Carrier-to-Carrier Guidelines Ver.17 - Verizon

Billing Performance (BI)Function:BI-1 Timeliness of Daily Usage FeedDefinition:This metric measures the number of business days from the creation of the message to the date that theusage information is made available to the CLEC on the Daily Usage Feed (DUF). Measured inpercentage of usage records transmitted within four (4) business days. One report covers both UNE andResale. For CLECs requesting this service, usage records will be provided to CLECs each businessday. The usage process starts with collection of usage information from the switch. Most offices havethis information teleprocessed to the data center. Not all offices poll usage every business day.Weekend and holiday usage is captured on the next business day. Usage for all CLECs is collected atthe same time as VZ’s.Exclusions:• Verizon Test Orders• Long Duration Calls**Long Duration calls are defined as those calls that remain connected through two successive midnights. On all suchcalls, the call assembly process may output up to three record types indicating the beginning, continuation, or end ofa long duration call. An annual study will be performed each December to determine the current volume of longduration calls.Formula:(Total usage records on DUF made available to CLEC in “y” business days divided by the total recordson file) multiplied by 100Note: y = 4Performance Standard:BI-1-02: 95% in Four (4) Business DaysReport DimensionsCompany:• CLEC Aggregate• CLEC SpecificSub-MetricsBI-1-02 % DUF in four (4) Business DaysGeography:• State SpecificCalculation Numerator DenominatorNumber of usage records on daily usagefeed processed during month, where thedifference between current date and calldate is four (4) business days or less.Number of Usage Records on DUFprocessed during month.VZEAST201003-NY200909Version 17.0114