Kentucky Windstream East, Inc. - London P.S.C. KY. No. 9 1st Revised Title Page Cancels Original Title Page ISSUED: December 6, 2007 EFFECTIVE: December 6, 2007 BY: Vice President Lexington, Kentucky ACCESS SERVICE Regulations, Rates and Charges applying to the provision of Access Services for connection to communications facilities for customers within the operating territories of the Company Access Services are provided by means of wire, fiber optics, radio or any other suitable technology or a combination thereof. This tariff cancels and replaces Windstream Kentucky East, Inc. – London’s (formerly Alltel Kentucky, Inc. – London ) Intrastate Access Tariff To Accommodate the Company Name Change Whenever in this Tariff the name Windstream Kentucky East, Inc. - London, Windstream Kentucky East - London or the term (N) Company appears, that reference shall be deemed to refer to Windstream Kentucky East, LLC - London. (N) Kentucky Windstream East, Inc. - London P.S.C. KY. No. 9 Original Contents Page 1 ISSUED: JULY 17, 2006 EFFECTIVE: AUGUST 1, 2006 BY: Vice President Lexington, Kentucky ACCESS SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. 1. APPLICATION OF TARIFF 1 2. GENERAL REGULATIONS 1 2.1 Undertaking of the Company 1 2.1.1 Scope 1 2.1.2 Limitations 1 2.1.3 Liability 3 2.1.4 Provision of Services 5 2.1.5 Installation and Termination of Services 5 2.1.6 Maintenance of Services 5 2.1.7 Changes, Substitutions and Rearrangements 6 2.1.8 Refusal and Discontinuance of Service 7 2.1.9 Limitation of Use of Metallic Facilities 9 2.1.10 Notification of Service-Affecting Activities 9 2.1.11 Coordination with Respect to Network Contingencies 9 2.1.12 Provision and Ownership of Telephone Numbers 9 2.2 Use 10 2.2.1 Interference or Impairment 10 2.2.2 Unlawful Use 10 2.3 Obligations of the Customers 11 2.3.1 Damages 11 2.3.2 Ownership of Facilities and Theft 11 2.2.3 Equipment Space and Power 11 2.3.4 Availability for Testing 12 2.3.5 Balance 12 2.3.6 Design of Customer Services 12 2.3.7 References to the Company 12 2.3.8 Claims and Demands for Damages 12 2.3.9 Coordination with Respect to Network Contingencies 13 2.3.10 Sectionalization and Trouble Reporting 13 Kentucky Windstream East, Inc. - London P.S.C. KY. No. 9 Original Contents Page 2 ISSUED: JULY 17, 2006 EFFECTIVE: AUGUST 1, 2006 BY: Vice President Lexington, Kentucky ACCESS SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont’d) 2. GENERAL REGULATIONS (Cont'd) Page No. 2.4 Payment Arrangements and Credit Allowances 14 2.4.1 Payment of Rates, Charges and Deposits 14 2.4.2 Minimum Periods 20 2.4.3 Cancellation of an Order for Service 20 2.4.4 Credit Allowance for Service Interruption 21 2.4.5 Re-establishment of Service Following Fire, Flood or Other Occurrence 26 2.4.6 Title or Ownership Rights 26 2.4.7 Access Services Provided by More Than One Telephone Company 27 2.5 Connections 33 2.6 Definitions 33 Access Area 33 Access Code 33 Access Minutes 33 Access Tandem 34 Access Tandem Network 34 Agent 34 Answer Message 34 Answer/Disconnect Supervision 34 Attenuation Distortion 34 Balance (100 Type) Test Line 34 Bit 35 Business Day 35 Busy Hour Minutes of Capacity (BHMC) 35 Call 35 Carrier or Common Carrier 35 CCS 35 Central Office 36 Central Office Prefix 36 Centralized Automatic Reporting on Trunks Testing 36 Circuit(s) 36 Channel Service Unit 36 Channelize 36 C-Message Noise 37 C-Notched Noise 37 Kentucky Windstream East, Inc. - London P.S.C. KY. No. 9 Original Contents Page 3 ISSUED: JULY 17, 2006 EFFECTIVE: AUGUST 1, 2006 BY: Vice President Lexington, Kentucky ACCESS SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont’d) 2. GENERAL REGULATIONS (Cont'd) Page No. 2.6 Definitions (Cont'd) Coin Station 37 Common Channel Signaling System 7 Network 37 Common Line 37 Communications System 37 Customer(s) 38 Data Transmission (107 Type) Test Line 38 Decibel 38 Decibel Reference Noise C-Message Weighting 38 Decibel Reference Noise C-Message Referenced to 0 38 Dual Tone Multifrequency Address Signaling 38 Echo Control 39 Echo Path Loss 39 Echo Return Loss 39 Effective 2-Wire 39 Effective 4-Wire 39 End Office Switch 40 End User 40 Entry Switch 40 Envelope Delay Distortion 40 Equal Level Echo Path Loss 40 Exchange 40 Exit Message 41 Expected Measured Loss 41 Extended Area Service 41 Field Identifier 41 First Come - First Served 41 First Point of Switching 41 Frequency Shift 42 Grandfathered 42 Host Office 42 Immediately Available Funds 42 Impedance Balance 42 Impulse Noise 42 Individual Case Basis 43 Initial Address Message (IAM) 43 Inserted Connection Loss 43 Interexchange Carrier (IC) or Interexchange Common Carrier 43 Kentucky Windstream East, Inc. - London P.S.C. KY. No. 9 Original Contents Page 4 ISSUED: JULY 17, 2006 EFFECTIVE: AUGUST 1, 2006 BY: Vice President Lexington, Kentucky ACCESS SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont’d) 2. GENERAL REGULATIONS (Cont'd) Page No. 2.6 Definitions (Cont'd) Intermodulation Distortion 43 Interstate Communications 43 Intrastate Communications 43 Line Side Connection 44 Local Access and Transport Area 44 Location Provider 44 Loop Around Test Line 44 Loss Deviation 44 Message 44 Milliwatt (102 Type) Test Line 44 Network Control Signaling 45 Nonsynchronous Test Line 45 North American Numbering Plan 45 Off-hook 45 On-hook 45 Open Circuit Test Line 45 Originating Direction 46 Pay Telephone 46 Phase Jitter 46 Point of Termination 46 Premises 46 Release Message 46 Remote Switching Modules and/or Remote Switching Systems 46 Return Loss 46 Registered Equipment 47 Serving Wire Center 47 Seven Digit Manual Test Line 47 Shortage of Facilities or Equipment 47 Short Circuit Test Line 47 Signal-To-C-Notched Noise Ratio 47 Signaling System 7 47 Signal Transport Point (STP) 47 Signal Transport Point (STP) Port 48 Singing Return Loss 48 Subtending End Office of Access Tandem 48 Synchronous Test Line 48 Terminating Direction 48 Kentucky Windstream East, Inc. - London P.S.C. KY. No. 9 Original Contents Page 5 ISSUED: JULY 17, 2006 EFFECTIVE: AUGUST 1, 2006 BY: Vice President Lexington, Kentucky ACCESS SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont’d) 2. GENERAL REGULATIONS (Cont'd) Page No. 2.6 Definitions (Cont'd) Transmission Measuring (105 Type) Test Line/Responder 48 Transmission Path 48 Trunk 48 Trunk Group 48 Trunk Side Connection 49 Two-Wire to Four-Wire Conversion 49 Uniform Service Order Code 49 V & H Coordinates 49 WATS Serving Office 49 Wire Center 49 Kentucky Windstream East, Inc. - London P.S.C. KY. No. 9 Original Contents Page 6 ISSUED: JULY 17, 2006 EFFECTIVE: AUGUST 1, 2006 BY: Vice President Lexington, Kentucky ACCESS SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont’d) Page No. 3. CARRIER COMMON LINE ACCESS SERVICE 1 3.1 General Description 1 3.2 Limitations 2 3.3 Undertaking of the Telephone Company 3 3.4 Obligation of the Customer 4 3.5 Payment Arrangements 6 3.6 Payment of Coin Sent-Paid Monies 7 3.6.1 Bill Period Coin Revenue 7 3.6.2 Total IC Coin Revenue 7 3.6.3 Recourse Adjustments 7 3.6.4 Payment of Net IC Coin Revenue 8 3.6.5 Audit Provisions 8 3.7 Rate Regulations 9 3.8 Rates and Charges 12 Kentucky Windstream East, Inc. - London P.S.C. KY. No. 9 Original Contents Page 7 ISSUED: JULY 17, 2006 EFFECTIVE: AUGUST 1, 2006 BY: Vice President Lexington, Kentucky ACCESS SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont’d) Page No. 4. END USER ACCESS SERVICE 1 4.1 General Description 1 4.2 Limitations 1 4.3 Undertaking of the Company 1 4.4 Obligations of Radio Common Carriers 1 4.5 Payment Arrangements and Credit Allowances 2 4.5.1 Minimum Period 2 4.5.2 Cancellation of Orders 2 4.5.3 Changes to Orders 2 4.5.4 Allowance for Interruptions 2 4.5.5 Temporary Suspension of Service 2 4.6 Rate Regulations 3 4.6.1 Who is Billed 3 4.6.2 Multiparty Service 3 4.6.3 Semi-Public Service 3 4.6.4 Business Services 3 4.6.5 Radio Common Carriers 5 4.6.6 Remote Call Forwarding 5 4.6.7 Residence Services 6 4.7 Rates and Charges 7 4.7.1 End User Common Line Residence 7 4.7.2 End User Common Line Single Line Business 7 4.7.3 End User Common Line Centrex Dormitory Service 7 4.7.4 End User Common Line Multiline Business including Centrex CO 7 Kentucky Windstream East, Inc. - London P.S.C. KY. No. 9 Original Contents Page 8 ISSUED: JULY 17, 2006 EFFECTIVE: AUGUST 1, 2006 BY: Vice President Lexington, Kentucky ACCESS SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont’d) Page No. 5. ORDERING SWITCHED AND SPECIAL ACCESS SERVICE 1 5.1 Access Service Request Requirements 1 5.1.1 General 1 5.1.2 Switched Access Ordering Requirements 2 5.1.3 Special Access Services 8 5.1.4 Switched Access Interface 8 5.1.5 Equal Access Conversions 9 5.1.6 Provision of Other Services 10 5.1.7 Access Order Service Date Intervals 10 5.1.8 Selection of Facilities for Access Order 11 5.1.9 Shared Use Facilities 11 5.2 Access Services Provided by More Than One Company 12 5.3 Access Order Charges 14 5.3.1 Access Service Request Modifications 14 5.3.2 Cancellation of an Access Service Request 17 5.3.3 Minimum Period Charges 19 6. SWITCHED ACCESS SERVICE 1 6.1 General 1 6.1.1 Service Arrangements 1 6.1.2 Technical Specifications 2 6.1.3 Optional Features 2 6.2 Switched Access Service Arrangements 3 6.2.1 Feature Group A 4 6.2.2 Feature Group B 10 6.2.3 Feature Group C 14 6.2.4 Feature Group D 18 6.2.5 (Reserved for Future Use) 21 6.2.6 (Reserved for Future Use) 21 6.2.7 (Reserved for Future Use) 22 6.2.8 (Reserved for Future Use) 23 6.2.9 (Reserved for Future Use) 24 6.2.10 800/877/888 Access Service 29 6.2.11 900 Access Service 33 6.2.12 (Reserved for Future Use) 33 6.2.13 500 Access Service 33 6.2.14 (Reserved for Future Use) 35 Kentucky Windstream East, Inc.