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NETWORK INTERCONNECTION
Attachment 3
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1. GENERAL
1.1 The Parties shall provide interconnection with each other’s networks for the
transmission and routing of telephone exchange service (Local Traffic), ISPbound
Traffic, and exchange access (Switched Access Traffic) on the following
terms:
2. ATTACHMENT 3 DEFINITIONS ARE LOCATED IN EXHIBIT F TO
THIS ATTACHMENT
3. NETWORK INTERCONNECTION
3.1 This Attachment pertains only to the provision of network interconnection where
BHN owns, leases from a third party or otherwise provides its own switch(es)
3.2 Network interconnection shall be provided by the Parties at any technically
feasible point within AT&T’s network. Requests to AT&T for interconnection at
points other than as set forth in this Attachment may be made through the Bona
Fide Request/New Business Request process set out in this Agreement.
3.2.1 Each Party is responsible for providing, engineering and maintaining the network
on its side of the IP. The IP must be located within AT&T’s serving territory in
the LATA in which traffic is originating. The IP determines the point at which the
originating Party shall pay the terminating Party for the Call Transport and
Termination of Local Traffic and ISP-bound Traffic.
3.2.2 Pursuant to the provisions of this Attachment, the location of the IP(s) in a given
LATA shall be established by mutual agreement of the Parties. Subject to the
requirements for installing additional IPs, as set forth below, any IPs existing
prior to the Effective Date of the Agreement will be accepted as initial IPs and
will not require re-grooming. When the Parties mutually agree to utilize two-way
interconnection trunk groups for the exchange of Local Traffic and ISP-bound
Traffic between each other, the Parties shall mutually agree to the location of
IP(s). If the Parties are unable to agree to a mutual initial IP, each Party, as
originating Party, shall establish a single IP in the LATA for the delivery of its
originated Local Traffic and ISP-bound Traffic to the other Party for Call
Transport and Termination by the terminating Party. Construction of facilities
shall be in accordance with applicable law.
3.2.3 When establishing interconnection arrangements in each LATA, the location of
the IP(s) shall be established by mutual agreement of the Parties. In selecting the
IP, both Parties will act in good faith in selecting a point that complies with
applicable law. If the Parties are unable to agree on the location of the IP, each
Party will designate IPs for its originated traffic. Additional IP(s) in a LATA may
be established by mutual agreement of the Parties. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, additional IP(s) in a particular LATA shall be established, at the
request of either Party, when the Local Traffic and ISP-bound Traffic exceeds 8.9
million minutes per month (i.e., DS3) for three consecutive months at the
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