P.S.C.-W.Va.-No. 217 Cancels P.S.C. – W.Va. – No. 217 of Verizon West Virginia Inc. Frontier West Virginia Inc. Original Title Page ACCESS SERVICE TARIFF Containing Regulations, Rates and Charges applying to the provision of Access Services within a Local Access and Transport Area (LATA) for connection to intrastate communications facilities for customers in the State of West Virginia by Frontier West Virginia Inc. The name Verizon West Virginia Inc. and Bell Atlantic – West Virginia, Inc. have been changed to Frontier West Virginia Inc. All references throughout this Tariff to Verizon West Virginia Inc. and Bell Atlantic – West Virginia, Inc., “the telephone company” or “the company” shall be read as Frontier West Virginia Inc. Issued by authority of an Order of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia in Case No. 09-0871-T-PC Dated May 13, 2010. Issued: July 1, 2010…… Effective: July 1, 2010 ACCESS SERVICE TARIFF P.S.C.-W.Va.-No. 217 Frontier West Virginia Inc. Contents Original Page 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page APPLICATION OF TARIFF 1 A. General 1 B. Regulations .................................................... 1 1. Explanation of Symbols ..................................... 1 2. Explanation of Abbreviations ............................... 1 3. Provision of Services ...................................... 3 4. Regulations, Rates and Charges Contained Herein ............ 3 5. Reference to Other Tariffs ................................. 3 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 2.1 Undertaking of the Telephone Company ........................... 1 2.1.1 Scope.................................................. 1 2.1.2 Limitations............................................ 1 2.1.3 Liability.............................................. 2 2.1.4 Provision of Services.................................. 4 2.1.5 Installation and Termination of Services............... 5 2.1.6 Maintenance of Services................................ 5 2.1.7 Changes and Substitutions.............................. 5 2.1.8 Refusal and Discontinuance of Service.................. 6 2.1.9 Limitation of Use of Metallic Facilities............... 7 2.1.10 Notification of Service-Affecting Activities........... 7 2.1.11 Coordination with Respect to Network Contingencies..... 7 2.1.12 Provision and Ownership of Telephone Numbers........... 7 2.2 Use ............................................................ 8 2.2.1 Interference or Impairment............................. 8 2.2.2 Unlawful Use........................................... 8 2.3 Obligation of the Customer ..................................... 8 2.3.1 Damages................................................ 8 2.3.2 Ownership of Facilities and Theft...................... 9 2.3.3 Equipment Space and Power.............................. 9 Issued by authority of an Order of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia in Case No. date . Issued: January 8, 2001 Effective: January 8, 2001 ACCESS SERVICE TARIFF P.S.C.-W.Va.-No. 217 Frontier West Virginia Inc. Contents 1st Revised Page 2 Cancels Original Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page GENERAL REGULATIONS (Cont'd) 2.3 Obligation of the Customer (Cont'd) 2.3.4 Availability for Testing............................... 9 2.3.5 Balance................................................ 10 2.3.6 Design of Customer Services............................ 10 2.3.7 References to the Telephone Company.................... 10 2.3.8 Claims and Demands for Damages......................... 10 2.3.9 Coordination with Respect to Network Contingencies..... 11 2.3.10 Jurisdictional Report Requirements..................... 11 2.3.11 Determination of Intrastate Charges for Mixed Interstate and Intrastate Access Service............... 14 2.3.12 Identification and Rating of VoIP-PSTN Traffic......... 15 (N) 2.4 Payment Arrangements and Credit Allowances ..................... 15c (T) 2.4.1 Payment of Rates, Charges and Deposits................. 15c (T) 2.4.2 Minimum Periods........................................ 19 2.4.3 Cancellation of an Order for Service................... 20 2.4.4 Credit Allowance for Service Interruptions............. 20 2.4.5 Re-establishment of Service Following Fire, Flood or Other Occurrence....................................... 23 2.4.6 Title or Ownership Rights.............................. 24 2.4.7 Ordering, Rating and Billing of Access Services Where More Than One Exchange Telephone Company is Involved... 24 2.4.8 Ordering, Rating and Billing of Access Services Provided in Conjunction with a Cellular Exchange Carrier or a Radio Common Carrier...................... 26b 2.5 Connections .................................................... 26a 2.5.1 General................................................ 26c 2.6 Definitions .................................................... 26c Access Code .................................................... 26c Access Minutest ................................................ 27 Access Tandem .................................................. 27 Answer/Disconnect Supervision .................................. 27 Asynchronous Protocol .......................................... 27 Attenuation Distortion ......................................... 27 Balance (100 Type) Test Line ................................... 27 Issued by authority of an Order of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia in Case No. 11-1781-T-T dated March 29, 2012. Issued: December 16, 2011 Effective: March 29, 2012 ACCESS SERVICE TARIFF P.S.C.-W.Va.-No. 217 Frontier West Virginia Inc. Contents Original Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page GENERAL REGULATIONS (Cont'd) 2.6 Definitions (Cont'd) Bit .......................................................... 27 Business Day ................................................... 28 Busy Hour Minutes of Capacity .................................. 28 Call .......................................................... 28 Carrier or Common Carrier ...................................... 28 CCS .......................................................... 28 Cellular Exchange Carrier ...................................... 28 Central Office ................................................. 28a Central Office Prefix .......................................... 29 Centralized Automatic Reporting on Trunks Testing .............. 29 Channel(s) ..................................................... 29 Channel Service Unit ........................................... 29 Channelize ..................................................... 29 C-Message Noise ................................................ 29 C-Notched Noise ................................................ 30 Common Line .................................................... 30 Communications System .......................................... 30 Conventional Signaling ......................................... 30 Customer(s) .................................................... 31 Data Transmission (107 Type) Test Line ......................... 31 Decibel ........................................................ 31 Decibel Reference Noise C-Message Weighting .................... 31 Decibel Reference Noise C-Message Referenced to 0 .............. 31 Detail Billing ................................................. 31 Directory Assistance ........................................... 32 Direct Trunk Transport Facility ................................ 32 Dual Tone Multi-frequency Address Signaling .................... 32 Echo Control ................................................... 32 Echo Path Loss ................................................. 32 Echo Return Loss ............................................... 32 Effective 2-Wire ............................................... 32 Effective 4-Wire ............................................... 33 End Office Switch .............................................. 33 End User ....................................................... 33 Entrance Facility .............................................. 33 Entry Switch ................................................... 33 Envelope Delay Distortion ...................................... 33 Equal Level Echo Path Loss ..................................... 34 Expected Measured Loss ......................................... 34 Exchange ....................................................... 34 Exchange Access Signaling ...................................... 34 Field Identifier ............................................... 34 First Come-First Served ........................................ 35 First Point of Switching ....................................... 35 Issued by authority of an Order of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia in Case No. date . Issued: January 8, 2001 Effective: January 8, 2001 ACCESS SERVICE TARIFF P.S.C.-W.Va.-No. 217 Frontier West Virginia Inc. Contents Original Page 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page GENERAL REGULATIONS (Cont'd) 2.6 Definitions (Cont'd) Frequency Shift ................................................ 35 Grandfathered .................................................. 35 Host Office .................................................... 35 Immediately Available Funds .................................... 36 Impedance Balance .............................................. 36 Impulse Noise .................................................. 36 Individual Case Basis .......................................... 36 Inserted Connection Loss ....................................... 36 Interexchange Carrier (IC) or Interexchange Common Carrier ....