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Bellsouth Telecommunications Tariff F.C.C BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS TARIFF F.C.C. NO. 1 Four AT&T Plaza, Dallas, Texas 75202 ORIGINAL PAGE 12-1 ISSUED: JUNE 16, 2011 EFFECTIVE: JULY 1, 2011 ACCESS SERVICE 12 - Specialized Service or Arrangements 12.1 General Specialized Service or Arrangements may be provided by the Telephone Company, at the request of a customer, on an individual case basis if such service or arrangements meet the following criteria: (A) The requested service or arrangements are not offered under other sections of this tariff. (B) The facilities utilized to provide the requested service or arrangements are of a type normally used by the Telephone Company in furnishing its other services. (C) The requested service or arrangements are provided within a LATA. (D) The requested service or arrangements are compatible with other Telephone Company services, facilities, and its engineering and maintenance practices. (E) This offering is subject to the availability of the necessary Telephone Company personnel and capital resources. 12.2 Application of Move Charges (A) When service without a maximum termination liability charge associated with it is moved to a different building, the nonrecurring charge applies; when moved to a new location in the same building, a charge of one-half the nonrecurring charge applies. (B) When service with a maximum termination liability charge associated with it is moved and is reinstalled at a new location, the customer may elect: - to pay the unexpired portion of the maximum termination liability charge for the service, if any, with the application of a nonrecurring charge and the establishment of a new maximum termination liability charge for such service at the new location, or - to continue service subject to the unexpired portion of the maximum termination liability charge, if any, and pay the estimated costs of moving such service, provided that the customer requests these charges be quoted prior to ordering the service move. Charges for moving such service will be based on estimated costs attributable to the move. (This page filed under Transmittal No. 1 ) ********** BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS TARIFF F.C.C. NO. 1 Four AT&T Plaza, Dallas, Texas 75202 ORIGINAL PAGE 12-2 ISSUED: JUNE 16, 2011 EFFECTIVE: JULY 1, 2011 ACCESS SERVICE 12 - Specialized Service or Arrangements (Cont'd) 12.2 Application of Move Charges (Cont'd) Move charges include the estimated costs of removal, restoration of services or facilities necessitated by the move, transportation, storage, reinstallation, engineering, labor, supervision, materials, administration, and any other specific items of cost directly attributable to the move. 12.3 Rates and Charges Rates and charges, and additional regulations if applicable, for Specialized Service or Arrangements provided on an individual case basis are filed following: ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA and TENNESSEE (Cont'd) (This page filed under Transmittal No. 1 ) ********** BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS TARIFF F.C.C. NO. 1 Four AT&T Plaza, Dallas, Texas 75202 ORIGINAL PAGE 12-3 ISSUED: JUNE 16, 2011 EFFECTIVE: JULY 1, 2011 ACCESS SERVICE 12 - Specialized Service or Arrangements (Cont'd) 12.3 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA and TENNESSEE (Cont'd) Case No. 87-SB0729 Customer Name: U.S. Sprint Location: Florida Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Description: Provides programmatical conversion of all CIC codes from CIC #777 of GTE Sprint to CIC #333 of U.S. Sprint and interim rerouting of multiple CICs to one Feature Group D trunk per contract, dated April 9, 1987. PROGRAMMATICAL CONVERSION STATE Price per run* Plus Price per line Florida $430.20 $.63 Georgia $425.58 $.61 North Carolina $426.87 $.61 South Carolina $433.46 $.61 MECHANIZED LINE-BY-LINE SUBMISSION STATE Price Per Line Florida $1.11 Georgia $1.09 North Carolina $1.08 South Carolina $1.12 * The per run charge will normally apply at the tandem level; however, the number of runs required to complete the process may vary either as the result of the IC's merger plans or due to EC technical limitations. If reroutes are performed U.S. Sprint agrees to pay: Per Transmission Path Florida $76.68 Georgia $84.01 North Carolina $78.37 South Carolina $84.30 (This page filed under Transmittal No. 1 ) ********** BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS TARIFF F.C.C. NO. 1 Four AT&T Plaza, Dallas, Texas 75202 ORIGINAL PAGE 12-4 ISSUED: JUNE 16, 2011 EFFECTIVE: JULY 1, 2011 ACCESS SERVICE 12 - Specialized Service or Arrangements (Cont'd) 12.3 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA and TENNESSEE (Cont'd) Customer: AT&T/SONITROL Location: Mobile, Alabama Description: Multiple Dialable Rotary and Circular Hunting on 800 numbers Nonrecurring Monthly Charge Rate USOC $125.00 $1.50 1ZZV7 (This page filed under Transmittal No. 1 ) ********** BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS TARIFF F.C.C. NO. 1 Four AT&T Plaza, Dallas, Texas 75202 ORIGINAL PAGE 12-5 ISSUED: JUNE 16, 2011 EFFECTIVE: JULY 1, 2011 ACCESS SERVICE 12 - Specialized Service or Arrangements (Cont'd) 12.3 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA and TENNESSEE (Cont'd) Case No.: NC88-7040-1 Customer: SouthernNet Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Description: Provide screening on 409 BellSouth SWA FGA Circuits by translating to terminals versus distinct numbers in the Charlotte, N.C. Tandem Central Office and service establishment charge. Nonrecurring Monthly Charge Rate USOC $1,061.00 $ - 1ZZV2 (This page filed under Transmittal No. 1 ) ********** BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS TARIFF F.C.C. NO. 1 Four AT&T Plaza, Dallas, Texas 75202 ORIGINAL PAGE 12-6 ISSUED: JUNE 16, 2011 EFFECTIVE: JULY 1, 2011 ACCESS SERVICE 12 - Specialized Service or Arrangements (Cont'd) 12.3 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA and TENNESSEE (Cont'd) Case No.: SF86-7141 (FLORIDA) Customer: TELTEC Location: Miami, Florida Description: Provides a BellSouth SWA arrangement with equal access signaling and digit parity capability for originating calls. The received level for terminating calls is -3dBm. Transmission performance limits, as described for Type B transmission for BellSouth SWA FGD in Technical Reference TR-NWT-000334, will apply except that the receive level is raised by 3 dB and the balance limits for Singing Return Loss (SRL), both low and high, and Echo Return Loss (ERL) will be reduced by 3 dB. This arrangement is only provided on direct route circuits to 1ESS or 1AESS switching machines. Nonrecurring Monthly Charge Rate USOC Per trunk group $ 62.00 - 1ZZJA Per circuit within each trunk group $ 12.00 - 1ZZJB Case No.: SE86-5094 (FLORIDA) Customer: AT&T Communications Location: 200 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Description: Provides a manually controlled break in the rotary hunting arrangement over seven Inwats lines which belong to AT&T's customer, National Inquirer. Rates and charges from the Private Line Service Tariff for a Type 1109 control channel are applicable. Also, the customer must provide a key on his premises with which to activate or deactivate this feature. Nonrecurring Monthly Charge Rate USOC Break in Rotary Feature for all Seven InWATS Lines - $12.00 1ZZHX Feature Establishment Charge $30.00 - NA Future Change in The Point of Break in the Rotary Number Group $30.00 - NA (This page filed under Transmittal No. 1 ) ********** BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS TARIFF F.C.C. NO. 1 Four AT&T Plaza, Dallas, Texas 75202 ORIGINAL PAGE 12-7 ISSUED: JUNE 16, 2011 EFFECTIVE: JULY 1, 2011 ACCESS SERVICE 12 - Specialized Service or Arrangements (Cont'd) 12.3 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA and TENNESSEE (Cont'd) Case No.: GA86-1012-1 (GEORGIA) Customer: Turner Broadcasting Location: 1050 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Georgia Description: Provide two fiber cable routes for CATV service from One Omni International to 1050 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Georgia. Route 1 is routed directly from 1050 Techwood Drive to One Omni International. Route 1 consists of Analog Head End Equipment four single mode fibers and 25 CATV Channels. Route 2 is routed through two Central Offices from 1050 Techwood Drive to One Omni International. Route 2 consists of 3 single mode fibers and 15 CATV Channels. (2.2 Interoffice miles) Nonrecurring Monthly Charge Rate USOC Interoffice Channel $82,210.00 $29,950.00* 1ZZA9 *10-year rate stability and a 10-year minimum service period. This case will terminate at the earlier of (1) the end of the ten year service period, or (2) conversion at the customer's request to the Commercial Quality Video Service general tariff offering prior to the end of the ten year term, and in neither of these events will termination charges apply. (This page filed under Transmittal No. 1 ) ********** BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS TARIFF F.C.C. NO. 1 Four AT&T Plaza, Dallas, Texas 75202 ORIGINAL PAGE 12-8 ISSUED: JUNE 16, 2011 EFFECTIVE: JULY 1, 2011 ACCESS SERVICE 12 - Specialized Service or Arrangements (Cont'd) 12.3 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA and TENNESSEE (Cont'd) Case No.: GA86-7221-02 (GEORGIA) Customer: AT&T Location: 401 W. Peachtree Street Atlanta, Ga. 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