AGREEMENT

 

 

by and between

 

 

Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.

and

VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC., F/K/A GTE CALIFORNIA INCORPORATED

FOR THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AGREEMENT

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1. The Agreement

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2. Term and Termination

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3. Glossary and Attachments

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4. Applicable Law

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5. Assignment

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6. Assurance of Payment

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7. Audits

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8. Authorization

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9. Billing and Payment; Disputed Amounts

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10. Confidentiality

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11. Counterparts

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12. Default

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13. Discontinuance of Service by Pac-West

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14. Dispute Resolution

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15. Force Majeure

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16. Forecasts

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17. Fraud

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18. Good Faith Performance

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19. Headings

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20. Indemnification

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21. Insurance

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22. Intellectual Property

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23. Joint Work Product

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24. Law Enforcement.

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25. Liability

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26. Network Management

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27. Non-Exclusive Remedies

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28. Notice of Network Changes

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29. Notices

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30. Ordering and Maintenance

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31. Performance Standards

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32. Point of Contact for Pac-West Customers

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33. Predecessor Agreements

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34. Publicity and Use of Trademarks or Service Marks

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35. References

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36. Relationship of the Parties

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37. Reservation of Rights

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38. Subcontractors

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39. Successors and Assigns

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40. Survival

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41. Taxes

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42. Technology Upgrades

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43. Territory

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44. Third Party Beneficiaries

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45. [Intentionally Left Blank]

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46. 252(i) Obligations

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47. Use of Service

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48. Waiver

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49. Warranties

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50. Withdrawal of Services

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SIGNATURE PAGE

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GLOSSARY

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1. General Rule

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2. Definitions

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ADDITIONAL SERVICES ATTACHMENT

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1. Alternate Billed Calls

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2. Dialing Parity - Section 251(b)(3)

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3. Directory Assistance (DA) and Operator Services (OS)

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4. Directory Listing and Directory Distribution

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5. Voice Information Service Traffic

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6. Intercept and Referral Announcements

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7. Originating Line Number Screening (OLNS)

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8. Operations Support Systems (OSS) Services

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9. Poles, Ducts, Conduits and Rights-of-Way

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10. Telephone Numbers

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11. Routing for Operator Services and Directory Assistance Traffic

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INTERCONNECTION ATTACHMENT

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1. General

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2. Methods for Interconnection and Trunk Types

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3. Alternative Interconnection Arrangements

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4. Initiating Interconnection

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5. Transmission and Routing of Telephone Exchange Service Traffic

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6. Traffic Measurement and Billing over Interconnection Trunks

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7. Reciprocal Compensation Arrangements Pursuant to Section 251(b)(5) of the Act

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8. Classification of Traffic

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9. Other Types of Traffic

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10. Responsibilities of the Parties

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11. Reciprocal Compensation for Local and ISP-Bound Traffic

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12. Transmission and Routing of Exchange Access Traffic

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13. Meet-Point Billing Arrangements

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14. Toll Free Service Access Code (e.g., 800/888/877) Traffic

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15. Tandem Transit Traffic

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16. Number Resources, Rate Center Areas and Routing Points

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17. Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process; and Installation,
Maintenance, Testing and Repair

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18. Number Portability - Section 251(B)(2)

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RESALE ATTACHMENT

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1. General

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2. Use of Verizon Telecommunications Services

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3. Availability of Verizon Telecommunications Services

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4. Responsibility for Charges

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5. Operations Matters

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6. Rates and Charges

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NETWORK ELEMENTS ATTACHMENT

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1. General

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2. Verizon's Provision of Network Elements

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3. Loop Transmission Types

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4. Line Sharing

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5. Line Splitting

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6. Sub-Loop

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7. Inside Wire

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8. Dark Fiber

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9. Network Interface Device

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10. Unbundled Switching Elements

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11. Unbundled Interoffice Facilities

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12. Signaling Networks and Call-Related Databases

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13. Operations Support Systems

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14. Availability of Other Network Elements on an Unbundled Basis

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15. Maintenance of Network Elements

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16. Combinations

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17. Rates and Charges

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COLLOCATION ATTACHMENT

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1. Verizon's Provision of Collocation

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2. Pac-West's Provision of Collocation

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911 ATTACHMENT

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1. 911/E-911 Arrangements

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2. Electronic Interface

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3. 911 Interconnection

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4. 911 Facilities

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5. Local Number Portability for use with 911

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6. PSAP Coordination

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7. 911 Compensation

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8. 911 Rules and Regulations

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PRICING ATTACHMENT

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1. General

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2. Verizon Telecommunications Services Provided to Pac-West for Resale Pursuant
to the Resale Attachment

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3. Pac-West Prices

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4. Section 271

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5. Regulatory Review of Prices

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AGREEMENT

PREFACE

This Agreement ("Agreement") shall be deemed effective upon Commission approval
pursuant to Section 252 of the Act (the "Effective Date"), between Pac-West
Telecomm, Inc. ("Pac-West"), a corporation organized under the laws of the State
of California, with offices at 1776 W. March Lane, Suite 250, Stockton, CA 95207
and Verizon California Inc., f/k/a GTE California Incorporated ("Verizon"), a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of California with offices at
One Verizon Way, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 (Verizon and Pac-West may be referred
to hereinafter, each, individually as a "Party", and, collectively, as the
"Parties").

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

In consideration of the mutual promises contained in this Agreement, and
intending to be legally bound, pursuant to Section 252 of the Act, Verizon and
Pac-West hereby agree as follows:

 1.  The Agreement
      1. This Agreement includes: (a) the Principal Document; (b) the Tariffs of
         each Party applicable to the Services that are offered for sale by it
         in the Principal Document (which Tariffs are incorporated into and made
         a part of this Agreement by reference); and, (c) an Order by a Party
         that has been accepted by the other Party.
      2. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Principal Document
         (including, but not limited to, the Pricing Attachment), conflicts
         among provisions in the Principal Document, Tariffs, and an Order by a
         Party that has been accepted by the other Party, shall be resolved in
         accordance with the following order of precedence, where the document
         identified in subsection "(a)" shall have the highest precedence: (a)
         the Principal Document; (b) the Tariffs; and, (c) an Order by a Party
         that has been accepted by the other Party. The fact that a provision
         appears in the Principal Document but not in a Tariff, or in a Tariff
         but not in the Principal Document, shall not be interpreted as, or
         deemed grounds for finding, a conflict for the purposes of this Section
         1.2.
      3. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties on
         the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous
         agreement, understanding, or representation, on the subject matter
         hereof. Except as otherwise provisioned in the Principal Document, the
         Principal Document may not be waived or modified except by a written
         document that is signed by the Parties. Subject to the requirements of
         Applicable Law, a Party shall have the right to add, modify, or
         withdraw, its Tariff(s) at any time, without the consent of, or notice
         to, the other Party.

 2.  Term and Termination
      1. This Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date and, unless
         cancelled or terminated earlier in accordance with the terms as
         provided in this Agreement, shall continue in effect for three years
         from the Effective Date (the "Initial Term"). Thereafter, this
         Agreement shall continue in force and effect unless and until cancelled
         or terminated, or the new Agreement is effective, as provided in this
         Agreement.
      2. Either Pac-West or Verizon may terminate this Agreement effective upon
         the expiration of the Initial Term or effective upon any date after
         expiration of the Initial Term by providing written notice of
         termination at least ninety (90) days in advance of the date of
         termination.
      3. If either Pac-West or Verizon provides notice of termination pursuant
         to Section 2.2 and on or before the proposed date of termination either
         Pac-West or Verizon has requested negotiation of a new interconnection
         agreement, unless this Agreement is cancelled or terminated earlier in
         accordance with the terms hereof (including, but not limited to,
         pursuant to Section 12), this Agreement shall remain in effect until
         the effective date of a new interconnection agreement between Pac-West
         and Verizon.
      4. If either Pac-West or Verizon provides notice of termination pursuant
         to Section 2.2 and by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the proposed date of
         termination neither Pac-West nor Verizon has requested negotiation of a
         new interconnection agreement, (a) this Agreement will terminate at
         11:59 PM Eastern Time on the proposed date of termination, and (b) the
         Services being provided under this Agreement at the time of termination
         will be terminated, except to the extent that the Purchasing Party has
         requested that such Services continue to be provided pursuant to an
         applicable Tariff or SGAT.

 3.  Glossary and Attachments

     The Glossary and the following Attachments are a part of this Agreement:

     Additional Services Attachment

     Interconnection Attachment

     Resale Attachment

     UNE Attachment

     Collocation Attachment

     911 Attachment

     Pricing Attachment

 4.  Applicable Law
      1. The construction, interpretation and performance of this Agreement
         shall be governed by (a) the laws of the United States of America and
         (b) the laws of the State of California, without regard to its
         conflicts of laws rules. All disputes relating to this Agreement shall
         be resolved through the application of such laws.
      2. Each Party shall remain in compliance with Applicable Law in the course
         of performing this Agreement.
      3. Neither Party shall be liable for any delay or failure in performance
         by it that results from requirements of Applicable Law, or acts or
         failures to act of any governmental entity or official.
      4. Each Party shall promptly notify the other Party in writing of any
         governmental action that limits, suspends, cancels, withdraws, or
         otherwise materially affects, the notifying Party's ability to perform
         its obligations under this Agreement.
      5. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable
         under Applicable Law, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
         invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision of this
         Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed as if it did not
         contain such invalid or unenforceable provision; provided, that if the
         invalid or unenforceable provision is a material provision of this
         Agreement, or the invalidity or unenforceability materially affects the
         rights or obligations of a Party hereunder or the ability of a Party to
         perform any material provision of this Agreement, the Parties shall
         promptly renegotiate in good faith and amend in writing this Agreement
         in order to make such mutually acceptable revisions to this Agreement
         as may be required in order to conform the Agreement to Applicable Law.
      6. If any legislative, regulatory, judicial or other governmental
         decision, order, determination or action, or any change in Applicable
         Law, materially affects any material provision of this Agreement, the
         rights or obligations of a Party hereunder, or the ability of a Party
         to perform any material provision of this Agreement, the Parties shall
         promptly renegotiate in good faith and amend in writing this Agreement
         in order to make such mutually acceptable revisions to this Agreement
         as may be required in order to conform the Agreement to Applicable Law.
      7. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if, as a
         result of any published legislative, judicial, regulatory or other
         governmental decision, order, determination or action, or any change in
         Applicable Law, Verizon is not required by Applicable Law to provide
         any Service, payment or benefit, otherwise required to be provided to
         Pac-West hereunder. Verizon will provide ninety (90) days prior written
         notice to Pac-West of its intent to discontinue such Service, unless a
         different notice period or different conditions are specified in this
         Agreement (including, but not limited to, in an applicable Tariff) or
         Applicable Law for termination of such Service in which event such
         specified period and/or conditions shall apply. The Parties will
         mutually agree to amend this Agreement to discontinue the Service,
         payment or benefit, within the ninety day notice period and will
         cooperate to ensure that there will be no service interruption to
         Pac-West's customers as a result of such discontinuance. If the Parties
         are unable to mutually agree to amend this Agreement, either Party may
         pursue dispute resolution pursuant to Section 14 below.

 5.  Assignment

     Neither Party may assign this Agreement or any right or interest under this
     Agreement, nor delegate any obligation under this Agreement, without the
     prior written consent of the other Party, which consent shall not be
     unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Any attempted assignment or
     delegation in violation of this Section 5 shall be void and ineffective and
     constitute default of this Agreement.

 6.  Assurance of Payment
      1. Upon request by either Party, the other Party shall provide to the
         requesting Party adequate assurance of payment of amounts due (or to
         become due) to the requesting Party hereunder.
      2. Assurance of payment of charges may be requested by either Party if the
         other Party (a) in the reasonable judgment of the requesting Party, at
         the Effective Date or at any time thereafter, does not have established
         credit with the requesting Party, (b) in the reasonable judgment of the
         requesting Party, at the Effective Date or at any time thereafter, is
         unable to demonstrate that it is creditworthy, (c) fails to timely pay
         an undisputed bill rendered to it by the other Party, or (d) admits its
         inability to pay its debts as such debts become due, has commenced a
         voluntary case (or has had a case commenced against it) under the U.S.
         Bankruptcy Code or any other law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
         reorganization, winding-up, composition or adjustment of debts or the
         like, has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors or is subject
         to a receivership or similar proceeding.
      3. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, the assurance of payment shall,
         consist of (a) a cash security deposit in U.S. dollars held by the
         other Party or (b) an unconditional, irrevocable standby letter of
         credit naming the other Party as the beneficiary thereof and otherwise
         in form and substance satisfactory to the other Party from a financial
         institution acceptable to the other Party. The cash security deposit or
         letter of credit shall be in an amount equal to two (2) months
         anticipated charges (including, but not limited to, both recurring and
         non-recurring charges), as reasonably determined by the other Party,
         for the Services to be provided by either Party to the other in
         connection with this Agreement.
      4. To the extent that either Party elects to require a cash deposit, the
         Parties intend that the provision of such deposit shall constitute the
         grant of a security interest in the deposit pursuant to Article 9 of
         the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction.
      5. If payment of interest on a cash deposit is required by an applicable
         Tariff or by Applicable Law, interest will be paid on any such cash
         deposit held by either Party at the higher of the interest rate stated
         in such Tariff or the interest rate required by Applicable Law.
      6. Either Party may (but is not obligated to) draw on the letter of credit
         or cash deposit, as applicable, upon notice to the other Party in
         respect of any undisputed amounts to be paid by the other Party
         hereunder that are not paid within thirty (30) days of the date that
         payment of such amounts is required by this Agreement.
      7. If either Party draws on the letter of credit or cash deposit, upon
         request by that Party, the other Party shall provide a replacement or
         supplemental letter of credit or cash deposit conforming to the
         requirements of Section 6.3.
      8. Notwithstanding anything else set forth in this Agreement, if either
         Party makes a request for assurance of payment in accordance with the
         terms of this Section, then that Party shall have no obligation
         thereafter to perform under this Agreement until such time as the other
         Party has provided the first Party with such assurance of payment.
      9. The fact that a deposit or a letter of credit is requested by either
         Party hereunder shall in no way relieve the other Party from compliance
         with the requirements of this Agreement (including, but not limited to,
         any applicable Tariffs) as to advance payments and payment for
         Services, nor constitute a waiver or modification of the terms herein
         pertaining to the discontinuance of Services for nonpayment of any
         amounts payment of which is required by this Agreement.

 7.  Audits
      1. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement,
         either Party ("Auditing Party") may audit the other Party's ("Audited
         Party") books, records, documents, facilities and systems for the
         purpose of evaluating the accuracy of the Audited Party's bills. Such
         audits may be performed once in each Calendar Year; provided, however,
         that audits may be conducted more frequently (but no more frequently
         than once in each Calendar Quarter) if the immediately preceding audit
         found previously uncorrected net inaccuracies in billing in favor of
         the Audited Party having an aggregate value of at least $1,000,000.
      2. The audit shall be performed by independent certified public
         accountants selected and paid by the Auditing Party. The accountants
         shall be reasonably acceptable to the Audited Party. Prior to
         commencing the audit, the accountants shall execute an agreement with
         the Audited Party in a form reasonably acceptable to the Audited Party
         that protects the confidentiality of the information disclosed by the
         Audited Party to the accountants. The audit shall take place at a time
         and place agreed upon by the Parties; provided, that the Auditing Party
         may require that the audit commence no later than sixty (60) days after
         the Auditing Party has given notice of the audit to the Audited Party.
      3. Each Party shall cooperate fully in any such audit, providing
         reasonable access to any and all employees, books, records, documents,
         facilities and systems, reasonably necessary to assess the accuracy of
         the Audited Party's bills.
      4. Audits shall be performed at the Auditing Party's expense, provided
         that there shall be no charge for reasonable access to the Audited
         Party's employees, books, records, documents, facilities and systems
         necessary to assess the accuracy of the Audited Party's bills.

 8.  Authorization
      1. Verizon represents and warrants that it is a corporation duly
         organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
         State of California and has full power and authority to execute and
         deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this
         Agreement.
      2. Pac-West represents and warrants that it is a corporation duly
         organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
         State of California, and has full power and authority to execute and
         deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this
         Agreement.
      3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Verizon shall
         have no obligation to perform under this Agreement until such time as
         Pac-West has obtained such FCC and Commission authorization as may be
         required by Applicable Law for conducting business in California.
         Pac-West shall not place any orders under this Agreement until it has
         obtained such authorization. Pac-West shall provide proof of such
         authorization to Verizon upon request.

 9.  Billing and Payment; Disputed Amounts
      1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall submit
         to the other Party on a monthly basis in an itemized form, statement(s)
         of charges incurred by the other Party under this Agreement.
      2. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, payment of amounts
         billed for Services provided under this Agreement, whether billed on a
         monthly basis or as otherwise provided in this Agreement, shall be due,
         in immediately available U.S. funds, on the later of the following
         dates (the "Due Date"): (a) the due date specified on the billing
         Party's statement; or, (b) twenty (20) days after the date the
         statement is received by the billed Party. Payments shall be
         transmitted by electronic funds transfer.
         
         If any portion of an amount billed by a Party under this Agreement is
         subject to a good faith dispute between the Parties, the billed Party
         shall give notice to the billing Party of the amounts it disputes
         ("Disputed Amounts") and include in such notice the specific details
         and reasons for disputing each item. A Party may also dispute
         prospectively with a single notice a class of charges that it disputes.
         Notice of a dispute may be given by a Party at any time, either before
         or after an amount is paid, and a Party's payment of an amount shall
         not constitute a waiver of such Party's right to subsequently dispute
         its obligation to pay such amount or to seek a refund of any amount
         paid. The billed Party shall pay by the Due Date all undisputed
         amounts. Billing disputes shall be subject to the terms of Section 14,
         Dispute Resolution.
      3. Charges due to the billing Party that are not paid by the Due Date,
         shall be subject to a late payment charge. The late payment charge
         shall be in an amount specified by the billing Party which shall not
         exceed a rate of one-and-one-half percent (1.5%) of the overdue amount
         (including any unpaid previously billed late payment charges) per
         month.
      4. Although it is the intent of both Parties to submit timely statements
         of charges, failure by either Party to present statements to the other
         Party in a timely manner shall not constitute a breach or default, or a
         waiver of the right to payment of the incurred charges, by the billing
         Party under this Agreement, and, except for assertion of a provision of
         Applicable Law that limits the period in which a suit or other
         proceeding can be brought before a court or other governmental entity
         of appropriate jurisdiction to collect amounts due, the billed Party
         shall not be entitled to dispute the billing Party's statement(s) based
         on the billing Party's failure to submit them in a timely fashion.

 10. Confidentiality
      1. As used in this Section 10, "Confidential Information" means the
         following information that is disclosed by one Party ("Disclosing
         Party") to the other Party ("Receiving Party") in connection with, or
         anticipation of, this Agreement:
          1. Books, records, documents and other information disclosed in an
             audit pursuant to Section 7;
          2. Any forecasting information provided pursuant to this Agreement;
          3. Customer Information (except to the extent that (a) the Customer
             information is published in a directory, (b) the Customer
             information is disclosed through or in the course of furnishing a
             Telecommunications Service, such as a Directory Assistance Service,
             Operator Service, Caller ID or similar service, or LIDB service,
             or, (c) the Customer to whom the Customer Information is related
             has authorized the Receiving Party to use and/or disclose the
             Customer Information);
          4. information related to specific facilities or equipment (including,
             but not limited to, cable and pair information);
          5. any information that is in written, graphic, electromagnetic, or
             other tangible form, and marked at the time of disclosure as
             "Confidential" or "Proprietary;" and
          6. any information that is communicated orally or visually and
             declared to the Receiving Party at the time of disclosure, and by
             written notice with a statement of the information given to the
             Receiving Party within ten (10) days after disclosure, to be
             "Confidential or "Proprietary".
     
         Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, a Party shall
         have the right to refuse to accept receipt of information which the
         other Party has identified as Confidential Information pursuant to
         Sections 10.1.5 or 10.1.6.
     
      2. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Receiving Party
         shall:
          1. use the Confidential Information received from the Disclosing Party
             only in performance of this Agreement; and,
          2. using the same degree of care that it uses with similar
             confidential information of its own (but in no case a degree of
             care that is less than commercially reasonable), hold Confidential
             Information received from the Disclosing Party in confidence and
             restrict disclosure of the Confidential Information solely to those
             of the Receiving Party's Affiliates and the directors, officers,
             employees, Agents and contractors of the Receiving Party and the
             Receiving Party's Affiliates, that have a need to receive such
             Confidential Information in order to perform the Receiving Party's
             obligations under this Agreement. The Receiving Party's Affiliates
             and the directors, officers, employees, Agents and contractors of
             the Receiving Party and the Receiving Party's Affiliates, shall be
             required by the Receiving Party to comply with the provisions of
             this Section 10 in the same manner as the Receiving Party. The
             Receiving Party shall be liable for any failure of the Receiving
             Party's Affiliates or the directors, officers, employees, Agents or
             contractors of the Receiving Party or the Receiving Party's
             Affiliates, to comply with the provisions of this Section 10.
     
      3. The Receiving Party shall return or destroy all Confidential
         Information received from the Disclosing Party, including any copies
         made by the Receiving Party, within thirty (30) days after a written
         request by the Disclosing Party is delivered to the Receiving Party,
         except for (a) Confidential Information that the Receiving Party
         reasonably requires to perform its obligations under this Agreement,
         and (b) one copy for archival purposes only.
      4. Unless otherwise agreed, the obligations of Sections 10.2 and 10.3 do
         not apply to information that:
          1. was, at the time of receipt, already in the possession of or known
             to the Receiving Party free of any obligation of confidentiality
             and restriction on use;
          2. is or becomes publicly available or known through no wrongful act
             of the Receiving Party, the Receiving Party's Affiliates, or the
             directors, officers, employees, Agents or contractors of the
             Receiving Party or the Receiving Party's Affiliates;
          3. is rightfully received from a third person having no direct or
             indirect obligation of confidentiality or restriction on use to the
             Disclosing Party with respect to such information;
          4. is independently developed by the Receiving Party;
          5. is approved for disclosure or use by written authorization of the
             Disclosing Party (including, but not limited to, in this
             Agreement); or
          6. is required to be disclosed by the Receiving Party pursuant to
             Applicable Law, provided that the Receiving Party shall have made
             commercially reasonable efforts to give adequate notice of the
             requirement to the Disclosing Party in order to enable the
             Disclosing Party to seek protective arrangements.
     
      5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 10.1 through 10.4, the
         Receiving Party may use and disclose Confidential Information received
         from the Disclosing Party to the extent necessary to enforce the
         Receiving Party's rights under this Agreement or Applicable Law. In
         making any such disclosure, the Receiving Party shall make reasonable
         efforts to preserve the confidentiality and restrict the use of the
         Confidential Information while it is in the possession of any person to
         whom it is disclosed, including, but not limited to, by requesting any
         governmental entity to whom the Confidential Information is disclosed
         to treat it as confidential and restrict its use to purposes related to
         the proceeding pending before it.
      6. The Disclosing Party shall retain all of the Disclosing Party's right,
         title and interest in any Confidential Information disclosed by the
         Disclosing Party to the Receiving Party. Except as otherwise expressly
         provided in this Agreement, no license is granted by this Agreement
         with respect to any Confidential Information (including, but not
         limited to, under any patent, trademark or copyright), nor is any such
         license to be implied solely by virtue of the disclosure of
         Confidential Information.
      7. The provisions of this Section 10 shall be in addition to and not in
         derogation of any provisions of Applicable Law, including, but not
         limited to, 47 U.S.C. § 222, and are not intended to constitute a
         waiver by a Party of any right with regard to the use, or protection of
         the confidentiality of, CPNI provided by Applicable Law.
      8. Each Party's obligations under this Section 10 shall survive
         expiration, cancellation or termination of this Agreement for a period
         of five years.

 11. Counterparts

     This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
     shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one
     and the same instrument.

 12. Default

     If either Party ("Defaulting Party") fails to make a payment required by
     this Agreement (including, but not limited to, any payment required by
     Section 9.3 of undisputed amounts to the billing Party) or materially
     breaches any other material provision of this Agreement, and such failure
     or breach continues for thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from
     the other Party, the other Party may, by written notice to the Defaulting
     Party, (a) suspend the provision of any or all Services hereunder, or (b)
     cancel this Agreement and terminate the provision of all Services
     hereunder. A Party shall not suspend Services or terminate this Agreement
     in accordance with items (a) or (b) above if the Defaulting Party has
     initiated dispute resolution in good faith in accordance with Section 14
     with respect to the particular breach specified in the other Party's notice
     of default and provided that the Defaulting Party has initiated such
     dispute resolution within 30 days of receipt of the notice of default. The
     foregoing shall not limit in any way either Party's rights (including the
     right to suspend or interrupt a Service) under Section 26.3 of this
     Agreement.

 13. Discontinuance of Service by Pac-West
      1. If Pac-West proposes to discontinue, or actually discontinues, its
         provision of service to all or substantially all of its Customers,
         whether voluntarily, as a result of bankruptcy, or for any other
         reason, Pac-West shall provide advance written notice to Verizon, and
         comply with any requirements of Applicable Law with regard to giving
         advance notice to Verizon, Pac-West's customers and the Commission of
         Pac-West's intent to discontinue provision of service. Unless the
         period for advance notice to Verizon of discontinuance of service
         required by Applicable Law is more than thirty (30) days, to the extent
         commercially feasible, Pac-West shall send such notice at least thirty
         (30) days prior to its discontinuance of service.
      2. The content of any notice that Pac-West is required to provide pursuant
         to Section 13.1 shall comply with Commission rules.
      3. If Pac-West discontinues provision of service, or gives notice of an
         intent to discontinue service, and a Pac-West Customer requests Verizon
         to provide service to the Customer, or the Commission orders Verizon to
         provide service to the customer, upon request by Verizon, Pac-West
         shall provide Verizon with all information necessary for Verizon to
         establish service for the Pac-West Customer, including, but not limited
         to, the Pac-West Customer's billed name, listed name, service address,
         and billing address, and the services being provided to the Pac-West
         Customer.
      4. Nothing in this Section 13 shall limit Verizon's right to cancel or
         terminate this Agreement or suspend provision of Services under this
         Agreement.

 14. Dispute Resolution
      1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any dispute between the
         Parties regarding the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement
         or any of its terms shall be addressed by good faith negotiation
         between the Parties. To initiate such negotiation, a Party must provide
         to the other Party written notice of the dispute that includes both a
         detailed description of the dispute or alleged nonperformance and the
         name of an individual who will serve as the initiating Party's
         representative in the negotiation. The other Party shall have ten
         Business Days to designate its own representative in the negotiation.
         The Parties' representatives shall meet at least once within 45 days
         after the date of the initiating Party's written notice in an attempt
         to reach a good faith resolution of the dispute. Upon agreement, the
         Parties' representatives may utilize other alternative dispute
         resolution procedures such as private mediation to assist in the
         negotiations.
      2. If the Parties have been unable to resolve the dispute within 45 days
         of the date of the initiating Party's written notice, either Party may
         pursue any remedies available to it under this Agreement, at law, in
         equity, or otherwise, including, but not limited to, instituting an
         appropriate proceeding before the Commission, including an Expedited
         Complaint pursuant to Commission D. 95-12-056 at pp. 36-39, the FCC, or
         a court of competent jurisdiction.

 15. Force Majeure
      1. Neither Party shall be responsible for any delay or failure in
         performance which results from causes beyond its reasonable control
         ("Force Majeure Events"), whether or not foreseeable by such Party.
         Such Force Majeure Events include, but are not limited to, adverse
         weather conditions, flood, fire, explosion, earthquake, volcanic
         action, power failure, embargo, boycott, war, revolution, civil
         commotion, acts of public enemies, labor unrest (including, but not
         limited to, strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, picketing or boycotts),
         inability to obtain equipment, parts, software or repairs thereof, acts
         or omissions of the other Party, and acts of God.
      2. If a Force Majeure Event occurs, the non-performing Party shall give
         prompt notification of its inability to perform to the other Party.
         During the period that the non-performing Party is unable to perform,
         the other Party shall also be excused from performance of its
         obligations to the extent such obligations are reciprocal to, or depend
         upon, the performance of the non-performing Party that has been
         prevented by the Force Majeure Event. The non-performing Party shall
         use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove the cause(s) of
         its non-performance and both Parties shall proceed to perform once the
         cause(s) are removed or cease.
      3. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 15.1 and 15.2, in no case
         shall a Force Majeure Event excuse either Party from an obligation to
         pay money as required by this Agreement.
      4. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the non-performing Party to
         settle any labor dispute except as the non-performing Party, in its
         sole discretion, determines appropriate.

 16. Forecasts

     In addition to any other forecasts required by this Agreement, upon request
     by Verizon, Pac-West shall provide to Verizon forecasts regarding the
     Services that Pac-West expects to purchase from Verizon, including, but not
     limited to, forecasts regarding the types and volumes of Services that
     Pac-West expects to purchase and the locations where such Services will be
     purchased.

 17. Fraud

     The Parties shall work cooperatively in a commercially reasonable manner to
     minimize and to investigate fraud associated with third number billed
     calls, calling card calls, and other services related to this Agreement;
     provided that, nothing in this section shall require a party (a) to deploy
     new systems or facilities or (b) to take action with regard to minimizing
     or investigating fraud beyond that which it regularly provides at no charge
     to Telecommunications Carriers who are not parties to this Agreement.

     Verizon shall bear no responsibility for, and shall have no obligation to
     make adjustments to, Pac-West's account in cases of fraud by Pac-West's
     Customers, Pac-West's contractors or employees, or other third parties
     using or accessing Pac-West's network.

 18. Good Faith Performance

     The Parties shall act in good faith in their performance of this Agreement.
     Except as otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement (including, but not
     limited to, where consent, approval, agreement or a similar action is
     stated to be within a Party's sole discretion), where consent, approval,
     mutual agreement or a similar action is required by any provision of this
     Agreement, such action shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
     delayed.

 19. Headings

     The headings used in the Principal Document are inserted for convenience of
     reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the
     meaning of the Principal Document.

 20. Indemnification
      1. Each Party ("Indemnifying Party") shall indemnify, defend and hold
         harmless the other Party ("Indemnified Party"), the Indemnified Party's
         Affiliates, and the directors, officers and employees of the
         Indemnified Party and the Indemnified Party's Affiliates, from and
         against any and all Claims that arise out of bodily injury to or death
         of any person, or damage to, or destruction or loss of, tangible real
         and/or personal property of any person, to the extent such injury,
         death, damage, destruction or loss, was proximately caused by the
         grossly negligent or intentionally wrongful acts or omissions of the
         Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party's Affiliates, or the
         directors, officers, employees, Agents or contractors (excluding the
         Indemnified Party) of the Indemnifying Party or the Indemnifying
         Party's Affiliates, in connection with this Agreement.
         Indemnification Process
         .
          1. As used in this Section 20, "Indemnified Person" means a person
             whom an Indemnifying Party is obligated to indemnify, defend and/or
             hold harmless under Section 20.1.
          2. An Indemnifying Party's obligations under Section 20.1 shall be
             conditioned upon the following:
          3. The Indemnified Person: (a) shall give the Indemnifying Party
             notice of the Claim promptly after becoming aware thereof
             (including a statement of facts known to the Indemnified Person
             related to the Claim and an estimate of the amount thereof); (b)
             prior to taking any material action with respect to a Third Party
             Claim, shall consult with the Indemnifying Party as to the
             procedure to be followed in defending, settling, or compromising
             the Claim; (c) shall not consent to any settlement or compromise of
             a Third Party Claim without the written consent of the Indemnifying
             Party; (d) shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the
             defense of a Third Party Claim (including, except as provided
             below, the compromise or settlement thereof) at the Indemnifying
             Party's own cost and expense, provided, however, that the
             Indemnified Person shall have the right to approve the Indemnifying
             Party's choice of legal counsel.
          4. If the Indemnified Person fails to comply with Section 20.2.3 with
             respect to a Claim, to the extent such failure shall have a
             material adverse effect upon the Indemnifying Party, the
             Indemnifying Party shall be relieved of its obligation to
             indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indemnified Person with
             respect to such Claim under this Agreement.
          5. Subject to 20.2.6 and 20.2.7, below, the Indemnifying Party shall
             have the authority to defend and settle any Third Party Claim.
          6. With respect to any Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Person shall
             be entitled to participate with the Indemnifying Party in the
             defense of the Claim if the Claim requests equitable relief or
             other relief that could affect the rights of the Indemnified
             Person. In so participating, the Indemnified Person shall be
             entitled to employ separate counsel for the defense at the
             Indemnified Person's expense. The Indemnified Person shall also be
             entitled to participate, at its own expense, in the defense of any
             Claim, as to any portion of the Claim as to which it is not
             entitled to be indemnified, defended and held harmless by the
             Indemnifying Party.
          7. In no event shall the Indemnifying Party settle a Third Party Claim
             or consent to any judgment with regard to a Third Party Claim
             without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, which
             shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. In the
             event the settlement or judgment requires a contribution from or
             affects the rights of an Indemnified Person, the Indemnified Person
             shall have the right to refuse such settlement or judgment with
             respect to itself and, at its own cost and expense, take over the
             defense against the Third Party Claim, provided that in such event
             the Indemnifying Party shall not be responsible for, nor shall it
             be obligated to indemnify or hold harmless the Indemnified Person
             against, the Third Party Claim for any amount in excess of such
             refused settlement or judgment.
          8. The Indemnified Person shall, in all cases, assert any and all
             provisions in applicable Tariffs and Customer contracts that limit
             liability to third persons as a bar to, or limitation on, any
             recovery by a third-person claimant.
          9. The Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Person shall offer each
             other all reasonable cooperation and assistance in the defense of
             any Third Party Claim.
     
      2. Each Party agrees that it will not implead or bring any action against
         the other Party, the other Party's Affiliates, or any of the directors,
         officers or employees of the other Party or the other Party's
         Affiliates, based on any claim by any person for personal injury or
         death that occurs in the course or scope of employment of such person
         by the other Party or the other Party's Affiliate and that arises out
         of performance of this Agreement.
      3. Each Party's obligations under this Section 20 shall survive
         expiration, cancellation or termination of this Agreement.

 21. Insurance
      1. Pac-West shall maintain during the term of this Agreement and for a
         period of two years thereafter all insurance and/or bonds required to
         satisfy its obligations under this Agreement (including, but not
         limited to, its obligations set forth in Section 20 hereof) and all
         insurance and/or bonds required by Applicable Law. The insurance and/or
         bonds shall be obtained from an insurer having an A.M. Best insurance
         rating of at least A-, financial size category VII or greater. At a
         minimum and without limiting the foregoing undertaking, Pac-West shall
         maintain the following insurance:
          1. Commercial General Liability Insurance, on an occurrence basis,
             including but not limited to, premises-operations, broad form
             property damage, products/completed operations, contractual
             liability, independent contractors, and personal injury, with
             limits of at least $2,000,000 combined single limit for each
             occurrence.
          2. Commercial Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance covering all owned,
             hired and non-owned vehicles, with limits of at least $2,000,000
             combined single limit for each occurrence.
          3. Excess Liability Insurance, in the umbrella form, with limits of at
             least $10,000,000 combined single limit for each occurrence.
          4. Worker's Compensation Insurance as required by Applicable Law and
             Employer's Liability Insurance with limits of not less than
             $2,000,000 per occurrence.
          5. All risk property insurance on a full replacement cost basis for
             all of Pac-West's real and personal property located at any
             Collocation site or otherwise located on or in any Verizon premises
             (whether owned, leased or otherwise occupied by Verizon), facility,
             equipment or right-of-way.
     
      2. Any deductibles, self-insured retention or loss limits ("Retentions")
         for the foregoing insurance must be disclosed on the certificates of
         insurance to be provided to Verizon pursuant to Sections 21.4 and 21.5,
         and Verizon reserves the right to reject any such Retentions in its
         reasonable discretion. All Retentions shall be the responsibility of
         Pac-West.
      3. Pac-West shall name Verizon and Verizon's Affiliates as additional
         insureds on the foregoing liability insurance.
      4. Pac-West shall, within two (2) weeks of the Effective Date hereof at
         the time of each renewal of, or material change in, Pac-West 's
         insurance policies, and at such other times as Verizon may reasonably
         specify, furnish certificates or other proof of the foregoing insurance
         reasonably acceptable to Verizon. The certificates or other proof of
         the foregoing insurance shall be sent to: Director - Contract
         Performance & Administration, Verizon Wholesale Markets, 600 Hidden
         Ridge, HQEWMNOTICES, Irving. TX 75038.
      5. Pac-West shall require its contractors, if any, that may enter upon the
         premises or access the facilities or equipment of Verizon or Verizon's
         affiliates to maintain insurance in accordance with Sections 21.1
         through 21.3 and, if requested, to furnish Verizon certificates or
         other adequate proof of such insurance acceptable to Verizon in
         accordance with Section 21.4
      6. If Pac-West or Pac-West's contractors fail to maintain insurance as
         required in Sections 21.1 through 21.5, above, Verizon may (but shall
         not be obligated to) purchase such insurance and Pac-West shall
         reimburse Verizon for the cost of the insurance.
      7. Certificates furnished by Pac-West or Pac-West's contractors shall
         contain a clause stating: "Verizon California, Inc. f/k/a GTE
         California Incorporated shall be notified in writing at least thirty
         (30) days prior to cancellation of, or any material change in, the
         insurance."

 22. Intellectual Property
      1. Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not
         be construed as granting a license with respect to any patent,
         copyright, trade name, trademark, service mark, trade secret or any
         other intellectual property, now or hereafter owned, controlled or
         licensable by either Party. Except as expressly stated in this
         Agreement, neither Party may use any patent, copyrightable materials,
         trademark, trade name, trade secret or other intellectual property
         right, of the other Party except in accordance with the terms of a
         separate license agreement between the Parties granting such rights.
      2. Except as stated in Section 22.4, neither Party shall have any
         obligation to defend, indemnify or hold harmless, or acquire any
         license or right for the benefit of, or owe any other obligation or
         have any liability to, the other Party or its Affiliates or Customers
         based on or arising from any Third Party Claim alleging or asserting
         that the provision or use of any service, facility, arrangement, or
         software by either Party under this Agreement, or the performance of
         any service or method, either alone or in combination with the other
         Party, constitutes direct, vicarious or contributory infringement or
         inducement to infringe, or misuse or misappropriation of any patent,
         copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any other proprietary or
         intellectual property right of any Party or third person. Each Party,
         however, shall offer to the other reasonable cooperation and assistance
         in the defense of any such claim.
      3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE PARTIES
         AGREE THAT NEITHER PARTY HAS MADE, AND THAT THERE DOES NOT EXIST, ANY
         WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT THE USE BY EACH PARTY OF THE OTHER'S
         SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT GIVE RISE TO A CLAIM
         OF INFRINGEMENT, MISUSE, OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF ANY INTELLECTUAL
         PROPERTY RIGHT.
      4. Pac-West agrees that the Services provided by Verizon hereunder shall
         be subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions contained in any
         applicable agreements (including, but not limited to software or other
         intellectual property license agreements) between Verizon and Verizon's
         vendors. Verizon agrees to advise Pac-West, directly or through a third
         party, of any such terms, conditions or restrictions that may limit any
         Pac-West use of a Service provided by Verizon that is otherwise
         permitted by this Agreement. At Pac-West's written request, to the
         extent required by Applicable Law, Verizon will use Verizon's best
         efforts, as commercially practicable, to obtain intellectual property
         rights from Verizon's vendor to allow Pac-West to use the Service in
         the same manner as Verizon that are coextensive with Verizon's
         intellectual property rights, on terms and conditions that are equal in
         quality to the terms and conditions under which Verizon has obtained
         Verizon's intellectual property rights. Pac-West shall reimburse
         Verizon for any costs associated with obtaining such rights to the
         extent that Verizon is permitted to recover such costs under Applicable
         Law.

 23. Joint Work Product

     The Principal Document is the joint work product of the Parties, has been
     negotiated by the Parties, and shall be fairly interpreted in accordance
     with its terms. In the event of any ambiguities, no inferences shall be
     drawn against either Party.

 24. Law Enforcement.
      1. Each Party may cooperate with law enforcement authorities and national
         security authorities to the full extent required or permitted by
         Applicable Law in matters related to Services provided by it under this
         Agreement, including, but not limited to, the production of records,
         the establishment of new lines or the installation of new services on
         an existing line in order to support law enforcement and/or national
         security operations, and, the installation of wiretaps, trap-and-trace
         facilities and equipment, and dialed number recording facilities and
         equipment.
      2. A Party shall not have the obligation to inform the other Party or the
         Customers of the other Party of actions taken in cooperating with law
         enforcement or national security authorities, except to the extent
         required by Applicable Law.
      3. Where a law enforcement or national security request relates to the
         establishment of lines (including, but not limited to, lines
         established to support interception of communications on other lines),
         or the installation of other services, facilities or arrangements, a
         Party may act to prevent the other Party from obtaining access to
         information concerning such lines, services, facilities and
         arrangements, through operations support system interfaces.

 25. Liability
      1. As used in this Section 25, "Service Failure" means a failure to comply
         with a direction to install, restore or terminate Services under this
         Agreement, a failure to provide Services under this Agreement, and
         failures, mistakes, omissions, interruptions, delays, errors, defects
         or the like, occurring in the course of the provision of any Services
         under this Agreement.
      2. Except as otherwise stated in Section 25.5, the liability, if any, of a
         Party, a Party's Affiliates, and the directors, officers and employees
         of a Party and a Party's Affiliates, to the other Party, the other
         Party's Customers, and to any other person, for Claims arising out of a
         Service Failure shall not exceed an amount equal to the pro rata
         applicable monthly charge for the Services that are subject to the
         Service Failure for the period in which such Service Failure occurs.
      3. Except as otherwise stated in Section 25.5, a Party, a Party's
         Affiliates, and the directors, officers and employees of a Party and a
         Party's Affiliates, shall not be liable to the other Party, the other
         Party's Customers, or to any other person, in connection with this
         Agreement (including, but not limited to, in connection with a Service
         Failure or any breach, delay or failure in performance, of this
         Agreement) for special, indirect, incidental, consequential, reliance,
         exemplary, punitive, or like damages, including, but not limited to,
         damages for lost revenues, profits or savings, or other commercial or
         economic loss, even if the person whose liability is excluded by this
         Section has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
      4. The limitations and exclusions of liability stated in Sections 25.1
         through 25.3 shall apply regardless of the form of a claim or action,
         whether statutory, in contract, warranty, strict liability, tort
         (including, but not limited to, negligence of a Party), or otherwise.
      5. Nothing contained in Sections 25.1 through 25.4 shall exclude or limit
         liability:
          1. under Sections 20, Indemnification, or 41, Taxes.
          2. for any obligation to indemnify, defend and/or hold harmless that a
             Party may have under this Agreement.
          3. for damages arising out of or resulting from bodily injury to or
             death of any person, or damage to, or destruction or loss of,
             tangible real and/or personal property of any person, or Toxic or
             Hazardous Substances, to the extent such damages are otherwise
             recoverable under Applicable Law;
          4. for a claim for infringement of any patent, copyright, trade name,
             trade mark, service mark, or other intellectual property interest;
          5. under Section 258 of the Act or any order of FCC or the Commission
             implementing Section 258; or
          6. under the financial incentive or remedy provisions of any service
             quality plan required by the FCC or the Commission.
          7. In addition, to the extent that Applicable Law (including the law
             of the State of California) provides that an exclusion or
             limitation of liability for intentional or willful misconduct is
             unenforceable, then the Parties agree to be governed by such
             Applicable Law, provided that, the foregoing shall not be construed
             or interpreted as an agreement or consent by either Party to
             liability for the types of damages described in Section 25.3.
     
      6. In the event that the liability of a Party, a Party's Affiliate, or a
         director, officer or employee of a Party or a Party's Affiliate, is
         limited and/or excluded under both this Section 25 and a provision of
         an applicable Tariff, the liability of the Party or other person shall
         be limited to the smaller of the amounts for which such Party or other
         person would be liable under this Section or the Tariff provision.
      7. Each Party shall, in its tariffs and other contracts with its
         Customers, provide that in no case shall the other Party, the other
         Party's Affiliates, or the directors, officers or employees of the
         other Party or the other Party's Affiliates, be liable to such
         Customers or other third-persons for any special, indirect, incidental,
         consequential, reliance, exemplary, punitive or other damages, arising
         out of a Service Failure.

 26. Network Management
         Cooperation
         . The Parties will work cooperatively in a commercially reasonable
         manner to install and maintain a reliable network. Pac-West and Verizon
         will exchange appropriate information (
         e.g.
         , network information, maintenance contact numbers, escalation
         procedures, and information required to comply with requirements of law
         enforcement and national security agencies) to achieve this desired
         reliability. In addition, the Parties will work cooperatively in a
         commercially reasonable manner to apply sound network management
         principles to alleviate or to prevent traffic congestion and subject to
         Section 17, to minimize fraud associated with third number billed
         calls, calling card calls, and other services related to this
         Agreement.
         Responsibility for Following Standards
         . Each Party recognizes a responsibility to follow the standards that
         may be agreed to between the Parties and to employ characteristics and
         methods of operation that will not interfere with or impair the
         service, network or facilities of the other Party or any third parties
         connected with or involved directly in the network or facilities of the
         other.
         Interference or Impairment.
         If a Party ("Impaired Party") reasonably determines that the services,
         network, facilities, or methods of operation, of the other Party
         ("Interfering Party") will or are likely to interfere with or impair
         the Impaired Party's provision of services or the operation of the
         Impaired Party's network or facilities, the Impaired Party may
         interrupt or suspend any Service provided to the Interfering Party to
         the extent necessary to prevent such interference or impairment,
         subject to the following:
          1. Except in emergency situations (e.g., situations involving a risk
             of bodily injury to persons or damage to tangible property, or an
             interruption in Customer service) or as otherwise provided in this
             Agreement, the Impaired Party shall have given the Interfering
             Party at least ten (10) days' prior written notice of the
             interference or impairment or potential interference or impairment
             and the need to correct the condition within said time period; and,
          2. Upon correction of the interference or impairment, the Impaired
             Party will promptly restore the interrupted or suspended Service.
             The Impaired Party shall not be obligated to provide an
             out-of-service credit allowance or other compensation to the
             Interfering Party in connection with the suspended Service.
     
      1. Outage Repair Standard. In the event of an outage or trouble in any
         Service being provided by a Party hereunder, the Providing Party will
         follow Verizon's standard procedures for isolating and clearing the
         outage or trouble.

 27. Non-Exclusive Remedies

     Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each of the
     remedies provided under this Agreement is cumulative and is in addition to
     any other remedies that may be available under this Agreement or at law or
     in equity.

 28. Notice of Network Changes

     If a Party makes a change in the information necessary for the transmission
     and routing of services using that Party's facilities or network, or any
     other change in its facilities or network that will materially affect the
     interoperability of its facilities or network with the other Party's
     facilities or network, the Party making the change shall publish notice of
     the change at least ninety (90) days in advance of such change, and shall
     use reasonable efforts, as commercially practicable, to publish such notice
     at least one hundred eighty (180) days in advance of the change; provided,
     however, that if an earlier publication of notice of a change is required
     by Applicable Law (including, but not limited to, 47 CFR 51.325 through 51.
     335) notice shall be given at the time required by Applicable Law.

 29. Notices
      1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, notices given by one
         Party to the other Party under this Agreement:
          1. shall be in writing;
          2. shall be delivered (a) personally, (b) by express delivery service
             with next Business Day delivery, (c) by First Class, certified or
             registered U.S. mail, postage prepaid, or (d) by facsimile
             telecopy, with a copy delivered in accordance with (a), (b) or (c),
             preceding; and
          3. shall be delivered to the following addresses of the Parties:

     To Pac-West:

     John F. Sumpter
     Vice President-Regulatory
     Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
     1776 W. March Lane, Suite 250
     Stockton, CA 95207
     Telephone Number: (209) 926-3136
     Facsimile Number: (209) 926-4585
     Internet Address: jsumpter@pacwest.com

     With a Copy to:

     Theresa L. Cabral, Attorney At Law
     MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
     101 Ygnacio Valley Road, Suite 450
     Walnut Creek, CA 94596
     Telephone Number: (925) 295-3370
     Facsimile Number: (925) 946-9912
     Internet Address: tcabral@mofo.com

     To Verizon:

     Director-Contract Performance & Administration

     Verizon Wholesale Markets

     600 Hidden Ridge

     HQEWMNOTICES

     Irving, TX 75038

     Telephone Number: 972-718-5988

     Facsimile Number: 972-719-1519

     Internet Address: wmnotices@verizon.com

     with a copy to:

     Vice President and Associate General Counsel

     Verizon Wholesale Markets

     1515 North Court House Road

     Suite 500

     Arlington, VA 22201

     Facsimile: 703-351-3664

     or to such other address as either Party shall designate by proper notice.

     Notices will be deemed given as of the earlier of (a) where there is
     personal delivery of the notice, the date of actual receipt, (b) where the
     notice is sent via express delivery service for next Business Day delivery,
     the next Business Day after the notice is sent, (c) where the notice is
     sent via First Class U.S. Mail, three (3) Business Days after mailing, (d)
     where notice is sent via certified or registered U.S. mail, the date of
     receipt shown on the Postal Service receipt, and (e) where the notice is
     sent via facsimile telecopy, if the notice is sent on a Business Day and
     before 5 PM. in the time zone where it is received, on the date set forth
     on the facsimile telecopy confirmation, or if the notice is sent on a
     non-Business Day or if the notice is sent after 5 PM in the time zone where
     it is received, the next Business Day after the date set forth on the
     facsimile telecopy confirmation .

 30. Ordering and Maintenance

     Pac-West shall use Verizon's electronic Operations Support System access
     platforms to submit Orders and requests for maintenance and repair of
     Services, and to engage in other pre-ordering, ordering, provisioning,
     maintenance and repair transactions. If Verizon has not yet deployed an
     electronic capability for Pac-West to perform a pre-ordering, ordering,
     provisioning, maintenance or repair, transaction offered by Verizon,
     Pac-West shall use such other processes as Verizon has made available for
     performing such transaction (including, but not limited, to submission of
     Orders by telephonic facsimile transmission and placing trouble reports by
     voice telephone transmission).

 31. Performance Standards
      1. Verizon shall provide Services under this Agreement in accordance with
         the performance standards required by Applicable Law, including, but
         not limited to, Section 251(c) of the Act.
      2. To the extent required by Appendix D, Section V, "Carrier-to-Carrier
         Performance Plan (Including Performance Measurements)," and Appendix D,
         Attachment A, "Carrier-to-Carrier Performance Assurance Plan," of the
         Merger Order, Verizon shall provide performance measurement results to
         Pac-West.
      3. Pac-West shall provide Services under this Agreement in accordance with
         the performance standards required by Applicable Law.

 32. Point of Contact for Pac-West Customers
      1. Pac-West shall establish telephone numbers and mailing addresses at
         which Pac-West Customers may communicate with Pac-West and shall advise
         Pac-West Customers of these telephone numbers and mailing addresses.
      2. Except as otherwise agreed to by Verizon, Verizon shall have no
         obligation, and may decline, to accept a communication from a Pac-West
         customer, including, but not limited to, a Pac-West Customer request
         for repair or maintenance of a Verizon Service provided to Pac-West.
      3. Pac-West and Verizon will employ the following procedures for handling
         misdirected repair calls:
          1. Pac-West and Verizon will educate their respective Customers as to
             the correct telephone numbers to call in order to access their
             respective repair bureaus.
          2. To the extent Party A is identifiable as the correct provider of
             service to Customers that make misdirected repair calls to Party B,
             Party B will immediately refer the Customers to the telephone
             number provided by party A, or to an information source that can
             provide the telephone number of Party A, in a courteous manner and
             at no charge. In responding to misdirected repair calls, neither
             Party shall make disparaging remarks about the other Party, its
             services, rates or service quality.
          3. Pac-West and Verizon will provide their respective repair contact
             numbers to one another on a reciprocal basis.

 33. Predecessor Agreements
      1. Except as stated in Section 33.2 or as otherwise agreed in writing by
         the Parties:
          1. any prior interconnection or resale agreement between the Parties
             for the State of California pursuant to Section 252 of the Act and
             in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date is hereby
             terminated; and
          2. any Services that were purchased by one Party from the other Party
             under a prior interconnection or resale agreement between the
             Parties for the State of California pursuant to Section 252 of the
             Act and in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date, shall as
             of the Effective Date be subject to and purchased under this
             Agreement.
     
      2. Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, if a Service
         purchased by a Party under a prior interconnection or resale agreement
         between the Parties pursuant to Section 252 of the Act was subject to a
         contractual commitment that it would be purchased for a period of
         longer than one month, and such period had not yet expired as of the
         Effective Date and the Service had not been terminated prior to the
         Effective Date, to the extent not inconsistent with this Agreement,
         such commitment shall remain in effect and the Service will be
         purchased under this Agreement; provided, that if this Agreement would
         materially alter the terms of the commitment, either Party make elect
         to cancel the commitment.
      3. If either Party elects to cancel the commitment pursuant to the proviso
         in Section 33.2, the Purchasing Party shall not be liable for any
         termination charge that would otherwise have applied. However, if the
         commitment was cancelled by the Purchasing Party, the Providing Party
         shall be entitled to payment from the Purchasing Party of the
         difference between the price of the Service that was actually paid by
         the Purchasing Party under the commitment and the price of the Service
         that would have applied if the commitment had been to purchase the
         Service only until the time that the commitment was cancelled.

 34. Publicity and Use of Trademarks or Service Marks
      1. A Party, its Affiliates, and their respective contractors and Agents,
         shall not use the other Party's trademarks, service marks, logos or
         other proprietary trade dress, in connection with the sale of products
         or services, or in any advertising, press releases, publicity matters
         or other promotional materials, unless the other Party has given its
         written consent for such use, which consent the other Party may grant
         or withhold in its sole discretion.
      2. Neither Party may imply any direct or indirect affiliation with or
         sponsorship or endorsement of it or its services or products by the
         other Party.
      3. Any violation of this Section 34 shall be considered a material breach
         of this Agreement.

 35. References
      1. All references to Sections, Appendices and Exhibits shall be deemed to
         be references to Sections, Appendices and Exhibits of this Agreement
         unless the context shall otherwise require.
      2. Unless the context shall otherwise require, any reference to a Tariff,
         agreement, technical or other document (including Verizon or third
         party guides, practices or handbooks), or provision of Applicable Law,
         is to such Tariff, agreement, document, or provision of Applicable Law,
         as amended and supplemented from time to time (and, in the case of a
         Tariff or provision of Applicable Law, to any successor Tariff or
         provision).

 36. Relationship of the Parties
      1. The relationship of the Parties under this Agreement shall be that of
         independent contractors and nothing herein shall be construed as
         creating any other relationship between the Parties.
      2. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall make either Party the
         employee of the other, create a partnership, joint venture, or other
         similar relationship between the Parties, or grant to either Party a
         franchise, distributorship or similar interest.
      3. Except for provisions herein expressly authorizing a Party to act for
         another Party, nothing in this Agreement shall constitute a Party as a
         legal representative or Agent of the other Party, nor shall a Party
         have the right or authority to assume, create or incur any liability or
         any obligation of any kind, express or implied, against, in the name or
         on behalf of the other Party unless otherwise expressly permitted by
         such other Party in writing, which permission may be granted or
         withheld by the other Party in its sole discretion.
      4. Each Party shall have sole authority and responsibility to hire, fire,
         compensate, supervise, and otherwise control its employees, Agents and
         contractors. Each Party shall be solely responsible for payment of any
         Social Security or other taxes that it is required by Applicable Law to
         pay in conjunction with its employees, Agents and contractors, and for
         withholding and remitting to the applicable taxing authorities any
         taxes that it is required by Applicable Law to collect from its
         employees.
      5. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no Party
         undertakes to perform any obligation of the other Party, whether
         regulatory or contractual, or to assume any responsibility for the
         management of the other Party's business.
      6. The relationship of the Parties under this Agreement is a non-exclusive
         relationship.

 37. Reservation of Rights
      1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither
         Party waives, and each Party hereby expressly reserves, its rights: (a)
         to appeal or otherwise seek the reversal of and changes in any
         arbitration decision associated with this Agreement;(b) to seek changes
         in this Agreement (including, but not limited to, changes in rates,
         charges and the Services that must be offered) through changes in
         Applicable Law; and, (c) to challenge the lawfulness and propriety of,
         and to seek to change, any Applicable Law, including, but not limited
         to any rule, regulation, order or decision of the Commission, the FCC,
         or a court of applicable jurisdiction. Nothing in this Agreement shall
         be deemed to limit or prejudice any position a Party has taken or may
         take before the Commission, the FCC, any other state or federal
         regulatory or legislative bodies, courts of applicable jurisdiction, or
         industry fora. The provisions of this Section shall survive the
         expiration, cancellation or termination of this Agreement.
      2. Pac-West acknowledges Pac-West has been advised by Verizon that it is
         Verizon's position that:
          1. This Agreement contains certain provisions which are intended to
             reflect Applicable Law and Commission and/or FCC arbitration
             decisions; and
          2. For the purposes of Appendix D, Sections 31 and 32, of the Merger
             Order, such provisions shall not be deemed to have been voluntarily
             negotiated or agreed to by Verizon and shall not be available to
             carriers pursuant to Appendix D, Sections 31 and 32 of the Merger
             Order.

 38. Subcontractors

     A Party may use a contractor of the Party (including, but not limited to,
     an Affiliate of the Party) to perform the Party's obligations under this
     Agreement; provided, that a Party's use of a contractor shall not release
     the Party from any duty or liability to fulfill the Party's obligations
     under this Agreement.

 39. Successors and Assigns

     This Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the Parties
     and their respective legal successors and permitted assigns.

 40. Survival

     The rights, liabilities and obligations of a Party for acts or omissions
     occurring prior to the expiration, cancellation or termination of this
     Agreement, the rights, liabilities and obligations of a Party under any
     provision of this Agreement regarding confidential information (including
     but not limited to, Section 10, indemnification or defense (including, but
     not limited to, Section 20, or limitation or exclusion of liability
     (including, but not limited to, Section 25, and the rights, liabilities and
     obligations of a Party under any provision of this Agreement which by its
     terms or nature is intended to continue beyond or to be performed after the
     expiration, cancellation or termination of this Agreement, shall survive
     the expiration, cancellation or termination of this Agreement.

 41. Taxes
      1. In General. With respect to any purchase hereunder of Services, if any
         federal, state or local tax, fee, surcharge or other tax-like charge (a
         "Tax") is required or permitted by Applicable Law or a Tariff to be
         collected from the Purchasing Party by the Providing Party, then (a)
         the Providing Party shall properly bill the Purchasing Party for such
         Tax, (b) the Purchasing Party shall timely remit such Tax to the
         Providing Party and (c) the Providing Party shall timely remit such
         collected Tax to the applicable taxing authority.
      2. Taxes Imposed on the Providing Party. With respect to any purchase
         hereunder of Services, if any federal, state or local Tax is imposed by
         Applicable Law on the receipts of the Providing Party, and such
         Applicable Law permits the Providing Party to exclude certain receipts
         received from sales for resale to a public utility, distributor,
         telephone company, local exchange carrier, telecommunications company
         or other communications company ("Telecommunications Company"), such
         exclusion being based solely on the fact that the Purchasing Party is
         also subject to a tax based upon receipts ("Receipts Tax"), then the
         Purchasing Party (a) shall provide the Providing Party with notice in
         writing in accordance with Section 41.6 of this Agreement of its intent
         to pay the Receipts Tax and (b) shall timely pay the Receipts Tax to
         the applicable tax authority.
      3. Taxes Imposed on Customers. With respect to any purchase hereunder of
         Services that are resold to a third party, if any federal, state or
         local Tax is imposed by Applicable Law on the subscriber, end-user,
         Customer or ultimate consumer ("Subscriber") in connection with any
         such purchase, which a Telecommunications Company is required to impose
         and/or collect from a Subscriber, then the Purchasing Party (a) shall
         be required to impose and/or collect such Tax from the Subscriber and
         (b) shall timely remit such Tax to the applicable taxing authority.
         Liability for Uncollected Tax, Interest and Penalty
         . If the Providing Party has not received an exemption certificate from
         the Purchasing Party and the Providing Party fails to bill the
         Purchasing Party for any Tax as required by Section 41.1, then, as
         between the Providing Party and the Purchasing Party, (a) the
         Purchasing Party shall remain liable for such unbilled Tax and (b) the
         Providing Party shall be liable for any interest assessed thereon and
         any penalty assessed with respect to such unbilled Tax by such
         authority. If the Providing Party properly bills the Purchasing Party
         for any Tax but the Purchasing Party fails to remit such Tax to the
         Providing Party as required by Section 41.1, then, as between the
         Providing Party and the Purchasing Party, the Purchasing Party shall be
         liable for such uncollected Tax and any interest assessed thereon, as
         well as any penalty assessed with respect to such uncollected Tax by
         the applicable taxing authority. If the Providing Party does not
         collect any Tax as required by Section 41.1 because the Purchasing
         Party has provided such Providing Party with an exemption certificate
         that is later found to be inadequate by a taxing authority, then, as
         between the Providing Party and the Purchasing Party, the Purchasing
         Party shall be liable for such uncollected Tax and any interest
         assessed thereon, as well as any penalty assessed with respect to such
         uncollected Tax by the applicable taxing authority. If the Purchasing
         Party fails to pay the Receipts Tax as required by Section 41.2, then,
         as between the Providing Party and the Purchasing Party, (x) the
         Providing Party shall be liable for any Tax imposed on its receipts and
         (y) the Purchasing Party shall be liable for any interest assessed
         thereon and any penalty assessed upon the Providing Party with respect
         to such Tax by such authority. If the Purchasing Party fails to impose
         and/or collect any Tax from Subscribers as required by Section 41.3,
         then, as between the Providing Party and the Purchasing Party, the
         Purchasing Party shall remain liable for such uncollected Tax and any
         interest assessed thereon, as well as any penalty assessed with respect
         to such uncollected Tax by the applicable taxing authority. With
         respect to any Tax that the Purchasing Party has agreed to pay, or is
         required to impose on and/or collect from Subscribers, the Purchasing
         Party agrees to indemnify and hold the Providing Party harmless on an
         after-tax basis for any costs incurred by the Providing Party as a
         result of actions taken by the applicable taxing authority to recover
         the Tax from the Providing Party due to the failure of the Purchasing
         Party to timely pay, or collect and timely remit, such Tax to such
         authority. In the event either Party is audited by a taxing authority,
         the other Party agrees to cooperate fully with the Party being audited
         in order to respond to any audit inquiries in a proper and timely
         manner so that the audit and/or any resulting controversy may be
         resolved expeditiously.
         Tax Exemptions and Exemption Certificates
         . If Applicable Law clearly exempts a purchase hereunder from a Tax,
         and if such Applicable Law also provides an exemption procedure, such
         as an exemption-certificate requirement, then, if the Purchasing Party
         complies with such procedure, the Providing Party shall not collect
         such Tax during the effective period of such exemption. Such exemption
         shall be effective upon receipt of the exemption certificate or
         affidavit in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 41.6. If
         Applicable Law clearly exempts a purchase hereunder from a Tax, but
         does not also provide an exemption procedure, then the Providing Party
         shall not collect such Tax if the Purchasing Party (a) furnishes the
         Providing Party with a letter signed by an officer requesting such an
         exemption and citing the provision in the Applicable Law which clearly
         allows such exemption and (b) supplies the Providing Party with an
         indemnification agreement, reasonably acceptable to the Providing Party
         (e.g., an agreement commonly used in the industry), which holds the
         Providing Party harmless on an after-tax basis with respect to its
         forbearing to collect such Tax.
      4. All notices, affidavits, exemption-certificates or other communications
         required or permitted to be given by either Party to the other, for
         purposes of this Section 41, shall be made in writing and shall be
         delivered in person or sent by certified mail, return receipt
         requested, or registered mail, or a courier service providing proof of
         service, and sent to the addressees set forth in Section 29 as well as
         to the following:

     To Verizon:

     Tax Administration

     Verizon Communications

     1095 Avenue of the Americas

     Room 3109

     New York, NY 10036

     To Pac-West:

     Kristen Kimball, Controller

     Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.

     1776 W. March Lane, Suite 250

     Stockton, CA 95207

      

     Either Party may from time to time designate another address or other
     addressees by giving notice in accordance with the terms of this Section.
     Any notice or other communication shall be deemed to be given when
     received.

 42. Technology Upgrades

     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, either Party shall
     have the right to deploy, upgrade, migrate and maintain its network at its
     discretion. Pac-West acknowledges that Verizon, at its election, may deploy
     fiber throughout its network. In the event Verizon's fiber deployment
     inhibits Pac-West's ability to provide service using certain technologies,
     nothing in this agreement shall limit Pac-West's right to pursue relief
     from an appropriate regulatory agency. Nothing in this Agreement shall
     limit either Party's ability to modify its network through the
     incorporation of new equipment or software or otherwise. Pac-West shall be
     solely responsible for the cost and activities associated with
     accommodating such changes in its own network.

 43. Territory
      1. This Agreement applies to the territory in which Verizon operates as an
         Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier in the State of California. Verizon
         shall be obligated to provide Services under this Agreement only within
         this territory.
      2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Verizon may
         terminate this Agreement as to a specific operating territory or
         portion thereof if Verizon sells or otherwise transfers its operations
         in such territory or portion thereof to a third-person. Verizon shall
         provide Pac-West with at least 90 calendar days prior written notice of
         such termination, which shall be effective upon the date specified in
         the notice.

 44. Third Party Beneficiaries

     Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, this Agreement is for the
     sole benefit of the Parties and their permitted assigns, and nothing herein
     shall create or be construed to provide any third-persons (including, but
     not limited to, Customers or contractors of a Party) with any rights
     (including, but not limited to, any third-party beneficiary rights)
     hereunder. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, a Party shall
     have no liability under this Agreement to the Customers of the other Party
     or to any other third person.

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 46. 252(i) Obligations
      1. To the extent required by Applicable Law, each Party shall comply with
         Section 252(i) of the Act and Appendix D, Sections 30 through 32, of
         the Merger Order ("Merger Order MFN Provisions").
      2. Subject to 46.3, to the extent that the exercise by Pac-West of any
         rights it may have under Section 252(i) or the Merger Order MFN
         Provisions results in the rearrangement of Services by Verizon,
         Pac-West shall be solely liable for all reasonable costs reasonably
         associated with such rearrangement, as well as for any termination
         charges associated with the termination of existing Verizon Services.
      3. Upon written request of Pac-West, accompanied by a statement of the
         Verizon Services that Pac-West expects to add, modify or terminate in
         conjunction with Pac-West's exercise of its rights under Section 252(i)
         or the Merger Order MFN Provisions, to the extent commercially
         practicable, Verizon will provide to Pac-West an estimate of the
         rearrangement costs that Verizon expects to incur. Pac-West shall
         reasonably cooperate with Verizon in identifying such costs. If
         Pac-West makes such a request and Verizon fails to notify Pac-West of
         the rearrangement costs that Verizon is obligated by this Section 46 to
         disclose to Pac-West pursuant to such request, Pac-West shall not be
         responsible for the rearrangement costs that Verizon failed to disclose
         to Pac-West. Verizon shall not charge Pac-West for any rearrangement
         costs that are not actually incurred by Verizon.

     In addition to Pac-West's responsibility for rearrangement costs as stated
     above, Pac-West shall pay any termination charges set forth in the tariff,
     or as mutually agreed to in writing between the Parties, associated with
     Pac-West's termination of Verizon Services in conjunction with Pac-West's
     exercise of Pac-West's rights under Section 252(i) or the Merger Order MFN
     Provisions. Upon written request by Pac-West, accompanied by a statement of
     the Verizon Services that Pac-West expects to terminate in conjunction with
     Pac-West's exercise of its rights under Section 252(i) or the Merger Order
     MFN Provisions, to the extent commercially practicable, Verizon will
     provide to Pac-West an estimate of the termination charges for Verizon
     Services that Verizon expects to bill to Pac-West. Pac-West shall
     reasonably cooperate with Verizon in identifying such charges. If Pac-West
     makes such a request and Verizon fails to notify Pac-West of termination
     charges for Verizon Services that Verizon is obligated by this Section 46
     to disclose to Pac-West pursuant to such request, Pac-West shall not be
     responsible for the termination charges for Verizon Services that Verizon
     failed to disclose. Verizon shall not charge Pac-West pursuant to this
     Section 46 for any termination charges for Verizon Services that are not
     due to Verizon pursuant to this Agreement.

 47. Use of Service

     Each Party shall make commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that its
     Customers comply with the provisions of this Agreement (including, but not
     limited to the provisions of applicable Tariffs) applicable to the use of
     Services purchased by it under this Agreement.

 48. Waiver

     A failure or delay of either Party to enforce any of the provisions of this
     Agreement, or any right or remedy available under this Agreement or at law
     or in equity, or to require performance of any of the provisions of this
     Agreement, or to exercise any option which is provided under this
     Agreement, shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such provisions,
     rights, remedies or options.

 49. Warranties

     EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES OR
     RECEIVES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES
     PROVIDED, OR TO BE PROVIDED, UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE PARTIES DISCLAIM
     ANY OTHER WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF
     MERCHANTABILITY, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WARRANTIES
     AGAINST INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES ARISING BY TRADE CUSTOM, TRADE USAGE,
     COURSE OF DEALING OR PERFORMANCE, OR OTHERWISE.

 50. Withdrawal of Services
      1. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, except as
         otherwise required by Applicable Law, Verizon may request that Pac-West
         agree to amend this Agreement in order for Verizon to terminate its
         offering and/or provision of any Service under this Agreement. If the
         Parties are unable to mutually agree to amend the Agreement, either
         Party may pursue resolution under the dispute resolution provisions of
         Section 14 above.

 

SIGNATURE PAGE

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
as of the Effective Date.

Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.

Verizon California Inc.

       

By: /s/ John F. Sumpter

By: /s/ Jeffrey A. Masoner

   

Printed: John F. Sumpter

Printed: Jeffrey A. Masoner

   

Title: VP- Regulatory Affairs

Title: VP-Interconnection Services

Date: May 28, 2003

Date: May 28, 2003

 

 

GLOSSARY

 1. General Rule
     1. 

The provisions of Sections 1.2 through 1.4 and Section 2 apply with regard to
the Principal Document. Terms used in a Tariff shall have the meanings stated in
the Tariff. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, when a term listed
in this Glossary is used in the Principal Document, the term shall have the
meaning stated in this Glossary. A defined term intended to convey the meaning
stated in this Glossary is capitalized when used. Other terms that are
capitalized, and not defined in this Glossary or elsewhere in the Principal
Document, shall have the meaning stated in the Act. Additional definitions that
are specific to the matters covered in a particular provision of the Principal
Document may appear in that provision. To the extent that there may be any
conflict between a definition set forth in this Glossary and any definition in a
specific provision, the definition set forth in the specific provision shall
control with respect to that provision. Unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise, any term defined in this Glossary which is defined or used in the
singular shall include the plural, and any term defined in this Glossary which
is defined or used in the plural shall include the singular. The words "shall"
and "will" are used interchangeably throughout the Principal Document and the
use of either indicates a mandatory requirement. The use of one or the other
shall not confer a different degree of right or obligation for either Party.
Definitions
Act
.

The Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. §151 et seq.), as from time to time
amended (including, but not limited to, by the Telecommunications Act of 1996).

ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line)
.

A transmission technology on twisted pair copper Loop plant, which transmits an
asymmetrical digital signal of up to 8 Mbps toward the Customer and up to 1 Mbps
from the Customer, as specified in ANSI standards T1.413-1998 and Bell Atlantic
Technical Reference TR-72575.

Affiliate
.

Shall have the meaning set forth in the Act.

Agent
.

An agent or servant.

Agreement
.

This Agreement, as defined in Section 1 of the General Terms and Conditions.

Ancillary Traffic
.

All traffic that is destined for ancillary services, or that may have special
billing requirements, including but not limited to the following: Directory
Assistance, 911/E911, Operator Services (IntraLATA call completion), IntraLATA
third party, collect and calling card, 800/888 database query, LIDB, and Voice
Information Services Traffic as described in Section 5 of the Additional
Services Attachment.

ANI (Automatic Number Identification)
.

The signaling parameter that refers to the number transmitted through the
network identifying the billing number of the calling party.

Applicable Law
.

All effective laws, government regulations and government orders, applicable to
each Party's performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

ASR (Access Service Request)
.

An industry standard form, which contains data elements and usage rules used by
the Parties to add, establish, change or disconnect services or trunks for the
purposes of interconnection.

BFR (Bona Fide Request)
.

The process described in the Network Element Attachment that prescribes the
terms and conditions relating to a Party's request that the other Party provide
a UNE that it is not otherwise required to provide under the terms of this
Agreement.

Business Day
.

Monday through Friday, except for holidays.

Calendar Quarter
.

January through March, April through June, July through September, or October
through December.

Calendar Year
.

January through December.

CCS (Common Channel Signaling)
.

A method of transmitting call set-up and network control data over a digital
signaling network separate from the public switched telephone network facilities
that carry the actual voice or data content of the call.

Central Office
.

A local switching system for connecting lines to lines, lines to trunks, or
trunks to trunks for the purpose of originating/terminating calls over the
public switched telephone network. A single Central Office may handle several
Central Office codes ("NXX"). Sometimes this term is used to refer to a
telephone company building in which switching systems and telephone equipment
are installed.

Central Office Switch
.

A switch used to provide Telecommunications Services, including, but not limited
to, an End Office Switch or a Tandem Switch. A Central Office Switch may also be
employed as a combination End Office/Tandem Office Switch.

Claims
.

Any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, settlements, judgments, fines,
penalties, liabilities, injuries, damages, losses, costs (including, but not
limited to, court costs), and expenses (including, but not limited to,
reasonable attorney's fees).

CLASS Features

Custom Local Area Signaling Services (CLASS) are based on the availability of
channel interoffice signaling. CLASS Features consist of number-translation
services, such as call-forwarding and caller identification.

CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier)
.

Any Local Exchange Carrier other than Verizon that is operating as a Local
Exchange Carrier in the territory in which Verizon operates as an ILEC in the
State of California.

CLLI Codes
.

Common Language Location Identifier Codes.

CMDS (Centralized Message Distribution System)
.

The billing record and clearing house transport system that LECs use to exchange
out collects and in collects as well as Carrier Access Billing System (CABS)
records.

Commission
.

California Public Utilities Commission.

CPN (Calling Party Number)
.

A CCS parameter that identifies the calling party's telephone number.

CPNI (Customer Proprietary Network Information
).

Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 222 of the Act, 47 U.S.C. § 222.

Cross Connection
.

For a Collocation arrangement, the facilities between the collocating Party's
equipment and the equipment or facilities of the housing Party (such as the
housing Party's digital signal cross connect, Main Distribution Frame, or other
suitable frame or panel).

Customer
.

A third party residence or business end-user subscriber to Telephone Exchange
Services provided by either of the Parties.

Digital Signal Level
.

One of several transmission rates in the time-division multiplex hierarchy.

DS0 (Digital Signal Level 0)
.

The 64 kbps zero-level signal in the time-division multiplex hierarchy.

DS1 (Digital Signal Level 1)
.

The 1.544 Mbps first-level signal in the time-division multiplex hierarchy.

DS3 (Digital Signal Level 3)
.

The 44.736 Mbps third-level signal in the time-division multiplex hierarchy.

EMI (Exchange Message Interface)
.

Standard used for the interexchange of telecommunications message information
between local exchange carriers and interexchange carriers for billable,
non-billable, sample, settlement and study data. Data is provided between
companies via a unique record layout that contains Customer billing information,
account summary and tracking analysis. EMI format is contained in document
SR-320 published by the Alliance for Telcom Industry Solutions.

End Office Switch or End Office
.

A switching entity that is used to terminate Customer station Loops for the
purpose of interconnection to each other and to trunks.

Entrance Facility
.

The facilities between a Party's designated premises and the Central Office
serving that designated premises.

Exchange Access
.

Shall have the meaning set forth in the Act.

Extended Local Calling Scope Arrangement
.

An arrangement that provides a Customer a local calling scope (Extended Area
Service, "EAS"), outside of the Customer's basic exchange serving area. Extended
Local Calling Scope Arrangements may be either optional or non-optional.
"Optional Extended Local Calling Scope Arrangement Traffic" is traffic that
under an optional Extended Local Calling Scope Arrangement chosen by the
Customer terminates outside of the Customer's basic exchange serving area.

FCC
.

The Federal Communications Commission.

FCC Internet Order
.

Order on Remand and Report and Order, In the Matter of Implementation of the
Local Competition Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Intercarrier
Compensation for ISP Bound Traffic, FCC 01-131, CC Docket Nos. 96-98 and 99-68,
(adopted April 18, 2001).

FCC Regulations
.

The unstayed, effective regulations promulgated by the FCC, as amended from time
to time.

Fiber Meet

An Interconnection arrangement whereby the Parties physically interconnect their
networks via an optical fiber interface (as opposed to an electrical interface).

HDSL (High-Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line)
.

A transmission technology that transmits up to a DS1 level signal, using any one
of the following line codes: 2 Binary/1 Quartenary (2B1Q), Carrierless AM/PM,
Discrete Multitone (DMT), or 3 Binary/1 Octal (3BO).

IDLC (Integrated Digital Loop Carrier)
.

A subscriber Loop carrier system that integrates within the switch at a DS1
level, which is twenty-four (24) Loop transmission paths combined into a 1.544
Mbps digital signal.

ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier)
.

Shall have the meaning stated in the Act.

Information Access.

Shall be defined as set forth at paragraph 44 of the FCC Internet Order.

Inside Wire or Inside Wiring
.

All wire, cable, terminals, hardware, and other equipment or materials, on the
Customer's side of the Rate Demarcation Point.

InterLATA Service
.

Shall have the meaning set forth in the Act.

IntraLATA
.

Telecommunications that originate and terminate within the same LATA.

ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)
.

A switched network service providing end-to-end digital connectivity for the
simultaneous transmission of voice and data. Basic Rate Interface-ISDN
(BRI-ISDN) provides for digital transmission of two (2) 64 kbps bearer channels
and one (1) 16 kbps data and signaling channel (2B+D). Primary Rate
Interface-ISDN (PRI-ISDN) provides for digital transmission of twenty-three (23)
64 kbps bearer channels and one (1) 64 kbps data and signaling channel (23B+D).

ISP-Bound Traffic
.

ISP-Bound Traffic shall have the meaning set forth in the FCC Internet Order.

IXC (Interexchange Carrier)
.

A Telecommunications Carrier that provides, directly or indirectly, InterLATA or
IntraLATA Telephone Toll Services.

LATA (Local Access and Transport Area)
.

Shall have the meaning set forth in the Act.

LEC (Local Exchange Carrier)
.

Shall have the meaning set forth in the Act.

LERG (Local Exchange Routing Guide)
.

A Telcordia Technologies reference containing NPA/NXX routing and homing
information.

LIDB (Line Information Data Base)
.

Line Information databases which provide, among other things, calling card
validation functionality for telephone line number cards issued by Verizon and
other entities and validation data for collect and third number-billed
calls(e.g., data for billed number screening).

Line Side
.

An End Office Switch connection that provides transmission, switching and
optional features suitable for Customer connection to the public switched
network, including loop start supervision, ground start supervision and
signaling for BRI-ISDN service.

Local Traffic
.

As defined by the Commission. Local Traffic currently includes all 0-12 mile
calls based on the rate centers of the originating and terminating NPA-NXXs of
the callers, irrespective of whether the routing point of an NPA-NXX is
different than the rate center of that NPA-NXX (these include, but are not
limited to, ZUM Zone 1 and ZUM Zone 2 calls) and, where established in incumbent
LEC tariffs, ZUM Zone 3 and Extended Area (EAS) calls. For the purposes of this
definition, a Verizon local calling area includes a Verizon non-optional
Extended Local Calling Scope Arrangement, but does not include a Verizon
optional Local Calling Scope Arrangement.

Loop
.

A transmission path that extends from a Main Distribution Frame, DSX-panel, or
functionally comparable piece of equipment in a Customer's serving End Office,
to the Rate Demarcation Point (or NID if installed at the Rate Demarcation
Point) in or at the Customer's premises. The actual transmission facilities used
to provide a Loop may utilize any of several technologies.

LSR (Local Service Request)
.

An industry standard form, which contains data elements and usage rules, used by
the Parties to establish, add, change or disconnect resold Telecommunications
Services and Network Elements.

MDF (Main Distribution Frame)
.

The primary point at which outside plant facilities terminate within a Wire
Center, for interconnection to other Telecommunications facilities within the
Wire Center. The distribution frame used to interconnect cable pairs and line
trunk equipment terminating on a switching system.

MECAB (Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing)
.

A document prepared by the Billing Committee of the Ordering and Billing Forum
(OBF), which functions under the auspices of the Carrier Liaison Committee (CLC)
of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS). The MECAB
document, published by Telcordia Technologies as Special Report SR-BDS-000983,
contains the recommended guidelines for the billing of an Exchange Access
Service provided by two or more LECs, or by one LEC in two or more states,
within a single LATA.

MECOD (Multiple Exchange Carriers Ordering and Design Guidelines for Access
Services - Industry Support Interface)
.

A document developed by the Ordering/Provisioning Committee under the auspices
of the Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF), which functions under the auspices of
the Carrier Liaison Committee (CLC) of the Alliance for Telecommunications
Industry Solutions (ATIS). The MECOD document, published by Telcordia
Technologies as Special Report SR-STS-002643, establishes methods for processing
orders for Exchange Access Service that is to be provided by two or more LECs.

Merger Order
.

The FCC's ORDER "In re Application of GTE Corporation, Transferor, and Bell
Atlantic Corporation, Transferee, For Consent to Transfer of Control of Domestic
and International Section 214 and 310 Authorizations and Application to Transfer
of a Submarine Cable Landing License", Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC CC
Docket No. 98-184, FCC 00-221 (June 16, 2000), as modified from time to time.

NANP (North American Numbering Plan)
.

The system of telephone numbering employed in the United States, Canada,
Bermuda, Puerto Rico and certain Caribbean islands. The NANP format is a
10-digit number that consist of a 3-digit NPA Code (commonly referred to as the
area code), followed by a 3-digit NXX code and 4 digit line number.

Network Element
.

Shall have the meaning stated in the Act.

NID (Network Interface Device)
.

The Verizon provided interface terminating Verizon's Telecommunications network
on the property where the Customer's service is located at a point determined by
Verizon. The NID contains an FCC Part 68 registered jack from which Inside Wire
may be connected to Verizon's network.

NPA (Numbering Plan Area)
.

Also sometimes referred to as an area code, is the first three-digit indicator
of each 10-digit telephone number within the NANP. There are two general
categories of NPA, "Geographic NPAs" and "Non-Geographic NPAs". A Geographic NPA
is associated with a defined geographic area, and all telephone numbers bearing
such NPA are associated with services provided within that geographic area. A
Non-Geographic NPA, also known as a "Service Access Code" or "SAC Code" is
typically associated with a specialized Telecommunications Service that may be
provided across multiple geographic NPA areas. 500, 700, 800, 888 and 900 are
examples of Non-Geographic NPAs.

NXX, NXX Code, Central Office Code or CO Code
.

The three-digit switch entity indicator (i.e. the first three digits of a
seven-digit telephone number).

Order
.

An order or application to provide, change or terminate a Service (including,
but not limited to, a commitment to purchase a stated number or minimum number
of lines or other Services for a stated period or minimum period of time).

Percent Interstate Usage (PIU)
.

For traffic exchanged via Interconnection Trunks, a percentage calculated by
dividing the number of minutes of interstate traffic by the total number of
minutes of interstate and intrastate traffic. ([Interstate Traffic Total Minutes
of Use / {Interstate Traffic Total Minutes of Use + Intrastate Traffic Total
Minutes of Use}] x 100).

2.97 Percent Local Usage (PLU).

For traffic exchanged via Interconnection Trunks, a percentage calculated by
dividing the number of minutes of Local Traffic by the total number of minutes
of intrastate traffic. ([Local Traffic Total Minutes of Use / {Intrastate
Traffic Total Minutes of Use}] x 100).

POI (Point of Interconnection)
.

The physical location where one Party's facilities physically interconnect with
the other Party's facilities for the purpose of exchanging traffic.

Port
.

A line card (or equivalent) and associated peripheral equipment on an End Office
Switch that interconnects individual Loops or individual Customer trunks with
the switching components of an End Office Switch and the associated switching
functionality in that End Office Switch. Each Port is typically associated with
one (or more) telephone number(s) that serves as the Customer's network address.
The Port is part of the provision of unbundled Local Switching Element.

Principal Document
.

This document, including, but not limited to, the Title Page, the Table of
Contents, the Preface, the General Terms and Conditions, the signature page,
this Glossary, the Attachments, and the Appendices to the Attachments

Providing Party
.

A Party offering or providing a Service to the other Party under this Agreement.

Purchasing Party
.

A Party requesting or receiving a Service from the other Party under this
Agreement.

Rate Center Area
.

The geographic area that has been identified by a given LEC as being associated
with specific NPA-NXX code(s) assigned to the LEC for its provision of Telephone
Exchange Services. The Rate Center Area is the exclusive geographic area that
the LEC has identified as the area within which it will provide Telephone
Exchange Services bearing the particular NPA-NXX designation associated with the
specific Rate Center Area. Each Rate Center Area has a unique Rate Center Point.

Rate Center Point
.

A specific geographic point, defined by a V&H coordinate, located within the
Rate Center Area and used to measure distance for the purpose of billing for
distance-sensitive Telephone Exchange Services and Toll Traffic. Pursuant to
Telcordia Practice BR-795-100-100, the Rate Center Point may be an End Office
location, or a "LEC Consortium Point Of Interconnection."

Rate Demarcation Point
.

The physical point in a Verizon provided network facility at which Verizon's
responsibility for maintaining that network facility ends and the Customer's
responsibility for maintaining the remainder of the facility begins, as set
forth in this Agreement, Verizon's applicable Tariffs, if any, or as otherwise
prescribed under Applicable Law.

Reciprocal Compensation
.

The arrangement for recovering, in accordance with Section 251(b)(5) of the Act,
the FCC Internet Order, and other applicable FCC orders and FCC Regulations,
costs incurred for the transport and termination of Local Traffic originating on
one Party's network and terminating on the other Party's network.

Retail Prices
.

The prices at which a Service is provided by Verizon at retail to subscribers
who are not Telecommunications Carriers.

Routing Point
.

A specific geographic point identified by a specific V&H coordinate. The Routing
Point is used to route inbound traffic to specified NPA-NXXs. The Routing Point
must be located within the LATA in which the corresponding NPA-NXX is located.
However, the Routing Point associated with each NPA-NXX need not be the same as
the corresponding Rate Center Point, nor must it be located within the
corresponding Rate Center Area, nor must there be a unique and separate Routing
Point corresponding to each unique and separate Rate Center Area.

Service
.

Any Interconnection arrangement, Network Element, Telecommunications Service,
Collocation arrangement, or other service, facility or arrangement, offered by a
Party under this Agreement.

SS7 (Signaling System 7)
.

The common channel out-of-band signaling protocol developed by the Consultative
Committee for International Telephone and Telegraph (CCITT) and the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI). Verizon and Pac-West currently utilize this
out-of-band signaling protocol.

Subsidiary
.

A corporation or other person that is controlled by a Party.

Switched Access Detail Usage Data
.

A category 1101XX record as defined in the EMI Telcordia Practice
BR-010-200-010.

Switched Access Summary Usage Data
.

A category 1150XX record as defined in the EMI Telcordia Practice
BR-010-200-010.

Switched Exchange Access Service
.

The offering of transmission and switching services for the purpose of the
origination or termination of Toll Traffic. Switched Exchange Access Services
include but may not be limited to: Feature Group A, Feature Group B, Feature
Group D, 700 access, 800 access, 888 access and 900 access.

Tandem Switch,

A switching entity that has billing and recording capabilities and is used to
connect and switch trunk circuits between and among End Office Switches and
between and among End Office Switches and carriers' aggregation points, points
of termination, or points of presence, and to provide Switched Exchange Access
Services.

Tariff
.
 1. Any applicable Federal or state tariff of a Party, as amended from
    time-to-time; or
 2. Any standard agreement or other document, as amended from time-to-time, that
    sets forth the generally available terms, conditions and prices under which
    a Party offers a Service.

The term "Tariff" does not include any Verizon statement of generally available
terms (SGAT) which has been approved or is pending approval by the Commission
pursuant to Section 252(f) of the Act.

Telcordia Technologies
.

Telcordia Technologies, Inc., formerly known as Bell Communications Research,
Inc. (Bellcore).

Telecommunications Carrier
.

Shall have the meaning set forth in the Act.

Telecommunications Services
.

Shall have the meaning set forth in the Act.

Telephone Exchange Service
.

Shall have the meaning set forth in the Act.

Third Party Claim
.

A Claim where there is (a) a claim, demand, suit or action by a person who is
not a Party, (b) a settlement with, judgment by, or liability to, a person who
is not a Party, or (c) a fine or penalty imposed by a person who is not a Party.

Toll Traffic
.

Traffic that is originated by a Customer of one Party on that Party's network
and terminates to a Customer of the other Party on that other Party's network
and is not Local Traffic, or Ancillary Traffic. Toll Traffic may be either
"IntraLATA Toll Traffic" or "InterLATA Toll Traffic", depending on whether the
originating and terminating points are within the same LATA.

Toxic or Hazardous Substance
.

Any substance designated or defined as toxic or hazardous under any
"Environmental Law" or that poses a risk to human health or safety, or the
environment, and products and materials containing such substance.
"Environmental Laws" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act, the Water Pollution Control Act, the Air Pollution Control
Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and all other Federal, Sate or
local laws or governmental regulations or requirements, that are similar to the
above-referenced laws or that otherwise govern releases, chemicals, products,
materials or wastes that may pose risks to human health or safety, or the
environment, or that relate to the protection of wetlands or other natural
resources.

Trunk Side
.

A Central Office Switch connection that is capable of, and has been programmed
to treat the circuit as, connecting to another switching entity, for example, to
another carrier's network. Trunk side connections offer those transmission and
signaling features appropriate for the connection of switching entities and
cannot be used for the direct connection of ordinary telephone station sets.

UDLC (Universal Digital Loop Carrier)
.

UDLC arrangements consist of a Central Office Terminal and a Remote Terminal
located in the outside plant or at a customer premises. The Central Office and
the Remote Terminal units perform analog to digital conversions to allow the
feeding facility to be digital. UDLC is deployed where the types of services to
be provisioned by the systems cannot be integrated such as non-switched services
and UNE Loops.

V and H Coordinates Method
.

A method of computing airline miles between two points by utilizing an
established formula that is based on the vertical and horizontal coordinates of
the two points.

Voice Grade
.

Either an analog signal of 300 to 3000 Hz or a digital signal of 56/64 kilobits
per second. When referring to digital Voice Grade service (a 56-64 kbps
channel), the terms "DS0" or "sub-DS1" may also be used.

Wire Center
.

A building or portion thereof which serves as the premises for one or more
Central Office Switches and related facilities.

 

 

ADDITIONAL SERVICES ATTACHMENT

Alternate Billed Calls The Parties will engage in settlements of intraLATA
intrastate alternate-billed calls (e.g., collect, calling card, and third-party
billed calls) originated or authorized by their respective Customers in
accordance with an arrangement mutually agreed to by the Parties. Dialing Parity
- Section 251(b)(3)

Each Party shall provide the other Party with nondiscriminatory access to such
services and information as are necessary to allow the other Party to implement
local Dialing Parity in accordance with the requirements of Section 251(b)(3) of
the Act.

Directory Assistance (DA) and Operator Services (OS)
 1. Either Party may request that the other Party provide the requesting Party
    with nondiscriminatory access to the other Party's directory assistance
    services (DA), IntraLATA operator call completion services (OS), and/or
    directory assistance listings database. If either Party makes such a
    request, the Parties shall enter into a mutually acceptable written
    agreement for such access.
 2. Pac-West shall arrange, at its own expense, the trunking and other
    facilities required to transport traffic to and from the designated DA and
    OS switch locations.

Directory Listing and Directory Distribution

To the extent required by Applicable Law, Verizon will provide directory
services to Pac-West. Such services will be provided in accordance with the
terms set forth herein.

Listing Information
.

As used herein, "Listing Information" means a Pac-West Customer's primary name,
address (including city, state and zip code), telephone number(s), the delivery
address and number of directories to be delivered, and, in the case of a
business Customer, the primary business heading under which the business
Customer desires to be placed, and any other information Verizon deems necessary
for the publication and delivery of directories.

Listing Information Supply
.

Pac-West shall provide to Verizon on a regularly scheduled basis, at no charge,
and in a format required by Verizon or by a mutually agreed upon industry
standard (e.g., Ordering and Billing Forum developed), all Listing Information
and the service address for each Pac-West Customer whose service address
location falls within the geographic area covered by the relevant Verizon
directory. Pac-West shall also provide to Verizon on a daily basis, (a)
information showing Pac-West Customers who have disconnected or terminated their
service with Pac-West; and (b) delivery information for each non-listed or
non-published Pac-West Customer to enable Verizon to perform its directory
distribution responsibilities. Verizon shall promptly provide to Pac-West,
(normally within forty-eight (48) hours of receipt by Verizon, excluding
non-Business Days), a query on any listing that is not acceptable.

Listing Inclusion and Distribution
.

Verizon shall include each Pac-West Customer's Primary Listing in the
appropriate alphabetical directory and, for business Customers, in the
appropriate classified (Yellow Pages) directory in accordance with the directory
configuration, scope and schedules determined by Verizon in its sole discretion,
and shall provide initial distribution of such directories to such Pac-West
Customers in the same manner it provides initial distribution of such
directories to its own Customers. "Primary Listing" means a Customer's primary
name, address, and telephone number. Listings of Pac-West's Customers shall be
interfiled with listings of Verizon's Customers and the Customers of other LECs
included in the Verizon directories. Pac-West shall pay Verizon's tariffed
charges for additional and foreign alphabetical listings and other alphabetical
services (e.g. caption arrangements) for Pac-West's Customers.

Verizon Information
.

Upon request by Pac-West, Verizon shall make available to Pac-West the following
information to the extent that Verizon provides such information to its own
business offices: a directory list of relevant NXX codes, directory and
"Customer Guide" close dates, publishing data, and Yellow Pages headings.
Verizon also will make available to Pac-West, upon written request, a copy of
Verizon's alphabetical listings standards and specifications manual.

Confidentiality of Listing Information
.

Verizon shall accord Pac-West Listing Information the same level of
confidentiality that Verizon accords its own listing information, and shall use
such Listing Information solely for the purpose of providing directory-related
services; provided, however, that should Verizon elect to do so, it may use or
license Pac-West Listing Information for directory publishing, direct marketing,
or any other purpose for which Verizon uses or licenses its own listing
information, so long as Pac-West Customers are not separately identified as
such; and provided further that Pac-West may identify those of its Customers who
request that their names not be sold for direct marketing purposes, and Verizon
shall honor such requests to the same extent it does so for its own Customers.
Verizon shall not be obligated to compensate Pac-West for Verizon's use or
licensing of Pac-West Listing Information.

Accuracy
.

Both Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the accurate
publication of Pac-West Customer listings. At Pac-West's request, Verizon shall
provide Pac-West with a report of all Pac-West Customer listings normally no
more than ninety (90) days and no less than thirty (30) days prior to the
service order close date for the applicable directory. Verizon shall process any
corrections made by Pac-West with respect to its listings, provided such
corrections are received prior to the close date of the particular directory.

Indemnification
.

Pac-West shall adhere to all practices, standards, and ethical requirements
established by Verizon with regard to listings. By providing Verizon with
Listing Information, Pac-West warrants to Verizon that Pac-West has the right to
provide such Listing Information to Verizon on behalf of its Customers. Pac-West
shall make commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any business or person
to be listed is authorized and has the right (a) to provide the product or
service offered, and (b) to use any personal or corporate name, trade name,
trademark, service mark or language used in the listing. Pac-West agrees to
release, defend, hold harmless and indemnify Verizon from and against any and
all claims, losses, damages, suits, or other actions, or any liability
whatsoever, suffered, made, instituted, or asserted by any person arising out of
Verizon's publication or dissemination of the Listing Information as provided by
Pac-West hereunder. Such indemnification by Pac-West shall not include any
errors or omissions of listings caused solely by Verizon.

Liability
.

Verizon's liability to Pac-West in the event of a Verizon error in or omission
of a listing shall not exceed the lesser of the amount of charges actually paid
by Pac-West for such listing or the amount by which Verizon would be liable to
its own customer for such error or omission. Pac-West agrees to take all
reasonable steps, including, but not limited to, entering into appropriate
contractual provisions with its Customers, to ensure that its and Verizon's
liability to Pac-West's Customers in the event of a Verizon error in or omission
of a listing shall be subject to the same limitations of liability applicable
between Verizon and its own Customers.

Service Information Pages
.

Verizon shall include all Pac-West NXX codes associated with the geographic
areas to which each directory pertains, to the extent it does so for Verizon's
own NXX codes, in any lists of such codes that are contained in the general
reference portion of each directory. Pac-West's NXX codes shall appear in such
lists in the same manner as Verizon's NXX information. In addition, when
Pac-West is authorized to, and is offering, local service to Customers located
within the geographic area covered by a specific directory, at Pac-West's
request, Verizon shall include, at no charge, in the "Customer Guide" or
comparable section of the applicable alphabetical directories, Pac-West's
critical contact information for Pac-West's installation, repair and Customer
service, as provided by Pac-West. Such critical contact information shall appear
alphabetically by local exchange carrier and in accordance with Verizon's
generally applicable policies. Pac-West shall be responsible for providing the
necessary information to Verizon by the applicable close date for each affected
directory.

Directory Publication
.

Nothing in this Agreement shall require Verizon to publish a directory where it
would not otherwise do so.

Other Directory Services
.

Pac-West acknowledges that if Pac-West desires directory services in addition to
those described herein, such additional services must be obtained under separate
agreement with Verizon's directory publishing company.

Voice Information Service Traffic
 1. For purposes of this Section 5, (a) Voice Information Service means a
    service that provides [i] recorded voice announcement information or [ii] a
    vocal discussion program open to the public, and (b) Voice Information
    Service Traffic means intraLATA switched voice traffic, delivered to a Voice
    Information Service. Voice Information Service Traffic does not include any
    form of Internet Traffic. Voice Information Service Traffic also does not
    include 555 traffic or similar traffic with AIN service interfaces, which
    traffic shall be subject to separate arrangements between the Parties. Voice
    Information Service Traffic is not subject to Reciprocal Compensation
    charges under Section 11 of the Interconnection Attachment.
 2. If a Pac-West Customer is served by resold Verizon dial tone line
    Telecommunications Service or a Verizon Local Switching UNE, to the extent
    reasonably feasible, Verizon will route Voice Information Service Traffic
    originating from such Service or UNE to the appropriate Voice Information
    Service connected to Verizon's network unless a feature blocking such Voice
    Information Service Traffic has been installed. For such Voice Information
    Service Traffic, Pac-West shall pay to Verizon without discount any Voice
    Information Service provider charges billed by Verizon to Pac-West. Pac-West
    shall pay Verizon such charges in full regardless of whether or not Pac-West
    collects such charges from its own Customer.
 3. Pac-West shall have the option to route Voice Information Service Traffic
    that originates on its own network to the appropriate Voice Information
    Service connected to Verizon's network. In the event Pac-West exercises such
    option, Pac-West will establish, at its own expense, a dedicated trunk group
    to the Verizon Voice Information Service serving switch. This trunk group
    will be utilized to allow Pac-West to route Voice Information Service
    Traffic originated on its network to Verizon. For such Voice Information
    Service Traffic, unless Pac-West has entered into a written agreement with
    Verizon under which Pac-West will collect from Pac-West's Customer and remit
    to Verizon the Voice Information Service provider's charges, Pac-West shall
    pay to Verizon without discount any Voice Information Service provider
    charges billed by Verizon to Pac-West. Pac-West shall pay Verizon such
    charges in full regardless of whether or not Pac-West collects such charges
    from its own Customer.

Intercept and Referral Announcements
 1. When a Customer changes its service provider from Verizon to Pac-West, or
    from Pac-West to Verizon, and does not retain its original telephone number,
    the Party formerly providing service to such Customer shall provide a
    referral announcement ("Referral Announcement") on the abandoned telephone
    number which provides the Customer's new number or other appropriate
    information, to the extent known to the Party formerly providing service.
    Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Party shall not be obligated under this
    Section to provide a Referral Announcement if the Customer owes the Party
    unpaid overdue amounts or the Customer requests that no Referral
    Announcement be provided.
 2. Referral Announcements shall be provided, in the case of business Customers,
    for a period of not less than one hundred and twenty (120) days after the
    date the Customer changes its telephone number, and, in the case of
    residential Customers, not less than thirty (30) days after the date the
    Customer changes its telephone number; provided that if a longer time period
    is required by Applicable Law, such longer time period shall apply. Except
    as otherwise provided by Applicable Law, the period for a referral may be
    shortened by the Party formerly providing service if a number shortage
    condition requires reassignment of the telephone number.
 3. This referral announcement will be provided by each Party at no charge to
    the other Party; provided that the Party formerly providing service may bill
    the Customer its standard Tariff charge, if any, for the referral
    announcement.

Originating Line Number Screening (OLNS)

Upon Pac-West's request, Verizon will update its database used to provide
originating line number screening (the database of information which indicates
to an operator the acceptable billing methods for calls originating from the
calling number (e.g., penal institutions, COCOTS).

Operations Support Systems (OSS) Services
    Definitions
    .

    The terms listed below shall have the meanings stated below:

        Verizon Operations Support Systems
        : Verizon systems for pre-ordering, ordering, provisioning, maintenance
        and repair, and billing.
        Verizon OSS Services
        : Access to Verizon Operations Support Systems functions. The term
        "Verizon OSS Services" includes, but is not limited to: (a) Verizon's
        provision of Pac-West Usage Information to Pac-West pursuant to Section
        8.3 below; and, (b) "Verizon OSS Information", as defined in Section
        8.1.4 below.
     1. Verizon OSS Facilities: Any gateways, interfaces, databases, facilities,
        equipment, software, or systems, used by Verizon to provide Verizon OSS
        Services to Pac-West.
     2. Verizon OSS Information: Any information accessed by, or disclosed or
        provided to, Pac-West through or as a part of Verizon OSS Services. The
        term "Verizon OSS Information" includes, but is not limited to: (a) any
        Customer Information related to a Verizon Customer or a Pac-West
        Customer accessed by, or disclosed or provided to, Pac-West through or
        as a part of Verizon OSS Services; and, (b) any Pac-West Usage
        Information (as defined in Section 8.1.6 below) accessed by, or
        disclosed or provided to, Pac-West.
        Verizon Retail Telecommunications Service
        : Any Telecommunications Service that Verizon provides at retail to
        subscribers that are not Telecommunications Carriers. The term "Verizon
        Retail Telecommunications Service" does not include any Exchange Access
        service (as defined in Section 3(16) of the Act, 47 U.S.C. § 153(16))
        provided by Verizon.
     3. Pac-West Usage Information: For a Verizon Retail Telecommunications
        Service purchased by Pac-West pursuant to the Resale Attachment, the
        usage information that Verizon would record if Verizon was furnishing
        such Verizon Retail Telecommunications Service to a Verizon end-user
        retail Customer. For a Verizon Local Switching Network Element purchased
        by Pac-West pursuant to the Network Element Attachment, the usage
        information that Verizon would record if Verizon was using such Local
        Switching Network Element to furnish a Verizon Retail Telecommunications
        Service to a Verizon end-user retail Customer.
        Customer Information
        : CPNI of a Customer and any other non-public, individually identifiable
        information about a Customer or the purchase by a Customer of the
        services or products of a Party.

    Verizon OSS Services
    .
     1. Upon request by Pac-West, Verizon shall provide to Pac-West, Verizon OSS
        Services. Such Verizon OSS Services will be provided in accordance with,
        but only to the extent required by, Applicable Law, including, but not
        limited to 251(c)(3) of the Act, 47 U.S.C. § 251(c)(3).
     2. Subject to the requirements of Applicable Law, Verizon Operations
        Support Systems, Verizon Operations Support Systems functions, Verizon
        OSS Facilities, Verizon OSS Information, and the Verizon OSS Services
        that will be offered by Verizon, shall be as determined by Verizon.
        Subject to the requirements of Applicable Law, Verizon shall have the
        right to change Verizon Operations Support Systems, Verizon Operations
        Support Systems functions, Verizon OSS Facilities, Verizon OSS
        Information, and the Verizon OSS Services, from time-to-time, without
        the consent of Pac-West.
     3. To the extent required by Applicable Law, in providing Verizon OSS
        Services to Pac-West, Verizon will comply with Verizon's applicable OSS
        Change Management Guidelines, as such Guidelines are modified from
        time-to-time, including, but not limited to, the provisions of the
        Guidelines related to furnishing notice of changes in Verizon OSS
        Services. Verizon's OSS Change Management Guidelines will be set out on
        a Verizon website.

 1. Pac-West Usage Information.
     1. Upon request by Pac-West, Verizon shall provide to Pac-West Usage
        Information. Such Pac-West Usage Information will be provided in
        accordance with, but only to the extent required by, Applicable Law.
     2. Pac-West Usage Information will be available to Pac-West through the
        following:
         1. Daily Usage File on Data Tape.
         2. Daily Usage File through Network Data Mover (NDM).
    
     3. Pac-West Usage Information will be provided in an Alliance for
        Telecommunications Industry Solutions EMI format.
     4. Daily Usage File Data Tapes provided pursuant to Section 8.3.2.1 above
        will be issued each day, Monday through Friday, except holidays observed
        by Verizon.
     5. Except as stated in this Section 8.3, subject to the requirements of
        Applicable Law, the manner in which, and the frequency with which,
        Pac-West Usage Information will be provided to Pac-West shall be
        determined by Verizon.

 2. Access to and Use of Verizon OSS Facilities.
     1. Verizon OSS Facilities may be accessed and used by Pac-West only to the
        extent necessary for Pac-West's access to and use of Verizon OSS
        Services pursuant to this Agreement.
     2. Verizon OSS Facilities may be accessed and used by Pac-West only to
        provide Telecommunications Services to Pac-West Customers.
     3. Pac-West shall restrict access to and use of Verizon OSS Facilities to
        Pac-West. This Section 8 does not grant to Pac-West any right or license
        to grant sublicenses to other persons, or permission to other persons
        (except Pac-West's employees, agents and contractors, in accordance with
        Section 8.4.7 below), to access or use Verizon OSS Facilities.
     4. Pac-West shall not (a) alter, modify or damage the Verizon OSS
        Facilities (including, but not limited to, Verizon software), (b) copy,
        remove, derive, reverse engineer, or decompile, software from the
        Verizon OSS Facilities, or (c) obtain access through Verizon OSS
        Facilities to Verizon databases, facilities, equipment, software, or
        systems, which are not offered for Pac-West's use under this Section 8.
     5. Pac-West shall comply with all practices and procedures established by
        Verizon for access to and use of Verizon OSS Facilities (including, but
        not limited to, Verizon practices and procedures with regard to security
        and use of access and user identification codes).
     6. All practices and procedures for access to and use of Verizon OSS
        Facilities, and all access and user identification codes for Verizon OSS
        Facilities: (a) shall remain the property of Verizon; (b) shall be used
        by Pac-West only in connection with Pac-West's use of Verizon OSS
        Facilities permitted by this Section 8; (c) shall be treated by Pac-West
        as Confidential Information of Verizon pursuant to Section 10 of the
        General Terms and Conditions; and, (d) shall be destroyed or returned by
        Pac-West to Verizon upon the earlier of request by Verizon or the
        expiration or termination of this Agreement.
     7. Pac-West's employees, agents and contractors may access and use Verizon
        OSS Facilities only to the extent necessary for Pac-West's access to and
        use of the Verizon OSS Facilities permitted by this Agreement. Any
        access to or use of Verizon OSS Facilities by Pac-West's employees,
        agents, or contractors, shall be subject to the provisions of this
        Agreement, including, but not limited to, Section 10 of the General
        Terms and Conditions and Section 8.5.2.3 of this Attachment.

 3. Verizon OSS Information.
     1. Subject to the provisions of this Section 8, in accordance with, but
        only to the extent required by, Applicable Law, Verizon grants to
        Pac-West a non-exclusive license to use Verizon OSS Information.
     2. All Verizon OSS Information shall at all times remain the property of
        Verizon. Except as expressly stated in this Section 8, Pac-West shall
        acquire no rights in or to any Verizon OSS Information.
         1. The provisions of this Section 8.5.2 shall apply to all Verizon OSS
            Information, except (a) Pac-West Usage Information, (b) CPNI of
            Pac-West, and (c) CPNI of a Verizon Customer or a Pac-West Customer,
            to the extent the Customer has authorized Pac-West to use the CPNI.
         2. Verizon OSS Information may be accessed and used by Pac-West only to
            provide Telecommunications Services to Pac-West Customers.
         3. Pac-West shall treat Verizon OSS Information that is designated by
            Verizon, through written or electronic notice (including, but not
            limited to, through the Verizon OSS Services), as "Confidential" or
            "Proprietary" as Confidential Information of Verizon pursuant to
            Section 10 of the General Terms and Conditions.
         4. Except as expressly stated in this Section 8, this Agreement does
            not grant to Pac-West any right or license to grant sublicenses to
            other persons, or permission to other persons (except Pac-West's
            employees, agents or contractors, in accordance with Section 8.5.2.5
            below), to access, use or disclose Verizon OSS Information.
         5. Pac-West's employees, agents and contractors may access, use and
            disclose Verizon OSS Information only to the extent necessary for
            Pac-West's access to, and use and disclosure of, Verizon OSS
            Information permitted by this Section 8. Any access to, or use or
            disclosure of, Verizon OSS Information by Pac-West's employees,
            agents or contractors, shall be subject to the provisions of this
            Agreement, including, but not limited to, Section 10 of the General
            Terms and Conditions and Section 8.5.2.3 above.
         6. Pac-West's license to use Verizon OSS Information shall expire upon
            the earliest of: (a) the time when the Verizon OSS Information is no
            longer needed by Pac-West to provide Telecommunications Services to
            Pac-West Customers; (b) termination of the license in accordance
            with this Section 8; or (c) expiration or termination of this
            Agreement.
         7. All Verizon OSS Information received by Pac-West shall be destroyed
            or returned by Pac-West to Verizon, upon expiration, suspension or
            termination of the license to use such Verizon OSS Information.
    
     3. Unless sooner terminated or suspended in accordance with this Agreement
        or this Section 8 (including, but not limited to, Section 2.2 of the
        General Terms and Conditions and Section 8.6.1 below), Pac-West's access
        to Verizon OSS Information through Verizon OSS Services shall terminate
        upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
     4. Audits.
         1. Verizon shall have the right (but not the obligation) to audit
            Pac-West to ascertain whether Pac-West is complying with the
            requirements of Applicable Law and this Agreement with regard to
            Pac-West 's access to, and use and disclosure of, Verizon OSS
            Information.
         2. Without in any way limiting any other rights Verizon may have under
            this Agreement or Applicable Law, Verizon shall have the right (but
            not the obligation) to monitor Pac-West 's access to and use of
            Verizon OSS Information which is made available by Verizon to
            Pac-West pursuant to this Agreement, to ascertain whether Pac-West
            is complying with the requirements of Applicable Law and this
            Agreement, with regard to Pac-West 's access to, and use and
            disclosure of, such Verizon OSS Information. The foregoing right
            shall include, but not be limited to, the right (but not the
            obligation) to electronically monitor Pac-West 's access to and use
            of Verizon OSS Information which is made available by Verizon to
            Pac-West through Verizon OSS Facilities.
         3. Information obtained by Verizon pursuant to this Section 8.5.4 shall
            be treated by Verizon as Confidential Information of Pac-West
            pursuant to Section 10 of the General Terms and Conditions.
    
     5. Pac-West acknowledges that the Verizon OSS Information, by its nature,
        is updated and corrected on a continuous basis by Verizon, and therefore
        that Verizon OSS Information is subject to change from time to time.

 4. Liabilities and Remedies.
     1. Any breach by Pac-West, or Pac-West's employees, agents or contractors,
        of the provisions of Sections 8.4 or 8.5 above shall be deemed a
        material breach of this Agreement. In addition, if Pac-West or an
        employee, agent or contractor of Pac-West at any time breaches a
        provision of Sections 8.4 or 8.5 above and such breach continues for
        more than ten (10) days after written notice thereof from Verizon, then,
        except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, Verizon shall have the
        right, upon reasonable notice to Pac-West, to suspend the license to use
        Verizon OSS Information granted by Section 8.5.1 above and/or the
        provision of Verizon OSS Services, in whole or in part.
     2. Pac-West agrees that Verizon would be irreparably injured by a breach of
        Sections 8.4 or 8.5 above by Pac-West or the employees, agents or
        contractors of Pac-West, and that Verizon shall be entitled to seek
        equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance,
        in the event of any such breach. Such remedies shall not be deemed to be
        the exclusive remedies for any such breach, but shall be in addition to
        any other remedies available under this Agreement or at law or in
        equity.

    Relation to Applicable Law
    .

    The provisions of Sections 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6 above with regard to the
    confidentiality of information shall be in addition to and not in derogation
    of any provisions of Applicable Law with regard to the confidentiality of
    information, including, but not limited to, 47 U.S.C. § 222, and are not
    intended to constitute a waiver by either Party of any right with regard to
    protection of the confidentiality of the information of Verizon or Verizon
    Customers, or Pac-West or Pac-West Customers, provided by Applicable Law.

 5. Cooperation.

    Pac-West, at Pac-West's expense, shall reasonably cooperate with Verizon in
    using Verizon OSS Services. Such cooperation shall include, but not be
    limited to, the following:

     1. Upon request by Verizon, Pac-West shall by no later than the fifteenth
        (15th) day of the last month of each Calendar Quarter submit to Verizon
        reasonable, good faith estimates of the volume of each type of OSS
        transaction that Pac-West anticipates submitting in each week of the
        next Calendar Quarter.
     2. Pac-West shall reasonably cooperate with Verizon in submitting orders
        for Verizon Services and otherwise using the Verizon OSS Services, in
        order to avoid exceeding the capacity or capabilities of such Verizon
        OSS Services.
     3. Pac-West shall participate in cooperative testing of Verizon OSS
        Services and shall provide assistance to Verizon in identifying and
        correcting mistakes, omissions, interruptions, delays, errors, defects,
        faults, failures, or other deficiencies, in Verizon OSS Services.

    Verizon Access to Information Related to Pac-West Customers
    .
     1. Verizon shall have the right to access, use and disclose information
        related to Pac-West Customers that is in Verizon's possession
        (including, but not limited to, in Verizon OSS Facilities) to the extent
        such access, use and/or disclosure has been authorized by the Pac-West
        Customer in the manner required by Applicable Law.
     2. Upon written request by Verizon, Pac-West will provide information to
        Verizon (i) to permit Verizon to obtain information related to Pac-West
        Customers (as authorized by the applicable Pac-West Customer) and (ii)
        that is reasonably necessary to successfully migrate a Pac-West Customer
        to Verizon when that Customer has requested to receive service from
        Verizon, subject to Applicable Law. Pac-West shall have the right (but
        not the obligation) to audit Verizon to ascertain whether Verizon is
        complying with the requirements of Applicable Law and this Agreement
        with regard to Verizon's access to information related to Pac-West's
        Customers pursuant to Section 8.9.1 and Verizon's use and disclosure of
        information related to Pac-West's Customers that has been obtained by
        Verizon pursuant to Section 8.9.1. Such audit shall be subject to, and
        conducted in accordance with, Sections 7.2 through 7.4 of the General
        Terms and Conditions.
     3. Information obtained by Pac-West pursuant to Section 8.9.2 shall be
        treated by Pac-West as Confidential Information of Verizon pursuant to
        Section 10 of the Agreement.

 6. Verizon Pre-OSS Services.
     1. As used in this Section 8, "Verizon Pre-OSS Service" means a service
        which allows the performance of an activity which is comparable to an
        activity to be performed through a Verizon OSS Service and which Verizon
        offers to provide to Pac-West prior to, or in lieu of, Verizon's
        provision of the Verizon OSS Service to Pac-West. The term "Verizon
        Pre-OSS Service" includes, but is not limited to, the activity of
        placing orders for Verizon Services through a telephone facsimile
        communication.
     2. Subject to the requirements of Applicable Law, the Verizon Pre-OSS
        Services that will be offered by Verizon shall be as determined by
        Verizon and Verizon shall have the right to change Verizon Pre-OSS
        Services, from time-to-time, without the consent of Pac-West.
     3. Subject to the requirements of Applicable Law including Commission
        approvals if applicable, the prices for Verizon Pre-OSS Services shall
        be as determined by Verizon and shall be subject to change by Verizon
        from time-to-time.
     4. The provisions of Sections 8.4 through 8.8 above shall also apply to
        Verizon Pre-OSS Services. For the purposes of this Section 8.10: (a)
        references in Sections 8.4 through 8.8 above to Verizon OSS Services
        shall be deemed to include Verizon Pre-OSS Services; and, (b) references
        in Sections 8.4 through 8.8 above to Verizon OSS Information shall be
        deemed to include information made available to Pac-West through Verizon
        Pre-OSS Services.

    Order Supplements and Cancellations
    .
     1. Upon Verizon requesting that Pac-West supplement an incomplete or
        inaccurate order, Verizon will provide to Pac-West information necessary
        to identify the order, including but not limited to Service Order
        Request ("SOR") information, such that Pac-West may supplement the
        incomplete or inaccurate order. If Verizon sends such information to
        Pac-West and Pac-West fails to supplement the order within thirty-one
        (31) days after Verizon's request, Verizon may cancel the order.
     2. If Verizon cannot complete Pac-West's order by Pac-West's requested due
        date, Verizon will provide to Pac-West the due date on which Verizon can
        complete the order. If the Verizon due date is not acceptable to
        Pac-West, Pac-West must supplement the order to either request a
        different due date, or to expedite the order. If Verizon has requested
        the due date change, Verizon will not bill Pac-West a charge for
        supplementing the order.

Poles, Ducts, Conduits and Rights-of-Way

To the extent required by Applicable Law (including, but not limited to Sections
224, 251(b)(4) and 271(c(2)(B)(iii) of the Act), each Party ("Providing Party")
shall afford the other Party non-discriminatory access to poles, ducts, conduits
and rights-of-way owned or controlled by the Providing Party. Such access shall
be provided in accordance with Applicable Law pursuant to the Providing Party's
applicable tariffs, or, in the absence of an applicable Providing Party Tariff,
the Providing Party's generally offered form of license agreement, or, in the
absence of such a Tariff and license agreement, a mutually acceptable agreement
to be negotiated by the Parties.

Telephone Numbers
 1. This Section applies in connection with Pac-West Customers served by
    Telecommunications Services provided by Verizon to Pac-West for resale or a
    Local Switching Network Element provided by Verizon to Pac-West.
 2. Pac-West's use of telephone numbers shall be subject to Applicable Law, the
    rules of the North American Numbering Council and the North American
    Numbering Plan Administrator, the applicable provisions of this Agreement
    (including, but not limited to, this Section 10), and Verizon's practices
    and procedures for use and assignment of telephone numbers, as amended from
    time-to-time.
 3. Subject to Sections 10.2 and 10.4, if a Customer of either Verizon or
    Pac-West who is served by a Verizon Telecommunications Service ("VTS") or a
    Verizon Local Switching Network Element ("VLSNE") changes the LEC that
    serves the Customer using such VTS or VLSNE (including a change from Verizon
    to Pac-West, from Pac-West to Verizon, or from Pac-West to a LEC other than
    Verizon), after such change, the Customer may continue to use with such VTS
    or VLSNE the telephone numbers that were assigned to the VTS or VLSNE for
    the use of such Customer by Verizon immediately prior to the change.
 4. Subject to applicable law, including applicable non-discrimination
    provisions thereof, Verizon shall have the right to change the telephone
    numbers used by a Customer if at any time: (a) the Customer requests service
    at a new location, that is not served by the Verizon switch and the Verizon
    rate center from which the Customer previously had service; (b) continued
    use of the telephone numbers is not technically feasible; or, (c) in the
    case of Telecommunications Service provided by Verizon to Pac-West for
    resale, the type or class of service subscribed to by the Customer changes.
 5. If service on a VTS or VLSNE provided by Verizon to Pac-West under this
    Agreement is terminated and the telephone numbers associated with such VTS
    or VLSNE have not been ported to a Pac-West switch, the telephone numbers
    shall be available for reassignment by Verizon to any person to whom Verizon
    elects to assign the telephone numbers, including, but not limited to,
    Verizon, Verizon Customers, Pac-West, or Telecommunications Carriers other
    than Verizon and Pac-West.
 6. Pac-West may reserve telephone numbers only to the extent Verizon's
    Customers may reserve telephone numbers.

Routing for Operator Services and Directory Assistance Traffic

For a Verizon Telecommunications Service dial tone line purchased by Pac-West
for resale pursuant to the Resale Attachment, upon request by Pac-West, Verizon
will establish an arrangement that will permit Pac-West to route the Pac-West
Customer's calls for operator and directory assistance services to a provider of
operator and directory assistance services selected by Pac-West. Verizon will
provide this routing arrangement in accordance with, but only to the extent
required by, Applicable Law. Verizon will provide this routing arrangement
pursuant to an appropriate written request submitted by Pac-West and a mutually
agreed-upon schedule. This routing arrangement will be implemented at Pac-West's
expense, with charges determined on an individual case basis. In addition to
charges for initially establishing the routing arrangement, Pac-West will be
responsible for ongoing monthly and/or usage charges for the routing
arrangement. Pac-West shall arrange, at its own expense, the trunking and other
facilities required to transport traffic to Pac-West's selected provider of
operator and directory assistance services.

 

 

INTERCONNECTION ATTACHMENT

General

Each Party ("Providing Party") shall provide to the other Party, in accordance
with this Agreement, the Providing Party's applicable Tariffs, and Applicable
Law, interconnection with the Providing Party's network for the transmission and
routing of Telephone Exchange Service and Exchange Access.

Methods for Interconnection and Trunk Types
Methods for Interconnection
.
 1. In accordance with, but only to the extent required by, Applicable Law, the
    Parties shall provide interconnection of their networks at any technically
    feasible point as specified in this Agreement.
 2. Each Party, at its own expense, shall provide for delivery to the relevant
    POI Local Traffic that the originating Party wishes to deliver to the
    receiving Party.
 3. Pac-West may use any of the following methods for interconnection with
    Verizon:

    2.1.3.1 a Collocation arrangement Pac-West has established at the Verizon
    Wire Center pursuant to the Collocation Attachment; and/or

    2.1.3.2 a Collocation arrangement that has been established separately at
    the Verizon Wire Center by a third party and that is used by Pac-West to
    interconnect with Verizon; and/or

    2.1.3.3 an Entrance Facility and transport obtained from Verizon (and any
    necessary multiplexing) pursuant to the applicable Verizon access Tariff, or
    obtained from a third party who has obtained such Entrance Facility and
    transport from Verizon (and obtained any necessary multiplexing from
    Verizon) pursuant to the applicable Verizon access tariff, from the Pac-West
    POI to the Verizon Wire Center. Pac-West may interconnect transport
    facilities (including, transport facilities provided by Verizon pursuant to
    an applicable Verizon Tariff, or by Pac-West or a third party) with such a
    Verizon provided Entrance Facility to the extent permitted by, and in
    accordance with, the applicable Verizon access Tariff; and/or

    2.1.3.4 via Verizon's Unbundled Network Elements as provided in the Network
    Elements Attachment.

 4. Pac-West may order from Verizon, in accordance with the rates, terms and
    conditions set forth in this Agreement and applicable Verizon Tariff(s) (or
    in the absence of applicable rates, terms and conditions set forth in this
    Agreement and Verizon Tariff(s), in accordance with rates, terms and
    conditions to be negotiated by the Parties), any of the methods for
    interconnection specified in Section 2.1.3 above.
 5. Verizon may use any of the following methods for interconnection with
    Pac-West:
     1. a Collocation arrangement Verizon has established at the Pac-West Wire
        Center pursuant to the Collocation Attachment, or an interconnection
        arrangement Verizon has established at the Pac-West Wire Center that is
        operationally equivalent to a Collocation arrangement (including, but
        not limited to, a Verizon provided Entrance Facility); and/or
     2. a Collocation arrangement that has been established separately at the
        Pac-West Wire Center by a third party and that is used by Verizon to
        interconnect with Pac-West; and/or
     3. a non-distance sensitive Entrance Facility obtained from Pac-West (and
        any necessary multiplexing), from the Verizon network to the Pac-West
        Wire Center (including, but not limited to, at Verizon's election, an
        Entrance Facility accessed by Verizon through interconnection at a
        Collocation arrangement that Pac-West has established at a Verizon Wire
        Center pursuant to the Collocation Attachment, or through
        interconnection at a Collocation arrangement that has been established
        separately at a Verizon Wire Center by a third party and that is used by
        Pac-West), or an Entrance Facility obtained from a third party that has
        established an interconnection arrangement

 6. Verizon may order from Pac-West, in accordance with the rates, terms and
    conditions set forth in this Agreement and applicable Pac-West Tariff(s) (or
    in the absence of applicable rates, terms and conditions set forth in this
    Agreement and Pac-West Tariff(s), in accordance with rates, terms and
    conditions to be negotiated by the Parties), any of the methods for
    interconnection specified in Section 2.1.5 above.

Trunk Types
.
 1. In interconnecting their networks pursuant to this Attachment, the Parties
    will use, as appropriate, the following separate and distinct trunk groups:
     1. Interconnection Trunks for the transmission and routing of Local
        Traffic, ISP-Bound Traffic, translated LEC IntraLATA toll free service
        access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, and IntraLATA Toll Traffic,
        between their respective Telephone Exchange Service Customers and Tandem
        Transit Traffic, all in accordance with Sections 5 through 9 of this
        Attachment;
     2. Access Toll Connecting Trunks for the transmission and routing of
        Exchange Access traffic, including translated InterLATA toll free
        service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) traffic, between Pac-West
        Telephone Exchange Service Customers and purchasers of Switched Exchange
        Access Service via a Verizon access Tandem in accordance with Sections
        12 through 14 of this Attachment; and
     3. Miscellaneous Trunk Groups as mutually agreed to by the Parties,
        including, but not limited to: (a) choke trunks for traffic congestion
        and testing; and, (b) untranslated IntraLATA/InterLATA toll free service
        access code (e.g. 800/888/877) traffic.

 2. Other types of trunk groups may be used by the Parties as provided in other
    Attachments to this Agreement (e.g., 911/E911 Trunks; Information Services
    Trunks) or in other separate agreements between the Parties (e.g., Directory
    Assistance Trunks, Operator Services Trunks).
 3. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Parties will mutually
    agree upon where One-Way Interconnection Trunks (trunks with traffic going
    in one direction, including one-way trunks and uni-directional two-way
    trunks) and/or Two-Way Interconnection Trunks (trunks with traffic going in
    both directions) will be deployed.
 4. In the event the volume of traffic between a Verizon End Office and the
    Pac-West network, which is carried by a Final Tandem Interconnection Trunk
    group, exceeds the Centium Call Second (Hundred Call Second) busy hour
    equivalent of one (1) DS-1 at any time and/or 200,000 minutes of use for a
    single month: (a) if One-Way Interconnection Trunks are used, the
    originating Party shall promptly establish new End Office One-Way
    Interconnection Trunk groups between the Verizon End Office and the Pac-West
    network; or, (b) if Two-Way Interconnection Trunks are used, Pac-West shall
    promptly submit an ASR to Verizon to establish new End Office Two-Way
    Interconnection Trunk group(s) between that Verizon End Office and the
    Pac-West network.
 5. If on the Effective Date the total number of Tandem Interconnection Trunks
    between Pac-West's network and a Verizon Tandem exceeds 240 trunks, then
    following the Effective Date, Pac-West may continue to use the total Tandem
    Interconnection Trunks that are in place on the Effective Date, subject to,
    but not limited by, Sections 2.3.1.3.1 and 2.4.12 of this Attachment.
    Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, if
    any such Tandem Interconnection Trunks are disconnected, Pac-West shall not
    replace such disconnected Tandem Interconnection Trunks or add additional
    Tandem Interconnection Trunks if the replacement of addition would increase
    the total number of Tandem Interconnection Trunks between Pac-West's network
    and that Verizon Tandem beyond 240 trunks.

One-Way Interconnection Trunks
.
 1. Where the Parties have agreed to use One-Way Interconnection Trunks for the
    delivery of traffic from Pac-West to Verizon, Pac-West, at Pac-West's own
    expense, shall:
     1. provide its own facilities for delivery of the traffic to the Pac-West
        Collocation arrangement at the Verizon Wire Center or to the third-party
        Collocation arrangement used by Pac-West at the Verizon Wire Center;
        and/or
     2. obtain transport for delivery of the traffic to the Pac-West Collocation
        arrangement at the Verizon Wire Center or to the third-party Collocation
        arrangement used by Pac-West at the Verizon Wire Center (a) from a
        third-party, or, (b) if Verizon offers such transport pursuant to this
        Agreement or an applicable Verizon Tariff, from Verizon; and/or
     3. order the One-Way Trunks from Verizon in accordance with the rates,
        terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and applicable Verizon
        Tariffs, for installation on an Entrance Facility obtained by Pac-West
        from Verizon pursuant to Sections 2.1.3.3 and 2.1.4, and also order
        multiplexing and transport from Verizon pursuant to Sections 2.1.3.3 and
        2.1.4.
         1. For each Tandem One -Way Interconnection Trunk group provided by
            Verizon to Pac-West with a utilization level of less than sixty
            percent (60%), unless the Parties agree otherwise, Pac-West will
            promptly submit ASRs to disconnect a sufficient number of
            Interconnection Trunks to attain a utilization level of
            approximately sixty percent (60%).

 2. Where the Parties have agreed to use One-Way Interconnection Trunks for the
    delivery of traffic from Verizon to Pac-West, Verizon, at Verizon's own
    expense, shall:
     1. provide its own facilities for delivery of the traffic to the Verizon
        Collocation arrangement or interconnection arrangement at the Pac-West
        Wire Center or to the third-party Collocation arrangement used by
        Verizon at the Pac-West Wire Center; or
     2. obtain transport for delivery of the traffic to the Verizon Collocation
        arrangement or interconnection arrangement at the Pac-West Wire Center
        or to the third-party Collocation arrangement used by Verizon at the
        Pac-West Wire Center (a) from a third-party, or, (b) if Pac-West offers
        such transport pursuant to this Agreement or an applicable Pac-West
        Tariff, from Pac-West; or
     3. order the One-Way Trunks from Pac-West in accordance with the rates,
        terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and applicable Pac-West
        Tariffs for installation on an Entrance Facility obtained by Verizon
        from Pac-West pursuant to Sections 2.1.5.3 and 2.1.6, or obtain the
        One-Way Trunks from a third-party that has established an
        interconnection arrangement with Pac-West.

Two-Way Interconnection Trunks
.
 1.  Where the Parties have agreed to use Two-Way Interconnection Trunks for the
     exchange of traffic between Verizon and Pac-West, Pac-West shall order from
     Verizon, and Verizon shall provide, the Two-Way Interconnection Trunks and
     the Entrance Facility, on which such Trunks will ride, and transport and
     multiplexing, in accordance with the rates, terms and conditions set forth
     in this Agreement and Verizon's applicable Tariffs.
 2.  Upon the Parties undertaking a Major Project, where the Parties have agreed
     to use Two Way Interconnection Trunks, prior to ordering any Two-Way
     Interconnection Trunks from Verizon, Pac-West shall meet with Verizon to
     conduct a joint planning meeting ("Joint Planning Meeting"). At that Joint
     Planning Meeting, each Party shall provide to the other Party originating
     Centium Call Second (Hundred Call Second) information, and the Parties
     shall mutually agree on the appropriate initial number of Two-Way End
     Office and Tandem Interconnection Trunks and the interface specifications
     at the POI. For purposes of this Section 2.4.2, a "Major Project" is a
     project that requires the coordination and execution of multiple orders or
     related activities between and among Verizon and Pac-West work groups
     including, but not limited to, the initial establishment of Interconnection
     or Access Toll Connecting Trunk Groups between a Verizon switch and a
     Pac-West switch, NXX code moves, rehomes, facility grooming, network
     rearrangements, a conversion from One Way Interconnection Trunks to Two-Way
     Interconnection Trunks, and installation of a new switch.
 3.  Two-Way Interconnection Trunks shall be from a Verizon End Office or Tandem
     to a mutually agreed upon POI.
 4.  On a semi-annual basis, Pac-West shall submit a good faith forecast to
     Verizon of the number of End Office and Tandem Two-Way Interconnection
     Trunks that Pac-West anticipates Verizon will need to provide during the
     ensuing two (2) year period. Pac-West's trunk forecasts shall conform to
     the Verizon CLEC trunk forecasting guidelines as in effect at that time.
 5.  The Parties shall meet (telephonically or in person) from time to time, as
     needed, to review data on End Office and Tandem Two-Way Interconnection
     Trunks to determine the need for new trunk groups and to plan any necessary
     changes in the number of Two-Way Interconnection Trunks.
 6.  Two-Way Interconnection Trunks shall have SS7 Common Channel Signaling. The
     Parties agree to utilize B8ZS and Extended Super Frame (ESF) DS1
     facilities, where available.
 7.  With respect to End Office Two-Way Interconnection Trunks, both Parties
     shall use an economic Centium Call Second (Hundred Call Second) equal to
     five (5).
 8.  Two-Way Interconnection Trunk groups that connect to a Verizon access
     Tandem shall be engineered using a design blocking objective of
     Neal-Wilkenson B.005 during the average time consistent busy hour. Two-Way
     Interconnection Trunk groups that connect to a Verizon local Tandem shall
     be engineered using a design blocking objective of Neal-Wilkenson B.01
     during the average time consistent busy hour. Verizon and Pac-West shall
     engineer Two-Way Interconnection Trunks using BOC Notes on the LEC Networks
     SR-TSV-002275.
 9.  The performance standard for final Two-Way Interconnection Trunk groups
     shall be that no such Interconnection Trunk group will exceed its design
     blocking objective (B.005 or B.01, as applicable) for three (3) consecutive
     calendar traffic study months.
 10. After a Two-Way Interconnection Trunk Group has been established, Pac-West
     shall determine and order the number of Two-Way Interconnection Trunks that
     are required to meet the applicable design blocking objective for all
     traffic carried on each Two-Way Interconnection Trunk group. Pac-West shall
     order Two-Way Interconnection Trunks by submitting ASRs to Verizon setting
     forth the number of Two-Way Interconnection Trunks to be installed and the
     requested installation dates within Verizon's effective standard intervals
     or negotiated intervals, as appropriate. Provisioning intervals offered by
     Verizon to Pac-West for Two-Way Interconnection Trunks shall be no longer
     than the provisioning intervals offered by Verizon to other CLECs. Pac-West
     shall complete ASRs in accordance with OBF Guidelines as in effect from
     time to time.
 11. Each Party may (but shall not be obligated to) monitor Two-Way
     Interconnection Groups using service results for the applicable design
     blocking objective. If Verizon observes blocking in excess of the
     applicable design objective on any Tandem Two-Way Interconnection Trunk
     group and Pac-West has not notified Verizon that it has corrected such
     blocking, Verizon may submit to Pac-West a Trunk Group Service Request
     directing Pac-West to remedy the blocking. Upon receipt of a Trunk Group
     Service Request, Pac-West will complete an ASR to augment the Two-Way
     Interconnection Trunk Group with excessive blocking and submit the ASR to
     Verizon within five (5) Business Days. If Pac-West observes blocking in
     excess of the applicable design objective on any final Two-Way
     Interconnection Trunk group, Pac-West shall submit an ASR to augment the
     Two-Way Interconnection Trunk Group.
 12. The Parties will review all Tandem Two-Way Interconnection Trunk groups
     that reach a utilization level of seventy percent (70%), or greater, to
     determine whether those groups should be augmented. Pac-West will promptly
     augment all Tandem Two-Way Interconnection Trunk groups that reach a
     utilization level of eighty percent (80%) by submitting ASRs for additional
     trunks sufficient to attain a utilization level of approximately seventy
     percent (70%), unless the Parties agree that additional trunking is not
     required. For each Tandem Two-Way Interconnection Trunk group with a
     utilization level of less than sixty percent (60%), unless the Parties
     agree otherwise, Pac-West will promptly submit ASRs to disconnect a
     sufficient number of Interconnection Trunks to attain a utilization level
     of approximately sixty percent (60%) for each respective group, unless the
     Parties agree that the Two-Way Interconnection Trunks should not be
     disconnected. In the event Pac-West fails to submit an ASR for Two-Way
     Interconnection Trunks in conformance with this section, Verizon may bill
     Pac-West for the excess Interconnection Trunks at the applicable rates
     provided for in the Pricing Attachment, provided that Verizon sends
     Pac-West written notice, in the form of a Trunk Group Service Request,
     sixty (60) days prior to sending a bill and such notice identifies the
     underutilized trunks.
 13. Because Verizon will not be in control of when and how many Two-Way
     Interconnection Trunks are established between its network and Pac-West's
     network, Verizon's performance in connection with these Two-Way
     Interconnection Trunk groups (except for maintenance intervals and missed
     installation appointments) shall not be subject to any performance
     measurements and remedies under this Agreement, and, except as otherwise
     required by Applicable Law, under any FCC or Commission approved
     carrier-to-carrier performance assurance guidelines or plan.
 14. Upon three (3) months prior written notice and with the mutual agreement of
     the Parties, either Party may withdraw its traffic from a Two-Way
     Interconnection Trunk group and install One-Way Interconnection Trunks to
     the relevant POI.
 15. Each Party will route its traffic to the other Party over the End Office
     and Tandem Two-Way Interconnection Trunks in accordance with SR-TAP-000191,
     including but not limited to those standards requiring that a call from
     Pac-West to a Verizon End Office will first be routed to the End Office
     Interconnection Trunk group between Pac-West and the Verizon End Office.
 16. When the Parties implement Two-Way Interconnection Trunks, each Party will
     be responsible for the costs on its side of the POI.

Alternative Interconnection Arrangements
 1. In addition to the foregoing methods of Interconnection, and subject to
    mutual agreement of the Parties, the Parties may agree to establish an End
    Point Fiber Meet arrangement, which may include a Synchronous Optical
    Network ("SONET") backbone with an optical interface at the OC-n level in
    accordance with the terms of this Section. The Fiber Distribution Frame at
    the Pac-West location shall be designated as the POI for both Parties.
 2. The establishment of any End Point Fiber Meet arrangement is expressly
    conditioned upon the Parties' reaching prior written agreement on routing,
    appropriate sizing and forecasting, equipment, ordering, provisioning,
    maintenance, repair, testing, augment, and compensation, procedures and
    arrangements, reasonable distance limitations, and on any other arrangements
    necessary to implement the End Point Fiber Meet arrangement.
 3. The Parties will mutually agree upon the types of traffic that will be
    delivered over an End Point Fiber Meet Arrangement.

Initiating Interconnection
 1. If Pac-West determines to offer Telephone Exchange Services and to
    interconnect with Verizon in any LATA in which Verizon also offers Telephone
    Exchange Services and in which the Parties are not already interconnected
    pursuant to this Agreement, Pac-West shall provide written notice to Verizon
    of the need to establish Interconnection in such LATA pursuant to this
    Agreement.
 2. The notice provided in Section 4.1 shall include (a) the initial Routing
    Point(s); (b) the applicable Pac-West POIs to be established in the relevant
    LATA in accordance with this Agreement; (c) Pac-West's intended
    Interconnection activation date; (d) a forecast of Pac-West's trunking
    requirements conforming to Section 17.3; and (e) such other information as
    Verizon shall reasonably request in order to facilitate Interconnection.
 3. The interconnection activation date in the new LATA shall be mutually agreed
    to by the Parties after receipt by Verizon of all necessary information as
    indicated above. Within ten (10) Business Days of Verizon's receipt of
    Pac-West's notice provided for in Section 4.1, Verizon and Pac-West shall
    confirm the Verizon POIs, the Pac-West POIs and the mutually agreed upon
    Interconnection activation date for the new LATA.

Transmission and Routing of Telephone Exchange Service Traffic
 1. Scope of Traffic.

    Section 5 prescribes parameters for Interconnection Trunks used for
    Interconnection pursuant to Sections 2 through 4 of this Attachment.

    Trunk Group Connections and Ordering
    .
     1. For One-Way or Two-Way Interconnection Trunks, both Parties shall use
        either a DS-1 or DS-3 facilities interface at the POI. When and where an
        STS-1 interface is available, the Parties may agree to use such an
        interface. Upon mutual agreement, the Parties may agree to use an
        optical interface (such as OC-n).
     2. When One-Way or Two-Way Interconnection Trunks are provisioned using a
        DS-3 interface facility, then Pac-West shall order the multiplexed DS-3
        facilities to the Verizon Central Office that is designated in the NECA
        4 Tariff as an Intermediate Hub location, unless otherwise agreed to in
        writing by Verizon. The specific NECA 4 Intermediate Hub location to be
        used for One-Way or Two-Way Interconnection Trunks shall be in the
        appropriate Tandem subtending area based on the LERG. In the event the
        appropriate DS-3 Intermediate Hub is not used, then Pac-West shall pay
        100% of the facility charges for the One-Way or Two-Way Interconnection
        Trunks.
     3. Each Party will identify its Carrier Identification Code, a three or
        four digit numeric code obtained from Telcordia, to the other Party when
        ordering a trunk group.
     4. Unless mutually agreed to by both Parties, each Party will outpulse ten
        (10) digits to the other Party.
     5. Each Party will use commercially reasonable efforts to monitor trunk
        groups under its control and to augment those groups using generally
        accepted trunk engineering standards so as to not exceed blocking
        objectives. Each Party agrees to use modular trunk engineering
        techniques for trunks subject to this Attachment.

    Switching System Hierarchy and Trunking Requirements
    .

    For purposes of routing Pac-West traffic to Verizon, the subtending
    arrangements between Verizon Tandem Switches and Verizon End Office Switches
    shall be the same as the Tandem/End Office subtending arrangements Verizon
    maintains for the routing of its own or other carriers' traffic. For
    purposes of routing Verizon traffic to Pac-West, the subtending arrangements
    between Pac-West Tandem Switches and Pac-West End Office Switches shall be
    the same as the Tandem/End Office subtending arrangements that Pac-West
    maintains for the routing of its own or other carriers' traffic.

    Signaling
    .

    Each Party will provide the other Party with access to its databases and
    associated signaling necessary for the routing and completion of the other
    Party's traffic in accordance with the provisions contained in the Unbundled
    Network Element Attachment or applicable access tariff.

    Grades of Service
    .

The Parties shall initially engineer and shall monitor and augment all trunk
groups consistent with the Joint Process as set forth in Section 17.1.

Traffic Measurement and Billing over Interconnection Trunks
 1. For billing purposes, each Party shall pass Calling Party Number (CPN)
    information on at least ninety-five percent (95%) of calls carried over the
    Interconnection Trunks.
     1. As used in this Section 6, "Traffic Rate" means the applicable
        Reciprocal Compensation rate, intrastate Switched Exchange Access
        Service rate, interstate Switched Exchange Access Service rate, or
        intrastate/interstate Tandem Transit Traffic rate, as provided in the
        Pricing Attachment, an applicable Tariff, or in the case of ISP-Bound
        Traffic, the FCC Internet Order rates.
     2. If the originating Party passes CPN on ninety-five percent (95%) or more
        of its calls, the receiving Party shall bill the originating Party the
        Traffic Rate applicable to each relevant minute of traffic for which CPN
        is passed. For any remaining (up to 5%) calls without CPN information,
        the receiving Party shall bill the originating Party for such traffic at
        the Traffic Rate applicable to each relevant minute of traffic, in
        direct proportion to the minutes of use of calls passed with CPN
        information.
     3. If the originating Party passes CPN on less than ninety-five percent
        (95%) of its calls and the originating Party chooses to combine
        Reciprocal Compensation Traffic and Toll Traffic on the same trunk
        group, the receiving Party shall bill the higher of its interstate
        Switched Exchange Access Service rates or its intrastate Switched
        Exchange Access Services rates for all traffic that is passed without
        CPN, unless the Parties agree that other rates should apply to such
        traffic.

 2. At such time as a receiving Party has the capability, on an automated basis,
    to use such CPN to classify traffic delivered over Interconnection Trunks by
    the other Party by Traffic Rate type (e.g., Local Traffic, ISP-Bound
    Traffic, intrastate Switched Exchange Access Service, interstate Switched
    Exchange Access Service, or intrastate/interstate Tandem Transit Traffic),
    such receiving Party shall bill the originating Party the Traffic Rate
    applicable to each relevant minute of traffic for which CPN is passed. If
    the receiving Party lacks the capability, on an automated basis, to use CPN
    information on an automated basis to classify traffic delivered by the other
    Party by Traffic Rate type, the originating Party will supply PIU and PLU
    Traffic Factors. The Traffic Factors shall be supplied in writing by the
    originating Party within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date and shall be
    updated in writing by the originating Party quarterly. Measurement of
    billing minutes for purposes of determining terminating compensation shall
    be in conversation seconds (the time in seconds that the Parties equipment
    is used for a completed call, measured from the receipt of answer
    supervision to the receipt of disconnect supervision). Measurement of
    billing minutes for originating toll free service access code (e.g.,
    800/888/877) calls shall be in accordance with applicable Tariffs.
 3. Each Party reserves the right to audit all Traffic, up to a maximum of two
    audits per calendar year, to ensure that rates are being applied
    appropriately; provided, however, that either Party shall have the right to
    conduct additional audit(s) if the preceding audit disclosed material errors
    or discrepancies. Each Party agrees to provide the necessary Traffic data in
    conjunction with any such audit in a timely manner.
 4. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit either Party's ability
    to designate the areas within which that Party's Customers may make calls
    which that Party rates as "local" in its Customer Tariffs.

Reciprocal Compensation Arrangements Pursuant to Section 251(b)(5) of the Act
 1. Local Traffic POIs.
     1. Except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, the Points of Interconnection
        ("POIs") shall be established as follows:
         1. For each LATA in which Pac-West requests to interconnect with
            Verizon, except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, the Parties
            shall establish a POI consistent with the methods of interconnection
            and interconnection trunking architectures that it will use pursuant
            to Section 2 or Section 3 of this Attachment.
         2. At any time that Pac-West establishes a Collocation site at a
            Verizon End Office Wire Center in a LATA in which Pac-West is
            interconnected or requesting interconnection with Verizon, either
            Party may request in writing that such Pac-West Collocation site be
            established as the POI for traffic originated by Verizon Customers
            served by that End Office. Upon such request, the Parties shall
            negotiate in good faith mutually acceptable arrangements for the
            transition to such POI.
         3. In any LATA where the Parties are already interconnected prior to
            the effective date of this Agreement, Pac-West may maintain existing
            POIs.

 2. Virtual NXX Traffic

    The Parties agree that the following provisions are entered into pursuant to
    the Commission's Decision D. 03-05-075.

    Virtual NXX Traffic ("VNXX Traffic") is a form of interexchange service.
    Pursuant to the Commission decision referenced above, VNXX Traffic is
    defined as call(s) originated by a Verizon Customer to a Customer of
    Pac-West that has been assigned a telephone number with an NXX code that is
    assigned to a rate center (as set forth in the LERG) that is different than
    the rate center associated with where Pac-West delivers traffic to its
    Customer.

    

    UNE transport rate elements applicable to VNXX Traffic shall consist of
    Common Shared Transport (including rate elements for Transport Facility,
    Transport Termination and Tandem Switching, as set forth in the Pricing
    Attachment) or Dedicated Transport Facilities charges (including rate
    elements for CLEC Dedicated Transport, Interoffice Dedicated Transport and
    Multiplexing, as set forth in the Pricing Attachment), as applicable. To
    avoid paying the costs associated with transport from origination to their
    point of interconnection for non-VNXX disparately rated and routed traffic
    which originates with Verizon's Customers during a calendar month, Pac-West
    shall disclose to Verizon the percentage of disparately rated and routed
    traffic that was returned and terminated within the rate area where such
    traffic originated within 30 days of the last day of such calendar month. In
    addition, Pac-West may avoid paying the costs associated with transport of
    VNXX traffic from origination to their point of interconnection if Pac-West
    establishes a POI and exchanges such traffic at the appropriate local or
    access tandem serving the rate center or at any end office mutually agreed
    to in writing within the rate center where Pac-West has established a
    dialable telephone number local to such rate center or ports (via LNP) any
    number established by other local exchange carriers (including ILEC
    companies) within such rate center.

    Reciprocal Compensation shall apply to VNXX Traffic.

 3. Traffic Not Subject to Reciprocal Compensation.
     1. Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to interstate or intrastate
        Exchange Access, Information Access, or exchange services for Exchange
        Access or Information Access.
     2. Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to Toll Traffic, including, but
        not limited to, calls originated on a 1+ presubscription basis, or on a
        casual dialed (10XXX/101XXXX) basis.
     3. Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to Optional Extended Local
        Calling Area Traffic.
     4. Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to special access, private line,
        or any other traffic that is not switched by the terminating Party.
     5. Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to Tandem Transit Traffic.
     6. Reciprocal Compensation shall not apply to Voice Information Service
        Traffic (as defined in Section 5 of the Additional Services Attachment).

Classification of Traffic

All Exchange Access traffic and IntraLATA Toll Traffic shall continue to be
governed by the terms and conditions of each Party's applicable federal and
state tariffs. Neither Party shall be prohibited from designating different
rating and routing points for the delivery of telephone calls. Calls shall be
rated in reference to the rate center of the assigned NXX prefix of the calling
and called parties' numbers.

Other Types of Traffic
 1. The Parties agree as follows: (a) the Parties' rights and obligations with
    respect to any intercarrier compensation that may be due in connection with
    their exchange of ISP-Bound Traffic shall be governed by the terms of the
    FCC Internet Order and other applicable FCC orders and FCC Regulations; and,
    (b) a Party shall not be obligated to pay any intercarrier compensation for
    ISP-Bound Traffic that is in excess of the intercarrier compensation for
    ISP-Bound Traffic that such Party is required to pay under the FCC Internet
    Order and other applicable FCC orders and FCC Regulations.
 2. The Parties agree that Local Traffic to either Party's paging carrier
    customers which is reasonably identifiable through use of specific trunk
    groups, switches or other means, shall not be included in determining the
    3:1 ratio of terminating to originating traffic described in Paragraphs 8
    and 79 of the FCC's Internet Order.
 3. Subject to Section 9.1 above, interstate and intrastate Exchange Access,
    Information Access, exchange services for Exchange Access or Information
    Access, and Toll Traffic, shall be governed by the applicable provisions of
    this Agreement and applicable Tariffs.
 4. Any traffic not specifically addressed in this Agreement shall be treated as
    required by the applicable Tariff of the Party transporting and/or
    terminating the traffic.

Responsibilities of the Parties
 1. If one Party is passing CPN but the other Party is not properly receiving
    the CPN information, the Party passing the CPN will use best efforts on the
    receiving Party's behalf to correct the problem. Pac-West and Verizon agree
    to exchange such reports and/or data as necessary to facilitate the proper
    billing of traffic.
 2. Where either Party is performing a transiting function, the transiting Party
    will include the original and true CPN and Originating Carrier Number
    ("OCN") as part of the call records provided to the receiving Party if it is
    received from the originating third party.

Reciprocal Compensation for Local and ISP-Bound Traffic Termination of Local
Traffic.

The following rates will apply to Local Traffic exchanged by the Parties:

 1. Tandem rate - compensation for the use of tandem switching functions (which
    includes subtending end offices), as set forth in Appendix A to the Pricing
    Attachment.

    For purposes of this subsection, all call terminations by Pac-West switches
    serving a geographic area equal to or greater than Verizon's tandem shall be
    entitled to receive Tandem Switching compensation.

 2. End Office rate - compensation for calls terminated to an End Office, as set
    forth in Appendix A to the Pricing Attachment.

Verizon and Pac-West hereby agree that the rates, terms and conditions set forth
below represent the Parties' understanding of how the Parties will implement the
FCC Internet Order. In the event that the FCC Internet Order is vacated in whole
or in part, or materially modified, then the Parties shall undertake good faith
efforts to negotiate an amendment to this Agreement within 90 days of the
effective date of such vacatur or modification, as required to conform the
Agreement to the terms of the decision vacating or modifying the FCC's Internet
Order and Applicable Law. Descending intercarrier compensation rate schedule for
presumed ISP-Bound Traffic:
 1. The rates, terms and conditions in this section apply only to the receipt
    and handling of presumed ISP-Bound Traffic subject to the growth caps stated
    in subsection 11.4 below.
 2. The Parties agree to compensate each other on a prospective basis for the
    termination of presumed ISP-Bound Traffic rated on a minute of use basis,
    according to the following rate schedule:

Effective Date - June 13, 2003: $0.0010 per minute

June 14, 2003 through June 13, 2004 $0.0007 per minute
or until further FCC action whichever is later.

ISP-Bound Traffic Growth Cap
 1. By entering into this Agreement, Pac-West reserves its right to maintain and
    advocate its position on the issue of whether the FCC has the authority to
    impose the growth caps. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Pac-West agrees that
    paragraph 79 of the FCC Internet Order, including the growth caps on
    compensation for ISP-Bound Traffic, applies to the Parties' exchange of
    ISP-Bound Traffic.
 2. The Parties agree that each Party's compensation for ISP-Bound Traffic shall
    be capped on a calendar year basis, based upon the following schedule:

    Calendar Year 2001 The total ISP-Bound Traffic minutes to which the Party
    was entitled to receive compensation during the first quarter of 2001,
    annualized, then multiplied by 1.10.

    Calendar Year 2002 Year 2001 Volume Cap multiplied by 1.10

    Calendar Year 2003 Year 2002 Volume Cap

 3. Presumed ISP-Bound Traffic that exceeds the applicable growth cap will be
    treated on a bill and keep basis ("Bill and Keep"). Bill and Keep is the
    intercarrier traffic compensation arrangement whereby each Party recovers
    its costs by billing its own end users and keeping the revenue for itself.
    Under a Bill and Keep arrangement, each Party will abide by the applicable
    provisions of the underlying Agreement

and industry standards for interconnection, trunking, CPN signaling, call
transport, and switch usage, but will not compensate the Party receiving the
ISP-Bound Traffic. ISP-Bound Traffic Rebuttable Presumption
 1. The Parties agree that there is a rebuttable presumption that all minutes of
    use exceeding a 3:1 ratio of terminating to originating traffic are
    ISP-Bound Traffic minutes subject to the compensation and growth cap terms
    in this section.
 2. Either Party has the right to rebut the 3:1 presumption and such right is
    governed by the terms of the FCC Internet Order. The Parties may rebut the
    3:1 presumption by mutual agreement or by any method approved by the
    Commission.

Transmission and Routing of Exchange Access Traffic
Scope of Traffic
.

This Section prescribes parameters for certain trunks to be established over the
Interconnections specified in Sections 2 through 5 of this Attachment for the
transmission and routing of traffic between Pac-West Telephone Exchange Service
Customers and Interexchange Carriers ("Access Toll Connecting Trunks"), in any
case where Pac-West elects to have its End Office Switch subtend a Verizon
Tandem. This includes casually-dialed (1010XXX and 101XXXX) traffic.

Access Toll Connecting Trunk Group Architecture
.
 1. If Pac-West chooses to subtend a Verizon access Tandem, Pac-West's NPA/NXX
    must be assigned by Pac-West to subtend the same Verizon access Tandem that
    a Verizon NPA/NXX serving the same Rate Center Area subtends as identified
    in the LERG.
 2. Pac-West shall establish Access Toll Connecting Trunks pursuant to
    applicable access Tariffs by which it will provide Switched Exchange Access
    Services to Interexchange Carriers to enable such Interexchange Carriers to
    originate and terminate traffic to and from Pac-West's Customers.
 3. The Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be two-way trunks. Such trunks shall
    connect the End Office Pac-West utilizes to provide Telephone Exchange
    Service and Switched Exchange Access to its Customers in a given LATA to the
    Tandem Verizon utilizes to provide Exchange Access in such LATA.
 4. Access Toll Connecting Trunks shall be used solely for the transmission and
    routing of Exchange Access to allow Pac-West's Customers to connect to or be
    connected to the interexchange trunks of any Interexchange Carrier which is
    connected to a Verizon access tandem.

Meet-Point Billing Arrangements
 1.  Pac-West and Verizon will establish Meet-Point Billing (MPB) arrangements
     in order to provide a common transport option to Switched Exchange Access
     Services customers via a Verizon access Tandem Switch in accordance with
     the Meet Point Billing guidelines contained in the OBF's MECAB and MECOD
     documents, except as modified herein, and in Verizon's applicable Tariffs.
     The arrangements described in this Section 13 are intended to be used to
     provide Switched Exchange Access Service where the transport component of
     the Switched Exchange Access Service is routed through an access Tandem
     Switch that is provided by Verizon.
 2.  In each LATA, the Parties shall establish MPB arrangements for the
     applicable Pac-West Routing Point/Verizon Serving Wire Center combinations.
 3.  Interconnection for the MPB arrangement shall occur at the Verizon access
     Tandems in the LATA, unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties.
 4.  Pac-West and Verizon will use reasonable efforts, individually and
     collectively, to maintain provisions in their respective state access
     Tariffs, and/or provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association
     (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor Tariff sufficient to reflect the MPB
     arrangements established pursuant to this Agreement.
 5.  In general, there are four alternative Meet-Point Billing arrangements
     possible, which are: Single Bill/Single Tariff, Multiple Bill/Single
     Tariff, Multiple Bill/Multiple Tariff, and Single Bill/Multiple Tariff, as
     outlined in the OBF MECAB Guidelines.

     Each Party shall implement the "Multiple Bill/Single Tariff" or "Multiple
     Bill/Multiple Tariff" option, as appropriate, in order to bill an IXC for
     the portion of the MPB arrangement provided by that Party. Alternatively,
     in former Bell Atlantic service areas, upon agreement of the Parties, each
     Party may use the New York State Access Pool on its behalf to implement the
     Single Bill/Multiple Tariff or Single Bill/Single Tariff option, as
     appropriate, in order to bill an IXC for the portion of the MPB arrangement
     provided by that Party.

 6.  The rates to be billed by each Party for the portion of the MPB arrangement
     provided by it shall be as set forth in that Party's applicable Tariffs, or
     other document that contains the terms under which that Party's access
     services are offered. For each Pac-West Routing Point/Verizon Serving Wire
     Center combination, the MPB billing percentages for transport between the
     Pac-West Routing Point and the Verizon Serving Wire Center shall be
     calculated in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 13.17.
 7.  Each Party shall provide the other Party with the billing name, billing
     address, and Carrier Identification Code (CIC) of the IXC, and
     identification of the Verizon Wire Center serving the IXC in order to
     comply with the MPB notification process as outlined in the MECAB document.
 8.  Verizon shall provide Pac-West with the Switched Access Detail Usage Data
     (EMI category 1101XX records) on magnetic tape or via such other media as
     the Parties may agree to, no later than ten (10) Business Days after the
     date the usage occurred.
 9.  Pac-West shall provide Verizon with the Switched Access Summary Usage Data
     (EMI category 1150XX records) on magnetic tape or via such other media as
     the Parties may agree, no later than ten (10) Business Days after the date
     of its rendering of the bill to the relevant IXC, which bill shall be
     rendered no less frequently than monthly.
 10. All usage data to be provided pursuant to Sections 13.8 and 13.9 shall be
     sent to the following addresses:

     To Pac-West:

     Meet Point Billing Coordinator
     Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
     4210 Coronado Avenue
     Stockton, CA 95204-2341

     For Verizon (Former BA service area):

     New York State Access Pool

     C/O ACM, Inc.

     120 Erie Blvd.

     Schenectady, N.Y. 12305

     Attn: Mark Ferri

      

     For Verizon (Former GTE service area):

     Verizon Data Services

     ATTN: MPB

     1 East Telecom Parkway

     Dock K

     Temple Terrace, FL 33637

     Either Party may change its address for receiving usage data by notifying
     the other Party in writing pursuant to Section 29 of the General Terms and
     Conditions.

 11. Pac-West and Verizon shall coordinate and exchange the billing account
     reference (BAR) and billing account cross reference (BACR) numbers or
     Operating Company Number ("OCN"), as appropriate, for the MPB arrangements
     described in this Section 13. Each Party shall notify the other if the
     level of billing or other BAR/BACR elements change, resulting in a new
     BAR/BACR number, or if the OCN changes.
 12. Each Party agrees to provide the other Party with notification of any
     errors it discovers in MPB data within thirty (30) calendar days of the
     receipt of the original data. The other Party shall attempt to correct the
     error and resubmit the data within ten (10) Business Days of the
     notification. In the event the errors cannot be corrected within such ten-
     (10) Business-Day period, the erroneous data will be considered lost. In
     the event of a loss of data, whether due to uncorrectable errors or
     otherwise, both Parties shall cooperate to reconstruct the lost data and,
     if such reconstruction is not possible, shall accept a reasonable estimate
     of the lost data based upon prior usage data.
 13. Either Party may request a review or audit of the various components of
     access recording up to a maximum of two (2) audits per calendar year. All
     costs associated with each review and audit shall be borne by the
     requesting Party. Such review or audit shall be conducted subject to
     Section 7 of the General Terms and Conditions and during regular business
     hours. A Party may conduct additional audits, at its expense, upon the
     other Party's consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
 14. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, nothing contained in this
     Section 13 shall create any liability for damages, losses, claims, costs,
     injuries, expenses or other liabilities whatsoever on the part of either
     Party.
 15. MPB will apply for all traffic bearing the 500, 900, toll free service
     access code (e.g. 800/888/877) (to the extent provided by an IXC) or any
     other non-geographic NPA which may be designated for such traffic in the
     future.
 16. In the event Pac-West determines to offer Telephone Exchange Services in a
     LATA in which Verizon operates an access Tandem Switch, Verizon shall
     permit and enable Pac-West to subtend the Verizon access Tandem Switch(es)
     designated for the Verizon End Offices in the area where there are located
     Pac-West Routing Point(s) associated with the NPA NXX(s) to/from which the
     Switched Exchange Access Services are homed.
 17. Except as otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties, the MPB billing
     percentages for each Routing Point/Verizon Serving Wire Center combination
     shall be calculated according to the following formula, unless as mutually
     agreed to by the Parties:

     a / (a + b) = Pac-West Billing Percentage

     and

     b / (a + b) = Verizon Billing Percentage

     where:

     a = the airline mileage between Pac-West Routing Point and the actual point
     of interconnection for the MPB arrangement; and

     b = the airline mileage between the Verizon Serving Wire Center and the
     actual point of interconnection for the MPB arrangement.

 18. Pac-West shall inform Verizon of each LATA in which it intends to offer
     Telephone Exchange Services and its calculation of the billing percentages
     which should apply for such arrangement. Within ten (10) Business Days of
     Pac-West's delivery of notice to Verizon, Verizon and Pac-West shall
     confirm the Routing Point/Verizon Serving Wire Center combination and
     billing percentages.

Toll Free Service Access Code (e.g., 800/888/877) Traffic

The following terms shall apply when either Party delivers toll free service
access code (e.g., 800/877/888)("8YY") calls to the other Party. For the
purposes of this Section 14, the terms "translated" and "untranslated" refers to
those toll free service access code calls that have been queried ("translated")
or have not been queried ("untranslated") to an 8YY database. Except as
otherwise agreed to by the Parties, all Pac-West originating "untranslated" 8YY
traffic will be routed over a separate one-way trunk group.

 1. When Pac-West delivers translated 8YY calls to Verizon for completion,
     1. to an IXC, Pac-West shall:
         1. provide an appropriate EMI record to Verizon for processing and Meet
            Point Billing in accordance with Section 13 above; and
         2. bill the IXC the Pac-West query charge associated with the call.
    
     2. to Verizon or another LEC that is a toll free service access code
        service provider in the LATA, Pac-West shall:
         1. provide an appropriate EMI record to the toll free service access
            code service provider; and
         2. bill to the toll free service access code service provider the
            Pac-West's Tariffed Feature Group D ("FGD") Switched Exchange Access
            or Reciprocal Compensation charges, as applicable, and the Pac-West
            query charge; and
         3. Verizon shall bill applicable Tandem Transit Service charges and
            associated passthrough charges to Pac-West.

 2. When Verizon performs the query and delivers translated 8YY calls,
    originated by Verizon's or another LEC's Customer,
     1. to Pac-West in it's capacity as a toll free service access code service
        provider, Verizon shall:
         1. bill Pac-West the Verizon query charge associated with the call as
            specified in the Pricing Attachment; and
         2. provide an appropriate EMI record to Pac-West; and
         3. bill Pac-West Verizon's Tariffed FGD Switched Exchange Access or
            Reciprocal Compensation charges as applicable.

 3. When Pac-West: delivers untranslated 8YY calls to Verizon for completion,
     1. to an IXC, Verizon shall:
         1. query the call and route the call to the appropriate IXC; and
         2. provide an appropriate EMI record to Pac-West to facilitate billing
            to the IXC; and
         3. bill the IXC the Verizon query charge associated with the call and
            any other applicable Verizon charges.
    
     2. to Verizon or another LEC that is a toll free service access code
        service provider in the LATA, Verizon shall:
         1. query the call and route the call to the appropriate LEC toll free
            service access code service provider; and
         2. provide an appropriate EMI record to Pac-West; to facilitate billing
            to the LEC toll free service access code service provider; and
         3. bill the LEC toll free service access code service provider the
            query charge associated with the call and any other applicable
            Verizon charges.

 4. Verizon will not direct untranslated toll free service access code call to
    Pac-West.

Tandem Transit Traffic
 1. As used in this Section 15, Tandem Transit Traffic is Telephone Exchange
    Service traffic that originates on Pac-West's network, and is transported
    through a Verizon Tandem to the Central Office of a CLEC, ILEC other than
    Verizon, Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) carrier, or other LEC, that
    subtends the relevant Verizon Tandem to which Pac-West delivers such
    traffic. Neither the originating nor terminating customer is a Customer of
    Verizon. Subtending Central Offices shall be determined in accordance with
    and as identified in the Local Exchange Routing Guide (LERG). Switched
    Exchange Access Service traffic is not Tandem Transit Traffic.
 2. Tandem Transit Traffic Service provides Pac-West with the transport of
    Tandem Transit Traffic as provided below.
 3. Tandem Transit Traffic may be routed over the Interconnection Trunks
    described in Sections 2 through 6. Pac-West shall deliver each Tandem
    Transit Traffic call to Verizon with CCS and the appropriate Transactional
    Capabilities Application Part ("TCAP") message to facilitate full
    interoperability of CLASS Features and billing functions.
 4. Pac-West shall interconnect with any CLEC, ILEC, CMRS carrier, or other LEC,
    to which it exchanges Telephone Exchange Service traffic that transits
    Verizon's Tandem Office when such traffic volume reaches three DS-1s.
 5. Pac-West shall pay Verizon for Transit Service that Pac-West originates at
    the rate specified in the Pricing Attachment.
 6. If or when a third party carrier's Central Office subtends a Pac-West
    Central Office, then Pac-West shall offer to Verizon a service arrangement
    equivalent to or the same as Tandem Transit Service provided by Verizon to
    Pac-West as defined in this Section 15 such that Verizon may terminate calls
    to a Central Office of a CLEC, ILEC, CMRS carrier, or other LEC, that
    subtends a Pac-West Central Office ("Reciprocal Tandem Transit Service").
    Pac-West shall offer such Reciprocal Transit Service arrangements under
    terms and conditions no less favorable than those provided in this Section
    15.
 7. Neither Party shall take any actions to prevent the other Party from
    entering into a direct and reciprocal traffic exchange agreement with any
    carrier to which it originates, or from which it terminates, traffic.

Number Resources, Rate Center Areas and Routing Points
 1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit or otherwise adversely
    affect in any manner either Party's right to employ or to request and be
    assigned any Central Office Codes ("NXX") pursuant to the Central Office
    Code Assignment Guidelines and any relevant FCC or Commission orders, as may
    be amended from time to time, or to establish, by Tariff or otherwise, Rate
    Center Areas and Routing Points corresponding to such NXX codes.
 2. It shall be the responsibility of each Party to program and update its own
    switches and network systems pursuant to information provided on ASRs as
    well as the LERG in order to recognize and route traffic to the other
    Party's assigned NXX codes. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement,
    neither Party shall impose any fees or charges whatsoever on the other Party
    for such activities.
 3. Unless otherwise required by Commission order, the Rate Center Areas will be
    the same for each Party. During the term of this Agreement, Pac-West shall
    adopt the Rate Center Area and Rate Center Points that the Commission has
    approved for Verizon within the LATA and Tandem serving area. Pac-West shall
    assign whole NPA-NXX codes to each Rate Center Area unless otherwise ordered
    by the FCC, the Commission or another governmental entity of appropriate
    jurisdiction, or the LEC industry adopts alternative methods of utilizing
    NXXs.
 4. Pac-West will also designate a Routing Point for each assigned NXX code.
    Pac-West shall designate one location for each Rate Center Area in which the
    Pac-West has established NXX code(s) as the Routing Point for the NPA-NXXs
    associated with that Rate Center Area, and such Routing Point shall be
    within the same LATA as the Rate Center Area but not necessarily within the
    Rate Center Area itself. Unless specified otherwise, calls to subsequent
    NXXs of Pac-West will be routed in accordance with the LERG.
 5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this
    Agreement is intended, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed, to
    in any way constrain Pac-West's choices regarding the size of the local
    calling area(s) that Pac-West may establish for its Customers, which local
    calling areas may be larger than, smaller than, or identical to Verizon's
    local calling areas.

Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process; and Installation,
Maintenance, Testing and Repair
 1. Joint Network Implementation and Grooming Process.

    Upon request of either Party, the Parties shall jointly develop an
    implementation and grooming process (the "Joint Grooming Process" or "Joint
    Process") which may define and detail, inter alia:

     1. standards to ensure that Interconnection Trunks experience a grade of
        service, availability and quality which is comparable to that achieved
        on interoffice trunks within Verizon's network and in accord with all
        appropriate relevant industry-accepted quality, reliability and
        availability standards. Except as otherwise stated in this Agreement,
        trunks provided by either Party for Interconnection services will be
        engineered using a design-blocking objective of B.01.
     2. the respective duties and responsibilities of the Parties with respect
        to the sizing, administration operation and maintenance of the trunk
        groups, including, but not limited to, standards and procedures for
        notification and discoveries of trunk disconnects;
     3. disaster recovery provision escalations;
     4. additional technically feasible POI(s) on Verizon's network in a LATA as
        provided in Section 2; and
     5. such other matters as the Parties may agree, including, e.g., End Office
        to End Office high usage trunks as good engineering practices may
        dictate.

 2. Installation, Maintenance, Testing and Repair.

    Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, to the extent required by
    Applicable Law, Interconnection provided by a Party shall be equal in
    quality to that provided by such Party to itself, any subsidiary, affiliates
    or third party. If either Party is unable to fulfill its obligations under
    this Section 17.2, it shall notify the other Party of its inability to do so
    and will negotiate alternative intervals in good faith. The Parties agree
    that to the extent required by Applicable Law, the standards to be used by a
    Party for isolating and clearing any disconnections and/or other outages or
    troubles shall be at parity with standards used by such Party with respect
    to itself, any subsidiary, affiliate or third party.

 3. Forecasting Requirements for Trunk Provisioning.

    Within ninety (90) days of executing this Agreement, Pac-West shall provide
    Verizon a two (2) year traffic forecast. This initial forecast will provide
    the amount of traffic to be delivered to and from Verizon over each of the
    Interconnection Trunk groups over the next eight (8) quarters. The forecast
    shall be updated and provided to Verizon on an as-needed basis but no less
    frequently than semiannually. All forecasts shall comply with the Verizon
    CLEC Interconnection Trunking Forecast Guide and shall include, at a
    minimum, Access Carrier Terminal Location (ACTL), traffic type (Local
    Traffic/Toll Traffic, Operator Services, 911, etc.), code (identifies trunk
    group), A location/Z location (CLLI codes for Pac-West POIs and Verizon Wire
    Centers), interface type (e.g., DS1), and trunks in service each year
    (cumulative).

     1. Initial Forecasts/Trunking Requirements. Because Verizon's trunking
        requirements will, at least during an initial period, be dependent on
        the Customer segments and service segments within Customer segments to
        whom Pac-West decides to market its services, Verizon will be largely
        dependent on Pac-West to provide accurate trunk forecasts for both
        inbound (from Verizon) and outbound (to Verizon) traffic. Verizon will,
        as an initial matter, provide the same number of trunks to terminate
        Reciprocal Compensation Traffic to Pac-West as Pac-West provides to
        terminate Reciprocal Compensation Traffic to Verizon. At Verizon's
        discretion, when Pac-West expressly identifies particular situations
        that are expected to produce traffic that is substantially skewed in
        either the inbound or outbound direction, Verizon will provide the
        number of trunks Pac-West suggests; provided, however, that in all cases
        Verizon's provision of the forecasted number of trunks to Pac-West is
        conditioned on the following: that such forecast is based on reasonable
        engineering criteria, there are no capacity constraints, and Pac-West's
        previous forecasts have proven to be reliable and accurate. Utilization
        of existing trunk groups, compared against the target utilization levels
        provided in Section 2.4.12, will be the criteria that Verizon will use
        to assess whether Pac-West's previous forecasts were reliable and
        accurate. If, based on reasonable engineering criteria and capacity
        constraints, Verizon determines that any trunks in a trunk group are not
        warranted, the Parties agree to follow the process set forth in Section
        2.4.12 of this Attachment.

Number Portability - Section 251(B)(2)
 1. 

Scope.

The Parties shall provide Number Portability (NP) in accordance with rules and
regulations as from time to time prescribed by the FCC.

Procedures for Providing LNP ("Long-term Number Portability").

The Parties will follow the LNP provisioning process recommended by the North
American Numbering Council (NANC) and adopted by the FCC. In addition, the
Parties agree to follow the LNP ordering procedures established at the OBF. The
Parties shall provide LNP on a reciprocal basis.

 1. A Customer of one Party ("Party A") elects to become a Customer of the other
    Party ("Party B"). The Customer elects to utilize the original telephone
    number(s) corresponding to the Telephone Exchange Service(s) it previously
    received from Party A, in conjunction with the Telephone Exchange Service(s)
    it will now receive from Party B. After Party B has received authorization
    from the Customer in accordance with Applicable Law and sends an LSR to
    Party A, Parties A and B will work together to port the Customer's telephone
    number(s) from Party A's network to Party B's network.
 2. When a telephone number is ported out of Party A's network, Party A will
    remove any non-proprietary line based calling card(s) associated with the
    ported number(s) from its Line Information Database (LIDB). Reactivation of
    the line-based calling card in another LIDB, if desired, is the
    responsibility of Party B or Party B's Customer.
 3. When a Customer of Party A ports their telephone numbers to Party B and the
    Customer has previously secured a reservation of line numbers from Party A
    for possible activation at a future point, these reserved but inactive
    numbers may be ported along with the active numbers to be ported provided
    the numbers have been reserved for the Customer. Party B may request that
    Party A port all reserved numbers assigned to the Customer or that Party A
    port only those numbers listed by Party B. As long as Party B maintains
    reserved but inactive numbers ported for the Customer, Party A shall not
    reassign those numbers. Party B shall not reassign the reserved numbers to
    another Customer.
 4. When a Customer of Party A ports their telephone numbers to Party B, in the
    process of porting the Customer's telephone numbers, Party A shall implement
    the ten-digit trigger feature where it is available. When Party A receives
    the porting request, the unconditional trigger shall be applied to the
    Customer's line before the due date of the porting activity. When the
    ten-digit unconditional trigger is not available, Party A and Party B must
    coordinate the disconnect activity.
 5. The Parties shall furnish each other with the Jurisdiction Information
    Parameter (JIP) in the Initial Address Message (IAM), containing a Local
    Exchange Routing Guide (LERG)-assigned NPA-NXX (6 digits) identifying the
    originating switch on calls originating from LNP capable switches.
 6. Where LNP is commercially available, the NXXs in the office shall be defined
    as portable, except as noted in 18.2.7, and translations will be changed in
    the Parties' switches to open those NXXs for database queries in all
    applicable LNP capable offices within the LATA of the given switch(es). On a
    prospective basis, all newly deployed switches will be equipped with LNP
    capability and so noted in the LERG.
 7. All NXXs assigned to LNP capable switches are to be designated as portable
    unless a NXX(s) has otherwise been designated as non-portable. Non-portable
    NXXs include NXX codes assigned to paging, cellular and wireless services;
    codes assigned for internal testing and official use and any other NXX codes
    required to be designated as non-portable by the rules and regulations of
    the FCC. NXX codes assigned to mass calling on a choked network may not be
    ported using LNP technology but are portable using methods established by
    the NANC and adopted by the FCC. On a prospective basis, newly assigned
    codes in switches capable of porting shall become commercially available for
    porting with the effective date in the network.
 8. Both Parties' use of LNP shall meet the performance criteria specified by
    the FCC. Both Parties will act as the default carrier for the other Party in
    the event that either Party is unable to perform the routing necessary for
    LNP.

Procedures for Providing NP Through Full NXX Code Migration.

Where a Party has activated an entire NXX for a single Customer, or activated at
least eighty percent (80%) of an NXX for a single Customer, with the remaining
numbers in that NXX either reserved for future use by that Customer or otherwise
unused, if such Customer chooses to receive Telephone Exchange Service from the
other Party, the first Party shall cooperate with the second Party to have the
entire NXX reassigned in the LERG (and associated industry databases, routing
tables, etc.) to an End Office operated by the second Party. Such transfer will
be accomplished with appropriate coordination between the Parties and subject to
appropriate industry lead times for movements of NXXs from one switch to
another. Neither Party shall charge the other in connection with this
coordinated transfer.

Procedures for Providing INP (Interim Number Portability).

The Parties shall provide Interim Number Portability (INP) in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the FCC and state
regulatory bodies, the Parties respective company procedures, and as set forth
in this Section 18.4. The Parties shall provide INP on a reciprocal basis.

 1. In the event that either Party, Party B, wishes to serve a Customer
    currently served at an End Office of the other Party, Party A, and that End
    Office is not LNP-capable, Party A shall make INP available only where LNP
    is not commercially available or not required by FCC orders and regulations.
    INP will be provided by remote call forwarding (RCF) and/or direct inward
    dialing (DID) technology, which will forward terminating calls to Party B's
    End Office. Party B shall provide Party A with an appropriate "forward-to"
    number.
 2. Prices for INP and formulas for sharing Terminating access revenues
    associated with INP shall be provided where applicable, upon request by
    either Party.
 3. Either Party wishing to use DID to provide for INP must request a dedicated
    trunk group from the End Office where the DID numbers are currently served
    to the new serving-End Office. If there are no existing facilities between
    the respective End Offices, the dedicated facilities and transport trunks
    will be provisioned as unbundled service through the ASR provisioning
    process. The requesting party will reroute the DID numbers to the
    pre-positioned trunk group using the LSR provisioning process. DID trunk
    rates are contained in the Parties' respective tariffs.
 4. The Parties Agree that, per FCC 98-275, Paragraph 16, effective upon the
    date LNP is available at any End Office of one Party, Party A, providing INP
    for Customers of the other Party, Party B, no further orders will be
    accepted for new INP at that End Office. Orders for new INP received prior
    to that date, and change orders for existing INP, shall be worked by Party
    A. Orders for new INP received by Party A on or after that date shall be
    rejected. Existing INP will be grand-fathered, subject to Section 18.4.5,
    below.
 5. In offices equipped with LNP prior to September 1, 1999 for former Bell
    Atlantic offices and October 1, 2000 for former GTE offices, the Parties
    agree to work together to convert all existing INP-served Customers to LNP
    by December 31, 2000 in accordance with a mutually agreed to conversion
    process and schedule. If mutually agreed to by the Parties, the conversion
    period may be extended one time by no more than 90 days from December 31,
    2000.
 6. Upon availability of LNP after October 1, 2000 at an End Office of either
    Party, both Parties agree to work together to convert the existing
    INP-served Customers to LNP by no later than 90 days from the date of LNP
    availability unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties.
 7. When, through no fault of Verizon's, all INP has not been converted to LNP
    at the end of the agreed to conversion period, then the remaining INPs will
    be changed to a functionally equivalent tariff service and billed to
    Pac-West at the tariff rate(s) for the subject jurisdiction.

Procedures for LNP Request.

The Parties shall provide for the requesting of End Office LNP capability on a
reciprocal basis through a written request. The Parties acknowledge that Verizon
has deployed LNP throughout its network in compliance with FCC 96-286 and other
applicable FCC rules.

 1. If Party B desires to have LNP capability deployed in an End Office of Party
    A, which is not currently capable, Party B shall issue a LNP request to
    Party A. Party A will respond to the Party B, within ten (10) days of
    receipt of the request, with a date for which LNP will be available in the
    requested End Office. Party A shall proceed to provide for LNP in compliance
    with the procedures and timelines set forth in FCC 96-286, Paragraph 80, and
    FCC 97-74, Paragraphs 65 through 67.
 2. The Parties acknowledge that each can determine the LNP-capable End Offices
    of the other through the Local Exchange Routing Guide (LERG). In addition
    the Parties shall make information available upon request showing their
    respective LNP-capable End Offices, as set forth in this Section 18.5.

 

RESALE ATTACHMENT

General

Verizon shall provide to Pac-West, in accordance with this Agreement (including,
but not limited to, Verizon's applicable Tariffs) and the requirements of
Applicable Law, Verizon's Telecommunications Services for resale by Pac-West;
provided, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Verizon
shall be obligated to provide Telecommunications Services to Pac-West only to
the extent required by Applicable Law and may decline to provide a
Telecommunications Service to Pac-West to the extent that provision of such
Telecommunications Service is not required by Applicable Law.

Use of Verizon Telecommunications Services
 1. Verizon Telecommunications Services may be purchased by Pac-West under this
    Resale Attachment only for the purpose of resale by Pac-West as a
    Telecommunications Carrier. Verizon Telecommunications Services to be
    purchased by Pac-West for other purposes (including, but not limited to,
    Pac-West's own use) must be purchased by Pac-West pursuant to other
    applicable Attachments to this Agreement (if any), or separate written
    agreements, including, but not limited to, applicable Verizon Tariffs.
 2. Pac-West shall not resell:
     1. Residential service to persons not eligible to subscribe to such service
        from Verizon (including, but not limited to, business or other
        nonresidential Customers);
     2. Lifeline, Link Up America, or other means-tested service offerings, to
        persons not eligible to subscribe to such service offerings from
        Verizon;
     3. Grandfathered or discontinued service offerings to persons not eligible
        to subscribe to such service offerings from Verizon; or
     4. Any other Verizon service in violation of a restriction stated in this
        Agreement (including, but not limited to, a Verizon Tariff) that is not
        prohibited by Applicable Law.
     5. In addition to any other actions taken by Pac-West to comply with this
        Section 2.2, Pac-West shall take those actions required by Applicable
        Law to determine the eligibility of Pac-West Customers to purchase a
        service, including, but not limited to, obtaining any proof or
        certification of eligibility to purchase Lifeline, Link Up America, or
        other means-tested services, required by Applicable Law. Pac-West shall
        indemnify Verizon from any Claims resulting from Pac-West's failure to
        take such actions required by Applicable Law.
     6. Verizon may perform audits to confirm Pac-West's conformity to the
        provisions of this Section 2.2. Such audits may be performed twice per
        calendar year and shall be performed in accordance with Section 7 of the
        General Terms and Conditions.

 3. Pac-West shall be subject to the same limitations that Verizon's Customers
    are subject to with respect to any Telecommunications Service that Verizon
    grandfathers or discontinues offering. Without limiting the foregoing,
    except to the extent that Verizon follows a different practice for Verizon
    Customers in regard to a grandfathered Telecommunications Service, such
    grandfathered Telecommunications Service: (a) shall be available only to a
    Customer that already has such Telecommunications Service; (b) may not be
    moved to a new service location; and, (c) will be furnished only to the
    extent that facilities continue to be available to provide such
    Telecommunications Service.
 4. Pac-West shall not be eligible to participate in any Verizon plan or program
    under which Verizon Customers may obtain products or services which are not
    Verizon Telecommunications Services, in return for trying, agreeing to
    purchase, purchasing, or using, Verizon Telecommunications Services.
 5. In accordance with 47 CFR § 51.617(b), Verizon shall be entitled to all
    charges for Verizon Exchange Access services used by interexchange carriers
    to provide service to Pac-West Customers.

Availability of Verizon Telecommunications Services
 1. Verizon will provide a Verizon Telecommunications Service to Pac-West for
    resale pursuant to this Attachment where and to the same extent, but only
    where and to the same extent, that such Verizon Telecommunications Service
    is provided to Verizon's Customers.
 2. Except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, subject to Section 3.1,
    Verizon shall have the right to add, modify, grandfather, discontinue, or
    withdraw Verizon Telecommunications Services at any time, without the
    consent of Pac-West, provided however, Verizon will provide notice to
    Pac-West of any such addition, modification, grandfathering, discontinuance
    or withdrawal to the extent required by Applicable Law.
 3. To the extent required by Applicable Law, the Verizon Telecommunications
    Services to be provided to Pac-West for resale pursuant to this Attachment
    will include a Verizon Telecommunications Service customer-specific contract
    service arrangement ("CSA") (such as a customer specific pricing arrangement
    or individual case based pricing arrangement) that Verizon is providing to a
    Verizon Customer at the time the CSA is requested by Pac-West.

Responsibility for Charges

Pac-West shall be responsible for and pay all charges for any Verizon
Telecommunications Services provided by Verizon pursuant to this Resale
Attachment.

Operations Matters
Facilities
.
 1. Verizon and its suppliers shall retain all of their right, title and
    interest in all facilities, equipment, software, information, and wiring,
    used to provide Verizon Telecommunications Services.
 2. Verizon shall have access at all reasonable times to Pac-West Customer
    locations for the purpose of installing, inspecting, maintaining, repairing,
    and removing, facilities, equipment, software, and wiring, used to provide
    the Verizon Telecommunications Services. Pac-West shall, at Pac-West's
    expense, obtain any rights and authorizations necessary for such access.
 3. Except as otherwise agreed to in writing by Verizon, Verizon shall not be
    responsible for the installation, inspection, repair, maintenance, or
    removal, of facilities, equipment, software, or wiring, provided by Pac-West
    or Pac-West Customers for use with Verizon Telecommunications Services.

Branding
.
 1. Except as stated in Section 5.2.2, in providing Verizon Telecommunications
    Services to Pac-West, Verizon shall have the right (but not the obligation)
    to identify the Verizon Telecommunications Services with Verizon's trade
    names, trademarks and service marks ("Verizon Marks"), to the same extent
    that these Services are identified with Verizon's Marks when they are
    provided to Verizon's Customers. Any such identification of Verizon's
    Telecommunications Services shall not constitute the grant of a license or
    other right to Pac-West to use Verizon's Marks.
 2. To the extent required by Applicable Law, upon request by Pac-West and at
    prices, terms and conditions to be negotiated by Pac-West and Verizon,
    Verizon shall provide Verizon Telecommunications Services for resale that
    are identified by Pac-West's trade name, or that are not identified by trade
    name, trademark or service mark.
 3. If Verizon uses a third-party contractor to provide Verizon Operator
    Services or Verizon Directory Assistance Services, Pac-West will be
    responsible for entering into a direct contractual arrangement with the
    third-party contractor at Pac-West's expense (a) to obtain identification of
    Verizon Operator Services or Verizon Directory Assistance Services purchased
    by Pac-West for resale with Pac-West's trade name, or (b) to obtain removal
    of trade name, trademark or service mark identification from Verizon
    Operator Services or Verizon Directory Assistance Services purchased by
    Pac-West for resale.

Rates and Charges

The rates and charges for Verizon Telecommunication Services purchased by
Pac-West for resale pursuant to this Attachment shall be as provided in this
Attachment and the Pricing Attachment.

 

 

NETWORK ELEMENTS ATTACHMENT

General Verizon shall provide to Pac-West, in accordance with this Agreement
(including, but not limited to, Verizon's applicable Tariffs) and the
requirements of Applicable Law, access to Verizon's Network Elements on an
unbundled basis and in combinations (Combinations); provided, however, that
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Verizon shall be
obligated to provide unbundled Network Elements (UNEs) and Combinations to
Pac-West only to the extent required by Applicable Law and may decline to
provide UNEs or Combinations to Pac-West to the extent that provision of such
UNEs or Combinations is not required by Applicable Law. Except as otherwise
required by Applicable Law: (a) Verizon shall be obligated to provide a UNE or
Combination pursuant to this Agreement only to the extent such UNE or
Combination, and the equipment and facilities necessary to provide such UNE or
Combination, are available in Verizon's network; (b) Verizon shall have no
obligation to construct or deploy new facilities or equipment to offer any UNE
or Combination; and, (c) Verizon shall not be obligated to combine Network
Elements that are not already combined in Verizon's network. Except as otherwise
required by Applicable Law, Verizon shall not be obligated, and may decline, to
provide a UNE or Combination to Pac-West, if Pac-West, either itself or through
a third party (e.g., Pac-West's Customer), has ordered Telecommunications
Services from Verizon in order to impose on Verizon an obligation to provide
such UNE or a Combination. For example, except as otherwise required by
Applicable Law, Verizon shall not be obligated, and may decline, to provide a
UNE or Combination to Pac-West if Pac-West ordered Telecommunications Services
or advised its Customer to order Telecommunications Services where the UNE or
Combination desired by Pac-West was not available in order to permit Pac-West to
subsequently convert the Telecommunications Services to the UNE or Combination
desired by Pac-West. Pac-West may use a UNE or Combination only for those
purposes for which Verizon is required by Applicable Law to provide such UNE or
Combination to Pac-West. Without limiting the foregoing, Pac-West may use a UNE
or Combination (a) only to provide a Telecommunications Service and (b) to
provide Exchange Access services only to the extent that Verizon is required by
Applicable Law to provide such UNE or Combination to Pac-West in order to allow
Pac-West to provide such Exchange Access services. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement:
 1. To the extent Verizon is required by a change in Applicable Law to provide
    to Pac-West a UNE or Combination that is not offered under this Agreement to
    Pac-West as of the Effective Date, the terms, conditions and prices for such
    UNE or Combination (including, but not limited to, the terms and conditions
    defining the UNE or Combination and stating when and where the UNE or
    Combination will be available and how it will be used, and terms, conditions
    and prices for pre-ordering, ordering, provisioning, repair, maintenance and
    billing) shall be as provided in an applicable Verizon Tariff, or, in the
    absence of an applicable Verizon Tariff, as mutually agreed in writing by
    the Parties.
 2. Verizon shall not be obligated to provide access to a proprietary advanced
    intelligent network service.

Without limiting Verizon's rights pursuant to Applicable Law or any other
section of this Agreement to terminate its provision of a UNE or a Combination,
if Verizon provides a UNE or Combination to Pac-West, and the Commission, the
FCC, a court or other governmental body of appropriate jurisdiction determines
or has determined that Verizon is not required by Applicable Law to provide such
UNE or Combination, Verizon may terminate its provision of such UNE or
Combination to Pac-West provided it gives Pac-West at least 60 days prior notice
of its intent to terminate such UNE or Combination. If Verizon terminates its
provision of a UNE or a Combination to Pac-West pursuant to this Section 1.5 and
Pac-West elects to purchase other services offered by Verizon in place of such
UNE or Combination, then: (a) Verizon shall reasonably cooperate with Pac-West
to coordinate the termination of such UNE or Combination and the installation of
such services to minimize the interruption of service to Customers of Pac-West;
and, (b) Pac-West shall pay all applicable charges for such services, including,
but not limited to all applicable charges for such services, including
installation charges, where the new service requires installation. Verizon
reserves its right to argue that any item identified in this Agreement as a
Network Element is (i) not a Network Element under Applicable Law, or (ii) a
Network Element Verizon is not required by Applicable Law to provide to Pac-West
on an unbundled basis or in combination with other Network Elements. Except as
otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, Pac-West shall access Verizon's
UNEs specifically identified in this Agreement as permitted by Applicable Law.
Where Pac-West accesses UNEs via Collocation such access shall be in accordance
with the Collocation Attachment at the Verizon Wire Center where those UNEs
exist, and each Loop or Port shall, in the case of Collocation, be delivered to
Pac-West 's Collocation node by means of a Cross Connection. If as the result of
Pac-West Customer actions (i.e., Customer Not Ready ("CNR")), Verizon cannot
complete requested work activity when a technician has been dispatched to the
Pac-West Customer premises, Pac-West will be assessed a non-recurring charge
associated with this visit. This charge will be the sum of the applicable
Service Order charge as provided in the Pricing Attachment and the Premises
Visit Charge as provided in Verizon's applicable retail or wholesale Tariff. On
a pre-order, Pac-West will be informed of the need for such premise visit, and
will not be charged for such premise visit until Pac-West submits an order. When
Pac-West submits an LSR, Verizon will provide to Pac-West a Local Service
Confirmation ("LSC") which will specify whether a premise visit is required.
Pac-West will not be charged for the premise visit if Pac-West cancels the LSR.
Verizon's Provision of Network Elements

Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1, Verizon shall provide Pac-West
access to the following UNEs (or combinations thereof, in the case of EELS, as
defined in Section 16.2), in accordance with, but only to the extent required
by, Applicable Law:

 1.  Loops, as set forth in Section 3;
 2.  Line Sharing, as set forth in Section 4;
 3.  Line Splitting, as set forth in Section 5;
 4.  Sub-Loops, as set forth in Section 6;
 5.  Inside Wire, as set forth in Section 7;
 6.  Dark Fiber, as set forth in Section 8;
 7.  Network Interface Device, as set forth in Section 9;
 8.  Switching Elements, as set forth in Section 10;
 9.  Interoffice Transmission Facilities (IOF), as set forth in Section 11;
 10. Signaling Networks and Call-Related Databases, as set forth in Section 12;
 11. Operations Support Systems, as set forth in Section 13; and
 12. Other UNEs in accordance with Section 14.
 13. EELS in accordance with Section 16.

Loop Transmission Types

Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1, Verizon shall allow Pac-West
to access Loops unbundled from local switching and local transport, in
accordance with this Section 3 and the rates and charges provided in the Pricing
Attachment. Verizon shall allow Pac-West access to Loops in accordance with, but
only to extent required by, Applicable Law. The available Loop types are as set
forth below:

 1.  "2 Wire Analog Voice Grade Loop" or "Analog 2W" provides an effective
     2-wire channel with 2-wire interfaces at each end that is suitable for the
     transport of analog Voice Grade (nominal 300 to 3000 Hz) signals and
     loop-start signaling. This Loop type is more fully described in Verizon
     TR-72565, as revised from time-to-time. If "Customer-Specified Signaling"
     is requested, the Loop will operate with one of the following signaling
     types that may be specified when the Loop is ordered: loop-start,
     ground-start, loop-reverse-battery, and no signaling. Customer specified
     signaling is more fully described in Verizon TR-72570, as revised from
     time-to-time.
 2.  "4-Wire Analog Voice Grade Loop" or "Analog 4W" provides an effective
     4-wire channel with 4-wire interfaces at each end that is suitable for the
     transport of analog Voice Grade (nominal 300 to 3000 Hz) signals. This Loop
     type will operate with one of the following signaling types that may be
     specified when the Loop is ordered: loop-start, ground-start,
     loop-reverse-battery, duplex, and no signaling. This Loop type is more
     fully described in Verizon TR-72570, as revised from time-to-time.
 3.  "2-Wire ISDN Digital Grade Loop" or "BRI ISDN" provides a channel with
     2-wire interfaces at each end that is suitable for the transport of 160
     kbps digital services using the ISDN 2B1Q line code. This Loop type is more
     fully described in ANSI T1.601-1998 and Verizon TR 72575, (as revised from
     time-to-time. In some cases loop extension equipment may be necessary to
     bring the line loss within acceptable levels. Verizon will provide loop
     extension equipment only upon request. A separate charge will apply for
     loop extension equipment.
 4.  "2-Wire ADSL-Compatible Loop" or "ADSL 2W" provides a channel with 2-wire
     interfaces at each end that is suitable for the transport of digital
     signals up to 8 Mbps toward the Customer and up to 1 Mbps from the
     Customer. This Loop type is more fully described in Verizon TR-72575, as
     revised from time-to-time. ADSL-Compatible Loops will be available only
     where existing copper facilities are available and meet applicable
     specifications. Verizon will not build new copper facilities. The upstream
     and downstream ADSL power spectral density masks and dc line power limits
     in Verizon TR 72575, as revised from time-to-time, must be met.
 5.  "2-Wire HDSL-Compatible Loop" or "HDSL 2W" consists of a single 2-wire
     non-loaded, twisted copper pair that meets the carrier serving area design
     criteria. This Loop type is more fully described in Verizon TR-72575, as
     revised from time-to-time. The HDSL power spectral density mask and dc line
     power limits referenced in Verizon TR 72575, as revised from time-to-time,
     must be met. 2-wire HDSL-compatible local loops will be provided only where
     existing facilities are available and can meet applicable specifications.
     Verizon will not build new copper facilities. The 2-wire HDSL-compatible
     loop is available only in Bell Atlantic Service Areas.
 6.  "4-Wire HDSL-Compatible Loop" or "HDSL 4W" consists of two 2-wire
     non-loaded, twisted copper pairs that meet the carrier serving area design
     criteria. This Loop type is more fully described in Verizon TR-72575, as
     revised from time-to-time. The HDSL power spectral density mask and dc line
     power limits referenced in Verizon TR 72575, as revised from time-to-time,
     must be met. 4-Wire HDSL-compatible local loops will be provided only where
     existing facilities are available and can meet applicable specifications.
     Verizon will not build new copper facilities.
 7.  "4-Wire DS1-compatible Loop" provides a channel with 4-wire interfaces at
     each end. Each 4-wire channel is suitable for the transport of 1.544 Mbps
     digital signals simultaneously in both directions using PCM line code. This
     Loop type is more fully described in ANSI T1.403 and Verizon TR 72575, as
     revised from time-to-time. DS-1-compatible Loops will be available only
     where existing facilities can meet the specifications in ANSI T1.403 and
     Verizon TR 72575. as revised from time-to-time.
 8.  "2-Wire IDSL-Compatible Metallic Loop" consists of a single 2-wire
     non-loaded, twisted copper pair that meets revised resistance design
     criteria. This UNE Loop is intended to be used with very-low band symmetric
     DSL systems that meet the Class 1 signal power limits and other criteria in
     the draft T1E1.4 loop spectrum management standard (T1E1.4/2000-002R3) and
     are not compatible with 2B1Q 160 kbps ISDN transport systems. The actual
     data rate achieved depends upon the performance of CLEC-provided modems
     with the electrical characteristics associated with the loop. This Loop
     type is more fully described in T1E1.4/2000-002R3. This loop cannot be
     provided via UDLC. IDLC-compatible local loops will be provided only where
     facilities are available and can meet applicable specifications. Verizon
     will not build new copper facilities.
 9.  "2-Wire SDSL-Compatible Loop", is intended to be used with low band
     symmetric DSL systems that meet the Class 2 signal power limits and other
     criteria in the draft T1E1.4 loop spectrum management standard
     (T1E1.4/2000-002R3). This UNE loop consists of a single 2-wire non-loaded,
     twisted copper pair that meets Class 2 length limit in T1E1.4/2000-002R3.
     The data rate achieved depends on the performance of the CLEC-provided
     modems with the electrical characteristics associated with the loop. This
     Loop type is more fully described in T1E1.4/2000-002R3. SDSL-compatible
     local loops will be provided only where facilities are available and can
     meet applicable specifications. Verizon will not build new copper
     facilities.
 10. "4-Wire 56 kbps Loop" is a 4-wire Loop that provides a transmission path
     that is suitable for the transport of digital data at a synchronous rate of
     56 kbps in opposite directions on such Loop simultaneously. A 4-Wire 56
     kbps Loop consists of two pairs of non-loaded copper wires with no
     intermediate electronics or it consists of universal digital loop carrier
     with 56 kbps DDS dataport transport capability. Verizon shall provide
     4-Wire 56 kbps Loops to Pac-West in accordance with, and subject to, the
     technical specifications set forth in Verizon Technical Reference TR72575,
     Issue 2, as revised from time-to-time.
 11. "DS-3 Loops" will support the transmission of isochronous bipolar serial
     data at a rate of 44.736 Mbps or the equivalent of 28 DS-1 channels. This
     Loop type is more fully described in Verizon TR 72575, as revised from time
     to time. The DS-3 Loop includes the electronics necessary to provide the
     DS-3 transmission rate. A DS-3 Loop will only be provided where the
     electronics are at the requested installation date currently available for
     the requested loop. Verizon will not install new electronics.
 12. "Digital Designed Loops" are comprised of designed loops that meet specific
     Pac-West requirements for metallic loops over 18k ft. or for conditioning
     of ADSL, HDSL, SDSL, IDSL, or BRI ISDN Loops. "Digital Designed Loops" may
     include requests for:
      1. a 2W Digital Designed Metallic Loop with a total loop length of 18k to
         30k ft., unloaded, with the option to remove bridged tap;
      2. a 2W ADSL Loop of 12k to 18k ft. with an option to remove bridged tap;
      3. a 2W ADSL Loop of less than 12k ft. with an option to remove bridged
         tap;
      4. a 2W HDSL Loop of less than 12k ft. with an option to remove bridged
         tap:
      5. a 4W HDSL Loop of less than 12k ft with an option to remove bridged
         tap;
      6. a 2 W Digital Designed Metallic Loop with Verizon-placed ISDN loop
         extension electronics;
      7. a 2W SDSL Loop with an option to remove bridged tap; and
      8. a 2W IDSL Loop of less than 18k ft. with an option to remove bridged
         tap;

 13. Verizon shall make Digital Designed Loops available to Pac-West at the
     rates as set forth in the Pricing Attachment.
 14. The following ordering procedures shall apply to the xDSL Loops and Digital
     Designed Loops:
      1. Pac-West shall place orders for xDSL Loops and Digital Designed Loops
         by delivering to Verizon a valid electronic transmittal service order
         or other mutually agreed upon type of service order. Such service order
         shall be provided in accordance with industry format and specifications
         or such format and specifications as may be agreed to by the Parties.
      2. Verizon is conducting a mechanized survey of existing Loop facilities,
         on a Central Office by Central Office basis, to identify those Loops
         that meet the applicable technical characteristics established by
         Verizon for compatibility with ADSL, HDSL, IDSL, SDSL and BRI ISDN
         signals. The results of this survey will be stored in a mechanized
         database and made available to Pac-West as the process is completed in
         each Central Office. Pac-West must utilize this mechanized loop
         qualification database, where available, in advance of submitting a
         valid electronic transmittal service order for an ADSL, HDSL, IDSL,
         SDSL or BRI ISDN Loop. Charges for mechanized loop qualification
         information are set forth in the Pricing Attachment.
      3. If the Loop is not listed in the mechanized database described in
         Section 3.14.2, Pac-West must request a manual loop qualification prior
         to submitting a valid electronic service order for an ADSL, HDSL, SDSL,
         IDSL, or BRI ISDN Loop. The rates for manual loop qualification are set
         forth in the Pricing Attachment. In general, Verizon will complete a
         manual loop qualification request within three Business Days, although
         Verizon may require additional time due to poor record conditions,
         spikes in demand, or other unforeseen events.
      4. If a query to the mechanized loop qualification database or manual loop
         qualification indicates that a Loop does not qualify (e.g., because it
         does not meet the applicable technical parameters set forth in the Loop
         descriptions above), Pac-West may request an Engineering Query, as
         described in Section 3.14.6, to determine whether the result is due to
         characteristics of the loop itself (e.g., specific number and location
         of bridged taps, the specific number of load coils, or the gauge of the
         cable).
      5. If Pac-West submits a service order for an ADSL, HDSL, SDSL, IDSL, or
         BRI ISDN Loop that has not been prequalified, Verizon will query the
         service order back to Pac-West for qualification and will not accept
         such service order until the Loop has been prequalified on a mechanized
         or manual basis. If Pac-West submits a service order for an ADSL, HDSL,
         SDSL, IDSL, or BRI ISDN Loop that is, in fact, not compatible with such
         services in its existing condition, Verizon will respond back to
         Pac-West with a "Nonqualified" indicator and with information showing
         whether the non-qualified result is due to the presence of load coils,
         presence of digital loop carrier, or loop length (including bridged
         tap).
      6. Where Pac-West has followed the prequalification procedure described
         above and has determined that a Loop is not compatible with ADSL, HDSL,
         SDSL, IDSL, or BRI ISDN service in its existing condition, it may
         either request an Engineering Query to determine whether conditioning
         may make the Loop compatible with the applicable service; or if
         Pac-West is already aware of the conditioning required (e.g., where
         Pac-West has previously requested a qualification and has obtained loop
         characteristics), Pac-West may submit a service order for a Digital
         Designed Loop. Verizon will undertake to condition or extend the Loop
         in accordance with this Section 3.14 upon receipt of Pac-West's valid,
         accurate and pre-qualified service order for a Digital Designed Loop.

 15. The Parties will make reasonable efforts to coordinate their respective
     roles in order to minimize provisioning problems. In general, where
     conditioning or loop extensions are requested by Pac-West, an interval of
     eighteen (18) Business Days will be required by Verizon to complete the
     loop analysis and the necessary construction work involved in conditioning
     and/or extending the loop as follows:
      1. Three (3) Business Days will be required following receipt of
         Pac-West's valid, accurate and pre-qualified service order for a
         Digital Designed Loop to analyze the loop and related plant records and
         to create an Engineering Work Order.
      2. Upon completion of an Engineering Work Order, Verizon will initiate the
         construction order to perform the changes/modifications to the Loop
         requested by Pac-West. Conditioning activities are, in most cases, able
         to be accomplished within fifteen (15) Business Days. Unforeseen
         conditions may add to this interval.

     After the engineering and conditioning tasks have been completed, the
     standard Loop provisioning and installation process will be initiated,
     subject to Verizon's standard provisioning intervals.

 16. If Pac-West requires a change in scheduling, it must contact Verizon to
     issue a supplement to the original service order. If Pac-West cancels the
     request for conditioning after a loop analysis has been completed but prior
     to the commencement of construction work, Pac-West shall compensate Verizon
     for an Engineering Work Order charge as set forth in the Pricing
     Attachment. If Pac-West cancels the request for conditioning after the loop
     analysis has been completed and after construction work has started or is
     complete, Pac-West shall compensate Verizon for an Engineering Work Order
     charge as well as the charges associated with the conditioning tasks
     performed as set forth in the Pricing Attachment.
 17. Conversion of Live Telephone Exchange Service to Analog 2W Loops.
      1. The following coordination procedures shall apply to "live" cutovers of
         Verizon Customers who are converting their Telephone Exchange Services
         to Pac-West Telephone Exchange Services provisioned over Analog 2W
         unbundled Local Loops ("Analog 2W Loops) to be provided by Verizon to
         Pac-West:
          1. Coordinated cutover charges shall apply to conversions of live
             Telephone Exchange Services to Analog 2W Loops. When an outside
             dispatch is required to perform a conversion, additional charges
             may apply. If Pac-West does not request a coordinated cutover,
             Verizon will process Pac-West's order as a new installation subject
             to applicable standard provisioning intervals.
          2. Pac-West shall request Analog 2W Loops for coordinated cutover from
             Verizon by delivering to Verizon a valid electronic Local Service
             Request ("LSR"). Verizon agrees to accept from Pac-West the date
             and time for the conversion designated on the LSR ("Scheduled
             Conversion Time"), provided that such designation is within the
             regularly scheduled operating hours of the Verizon Regional CLEC
             Control Center ("RCCC") and subject to the availability of
             Verizon's work force. In the event that Verizon's work force is not
             available, Pac-West and Verizon shall mutually agree on a New
             Conversion Time, as defined below. Pac-West shall designate the
             Scheduled Conversion Time subject to Verizon standard provisioning
             intervals as stated in the Verizon CLEC Handbook, as may be revised
             from time to time. Within three (3) Business Days of Verizon's
             receipt of such valid LSR, or as otherwise required by Applicable
             Law, Verizon shall provide Pac-West the scheduled due date for
             conversion of the Analog 2W Loops covered by such LSR.
          3. Pac-West shall provide dial tone at the Pac-West Collocation site
             at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the Scheduled Conversion
             Time.
          4. Either Party may contact the other Party to negotiate a new
             Scheduled Conversion Time (the "New Conversion Time"); provided,
             however, that each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts
             to provide four (4) business hours' advance notice to the other
             Party of its request for a New Conversion Time. Any Scheduled
             Conversion Time or New Conversion Time may not be rescheduled more
             than one (1) time in a business day, and any two New Conversion
             Times for a particular Analog 2W Loop shall differ by at least
             eight (8) hours, unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties.
          5. If the New Conversion Time is more than one (1) business hour from
             the original Scheduled Conversion Time or from the previous New
             Conversion Time, the Party requesting such New Conversion Time
             shall be subject to the following:
              1. If Verizon requests to reschedule outside of the one (1) hour
                 time frame above, the Analog 2W Loops Service Order Charge for
                 the original Scheduled Conversion Time or the previous New
                 Conversion Time shall be waived upon request from Pac-West; and
              2. If Pac-West requests to reschedule outside the one (1) hour
                 time frame above, Pac-West shall be charged an additional
                 Analog 2W Loops Service Order Charge for rescheduling the
                 conversion to the New Conversion Time.
         
          6. If Pac-West is not ready to accept service at the Scheduled
             Conversion Time or at a New Conversion Time, as applicable, an
             additional Service Order Charge shall apply. If Verizon is not
             available or ready to perform the conversion within thirty (30)
             minutes of the Scheduled Conversion Time or New Conversion Time, as
             applicable, Verizon and Pac-West will reschedule and, upon request
             from Pac-West, Verizon will waive the Analog 2W Loop Service Order
             Charge for the original Scheduled Conversion Time.
          7. The standard time interval expected from disconnection of a live
             Telephone Exchange Service to the connection of the Analog 2W Loops
             to Pac-West is fifteen (15) minutes per Analog 2W Loop for all
             orders consisting of twenty (20) Analog 2W Loops or less. Orders
             involving more than twenty (20) Loops will require a negotiated
             interval.
          8. Conversions involving LNP will be completed according to North
             American Numbering Council ("NANC") standards, via the regional
             Number Portability Administration Center ("NPAC").
          9. If Pac-West requires Analog 2W Loop conversions outside of the
             regularly scheduled Verizon RCCC operating hours, such conversions
             shall be separately negotiated. Additional charges (e.g. overtime
             labor charges) may apply for desired dates and times outside of
             regularly scheduled RCCC operating hours.

 18. Verizon shall provide Pac-West access to its Loops at each of Verizon's
     Wire Centers for Loops terminating in that Wire Center. In addition, if
     Pac-West orders one or more Loops provisioned via Integrated Digital Loop
     Carrier or Remote Switching technology deployed as a Loop concentrator,
     Verizon shall, where available, move the requested Loop(s) to a spare
     physical Loop, if one is existing and available, at no additional charge to
     Pac-West. If, however, no spare physical Loop is available, Verizon shall
     within three (3) Business Days of Pac-West's request notify Pac-West of the
     lack of available facilities. Pac-West may then at its discretion make a
     Network Element Bona Fide Request pursuant to Section 14.3 to Verizon to
     provide the unbundled Local Loop through the demultiplexing of the
     integrated digitized Loop(s). Pac-West may also make a Network Element Bona
     Fide Request pursuant to Section 14.3 for access to Unbundled Local Loops
     at the Loop concentration site point. Notwithstanding anything to the
     contrary in this Agreement, standard provisioning intervals shall not apply
     to Loops provided under this Section 3.18.

Line Sharing
 1. "Line Sharing" is an arrangement by which Verizon facilitates Pac-West's
    provision of ADSL (in accordance with T1.413), Splitterless ADSL (in
    accordance with T1.419), RADSL (in accordance with TR # 59), Multiple
    Virtual Line (MVL) (a proprietary technology), or any other xDSL technology
    that is presumed to be acceptable for shared line deployment in accordance
    with FCC rules, to a particular Customer location over an existing copper
    Loop that is being used simultaneously by Verizon to provide analog
    circuit-switched voice grade service to that Customer by making available to
    Pac-West, solely for Pac-West's own use, the frequency range above the voice
    band on the same copper Loop required by Pac-West to provide such services.
    This Section 4 addresses line sharing over loops that are entirely copper
    loops.
 2. Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1, Verizon shall provide Line
    Sharing to Pac-West for Pac-West's provision of ADSL (in accordance with
    T1.413), Splitterless ADSL (in accordance with T1.419), RADSL (in accordance
    with TR # 59), MVL (a proprietary technology), or any other xDSL technology
    that is presumed to be acceptable for shared line deployment in accordance
    with FCC rules, in accordance with this Section 4 and the rates and charges
    provided in the Pricing Attachment. Verizon shall provide Line Sharing to
    Pac-West in accordance with, but only to the extent required by, Applicable
    Law. In order for a Loop to be eligible for Line Sharing, the following
    conditions must be satisfied for the duration of the Line Sharing
    arrangement: (i) the Loop must consist of a copper loop compatible with an
    xDSL service that is presumed to be acceptable for shared-line deployment in
    accordance with FCC rules; (ii) Verizon must be providing simultaneous
    circuit-switched analog voice grade service to the Customer served by the
    Loop in question; (iii) the Verizon Customer's dial tone must originate from
    a Verizon End Office Switch in the Wire Center where the Line Sharing
    arrangement is being requested; and (iv) the xDSL technology to be deployed
    by Pac-West on that Loop must not significantly degrade the performance of
    other services provided on that Loop.
 3. Verizon shall make Line Sharing available to Pac-West at the rates and
    charges set forth in the Pricing Attachment. In addition to the recurring
    and nonrecurring charges shown in the Pricing Attachment for Line Sharing
    itself, the following rates shown in the Pricing Attachment and in Verizon's
    applicable Tariffs are among those that may apply to a Line Sharing
    arrangement: (i) prequalification charges to determine whether a Loop is
    xDSL compatible (i.e., compatible with an xDSL service that is presumed to
    be acceptable for shared-line deployment in accordance with FCC rules); (ii)
    engineering query charges, engineering work order charges, or Loop
    conditioning (Digital Designed Loop) charges; (iii) charges associated with
    Collocation activities requested by Pac-West; and (iv) misdirected dispatch
    charges, charges for installation or repair, manual intervention surcharges,
    trouble isolation charges, and pair swap/line and station transfer charges.
 4. The following ordering procedures shall apply to Line Sharing:
     1. To determine whether a Loop qualifies for Line Sharing, the Loop must
        first be prequalified to determine if it is xDSL compatible. Pac-West
        must utilize the Loop qualification processes described in the terms
        applicable to xDSL and Digital Designed Loops to make this
        determination.
     2. Pac-West shall place orders for Line Sharing by delivering to Verizon a
        valid electronic transmittal service order or other mutually agreed upon
        type of service order. Such service order shall be provided in
        accordance with industry format and specifications or such format and
        specifications as may be agreed to by the Parties.
     3. If the Loop is prequalified by Pac-West through the Loop
        prequalification database, and if a positive response is received and
        followed by receipt of Pac-West's valid, accurate and pre-qualified
        service order for Line Sharing, Verizon will return an LSR confirmation
        within twenty-four (24) hours (weekends and holidays excluded) for LSRs
        with less than six (6) loops and within 72 hours (weekends and holidays
        excluded) for LSRs with six (6) or more loops.
     4. If the Loop requires qualification manually or through an Engineering
        Query, three (3) additional Business Days will generally be required to
        obtain Loop qualification results before an order confirmation can be
        returned following receipt of Pac-West's valid, accurate request.
        Verizon may require additional time to complete the Engineering Query
        where there are poor record conditions, spikes in demand, or other
        unforeseen events.
     5. If conditioning is required to make a Loop capable of supporting Line
        Sharing and Pac-West orders such conditioning, then Verizon shall
        provide such conditioning in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
        pertaining to Digital Designed Loops; or if this Agreement does not
        contain provisions pertaining to Digital Designed Loops, then in
        accordance with Verizon's generally available rates, terms and
        conditions applicable to Digital Design Loops; provided, however, that
        Verizon shall not be obligated to provide Loop conditioning if Verizon
        establishes, in the manner required by Applicable Law, that such
        conditioning is likely to degrade significantly the voice-grade service
        being provided to Verizon's Customers over such Loops.
     6. The standard Loop provisioning and installation process will be
        initiated for the Line Sharing arrangement only once the requested
        engineering and conditioning tasks have been completed on the Loop.
        Scheduling changes and charges associated with order cancellations after
        conditioning work has been initiated are addressed in the terms
        pertaining to Digital Designed Loops, as referenced in Section 4.4.5,
        above. The standard provisioning interval for the Line Sharing
        arrangement shall be as set out in the Verizon Product Interval Guide;
        provided that the standard provisioning interval for the Line Sharing
        arrangement shall not exceed the shortest of the following intervals:
        (a) six (6) business days; (b) the standard provisioning interval for
        the Line Sharing arrangement that is stated in an applicable Verizon
        Tariff; or, (c) the standard provisioning interval for the Line Sharing
        arrangement that is required by Applicable Law. The standard
        provisioning interval for the Line Sharing arrangement shall commence
        only once any requested engineering and conditioning tasks have been
        completed. Line Sharing arrangements that require pair swaps or line and
        station transfers in order to free-up facilities may have a provisioning
        interval that is longer than the standard provisioning interval for the
        Line Sharing arrangement. In no event shall the Line Sharing interval
        offered to Pac-West be longer than the interval offered to any similarly
        situated Affiliate of Verizon.
     7. Pac-West must provide all required Collocation, CFA, Special Bill Number
        (SBN) and NC/NCI information when a Line Sharing Arrangement is ordered.
        Collocation augments required, either at the Point of Termination (POT)
        Bay, Collocation node, or for splitter placement, must be ordered using
        standard collocation applications and procedures, unless otherwise
        agreed to by the Parties or specified in this Agreement.
     8. The Parties recognize that Line Sharing is an offering that requires
        both Parties to make reasonable efforts to coordinate their respective
        roles in order to minimize provisioning problems and facility issues.
        Pac-West will provide reasonable, timely, and accurate forecasts of its
        Line Sharing requirements, including splitter placement elections and
        ordering preferences. These forecasts are in addition to projections
        provided for other stand-alone unbundled Loop types.

 5. To the extent required by Applicable Law, Pac-West shall provide Verizon
    with information regarding the type of xDSL technology that it deploys on
    each shared Loop. Where any proposed change in technology is planned on a
    shared Loop, Pac-West must provide this information to Verizon in order for
    Verizon to update Loop records and anticipate effects that the change may
    have on the voice grade service and other Loops in the same or adjacent
    binder groups.
 6. As described more fully in Verizon Technical Reference 72575, the xDSL
    technology used by Pac-West for Line Share Arrangements shall operate within
    the Power Spectral Density (PSD) limits set forth in T1.413-1998 (ADSL),
    T1.419-2000 (Splitterless ADSL), or TR59-1999 (RADSL), and MVL (a
    proprietary technology) shall operate within the 0 to 4 kHz PSD limits of
    T1.413-1998 and within the transmit PSD limits of T1.601-1998 for
    frequencies above 4 kHz, provided that the MVL PSD associated with audible
    frequencies above 4 kHz shall be sufficiently attenuated to preclude
    significantly degrading voice services. Pac-West's deployment of additional
    Advanced Services shall be subject to the applicable FCC Rules.
 7. Pac-West may only access the high frequency portion of a Loop in a Line
    Sharing arrangement through an established Collocation arrangement at the
    Verizon Serving Wire Center that contains the End Office Switch through
    which voice grade service is provided to Verizon's Customer. Pac-West is
    responsible for providing, through one of the splitter options described
    below, a splitter at that Wire Center that complies with ANSI specification
    T1.413, employs Direct Current (DC) blocking capacitors or equivalent
    technology to assist in isolating high bandwidth trouble resolution and
    maintenance to the high frequency portion of the frequency spectrum, and
    operates so that the analog voice "dial tone" stays active when the splitter
    card is removed for testing or maintenance. Pac-West is also responsible for
    providing its own Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM)
    equipment in the Collocation arrangement and any necessary Customer Provided
    Equipment (CPE) for the xDSL service it intends to provide (including CPE
    splitters, filters and/or other equipment necessary for the end user to
    receive separate voice and data services across the shared Loop).

    Two splitter configurations are available. In both configurations, the
    splitter must be provided by Pac-West and must satisfy the same NEBS
    requirements that Verizon imposes on its own splitter equipment or the
    splitter equipment of any Verizon Affiliate. Pac-West must designate which
    splitter option it is choosing on the Collocation application or augment.
    Regardless of the option selected, the splitter arrangements must be
    installed before Pac-West submits an order for Line Sharing.

    Splitter Option A (Splitter Option 1): Splitter in Pac-West Collocation Area

    In this configuration, the Pac-West-provided splitter (ANSI T1.413 or MVL
    compliant) is provided, installed and maintained by Pac-West in its own
    Collocation space within the Customer's serving End Office. The
    Verizon-provided dial tone is routed through the splitter in the Pac-West
    Collocation area. Any rearrangements will be the responsibility of Pac-West.

    Splitter Option C (Splitter Option 2): Splitter in Verizon Area

    In this configuration, Verizon inventories and maintains a Pac-West-provided
    splitter (ANSI T1.413 or MVL compliant) in Verizon space within the
    Customer's serving End Office. The splitters will be installed
    shelf-at-a-time.

    In those serving End Offices where Verizon employs the use of a POT Bay for
    interconnection of Pac-West's Collocation arrangement with Verizon's
    network, the splitter will be installed (mounted) in a relay rack between
    the POT Bay and the MDF. The demarcation point is at the splitter end of the
    cable connecting the POT Bay and the splitter. Installation of the splitter
    will be performed by Verizon or, at Pac-West's election, by a
    Verizon-approved vendor designated by Pac-West.

    In those serving End Offices where Verizon does not employ a POT Bay for
    interconnection of Pac-West's Collocation arrangement with Verizon's
    network, the Pac-West provided splitter will be installed (mounted) in a
    relay rack between the Pac-West Collocation arrangement and the MDF. The
    demarcation point is at the splitter end of the cable connecting the
    Pac-West Collocation arrangement and the splitter. Installation of the
    splitter will be performed by Verizon, or, at Pac-West's election, by a
    Verizon-approved vendor designated by Pac-West.

    In either scenario, Verizon will control the splitter and will direct any
    required activity. Where a POT Bay is employed, Verizon will also perform
    all POT Bay work required in this configuration. Verizon will provide a
    splitter inventory to Pac-West upon completion of the required work.

     1. Where a new splitter is to be installed as part of an initial
        Collocation implementation, the splitter installation may be ordered as
        part of the initial Collocation application. Associated Collocation
        charges (application and engineering fees) apply. Pac-West must submit a
        new Collocation application, with the application fee, to Verizon
        detailing its request. Except as otherwise required by Applicable Law,
        standard Collocation intervals will apply.
     2. Where a new splitter is to be installed as part of an existing
        Collocation arrangement, or where the existing Collocation arrangement
        is to be augmented (e.g., with additional terminations at the POT Bay or
        Pac-West's collocation arrangement to support Line Sharing), the
        splitter installation or augment may be ordered via an application for
        Collocation augment. Associated Collocation charges (application and
        engineering fees) apply. Pac-West must submit the application for
        Collocation augment, with the application fee, to Verizon. Unless a
        longer interval is stated in Verizon's applicable Tariff, an interval of
        seventy-six (76) business days shall apply.

 8. Pac-West will have the following options for testing shared Loops:
     1. In serving End Offices where Verizon employs a POT Bay for
        interconnection of Pac-West Collocation arrangement with Verizon's
        network, the following options shall be available to Pac-West.
         1. Under Splitter Option A, Pac-West may conduct its own physical tests
            of the shared Loop from Pac-West's collocation area. If it chooses
            to do so, Pac-West may supply and install a test head to facilitate
            such physical tests, provided that: (a) the test head satisfies the
            same NEBS requirements that Verizon imposes on its own test head
            equipment or the test head equipment of any Verizon Affiliate; and
            (b) the test head does not interrupt the voice circuit to any
            greater degree than a conventional MLT test. Specifically, the
            Pac-West-provided test equipment may not interrupt an in-in-progress
            voice connection and must automatically restore any circuits tested
            in intervals comparable to MLT. This optional Pac-West-provided test
            head will be installed in Pac-West's Collocation area between the
            "line" port of the splitter and the POT Bay in order to conduct
            remote physical tests of the shared Loop.
         2. Under Splitter Option C, upon request by Pac-West, either Verizon
            or, at Pac-West's election, a Verizon-approved vendor selected by
            Pac-West will install a Pac-West-provided test head to enable
            Pac-West to conduct remote physical tests of the shared Loop. This
            optional Pac-West-provided test head will be installed at a point
            between the "line" port of the splitter and the Verizon-provided
            test head that is used by Verizon to conduct its own Loop testing.
            The Pac-West-provided test head must satisfy the same NEBS
            requirements that Verizon imposes on its own test head equipment or
            the test head equipment of any Verizon Affiliate, and may not
            interrupt the voice circuit to any greater degree than a
            conventional MLT test. Specifically, the Pac-West-provided test
            equipment may not interrupt an in-progress voice connection and must
            automatically restore any circuits tested in intervals comparable to
            MLT. Verizon will inventory, control and maintain the
            Pac-West-provided test head, and will direct all required activity.
         3. Under either Splitter Option, if Verizon has installed its own test
            head, Verizon will conduct tests of the shared Loop using a
            Verizon-provided test head, and, upon request, will provide these
            test results to Pac-West during normal trouble isolation procedures
            in accordance with reasonable procedures.
         4. Under either Splitter Option, upon request by Pac-West, Verizon will
            make MLT access available to Pac-West via RETAS after the service
            order has been completed. Pac-West will utilize the circuit number
            to initiate a test.
    
     2. In those serving End Offices where Verizon has not employed a POT Bay
        for interconnection of Pac-West's Collocation arrangement with Verizon's
        network, Pac-West will not be permitted to supply its own test head.
        Instead, Verizon will make a testing system available to Pac-West
        through use of the on-line computer interface test system at

www.gte.com/wisewww.verizon.com/wise. The Parties will continue to work
cooperatively on testing procedures. To this end, in situations where Pac-West
has attempted to use one or more of the foregoing testing options but is still
unable to resolve the error or trouble on the shared Loop, Verizon and Pac-West
will each dispatch a technician to an agreed-upon point to conduct a joint meet
test to identify and resolve the error or trouble. Verizon may assess a charge
for a misdirected dispatch only if the error or trouble is determined to be one
that Pac-West should reasonably have been able to isolate and diagnose through
one of the testing options available to Pac-West above. The Parties will
mutually agree upon the specific procedures for conducting joint meet tests.
Verizon and Pac-West each have a responsibility to educate the Customer
regarding which service provider should be called for problems with their
respective service offerings. Verizon will retain primary responsibility for
voice band trouble tickets, including repairing analog voice grade services and
the physical line between the NID at the Customer premise and the point of
demarcation in the Central Office. Pac-West will be responsible for repairing
services it offers over the Line Sharing arrangement. Each Party will be
responsible for maintaining its own equipment. If a splitter or test head that
Pac-West has provided to Verizon malfunctions, Pac-West shall provide a
replacement splitter or test head to Verizon. Before either Party initiates any
activity on a shared Loop that may cause a disruption of the service of the
other Party, that Party shall first make a good faith effort to notify the other
Party of the possibility of a service disruption. Verizon and Pac-West will work
together to address Customer initiated repair requests and to prevent adverse
impacts to the Customer. When Verizon provides Inside Wire maintenance services
to the Customer, Verizon will only be responsible for testing and repairing the
Inside Wire for voice-grade services. Verizon will not test, dispatch a
technician, repair, or upgrade Inside Wire to clear trouble calls associated
with Pac-West's Advanced Services. Verizon will not repair any CPE provided by
Pac-West. Before a trouble ticket is issued to Verizon, Pac-West shall validate
whether the Customer is experiencing a trouble that arises from Pac-West's
service. If the problem reported is isolated to the analog voice-grade service
provided by Verizon, a trouble ticket may be issued to Verizon. In the case of a
trouble reported by the Customer on its voice-grade service, if Verizon
determines the reported trouble arises from Pac-West's equipment, splitter
problems, or Pac-West's activities, Verizon will:
 1. Notify Pac-West and request that Pac-West immediately test the trouble on
    Pac-West's service.
 2. If the Customer's voice grade service is so degraded that the Customer
    cannot originate or receive voice grade calls, and Pac-West has not cleared
    its trouble within a reasonable time frame, Verizon may take unilateral
    steps to temporarily restore the Customer's voice grade service if Verizon
    determines in good faith that the cause of the voice interruption is
    Pac-West's service.
 3. Upon completion of the steps in 4.8.6.1 and 4.8.6.2, above, Verizon may
    temporarily remove the Pac-West-provided splitter from the Customer's Loop
    and switch port if Verizon determines in good faith that the cause of the
    voice interruption is Pac-West's service.
 4. Upon notification from Pac-West that the malfunction in Pac-West's service
    has been cleared, Verizon will restore Pac-West's service by restoring the
    splitter on the Customer's Loop.
 5. Upon completion of the above steps, Pac-West will be charged a Trouble
    Isolation Charge (TIC) to recover Verizon's costs of isolating and
    temporarily removing the malfunctioning Pac-West service from the Customer's
    line if the cause of the voice interruption was Pac-West's service.
 6. Verizon shall not be liable to Pac-West, the Customer, or any other person,
    for damages of any kind for disruptions to Pac-West's service that are the
    result of the above steps taken in good faith to restore the end user's
    voice-grade POTS service, and Pac-West shall indemnify Verizon from any
    Claims that result from such steps.

Line Splitting

CLECs may provide integrated voice and data services over the same Loop by
engaging in "line splitting" as set forth in paragraph 18 of the FCC's Line
Sharing Reconsideration Order (CC Docket Nos. 98-147, 96-98), released January
19, 2001. Any line splitting between two CLECs shall be accomplished by prior
negotiated arrangement between those CLECs. To achieve a line splitting
capability, CLECs may utilize existing supporting OSS to order and combine in a
line splitting configuration an unbundled xDSL capable Loop terminated to a
collocated splitter and DSLAM equipment provided by a participating CLEC,
unbundled switching combined with shared transport, collocator-to-collocator
connections, and available cross-connects, under the terms and conditions set
forth in their Interconnection Agreement(s). The participating CLECs shall
provide any splitters used in a line splitting configuration. CLECs seeking to
migrate existing UNE platform configurations to a line splitting configuration
using the same unbundled elements utilized in the pre-existing platform
arrangement may do so consistent with such implementation schedules, terms,
conditions and guidelines as are agreed upon for such migrations in the ongoing
DSL Collaborative in the State of New York, NY PSC Case 00-C-0127, allowing for
local jurisdictional and OSS differences.

Sub-Loop

The Party's understand that as of the Effective Date, C.F.R. 51.319(a)(2) and
51.319(a)(2)(ii) provide:

"Subloop

. The subloop network element is defined as any portion of the loop that is
technically feasible to access at terminals in the incumbent LEC's outside
plant, including inside wire. An accessible terminal is any point on the loop
where technicians can access the wire or fiber within the cable without removing
a splice case to reach the wire or fiber within. Such points may include, but
are not limited to, the pole or pedestal, the network interface device, the
minimum point of entry, the single point of interconnection, the main
distribution frame, the remote terminal, and the feeder/distribution interface."

" Technical feasibility

. If parties are unable to reach agreement, pursuant to voluntary negotiations,
as to whether it is technically feasible, or whether sufficient space is
available, to unbundle the subloop at the point where a carrier requests, the
incumbent LEC shall have the burden of demonstrating to the state, pursuant to
state arbitration proceedings under section 252 of the Act, that there is not
sufficient space available, or that it is not technically feasible, to unbundle
the subloop at the point requested."

 1. Sub-Loop - Distribution (USLA).

    Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1 and upon request by
    Pac-West, Verizon shall provide Pac-West with access to a Sub-Loop
    Distribution Facility (as such term is hereinafter defined) in accordance
    with, and subject to, the terms and provisions of this Section 6, the rates
    set forth in the Pricing Attachment, and the rates, terms and conditions set
    forth in Verizon's applicable Tariffs. A "Distribution Sub-Loop" means a
    two-wire or four-wire metallic distribution facility in Verizon's network
    between a Verizon feeder distribution interface (an FDI) and the rate
    demarcation point for such facility (or network interface device (NID) if
    the NID is located at such rate demarcation point). Verizon shall provide
    Pac-West with access to a Sub-Loop Distribution Facility in accordance with,
    but only to the extent required by, Applicable Law.

     1.  Pac-West may request that Verizon reactivate (if available) an unused
         drop and NID or provide Pac-West with access to a drop and NID that, at
         the time of Pac-West's request, Verizon is using to provide service to
         the Customer (as such term is hereinafter defined.)
     2.  Pac-West may obtain access to a Sub-Loop Distribution Facility only at
         an FDI and only from a Telecommunications outside plant interconnection
         cabinet (TOPIC) or, if Pac-West is collocated at a remote terminal
         equipment enclosure and the FDI for such Sub-Loop Distribution Facility
         is located in such enclosure, from the collocation arrangement of
         Pac-West at such terminal. To obtain access to a Sub-Loop Distribution
         Facility, Pac-West shall install a TOPIC on an easement or Right of Way
         obtained by Pac-West within 100 feet of the Verizon FDI to which such
         Distribution Sub-Loop is connected. A TOPIC must comply with applicable
         industry standards. Subject to the terms of applicable Verizon
         easements, Verizon shall furnish and place an interconnecting cable
         between a Verizon FDI and a Pac-West TOPIC and Verizon shall install a
         termination block within such TOPIC. Verizon shall retain title to and
         maintain the interconnecting cable. Verizon shall not be responsible
         for building, maintaining or servicing the TOPIC and shall not provide
         any power that might be required by Pac-West for any electronics in the
         TOPIC. Pac-West shall provide any easement, Right of Way or trenching
         or supporting structure required for any portion of an interconnecting
         cable that runs beyond a Verizon easement.
     3.  Pac-West may request Subloop conditioning information from Verizon by
         submitting a loop make-up engineering query to Verizon, and Verizon
         shall provide to Pac-West, the following information regarding a
         Sub-Loop Distribution Facility that serves an identified Customer: the
         Sub-Loop Distribution Facility's length and gauge; whether Sub-Loop
         Distribution Facility has loading and bridged tap; the amount of
         bridged tap (if any) on the Sub-Loop Distribution Facility; and, the
         location of the FDI to which the Sub-Loop Distribution Facility is
         connected.
     4.  To order access to a Sub-Loop Distribution Facility, Pac-West must
         first request that Verizon connect the Verizon FDI to which the
         Sub-Loop Distribution Facility is connected to a Pac-West TOPIC. To
         make such a request, Pac-West must submit to Verizon an application (a
         "Feeder Distribution Interface Interconnect Application") that
         identifies the FDI at which Pac-West wishes to access the Sub-Loop
         Distribution Facility. A Feeder Distribution Interface Interconnect
         Application shall state the location of the TOPIC, the size of the
         interconnecting cable and a description of the cable's supporting
         structure. A Feeder Distribution Interface Interconnect Application
         shall also include a two-year forecast of Pac-West's demand for access
         to Sub-Loop Distribution Facilities at the requested FDI. Pac-West must
         submit the application fee set forth in the Pricing Attachment attached
         hereto and Verizon's applicable Tariffs (a "Sub-Loop Distribution
         Facility Application Fee") with Feeder Distribution Interface
         Interconnect Application. Pac-West must submit Sub-Loop Interconnection
         Applications to:
    
         Pac-West's Account Manager
    
     5.  Within sixty (60) days after it receives a complete Feeder Distribution
         Interface Interconnect Application for access to a Sub-Loop
         Distribution Facility and the Sub-Loop Distribution Facility
         Application Fee for such application, Verizon shall provide to Pac-West
         a work order that describes the work that Verizon must perform to
         provide such access (a "Sub-Loop Distribution Facility Work Order") and
         a statements of the cost of such work (a "Sub-Loop Distribution
         Facility Interconnection Cost Statement").
     6.  Pac-West shall pay to Verizon fifty percent (50%) of the cost set forth
         in a Sub-Loop Distribution Facility Interconnection Cost Statement
         within sixty (60) days of Pac-West's receipt of such statement and the
         associated Sub-Loop Distribution Facility Work Order, and Verizon shall
         not be obligated to perform any of the work set forth in such order
         until Verizon has received such payment. A Feeder Distribution
         Interface Interconnect Application shall be deemed to have been
         withdrawn if Pac-West breaches its payment obligation under this
         Section. Upon Verizon 's completion of the work that Verizon must
         perform to provide Pac-West with access to a Distribution Sub-Loop,
         Verizon shall bill Pac-West, and Pac-West shall pay to Verizon, the
         balance of the cost set forth in the Sub-Loop Distribution Facility
         Interconnection Cost Statement for such access.
     7.  After Verizon has completed the installation of the interconnecting
         cable to a Pac-West TOPIC and Pac-West has paid the full cost of such
         installation, Pac-West can request the connection of Verizon Sub-Loop
         Distribution Facilities to the Pac-West TOPIC. At the same time,
         Pac-West shall advise Verizon of the technology that Pac-West plans to
         use over the Sub-Loop Distribution Facility (via NC/NCI codes), request
         any conditioning of the Sub-Loop Distribution Facility and assign the
         pairs in the interconnecting cable. Pac-West shall run any crosswires
         within the TOPIC.
     8.  If Pac-West requests that Verizon reactivate an unused drop and NID,
         then Pac-West shall provide dial tone (or its DSL equivalent) on the
         Pac-West side of the applicable Verizon FDI at least twenty-four (24)
         hours before the due date. On the due date, a Verizon technician will
         run the appropriate cross connection to connect the Verizon Sub-Loop
         Distribution Facility to the Pac-West dial tone or equivalent from the
         TOPIC. If Pac-West requests that Verizon provide Pac-West with access
         to a Sub-Loop Distribution Facility that, at the time of Pac-West's
         request, Verizon is using to provide service to a Customer, then, after
         Pac-West has looped two interconnecting pairs through the TOPIC and at
         least twenty four (24) hours before the due date, a Verizon technician
         shall crosswire the dial tone from the Verizon central office through
         the Verizon side of the TOPIC and back out again to the Verizon FDI and
         Verizon Sub-Loop Distribution Facility using the "loop through"
         approach. On the due date, Pac-West shall disconnect Verizon's dial
         tone, crosswire its dial tone to the Sub-Loop Distribution Facility and
         submit Pac-West's long-term number portability request.
     9.  Verizon will not provide access to a Sub-Loop Distribution Facility if
         Verizon is using the loop of which the Sub-Loop Distribution Facility
         is a part to provide line sharing service to another CLEC or a service
         that uses derived channel technology to a Customer unless such other
         CLEC first terminates the Verizon-provided line sharing or such
         Customer first disconnects the service that utilizes derived channel
         technology.
     10. Verizon shall provide Pac-West with access to a Sub-Loop Distribution
         Facility in accordance with negotiated intervals, subject to the
         Applicable Law, including any applicable non-discrimination and parity
         provisions provided therein.
     11. Verizon shall repair and maintain a Sub-Loop Distribution Facility at
         the request of Pac-West and subject to the time and material rates set
         forth in Pricing Attachment and the rates, terms and conditions of
         Verizon's applicable Tariffs. Pac-West accepts responsibility for
         initial trouble isolation for Sub-Loop Distribution Facilities and
         providing Verizon with appropriate dispatch information based on its
         test results. If (a) Pac-West reports to Verizon a Customer trouble,
         (b) Pac-West requests a dispatch, (c) Verizon dispatches a technician,
         and (d) such trouble was not caused by Verizon Sub-Loop Distribution
         Facility facilities or equipment in whole or in part, Pac-West shall
         pay Verizon the charges set forth in the Pricing Attachment and
         Verizon's applicable Tariffs for time associated with said dispatch. In
         addition, these charges also apply when the Customer contact as
         designated by Pac-West is not available at the appointed time. If as
         the result of Pac-West instructions, Verizon is erroneously requested
         to dispatch to a site on Verizon company premises ("dispatch in"), the
         charges set forth in Pricing Attachment and Verizon's applicable
         Tariffs will be assessed per occurrence to Pac-West by Verizon. If as
         the result of Pac-West instructions, Verizon is erroneously requested
         to dispatch to a site outside of Verizon company premises ("dispatch
         out"), the charges set forth in Pricing Attachment and Verizon's
         applicable Tariffs will be assessed per occurrence to Pac-West by
         Verizon.

 2. Sub-Loop - Feeder (UFSE).
     1. Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1 of this agreement and
        upon request by Pac-West, Verizon shall provide Pac-West with access to
        a Feeder Sub-Loop (as such term is hereinafter defined) in accordance
        with, and subject to, the terms and provisions of this Section 6.2, the
        rates and charges provided in the Pricing Attachment and the rates,
        terms and conditions of Verizon's applicable Tariffs. A "Feeder
        Sub-Loop" means a DS1 or DS3 transmission path over a feeder facility in
        Verizon's network between a Verizon end office and either a Verizon
        remote terminal equipment enclosure (an "RTEE") that subtends such end
        office or a Verizon feeder distribution interface (such an interface, an
        "FDI") that subtends the end office.
     2. Pac-West may obtain access to a Feeder Sub-Loop only from a Pac-West
        collocation arrangement in the Verizon end office where such Feeder
        Sub-Loop originates and Verizon shall terminate a Feeder Sub-Loop in an
        RTEE that subtends such end office only if Pac-West has a collocation
        arrangement in such RTEE. Upon Pac-West's request, Verizon will connect
        a Feeder Sub-Loop to a Pac-West collocation arrangement in the Verizon
        end office where the Feeder Sub-Loop originates and to either a Pac-West
        collocation arrangement in the Verizon RTEE that subtends such end
        office or a Telecommunications Carrier Outside Plant Cabinet (such a
        cabinet, a "TOPIC") located within 100 feet of the FDI that subtends the
        end office and that Pac-West has established in accordance with, and
        subject to the terms and provisions of, an agreement between Verizon and
        Pac-West that governs the establishment of such TOPIC. Verizon shall
        connect a Feeder Sub-Loop to the point of termination bay of a Pac-West
        collocation arrangement in a Verizon Central Office or to a Pac-West
        TOPIC, by installing appropriate cross connections and Verizon shall be
        solely responsible for installing such cross connections. Pac-West may
        obtain access to a Feeder Sub-Loop between an end office and an RTEE or
        an FDI only if DS1 or DS3-capable transmission facilities are available
        and not in use between such office and RTEE or FDI. A Feeder
        Distribution Interface Interconnect Application shall also include a
        two-year forecast of Pac-West's demand for access to Feeder Sub-Loop
        Facilities at the requested FDI.
     3. Pac-West shall run any crosswires within a Pac-West physical collocation
        arrangement and a Pac-West TOPIC and Pac-West will have sole
        responsibility for identifying to Verizon where a Feeder Sub-Loop should
        be connected to a Pac-West collocation arrangement. Pac-West shall be
        solely responsible for providing power and space for any cross connects
        and other equipment that Verizon installs in a TOPIC, and Pac-West shall
        not bill Verizon, and Verizon shall not pay Pac-West, for providing such
        power and space.
     4. Verizon shall not be obligated to provide to Pac-West any multiplexing
        at an RTEE or at a TOPIC or to combine a Feeder Sub-Loop with a
        Distribution Sub-Loop. If Pac-West requests access to a Feeder Sub-Loop
        and a Distribution Sub-Loop that are already combined, such combination
        shall be deemed to be a loop and Verizon shall provide such loop to
        Pac-West in accordance with, but only to the extent required by, the
        terms, provisions and rates in this Agreement that govern loops, if any.
     5. Verizon shall provide Pac-West with access to a Feeder Sub-Loop in
        accordance with negotiated intervals, subject to the Applicable Law,
        including any applicable non-discrimination and parity provisions
        provided therein.
     6. Verizon shall repair and maintain a Feeder Sub-Loop at the request of
        Pac-West and subject to the time and material rates set forth in the
        Pricing Attachment and the rates, terms and conditions of Verizon's
        applicable Tariffs. Pac-West may not rearrange, disconnect, remove or
        attempt to repair or maintain any Verizon equipment or facilities
        without the prior written consent of Verizon. Pac-West accepts
        responsibility for initial trouble isolation for Feeder Sub-Loops and
        providing Verizon with appropriate dispatch information based on its
        test results. If (a) Pac-West reports to Verizon a trouble, (b) Pac-West
        requests a dispatch, (c) Verizon dispatches a technician, and (d) such
        trouble was not caused by Feeder Sub-Loop facilities or equipment in
        whole or in part, then Pac-West shall pay Verizon the charges set forth
        in Pricing Attachment and Verizon's applicable Tariffs for time
        associated with said dispatch. In addition, these charges also apply
        when a Pac-West contact as designated by Pac-West is not available at
        the appointed time. If as the result of Pac-West instructions, Verizon
        is erroneously requested to dispatch to a site on Verizon company
        premises ("dispatch in"), the charges set forth in Pricing Attachment
        and Verizon's applicable Tariffs will be assessed per occurrence to
        Pac-West by Verizon. If as the result of Pac-West instructions, Verizon
        is erroneously requested to dispatch to a site outside of Verizon
        company premises ("dispatch out"), the charges set forth in Pricing
        Attachment and Verizon's applicable Tariffs will be assessed per
        occurrence to Pac-West by Verizon.

    Collocation in Remote Terminals
    .

To the extent required by Applicable Law, Verizon shall allow Pac-West to
collocate equipment in a Verizon remote terminal equipment enclosure in
accordance with, and subject to, the rates, terms and conditions referenced in
the Collocation Attachment and the Pricing Attachment.

Inside Wire
    House and Riser
    .

    Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1 and upon request by
    Pac-West, Verizon shall provide to Pac-West access to a House and Riser
    Cable (as such term is hereinafter defined) in accordance with this Section
    7 and the rates and charges provided in the Pricing Attachment. A "House and
    Riser Cable" means a two-wire or four-wire metallic distribution facility in
    Verizon's network between the minimum point of entry for a building where a
    premises of a Customer is located (such a point, an "MPOE") and the rate
    demarcation point for such facility (or network interface device (NID) if
    the NID is located at such rate demarcation point). Verizon will provide
    access to a House and Riser Cable only if Verizon owns, operates, maintains
    and controls such facility and only where such facility is available.
    Verizon shall not reserve a House and Riser Cable for Pac-West. Pac-West may
    access a House and Riser Cable only at the MPOE for such cable. Verizon
    shall provide Pac-West with access to House and Riser Cable in accordance
    with, but only to the extent required by, Applicable Law. Pac-West must
    satisfy the following conditions before ordering access to a House and Riser
    Cable from Verizon:

     1. Pac-West shall locate its compatible terminal block within cross connect
        distance of the MPOE for such cable. A terminal block is within cross
        connect distance of an MPOE if it is located in the same room (not
        including a hallway) or within twelve (12) feet of such MPOE.
     2. If suitable space is available, Pac-West shall install its terminal
        block no closer than within fourteen (14) inches of the MPOE for such
        cable, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties.
     3. Pac-West's terminal block or equipment cannot be attached, otherwise
        affixed or adjacent to Verizon's facilities or equipment, cannot pass
        through or otherwise penetrate Verizon's facilities or equipment and
        cannot be installed so that Pac-West's terminal block or equipment is
        located in a space where Verizon plans to locate its facilities or
        equipment.
     4. Pac-West shall identify its terminal block and equipment as a Pac-West
        facility.

 1. To provide Pac-West with access to a House and Riser Cable, Verizon shall
    not be obligated to (a) move any Verizon equipment, (b) secure any Right of
    Way for Pac-West, (c) secure space for Pac-West in any building, (d) secure
    access to any portion of a building for Pac-West or (e) reserve space in any
    building for Pac-West.
 2. Pac-West must ensure that its terminal block has been tested for proper
    installation, numbering and operation before ordering from Verizon access to
    a House and Riser Cable. Verizon shall perform cutover of a Customer to
    Pac-West service by means of a House and Riser Cable subject to a negotiated
    interval. Verizon shall install a jumper cable to connect the appropriate
    Verizon House and Riser Cable pair to Pac-West's termination block, and
    Verizon shall determine how to perform such installation. Pac-West shall
    coordinate with Verizon to ensure that House and Riser Cable facilities are
    converted to Pac-West in accordance with Pac-West's order for such services.
 3. If a Pac-West compatible connecting block or spare termination on Pac-West's
    connecting block is not available at the time of installation, Verizon shall
    bill Pac-West, and Pac-West shall pay to Verizon, the Not Ready Charge set
    forth in the Pricing Attachment and the Parties shall establish a new
    cutover date.
 4. Verizon shall perform all installation work on Verizon equipment. All
    Pac-West equipment connected to a House and Riser Cable shall comply with
    applicable industry standards.
 5. Verizon shall repair and maintain a House and Riser Cable at the request of
    Pac-West. Pac-West shall be solely responsible for investigating and
    determining the source of all troubles and for providing Verizon with
    appropriate dispatch information based on its test results. Verizon shall
    repair a trouble only when the cause of the trouble is a Verizon House and
    Riser Cable. If (a) Pac-West reports to Verizon a Customer trouble, (b)
    Pac-West requests a dispatch, (c) Verizon dispatches a technician, and (d)
    such trouble was not caused by a Verizon House and Riser Cable in whole or
    in part, then Pac-West shall pay Verizon the charge set forth in the Pricing
    Attachment for time associated with said dispatch. In addition, this charge
    also applies when the Customer contact as designated by Pac-West is not
    available at the appointed time. If as the result of Pac-West instructions,
    Verizon is erroneously requested to dispatch to a site on Verizon company
    premises ("dispatch in"), a charge set forth in the Pricing Attachment will
    be assessed per occurrence to Pac-West by Verizon. If as the result of
    Pac-West instructions, Verizon is erroneously requested to dispatch to a
    site outside of Verizon company premises ("dispatch out"), a charge set
    forth in the Pricing Attachment will be assessed per occurrence to Pac-West
    by Verizon.

Dark Fiber
 1. Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1 and upon request,, Verizon
    shall provide Pac-West with access to unbundled Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber
    Sub-loops and Dark Fiber IOF (as such terms are hereinafter defined) in
    accordance with, and subject to, the rates, terms and conditions provided in
    the Pricing Attachment and rates, terms and conditions of Verizon's
    applicable Tariffs. Access to unbundled Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber
    Sub-Loops and Dark Fiber IOF will be provided by Verizon in accordance with
    Applicable Law and where existing facilities are available at the requested
    availability date. Access to Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops and Dark
    Fiber IOF will be provided in accordance with, but only to the extent
    required by, Applicable Law. Except as otherwise required by Applicable Law,
    the following terms and conditions apply to Verizon's Dark Fiber offerings.
     1. A "Dark Fiber Loop" consists of continuous fiber optic strand(s) in a
        Verizon fiber optic cable between Verizon's Accessible Terminal, such as
        the fiber distribution frame, or its functional equivalent, located
        within a Verizon Wire Center, and Verizon's main termination point at a
        Customer premises, such as the fiber patch panel located within a
        Customer premises, and that has not been activated through connection to
        electronics that "light" it and render it capable of carrying
        Telecommunications Services.
     2. A "Dark Fiber Sub Loop" consists of continuous fiber optic strand(s) in
        a Verizon fiber optic cable (a) between Verizon's Accessible Terminal
        located within a Verizon Wire Center, and Verizon's Accessible Terminal
        at a Verizon remote terminal equipment enclosure, (b) between Verizon's
        Accessible Terminal at a Verizon remote terminal equipment enclosure and
        Verizon's main termination point located within a Customer premises, or
        (c) between Verizon's Accessible Terminals at Verizon remote terminal
        equipment enclosures, and that in all cases has not been activated
        through connection to electronics that "light" it and render it capable
        of carrying Telecommunications Services.
     3. A "Dark Fiber IOF" consists of continuous fiber strand(s) that are
        located within a fiber optic cable between either (a) Accessible
        Terminals in two Verizon Central Offices or (b) an Accessible Terminal
        in a Verizon Central Office and a Pac-West Central Office, but, in
        either case, that has not been activated through connection to
        multiplexing, aggregation or other electronics that "light it" and
        thereby render it capable of carrying Telecommunications Services.

 2. In addition to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
    following terms and conditions shall apply to Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber
    Sub-Loops and Dark Fiber IOF:
     1. Verizon shall be required to provide a Dark Fiber Loop where technically
        feasible, including where one end of the Dark Fiber Loop terminates at a
        Verizon Accessible Terminal in Verizon's Central Office that can be
        cross-connected to Pac-West's collocation arrangement located in that
        same Verizon Central Office and the other end terminates at the Customer
        premises. Verizon shall be required to provide a Dark Fiber Sub-Loop
        where technically feasible, including where (1) one end of the Dark
        Fiber Sub-Loop terminates at Verizon's Accessible Terminal in Verizon's
        Central Office that can be cross-connected to Pac-West's collocation
        arrangement located in that same Verizon Central Office and the other
        end terminates at Verizon's Accessible Terminal at a Verizon remote
        terminal equipment enclosure that can be cross-connected to Pac-West's
        collocation arrangement or adjacent structure, or (2) one end of the
        Dark Fiber Sub-Loop terminates at Verizon's main termination point
        located within the Customer premises and the other end terminates at
        Verizon's Accessible Terminal at a Verizon remote terminal equipment
        enclosure that can be cross-connected to Pac-West's collocation
        arrangement or adjacent structure, or (3) one end of the Dark Fiber
        Sub-Loop terminates at Verizon's Accessible Terminal at a Verizon remote
        terminal equipment enclosure that can be cross-connected to Pac-West's
        collocation arrangement or adjacent structure and the other end
        terminates at Verizon's Accessible Terminal at another Verizon remote
        terminal equipment enclosure that can be cross-connected to Pac-West's
        collocation arrangement or adjacent structure. A Pac-West demarcation
        point at a Customer premises shall be established in the main telco room
        of the Customer premises if Verizon is located in that room or, if the
        building does not have a main telco room or if Verizon is not located in
        that room, then at a location to be determined by Verizon. A Pac-West
        demarcation point at a Customer premises shall be established at a
        location that is no more than 30 feet from Verizon's Accessible Terminal
        on which the Dark Fiber Loop or Dark Fiber Sub-Loop terminates. Verizon
        shall connect a Dark Fiber Loop or Dark Fiber Sub-Loop to the Pac-West
        demarcation point by installing a fiber jumper no greater than 30 feet
        in length.
     2. Pac-West

may access a Dark Fiber Loop, a Dark Fiber Sub-Loop, or Dark Fiber IOF only at a
pre-existing Verizon Accessible Terminal of such Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber
Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF. Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops and Dark
Fiber IOF are not available to Pac-West unless such Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber
Sub-Loops or Dark Fiber IOF already are terminated on a Verizon Accessible
Terminal. Except where required by Applicable Law, Verizon will not introduce
additional splice points or open existing splice points or cases to accommodate
Pac-West's request. Unused fibers located in a cable vault or a controlled
environment vault, manhole or other location outside the Verizon Wire Center,
and not terminated to a fiber patch panel, are not available to Pac-West. A
strand shall not be deemed to be continuous if splicing is required to provide
fiber continuity between two locations. Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops
and Dark Fiber IOF will only be offered on a route-direct basis where facilities
exist (i.e., no intermediate offices). Pac-West may collocate at an intermediate
office the equipment necessary (e.g., a pre-wired, pre-assembled, fiber patch
panel) for Pac-West to provide dark fiber continuity between two locations and
to access Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop, and Dark Fiber IOF, as defined
in this Section 8. Such collocation (including Virtual Collocation) will be
provided pursuant to the terms of the Collocation Attachment. Verizon shall
perform all work necessary to install (1) a cross connect or a fiber jumper from
a Verizon Accessible Terminal to a Pac-West collocation arrangement or (2) from
a Verizon Accessible Terminal to Pac-West's demarcation point at a Customer
premises or Pac-West Central Office. A Dark Fiber Inquiry must be submitted
prior to submitting an ASR. Upon receipt of the completed Dark Fiber Inquiry,
Verizon will initiate a review of its cable records to determine whether Dark
Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF may be available between the
locations and in the quantities specified. Verizon will respond within fifteen
(15) Business Days from receipt of the Pac-West's request, indicating whether
Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF may be available based on
the records search except that for voluminous requests or large, complex
projects, Verizon reserves the right to negotiate a different interval. The Dark
Fiber Inquiry is a record search and does not guarantee the availability of Dark
Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops or Dark Fiber IOF.
 1. Pac-West shall indicate on the Dark Fiber Inquiry Form whether the available
    Dark Fiber should be reserved, at the rates set forth in the Pricing
    Attachment, pending receipt of an order for the Dark Fiber.
 2. Upon request from Pac-West as indicated on the Dark Fiber Inquiry Form,
    Verizon shall hold such requested Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or
    Dark Fiber IOF for Pac-West's use for ten (10) Business Days from Pac-West's
    receipt of Acknowledgement and may not allow any other party (including
    Verizon) to use such fiber during that time period.
 3. Pac-West shall submit an order for the reserved Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber
    Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF as soon as possible using the standard ordering
    process or parallel provisioning process as described in Section 8.2.6.5.
    The standard ordering process shall be used when Pac-West does not have
    additional requirements for Collocation. The parallel provisioning process
    shall be used when Pac-West requires new Collocation facilities or changes
    to existing Collocation arrangements.
 4. If no order is received from Pac-West for the reserved Dark Fiber Loop, Dark
    Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF within ten (10) Business Days from
    Pac-West's receipt of Acknowledgement, Verizon shall return to spare the
    reserved Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF that Verizon
    previously notified Pac-West are available. Should Pac-West submit an order
    to Verizon after the ten (10) Business Day reservation period for access to
    a Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF that Verizon has
    previously notified Pac-West was available, Pac-West assumes all risk that
    such Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF will no longer
    be available.
 5. Upon Pac-West's request, the Parties will conduct parallel provisioning of
    Collocation and Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF in
    accordance with the following terms and conditions.
     1. Pac-West will use existing interfaces and Verizon's current applications
        and order forms to request Collocation and Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber
        Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF.
     2. Verizon will parallel process Pac-West's requests for Collocation,
        including augments, and Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark
        Fiber IOF.
     3. Before Pac-West submits a request for parallel provisioning of
        Collocation and Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF,
        Pac-West will:
         1. submit a Dark Fiber Inquiry Form and receive an Acknowledgement from
            Verizon; and
         2. submit a Collocation application for the Verizon Central Office(s)
            where the Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF
            terminates and receive confirmation from Verizon that Pac-West's
            Collocation application has been accepted.
    
     4. Pac-West will prepare requests for parallel provisioning of Collocation
        and Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF in the manner
        and form reasonably specified by Verizon.
     5. If Verizon rejects Pac-West's Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or
        Dark Fiber IOF request, Pac-West may cancel its Collocation application
        within five (5) Business Days of such rejection and receive a refund of
        the Collocation application fee paid by Pac-West, less the costs Verizon
        incurred to date.
     6. If Verizon accepts Pac-West's Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or
        Dark Fiber IOF request, Verizon will parallel provision the Dark Fiber
        Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF to a temporary location in
        Verizon's Central Office(s). Verizon will charge and Pac-West will pay
        for parallel provisioning of such Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop
        or Dark Fiber IOF at the rates specified in the Pricing Attachment
        beginning on the date that Verizon accepts each Dark Fiber Loop, Dark
        Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF request.
     7. Within ten (10) Business Days after Verizon completes a Pac-West
        Collocation application, Pac-West shall submit a Dark Fiber change
        request to reposition Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber
        IOF from the temporary location in that Verizon Central Office(s) to the
        permanent location at Pac-West's Collocation arrangement in such Verizon
        Central Office(s). Pac-West will prepare such request(s) in the manner
        and form specified by Verizon.
     8. If Pac-West cancels its Collocation application, Pac-West must also
        submit a cancellation for the unbundled Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber
        Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF provisioned to the temporary location in the
        Verizon Central Office(s).

Pac-West shall order Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops or Dark Fiber IOF by
sending to Verizon a separate ASR for each A to Z route. Access to Dark Fiber
Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops and Dark Fiber IOF that terminate in a Verizon
premises must be accomplished via a collocation arrangement in that premises. In
circumstances where collocation cannot be accomplished in the premises, the
Parties agree to negotiate for possible alternative arrangements. A Dark Fiber
Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF will be offered to Pac-West in the
condition that it is available in Verizon's network at the time that Pac-West
submits its request (i.e., "as is"). In addition, Verizon shall not be required
to convert lit fiber to a Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF
for Pac-West's use. Spare wavelengths on fiber strands, where Wave Division
Multiplexing (WDM) or Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) equipment is
deployed, are not considered to be Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops or
Dark Fiber IOF, and, therefore, will not be offered to Pac-West as Dark Fiber
Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops or Dark Fiber IOF. Fiber that has been assigned to
fulfill a Customer order, or for maintenance purposes or for Verizon's lit fiber
optic systems will not be offered to Pac-West as Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber
Sub-Loops or Dark Fiber IOF. Verizon will maintain the following level of
maintenance spares:
 1. For loop fiber for each end user premises: 4 maintenance spares
 2. For IOF fiber -
    Terminated Cable Size # Maintenance Fiber
    Up to 24 fibers 4
    25-48 fibers 6
    49-96 fibers 8
    97-144 fibers 10
    145 -432 fibers 12
    > 432 fibers 24

Pac-West shall be responsible for providing all transmission, terminating and
regeneration equipment necessary to light and use Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber
Sub-Loops, or Dark Fiber IOF. Pac-West may not resell Dark Fiber Loops, Dark
Fiber Sub-Loops or Dark Fiber IOF, purchased pursuant to this Agreement to third
parties. Except to the extent that Verizon is required by Applicable Law to
provide Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops or Dark Fiber IOF to Pac-West for
use for Special or Switched Exchange Access Services, Pac-West shall not use
Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops or Dark Fiber IOF, for Special or
Switched Exchange Access Services. In order to preserve the efficiency of its
network, Verizon may, upon a showing of need to the Commission, limit Pac-West
to leasing up to a maximum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the Fiber Loops,
Fiber Sub-Loops or Fiber IOF in any given segment of Verizon's network. In
addition, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, Verizon may take any
of the following actions, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement:
 1. Revoke Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops or Dark Fiber IOF leased to
    Pac-West upon a showing of need to the Commission and twelve (12) months'
    advance written notice to Pac-West; and
 2. Verizon reserves and shall not waive, Verizon's right to claim before the
    Commission that Verizon should not have to fulfill a Pac-West order for Dark
    Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops, or Dark Fiber IOF because that request
    would strand an unreasonable amount of fiber capacity, disrupt or degrade
    service to Customers or carriers other than Pac-West, or impair Verizon's
    ability to meet a legal obligation.

Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, Pac-West may not reserve Dark
Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops or Dark Fiber IOF. Pac-West shall be solely
responsible for: (a) determining whether or not the transmission characteristics
of the Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF accommodate the
requirements of Pac-West; (b) obtaining any Rights of Way, governmental or
private property permit, easement or other authorization or approval required
for access to the Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF; (c)
installation of fiber optic transmission equipment needed to power the Dark
Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF to transmit Telecommunications
Services traffic; (d) installation of a demarcation point in a building where a
Customer is located; and (e) Pac-West's collocation arrangements with any proper
optical cross connects or other equipment that Pac-West needs to access Dark
Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF before it submits an order for
such access. Pac-West hereby represents and warrants that it shall have all such
rights of way, authorizations and the like applicable to the geographic location
at which it wishes to establish a demarcation point for dark fiber, on or before
the date that Pac-West places an order for the applicable dark fiber, and that
it shall maintain the same going forward. Pac-West is responsible for trouble
isolation before reporting trouble to Verizon. Verizon will restore continuity
to Dark Fiber Loops, Dark Fiber Sub-Loops and Dark Fiber IOF that have been
broken. Verizon will not repair a Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark
Fiber IOF that is capable of transmitting light, even if the transmission
characteristics of the Dark Fiber Loop, Dark Fiber Sub-Loop or Dark Fiber IOF
have changed. Pac-West is responsible for all work activities at the Customer
premises. Except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, all negotiations with
the premises owner are solely the responsibility of Pac-West. Network Interface
Device
 1. Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1, at Pac-West's request,
    Verizon shall permit Pac-West to connect a Pac-West Loop to the Inside
    Wiring of a Customer through the use of a Verizon NID in accordance with
    this Section 9 and the rates and charges provided in the Pricing Attachment.
    Verizon shall provide Pac-West with access to NIDs in accordance with, but
    only to the extent required by, Applicable Law. Pac-West may access a
    Verizon NID either by means of a connection (but only if the use of such
    connection is technically feasible) from an adjoining Pac-West NID deployed
    by Pac-West or, if an entrance module is available in the Verizon NID, by
    connecting a Pac-West Loop to the Verizon NID. In all cases, Verizon shall
    perform this connection. When necessary, Verizon will rearrange its
    facilities to provide access to an existing Customer's Inside Wire. An
    entrance module is available only if facilities are not connected to it.
 2. In no case shall either Party access, remove, disconnect or in any other way
    rearrange, Loop facilities from the other Party's NIDs, enclosures, or
    protectors.
 3. In no case shall either Party access, remove, disconnect or in any other way
    rearrange, a Customer's Inside Wiring from the other Party's NIDs,
    enclosures, or protectors where such Customer Inside Wiring is used in the
    provision of ongoing Telecommunications Service to that Customer.
 4. In no case shall either Party remove or disconnect ground wires from the
    other Party's NIDs, enclosures, or protectors.
 5. In no case shall either Party remove or disconnect NID modules, protectors,
    or terminals from the other Party's NID enclosures.
 6. Maintenance and control of premises Inside Wiring is the responsibility of
    the Customer. Any conflicts between service providers for access to the
    Customer's Inside Wiring must be resolved by the person who controls use of
    the wiring (e.g., the Customer).
 7. When Pac-West is connecting a Pac-West-provided Loop to the Inside Wiring of
    a Customer's premises through the Customer's side of the Verizon NID,
    Pac-West does not need to submit a request to Verizon and Verizon shall not
    charge Pac-West for access to the Verizon NID. In such instances, Pac-West
    shall comply with the provisions of Sections 9.2 through 9.7 of this
    Agreement and shall access the Customer's Inside Wire in the manner set
    forth in Section 9.8 of this Agreement.
 8. Due to the wide variety of NIDs utilized by Verizon (based on Customer size
    and environmental considerations), Pac-West may access the Customer's Inside
    Wiring, acting as the agent of the Customer by any of the following means:
     1. Where an adequate length of Inside Wiring is present and environmental
        conditions permit, Pac-West may remove the Inside Wiring from the
        Customer's side of the Verizon NID and connect that Inside Wiring to
        Pac-West's NID.
     2. Where an adequate length of Inside Wiring is not present or
        environmental conditions do not permit, Pac-West may enter the Customer
        side of the Verizon NID enclosure for the purpose of removing the Inside
        Wiring from the terminals of Verizon's NID and connecting a
        connectorized or spliced jumper wire from a suitable "punch out" hole of
        such NID enclosure to the Inside Wiring within the space of the Customer
        side of the Verizon NID. Such connection shall be electrically insulated
        and shall not make any contact with the connection points or terminals
        within the Customer side of the Verizon NID.
     3. Pac-West may request Verizon to make other rearrangements to the Inside
        Wiring terminations or terminal enclosure on a time and materials cost
        basis to be charged to the requesting party (i.e. Pac-West, its agent,
        the building owner or the Customer). If Pac-West accesses the Customer's
        Inside Wiring as described in this Section 9.8.3, time and materials
        charges will be billed to the requesting party (i.e. Pac-West, its
        agent, the building owner or the Customer).

Unbundled Switching Elements
 1. Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1, Verizon shall make
    available to Pac-West the Local Switching Element and Tandem Switching
    Element unbundled from transport, local Loop transmission, or other
    services, in accordance with this Section 10 and the rates and charges
    provided in the Pricing Attachment. Verizon shall provide Pac-West with
    access to the Local Switching Element and the Tandem Switching Element in
    accordance with, but only to the extent required by, Applicable Law.
    Local Switching
    .
     1. The unbundled Local Switching Element includes line side and trunk side
        facilities (e.g. line and trunk side Ports such as analog and ISDN line
        side Ports and DS1 trunk side Ports), plus the features, functions, and
        capabilities of the switch. It consists of the line-side Port (including
        connection between a Loop termination and a switch line card, telephone
        number assignment, basic intercept, one primary directory listing,
        presubscription, and access to 911, operator services, and directory
        assistance), line and line group features (including all vertical
        features and line blocking options that the switch and its associated
        deployed switch software is capable of providing and are currently
        offered to Verizon's local exchange Customers), usage (including the
        connection of lines to lines, lines to trunks, trunks to lines, and
        trunks to trunks), and trunk features (including the connection between
        the trunk termination and a trunk card).
     2. Verizon shall offer, as an optional chargeable feature, usage tapes in
        accordance with Section 8 of the Additional Services Attachment.
     3. Pac-West may request activation or deactivation of features on a
        per-port basis at any time, and shall compensate Verizon for the
        non-recurring charges associated with processing the order. Pac-West may
        submit a Bona Fide Request in accordance with Section 14.3 for other
        switch features and functions that the switch is capable of providing,
        but which Verizon does not currently provide, or for customized routing
        of traffic other than operator services and/or directory assistance
        traffic. Verizon shall develop and provide these requested services
        where technically feasible with the agreement of Pac-West to pay the
        recurring and non-recurring costs of developing, installing, updating,
        providing and maintaining these services.

    Network Design Request (NDR)
    .

    Prior to submitting any order for unbundled Local Switching (as a UNE or in
    combination with other UNEs), Pac-West shall complete the NDR process. As
    part of the NDR process, Pac-West shall request standardized or customized
    routing of its Customer traffic in conjunction with the provision of
    unbundled Local Switching.

    If Pac-West selects customized routing, Pac-West shall define the routing
    plan and Verizon shall implement such plan, subject to technical feasibility
    constraints. Time and Material Charges may apply.

    Tandem Switching
    .

The unbundled Tandem Switching Element includes trunk-connect facilities, the
basic switching function of connecting trunks to trunks, and the functions that
are centralized in Tandem Switches. Unbundled Tandem switching creates a
temporary transmission path between interoffice trunks that are interconnected
at a Verizon access Tandem for the purpose of routing a call or calls.

Unbundled Interoffice Facilities

Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1, where facilities are
available, at Pac-West's request, Verizon shall provide Pac-West with IOF
unbundled from other Network Elements at the rates set forth in the Pricing
Attachment; provided, however, that Verizon shall offer unbundled shared IOF
only to the extent that Pac-West also purchases unbundled Local Switching
capability from Verizon in accordance with Section 10 of this Attachment.
Verizon shall provide Pac-West with such IOF in accordance with, but only to the
extent required by, Applicable Law.

Signaling Networks and Call-Related Databases
 1.  Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1, Verizon shall provide
     Pac-West with access to databases and associated signaling necessary for
     call routing and completion by providing SS7 Common Channel Signaling
     ("CCS") Interconnection, and Interconnection and access to toll free
     service access code (e.g., 800/888/877) databases, LIDB, and any other
     necessary databases, in accordance with this Section 12 and the rates and
     charges provided in the Pricing Attachment. Such access shall be provided
     by Verizon in accordance with, but only to the extent required by,
     Applicable Law.
 2.  Pac-West shall provide Verizon with CCS Interconnection required for call
     routing and completion, and the billing of calls which involve Pac-West's
     Customers, at non-discriminatory rates (subject to the provisions of the
     Pricing Attachment), terms and conditions, provided further that if the
     Pac-West information Verizon requires to provide such call-related
     functionality is resident in a database, Pac-West will provide Verizon with
     the access and authorization to query Pac-West's information in the
     databases within which it is stored.
 3.  Alternatively, either Party ("Purchasing Party") may secure CCS
     Interconnection from a commercial SS7 hub provider (third party signaling
     provider) to transport signaling messages to and from the Verizon CCS
     network, and in that case the other Party will permit the Purchasing Party
     to access the same databases as would have been accessible if the
     Purchasing Party had connected directly to the other Party's CCS network.
     If a third party signaling provider is selected by Pac-West to transport
     signaling messages, that third party provider must present a letter of
     agency to Verizon, prior to the testing of the interconnection, authorizing
     the third party to act on behalf of Pac-West.
 4.  Regardless of the manner in which Pac-West obtains CCS Interconnection,
     Pac-West shall comply with Verizon's SS7 certification process prior to
     establishing CCS Interconnection with Verizon.
 5.  The Parties will provide CCS Signaling to each other, where and as
     available, in conjunction with all Reciprocal Compensation Traffic, Toll
     Traffic, Meet Point Billing Traffic, and Transit Traffic. The Parties will
     cooperate on the exchange of TCAP messages to facilitate interoperability
     of CCS-based features between their respective networks, including all
     CLASS Features and functions, to the extent each Party offers such features
     and functions to its Customers. All CCS Signaling parameters will be
     provided upon request (where available), including called party number,
     Calling Party Number, originating line information, calling party category,
     and charge number. All privacy indicators will be honored as required under
     applicable law.
 6.  The Parties will follow all OBF-adopted standards pertaining to CIC/OZZ
     codes.
 7.  Where CCS Signaling is not available, in-band multi-frequency ("MF") wink
     start signaling will be provided. Any such MF arrangement will require a
     separate local trunk circuit between the Parties' respective switches in
     those instances where the Parties have established End Office to End Office
     high usage trunk groups. In such an arrangement, each Party will out pulse
     the full ten-digit telephone number of the called Party to the other Party.
 8.  The Parties acknowledge that there is a network security risk associated
     with interconnection with the public Internet Protocol network, including,
     but not limited to, the risk that interconnection of Pac-West signaling
     systems to the public Internet Protocol network may expose Pac-West and
     Verizon signaling systems and information to interference by third parties.
     Pac-West shall notify Verizon in writing sixty (60) days in advance of
     installation of any network arrangement that may expose signaling systems
     or information to access through the public Internet Protocol network.
     Pac-West shall take commercially reasonable efforts to protect its
     signaling systems and Verizon's signaling systems from interference by
     unauthorized persons.
 9.  Each Party shall provide trunk groups, where available and upon reasonable
     request, that are configured utilizing the B8ZS ESF protocol for 64 kbps
     clear channel transmission to allow for ISDN interoperability between the
     Parties' respective networks.
 10. The following publications describe the practices, procedures and
     specifications generally utilized by Verizon for signaling purposes and are
     listed herein to assist the Parties in meeting their respective
     Interconnection responsibilities related to Signaling:
      1. Telcordia Generic Requirements, GR-905-CORE, Issue 1, March, 1995, and
         subsequent issues and amendments; and
      2. Where applicable, Verizon Supplement Common Channel Signaling Network
         Interface Specification (Verizon-905).

 11. Each Party shall charge the other Party mutual and reciprocal rates for any
     usage-based charges for CCS Signaling, toll free service access code (e.g.,
     800/888/877) database access, LIDB access, and access to other necessary
     databases, as follows: Verizon shall charge Pac-West in accordance with the
     Pricing Attachment and the terms and conditions in applicable Tariffs.
     Pac-West shall charge Verizon rates equal to the rates Verizon charges
     Pac-West, unless Pac-West's Tariffs for CCS signaling provide for lower
     generally available rates, in which case Pac-West shall charge Verizon such
     lower rates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a Party uses a
     third party vendor for the provision of CCS Signaling, such charges shall
     apply only to the third party vendor.

Operations Support Systems

Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1 above and in Section 8 of the
Additional Services Attachment, Verizon shall provide Pac-West with access via
electronic inter faces to databases required for pre-ordering, ordering,
provisioning, maintenance and repair, and billing. Verizon shall provide
Pac-West with such access in accordance with, but only to the extent required
by, Applicable Law. All such transactions shall be submitted by Pac-West through
such electronic interfaces.

Availability of Other Network Elements on an Unbundled Basis
 1. Any request by Pac-West for access to a Verizon Network Element that is not
    already available and that Verizon is required by Applicable Law to provide
    on an unbundled basis shall be treated as a Network Element Bona Fide
    Request pursuant to Section 14.3, below. Pac-West shall provide Verizon
    access to its Network Elements as mutually agreed by the Parties or as
    required by Applicable Law.
 2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 14, a Party shall
    not be required to provide a proprietary Network Element to the other Party
    under this Section 14 except as required by Applicable Law.
 3. Network Element Bona Fide Request (BFR).
     1. Each Party shall promptly consider and analyze access to a new unbundled
        Network Element in response to the submission of a Network Element Bona
        Fide Request by the other Party hereunder. The Network Element Bona Fide
        Request process set forth herein does not apply to those services
        requested pursuant to Report & Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
        91-141 (rel. Oct. 19, 1992) pp 259 and n.603 or subsequent orders.
     2. A Network Element Bona Fide Request shall be submitted in writing and
        shall include a technical description of each requested Network Element.
     3. The requesting Party may cancel a Network Element Bona Fide Request at
        any time, but shall pay the other Party's reasonable and demonstrable
        costs of processing and/or implementing the Network Element Bona Fide
        Request up to the date of cancellation.
     4. Within ten (10) Business Days of its receipt, the receiving Party shall
        acknowledge receipt of the Network Element Bona Fide Request.
     5. Except under extraordinary circumstances, within thirty (30) days of its
        receipt of a Network Element Bona Fide Request, the receiving Party
        shall provide to the requesting Party a preliminary analysis of such
        Network Element Bona Fide Request. The preliminary analysis shall
        confirm that the receiving Party will offer access to the Network
        Element or will provide a detailed explanation that access to the
        Network Element is not technically feasible and/or that the request does
        not qualify as a Network Element that is required to be provided by
        Applicable Law.
     6. If the receiving Party determines that the Network Element Bona Fide
        Request is technically feasible and access to the Network Element is
        required to be provided by Applicable Law, it shall promptly proceed
        with developing the Network Element Bona Fide Request upon receipt of
        written authorization from the requesting Party. When it receives such
        authorization, the receiving Party shall promptly develop the requested
        services, determine their availability, calculate the applicable prices
        and establish installation intervals. Unless the Parties otherwise
        agree, the Network Element requested must be priced in accordance with
        Section 252(d)(1) of the Act.
     7. As soon as feasible, but not more than ninety (90) days after its
        receipt of authorization to proceed with developing the Network Element
        Bona Fide Request, the receiving Party shall provide to the requesting
        Party a Network Element Bona Fide Request quote which will include, at a
        minimum, a description of each Network Element, the availability, the
        applicable rates, and the installation intervals.
     8. Within thirty (30) days of its receipt of the Network Element Bona Fide
        Request quote, the requesting Party must either confirm its order for
        the Network Element Bona Fide Request pursuant to the Network Element
        Bona Fide Request quote or seek arbitration by the Commission pursuant
        to Section 252 of the Act.
     9. If a Party to a Network Element Bona Fide Request believes that the
        other Party is not requesting, negotiating or processing the Network
        Element Bona Fide Request in good faith, or disputes a determination, or
        price or cost quote, or is failing to act in accordance with Section 251
        of the Act, such Party may seek mediation or arbitration by the
        Commission pursuant to Section 252 of the Act.

Maintenance of Network Elements

If (a) Pac-West reports to Verizon a Customer trouble, (b) Pac-West requests a
dispatch, (c) Verizon dispatches a technician, and (d) such trouble was not
caused by Verizon's facilities or equipment in whole or in part, then Pac-West
shall pay Verizon a charge set forth in the Pricing Attachment for time
associated with said dispatch. In addition, this charge also applies when the
Customer contact as designated by Pac-West is not available at the appointed
time. Pac-West accepts responsibility for initial trouble isolation and
providing Verizon with appropriate dispatch information based on its test
results. If, as the result of Pac-West instructions, Verizon is erroneously
requested to dispatch to a site on Verizon company premises ("dispatch in"), a
charge set forth in the Pricing Attachment will be assessed per occurrence to
Pac-West by Verizon. If as the result of Pac-West instructions, Verizon is
erroneously requested to dispatch to a site outside of Verizon company premises
("dispatch out"), a charge set forth in the Pricing Attachment will be assessed
per occurrence to Pac-West by Verizon. Verizon agrees to respond to Pac-West
trouble reports on a non-discriminatory basis consistent with the manner in
which it provides service to its own retail Customers or to any other similarly
situated Telecommunications Carrier.

Combinations
 1. Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1, Verizon shall be obligated
    to provide a combination of Network Elements (a "Combination") only to the
    extent provision of such Combination is required by Applicable Law. To the
    extent Verizon is required by Applicable Law to provide a Combination to
    Pac-West, Verizon shall provide such Combination in accordance with, and
    subject to, requirements established by Verizon that are consistent with
    Applicable Law (such requirements, the "Combo Requirements"). Verizon shall
    make the Combo Requirements publicly available in an electronic form.
 2. In connection with the foregoing, Verizon shall make available Enhanced
    Extended Loops (EELs) to Pac-West pursuant to Applicable Law. An EEL
    consists of a combination of unbundled loop and dedicated transport network
    elements, and multiplexing (if required). Where Pac-West requests a new EEL
    or conversion of a special access circuit to an EEL, the availability of the
    EEL will be subject to Applicable Law (including without limitation, the
    FCC's order released November 5, 1999 [the "UNE Remand Order"], and the
    Supplemental Order Clarification, released June 2, 2000, in CC Docket 96-98.

Rates and Charges

The rates and charges for UNEs, Combinations and other services, facilities and
arrangements, offered under this Attachment shall be as provided in this
Attachment and the Pricing Attachment.

 

COLLOCATION ATTACHMENT

Verizon's Provision of Collocation

Verizon shall provide to Pac-West, in accordance with this Agreement, Verizon's
applicable Tariffs and the requirements of Applicable Law, Collocation for the
purpose of facilitating Pac-West's interconnection with facilities or services
of Verizon or access to Unbundled Network Elements of Verizon. Subject to the
foregoing, Verizon shall provide Collocation to Pac-West in accordance with the
rates, terms and conditions set forth in Verizon's Collocation tariff, and
Verizon shall do so regardless of whether or not such rates, terms and
conditions are effective.

Pac-West's Provision of Collocation

If Pac-West offers collocation of facilities and equipment for the purpose of
facilitating interconnection with facilities or services of Pac-West pursuant to
a Pac-West Tariff, upon request by Verizon, Pac-West shall provide such
collocation to Verizon pursuant to Pac-West's Tariff. In the absence of such a
Tariff, if Pac-West elects, at its sole discretion, to provide collocation to
Verizon, such collocation shall be provided in accordance with rates, terms and
conditions negotiated, and agreed to in writing, by the Parties.

 

 

911 ATTACHMENT

911/E-911 Arrangements
 1. 

Pac-West may, at its option, interconnect to the Verizon 911/E-911 Selective
Router or 911 Tandem Offices, as appropriate, that serve the areas in which
Pac-West provides Telephone Exchange Services, for the provision of 911/E-911
services and for access to all subtending Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP).
In such situations, Verizon will provide Pac-West with the appropriate CLLI
codes and specifications of the Tandem Office serving area. In areas where E-911
is not available, Pac-West and Verizon will negotiate arrangements to connect
Pac-West to the 911 service in accordance with applicable state law. Path and
route diverse Interconnections for 911/E-911 shall be made at the Pac-West POI,
the Verizon Wire Center, or other points as necessary and mutually agreed, and
as required by law or regulation. Within thirty (30) days of its receipt of a
complete and accurate request from Pac-West, to include all required information
and applicable forms, and to the extent authorized by the relevant federal,
state, and local authorities, Verizon will provide Pac-West, where Verizon
offers 911 service, with the following at a reasonable fee, if applicable:
 1. a file via electronic medium containing the Master Street Address Guide
    ("MSAG") for each county within the LATA(s) where Pac-West is providing, or
    represents to Verizon that it intends to provide within sixty (60) days of
    Pac-West's request, local exchange service, which MSAG shall be updated as
    the need arises and a complete copy of which shall be made available on an
    annual basis;
 2. a list of the address and CLLI code of each 911/E-911 selective router or
    911 Tandem office(s) in the area in which Pac-West plans to offer Telephone
    Exchange Service;
 3. a list of geographical areas, e.g., LATAs, counties or municipalities, with
    the associated 911 tandems, as applicable.
 4. a list of Verizon personnel who currently have responsibility for 911/E-911
    requirements, including a list of escalation contacts should the primary
    contacts be unavailable.
 5. any special 911 trunking requirements for each 911/E-911 selective router or
    911 Tandem Office, where available, and;
 6. prompt return of any Pac-West 911/E-911 data entry files containing errors,
    so that Pac-West may ensure the accuracy of the Customer records.

Electronic Interface

Pac-West shall use, where available, the appropriate Verizon electronic
interface, through which Pac-West shall input and provide a daily update of
911/E-911 database information related to appropriate Pac-West Customers. In
those areas where an electronic interface is not available, Pac-West shall
provide Verizon with all appropriate 911/E-911 information such as name,
address, and telephone number via facsimile for Verizon's entry into the
911/E-911 database system. Any 911/E-911-related data exchanged between the
Parties prior to the availability of an electronic interface shall conform to
Verizon standards, whereas 911/E-911-related data exchanged electronically shall
conform to the National Emergency Number Association standards (NENA). Pac-West
may also use the electronic interface, where available, to query the 911/E-911
database to verify the accuracy of Pac-West Customer information.

911 Interconnection

Verizon and Pac-West will use commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate the
prompt, robust, reliable and efficient interconnection of Pac-West systems to
the 911/E-911 platforms and/or systems.

911 Facilities

Pac-West shall be responsible for providing facilities from the Pac-West End
Office to the 911 Tandem or selective router. Pac-West shall deploy diverse
routing of 911 trunk pairs to the 911 tandem or selective router.

Local Number Portability for use with 911

The Parties acknowledge that until Local Number Portability (LNP) with full
911/E-911 compatibility is utilized for all ported telephone numbers, the use of
Interim Number Portability ("INP") creates a special need to have the Automatic
Location Identification (ALI) screen reflect two numbers: the "old" number and
the "new" number assigned by Pac-West. Therefore, for those ported telephone
numbers using INP, Pac-West will provide the 911/E-911 database with both the
forwarded number and the directory number, as well as all other required
information including the appropriate address information for the customer for
entry into the 911/E-911 database system. Further, Pac-West will outpulse the
telephone number to which the call has been forwarded (that is, the Customer's
ANI) to the 911 Tandem office or selective router. Pac-West will include their
NENA five character Company Identification ("COID") for inclusion in the ALI
display.

 1. Pac-West is required to enter data into the 911/E-911 database under the
    NENA Standards for LNP. This includes, but is not limited to, using
    Pac-West's NENA COID to lock and unlock records and the posting of
    Pac-West's NENA COID to the ALI record where such locking and migrating
    feature for 911/E-911 records are available or as defined by local
    standards.

PSAP Coordination

Verizon and Pac-West will work cooperatively to arrange meetings with PSAPs to
answer any technical questions the PSAPs, or county or municipal coordinators
may have regarding the 911/E-911 arrangements.

911 Compensation

Pac-West will compensate Verizon for connections to its 911/E-911 platform
and/or system pursuant to the rate schedule included in the Pricing Attachment.

911 Rules and Regulations

Pac-West and Verizon will comply with all applicable rules and regulations
(including 911 taxes and surcharges as defined by local requirements) pertaining
to the provision of 911/E-911 services in California.

 

PRICING ATTACHMENT

General As used in this Attachment, the term "Charges" means the rates, fees,
charges and prices for a Service. Except as stated in Section 2 or Section 3,
below, Charges for Services shall be as stated in this Section 1. The Charges
for a Service shall be the Charges for the Service stated in the Providing
Party's applicable Tariff. In the absence of Charges for a Service established
pursuant to Section 1.3, the Charges shall be as stated in Appendix A of this
Pricing Attachment. The Charges stated in Appendix A of this Pricing Attachment
shall be automatically superseded by any applicable Tariff Charges. The Charges
stated in Appendix A of this Pricing Attachment also shall be automatically
superseded by any new Charge(s) when such new Charge(s) are required by any
order of the Commission or the FCC, approved by the Commission or the FCC, or
otherwise allowed to go into effect by the Commission or the FCC (including, but
not limited to, in a Tariff that has been filed with the Commission or the FCC),
provided such new Charge(s) are not subject to a stay issued by any court of
competent jurisdiction. In the absence of Charges for a Service established
pursuant to Sections 1.3 through 1.5, if Charges for a Service are otherwise
expressly provided for in this Agreement, such Charges shall apply. In the
absence of Charges for a Service established pursuant to Sections 1.3 through
1.6, the Charges for the Service shall be the Providing Party's FCC or
Commission approved Charges. In the absence of Charges for a Service established
pursuant to Sections 1.3 through 1.7, the Charges for the Service shall be
mutually agreed to by the Parties in writing. Verizon Telecommunications
Services Provided to Pac-West for Resale Pursuant to the Resale Attachment
 1. Verizon Telecommunications Services for which Verizon is Required to Provide
    a Wholesale Discount Pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act.
     1. The Charges for a Verizon Telecommunications Service purchased by
        Pac-West for resale for which Verizon is required to provide a wholesale
        discount pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act shall be the Retail
        Price for such Service set forth in Verizon's applicable Tariffs (or, if
        there is no Tariff Retail Price for such Service, Verizon's Retail Price
        for the Service that is generally offered to Verizon's Customers), less,
        to the extent required by Applicable Law: (a) the applicable wholesale
        discount stated in Verizon's Tariffs for Verizon Telecommunications
        Services purchased for resale pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act;
        or, (b) in the absence of an applicable Verizon Tariff wholesale
        discount for Verizon Telecommunications Services purchased for resale
        pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act, the applicable wholesale
        discount stated in Appendix A for Verizon Telecommunications Services
        purchased for resale pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act.
     2. The Charges for a Verizon Telecommunications Service Customer Specific
        Arrangement ("CSA") purchased by Pac-West for resale pursuant to Section
        3.3 of the Resale Attachment for which Verizon is required to provide a
        wholesale discount pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act, shall be
        the Retail Price for the CSA, less, to the extent required by Applicable
        Law: (a) the applicable wholesale discount stated in Verizon's Tariffs
        for Verizon Telecommunications Services purchased for resale pursuant to
        Section 251(c)(4) of the Act; or, (b) in the absence of an applicable
        Verizon Tariff wholesale discount for Verizon Telecommunications
        Services purchased for resale pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act,
        the applicable discount stated in Appendix A for Verizon
        Telecommunications Services purchased for resale pursuant to Section
        251(c)(4) of the Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in accordance with,
        and to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, Verizon may establish a
        wholesale discount for a CSA that differs from the wholesale discount
        that is generally applicable to Telecommunications Services provided to
        Pac-West for resale pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act.
     3. Notwithstanding Sections 2.1 and 2.2, in accordance with, and to the
        extent permitted by Applicable Law, Verizon may at any time establish a
        wholesale discount for a Telecommunications Service (including, but not
        limited to, a CSA) that differs from the wholesale discount that is
        generally applicable to Telecommunications Services provided to Pac-West
        for resale pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act.
     4. The wholesale discount stated in Appendix A shall be automatically
        superseded by any new wholesale discount when such new wholesale
        discount is required by any order of the Commission or the FCC, approved
        by the Commission or the FCC, or otherwise allowed to go into effect by
        the Commission or the FCC, provided such new wholesale discount is not
        subject to a stay issued by any court of competent jurisdiction.
     5. The wholesale discount provided for in Sections 2.1.1 through 2.1.3
        shall not be applied to:
         1. Short term promotions as defined in 47 CFR § 51.613;
         2. Except as otherwise provided by Applicable Law, Exchange Access
            services;
         3. Subscriber Line Charges, Federal Line Cost Charges, end user common
            line Charges, taxes, and government Charges and assessment
            (including, but not limited to, 9-1-1 Charges and Dual Party Relay
            Service Charges).
         4. Any other service or Charge that the Commission, the FCC, or other
            governmental entity of appropriate jurisdiction determines is not
            subject to a wholesale rate discount under Section 251(c)(4) of the
            Act.

 2. Verizon Telecommunications Services for which Verizon is Not Required to
    Provide a Wholesale Discount Pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act.
     1. The Charges for a Verizon Telecommunications Service for which Verizon
        is not required to provide a wholesale discount pursuant to Section
        251(c)(4) of the Act shall be the Charges stated in Verizon's Tariffs
        for such Verizon Telecommunications Service (or, if there are no Verizon
        Tariff Charges for such Service, Verizon's Charges for the Service that
        are generally offered by Verizon).
     2. The Charges for a Verizon Telecommunications Service customer specific
        contract service arrangement ("CSA") purchased by Pac-West pursuant to
        Section 3.3 of the Resale Attachment for which Verizon is not required
        to provide a wholesale discount pursuant to Section 251(c)(4) of the Act
        shall be the Charges provided for in the CSA and any other Charges that
        Verizon could bill the person to whom the CSA was originally provided
        (including, but not limited to, applicable Verizon Tariff Charges).

    Other Charges
    .
     1. Pac-West shall pay, or collect and remit to Verizon, without discount,
        all Subscriber Line Charges, Federal Line Cost Charges, and end user
        common line Charges, associated with Verizon Telecommunications Services
        provided by Verizon to Pac-West.

Pac-West Prices

The charges that Pac-West bills Verizon for Pac-West's Services shall be as
provided in Pac-West's applicable tariffs and/or contracts.

Section 271

If Verizon is a Bell Operating Company (as defined in the Act) and in order to
comply with Section 271(c)(2)(B) of the Act provides a Service under this
Agreement that Verizon is not required to provide by Section 251 of the Act,
Verizon shall have the right to establish Charges for such Service in a manner
that differs from the manner in which under Applicable Law (including, but not
limited to, Section 252(d) of the Act) Charges must be set for Services provided
under Section 251.

Regulatory Review of Prices

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Party reserves its
respective rights to institute an appropriate proceeding with the FCC, the
Commission or other governmental body of appropriate jurisdiction: (a) with
regard to the Charges for its Services (including, but not limited to, a
proceeding to change the Charges for its services, whether provided for in any
of its Tariffs, in Appendix A, or otherwise); and (b) with regard to the Charges
of the other Party (including, but not limited to, a proceeding to obtain a
reduction in such Charges and a refund of any amounts paid in excess of any
Charges that are reduced).

APPENDIX A TO THE PRICING ATTACHMENT

Ver. 1.1

Rates and Charges for Transportation and Termination of Traffic

A. Reciprocal Compensation Traffic Termination

Reciprocal Compensation Traffic End Office Rate $0.001457# per minute of use.

Reciprocal Compensation Traffic Tandem Rate: $0.0030672¨ #

per minute of use.

B. The Tandem Transit Traffic Service Charge is $0.0014055¨ # per minute of use.

C. Entrance Facility and Transport for Interconnection Charge: See Intrastate
Special Access Tariff

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Available for Resale

The avoided cost discount for all Resale services is 12.00%.

Prices for Unbundled Network Elements

Monthly Recurring Charges

Local Loop

2 Wire Analog Loop (inclusive of NID)

Zone 1 (former GTEC area) $ 10.56#

Zone 2 (former Contel CA area) $ 22.37#

4 Wire Analog Loop (inclusive of NID)

Zone 1 (former GTEC area) $ 21.73 #

Zone 2 (former Contel CA area) $ 46.03 #

2 Wire Digital Loop (inclusive of NID)

Zone 1 (former GTEC area) $ 10.56 #

Zone 2 (former Contel CA area) $ 22.37 #

4 Wire Digital Loop (inclusive of NID)

Zone 1 (former GTEC area) $ 21.73 #

Zone 2 (former Contel CA area) $ 46.03 #

DS-1 Loop $ 97.98

DS-3 Loop $ 1,345.90

Supplemental Features:

ISDN-BRI Line Loop Extender $ 8.78

DS1 Clear Channel Capability $ 25.00

Sub-Loop

2-Wire Feeder $ 9.43

2-Wire Distribution $ 17.51

4-Wire Feeder $ 13.55

4-Wire Distribution $ 25.16

2-Wire Drop $ 3.50

4-Wire Drop $ 5.03

Inside Wire BFR

Network Interface Device (leased separately)

Basic NID: $ 0.93

Complex (12 x) NID $ 1.10

Switching

Port

Basic Analog Line Side Port $ 2.12 #

Coin Line Side Port $ 22.75

ISDN BRI Digital Line Side Port $ 30.49

DS-1 Digital Trunk Side Port $ 54.67 #

ISDN PRI Digital Trunk Side Port $ 603.15

Vertical Features See Attached List

Usage Charges (must purchase Port) - Per Minute of Use Charges

Local Central Office Switching

(MOU) $ 0.001457 #

Common Shared Transport

Transport Facility (Average MOU/ALM) $ 0.0000155 ¨

Transport Termination (Average MOU/Term) $ 0.0002047 ¨

Tandem Switching (MOU) $ 0.001038 #

Terminating to Originating Ratio 1.00

 

 

Dedicated Transport Facilities

CLEC Dedicated Transport

CDT 2 Wire $ 27.80

CDT 4 Wire $ 39.65

CDT DS1 $ 171.37 ¨

CDT DS3 Optical Interface $ 1,125.00

CDT DS3 Electrical Interface $ 738.50 ¨

Interoffice Dedicated Transport

IDT DS0 Transport Facility per ALM $ 0.40

IDT DS0 Transport Termination $ 3.18

IDT DS1 Transport Facility per ALM $ 0.95 ¨

IDT DS1 Transport Termination $ 37.97 ¨

IDT DS3 Transport Facility per ALM $ 22.62 ¨

IDT DS3 Transport Termination $ 344.54 ¨

Multiplexing

DS1 to Voice Multiplexing $ 123.74

DS3 to DS1 Multiplexing $ 373.55 ¨

DS1 Clear Channel Capability $ 25.00

Unbundled Dark Fiber

Unbundled Dark Fiber Loops/Sub-Loops

Dark Fiber Loop $ 67.13

Dark Fiber Sub-Loop - Feeder $ 53.17

Dark Fiber Sub-Loop - Distribution $ 13.96

Unbundled Dark Fiber Dedicated Transport

Dark Fiber IDT -Facility $ 24.80

Dark Fiber IDT -Termination $ 6.34

Intermediate Office Cross Connect TBD

 

 

Loop Conditioning

Loop Conditioning Greater than 12K ft $ 1.50

 

Line Sharing Loop

Loop - Copper $ 0.00§

 

UNE-P Pricing

MRCs

. The MRC for a UNE-P will generally be equal to the sum of the MRCs for the
combined UNEs (e.g. the total of the UNE loop charge plus the UNE port charges
in the Agreement (see Note A) plus: UNE local switching (per minute originating
usage plus T/O factor to determine terminating minutes) based on UNE local
switching rates in the Agreement plus UNE shared transport and tandem switching
(based on factors for percent interoffice and tandem switch usage, plus assumed
transport mileage of 10 miles and 2 terms) based on UNE shared transport rates
in the Agreement plus UNE Vertical Services charges (optional per line charges,
if allowed by the Agreement).

(Note A): UNE platforms are available in four loop/port configurations as shown
below. If the price for any component of these platforms is not set forth
herein, Verizon will use the ICB process to determine the appropriate price and
TBD pricing shall apply.

UNE Basic Analog Voice Grade Platform consists of the following components:

UNE 2-wire Analog loop; and

UNE Basic Analog Line Side port

UNE ISDN BRI Platform consists of the following components:

UNE 2-wire Digital loop; and

UNE ISDN BRI Digital Line Side port

UNE ISDN PRI Platform consists of the following components:

UNE DS1 loop; and

UNE ISDN PRI Digital Trunk Side port

UNE DS1 Platform consists of the following components:

UNE DS1 loop; and

UNE DS1 Digital Trunk Side port

 

NRCs

.

Optional NRCs will apply as ordered by the CLEC including such charges as
Expedites, Coordinated Conversions, loop Conditioning, etc.

Operator Services and Directory Assistance Services (OS/DA). If ***CLEC Acronym
TXT*** does not initially utilize available customized routing services to
re-route OS/DA calls to its own or another party's operator services platform,
Verizon will bill the CLEC for OS/DA calls at a market-based ICB rate pending
***CLEC Acronym TXT***'s completion of a separate OS/DA agreement.

EEL Pricing

MRCs. The MRCs for an EEL will generally be equal to the applicable MRCs for
UNEs and Multiplexing that comprise an EEL arrangement (e.g. UNE Loop, IDT, CDT,
Multiplexing, & Clear Channel Capability).

 

 

CALIFORNIA UNBUNDLED VERTICAL FEATURES

VERTICAL FEATURES

 

(Subject to Availability)

Call Waiting

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Call Forwarding (Multipath)

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Call Waiting ID

$/Feature/Month

$ 0.00 #

Cancel Call Waiting

$/Feature/Month

$ 0.00 #

Caller ID

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

* 69

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Call Forwarding (Variable) - Busy/Don't Answer

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Call Forwarding

$/Feature/Month

$ 0.00 #

Select Call Forwarding

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Priority Call

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Caller ID - Number Only

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Distinctive Ring - 1 Number

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Three-Way Calling

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Busy Redial

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Speed Dialing 30

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Speed Dialing 8

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Call Block

$/Feature/Month

$ 0.00 #

Anonymous Call Block

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Selective Blocking

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Complete Blocking

$/Feature/Month

$0.00 #

Call Trace

$/Feature/Month

$ 0.00 #

Do Not Disturb

$/Feature/Month

$ 0.00 #

Call Waiting / Cancel Call Waiting

$/Feature/Month

$ 0.00 #

Caller ID - Anonymous Call Block

$/Feature/Month

$ 0.00 #

Caller ID - Number Only with Anonymous Call Block

$/Feature/Month

$ 0.00 #

Call Forwarding - Busy

$/Feature/Month

$ 0.00 #

Call Forwarding - Busy Line Don't Answer

$/Feature/Month

$ 0.00 #

Call Forwarding - Don't Answer

$/Feature/Month

$ 0.00 #

 

 

NON-RECURRING CHARGES - LOOP AND PORT

Service Ordering (Loop or Port)

Initial Service Order, per order $ 31.71¨

Transfer of Service Charge, per order $ 15.83¨

Subsequent Service Order, per order $ 8.55¨

Installation

Unbundled Loop, per loop $ 14.03¨

Unbundled Port, per port $ 14.03¨

Loop Facility Charge, per order (See Note 1) $ 79.74¨

CUSTOM HANDLING

Coordinated Conversions:

ISO $ 21.12

Central Office Connection $ 10.01

Outside Facility Connection $ 9.26

Hot Coordinated Conversions First Hour:

ISO $ 36.79

Central Office Connection $ 41.03

Outside Facility Connection $ 37.03

Hot Coordinated Conversions per Additional Quarter Hour:

ISO $ 7.52

Central Office Connection $ 10.01

Outside Facility Connection $ 9.26

Note 1: The Loop Facility Charge will apply when field work is required for

establishment of a new unbundled loop service.

 

NON-RECURRING CHARGES - OTHER UNEs

LOCAL WHOLESALE SERVICES

Ordering

100%

Manual

Ordering

Semi-

Mech.

Provisioning

Initial

Unit

Addt'l

Unit

UNBUNDLED NID

Exchange - Basic

$ 27.06

$ 18.83

$ 33.99

N/A

UNBUNDLED SUB-LOOP

Exchange - FDI Feeder Interconnection - Initial

$ 36.32

$ 26.88

$ 46.20

$ 24.97

Exchange - FDI Feeder Interconnection - Subsequent

$ 15.01

$ 11.83

$ 16.99

$ 7.22

Exchange - FDI Distribution Interconnection - Initial

$ 36.32

$ 26.88

$ 61.90

$ 30.36

Exchange - FDI Distribution Interconnection - Subsequent

$ 15.01

$ 11.83

$ 16.99

$ 7.22

Exchange - Serving Terminal Interconnection - Initial

$ 36.32

$ 26.88

$ 28.99

$ 15.51

Exchange - Serving Terminal Interconnection - Subsequent

$ 15.01

$ 11.83

$ 13.23

$ 6.41

UNBUNDLED DARK FIBER

Advanced - Service Inquiry Charge

$405.87

$405.65

N/A

N/A

Advanced - Interoffice Dedicated Transport - Initial

$ 64.80

$ 64.57

$267.28

$224.28

Advanced - Unbundled Loop - Initial

$ 64.80

$ 64.57

$261.86

$220.43

Advanced - Sub-Loop Feeder - Initial

$ 64.80

$ 64.57

$261.86

$220.43

Advanced - Sub-Loop Distribution - Initial

$ 64.80

$ 64.57

$264.84

$216.19

Dark Fiber Record Review

TBD

Intermediate Office Cross Connect

TBD

Dark Fiber Optional Engineering Services

TBD

ENHANCED EXTENDED LOOPS (EELs) Loop portion ( In addition, IDT and CDT charges
apply if applicable to the EEL arrangement)

Advanced (2-wire and 4-wire) - Basic - Initial

$ 88.39

$ 56.13

$ 14.03

N/A

Advanced (2-wire and 4-wire) - Basic - Subsequent

$ 38.02

$ 21.89

$ 14.03

N/A

DS1/DS3 - Initial

$ 97.94

$ 65.68

$ 14.03

N/A

DS1/DS3 - Subsequent

$ 38.02

$ 21.89

$ 14.03

N/A

DS3 to DS1 Multiplexer

N/A

N/A

$450.00

N/A

DS1 to DS0 Multiplexer

N/A

N/A

$800.00

N/A

Changeover Charge - (Conversion from Special Access to EELs or Transport)

Advanced - Basic (2-wire and 4-wire) Changeover (As Is)

$161.87

$ 99.77

$ 41.64

n/a

Advanced - Basic (2-wire and 4-wire) Changeover (As Is)- Additional MOG (Mass
Order Generator) Only

$ 7.52

$ 4.56

$ 41.64

n/a

Advanced - Complex (DS1 and above) Changeover (As Is)

$179.37

$117.27

$ 41.64

n/a

Advanced - Complex (DS1 and above) Changeover (As Is)- Additional MOG (Mass
Order Generator) Only

$ 7.52

$ 4.56

$ 41.64

n/a

 

UNE PLATFORM

Exchange - Basic - Initial

$ 31.57

$ 22.13

$ 28.23

$ 26.58

Exchange - Basic - Subsequent

$ 16.44

$ 13.26

$ 1.08

$ 1.08

Exchange - Basic - Changeover

$ 19.93

$ 15.54

$ 0.90

$ 0.90

Exchange - Complex Non-Digital - Initial

$ 41.35

$ 27.53

$162.41

$ 31.70

Exchange - Complex Non-Digital - Subsequent (Port Feature)

$ 16.44

$ 13.26

$ 5.89

$ 5.89

Exchange - Complex Non-Digital - Subsequent (Switch Feature Group)

$ 20.82

$ 13.26

$ 22.73

$ 22.73

Exchange - Complex Non-Digital - Changeover (As Is)

$ 22.35

$ 17.96

$ 3.61

$ 3.61

Exchange - Complex Non-Digital - Changeover (As Specified)

$ 30.08

$ 21.31

$ 20.97

$ 3.61

Exchange - Complex Digital - Initial

$ 41.35

$ 27.53

$205.75

$ 28.18

Exchange - Complex Digital - Subsequent (Port Feature)

$ 16.44

$ 13.26

$ 5.15

$ 5.15

Exchange - Complex Digital - Subsequent (Switch Feature Group)

$ 20.82

$ 13.26

$ 22.73

$ 22.73

Exchange - Complex Digital - Changeover (As Is)

$ 22.35

$ 17.96

$ 4.18

$ 4.18

Exchange - Complex Digital - Changeover (As Specified)

$ 30.08

$ 21.31

$ 80.98

$ 4.18

Advanced - Complex - Initial

$ 48.35

$ 34.53

$681.24

$303.66

Advanced - Complex - Subsequent

$ 20.82

$ 13.26

$ 65.81

$ 48.47

Advanced - Complex - Changeover (As Is)

$ 24.06

$ 19.67

$ 51.51

$ 34.17

Advanced - Complex - Changeover (As Specified)

$ 37.08

$ 28.31

$ 82.31

$ 64.97

INTEROFFICE DEDICATED TRANSPORT (IDT) (Also applies to IDT portion of an EEL
arrangement)

Advanced (2-wire and 4-wire) - Basic - Initial

$ 95.49

$ 63.01

$428.58

N/A

Advanced (2-wire and 4-wire) - Basic - Subsequent

$ 45.12

$ 28.77

$ 58.20

N/A

Advanced (DS1 and above) - Complex - Initial

$105.04

$ 72.56

$584.49

N/A

Advanced (DS1 and above) - Complex - Subsequent

$ 45.12

$ 28.77

$ 86.80

N/A

CLEC DEDICATED TRANSPORT(IDT) (Also applies to CDT portion of an EEL
arrangement)

Entrance Facility/Dedicated Transport DS0 - Initial

$ 95.49

$ 63.01

$390.08

N/A

Entrance Facility/Dedicated Transport DS0 - Subsequent

$ 45.12

$ 28.77

$ 58.20

N/A

Entrance Facility/Dedicated Transport DS1/DS3 - Initial

$105.04

$ 72.56

$515.03

N/A

Entrance Facility/Dedicated Transport DS1/DS3 - Subsequent

$ 45.12

$ 28.77

$ 86.80

N/A

Clear Channel Capability

N/A

N/A

$ 90.00

N/A

SIGNALING SYSTEM 7 (SS7)

Facilities and Trunks - Initial

$237.67

$205.19

$568.54

N/A

Facilities and Trunks - Subsequent (with Engineering Review)

$ 71.58

$ 55.23

$213.12

N/A

Facilities and Trunks - Subsequent (w/o Engineering Review)

$ 71.58

$ 55.23

$ 67.28

N/A

Trunks Only - Initial

$126.13

$ 93.65

$505.41

N/A

Trunks Only - Subsequent (with Engineering Review)

$ 49.46

$ 33.11

$202.03

N/A

Trunks Only - Subsequent (w/o Engineering Review)

$ 49.46

$ 33.11

$ 67.28

N/A

STP Ports (SS7 Links)

$237.67

$205.19

$438.81

N/A

CUSTOMIZED ROUTING

BFR

BFR

BFR

BFR

 

OTHER

Customer Record Search (per account)

$ 4.21

$ -

N/A

N/A

CLEC Account Establishment (per CLEC)

$166.32

$166.32

N/A

N/A

Design Change Charge - EELs and Transport

$ 27.00

$ 27.00

N/A

N/A

LINE SHARING - CLEC OWNED SPLITTER

CLEC Splitter Connection - Initial

$ 32.19

$ 22.52

$ 53.04

$ 47.29

CLEC Splitter Connection - Subsequent

$ 13.24

$ 9.83

$ 14.49

$ 13.53

 

Application of NRCs

Preordering:

CLEC Account Establishment is a one-time charge applied the first time that
***CLEC Acronym TXT*** orders any service from this Agreement.

Customer Record Search applies when ***CLEC Acronym TXT*** requests a summary of
the services currently subscribed to by the end-user.

Ordering and Provisioning:

Initial Service Order (ISO) applies to each Local Service Request (LSR) and
Access Service Request (ASR) for new service. Charge is Manual (e.g. for a faxed
order) or Semi-Mechanized (e.g. for an electronically transmitted order) based
upon the method of submission used by the CLEC.

Subsequent Service Order applies to each LSR/ASR for modifications to an
existing service. Charge is Manual or Semi-Mechanized based upon the method of
submission used by the CLEC.

Advanced ISO applies per LSR/ASR when engineering work activity is required to
complete the order.

Exchange ISO applies per LSR/ASR when no engineering work activity is required
to complete the order.

Provisioning - Initial Unit applies per ISO for the first unit installed. The
Additional Unit applies for each additional unit installed on the same ISO.

Basic Provisioning applies to services that can be provisioned using standard
network components maintained in inventory without specialized instructions for
switch translations, routing, and service arrangements.

Complex Provisioning applies to services that require special instruction for
the provisioning of the service to meet the customer's needs.

Examples of services and their Ordering/Provisioning category that applies:

Exchange-Basic: 2-Wire Analog, 4-Wire Analog, Standard Sub-Loop Distribution,
Standard Sub-Loop Feeder, Drop and NID.

Exchange-Complex: Non-loaded Sub-Loop Distribution, Non-load Sub-Loop Feeder,
Loop Conditioning, Customized Routing, ISDN BRI Digital Line Side Port and Line
Sharing.

Advanced-Basic: 2-Wire Digital Loop, 4-Wire Digital Loop

Advanced-Complex: DS1 Loop, DS3 Loop, Dark Fiber, EELs, and ISDN PRI Digital
Trunk Side Port

Conditioning applies in addition to the ISO, for each Loop or Sub-Loop UNE for
the installation and grooming of Conditioning requests.

DS1 Clear Channel Capability applies in addition to the ISO, per DS1 for the
installation and grooming of DS1 Clear Channel Capability requests.

Changeover Charge applies to UNE-P and EEL orders when an existing retail,
resale, or special access service is already in place.

Service Inquiry - Dark Fiber applies per service inquiry when a CLEC requests
Verizon to determine the availability of dark fiber on a specific route.

EELs - The NRCs that generally apply to an EEL arrangement are applicable
ordering & provisioning charges for EEL Loops, IDT, CDT, Multiplexing and Clear
Channel Capability

Custom Handling (These NRCs are in addition to any Preordering or Ordering and
Provisioning NRCs):

Service Order Expedite applies if ***CLEC Acronym TXT*** requests service prior
to the standard due date intervals and the expedite request can be met by
Verizon.

Coordinated Conversion applies if ***CLEC Acronym TXT*** requests notification
and coordination of service cutover prior to the service becoming effective.

Hot Coordinated Conversion First Hour applies if ***CLEC Acronym TXT*** requests
real-time coordination of a service cutover that takes one hour or less.

Hot Coordinated Conversion Per Additional Quarter Hour applies, in addition to
the Hot Coordinated Conversion First Hour, for every 15-minute segment of
real-time coordination of a service cut-over that takes more than one hour.

Design Change Charge applies to EELs & Transport orders for design changes
requested by the CLEC.

 

 

 

Rates and Charges for 911

See State Tariff

Collocation Rates

See CA Collocation Tariff CAL P.U.C No. K-9