TC Systems, Inc. South Carolina - AT&T Clec Online

6/23/04
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19.2 911 Arrangements are arrangements for routing 911 calls from TC SYTEMS
Customers to the appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), passing
certain customer information for display at the PSAP answering station based on
the class of 911 service (Basic 911 or E911) deployed in the area. BellSouth shall
provide 911 Arrangements to TC SYTEMS in accordance with the provisions
below in areas where TC SYTEMS is authorized to provide local exchange service
and BellSouth is the 911 system provider. The provisions in this Attachment apply
only to 911 Arrangements provided as Ancillary Functions. 911 functionality for
Unbundled Network Element Combinations and for Local Services Resale shall be
governed by provisions in Attachment 2 (Unbundled Network Elements) and
Attachment 1(Local Services Resale) of this Agreement. In providing 911
Arrangements to TC SYTEMS, BellSouth shall comply with all laws, rules and
regulations concerning emergency services. Basic 911 and E911 functions provided
to TC SYTEMS shall be at least equal in quality and functionality with the support
and services that the BellSouth provides to its own retail customers for such similar
functionality.
19.3 Technical Requirements
19.3.1 E911 Trunks, Interconnection to 911 Tandem
19.3.1.1 At TC SYTEMS’s request, BellSouth and TC SYTEMS shall establish dedicated
trunk groups to route E911 calls placed by TC SYTEMS Customers to the
appropriate BellSouth 911 tandem or selective router. Trunks shall be established
as CAMA MF trunks until SS7 connectivity is available. When SS7 connectivity is
available, BellSouth shall provide written notification to TC SYTEMS of such
availability Trunks shall thereafter be established with SS7 signaling, at TC
SYTEMS’s option.
19.3.1.1 TC SYTEMS shall order such 911 trunks and trunk groups, including trunk and
trunk group augmentations, via the ASR process. A Firm Order Confirmation (FOC)
shall be returned to the ordering Party, after receipt of a valid, error free ASR, within
the timeframes set forth in each state’s applicable Performance Measures.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, blocking situations and projects shall be managed
through BellSouth’s Carrier Interconnection Switching Center (CISC) Project
Management Group, and FOCs for such orders shall be returned in the timeframes
applicable to the project. A project is defined as (1) a new trunk group or (2) a request
for more than 96 trunks on a single or multiple group(s) in a given BellSouth local
calling area. BellSouth shall provision 911 trunks within thirty (30) calendar days of
receipt of TC SYTEMS’s order or such shorter time as may be established by law, rule,
regulation or Commission order. Alternatively, at its option, TC SYTEMS may
provide the trunks. Regardless of which party provides the trunks. Prior to placing a
trunk in service BellSouth and TC SYTEMS shall cooperate in testing to assure proper
functioning of the E911 system for calls delivered over the trunk.
CCCS 222 of 433