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Attachment 2
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2.1.1.8.2 For purposes of this Section 2, Embedded Base means DS1 and DS3 Loops that
were in service for TC SYSTEMS as of March 10, 2005 in those wire centers that,
as of such date, met the criteria set forth in Section 2.1.1.8.5.1 or 2.1.1.8.5.2.
Subsequent disconnects or loss of end users shall be removed from the Embedded
Base.
2.1.1.8.3 Excess DS1 and DS3 Loops are those TC SYSTEMS DS1 and DS3 Loops in
service as of March 10, 2005, in excess of the caps set forth in Sections 2.3.6.1
and 2.3.13, respectively. Subsequent disconnects or loss of end users shall be
removed from Excess DS1 and DS3 Loops.
2.1.1.8.4 For purposes of this Section 2, a Business Line, Wire Center, and Fiber-Based
Collocator are defined in 47 C.F.R. § 51.5.
2.1.1.8.5 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, and except as set
forth in Section 2.1.1.8.12, BellSouth shall make available DS1 and DS3 Loops as
described in this Section 2.1.1.8 only for TC SYSTEMS’s Embedded Base during
the Transition Period:
2.1.1.8.5.1 DS1 Loops at any location within the service area of a wire center containing
60,000 or more Business Lines and four (4) or more fiber-based collocators.
2.1.1.8.5.2 DS3 Loops at any location within the service area of a wire center containing
38,000 or more Business Lines and four (4) or more fiber-based collocators.
2.1.1.8.6 A list of wire centers meeting the criteria set forth in Sections 2.1.1.8.5.1 and
2.1.1.8.5.2 above as of March 10, 2005 (Initial Wire Center List), is available on
BellSouth's Interconnection Services Web site at
www.interconnection.bellsouth.com.
2.1.1.8.7 Notwithstanding the Effective Date of this Agreement, during the Transition
Period, the rates for TC SYSTEMS’s Embedded Base of DS1 and DS3 Loops and
TC SYSTEMS’s Excess DS1 and DS3 Loops described in this Section 2.1.1.8
shall be as set forth in Exhibit B.
2.1.1.8.7.1 On the effective date of this agreement, BellSouth may assess a true up charge as
necessary, back to March 11, 2005 to collect any transitional charges applicable to
TC SYSTEMS’s Embedded Base of DS1 and DS3 Loops that were not collected
for the period between March 11, 2005 and the effective date of this Agreement.
Although true up charges may be assessed back to March 11, 2005, no late
payments or penalties may be calculated where TC SYSTEMS timely pays the true
up charge within the billing cycle time allotted from receipt of the true up bill.
2.1.1.8.8 The Transition Period shall apply only to (1) TC SYSTEMS’s Embedded Base
and (2) TC SYSTEMS’s Excess DS1 and DS3 Loops. TC SYSTEMS shall not
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