT&T’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
3.5.3 For the state of Alabama, the following rights are in addition to the general indemnification rights set
forth above:
3.5.3.1 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that all amounts advanced in respect of such claims, losses and costs
shall be repaid to Southern Light by AT&T if it shall ultimately be determined in a final judgment
without further appeal by a court of appropriate jurisdiction that AT&T is not entitled to be
indemnified for such claims, losses and costs because the Claims, Losses and Costs arose as a
result of AT&T’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
3.5.3.2 AT&T will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Southern Light from and against any Claims,
Losses and Costs which arise out of actions related to the other service provider (i.e. CLEC party to
the line splitting arrangement who is not Southern Light brought against Southern Light to the extent
such Claim alleges that the cause of Claim, Loss and Cost was found to be the result of AT&T’s
gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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