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1. LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 12 Calling Plans CenturyTel Discount Calling Plans Cont d 18 12 8 CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business Cont d B Regulations Cont d Dial Station to Station is that service where the person originating the call dials the telephone number desired or gives to the Company operator the telephone number of the desired telephone Two classes of Dial Station to Station service are offered as follows 1 Dial Station to Station is that station to station service where the person originating the call from other than a public or semipublic coin or coinless telephone dials the telephone number desired and the call is completed without the assistance of a Company operator or placed with an operator where facilities are not available for call completion or where for other service reasons operator assistance in completion of the call is necessary and the call is billed to the originating number Also includes Customer Dialed Calling Card calls where the person originating the call dials and completes the call without the assistance of an operator Operator Station to Station and Person to Person is that station to station service other than Dial Station to Station service Operator Station to Station and Person to Person is that service where the completion of the call or a request for any information or assistance for such call requires the assistance of an operator The
2. LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 5 Airline Mileage Between Rate Centers A General 1 For the purpose of determining airline mileages vertical and horizontal grid lines have been established across the State of Alabama The spacing between adjacent vertical grid lines and between horizontal grid lines represents a distance of one coordinate unit This unit is the square root of 0 1 expressed in airline miles A vertical V and a horizontal H coordinate is computed for each rate center from its latitude and longitude location by use of appropriate map projection equations These rate centers and their V and H coordinates are shown in 18 5c following A pair of V H coordinates locates a rate center for determining airline mileages at a particular intersection of an established vertical grid line with an established horizontal grid line The distance between any two rate centers is the airline mileage computed as explained in 18 4b following For long distance message telecommunications service the rate center for a point not listed in this section is the rate center for the central office to which the point is assigned for long distance telecommunications rate purposes where the point is not assigned to a central office the rate center is the location of the point Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original She
3. LOCAL CHANNEL That portion of a channel which connects a station to an interexchange channel or a channel connecting two or more stations within an exchange area LOCAL SERVICE Telephone communications within a local service area in accordance with the provisions of the Company s price lists LOCAL MESSAGE A completed communication between customers stations located within the same Exchange Area or Local Service Area LOCAL SERVICE AREA The area within which telephone service is furnished under a specific schedule or rates without the application of specific charges for each message LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE See Toll Message LONG DISTANCE TERMINAL See Telephone Station CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 1 Original Sheet 6 DEFINITIONS MESSAGE A completed customer call MILEAGE The measurement upon which charges are computed for Foreign Exchange tie and private lines MINIMUM CONTRACT PERIOD The minimum length of time for which a customer is obligated to pay for service facilities and equipment whether or not retained by the customer for such minimum length of time MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE A communication service provided by means of radio frequencies through a land radiotelephone base station Connections may be established between a wire station and a mobile or fixed unit or between two mobile or fixed units
4. Multipath is available only as an enhancement to Call Forwarding Variable Call Forwarding Variable provides for transferring incoming calls to another telephone number by dialing a code and the telephone number to which calls are to be transferred Calls may be transferred to either a local or a long distance message telecommunications point subject to the availability of the necessary facilities Satisfactory transmission levels cannot be assured on calls forwarded outside of the local calling area Call Forwarding shall not be used to extend calls on a planned and continuing basis to avoid the payment in whole or in part of message toll charges that would regularly be applicable between the station originating the call and the station to which the call is transferred Call Forwarding should not be offered as a service at the Call Forwarding terminating station In addition to the monthly rate in this Price list for the call forwarding service the call forwarding customer is responsible for the applicable customer dialed station to station charges for calls forwarded outside the local calling area These charges apply to all calls answered at the terminating station including person to person and collect calls even though such calls might not be accepted at the answering location Call Trace 57 allows a customer to automatically activate a trace record of the last incoming call By activating Call Trace 57 the customer automatically aut
5. Special Call Forwarding This feature allows the user the ability to program up to twelve numbers of their choosing that they want call forwarded When one of the numbers on the user list calls them the call will be forwarded to the number the user has programmed to receive the call Calls from all other numbers will be handled in the normal manner If call forwarding all calls is activated it will override this feature VIP Alert This feature provides the user the ability to identify up to twelve 12 numbers they want to receive a special notification when a call comes is received from one of the numbers A special ring short long short will be used to notify the user of a call from one of the numbers on their special list This feature will not work on a hunt group Pilot number Voice Messaging This feature allows the user to have busy and no answer calls forwarded to a voice messaging server to take a message if the caller chooses to leave one If the customer has Voice Messaging the Call Forwarding Busy and No Answer services are used for Voice Messaging programming purposes and are not available for forwarding to other locations Call Trace Allows the user to trace the number of the last calls received and have the number automatically reported to the telephone company CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 89 CENTR
6. 1 With each Digital ISDN Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Line the customer has two 2 B channels and one 1 D channel The following options apply Monthly Rate a B Voice per line 4 00 b B Voice CSD per line 9 00 c D Packet per channel 5 00 D Feature Packages 1 Analog Centrex Service Feature Packages per analog service line or per digital service voice channel when MBKS does not apply Monthly Nonrecurring Rate Charge a Feature Package 1000 2 50 N A b Feature Package 2000 2 75 N A c Feature Package 3000 4 00 N A d Centrex Analog Digital CCLASS 2 25 Stations 5 00 N A 26 50 Stations 4 50 N A 51 Stations 4 00 N A e Maximum Total Charge for CCLASS Package per customer 400 00 N A f Attendant Feature Package 75 00 N A CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Effective 02 01 07 Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 65 8 1 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges D Feature Packages Cont d 2 Digital Centrex ISDN BRI Service Feature Packages a MBKS Basic Package per line b MBKS Deluxe Package per line c X MBKS 3000 Deluxe Package per line 1 d Data Feature Package 1000 per line e Data Feature Package 2000 per line f X 25 Basic Package g X 25 Deluxe Package per line
7. 8 3 4 Rates Cont d F Service Order Activity Service charges will apply for Centrex CustoPAK as specified in Section 4 of this price list If a customer elects to change from a Business Line or another Centrex Service to the Centrex CustoPAK Service or from the Centrex CustoPAK Service to another Centrex Service a Change of Class or Grade of Service Charge applies rather than a Line Connection charge No service charges will apply for Centrex CustoPAK Custom Calling and CLASS Services if installed initially with the Centrex CustoPAK system When services are added or rearranged on an existing line subsequent to the installation of the Centrex CustoPAK System the appropriate service charges as specified in Section 4 of this Price list will apply Foreign Exchange Service Rates and charges for Foreign Exchange Service as specified in Section 9 of this Price list will apply Calling Plans For rates see Section 3 of this Price list for the Local Calling Plan options for a Centrex CustoPAK customer A Centrex CustoPAK customer is also eligible for a toll Discount Calling Plan Refer to the Section 18 of this Price list for the rates of the Discount Calling Plans CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 9 Original Contents Sheet 1 FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 9 1 Reserved for Future Use 1 9 2 Definit
8. B On all operator assisted calls originating from the specified line or local trunk the options available are 1 Billto a Calling Card Account specify at the time of the call 2 Billto a Third Number specify at the time of the call 3 Collect to the Called Number specify collect at the time of the call 4 Prohibit all operator assisted sent paid calls C Selective Class of Call Screening SCCS service is offered subject to the availability of suitable facilities D Subscribers to Selective Class of Call Screening SCCS service are responsible to notify the Company of any failure of the feature to perform as requested E The Company makes no guarantee and assumes no liability for the accuracy of Selective Class of Call Screening SCCS service The customer agrees fully and completely to indemnify and save harmless the Company its successors and assigns from and against any and every claim loss damage suit or liability arising out of the furnishing or failure to furnish Selective Class of Call Screening SCCS service Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 37 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 20 Selective Class of Call Screening SCCS Cont d 13 20 2 Regulations Cont d F G The minimum period for Selective Class of Call Screening SCCS service is one 1 month All local cal
9. Call Detail will not be provided with this service plan This service is grandfathered to existing customers at existing locations Effective 12 26 14 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 4th Revised Sheet 54 5 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 12 Simple Choice Unlimited Cont d C Monthly Rates Monthly Rates B Exchanges A Exchanges g Simple Choice Unlimited 34 95 7 39 95 Local Exchange Service Choice of available Custom Calling or Custom Calling Il Service Features D A and B Exchanges 1 A Exchanges Bayou La Batre Fayette Lincoln Tallassee Brilliant Fowl River Massey Trussville Dauphin Island Grand Bay Mentone Valley Head Double Springs Hamilton Notasulga Winfield Falkville Irvington Pell City 2 B Exchanges Alberta Detroit Lecta Reform Aliceville Ethelsville Lineville Rockford Ashland Gordo Morrisons Cross Roads Sulligent Berry Guin Oden Ridge Thorsby Carrollton Hackleburg Orrville Vernon Chulafinne Haleyville Panola Wadley Coffeeville Heflin Phil Campbell Wedowee Delta Jemison Pine Hill Woodland Flat rate EAS charges if applicable are included in this rate The rate for CenturyTel Long Distance LLC d b a CenturyLink Long Distance Simple Choice Unlimited Long Distance plan applies in addition to this rate The monthly Simple Choice Unlimited rate will be
10. CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 7 1st Revised Sheet 6 7 1 COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE Public Telephone Access Service for Customer Provided Equipment CPE Cont d 7 1 5 Rates and Charges Cont d A Public Telephone Access Service for CPE Cont d 2 At the request of the subscriber Touch Tone Calling Service may be provided as covered in Section 13 of this price list for business individual line service Service charges as covered in Section 4 of this Price list for business individual line service are applicable Reserved for future use The subscriber is responsible for directory assistance service charges as specified in Section 6 4 2 Directory listings in connection with two way public telephone access lines are furnished under the same rates and regulations as other business service Listings are not available for outward public telephone access lines The Company will bill and collect on behalf of PTAS providers for intrastate services that the provider is duly certificated by the Commission to provide through at a minimum clearinghouse arrangements 7 1 6 Public Telephone Access Line for Institutional Service Providers ISPs A General 1 Public Telephone Access Lines for Institutional Service Providers ISPs is an exchange line service specifically provided for telecommunications use at an institution for use by inmates in mak
11. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 18 Digital Centrex Service 13 18 1 Verizon Gulf Division Headquarters Pell City AL CenturyTel Digital Centrex Service provides premium advanced communication services from equipped offices The following rate is for Basic Centrex Service as outlined in Section 8 of the GENERAL CUSTOMER SERVICES PRICE LIST Monthly Rate per line equipped 15 11 The above rate is in addition to other area rates and charges applicable in Section 8 13 19 Reserved for Future Use Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 36 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 20 Selective Class of Call Screening SCCS 13 20 1 General A Selective Class of Call Screening SCCS is an optional service available to the Company s local exchange service customers and is offered on a per line or local trunk basis The service is offered to provide customers with a choice of originating call screening options when an operator service system is involved with call processing The SCCS service provides information to the operator services system mechanized or live operator to denote special originating call handling was requested by the customer 13 20 2 Regulations A The customer will specify at the time of the order the special call handling option s desired The customer may specify any combination of SCCS options
12. Monthly Rate 6 00 8 00 12 00 3 00 5 00 N A 5 00 Nonrecurring Charge 25 00 25 00 25 00 15 00 15 00 N A 15 00 If a customer orders Digital Centrex ISDN BRI and chooses to use an analog phone option one voice feature package will apply per channel CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink Effective 02 01 07 General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 66 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges E Optional Features Cont d 1 Centrex a 1 3 Additional Numbers Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate each Attendant Data Link Console Interface Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per console Attendant Flexible Night Answer Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per console Attendant Identification Multiple Directory Numbers Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per console Attendant Pre Determined Night Answer Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per console Attendant Universal Night Answer UNA Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per console Authorization Codes Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per 10 codes Automatic Line Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per line Rate N A 2 00 200 00 70 00 39 50 0 75 39 50 0 10 5 25 0 20 3 00 0 30 N A 1 00 Rates and charges apply only to the first consol
13. Attendant Universal Night Answer When activated by attendant listed number calls are routed to this equipment Calls can then be answered by individual stations by dialing the associated feature code This feature also allows transfer of calls during commercial power failure Authorization Codes AC The AC feature allows the customer to define a set or sets of dialing privileges to associate an AC with each set and to use the AC to restrict the dialing privileges to authorized personnel The AC must be dialed before a call can be advanced A customer cannot have authorization codes with a different amount of digits Automatic Line This feature provides automatic placement of a call to a preselected DN when the call s origination is detected No dialing is required by the calling party to complete the call The service may be used for intraoffice or interoffice calls This feature does not affect termination to the line Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 40 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features G Optional System Features Cont d Automatic Route Selection ARS ARS provides for the origination of ten digit off network calls to a public telephone number An access code is dialed followed by the destination digits A
14. Oakman Odenville Ohatchee Oneonta Panola Parrish Pell City Pennington Phil Campbell Piedmont Pinson Pisgah Ragland Rainsville Reform Rinehart Rockford Sand Rock Snead Springville Sulligent Surfside Sylacauga Talladega Thorsby Trussville Tuscaloosa Union Grove Valley Head Vernon Vincent 7289 7476 7536 7471 7625 7480 7643 7319 7214 7583 7509 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 22 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 5 Airline Mileage Between Rate Centers Cont d 18 5 1 List of Rate Centers by LATA Cont d A Birmingham LATA Cont d Rate Center Wadley Walnut Grove Warrior Wedowee West Blocton Whorton Winfield Woodland York Montgomery LATA Abbeville Alberta Andalusia Ariton Arlington Ashford Auburn Banks Brantley Brundidge Camden Catherine Clayton Clio Columbia Cottonwood Daleville Demopolis Dixons Mills Dothan Dozier 7758 7775 7852 7830 7712 7758 7792 7855 7843 7797 7881 7830 7865 2370 2058 2067 1942 1947 2042 2511 2458 1980 2168 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 23 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 5 Airline Mileage Between Rate C
15. 12 months No more than one 1 service denial due to non payment during the preceding twelve 12 months No more than five 5 reminder notices on account during preceding twelve 12 months High Risk Six 6 or more telephone bills not paid by the due date or in full during the preceding twelve 12 months Three 3 or more NSF checks for telephone bill payments during the preceding twelve 12 months Two 2 or more service denials due to non payment during the preceding twelve 12 months Six 6 or more reminder notices on account during the preceding twelve 12 months When a customer exceeds the established credit limit a notice will be sent to the customer stating a payment must be made within five 5 days or access to 1 04 and all 900 976 700 calls will be blocked where facilities are available In addition the Company will restrict all collect credit card and third number bill calls Access to the local calling area and emergency services will not be blocked A recording will advise the customer that blocking has been imposed when dialing or billing attempts are initiated A recording will provide directions for service restoral A service restoration charge is not applicable when the customer s toll service is unblocked CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 2 Original Sheet 19 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2
16. 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 2 Conditions Contd L If a customer chooses to combine Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service stations terminating at different locations into a single Centrex Service system all stations must be served by the same central office switching equipment A customer with multiple Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service systems may link his systems with tie lines to permit intercom dialing Tie line charges will apply Where the Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex station line of the same system is located in a different exchange area the Interoffice Channel Charges apply for each interexchange channel as specified in Section 17 For Digital ISDN Centrex this capability is only supported from ISDN capable base unit central offices Private Line arrangements Special Access Services or foreign dial tone connected with Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service are subject to rates rules and conditions as set forth in the appropriate Price lists Certain optional feature capabilities may not be compatible with other Feature Packages or Optional System features To qualify for quantity discounts Centrex service equipped lines must primarily terminate at a single designated location of the customer of record In those instances where a service configuration results in more than thirty percent 3096 of the lines terminating at a remote locati
17. Birmingham 1 19 3 00 15 69 20 00 Gardendale Leeds Moody Odenville Pinson Springville Trussville Valley Head 2 Birmingham Fort Payne 6 12 11 12 20 6233 62 Valley Head Mentone Denotes AT amp T of Alabama Independent Exchange Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 31 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Cont d 3 16 4 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Exchanges Cont d E Monthly Rates Rate Flat Rate Community Community Premium Premium Exchange Group LATA Calling Scope Residence Business Residence Business Community Plus and Premium Block of Time only Vernon 1 Birmingham Detroit 4 12 2 77 18 62 25 77 Kennedy Millport Sulligent Vernon Wadley 2 Birmingham Alexander City 6 12 9 87 18 62 32 87 Rock Mills Roanoke Morrisons Cross Roads Wadley Wedowee Woodland Wedowee 2 Birmingham Anniston 6 12 8 77 20 62 30 77 Rock Mills Roanoke Morrisons Cross Roads Wadley Wedowee Woodland Winfield 1 Birmingham Brilliant 4 12 2 77 18 62 25 77 Guin Hackleburg Hamilton Kennedy Millport Winfield Woodland 2 Birmingham Anniston 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Ranburne Rock Mills Roanoke Morrisons Cross Roads Wadley Wedo Woodland A Denot
18. CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 11 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 2 Conditions Contd W Digital ISDN Centrex Services Cont d 13 Individual Line Loop Extension a Digital ISDN Centrex Individual Line Loop Extension provides a physical extension of the Digital ISDN Centrex loop from approximately 18 000 feet to approximately 36 000 feet These distances are for planning purposes The actual distances are dependent on decibel db loss and not just physical loop length This physical extension is accomplished by means of a CO installed power module and an outside plant installed regenerator or U Repeater The deployment method is based on dB loss and not on specific cable footage The vendor installation information indicates that up to a 34dB loss at 40kHz in either direction of the field repeater is acceptable With the CenturyTel engineering practice of maximum loss for the Digital ISDN Centrex loop to be 38dB at 40kHZz it is assumed if the customer s distance would exceed the 38dB for standard installation the U Repeater would be mounted within the stated range of 34dB and the customer s length would be extended another 34dB from the U Repeater installation point Only one power module and U Repeater can be used per Digital ISDN Centrex li
19. Channel The electrical path provided by the Company between two or more terminating points for the transmission of information or intelligence D Channel Delta Channel A communications path that operates at 16 Kbps in support of network control signals and 9 6 Kbps X 25 packet data D Packet A service which permits a customer to use a D Channel for packet switched data Utilizes 9 6 of the 16 Kbps on BRI ISDN D Channel and allows for more than one data device Digital ISDN BRI Centrex Centrex Service provided by ISDN BRI Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN A set of standards which enable end to end digital transmission access integration and established standardization of points of interconnection over a single access line End to end digital transmission eliminates the necessity for voice band modems that use analog processing techniques Access integration refers to utilizing a single ISDN line whereby an end user over one line can access a wide variety of user information services such as voice circuit switched data and packet switched data Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 49 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features H Digital ISDN Centrex Cont d IntraSystem Caller ID A function which allows a statio
20. Cont d 18 12 9 CenturyTel One Easy Price Plan for Residence A General CenturyTel One Easy Price Plan for Residence offers a flat rate pricing available twenty four 24 hours a day seven 70 days a week to residence customers in CenturyTel exchanges The minimum service period for CenturyTel One Easy Price Plan is one 1 month There is no monthly rate or nonrecurring charges associated with this Plan Calls will be billed in sixty 60 second increments CenturyTel One Easy Price Plan for Residence applies to direct dialed calls only No service ordering charges as specified in Section 4 1 2 will apply when subscribing to this Plan Rates and Charges Per minute of use 0 10 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 49 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 12 Calling Plans CenturyTel Discount Calling Plans Cont d 18 12 10 CenturyTel Easy Savings Flat Rate Plan for Business A General CenturyTel Easy Savings Flat Rate Plan for Business offers a flat rate pricing available twenty four 24 hours a day seven 7 days a week to business customers in CenturyTel exchanges The Flat Rate Plan is offered on a month to month basis and with contract term options of one 1 two 2 or three 30 years The minimum service period for CenturyTel Easy Savings Flat Rate Plan is one 1 month There i
21. Cont d Limited Automatic Call Distribution This option allows incoming trunk calls to be directed to and distributed among a select group of stations using distributive hunting Music on Hold This feature provides access to a common music source for use with call hold transfer park and queuing features Paging Public Address Access This feature provides a central office interface to a customer premises for paging and or public address Pilot Number of Hunt Groups A directory number used to access a hunt group No associated cable pair required Preferential Hunting Permits a prehunt over a subset or preferential group of main stations before hunting through the entire multiline hunt group The hunt through the group may be a regular or a circular hunt Each main station may have its own preferential group or list Priority Queuing This feature permits a station user remaining off hook to queue for a facility to obtain a line ahead of another station user queuing for a facility that goes on hook Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 46 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features G Optional System Features Cont d Proprietary Set Interface This interface provides capability to connect business sets to Centr
22. Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 43 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 21 Services for Enhanced Service Providers ESPs Cont d 13 21 5 Regulations and Conditions Cont d B Enhanced Service Provider s Obligations Cont d 6 10 The customer is financially responsible for any and all costs and expenses involved in providing its services including but not limited to the customer s premises equipment program development advertising and promotional expenses The customer is financially responsible for all facilities required to connect the customer s equipment to the Telephone Company s serving wire center in accordance with all applicable rates and charges under the Telephone Company s Price list The customer s premises equipment shall be interconnected in accordance with the General Conditions and applicable rates as set forth in Section 15 Interconnection with Communications Equipment and Systems Provided by the Customer If the customer violates this requirement the Telephone Company may disconnect the customer s services Customers subscribing to the services outlined in Section 13 21 2a 1 2 3 4 and 5 of this price list are required to subscribe to PBX Trunk lines or Centrex lines capable of supporting the enhanced service s being offered Also they may be required to subscribe
23. LATA Wide Plan Rating Calling Scopes Rates Basic Measured Within Home Exchange 0 015 per MOU Measured All other Exchanges in LATA 0 055 per MOU Community Measured Within Flat Rated No Charge Plus Plan Calling Scope See list of exchanges in Section 3 16 4 All other exchanges 0 055 per MOU in LATA Premium 60 hour Within Flat Rated No Charge Calling Plan Block of Calling Scope See list of exchanges Block of Time in Section 3 16 4 Time All other exchanges Minutes charged toward in LATA 60 hour BOT Usage in excess of 60 hour BOT will be rated at 0 04 per minute D Detail Billing When a billing detail is furnished the following charges will apply The billing detail includes date of call called telephone number answer time and length of call The customer must request a detailed bill at least thirty 30 days in advance of the date detail billing is to commence Rate Per customer bill per month Residence 2 33 Business 2 58 Note A Network Access Change Charge as specified in Section S4 will apply when Detail Billing is requested subsequent to the establishment of basic local exchange service Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 24 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Cont d 3 16 4 Cent
24. MOVE A transfer of telephone service from one location to another on the same premise where there is no interruption of service other than is incident to the work involved Transfers of telephone service from one premise to another or from location to another on the same premise involving a break in the continuity of service and resulting in cessation of local service charges are not considered as moved but as new service and service charges that may be applicable NETWORK CONTROL SIGNALING UNIT The terminal equipment furnished installed and maintained by the Company for the provision of network control signaling NETWORK INTERFACE A standard FCC Registration Program jack or equivalent that is installed by the Telephone Company as part of the network access line on a customer s premises at a location determined by the Company which is accessible to the customer and consistent with FCC Registration regulations governing the location of the network interface The network interface is located on the customer s premises and serves as the point of connection for all premises services to the telecommunications network NETWORK TERMINATING WIRE Wire installed for network service for a specific customer and used to connect the intrabuilding network cable or the outside plant distribution facilities to the Network Interface NEW SUBSCRIBER Applicants having no basic monthly service or those subscribers changing service premise PREMISES The
25. Must be able to access 411 Directory Assistance at no charge to the calling party b The appropriate emergency number Operator 911 must be clearly posted at each location of a customer provided telephone 6 Must clearly indicate procedures for obtaining a refund from the subscriber and that the customer provided telephone is not being provided by the Company The Company is not responsible for refunds of coins deposited in customer owned pay telephones 7 Must be equipped to return the coins to the caller in the case of an incomplete call 8 The telephone number of the line must be displayed on each CPE telephone CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 7 Original Sheet 12 COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE 7 2 Customer Owned Pay Telephone COPT Coin Line Service 7 2 4 Violations of Regulations A Where any customer provided telephone is used and or connected in violation of this Price list the Company will promptly notify the customer of the violation B Failure of the subscriber to discontinue use or to correct the violation will result in the suspension or disconnection within five 5 business days after written notification of the subscriber s service until such time as the subscriber complies with the provisions of this Price list 7 2 5 Rates and Charges A COPT Coin Line Service is provided on a Fixed Rate basis The following
26. Section 2 Original Sheet 4 2 2 Use of Service Cont d GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 2 5 Termination of Service A By the Company 1 The Company may following five 5 days written notice refuse to furnish or may terminate the service and remove its equipment under the following circumstances provided suitable notice has been given to the customer a b e upon the continuance of any unpaid regulated amount due for a period of five 5 days following temporary suspension upon the continuance of any unauthorized attachment as stated in Section 15 upon objection to the furnishing of a service made in writing by or on behalf of any governmental law enforcement agency acting within its jurisdiction on the grounds that such service is or will be used for an illegal purpose upon the use of a service in such a manner that in the opinion of the Company constitutes abuse or fraud or may tend to injuriously affect the efficiency of the Company s plant property or service upon a violation of any of the regulations governing the furnishing of a service including regulations listed at 2 2 1 and 2 2 2 B At customer s request 1 Contracts for service may be terminated prior to the expiration of the contract period provided advance notice is given to the Company and upon agreement to pay all charges due for the service furnished plus any termination charges which might be applicable Where a contract f
27. conversation can be conducted at a time Regulations for Directory Listings set forth in Section S6 of this price list will apply for the main number The customer is entitled to one free listing in the alphabetical section of the telephone directory for the Distinctive Ring number regardless of the class of service Outbound Call Block a feature that blocks all outbound dialing with the exception of abbreviated dialing for 911 Emergency Reporting Services and 711 Service for Telecommunications Relay Services In addition all pay per use features are blocked All other CenturyTel Calling Services features are prohibited with the use of this feature and lines equipped with this feature will not have a directory listing This feature is subject to the availability of facilities and is only available to flat rate business and residence Individual Line Local Exchange Service customers Selective Blocking per call allows a customer to prevent their telephone number on a per call basis from being displayed on Caller ID equipment or from being announced to someone with 69 or Call Block service When the service is activated before a call a private status message will be sent instead of the number This service will be available without presubscription and at no charge CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 14 15 Section 13 3rd Revised Sheet 22 MISCELLANEOUS S
28. individual account will be considered separately CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 4 Original Sheet 3 SERVICE CHARGES 4 1 Service Charges Cont d 4 1 3 Application of Service Charges Cont d B Central Office Work Charge 1 Applies for work including but not limited to a Making and changing connections in the central office C Access Line Work Charge 1 Applies only for the connection of local exchange lines local private lines outside extension lines and any other services requiring a drop wire D Network Interface Charge 1 Applies only for the installation of network interface at the request of a customer E All residential and business services provided pursuant to this price list are subject to service charges along with ancillary services CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 4 Original Sheet 4 SERVICE CHARGES 4 1 Service Charges Cont d 4 1 8 Application of Service Charges Cont d E Except as provided hereinafter the following services are subject to service charges Local Exchange Service Semipublic Coin Service Tie Lines Toll Terminals Telephone Answering Service Public Telephone Access Service for Customer Provided Equipment Foreign Exchange and Foreign Central Office Service Miscellaneous Service Arrangemen
29. line hangs up thereby releasing the network connection If the called line hangs up but the calling line does not chargeable time ends when the network connection is released either by automatic timing equipment in the Telephone network or by the Telephone Company operator Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 3 4 Revised Sheet 22 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan 0 Cont d 3 16 3 Rates A Application of Rates The rates shown herein entitle the customer to local messages to all telephones of the exchanges of an Area exchange listed in 3 16 4 following B Rate Schedule Monthly Rate Rate Rate Group Group 1 2 1 Residence One Party Basic Calling Plan 16 93 16 93 1 2 Business One Party Basic Calling Plan 30 00 30 00 1 Includes Access Line Rate Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 23 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan a Cont d 3 16 3 Rates Cont d C Usage charges and calling scopes for calls from the Basic Calling Community Plus and Premium Calling Plans
30. onto a call on the shared MBKS DN If an MBKS DN is shared by an analog user and if there are multiple appearances of that shared DN on the ISDN MBKS terminals the analog user can be associated with any one call appearance of that shared MBKS DN with the default being the first call appearance Call Alternation This feature allows a station user to hold one call make another call then talk alternately between the two parties Call Forwarding This feature provides the option of fixed and or variable forwarding of a station s incoming calls to a predetermined number Includes all calls or only calls reaching a busy or no answer conditions Fixed Forwarding is established and changed by the Telephone Company whereas variable forwarding is established and changed by the station user Conference Calling allows a user to set up a conference call Conference calls can include members of the customer group and parties outside the group Up to six 6 parties can be connected Drop Allows a user to disconnect the last party added to a conference call or the other party if only two 20 parties are conference Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 38 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital ISDN Single Line Service Cont d 12 3 4 MBKS Basic Service Cont d A MBKS Basic Service consists of the following Cont d
31. originate another call to a third party and then transfer the first call to the third party When a call has been transferred the original line trunk is cleared to place or receive another call 13 21 3 ESP Client Services A ESP Client services are offered by the Telephone Company Customers may order and utilize these client services in conjunction with their clients exchange access lines to provide enhanced services to their clients These client services are as follows 1 Call Forwarding Busy Line Fixed This service permanently activated provides clients the ability to redirect incoming calls to their home or business to the customer s preselected PBX Trunk Line number Centrex line number or other line number of the customer at another location on a different premises when such incoming calls encounter a normal busy line condition Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 40 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 21 Services for Enhanced Service Providers ESPs Cont d 13 21 3 ESP Client Services Cont d A ESP Client services are offered by the Telephone Company Cont d 2 Call Forwarding Busy Line No Answer Fixed This service permanently activated provides clients the ability to redirect incoming calls to their home or business to the customer s preselected PBX Trunk Line number Cent
32. rate charge or condition R Denotes a reduction in either rate or charge T ali a change in wording of text but no change in listing general regulation condition rate or charge Note The above symbols are standard indications which may be used to denote revisions or additions to general regulations listings rates or charges after initial filing of the price list TRADE NAMES TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS USED IN THIS TARIFF The following list of trade names trademarks and or service marks which may be used for services offered in this tariff are owned by CenturyLink Inc or a subsidiary of CenturyLink Inc and are used by CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink with express permission Trademark and service mark designations will not be listed hereafter in the Tariff However the laws regarding trademarks and service marks are applicable Trade names trademarks and service marks that are owned by CenturyLink Inc or a subsidiary of CenturyLink Inc cannot be used by another party without authorization CENTURYLINK CENTURYLINK CENTURYLINK CORE CONNECT CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 22 15 Index 6th Revised Sheet 1 INDEX Subject Section Sheet No Abuse or Fraudulent Use of Service c ccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeaeaaes 2 2 Access Line Work Charge scceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeaaeaeeeeeeeeeeaeaaes 4
33. service or who has reconnected service without authority following termination of service If the PLTS customer is disconnected due to failure to comply with any terms of PLTS they will no longer be eligible for PLTS The customer can return to basic local telephone service if they meet the requirements for service including payment of outstanding essential charges if applicable and payment of a deposit if their credit history is such that a deposit would normally be required Effective 01 01 11 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 1st Revised Sheet 13 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 4 Establishment and Maintenance of Credit 2 4 1 2 4 2 Establishment of Credit a The Company may decline to serve an applicant or disconnect a customer who is indebted to the utility for similar service at a former location or at the present location of the applicant or customer or where such indebtedness was incurred by a member of the applicant s or customer s household either under the name of the applicant or the customer or another name when the application for such service is or was made within one year from the date such indebtedness became due Provided however that in the event such indebtedness for service previously rendered is in dispute the applicant shall be served or customer s service shall be continued upon complying with the deposit as specified in Section 2 4
34. 00 5 00 Touch calling service Trunk Hunting and Extended Area Service where applicable are included in these rates CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 15 14 Section 4 2nd Revised Contents Sheet 1 SERVICE CHARGES TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 4 1 Service Charges 4 1 1 General Charges Application of Service Charges Installation Charges Miscellaneous Charges Maintenance of Service Charge a k a Trouble Isolation Charge Link Up Alabama BRRRRAR aOonnw 1nn h cl cl cl MoonroOIi CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 04 12 12 Section 4 2 Revised Sheet 1 4 1 SERVICE CHARGES Service Charges 4 1 1 General Service Charges apply to services ordered or connected into service at the customer s request including moves changes number changes and restoration of service Service Charges are comprised of the following work functions one or more of which is applicable based upon the service requested by a customer Except as provided in this paragraph Service Charges are required to be paid at the time of application for service Service Charges may be paid in monthly installments of not less than 10 00 if the total service charge is more than 36 00 All installment payments must be completed within one hundred and twenty 120 d
35. 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 15 Original Sheet 7 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 2 Connection of Registered Terminal Equipment and Systems Cont d 15 2 2 Premises Wiring Associated with Registered Communications Systems Cont d B Customers who intend to connect premise wiring other than Fully Protected Premises Wiring to the telephone network shall give advance notice to the Company in accordance with the procedures specified in Part 68 Section 68 106 c of the Federal Communication Commission s Rules and Regulations 15 3 Connections of Grandfathered Terminal Equipment and Grandfathered Communications Systems 15 3 1 Direct Connections and Connections Through Connecting Arrangements Provided by the Company A If the initial rule compliance connection was made prior to January 1 1980 grandfathered Terminal Equipment and Grandfathered Communication Systems may remain directly connected and be moved and reconnected to the telecommunications network for the life of the equipment without registration The equipment or system may be modified only in accordance with Part 68 of the Federal Communication Commission s Rules and Regulations subject to the following 1 The customer shall notify the Company when grandfathered terminal equipment or communication system is to be connected
36. 1 Access to Customer Premises ssssssssseseeeeeeenne 2 20 Advance Payrmients x tice edet ete Cote Deo e bert edens 2 7 Alphabetical Listing of Exchanges esseem 3 3 Alterations Necessitating Wiring Rearrangements 2 8 Application of Rates for Business and Residence Service 2 6 Application of Regulations es 2 1 Applications for Service o eere ter pedet rere ates 2 5 Business Rate Application uessa e eira a E a 2 6 Caller ID EXA nee a e Lote eee roro dte ce tuba T 13 51 Caller ID PIUS ERES 13 51 Cancellation of Service for Cause sse Central Office Work Charge sssssseeeeeen 4 1 CenturyLink Line Volume Plan CLVP eseese 3 34 CenturyTel Calling Services ssssseeee 13 16 Changes in Exchange Group Classification sssussus 3 Charges Applicable Under Special Conditions 5 Classification of Exchanges by Rate Groups 3 2 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Index Original Sheet 2 INDEX Subject Section Sheet No Construction Charges sss mene nnns 5 1 Contract Periods Service ssssssssssssssseeeeeen nennen enne 2 3 CUStOLTIGI cce et A ee credet Does bee exerce he ere ede ded uds vv den 1 2 sm 2 7 USE OF ServiC8 iiec teer oro
37. 2 hereof and in addition thereto make a special deposit in amount equal to the net balance in dispute Upon settlement of the disputed amount the balance if any due the applicant or customer or member of applicant s or customer s household shall be promptly repaid together with accrued interest at the rate established periodically by the Company based on the Wall Street Journal prime rate as quoted in the money rates section of the Wall Street Journal The Company shall be the sole judge as to whether or not the references or guarantee in writing are acceptable Deposits The Company may when in its judgment such deposit is necessary require at any time from an applicant or subscriber a cash deposit intended to guarantee payment of the current bills for telephone service Deposit for bills payable in advance shall not exceed an estimated bill for one 1 regular billing period plus two 2 months estimated charges for services billed in arrears such as toll Interest shall be paid by the Company upon any such deposit held more than thirty 30 days at the rate of seven percent 796 per annum which shall be added to and considered part of the deposit or paid to the customer at CenturyTel s option b Interest shall be paid by the Company upon such deposit for the time such deposit was held by the Company and the customer was served by the Company unless such period be less than thirty 30 days The Company shall not hold a reside
38. 2000 prescribes specific conditions which warrant TSP Treatment and related procedures CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 20 08 Section 22 Original Sheet 3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY TSP SYSTEM 22 1 Telecommunications Service Priority TSP System Cont d 22 1 1 22 1 2 Obligations of the Telephone Company The Telephone Company will allocate resources to ensure best efforts to provide National Security Emergency Preparedness NSEP services by the time required The Telephone Company will work TSP System services in the order of their priority level assignments The priority sequence is as follows Restore TSP services assigned restoration priority 1 Provision TSP services assigned restoration priority E Restore TSP services assigned restoration priority 2 3 4 or 5 and Provision TSP services assigned provisioning priority 1 2 3 4 or 5 The Telephone Company will work cooperatively with other providers of TSP service when only a portion is provided by the Telephone Company to ensure end to end service Additionally TSP System service will be provided in accordance with the guidelines set forth in NCS Handbook 3 1 2 Telecommunications Service Priority TSP System for National Security Emergency Preparedness NESP Service Vendor Handbook dated December 10 2000 Rates and Charges The following rates and charg
39. 3 Rates A Miscellaneous Devices Provided by the Customer 1 Reserved for Future Use 2 Except as otherwise provided in this price list nothing herein shall be construed to permit the use of a recording device or of a device to interconnect any line or channel of the Telephone Company with any other communication line or channel of the Company or of any other person Directory Listings 1 Directory listings will be provided and billed at the rates in accordance with the Telephone Company s regular practices for the listing of residence and business subscribers See Section 6 Rates for dial mobile telephone service within the mobile service area are listed in Paragraphs b c and d following General Service 1 Unlimited local service is furnished between any wire telephone within the mobile service area and a mobile unit and or fixed station within range of the land radiotelephone dial exchange station serving that area 2 Unlimited local service is furnished between any two mobile units and or fixed stations within range of the land radio telephone dial exchange station serving that area CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 21 Original Sheet 10 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE 21 1 Mobile Telephone Service Cont d 21 1 3 Rates Cont d B General Service Cont d 3 Toll service is furnished at the same rates and regulations
40. 59 20 50 20 Nonrecurring A nonrecurring charge will not apply for installation of the features for Simple Choice Business Assist Advantage Installation moves and changes to the access line s will incur the appropriate nonrecurring charges found in Section 4 1 2 This service is grandfathered to existing customers at existing locations Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 49 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 2 Voice Mail Complementary Services Package A Description The Voice Mail Complementary Services Package provides a group of basic network services generally used in conjunction with voice mail services at one monthly rate The package consists of the following services where available Call Forward Busy Call Forward Not Answer or Call Forward Busy No Answer Message Waiting Indication Audible or Visual Terms and Conditions 1 All regulations and restrictions that normally apply to the services when they are individually provided also apply when they are provided as part of this package 2 All services are provided only from central offices that have been arranged to provide these services The services are provided subject to availability of facilities 3 This package is available only to individual line residence and business customers Rates Mon
41. Bundle cannot be combined with any other discounts unless otherwise specified Effective 04 20 12 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 Original Sheet 54 9 13 22 Packaged Services 1 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 13 Economy Pak Plus Lite Cont d C Rates and Charges T The monthly rate includes the Local Exchange Service flat rate EAS and features only All other recurring charges applicable to an access line apply to Economy Pack Plus Lite Bundle Among other things these include but are not limited to surcharges subscriber line charges and taxes Also the monthly rated oes not include the recurring charges for the qualifying long distance plan High Speed Internet DIRECT V Service Charges as described in Section 4 apply for new and additional Economy Pack Plus Lite Bundle lines and moves of existing lines Service Charges do not apply when Economy Pack Plus Lite Bundle replaces existing Local Exchange Service Service Charges do apply when Customers request a change from Economy Pack Plus Lite Bundle back to Local Exchange Service Residence Monthly Rate Economy Pack Plus Lite Bundle per line 25 00 The customer must also subscribe to CenturyTel Long Distance LLC Easy Talk Economy long distance plan the Company s High Speed Internet up to 1 5 Mbps and any non international DIRECTV package which is billed by
42. Calling Plans 39 18 12 1 Reserved for Future Use 39 18 12 2 Reserved for Future Use 39 18 12 3 Reserved for Future Use 39 18 12 4 Reserved for Future Use 39 18 12 5 Reserved for Future Use 39 18 12 6 Reserved for Future Use 39 18 12 7 CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Residence 39 18 12 8 CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business 42 18 12 9 CenturyTel One Easy Price Plan for Residence 48 18 12 10 CenturyTel Easy Savings Flat Rate Plan for Business 49 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 1 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 1 Application A This Price list is applicable to intrastate long distance message telecommunications service furnished or made available by CenturyTel hereinafter referred to as the Company and its connecting companies between two or more points which are located in the same Local Access and Transport Area LATA within the State of Alabama where the respective rate centers of such points also are located in said State 18 2 General A Long distance message telecommunications service is that of furnishing facilities for communications between stations in different rate centers for either two point or conference service B Rates for service between points are based on airline mileage between rate centers n general each point is designated as a rate center except that certain small towns o
43. Channel Service Once activated a digital channel is subject to a minimum service period All Digital Channel Service capacity facilities must be terminated at a single equipment location on a customer s premises Digital Channel Service capacity cannot be split between premises or multiple locations within a premises When individual digital channels are activated to provide the local loop link for services offered in other sections of this Price list the regulations rates and charges specified in this Price list will apply The total number of digital channels activated by the customer may not at any time exceed the total Digital Channel Capacity Additionally there are some types of service which require two 2 DSO channels to be combined This restructuring of the channels within the DS1 or DS3 signal will reduce the normal quantity of channels available The Company will notify the customer when the Digital Channel Capacity is altered by the types of services activated Central Office Channelization component of Digital Channel Capacity generally provides analog to digital conversion to permit individual exchange services and multijurisdictional dedicated services to be combined and transported over digital high capacity facilities This channelization is also intended for use at Company locations where different high capacity digital network links terminate in the same Central Office and must be converted to individual analog or di
44. Delayed and Abbreviated Ringing Display for Ringing Call Appearance Only Intercom Alerting Outgoing Called Line ID for ISDN Terminals Priority Calling Incoming Only Executive Busy Override Incoming Call Forwarding Within Group Call Forwarding Automatic Call Return Automatic Busy Redial Special Call Forwarding Special Call Acceptance Call Block Special Call Waiting Bridging Conference Calling Analog 1000 2000 3000 CCLASS 9 KKK KKK KK KK KOK KOK KK KK X XxX KK XX XXX XXX MBKS Service Digital BASIC DELUXE 3000 DELUXE XXX XX XXX XX XXX An analog telephone set connected through an appropriate ISDN terminal adapter to a Digital ISDN Centrex line must subscribe to analog Centrex voice feature packages not Digital ISDN Centrex MBKS Service feature packages Not available on 5ESS CCLASS Package can be used with Analog or Digital Centrex Not available on DMS100 Limited to existing customers at locations where those services are equipped and in service as of December 30 1999 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 20 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 3 Features B Feature Matrices Cont d 1 The following feature matrices indicate the availability of each Cont d c Voice Package
45. Five This option block all 900 700 and 976 type calls This type of call restriction may be added to the No Call Restriction class of service as required 7 Call Restriction Six This option block all casual dialing 101XXXX type calls This type of call restriction may be added to the No Call Restriction class of service as required 8 Call Restriction Seven This option block all international type calls This type of call restriction may be added to the No Call Restriction class of service as required Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 87 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 3 Centrex CustoPAK Service Cont d 8 3 3 Features Cont d C Centrex CustoPAK Optional Services These services may be selected by the customer and may be added to any line or hunt group of the customers choosing however there will be additional charges for these services Busy Redial This feature allows the user that attempts a call to a busy line within their defined calling area to dial a code 66 and be automatically connected to that line when both lines are idle Once activated a thirty 30 minutes queuing process begins with a voice prompt advising the user that the network will attempt the call again The user will be alerted with a special ring when the call is returned Call Block This featu
46. Flop Call Forwarding Call Hold Call Pick Up Call Transfer Call Waiting Consultation Hold Dial Call Waiting Hunting Last Number Redial Speed Calling 6 or 8 Station Restriction Three Way Calling Toll Restriction Call Park Automatic Callback Data Line Security Saved Number Redial Circular Hunting Uniform Call Distribution Hunting Multiple Classes of Service System Speed Call 30 Analog 1000 2000 3000 CCLASS Cont d MBKS Service Digital BASIC DELUXE 3000 DELUXE XXX XXX XXX XXX An analog telephone set connected through an appropriate ISDN terminal adapter to a Digital ISDN Centrex line must subscribe to analog Centrex voice feature packages not Digital ISDN Centrex MBKS Service feature packages Not available on 5ESS CCLASS Package can be used with Analog or Digital Centrex Not available on DMS100 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 19 8 1 S959 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 3 Features B Feature Matrices Cont d 1 The following feature matrices indicate the availability of each Cont d c Voice Packages Features Cont d Feature Name Remote Access to Features Off Hook Queuing Individual Speed Call 30 Ringback Queuing Basic Message Service
47. It is generally referred to as having a 64 Kbps transmission bit rate signal however customer transmission rates may be limited to 56 Kbps by existing or available central office equipment The required format and interface specifications are stated in Section 7000 of the VERIZON Technical Interface Reference Manual Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 4 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service Cont d 12 1 3 Definitions Cont d D DS1 The term DS1 denotes a channel service expressed in terms of its digitally encoded bit rate in accordance with the North American hierarchy of digital signal levels It has a 1 544 Mbps transmission bit rate and provides for the two way simultaneous transmission of isochronous timed Bipolar Return to Zero BPRZ bit stream format Unframed signal formats are not permitted or compatible with Company equipment The required format and interface specifications are stated in Section 7000 of the VERIZON Technical Interface Reference Manual DS1 facilities are normally provided on copper transmission medium DS3 The term DS3 denotes a channel service expressed in terms of its digitally encoded data bit rate in accordance with the North American hierarchy of digital signal levels It has a 44 736 Mbps transmission bit rate and provides for the two way simultaneous transmission of iso
48. Key Set MBKS Basic Package Cont d Transfer allows the MBKS set user to transfer a call to another Directory Number in the customer group by pressing the transfer button dialing the Directory Number and pressing the button again Digital ISDN Centrex Multi Button Key Set MBKS Deluxe Package Multi Button Key Set MBKS Basic Package plus Called Line Identification CLID provides a user originating a call with information about the called party and the facility or destination Facility and call destination information are provided via the ISDN Call Identification ICI call types The CLID information provided is Call Appearance Identification Called Directory Number DN SDN Call Identification ICI If an attendant is originating the call the switch also provides the originating permissions of the called party This feature is billed only on a flat rate basis Delayed and Abbreviated Ringing alerts MBKS set for a predetermined interval before ringing another designated MBKS set Display for Ringing Call Appearances Only will activate displays on a multibutton keyset only for ringing call appearances This eliminates displays that a call coverage person usually a secretary has no need and no desire to see The feature is intended for applications where keysets have large numbers of secondary call appearances to provide shared back up coverage among a group of secretaries and where abbreviated and delayed ringing is us
49. Lamp Field Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per line FX Access Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per termination Limited ACD Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per group Interactive Display Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per line Music On Hold Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per system 50 00 20 00 N A 0 30 N A 1 00 4 00 25 00 Both the Nonrecurring Charge and Monthly Rate apply per system per customer CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink Effective 02 01 07 General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 70 8 1 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges E Optional Features Cont d 1 Centrex Cont d v z aa bb Required off hook queuing Paging Public Address Access Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per system Pilot Number of Hunting Groups Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per console Preferential Hunting Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per line in hunt group Priority Queuing Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per line in queue group Proprietary Set Interface Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate each Recorded Announcement Custom Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per system Speed Call Long List Additional Systems Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per line ZJ ie D 25 00 25 00 N A 0 20 N A
50. List System and Uniform Call Distribution Centrex Feature Package 3000 Feature Packages 1000 and 2000 plus the following features Executive Busy Override Incoming Call Forward Off Hook Queuing Remote Access to Features Ringback Queuing Speed Call Long List Individual and Within Group Call Forward Centrex CCLASS Feature Package Automatic Busy Redial Automatic Call Return Call Block Special Call Acceptance Special Call Forwarding and Special Call Waiting Attendant Feature Package Access to Paging Autodial Automatic Recall Busy Verification Call Hold Call Park Call Selection Camp On Code Calling Line Termination Conference Console Activation of Call Forward Console Test Control of Trunk Group Access Control of Virtual Facility Groups Delayed Operation Display of Queued Calls by ICI Key Flexible Console Alerting Interposition Calls Locked Loop Operation Lockout Multiple Listing Directory Numbers Position Busy Priority Console Alerting Recorded Announcement Secrecy Serial Call Speed Call Transfer Two Way Split and Wildcard Key Limited to existing customers at locations where those services are equipped and in service as of December 30 1999 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 14 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont
51. Local and IntraLATA long distance calls that are made from a payphone and are not paid by coins being placed in the payphone coin box This surcharge does not apply to calls made to emergency numbers 911 to a telecommunications relay service TRS or local calls for which the caller has made the required coin deposit 6 5 2 Rates and Charges A For any completed message in the call classes listed following a service charge will be applied as follows Nonrecurring Charge Dial Calling Card each 0 95 Station to Station each 2 50 Person to Person each 4 50 Public Payphone Usage Surcharge Per Completed Call 0 25 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 6 Original Sheet 8 DIRECTORY LISTINGS 6 6 Local Operator Verification Interruption Service 6 6 1 General A Verification service provides operator assistance in determining if a called line is in use Interruption service provides for operator interruption of a conversation in progress on a called line The customer may request these services for a charge where facilities are available by calling the 0 Operator The charges specified in 6 6 2 following will apply to all requests except 1 Emergency requests from official emergency agencies when the request is received on an agency line from agency personnel 2 Emergency requests in which the caller identified that
52. Manual Exclusion Multiple Directory Number Privacy Release Ring Again Shared Call Appearances of Directory Number Speed Calling Station Restriction and Transfer 10 Digital ISDN Centrex Multi Button Key Set MBKS Deluxe Digital ISDN Centrex Multi Button Key Set MBKS Basic Package plus Called Line Identification Delayed and Abbreviated Ringing Display for Ringing Call Appearance Only Intercom Alerting Outgoing Called Line Identification for ISDN Terminals and Priority Calling Incoming Only CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 15 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 3 Features A Analog or Digital ISDN Centrex Service offers Cont d 11 Digital ISDN Centrex Multi Button Key Set MBKS 3000 Deluxe Digital ISDN Centrex Multi Button Key Set MBKS Deluxe Package plus Executive Busy Override Incoming Call Forwarding and Within Group Call Forwarding 12 Data Feature Package 1000 Data Call Forward Data Multi Line Hunt Group Data Speed Call Short List and Data Toll Restriction 13 Data Feature Package 2000 Data Feature Package 1000 plus Data Call Back Data Circular Hunting Data Group Speed Calling 30 and Data Speed Call Long List 14 X 25 Deluxe Package X 25 Basic Service plus X 25 Closed User Groups X 25 Fast Se
53. Multi Line Hunt Group provides sequential hunting among lines in a hunt group for calls to a pilot number Data Speed Dialing Short List allows speed calling over a Circuit Switched Data Channel A short list allows storing up to eight numbers Data Toll Restriction denies toll calls attempted from Circuit Switched Data Channels Data 2000 Feature Package includes CSD 1000 Package plus Data Circular Hunting searches for a vacant line in a hunt group for calls to a pilot number The hunting starts from the idle line found by the previous hunt Data Speed Dialing Long List allows speed calling over a Circuit Switched Data Channel A long list allows storing up to thirty 30 numbers Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 35 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital ISDN Single Line Service Cont d 12 3 3 Single Line Features Cont d G Definitions Cont d 4 X 25 Basic Package X 25 Flow Control Parameter Negotiation permits negotiation on a per call basis of the flow control parameters This consists of automatically negotiating the maximum packet size and window size for each direction of data transmission X 25 Incoming Calls Barred prohibits a data terminal from terminating an incoming call X 25 Outgoing Calls Barred prohibits a data terminal from originating outgoing virtual calls X 25 Reverse Charg
54. Notification should include a description of the equipment manufacturer s name model number and type of equipment and state its previous connection which qualifies it for continued connection The customer shall also notify the Company when such communications equipment and systems are to be permanently disconnected 2 All connections are made through a network interface agreeable to the Company and the customer CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 15 Original Sheet 8 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 3 Connection of Grandfathered Terminal Equipment and Grandfathered Communications Systems Cont d 15 3 1 Direct Connections and Connections Through Connecting Arrangements Provided by the Company Cont d A If the initial rule compliance connection was made prior to January 1 1980 Cont d 3 All such connections shall comply with all the criteria contained in Subpart D of Part 68 of the Federal Communication Commission s Rules and Regulations both prior to and after the application of each of the mechanical and electrical stresses specified in that section 15 4 Acoustic or Inductive Connections 15 4 4 General Customer provided voice or data terminal equipment and customer provided communications systems may be acoustically or inductively connected at the customer s premises to th
55. Original Sheet 2 SERVICE CHARGES 4 1 Service Charges Cont d 4 1 1 General Cont d D Network Interface Charge This charge is applicable for work performed by the Telephone Company in connection with the installation of a network interface This charge is only applicable when the installation is performed at the request of the customer and where the Telephone Company visits the customer s premise only for the purpose of the network interface installation 4 1 2 Charges Residence Business A Service Order Charge per order written Primary associated with original establishment of service 15 00 15 00 Secondary all other than Primary 6 00 6 00 B Central Office work Charge per line 18 00 18 00 C Access Line work Charge per line 20 00 20 00 D Network Interface Charge per visit First Quarter Hour 36 14 36 14 Each Additional Quarter Hour 8 70 8 70 4 1 8 Application of Service Charges Service Charges as used herein and in other sections of this Price list are applicable to the ordering connecting moving changing rearranging and furnishing of telephone service and other telephone facilities and service The charges apply as follows except as provided hereinafter in other sections of this Price list A Service Order Charge 1 Applies per customer request for work performed by the Telephone Company to be completed for the same account 2 Where more than one account is located at the same premises work on each
56. Plan per main billed account at any given time The minimum service period for CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan is one 1 month The application of usage rates and timing of messages is as specified in Section 18 3 a of this Price list Customers have the option to choose their preferred peak calling hours for Monday through Friday The choices are 5 00 a m to but not including 5 00 p m 6 00 a m to but not including 6 00 p m 7 00 a m to but not including 7 00 p m 8 00 a m to but not including 8 00 p m Off Peak rates shall apply for all other hours Monday through Friday all day Saturday Sunday and holidays as specified in Section 18 3 a 7 c This option is available to new and existing CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for residence customers and may be changed up to three 3 times per year at no charge to the customer CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 41 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 12 Calling Plans CenturyTel Discount Calling Plans Cont d 18 12 7 CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Residence Cont d C Application of Discount The Discounts are provided to the Company s customer only and shall not be used for any purpose for which a payment or other compensation shall be received by the customer from any other person firm or corporation for such use CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan
57. Private Line Service Price List apply in addition to the following rates for the interoffice facilities of an interexchange ISDN PRI Business service arrangement 1 ISDN PRI Business Service Arrangement with One Way Primary Rate Interface 23 B D and 24 B Monthly Nonrecurring Nonrecurring Rate Charge Initial Charge Add I Month to month 6 mo Min 870 00 650 00 0 00 One Year 870 00 450 00 0 00 2 ISDN PRI Business Service Arrangement with Two Way Primary Rate Interface 23 B D and 24 B Monthly Nonrecurring Nonrecurring Rate Charge Initial Charge Add I Month to month 6 mo Min 870 00 650 00 0 00 One Year 870 00 450 00 0 00 Additional facilities must be installed at the same customer designated premises on the same trip and placed on the same service order CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 05 12 Section 12 2nd Revised Sheet 46 2 Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 46 2 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 4 Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Cont d 12 4 5 Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Business Service Cont d Terms and Conditions B Rates Cont d 3 Optional Features 2 B Channel Transfer Per Primary Rate Interface Call by Call Integrated Service Access Feature Capability Per Primary Rate Interface Available with Two Way
58. Service Group 1 Alabama State Government Determine the usage charge for the service group by multiplying the number of access lines from a preceding by the lesser of 1 300 or the usage charge per access line from c preceding for both intra and interLATA service 2 All Others Determine the total usage charge for the service group by multiplying the usage charge per access line from c preceding by the number of access lines from a preceding CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 19 Original Sheet 14 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges Cont d 19 5 6 Charges for Fractional Periods The charges for a fractional part of a month are a proportionate part of the monthly charge based on the actual number of days the service is provided For the purpose of administering this regulation with respect to the determination of charges for a fractional part of a month every month is considered to have thirty 80 days 19 5 7 Nonrecurring Access Line Charges A The following charges apply for the installation of each WATS access line 1 Outward WATS Nonrecurring Charge a For combined intraLATA interLATA service each 160 00 b ForintraLATA service only each 160 00 2 800 Service a For combined intraLATA interLATA service each 105 00 Not applicable for access lines provided over an i
59. Services Price List Alabama Effective 05 01 08 Section 8 1st Revised Sheet 90 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 3 Centrex CustoPAK Service Cont d 8 3 4 Rates Cont d C Centrex CustoPAK Service Optional Services Additional MRC Per Month Busy Redial 66 4 00 Call Block 60 3 15 Call Park 3 00 Call Park Directed 4 00 Call Return 69 4 20 Caller ID Number 9 45 Caller ID Name amp Number 10 50 Call Trace Refer to 13 14 4 of this price list for rate Executive Busy Override 4 00 Last Number Redial 4 20 Special Call Forwarding 4 00 VIP Alert 3 00 D Foreign Central Office When the Centrex CustoPAK station line is located in a different central office area of the serving exchange the Foreign Central Office Service Charge will apply as specified in Section 9 of this Price list E Usage charges No local calling usage allowance is included in the Centrex CustoPAK message or measured rate schedule Usage charges apply as specified in the Local Exchange Services Price list The Usage Rate Code URC for Centrex CustoPAK is CCPB This code will allow for the usage to be charged to the customers Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 91 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 3 Centrex CustoPAK Service Cont d
60. Telephone Company s directory or in information records available to the general public CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 21 Original Sheet 13 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE 21 2 Radio Paging Service Cont d 21 2 1 Conditions Cont d H Initial Contract Period and Termination of Service 1 The initial contract period for Radio Paging Service is thirty 30 days 2 Service may be terminated by the subscriber after the initial contract period subject to payment of all applicable charges 21 2 2 Rates Monthly Service Rate Charges A Radio Paging Service 13 00 Applicable Service Charges as shown in Section 4 will apply CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 20 2008 Section 22 1st Revised Contents Sheet 1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY TSP SYSTEM Table Of Contents Sheet No 22 1 Telecommunications Service Priority TSP System 1 22 1 14 General 1 22 1 2 Rates and Charges CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 20 2008 Section 22 Original Sheet 1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY TSP SYSTEM 22 1 Telecommunications Service Priority TSP System 22 1 1 Description of the Service The TSP System is a service that provides for the priority provisioning and or res
61. Use of Service sss 2 2 Furnishing of Service eesssssssssssssssssses enne nnne 2 5 General Regulations esessssssesssseeeeeeeene nnne 2 Governmental Objections to Service ssssssssssse Group Rate Schedules sesssssseeeeemenenennns 3 2 6 Impersonation of Another sese m 2 2 Interest on Deposits eniinn iiras 2 13 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Index 3 Revised Sheet 4 INDEX Subject Section Sheet No Liability of the Company sese 2 18 LINE Ext nslons eee re endete oa e tee rn c ue puedo Free REPE en 5 1 Line Volume Plats nter eaim aTa 3 34 Listings Directory cett ee pit da pisa eu erue 6 1 Local Calling Areas reanna aeb meer 3 4 Local Exchange Service ssssssssssseeeeeenn 3 1 Local Service Rate Groups essssssssssseeen 3 2 Maintenance and Repair ssssssseee eee 2 20 MEDIE a E Minimum Contract Period ccccccceccseeececeeseeeeeeaaeeeeeeaeeseeeeaaeeeeeeas 2 3 Network Access Register Package sesseeeee 3 12 New CONSTRUCTION eec teret ten oon atur eun ee veda eda eure vean xa Y ane Urea da 5 1 Obligation of the Company ssssssesemeenenen nennen 2 18 Obscene Language nikiona a a aaia E hehehe nennen nnne nnns 2 2 Payment Advance retient a ipa o ra
62. a pole line or an underground distributing cable CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 22 15 Section 2 4th Revised Sheet 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 2 11 GENERAL REGULATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS Application of Regulations 2 1 1 Application of Regulations Use of Service 2 2 1 Abuse or Fraudulent Use of Service 2 2 2 Use of Service for Unlawful Purposes 2 2 8 Use of Customer Service 2 2 4 Minimum Contract Period 2 2 5 Termination of Service Establishment and Furnishing of Service 2 3 1 Applications for Service 2 3 2 Application of Business Rates 2 3 8 Reserved for Future Use 2 3 4 Customer Billing 2 3 5 Telephone Numbers 2 3 6 Alterations 2 3 7 Special Construction 2 3 8 Special Assemblies of Speculative Projects 2 3 9 Transfer of Service Between Customers 2 3 10 Prepaid Local Telephone Service PLTS Establishment and Maintenance of Credit 2 4 1 Establishment of Credit 2 4 2 Advanced Credit Management Obligation and Liability of the Company 2 5 1 Undertaking of the Company 2 5 2 Provision of Equipment 2 5 3 Furnishing of Service 2 5 4 Maintenance and Repair 2 5 Directories 2 5 6 Service Performance Guarantee Economic Development Incentive Waivers and Discounts 2 6 1 General 2 6 2 Option One 2 6 8 Option Two 2 6 4 Option Three 2 6 5 Credits waivers and discounts shall be applicabl
63. a single line customer to make all calls with the delivery of his her calling number identification CNI marked as private to the people he she is calling This service is available only to established shelters of domestic violence intervention agencies and law enforcement agency offices and must be established removed via a service order Code Call Access Code Calling provides dial access to customer premises located code calling equipment by Main Station attendant access of a Centrex system The dialed two or three digit code activates signaling devices on the customer s premises to produce a coded signal corresponding to the dialed code The called party upon recognition of the signal is automatically connected to the calling party by dialing a special code from any Main Station in the system For Rates and Charges applicable for control channels when required for supervision purposes with equipment and or apparatus located on the customer premises refer to Section S20 of this Price list for Private Line rates Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 44 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features G Optional System Features Cont d Conference Calling This feature permits a station user or attendant to form a conference with a maxi
64. and ringer equivalence number for the registered equipment The customer is also responsible for specification of the appropriate protective connecting arrangement when other than the standard jack is required See FCC Part 68 Section 68 106 Notification to Telephone Company C The Company is not obligated to provide system and or terminal equipment or station wiring beyond the point of connection network interface with customer provided systems and or terminal equipment 15 2 2 Premises Wiring Associated with Registered or Grandfathered Communications Systems A Premises Wiring is wiring which connects separately housed equipment entities or system components to one another or wiring which connects and equipment entity or system component with the telephone network interface located at the customer s premises and not within an equipment housing CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 15 Original Sheet 6 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 2 Connection of Registered Terminal Equipment and Systems Cont d 15 2 2 Premises Wiring Associated with Registered Communications Systems Cont d A Premises Wiring is wiring which connects separately Cont d 1 Fully protected Premises Wiring is premises wiring is a No greater than twenty five 25 feet in length measured linearly
65. and security of the President of the United States and members of his immediate family Customer provided voice recording equipment shall be so arranged that it can be physically connected to and disconnected from Telephone Company facilities and switched on and off CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 15 Original Sheet 5 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 2 Connections of Registered Terminal Equipment and Systems 15 2 1 General Customer provided registered terminal equipment registered protective circuitry and registered communications systems may be directly connected at the customer s premises to the telecommunications network subject to Part 68 of the Federal Communication Commission s Rules and Regulations A Acustomer provided registered PBX or key system may be connected directly to the public switched network or behind a Company provided Centrex system provided that the customer provided equipment and the associated customer provided premises wiring are in compliance with Section 68 214 and 68 215 of the FCC s Rules and Regulations B The customer shall notify the Company of each line to which registered equipment is to be connected and shall notify the Company when such registered equipment is permanently disconnected The customer shall provide the Company the registration number
66. are those of one person known by both names This listing may be a primary listing or an additional listing provided at the Price list rate Customized Number Listing provides for the listing of a customer requested telephone number that is in alpha format The rate for nonpublished and nonlisted services does not apply to the following 1 Customer With a Published Listing If a customer has both published and nonpublished nonlisted listings for the same address and class of service the nonpublished nonlisted monthly recurring charge will not apply Customer With a Nonpublished Nonlisted Listing If a customer has a nonpublished nonlisted listing only one monthly recurring charge will be applied for any nonpublished and or nonlisted listings for the same customer with the same class of service at the same address If the customer has a combination of nonpublished and nonlisted listings at the same address the nonlisted monthly recurring charge will apply Pay Telephone Service Special Reversed Long Distance Service Foreign Exchange Zone Service Temporary Service service provided for a period not more than 30 days Special services such as teletypewriters or data services provided for customers with impaired hearing having a limited requirement for voice communication Local Exchange Service for customer living in a hotel hospital retirement complex or boarding house provided the customer is listed under the telephone list
67. assigned is the number of available lamps and keys on the Attendant Console Recorded Announcement This feature permits the routing of either originated or extended attendant calls to an announcement Trouble Key on Console This feature allows customers to define categories of trouble codes which can be activated by the attendant during call processing Attendant Flexible Night Answer This feature permits the attendant to change the Predetermined Night Answer station number by dialing a feature code plus the new night answer station number Attendant Identification Multiple Directory Numbers This feature enables the attendant to identify an incoming call by Directory Number using the console display If the customer has multiple directory numbers the attendant will know by the number appearing on the console display which department is being called Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 39 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features G Optional System Features Cont d Attendant Predetermined Night Answer This feature activated by the attendant routes calls placed to the listed directory number to some predetermined station hunt group or station This feature also allows transfer of calls during commercial power failure
68. building portion or portions of a building on continuous property used and or occupied at one time by the customer in the conduct of his business or as a residence Where floor space adjoining buildings is made continuous at one or more floor levels all floor space in both buildings is considered the same premises insofar as the customer who uses and occupies such continuous floor space is concerned the two buildings otherwise being considered as separate buildings CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 1 Original Sheet 7 DEFINITIONS PREMISES WIRE All wiring within the same building or between buildings on the same continuous property of a customer and located on the customer s side of the network interface In the absence of a network interface all wiring on the customer s side of the first point of connection at customer s premises CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 1 Original Sheet 8 DEFINITIONS PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE SYSTEM An arrangement of equipment consisting of switching apparatus with attendant s telephone trunks to a central office and stations connected with the switching apparatus providing for intercommunication between these stations and communication with the general exchange and interexchange systems Throughout this Price list the co
69. call to more than one station Speed Call This feature allows the attendant to dial frequently called numbers with an abbreviated number of digits A console can have one Speed Calling Short list one Long List and can be a user of a Long list Transfer This feature allows a call that is transferred by a station to an attendant to be queued on a first in first out basis Two Way Split This feature allows the attendant to talk privately to either the calling party or the called party Wildcard Key This feature allows any special feature normally available through the use of a feature key to be invoked through the Wildcard Key with the exception of ICI Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 37 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features G Optional System Features The features below can be ordered individually at applicable rates Additional Numbers A software number which has the characteristics of a basic exchange access line A Feature Package rate is applicable to each Additional Number Attendant Data Link Console Interface This interface allows the use of a proprietary data link multiplexed console which is connected to the central office and includes the following features Requires three 3 additional Centrex
70. can manipulate the features assigned to the buttons Activation Deactivate Features The customer can either add a feature to a telephone number that does not have it or take a feature off a telephone number that does This function is limited to the features included in the feature packages subscribed to by the customer as specified in Section 8 1 3 of this Price list Swap Telephone Numbers The customer can swap telephone number assignments among lines within a group Flexible Reports Queries and Tallies The flexible report generator formats requested information from the customer s database into a desired format The system includes several reports that can be customized or the customer can build new reports The customer can run a flexible report query or tally as a function by itself or may choose to perform other system functions once the report request is made This feature of the report function keeps customers from having to wait on line for reports to be processed Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 77 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 2 Centrex Customer Moves and Changes CMAC Cont d 8 2 3 Regulations A Centrex CMAC will be furnished only from offices that are technically capable of and equipped for providing the service Customers will have twenty four 24 hour dial up access to
71. cannot be mixed on a customer s premises All data calls will be charged measured rates at the charges stated elsewhere in this Price list with the following exception Data calls within the same business group within the same wire center intercom calls do not incur usage Digital ISDN Centrex Services 1 Digital ISDN Centrex Services are digital business system exchange services which include station connections and network access and which are provided as an alternative to or in conjunction with Centrex services Digital ISDN Centrex Services offered from this price list include from two 2 to two hundred 200 digital local loops with a Digital ISDN Centrex service line Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 9 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 2 Conditions Contd W Digital ISDN Centrex Services Cont d 3 4 10 Each Packaged Service is associated with a digital local loop not with a channel Each digital local loop within a business system may be uniquely arranged with a Packaged Service and with a B Channel or D Channel configuration or both a B Channel and D Channel configuration The Digital ISDN Centrex service line is a service which terminates digital local loops at the central office and permits acc
72. carrier to complete the toll transport function of these calls 2 All inmate telephones which offer automated collect only service must be equipped with both an acceptance and rejection response mechanism so that if neither action is taken the call is terminated and not billed Instruments or technologies which provide for or allow automatic acceptance of automated collect only calls without action from the called party are prohibited 3 The ISP must submit the name of the equipment manufacturer to the Commission and must satisfactorily demonstrate to the Commission the acceptance and rejection responses mechanism before the ISP equipment is installed in any prison or jail CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 7 Original Sheet 8 COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE 7 1 Public Telephone Access Service for Customer Provided Equipment CPE Cont d 7 1 6 Public Telephone Access Line for Institutional Service Providers ISPs Cont d C Rules and Regulations Cont d 4 The ISP may block or arrange to have blocked calls to local Directory Assistance 411 long distance Directory Assistance 555 1212 toll free numbers 1 800 or 1 888 700 900 911 950 976 101XXXX 011 IDDD 0 and any other numbers the institution and or the Commission finds may jeopardize the integrity and security of the institution and the safety of the public 5 The ISP may n
73. charges for applicable services excludes inside wiring will be waived or credited to the business account All monthly charges will be eligible for a fifty percent 50 discount The discount shall be applicable for twelve 12 months beginning upon certification Slamming is the unauthorized change of a subscriber s preferred telecommunications carrier Per FCC 00 135 CC Docket 94 129 a telecommunications carrier who acquires a customer by an unauthorized change of that customer s local service may be billed the applicable nonrecurring charges to establish that customer s service as a new account back with the customer s authorized telecommunications carrier Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 30 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 8 Termination Liability Language 2 8 1 2 8 4 In the event the service is terminated by the customer prior to completion of the initial term commitment period the customer shall be liable for an early termination charge except as noted below The amount of the early termination charge will be 25 of the monthly recurring charge s MRC for the remainder of the term For example 25 X MRC X of Lines Channels Path X of Months Remaining Termination Charge Early termination charges will apply only to those rate elements under a term commitment period If any rates for the service are increa
74. coin services of the Company in accordance with the following A The connection of customer provided terminal equipment to services specifically excluded from the Federal Communications Commission Registration programs shall be through a protective connecting arrangement which must be furnished by the Company B The connection of customer provided communications equipment must comply with all the criteria contained in Subpart D of Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission s Rules and Regulations both prior to and after the application of each of the mechanical and electrical stresses specified in that section Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 15 Original Sheet 11 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 7 Customer Premises Inside Wire 15 7 1 General Regulations A Customer premises inside wire and standard jacks associated with residence and business individual line basic local exchange services as defined elsewhere in this Price list may be provided by either the Company or the customer Customer premises inside wire is defined as that wire including connectors blocks and jacks within a customer s premises that extends between the termination of the Exchange Access Line and those standard jack locations within the customer s premises to which terminal equipment can be connecte
75. collect calls to Public Telephone Access Service for CPE are not allowed Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 7 Original Sheet 3 7 1 COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE Public Telephone Access Service for Customer Provided Equipment CPE Cont d 7 1 4 Optional Service Features Cont d A Central Office Blocking with Screening Cont d 6 Option 6 Outward Only Service Provides central office blocking of 7 digital local 976 1 DDD and 1 900 calls Provides screening information to the operator If the caller intended to place an operator assisted call that requires a coin deposit the call cannot complete Further third number and collect calls to Public Telephone Access Service for CPE are not allowed Option 7 Two Way Service Provides central office blocking of 976 1 DDD and 14900 calls Provides screening information to the operator If the caller intended to place an operator assisted call that requires a coin deposit the call cannot complete Further third number and collect calls to Public Telephone Access Service for CPE are not allowed Option 8 Outward Only Service Provides central office blocking of 976 1 DDD and 14900 calls Provides screening information to the operator If the caller intended to place an operator assisted call that requires a coin deposit the call cannot complete Further third number and collect
76. conditions and rates specified in Section 6 Directory Listings of this Price list Client listing charges will not be separately billed The service establishment charge shown in 16 1 3 applies for all resale service applications processed under this price list and is in addition to all other applicable nonrecurring and recurring charges Whether the tenants included in a resale service area are residence or business such tenants may be served by the reseller and the same business rates specified in this and other tariffs will apply to the reseller The minimum period of service is thirty six 36 months with a Service Cancellation Fee SCF applicable at the date of termination based on the exchange rates in effect The Service Cancellation Fee is reduced by 1 36 per month and will be an amount equal to the exchange rates for the maximum number of lines subscribed to during the service period A nine 9 month notice is required prior to termination of service by the reseller When a customer located within the designated resale service area wishes to be directly served by the Company on a non resale basis or when CenturyTel or customer provided coin telephone service is to be provided in the resale service area the reseller will bear the responsibility for and cost of providing premises access for such services The reseller owner will make either cable pairs or their equivalents available or provide facility support conduit or poles acce
77. digit access codes CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 12 Original Sheet 39 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital ISDN Single Line Service Cont d 12 3 5 Rates and Charges Cont d Monthly 12 Month 36 Month Rate Rate Rate A Home Digital ISDN Single Line Service 1 Measured Nonrecurring Charge 200 00 100 00 Monthly Access Note 1 26 85 26 85 26 85 Usage Note 2 025 min 020 min 015 min per channel per channel per channel 2 Flat Nonrecurring Charge 200 00 100 00 Monthly Access 100 00 75 00 55 00 Usage N A N A N A B Business Digital ISDN Single Line Service 1 Measured Nonrecurring Charge 200 00 100 00 B Monthly Access 23 00 23 00 23 00 Usage 025 min 020 min 015 min per channel per channel per channel 2 400 hour Block of Time Nonrecurring Charge 200 00 100 00 ux Monthly Access 120 00 90 00 70 50 Overtime Usage 025 min 025 min 025 min per channel per channel per channel Monthly access includes B voice switched data on both B channels local loop and individual line loop extension if necessary In addition the appropriate one party residence or one party business line rate specified in Section 3 8 is required for the local loop component Usage applies to all originating voice switched data calls terminating within the local calling area Rates as specified in Sec
78. discounted by 5 00 when customers also subscribe to the Company s High Speed Internet 1 5M or higher See Simple Choice Unlimited Section D 1 and D 2 for listing of A and B Exchanges This service is grandfathered to existing customers at existing locations CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 31 12 Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 54 6 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services This page is reserved for future use Effective 04 20 12 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 Original Sheet 54 7 13 22 Packaged Services MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 13 Economy Pak Plus Lite A Description 1 Economy Pack Plus Lite Bundle is an optional enrollment plan that permits residence customers who subscribe to qualifying products and services to receive Local Exchange Service and additional features and services for a flat monthly rate Economy Pack Plus Lite Bundle customers must subscribe to a qualifying long distance plan the Company s High speed Internet service and DIRECTV Economy Pack Plus Lite Bundle includes the following services and features Flat Rate Individual Residential Line Choice of the following features Caller ID with Name includes Anonymous Call Rejection Optional Call Waiting ID Optional Enhanced Call Wai
79. filings with the Alabama Public Service Commission E Exchanges meeting conditions b and c above will have their billing changed at the first billing period following the filing with the Alabama Public Service Commission as described in d above Local service rate groups are established as follows based on the total number of access lines in the local calling area Rate Group Number II II IV V VI VII Total Access Lines in Local Calling Area 0 1 000 1 001 2 500 2 501 5 000 5 001 7 500 7 501 10 000 10 001 20 000 Over 20 000 Classification of Exchanges by Rate Groups Rate Group Number VI Exchange Coffeeville Pine Hill Rockford Wadley Alberta Double Springs Mentone Notasulga Orville Panola Valley Head Aliceville Ashland Chulafinnee Delta Detroit Ethelsville Gordo Heflin Lecta Lineville Morrisons Cross Roads Reform Sulligent Tallassee Wedowee Woodland Berry Carrollton Fayette Haleyville Vernon Phil Campbell Brilliant Falkville Guin Hackleburg Hamilton Massey Oden Ridge Jemison Thorsby Winfield CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 Original Sheet 3 Effective 02 01 07 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 5 Classification of Exchanges by Rate Groups Cont d Rate Group Number Exchange VII Bayou La Batre Dauphin Island Fowl River Grand Bay Irvington Trussville Special Gro
80. for all charges in conjunction with the service furnished him including collect toll messages which have been accepted at the customer s telephone B Monthly recurring charges are billed in advance and toll charges are billed in arrears Special billing arrangements may be established for services provided to Governmental agencies C Bills are due when rendered unless otherwise specified on the bill and may be paid at any business office of the Company or at any agency authorized to receive such payments D For billing purposes each month is presumed to have thirty 30 days Effective 06 12 15 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 3rd Revised Sheet 8 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 3 Establishment and Furnishing of Service Cont d 2 3 4 Customer Billing Cont d 2 3 5 2 3 6 E Retroactive billing adjustments will not be made for a period exceeding three 3 years The Company may temporarily suspend service in the event the customer fails to pay any regulated amount due Such suspension shall not be made until at least five 5 days following written notification to the customer of the intention to suspend service A Late Payment Charge of 4 0 of the unpaid balance or 7 00 whichever is greater will be applied on each residence subscriber s bill for regulated charges and a Late Payment Charge of 4 0 of the unpaid balance or 11 00 whichever i
81. from the time it is reported to or detected by the Company except as otherwise specified in this Price list The adjustment shall not be applicable for the time that the Company stands ready to repair the service and the customer does not provide access to the Company for such restoration work 12 1 5 Application of Rates A Three 3 basic rate elements Digital Channel Capacity Digital Channel Activation and Service Activation are applicable to each Digital Channel Service The Digital Channel Capacity element provides for the transport between the end user premises and the serving central office Digital Channel Capacity is offered with 36 60 or 84 month Term Payment Plan periods after which service is provided on a month to month basis at the completed payment plan rates Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 9 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service Cont d 12 1 5 Application of Rates Cont d C Service Activation charges are recurring charges and are applicable for each network service switched or dedicated required by the customer Service Activation is offered on a month to month basis For DS1 services a DS1 Service Activation charge is applicable Monthly rates and charges as specified in Section 12 1 6 for Digital Channel Capacity apply according to the requested channel capacity The
82. furnished only when the rotary numbers are available and only in connection with individual lines C See Section S6 for the regulations applicable to directory listings in connection with provision of main services on a rotary basis 3 11 2 Rates a The rate for each individual rotary line in use is the applicable monthly rate for individual line service in addition to the following rates for each rotary number The rate groupings are the same as those specified in Section S3 Business Residence Rate Group Monthly Rate Monthly Rate 1 13 00 13 00 2 13 00 13 00 3 13 00 13 00 4 13 00 13 00 5 13 00 13 00 6 13 00 13 00 7 13 00 13 00 8 13 00 13 00 Not applicable to rotary line service provided in connection with automatic access lines 3 12 Reserved for Future Use Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 Original Sheet 15 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 13 CenturyTel Dial DataLink Service 3 13 1 General A 3 13 2 Rates A CenturyTel Dial DataLink Service is an enhancement to single line residential and single line business service that provides higher quality transmission standards than those normally provided for voice transmission It is designed for those single line residential and single line business customers who need a better grade of service for data transmission Lines conditioned for CenturyTel Dial DataLink Se
83. have no account with the Telephone Company or whose financial responsibility is not a matter of general knowledge may be required to make an advance payment at the time the application is signed equal to the installation charges and one 1 month s charges for the service provided 2 The amount of the advance payment is credited to the customer s account on the first bill rendered under the contract l Payment for Service 1 The customer is required to pay all charges for services in accordance with the Telephone Company s regular billing and collection practices Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 21 Original Sheet 4 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE 21 1 Mobile Telephone Service Cont d 21 1 2 Conditions Cont d J Deposits 1 The Telephone Company may in order to safeguard its interests require an applicant or a customer to make a suitable deposit to be held by the Telephone Company as a guarantee of the payment of charges The fact that a deposit has been made in no way relieves the applicant or customer from complying with the Telephone Company s regulations as to advance payments and the prompt payment of bills on presentation At such time as the contract is terminated the amount of the deposit is credited to the customer s account and any credit balance which may remain is refunded At the option of the Telephone Company su
84. in this Price List Monthly Rate Business Anonymous Call Block 1 05 Busy Redial 66 per line 6 30 per occurrence e 1 50 pay per use blocking 0 00 Call Return 69 per line 5 82 per occurrence e 1 50 pay per use blocking 0 00 Call Block per line 4 20 Call Forwarding Multipath per line 4 20 Call Forwarding Variable per line 5 25 per occurrence 3 1 50 pay per use blocking 0 00 Call Trace 57 per line 6 30 Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting per line 7 29 Call Waiting ID per line 0 00 Caller ID per line 12 07 Caller ID Number Only per line 10 50 Complete Blocking per line Law Enforcement Agencies 0 00 Standard 0 00 Distinctive Ring per line 6 82 Outbound Call Block Feature 5 00 0 Qrandfathered to existing customers at existing locations A maximum of 9 00 per month applies A maximum of 7 60 per month applies KS 3 Residence 1 05 5 25 1 50 0 00 5 25 1 50 0 00 4 20 0 00 6 30 5 00 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 14 15 Section 13 5th Revised Sheet 28 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d 13 14 4 Rates and Charges Cont d A Single Service One CenturyTel calling service per line Cont d Selective Blocking per call Selective Call Accept 64 per line Selective Call Forward 63 per line Selective Call Rejection 60 Speed Dial Speed Di
85. investment of at least 2 million and will employ at least twenty 20 full time new employees within eighteen 18 months of the date the project is place in service The Approved Company must either pay employees an average full time hourly wage of at least 8 per hour or an average total compensation for full time paid employees which is at least equivalent to 10 per hour to be eligible for discounts under this Price list Should the Authority waive the minimum investment requirement when the project will be located in an area of the State which the Authority determines to be in an economically distressed area that Approved Company will also be eligible for discounts under this Price list For the purpose of Option Two of this Price list a new employee includes only those individuals who have not previously been employed by the Approved Company in Alabama will be employed at the project site and will be subject to the personal income tax imposed by Section 40 18 2 of the Code of Alabama upon commencement of employment at the site In order to quality under Option Two of this Price list the Approved Company will be required to certify that it has met the requirements of this Price list offering as well as the requirements of Alabama Law Act No 93 851 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 28 2 6 GENERAL REGULATIONS
86. longer busy If you have Call Waiting and hear the Call Waiting tone while you are talking to another person you have two choices You can use 69 Call Return to call back later or you can use Call Waiting during the call Caller ID Number This feature allows the user with compatible CPE to view the telephone Number of the incoming call before answering the call or choosing to ignore the call Caller ID Name and Number This feature allows the user with compatible CPE to view the telephone number and listed name LN of the incoming call before answering the call or choosing to ignore it Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 88 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 3 Centrex CustoPAK Service Cont d 8 3 3 Features Cont d C Centrex CustoPAK Optional Services Cont d Executive Busy Override This feature allows the user upon reaching a busy line inside the group to dial a code 40 to gain access to the busy line thus establishing a Three way call The called number must be in the Centrex CustoPAK group and will receive a warning tone prior to the establishment of the three way conference call Last number redial This feature enables the user to redial the last called number by dialing a code 77 rather than having to dial the entire number This feature is not available in the 5ESS
87. measurement applying to that portion of a central office line connecting a customer with a foreign central office from the common boundary line to the customer s station for which a monthly charge is made in addition to the base rate for exchange service FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICE Telephone exchange service furnished to a customer through a central office of an exchange other than the exchange regularly serving the area in which the customer is located GRADE OF SERVICE The term used in describing exchange service with respect to the number of main telephones which may be connected to a central office line INDIVIDUAL LINE An access line designed for the exclusive use of a subscriber Not a private branch exchange trunk line INITIAL SERVICE PERIOD The minimum length of time for which a customer is obligated to pay for service facilities and equipment whether or not retained by the customer for such minimum length of time INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER ISP An entity which provides coinless telephone service for the exclusive use of inmates served within the confines of a penal correctional or mental institution INSTRUMENTALITIES The station equipment used to provide communication service to the customer INTERCOMMUNICATING SYSTEM An arrangement involving two or more stations which enables a user to signal and connect with other stations in the system CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer
88. not available for call completion or where for other service reasons operator assistance in completion of the call is necessary and the call is billed to the originating number Also includes Customer Dialed Calling Card calls where the person originating the call dials and completes the call without the assistance of an operator Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 40 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 12 Calling Plans CenturyTel Discount Calling Plans Cont d 18 12 7 CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Residence Cont d B Regulations Cont d 2 Operator Station to Station and Person to Person is that station to station service other than Dial Station to Station service Operator Station to Station and Person to Person is that service where the completion of the call or a request for any information or assistance for such call requires the assistance of an operator The CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan applies to the message toll portion of the call and to the Operator Assisted Service Charges portion as specified in Section 18 3 1 of this Price list CenturyTel exchanges Local and CenturyTel Local Plan calls as specified in Sections S3 2 S3 13 and 813 14 of this Price list do not apply to the CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan A customer may only subscribe to one 1 CenturyTel Discount Calling
89. of queuing Off hook queuing must have either a recorded announcement or music The audio input is applied to incoming calls waiting in the attendant queue or in the UCD queue The customer must specify the length of time etc Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 30 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features D Feature Package 3000 Cont d Remote Access to Features This feature allows authorized users to call in from the exchange network and gain access to a business group including all features associated with that group This also includes the Remote Activation of Call Forward function that allows customers to activate change or deactivate their Call Forwarding service from a remote location Ringback Queuing This feature permits a station user with activated queuing to go on hook and be called when the busy facility becomes available Speed Call Long List Individual This feature allows a station user to place calls to thirty 30 commonly called destinations using two 2 to four 4 digits Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 31 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital IS
90. only to customers served from suitably equipped central offices where operating conditions permit Digital ISDN Single Line Service utilizes Integrated Services Digital Network Basic Rate Interface ISDN BRI technology It is a central office based service arrangement which consists of host central office interface equipment and software located on Company premises This service provides local exchange access interexchange access and features ISDN PRI and other local Services are offered on an end user basis only Use of such services for transmitting interexchange traffic that does not either originate or terminate at the customer premises is prohibited 12 3 2 Conditions A Digital ISDN Single Line Service is available where central office and operating facilities and conditions permit Digital ISDN Single Line Service will not be offered in conjunction with CenturyTel Local Call Plan options identified in Section S3 13 of this Price list This service provides the following options to business and residence customers Business Service Measured Block of Time 400 Hours plus Overtime Charges Residence Service Measured Flat Rate Reserved for Future Use One 1 customer bill will be rendered for each Digital ISDN Single Line Service Digital ISDN Single Line Service is offered on a monthly basis or a contractual basis commencing on the date the service is established Reserved for Future Use If remote units
91. pattern is selected and the route list is checked for an idle route with the proper FRL if a feature If no idle route is available the call is put into queue for the primary route or sent to reorder tone Routes may include Foreign Exchange WATS and interexchange carrier lines A maximum of three 3 patterns will be allowed for each NPA or NPA NXX list A maximum of 10 routes is allowed per pattern Each WATS band is considered a separate route A maximum of sixty four 64 NPA NXX lists will be allowed ARS does not allow for toll restriction or toll diversion This feature may also include Expensive Route Warning ERWT A tone will be assigned to certain routes as designated by the customer When one of these designated routes is selected a tone will be returned to the originating caller The caller has a specified number of seconds to hang up or the call will be advanced on the expensive route Facilities Restriction Level FRL Each main station line is assigned an FRL as is every facility in all routes When a call is originated the FRL of the main station line is compared to the FRL of the facility selected for routing If the FRL on the facility is equal to or less than the main station FRL the call is advanced If the FRL on the facility is greater than the FRL on the line a tone is returned An Authorization Code can be dialed to override the FRL FRL s are furnished only with ARS The maximum number of FRL s available is eight
92. practical pro rata to the customers receiving exchange service within such county or territory or other local taxing authority Note Nothing in this Price list shall prohibit the billing to customers of the amount of any tax or fee imposed by a county or other local taxing authority at the time of the filing of this Price list Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 16 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 4 Establishment and Maintenance of Credit Cont d 2 4 6 Advanced Credit Management A B General 1 Advanced Credit Management is a process whereby the Company will establish credit limits for new and existing customers The Company will utilize Credit Scoring for new customers and Behavioral Scoring for existing customers Credit Scoring will be provided through the use of a third party credit reporting service for new service requests The credit rating will determine the need for a deposit and establish a credit limit for a combination of local service and toll usage The credit limit will be based initially on a credit score assigned by a commercial credit reporting service and be adjusted periodically as a result of the customer s payment history Customers will be informed of their credit limits during the application process The account credit limit will appear on the first bill and on any subsequent bill in the billing
93. s client line to receive an alerting signal in the form of an audible stutter dial tone This alerting signal will be used by the customer to inform its clients that information is waiting for them Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 39 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 21 Services for Enhanced Service Providers ESPs Cont d 13 21 2 Enhanced Service Provider ESP Services Cont d A ESP Services are offered by the Telephone Company Cont d 4 Message Waiting Indication Visual MWI V is a feature that provides the Enhanced Service Provider or customer with the ability to send an alerting signal in the form of a light to its end user s line This alerting signal can then be used by the Enhanced Service Provider or customer to inform its end user that a message s is waiting Queuing This service provides customers subscribing to PBX Trunk Lines or Centrex lines arranged in a multiline hunt group the capability to equip that group with a queuing feature Calls made to a multiline hunt group equipped with the queuing feature will complete immediately if there is an idle terminal in the hunt group However if all terminals in the hunt group are busy the call is placed on queue and waits its turn to be served User Transfer This service provides the ability to temporarily hold an established call
94. same or to terminate the service The provisions of the preceding shall not be construed or applied to bar a customer from using devices which serve his convenience in his use of the facilities of the Company provided any such device so used does not 1 endanger the safety of Company employees or the public 2 damage require change in or alteration of or involve direct electrical connection to the equipment or other facilities of the Company unless as provided for elsewhere in this Price list 3 interfere with the proper functioning of such equipment or facilities 4 impair the operation of the communication system 5 otherwise injure the public in its use of the Company s services Except as otherwise provided in this Price list nothing herein shall be construed to permit the use of a recording device or of a device to interconnect any line or channel of the Company with any other communication line or channel of the Company or of any other person 2 5 3 Furnishing of Service The Company s obligation to furnish service is dependent upon its ability to secure and retain without unreasonable expense suitable facilities and rights for the construction and maintenance of the necessary circuits and equipment CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 2 Original Sheet 21 2 5 GENERAL REGULATIONS Obligation and Liability of the Co
95. solely for use by the particular establishment Local calls placed through the Alabama Relay Center from a customer provided coin telephone are completed at no charge 7 1 2 Responsibility of the Subscriber A The subscriber shall be responsible for the installation operation and maintenance of customer provided telephones used in connection with this service The subscriber shall be responsible for payment of a Maintenance of Service Charge as covered in Section 15 of this Price list for each visit by the Company to the premises of the subscriber where the service difficulty or trouble reports result from the use of equipment or facilities provided by the subscriber Customer provided telephones must be connected to the Company network in compliance with Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 7 Original Sheet 2 7 1 COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE Public Telephone Access Service for Customer Provided Equipment CPE Cont d 7 1 2 Responsibility of the Subscriber Cont d D The Company is not responsible for refunds of coins deposited in customer provided coin operated public telephones 7 1 3 Violations of Regulations A Where any customer provided telephone is used and or connected in violation of this Price list the Company will promptly notify the customer of the violation B Failure of t
96. telephone number and the exchange serving the terminating station have the identical local calling area CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 01 09 Section 13 2nd Revised Sheet 33 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 16 Remote Call Forwarding Cont d 13 16 1 General Cont d K One listing in the Alphabetical Section of the Directory covering the exchange in which the call forwarding Central Office is located is provided without additional charge L The minimum contract period for this service is two 2 months 13 16 2 Rates A The following charges are for the Remote Call Forwarding feature and additional access facilities only and are in addition to applicable charges for service and equipment with which it is used 1 Remote Call Forwarding Monthly Rate a Per feature arranged Business 27 30 Residence 27 30 b Remote Call Forwarding per additional access facility Business 27 30 Residence 27 30 c Aone time charge will be assessed for implementation of service Charges assessed will be at the rate specified in Section 4 1 2 for a Central Office work charge and secondary service order charge d Changes at the request of the customer in either the number at the call forwarding location or the number to which calls are forwarded to will be assessed a Central Office work charge and secondary service order charge as specified in Secti
97. the Telecommunications Act of 1996 1 The equipment offered for purchase is available for sale only at authorized Company locations 2 The selling price does not include charges for associated service or equipment such as installation inside wiring standard jacks exchange service etc These charges where applicable will be charged for separately in accordance with established rates as set forth in Sections 3 and 4 of this price list In addition selling prices do not include tax shipping handling or other mailing charges 3 Use of the equipment sold by the Company for use with the telecommunications network is subject to Part 15 and 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations 4 As a consideration for the purchase price of the sold equipment the Company shall not be liable for incidental or consequential damages arising out of any sold equipment or its use Each product is covered by a limited warranty Warranty information is included with equipment sale 5 Upon expiration of warranty customer assumes responsibility for repairs and or replacement of equipment 6 Payment of purchases may be made as follows a Cash in full at the time of purchase or b Approved credit card in full at the time of purchase or c To qualifying customers 1 Payment in full when billed on the customer s regular telephone bill or 2 Payment in equal consecutive monthly installments The first installment must be paid at the time of th
98. the CMAC system except when restricted during maintenance windows On occasion customers may receive a busy condition Customers will have up to two 2 hours per dial in session at a time on the CMAC system However after a period of inactivity the Company will discontinue the transmission The CMAC system will provide the customer a disconnect warning prior to disconnect Some of the lines in a customer s Centrex system cannot or should not be rearranged The Company will specify unchangeable lines Unchangeable lines may be rearranged by the Telephone Company and applicable Service Charges shall apply All normal or emergency functions of the central office switch processor will have priority over execution of CMAC requests The Company assumes no responsibility for change requests delayed by priority central office switch processor functions The Company reserves the right to inhibit CMAC service in the event of a service affecting condition to the central office or affiliated operating support system 8 2 4 Rates and Charges A The following rates are applicable for Centrex Customer Moves and Changes CMAC These rates are on a per account basis Nonrecurring Monthly Line Size Charge Rate 1 2 100 Lines 190 00 135 00 2 101 250Lines 350 00 165 00 3 251 400Lines 800 00 250 00 4 401 1 500 Lines 1 850 00 355 00 5 1 501 Lines 3 500 00 500 00 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a Cen
99. the original Term Payment Plan period 2 Business Assist Digital Channels are available on a month to month basis At the expiration date of the customer s selected Term Payment Plan period the customer may continue service under a new Term Payment Plan or on a month to month basis at the twelve 12 month Term Payment Plan Rates for service under these options will be the current rates as specified in this Price list In the event Business Assist is terminated by the customer prior to completion of the initial contract period the customer shall be liable for early termination charges calculated as follows 10096 of any remaining any remaining charges associated with the 1st year of the contract term and 5096 of any remaining amount for subsequent years and a subsequent activity charge from 12 6 6A 1 C 2 C Should customer request interconnection between different Business Assist provisioned in two 2 or more different local serving offices the Special Access Service Digital Data Service Tariff as referenced in Section 12 6 4c preceding will apply This charge will apply in addition to Business Assist charges for each premise for which Business Assist is provisioned Additional charges for time and materials associated with customer premises visit s may apply for the initial installation or for subsequent customer requested visits Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Cu
100. the purpose of Option Two of this Price list offering Approved Company means any corporation partnership trust or other form of business entity approved by the Alabama State Industrial Development Authority Authority pursuant to the provision of Alabama Law Act No 93 851 For the purpose of Option Two of this Price list offering any Approved Company which meets the following qualifications will qualify for the discounts in this Price list Any Approved Company 1 which has submitted written evidence to the Authority indicating local support for the project and 2 whose proposed project is used in a trade or business which is described in the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Major Groups 20 through 39 inclusive 50 and 51 Industrial Group Number 737 and Industry Numbers 8731 8733 and 8734 as set forth in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual and Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 27 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 6 Economic Development Incentive Waivers and Discounts Contd 2 6 3 Option Two Contd B For the purpose of Option Two of this Price list offering Contd 3 has a new project investment of at least 5 million and will employ at least fifty 50 full time new employees within eighteen 18 months of the date the project is placed in service or 4 whose expansion project has an
101. the service or who has reconnected service without authority following termination of service If the PLTS customer is disconnected due to failure to comply with any terms of PLTS they will no longer be eligible for PLTS The customer can return to basic local telephone service if they meet the requirements for service including payment of outstanding essential charges if applicable and payment of a deposit if their credit history is such that a deposit would normally be required Residential Monthly Rate 39 95 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 12 06 13 Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 54 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 9 Business Unlimited Description Business Unlimited is a package of features available to business customers The Business Unlimited bundle includes one line of unlimited calling and choice of calling features offered by the Company and unlimited long distance calling provided by CenturyTel Long Distance LLC Terms and Conditions Business customers with 1 10 lines will be eligible for discounted unlimited calling services Additional lines of Unlimited Local and Long Distance calling up to a maximum of ten 10 lines may be added plus all other applicable monthly service charges Metered measured line services PBX Key or Centrex accounts are not eligible for Business Unlimited The customer must subscrib
102. the service would interfere with or impair other services provided by the Telephone Company In the case of such termination of service at least five 5 days must have elapsed following written notification to the customer by mail or in person of the Telephone Company s intention to terminate the service CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 4 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 3 Direct Inward Dialing DID Services Cont d 13 3 1 General Cont d G A minimum revenue guarantees MRG shall be an amount equal to six 6 months revenue due the Telephone Company from the customer from the date of cutover of the service This MRG reduces 1 6 for each month of service provided H Trunks arranged for DID service may not be combined with trunk groups arranged to provide Direct Inward Outward Dialing Service Overflow of calls between the two arrangements is not permitted 13 3 2 Rates Monthly Installation Rate Charge Standard DID Service 1st 100 lines equipped for DID Service 225 00 705 00 2nd 100 lines equipped for DID Service 98 00 290 00 Each additional 100 lines to a maximum of 1 000 lines equipped for DID Service 58 00 245 00 Special Low Usage DID Service Per 100 lines equipped for DID Service 119 00 560 00 Rates are in addition to the rates shown elsewhere in this price list for the services and equi
103. the waivers and discounts contained herein shall agree as a condition of receiving the waivers and discounts to provide proof satisfactory to the Company of its eligibility under Alabama Law Act No 87 573 Act No 93 851 or Act No 95 187 If any qualifying business certifying that it is eligible to receive the waivers and discounts set forth herein is subsequently determined not to be eligible for the benefits created by Alabama Law Act No 87 573 Act No 93 851 or Act No 95 187 as applicable for the Option chosen that business shall not be eligible for any waiver or discount under this Price list offering Upon such occurrence the business shall immediately cease to be eligible and may be required to provide deposits pay applicable service connection installation charges and pay the full undiscounted price list charges for any services received pursuant to this offering 2 6 2 Option One A For the purpose of Option One of this Price list offering the term private employer means a business or industry located within boundaries of an enterprise zone and operating a private for profit business Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 25 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 6 Economic Development Incentive Waivers and Discounts Cont d 2 6 2 Option One Cont d B For the purpose of Option One of this Price list offering ent
104. three way connection Toll Code Restriction This feature prevents customer designated stations from placing any chargeable calls Arrangements to deny access to Directory Assistance and or Public Announcement Services are not assured These features are intended to limit main station direct dialed outgoing calls but such calls may in certain circumstances be completed and will be charged for as specified in other sections of this price list Nonrecurring charges will be waived for customers subscribing to the 900 976 Toll Restriction Only Option Series 1000 Feature Package 2000 The features below are in addition to the Feature Package 1000 features Automatic Callback Automatic Callback permits a Main Station user who attempts an intercommunication call to a busy Main Station to be automatically connected to that line when both called and calling lines are subsequently idle Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 28 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features C Feature Package 2000 Cont d Call Park Multiple This feature permits a station user to place multiple calls on hold and later retrieve the held calls from his station or another station in the customer business group Circular Hunting This system tests all line
105. time without incurring any Nonrecurring Charges or Service Charges TDP customers may migrate existing services without incurring termination liability charges when they select a commitment period equal to or greater than the length of time remaining under their existing TDP CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 31 12 Section 12 1st Revised Sheet 46 1 Cancels Original Sheet 46 1 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 4 Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Cont d 12 4 5 Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Business Service Terms and Conditions A General At http Awww centurylink com Pages AboutUs Legal T ermsAndConditions business html the following information will direct you to the applicable Local Terms of Service document which contains the terms and conditions for Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Business Service State Alabama Entity CenturyTel of Alabama LLC Service CenturyLink ISDN PRI Services Termination Liability Charges as described in the aforementioned Local Terms of Service document will apply if a Customer disconnects all or a portion of the ISDN PRI Business Service prior to the expiration of the TDP B Rates The rates charges and regulations for a DS1 Service interoffice channel as specified in C 2 of the CenturyTel Alabama IntraLATA
106. to as many additional PBX Trunk Lines or Centrex lines as in the judgment of the Telephone Company are required to adequately handle calls without impairing service to others The customer is responsible for disconnecting ESP Client Services ordered for its client s including those situations where the customer s client s no longer have service with the Telephone Company The customer is responsible for the payment of applicable charges for each forwarded call completed in conjunction with User Transfer Service CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 01 09 Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 44 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 21 Services for Enhanced Service Providers ESPs Cont d 13 21 5 Regulations and Conditions Cont d C Client Obligations 1 The client whose line is equipped with Call Forwarding Busy Line and or No Answer Fixed is responsible for the payment of applicable charges for each completed call between their call forwarding equipped line and the customer s number to which the call is forwarded D Billing and Remittance 1 Adjustments requested due to poor transmission quality caused by the customer s equipment may be made at the discretion of the Telephone Company 2 The customer s services may be discontinued pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2 of this price list for failure to make full payment for the Telephone
107. to be connected to radio paging switching equipment or other switching systems generating short holding times and minimal trunk usage Special low Usage DID Service will be provided The type of DID Service and the number of trunks provided for any system will be determined by the Telephone Company on the basis of traffic studies conducted by or approved by the Telephone Company DID Service must be provided on all trunks in a group arranged for inward service Routing of calls to selected numbers within the DID number group over a separate group is not contemplated Customer Provided Switching Systems must handle calls to all assigned numbers including those that are not currently used with specific stations Calls to numbers not currently used with specific stations must be routed by the customer to a recorded announcement referring the caller to another number Where DID Service is requested from more than one wire center or from separate trunk groups within the same wire center such service provided from each wire center or each trunk group within the same wire center shall be considered a separate service DID Service is furnished upon the condition that the customer obtain adequate facilities to permit the use of DID Service without injurious effect upon it or any other service provided by the Telephone Company The Telephone Company may terminate or refuse to furnish service to any customer without incurring any liability if the use of
108. to exchanges as set forth in 18 10 2 following b Offering of this service is subject to availability of facilities as determined by the Company Use of Service The service is furnished subject to regulations in Section S2 including those regulations which restrict use of the service to communications in which the customer has a direct interest and prohibit payment to the customer by another for use of the service Minimum Contract Period The minimum contract period is one month except that a longer period applies as specified in Section S6 of this Price list when a two way subscriber has a foreign listing printed in the distance directory which indicates no charge applies for direct dialed calls to the subscriber s number CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 37 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 10 Optional Calling Plans Cont d 18 10 1 General Cont d B General Regulations Cont d 5 Suspension of Service Service will be suspended for causes other than those enumerated in Section S2 preceding only as a result of the suspension of the service with which associated 6 Continuity of Service In case of connection of an Optional Calling Plan for the same customer where Optional Calling Plan service has been disconnected at the same location less than two weeks previously charges for the servi
109. voice switched data long distance calls rates as specified in Section S18 will apply in lieu of usage rates as specified in Section 12 3 5 b Block of Time voice switched data calls will be charged as follows 400 hours applies to originating voice switched data calls terminating within the local calling area Overtime will be charged at 025 per minute per B channel for originating voice switched data calls Long distance calls will be charged rates specified in Section 18 in lieu of usage rates specified in Section 10 4 5 Home Residence Customer Usage Options All voice switched data calls will be charged as measured or flat rate the customer must choose one option a Measured Rate voice switched data calls will be charged as follows originating voice switched data calls terminating within the local calling area usage rates as specified in Section 12 3 5 will apply originating voice switched data long distance calls rates as specified in Section S18 will apply in lieu of usage rates as specified in Section 12 3 5 b Flat Rate unlimited voice switched data calls terminating within the local calling area originating voice switched data long distance calls rates as specified in Section S18 will apply in lieu of usage rates as specified in Section 12 3 5 Q Digital ISDN Single Line Service is digital exchange service Each Packaged Service is associated with a digital local loop not with
110. voice telecommunications equipment TT solely for the use of hearing or speech impaired persons or persons who communicate with hearing or speech impaired persons 2 The agency or business makes written application to the Company for the reduced MTS rates 3 The reduced rates are given as a credit on a subsequent bill 4 The reduced rates specified in d following apply for all calls placed between TT s Rates for certain MTS calls are reduced for individuals equipped with TT s for communicating with hearing or speech impaired persons under the following conditions 1 The customer uses a TT or other non voice equipment for communicating with other TT s or non voice equipment Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 8 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 3 Two Point Service Cont d A Service Between Land Wire Telephones Contd 6 Rates for Hearing or Speech Impaired Persons or users of the Alabama Relay Center Cont d c d Rates for certain MTS calls are reduced for individuals Cont d The customer makes written application to the Company for reduced MTS rates The reduced rates are given as a credit on a subsequent bill The reduced rates specified in d following apply for all calls placed between TT s Applicable Rates 1 Customers who have been certified t
111. 0 30 N A 0 30 N A 5 00 145 00 40 00 N A 0 30 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink Effective 02 01 07 General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 71 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges E Optional Features Cont d 1 Centrex Cont d cc dd ee ff gg hh ii Stop Hunt Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate each Terminal Make Busy Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate each Tie Facility Access Nonrecurring Charge per termination Monthly Rate per termination T1 Access Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per termination VIP Alert Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per line WATS Access Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per termination 800 877 888 Service Access Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per termination JI 5 D N A 1 00 N A 1 00 50 00 20 00 100 00 100 00 N A 4 00 100 00 1 50 100 00 1 50 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 72 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges E Optional Features Cont d 2 Digital ISDN Centrex Optional Features Monthly X Nonrecurring Rate Charge a Addition
112. 00 l Foreign Central Office Foreign Exchange Transport per mile includes 2B 1D channels 11 85 Applies to changes to existing services Data Base Additions or Changes not listed in this Price list will be charged a rate of 50 00 per hour or fraction thereof Applies in addition to all other applicable ISDN charges CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 17 11 Section 12 2nd Revised Sheet 42 Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 42 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 4 Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI 12 4 1 General A Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN Primary Rate Interface PRI is a central office based service arrangement that is an alternative for individual access services such as Direct Inward Dialing DID Direct Outward Dialing DOD 800 877 888 Services Wide Area Telecommunications Services and local business trunks ISDN PRI and other local services are offered on an end user basis only Use of such services for transmitting interexchange traffic that does not either originate or terminate at the customer premises is prohibited B ISDN PRI is provisioned on a clear channel 1 544 megabit per second Mbps facility and uses the ISDN architecture of twenty three 23 B channels and one 1 D channel or twenty four 24 B channels to provide the customer with the capabilities of simultaneous access t
113. 000 bits per second or up to 64 000 bits per second depending on technology Switched Data Channel Access A 1 544 Megabit high capacity digital facility that transports Switched Data usage between the customer premises and the local serving central office on a channelized basis Switched Data Channel Access provides twenty four 24 digital channels that support data transmission only On a per channel basis the customer can transmit data up to 56 000 bits per second Standard Features 1 Data Line Security This feature prevents a call from being interrupted by override tones such as a call waiting tone or other test or busy verification tests that would interrupt the flow of data Intercom Dialing This feature allows customer group stations to complete calls to other stations without the assistance of an attendant by dialing a two 2 through seven 7 digit number This feature is applicable to Centrex customer groups only and is restricted to the serving wire center only Direct Dialing This feature allows the user to place local and long distance calls without the assistance of an attendant by using the standard seven 7 through ten 10 digit dialing methods Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 17 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 2 Switched Data Service Cont d 12 2 2 Description Cont d D Opt
114. 2 CyberDS1 customers will have to select capacity in increments of twenty four 24 digital channels Customers will be offered CyberDS1 on a month to month basis only 12 5 2 Digital Architecture A CyberDS1 differs in provisioning method and numbering format from end to end services These services will be available from the Company on a link partial channel basis rather than as an end to end service This architecture CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 12 Original Sheet 48 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 5 CyberDS1 Service Cont d 12 5 2 Digital Architecture Cont d B CyberDS1 will be available on a digital basis at the network interface on a customer s premises Both the Company and the customer have joint responsibilities to ensure the proper transmission of the provided services Normal analog channel network interface specifications will be superseded by the electrical specifications on the 1 544 Mbps DS1 channel which is actually terminated Each digital channel provided will have an identity only as a time slot within a DS1 Channel Compatible digital to analog conversion equipment must be provided by the customer to derive the desired analog services Any Channel Service Units CSUs necessary for digital services are the responsibility of the customer 12 5 3 Definitions Channel Service Unit CSU The term CSU denotes net
115. 2 2 Features 9 7 2 8 Responsibility of the Subscriber 11 7 2 4 Violations of Regulations 12 7 2 5 Rates and Charges 12 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 7 Original Sheet 1 7 1 COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE Public Telephone Access Service for Customer Provided Equipment CPE 7 1 1 General A Public Telephone Access Service for CPE is an exchange line service provided at the request of the subscriber for telecommunications use by the general public at locations accessible to the general public Public Telephone Access Service for CPE is provided for use with customer provided telephones The carriage and completion of local intraLATA toll messages are provided by the Company The Company must be utilized to directly provide both the operator function and transport function by such calls except as specified in Section 7 3 6 of this price list Public Telephone Access Service for CPE is provided subject to the condition that telephone messages local and long distance placed from stations which are accessible to the public are completed over Public Telephone Access Service for CPE lines or other Public or Semipublic lines Where Public Telephone Access Service for CPE is furnished any type or grade of business service offered regularly at that location may be furnished in addition provided such business service is confined to locations
116. 200 lines per line 31 30 35 00 201 250 lines per line 30 80 35 00 The Applicable Network Access Register NAR rate as specified in Section 3 10 of this Price list shall also apply Requires a three 3 month minimum service period CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 63 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 15 Rates and Charges B Service Line Cont d 3 Digital ISDN Centrex Service Line Cont d Monthly Rate 36 Month Contract 2 25 lines per line 40 95 26 50 lines per line 33 75 51 100 lines per line 32 85 101 200 lines per line 30 80 201 400 lines per line 30 30 60 Month Contract 51 100 lines per line 32 60 101 200 lines per line 30 05 201 400 lines per line 29 80 84 Month Contract 51 100 lines per line 32 35 101 200 lines per line 29 80 201 400 lines per line 29 30 The Applicable Network Access Register NAR rate as specified in Section 3 10 of this Price list shall also apply Effective 10 14 15 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 1st Revised Sheet 64 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges C Digital ISDN Centrex Service Channel Capability
117. 33 3 17 1 General 33 3 18 CenturyLink Line Volume Plan 34 3 18 1 Terms and Conditions 34 3 18 1 Rates 34 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 3 Original Sheet 1 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 1 General Basic local telephone service is provided by means of station wire switching and other facilities and plant and equipment to enable the establishment of telephone communications between stations in the same or different exchanges at monthly rates applied under a group rate system The facilities plant and equipment used to provide such basic local telephone service are also used in the furnishing of toll telephone services at rates applicable for such services 3 2 Rates A The group rate schedule set forth on Sheets 6 7 8 9 and 10 of this section shows the monthly rates applicable under the conditions of station availability and service grades Station availability for a given exchange contemplates total access lines in service in that exchange plus total access lines in service in other exchanges within the local calling area of that exchange The total of such access lines establishes the rate group applicable The rate group and rate schedule applicable in each exchange together with a list of the exchanges in the local calling area for that exchange are shown on Sheets 2 3 4 and 5 of this section Volunteer Fire Departments as defin
118. 4 1 4 Installation Charges Installation Charges where applicable are identified and presented throughout this price list as part of the offering of individual terms of service features This installation charge is in addition to the appropriate elements listed in this section 4 1 5 Miscellaneous Charges A Restoration Charge 1 When exchange service is reconnected after suspension for nonpayment the following charges apply a A primary Service Order Charge per request for reconnection b A Central 00 for both residence and business service B Number Changes 1 One 1 secondary Service Order Charge applies when a customer requests a change in the telephone number 2 A Central Office Ark Charge applies for each number changed 3 When in the judgment of the Company a change in a telephone number is necessary for continuation of satisfactory service there will be no charges applied 4 Acharge of 25 00 will apply if premises visit is required C Termination Charge 1 A Termination Charge will apply when a customer terminates a service which bears a basic termination liability prior to the expiration of the initial service period specified or that service 2 Regulations for and application of termination charges are contained in Section 2 Sheet 3 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 15 14 Section 4 2nd Revised Sheet 6 SERVICE CHA
119. 5 Obligation and Liability of Company 2 5 1 Undertaking of the Company The Company does not undertake to transmit message but offers the use of its facilities where available for communication between parties subject to the terms and conditions specified in this Price list 2 5 2 Provision of Equipment A All equipment necessary for the provision of a given service will be furnished by the Company on a deregulated basis or by the customer except as provided elsewhere in this price list The customer may be required to provide suitable housing or other protective measures where equipment is to be installed in locations exposed to weather or other hazards Commercial power will be furnished by the customer on this premises in suitable outlets when required Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 20 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 5 Obligation and Liability of the Company Cont d 2 5 2 Provision of Equipment Cont d B No equipment apparatus circuit or device not furnished by the Company shall be attached to or connected with the facilities furnished by the Company whether physically by induction acoustically or other except as provided in this Price list or as otherwise authorized in writing by the Company In case any such authorized attachment or connection is made the Company shall have the right to remove or disconnect the
120. 6 50 lines per line 13 80 12 Month Contract 2 25 lines per line 13 90 26 50 lines per line 13 70 51 100 lines per line 13 50 101 200 lines per line 13 20 201 250 lines per line 12 90 36 Month Contract 2 25 lines per line 13 70 26 50 lines per line 13 50 51 100 lines per line 13 20 101 200 lines per line 12 90 201 400 lines per line 12 60 60 Month Contract 51 100 lines per line 12 90 101 200 lines per line 12 60 201 400 lines per line 12 30 84 Month Contract 51 100 lines per line 12 60 101 200 lines per line 12 30 201 400 lines per line 12 00 Initial Order Nonrecurring Charge 22 22 N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A 50 50 Subsequent Order Nonrecurring Charge 22 50 22 50 22 50 22 50 22 50 22 50 22 50 22 50 22 50 22 50 22 50 22 50 22 50 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 62 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges B Service Line Cont d 3 Digital ISDN Centrex Service Line Monthly Nonrecurring Rate Charge Month to Month Contract 2 25 lines per line 41 95 70 00 26 50 lines per line 35 25 70 00 12 Month Contract 2 25 lines per line 41 45 35 00 26 50 lines per line 34 25 35 00 51 100 lines per line 33 35 35 00 101
121. 6 60 6 30 Per Minute Peak Off Peak 1325 1275 1150 1100 1100 1050 1100 1050 1100 1050 1100 1050 1100 1050 1100 1050 1100 1050 1100 1050 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 19 Original Sheet 10 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges Contd 19 5 4 Monthly Rates and Charges Cont d A Hourly Rates Cont d 3 Combined 800 Service Up to and including 15 hours Greater than 15 hours Greater than 40 hours Greater than 80 hours Greater than 120 hours Greater than 170 hours Greater than 320 hours Greater than 500 hours Greater than 1200 hours Greater than 2500 hours Per Hour Peak Off Peak 10 05 9 55 9 30 8 80 8 50 8 00 7 50 7 00 6 90 6 40 6 30 5 80 5 80 5 30 5 80 5 30 4 98 4 48 4 98 4 48 Per Minute Peak Off Peak 1675 1592 1550 1467 1417 1333 1250 1167 1150 1067 1050 0967 0967 0883 0967 0883 0830 0747 0830 0747 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective02 01 07 Section 19 Original Sheet 11 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges Cont d 0 19 5 4 Monthly Rates and Charges Contd B Rate Periods Rates applicable are based on the time of day day of week as follows 1 Peak Period 8 AM to 5 PM Monday through Fri
122. 7324 7263 7364 7344 2421 2238 2310 2293 2326 2421 2503 2367 2329 2399 2246 2325 2309 2304 2297 2264 2521 2289 2336 2604 2467 2757 2642 2518 2585 2615 2548 2715 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 27 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 5 Airline Mileage Between Rate Centers Cont d 18 5 1 List of Rate Centers by LATA Cont d D Huntsville LATA Cont d Rate Center Grant Grayson Gurley Hanceville Hartselle Hazel Green Huntsville Killen Leighton Lexington Madison Massey Moulton Nectar New Hope New Market Oden Ridge Owens Cross roads Red Bay Rogersville Russellville Scottsboro Section Sheffield Skyline Town Creek 7453 7406 7230 7246 7354 7182 7345 2752 2694 2441 2424 2714 2467 2660 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 28 18 5 Airline Mileage Between Rate Centers Cont d 18 5 1 List of Rate Centers by LATA Cont d E LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE Rate Centers located in Alabama which are part of a LATA of another state Rate Center Ardmore Bridgeport Clear Springs Florala Francisco Fredonia Fruithurst Huguley Kennedy Langdale Melvin M
123. 8 All main station lines and incoming tie line terminations with ARS capability must be assigned a FRL Time of Day Routing This feature provides for route selection based on the most economical path for a particular time of day Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 41 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 41 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features G Optional System Features Cont d Call Tracing Service This feature allows the customer to automatically activate a trace record of the last incoming call By activating the Call Tracing feature the customer automatically authorizes the Telephone Company to store the results of any and all traces initiated by the customer in the Telephone Company s switching office The result of such traces will be released to the appropriate law enforcement agency only upon such a further request by the customer The trace record will provide only the incoming telephone number and in no way identifies the person s actually placing the call s The customer acknowledges his understanding that under no circumstances will trace results be provided directly to the customer The customer must contact the Company within ten days after activating a call trace or the trace record will automatically be deleted from the system Caller ID Name and
124. 95 or 59 95 Economy Pak Plus 1 5 Mbps The Economy Pak Plus bundle is a residential service offering Existing residential customers may be eligible for this offer when they contact the Company to disconnect service and instead agree to retain service with the Company To be eligible the customer has to agree to subscribe to Economy Pak Plus 1 5 Mbps which consists of an Access Line Caller ID Call Waiting Call Waiting ID and High speed Internet 1 5 Mbps or higher at the following rates Speed Monthy Rate Monthy Rate 1 5 Mbps 54 95 64 95 3 Mbps 59 95 69 95 4 Mbps through 15 Mbps 64 95 74 95 20 Mbps 94 95 104 95 This service is only offered where the services are technically available Applicable to the following exchanges Bayou La Batre Brilliant Dauphin Island Double Springs Falkville Fayette Fowl River Grand Bay Hamilton Irvington Massey Mentone Notasulga Tallassee Trussville Valley Head and Winfield exchanges Applicable to the following exchanges Alberta Aliceville Ashland Berry Carrollton Coffeeville Chulafinne Delta Detroit Ethelsville Gordo Guin Hackleburg Haleyville Heflin Jemison Lecta Lincoln Lineville Morrisons Cross Roads Oden Ridge Orrville Panola Pell City Phil Campbell Pine Hill Reform Rockford Sulligent Thorsby Vernon Wadley Wedowee and Woodland exchanges CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price L
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126. AL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 3 Centrex CustoPAK Service Cont d 8 3 4 Rates Monthly 24 Month Rate Term Rate A Centrex CustoPAK Service Lines each 54 00 51 00 Basic Package Includes Assume Dial 9 Call Transfer All Calls Call Hold Consultation Hold Distinctive Ringing Inside Outside Ringing Direct Inward Dialing DID Direct Outward Dialing DOD Intercom Dialing Three Way Calling Touch Tone B Centrex CustoPAK Selectable Services MR Automatic Callback within system only Call Forwarding Busy 0 00 cee esses Call Forwarding Don t Answer 00 000 Call Forwarding Variable All Calls Call Restrictions No Call Restrictions llle Call Restriction One 0 0c eee Call Restriction Two Call Restriction Three 2 2 ee Call Restriction FOUL sase 2 0 cece eee Call Restrict ion Fives i enere 0 eee Call Restriction Six 0 0 es Call Restriction Seven 0 0000 cece sls Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting Dial Call Waiting Originating 00005 Call Pick Up Directed 20 liliis Call Pick Up Group iles ce eee eee eee Hunting Series 1 2 2 2 000 cee ee eee Hunting Multiline 2l Speed Calling 6 or 8 0 0 06 c eee CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer
127. Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Index 3rd Revised Sheet 6 INDEX Subject Section Sheet No Tampering with Equipment ssssss sem 2 2 Telephone Directories esssesee m 2 21 Telecommunications Service Priority TSP System 22 1 Temporary Service ssssssssssess essere nennt 5 1 Termination Charge sssssssss sse 4 5 Termination of Service ssssss sss 2 4 Transfer of Service Between Customers sssssssesessss 2 11 Unauthorized Attachments or Connections sess 2 4 Underground Facilities ss esee 2 9 Undertaking of the Company ssseee en 2 18 Use of Customer Service sssssss sss 2 3 Use of Service for Unlawful Purposes sss 2 2 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 22 11 Contents 3rd Revised Sheet 1 Section 1 2 20 21 22 50 TABLE OF CONTENTS Definitions General Regulations Local Exchange Service Service Charges Charges Applicable Under Special Conditions Directory Listings Coin Telephone Service Central Office Non Transport Service Offering Foreign Exchange Service Reserved for Future Use N11 Abbreviated Dialing Codes Digital Network Services Miscellaneous Service Arrangements Supplemental Equipment Interconnection with Communications Equipment an
128. B Montgomery LATA Cont d Rate Center Atmore Bay Minette Bayou La Batre Beatrice Belle Fountaine Bon Secour Brewton Castleberry Chatom Citronelle Coffeeville Dauphin Island Deer Park Elberta Evergreen Excel Fairhope Finchburg Flomaton Foley Fort Morgan Fowl River Frankville Frisco City Fruitdale Gilbertown Gosport Grand Bay Grove Hill Gulf Shores Huxford Irvington St Elmo LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 8187 7993 7967 8073 7961 7956 8234 7948 8219 8015 8215 2327 2477 2334 2491 2530 2379 2395 2422 2263 2320 2385 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 26 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 5 Airline Mileage Between Rate Centers Cont d 18 5 1 List of Rate Centers by LATA Cont d C Mobile LATA Cont d Rate Center Jackson Lillian Loxley Magnolia Springs McCullough McIntosh Millry Mobile Monroeville Mount Vernon Orange Beach Peterman Pine Apple Repton Robertsdale Seminole Silas Summerdale Uriah Huntsville LATA Athens Blountsville Cherokee Courtland Cullman Decatur Elkmont Falkville Florence 7996 8167 8154 8198 8030 8055 8008 8167 7944 8088 8204 7928 7848 7959 8163 8152 7983 8175 8001 7285 7390 7378 7340 7395
129. CPE used in conjunction with this service nor does it apply to Time and Material charges incurred The Customer Satisfaction Guarantee does not apply to the installation of temporary service Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 83 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 3 Centrex CustoPAK Service Cont d 8 3 3 Features A Centrex CustoPAK Basic Standard Services The services listed here are automatically included on every Centrex CustoPAK line and are the backbone of the Centrex CustoPAK offering Assume Dial 9 Allows the customer to place calls outside the group without having to dial the access code 9 Touch Tone Provides push button tone signaling for dialing calls and accessing services Rotary dial telephones are not compatible with Centrex CustoPAK Direct Inward Dial DID The ability of each member of the Centrex CustoPAK group to receive calls from outside the group directly to their station Direct Outward Dial DOD The ability of each member of the Centrex CustoPAK group to place calls to locations outside the group without first having to dial a 9 access code or use an attendant Distinctive Ringing Inside Outside Ringing This feature allows the user to distinguish between calls originating from within the Centrex CustoPAK group and Calls originated from outside the Cen
130. Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 2 Conditions Cont d W Digital ISDN Centrex Services Cont d 11 12 Additional Telephone Numbers a b Up to two primary telephone numbers are provided with each activated Digital ISDN Centrex line one for each of two 2 channels If an additional telephone number is required on either channel an additional number charge applies for each additional number The additional telephone numbers are available at the rate shown in this section Additional telephone numbers may be published in the directory at the additional listing rates as found elsewhere in this price list One interexchange carrier must be selected for all telephone numbers associated with the same digital local loop however 101XXXX access to other carriers is provided Digital ISDN Centrex Access a Digital ISDN Centrex Access provides support for connecting from one 1 to eight 8 terminals belonging to the same customer on an individual digital local line Only one 1 user will be connected to each B Channel Other users on the same digital local loop can access the D Channel only Up to six users can simultaneously share the same D Channel of a D Channel packet switching arrangement Additional telephone numbers are required for each additional terminal A maximum of eight 8 terminals belonging to the same customer are permitted per ISDN BRI line Effective 02 01 07
131. CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business applies to the message toll portion of the call and to the Operator Assisted Service Charges portion as specified in Section 18 3 a of this Price list CenturyTel exchanges Local CenturyTel Local Calling Plans and County Seat Calling Plan calls as specified in Sections 3 2 3 13 13 14 and 18 10 2 respectively of this Price list do not apply to the CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 44 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 12 Calling Plans CenturyTel Discount Calling Plans Cont d 18 12 8 CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business Cont d B Regulations Cont d A customer may only subscribe to one 1 CenturyTel Discount Calling Plan per main billed account at any given time The minimum service period for CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business is one 1 month The application of usage rates is as specified in Section 18 3 a of this Price list Sub minute rating will be utilized for the timing and rating of CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business messages Sub minute rating consists of the initial eighteen 18 seconds of the first minute rated at the appropriate initial period rate 1st Minute Rate prorated for 18 seconds and then each increment of six 6 seconds thereafter is rated at the appropriate addi
132. CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 12 16 11 Title Sheet 1st Revised Sheet 1 GENERAL CUSTOMER SERVICES PRICE LIST FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA This price list contains regulations and rates applicable for the furnishing of Local Exchange Service Message Toll Telephone Service Wide Area Telecommunications Service Optional Calling Plans Service and for other general subscriber services equipment and facilities associated with the above services offered by CenturyTel of Northern Alabama also referred to as the Company Intrastate communication services are furnished through facilities provided by the Company for the transmission of intelligence by electrical impulse principally by means of wire radio or combination thereof EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS When changes are made on any price list page a revised page will be issued canceling the price list page affected such changes will be identified through the use of the following symbols C Denotes a change in listing general regulations or condition which may affect a rate or charge D Denotes discontinued material including listing general regulation condition rate or charge I Denotes increase in rate or charge L Denotes material relocated from or to another part of the price list with no change in text regulation rate or condition N Denotes new material including listing general regulation
133. CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 3rd Revised Sheet 54 4 13 22 Packaged Services MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 12 Simple Choice Unlimited A Description Simple Choice Unlimited is a package of features available to residential customers which includes any technically available custom calling features and voicemail a flat rate access line and unlimited long distance voice usage B Terms and Conditions J 1 A customer may select an unlimited number of compatible services and features from the Custom Calling Features All terms and conditions as specified herein shall apply Nonrecurring charges do not apply for transactions involving additions deletions or changes to the services features requested as part of Simple Choice Unlimited However appropriate nonrecurring charges do apply for installation of moves and changes to the access line Customers subscribing to the Simple Choice Unlimited may select different features for each line All lines must be billed to the same account and located at the same premise Simple Choice Unlimited features must be activated by the customer before they can be used without incurring usage charges All recurring charges applicable to an access line apply to Simple Choice Unlimited Among other things these can include but are not limited to surcharges subscriber line charges and taxes
134. Charges Cont d B Business Assist Facility Monthly Rate 1 Per Business Assist Facility 12 Month Term Payment Plan 250 00 24 Month Term Payment Plan 175 00 36 Month Term Payment Plan 150 00 C Business Assist Digital Channels 1 Voice Service a Per Access line trunk Centrex station 6 line minimum 28 50 2 Data Service a Per DSO channel 2 channel minimum 2 00 If data services are provided using Frame Relay see applicable charges in the Advanced Data Services Price List Section 5 1 6B Frame Relay Rates Customers who subscribe to the Business Assist will receive the following discounts on the applicable charges for Frame Relay UNI Port Only 1 2 year OPP 30 Discount 3 4 year OPP 5096 Discount CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Contents Sheet 1 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 13 1 Reserved for Future Use 1 13 2 Joint Use of Service 2 13 2 1 General 2 13 2 2 Rates 2 13 2 8 Conditions 2 183 3 Direct Inward Dialing DID Service 3 13 3 1 General 3 13 3 2 Rates 4 13 4 Vacation Number Reservation 5 13 4 1 General 5 13 4 2 Rates 5 13 4 8 Conditions 5 13 5 Special Billing Number Service 6 13 5 1 General 6 13 5 2 Rates 6 13 5 3 Conditions 6 13 6 Direct Inward Outward Dialing DIOD Service 6 13 6 1 General 6 13 6 2 Regulations 7 13 6 3 Rates a
135. Company s services provided under this Price list 13 21 6 Rate and Charge Regulations A Any change to the customer s preselected telephone number to which client s telephone calls are redirected as described in Section 13 21 3a 1 2 and 3 of this Price list will incur applicable service charges B The ESP Bill Option as defined in Section 13 21 4a of this section of the Price list may only be exercised by a customer who is planning to utilize the services found in this section of the Price list to offer an enhanced service Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 2nd Revised Sheet 45 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 21 Services for Enhanced Service Providers ESPs Cont d 13 21 7 Rates and Charges A Call Forwarding Busy Line Fixed Per Line Arranged Call Forwarding Busy No Answer Fixed Per Line Arranged Call Forwarding No Answer Fixed Per Line Arranged Centrex Line Line Rate Data Link Termination per Data Link Arranged ESP Package 1 includes Call Forwarding Busy No Answer Fixed Message Waiting Indication Audible and Forwarded Call Information Intraoffice Per Line Arranged Forwarded Call Infor mation Intraoffice Per Line Arranged Message Waiting Indication Audible Per Line Arranged Message Waiting Indication Visual MWI V Per Line Arranged PBX T
136. DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 4 Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI 1 12 4 1 General Cont d G During the initial term commitment period the customer may add PHI services at the same monthly rate specified in the customer s original term commitment H If a customer discontinues other CenturyTel services and establishes ISDN PRI that utilizes the same facilities i e Digital Channel Service the nonrecurring charge associated with the ISDN PRI facilities DS1 facilities will be waived for the same quantity replaced by the ISDN PRI facilities to which the customer currently subscribes The nonrecurring charges associated with the ISDN PRI access portion of the new service applies in all instances l The PRI Subsequent Activity Charge SAC is applicable for any changes to customer configurations after the initial installation The SAC is applicable per occurrence and not based on the number of trunks 12 4 3 PRI Features The following B channel features are offered to the customer at no additional charge A Calling Number Identification is a standard feature within a system between an ISDN PRI Service and a Centrex System or between two or more ISDN PRI Services belonging to the same customer B D Channel Back Up automatically takes over for a failed D channel in case of trouble This may be subscribed to as part of a twenty three 23 B D Channel Back Up arrangement C Call by C
137. DN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features E Centrex CCLASS Automatic Busy Redial This feature is an arrangement which permits the customer to redial automatically the last number dialed If the called line is found to be busy a thirty 30 minute queuing process begins The customer is then given an indication that the network will attempt to set up the call when the called line is idle The network periodically tests the busy idle status of the called line until both lines are found idle the customer cancels the request or the queuing process expires If both lines are found to be idle the calling party is alerted with a distinctive ring signifying that the call can now be completed Automatic Call Return This feature allows a customer to automatically return the last incoming call whether it is answered or not Upon activation of the feature the number of the most recent party who called is announced if it is available and the delivery has not been cancelled To return the call the customer dials 1 and the number is dialed automatically If the called line is found to be busy a thirty 30 minute queuing process begins The customer is given an indication that the network will attempt to set up the call when the called line is idle The network periodically tests the busy idle status of both parties until both lines are found idle the customer cancels the request or the queuing process expires If both lines a
138. Discount percentages apply to the message toll portion of the call and to the Operator Assisted Services Charges if applicable These Discounts are applicable to the CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan only and do not apply to any other CenturyTel offered intraLATA plan These discounts will include monthly usage including service charges and surcharges for customer dialed direct station to station customer dialed calling card station to station operator assisted station to station operator assisted calling card station to station and person to person calls that are carried and billed by the Company In calculating the usage volume discount the discount will generally be applied against the customer s intrastate intraLATA charges However if the intraLATA offering is part of a joint toll offering which is an agreement between CenturyTel and any certified telecommunications provider to jointly offer toll service the threshold for application of the discount will be determined by total gross monthly toll usage associated with the joint offer In that case the discount applied will be as specified by the joint offering and the discount will be apportioned to the proper jurisdiction proportional to the accumulated usage charges Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 42 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 12 Calling P
139. ERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d 13 14 2 Definitions Cont d Feature Interactions Call Return 69 The terminating central office will recognize this private marking and cause the voice announcement system to say the number cannot be announced Call Block The terminating central office will recognize this private marking and if the number is entered onto the screening list automatically not by dialing the digits the voice announcement system will say the number cannot be announced during the screen list editing review The calling number however will be matched against the customer s screening list and routed accordingly Caller ID Number Only The terminating central office will recognize this private marketing and transmit that signal to the display device which in turn will display P PRIVATE or PRIVATE NUMBER or such similar indicator on that call Call Trace 57 This service is unaffected and will record the calling number Selective Call Accept 64 allows a customer to select up to twelve 12 customer telephone numbers from which calls are to be received All other calls are intercepted and routed to a recorded announcement that informs the caller the customer is not accepting calls Calls from numbers outside the specified exchanges will ring normally Selective Call Forward 63 an arrangement which permits a customer to pre specify telephone numbers maximum of 12 from which
140. Economic Development Incentive Waivers and Discounts Cont d 2 6 4 Option Three A For the purpose of Option Three of this Price list offering Approved Company means any corporation partnership limited liability company proprietorship trust or other business entity making a qualified investment approved by the Alabama Department of Revenue Department pursuant to the provisions of Alabama Law Act No 95 187 For the purpose of Option Three of this Price list offering any Approved Company which meets either of the following qualifications will qualify for the discounts in this Price list 1 A small business addition as defined by Alabama Law Act No 95 187 with a capital cost of at least 1 million which will create at least fifteen 15 new jobs within one 1 year of the date the project is placed in service 2 A qualifying project or headquarters facility other than a small business addition as defined by Alabama Law Act No 95 187 with a capital cost of at least 2 million which will create at least twenty 20 new jobs within one 1 year of the date the project is placed in service The Approved Company must either pay employees an average full time hourly wage of at least 8 per hour or an average total compensation for full time paid employees which is at least equivalent to 10 per hour to be eligible for discounts under this Price list A new employee includes only those individual who have not previously
141. Exchange Dial Tone service e g exchange lines trunks 2 Digital Data Services 56 64 Kbps increments Business Assist is comprised of the following components Business Assist Facility Business Assist Digital Channels 1 Connection charges will be at the rates and charges specified in Section 4 1 4 of this Price list 2 Business Assist is available in quantities of DS1 1 544 Mbps in increments of up to twenty four 24 DSO channels Term Payment Plans are available in quantities of 12 24 or 36 months At the expiration date of the customer s selected Term Payment Plan period the customer may continue service under a new Term Payment Plan or on a month to month basis at the twelve 12 month Term Payment Plan Rates for service under these options will be the current rates as specified in this Price list Business Assist and other local services are offered on an end user basis only Use of such services for transmitting interexchange traffic that does not either originate or terminate at the customer premises is prohibited Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 52 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 6 Business Assist Cont d 12 6 2 Digital Architecture A Business Assist provides a common line link between the customer and the local serving wire center End to end private line and exchange servic
142. Fractional DS1 ISDN Originating allows the customer to set up N x 64 Kbps calls from an ISDN PRI in real time and in the same manner as any circuit switched ISDN call F Fractional DS1 ISDN Terminating allows the customer to receive N x 64 Kbps calls from an ISDN PRI in real time and in the same manner as any circuit switched ISDN call G Non Facility Associated Signaling NFAS allows the D channel signaling entity to assign calls to channels on more than one interface including the one containing the D channel The collection of these B channels and the controlling D channel is called a PRI group Up to 20 DS1 Facilities can be assigned to a PRI group O Effective February 23 2011 this service is limited to existing facilities in service at existing locations for current customers Current customers may migrate existing services to Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Business Service as found in 12 4 5 of this Section at any time without incurring any Nonrecurring Charges or Service Charges TDP customers may migrate existing services without incurring termination liability charges when they select a commitment period equal to or greater than the length of time remaining under their existing TDP Effective 02 17 11 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 1 Revised Sheet 46 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 4 Integrated Services D
143. G DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 12 Calling Plans CenturyTel Discount Calling Plans Cont d 18 12 8 CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business Cont d E Early Termination Charges In the event the CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business is terminated by the business customer prior to completion of the initial 1 Year 2 Year or 3 Year Term Period the customer shall be liable for the Early Termination Charge The customer shall be required to make the immediate payment of the following applicable amount Early Termination Charge One Year Term 100 00 Two Year Term 200 00 Three Year Term 300 00 Volume Discounts Business customers who subscribe to CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business will receive the following discounts on all toll usage billed for the month when their monthly toll usage meets Monthly Toll Usage Month to Month 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year Volume Discount Discount Discount Discount 0 00 24 99 096 1096 1596 2096 25 00 99 99 1096 1596 2096 2596 100 00 199 99 1596 2096 2596 3096 200 00 20 25 30 35 No Service Ordering Charges as specified in Section 4 1 2 of this Price list will apply when subscribing to this Plan Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 48 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 12 Calling Plans CenturyTel Discount Calling Plans
144. General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 Original Sheet 55 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 23 Residence Customer Referral Program 13 23 1 Terms and Conditions A Existing residence customers may be eligible for a one time 50 bill credit when they submit a referral via the Company s Internet website that results in the establishment of a new customer account for service that includes residential local exchange service To be eligible referred customers must establish a new customer account for service that includes residential local exchange service and provide the Company with the billing account number of the Company s existing referring customer who generated the on line referral under this program Once confirmed this one time 50 bill credit will be applied to the referring customer s account within sixty days This bill credit is limited to one bill credit per customer referral and unused credits will roll over to future months Each customer is limited to a maximum of 600 in referral credits per calendar year New residence customers may be eligible for a 10 bill credit for six consecutive months To be eligible referred customers must establish a new customer account for service that includes residential local exchange service and provide the Company with the billing account number of the Company s existing referring customer who generated the on line referral under this program Once confirmed
145. Hamilton Red Bay Russellville Winfield Denotes AT amp T of Alabama Independent Exchange 1 Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location AL 15 15 N 20 62 15 69 20 62 15 69 18 62 18 62 30 77 20 00 30 77 20 00 25 77 25 77 Effective 11 01 15 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 28 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Cont d 3 16 4 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Exchanges Cont d Rate Exchange Group LATA Haleyville 1 Hamilton 1 Heflin 2 Irvington 2 Jemison 1 Lecta 2 Lincoln 1 Lineville 2 1 AL 15 15 N Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Mobile Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham EET E PEE Monthly Rates Flat Rate Community Community Premium Premium Calling Scope Residence Business Residence Business Community Plus and Premium Block of Time only Double Springs 4 12 2 77 18 62 25 77 Haleyville Lynn Brilliant 4 12 2 77 18 62 25 77 Guin Hackleburg Hamilton Winfield Anniston 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Chulafinnee Fruithurst Heflin Lecta Ranburne Bayou La Batre 1 19 3 00 15 69 20 00 Belle Fountain Dauphin Island Fowl River Grand Bay Irvington Mobile Clanton 4 12 2 77 18 62 25 77 Jemison Thorsby Anni
146. Hold Allows the MBKS set user to place a call on hold by pressing the function button Any MBKS set with the call appearance for call on hold can pick up the call by pressing the call appearance button Key System Coverage for Analog Lines Allows an analog station set to share calls with the ISDN station set Multiple DN Buttons Provide access to more than one Directory Number DN on the MBKS set Indicator lights show the status of the DN idle call on hold call in progress etc Shared Call Appearances of Directory Number DN Allows several MBKS station sets to share one or more DNs Originating and terminating events on one station set affect all stations sharing that DN The shared DNs can have multiple call appearances multiple calls can exist on one DN and more than one station sharing the DN can have a call active on that shared DN Speed Dialing Also known as Abbreviated Dialing permits the customer to dial selected numbers using fewer digits than normally required This is accomplished through the assignment of abbreviated codes to frequently called numbers One and two digit speed calling lists are available The Speed Dialing Feature is available to individual lines two party lines and members some or all of a multiline hunt group Speed Dialing lists assigned to individual lines can be shared by other lines at the customer s request For the BRCS feature the service providers can define list sizes and up to three
147. K line Automatic Callback within system only Call Forwarding Busy Call Forwarding No Answer Call Forwarding Variable All Calls Call Restrictions 8 Options No Call restrictions Call Restriction One Call Restriction Two Call Restriction Three Call Restriction Four Call Restriction Five Call Restriction Six Call Restriction Seven Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting Call Pick up Directed Call Pick up Group Dial Call Waiting Originating Hunting Series Hunting Multiline Speed Calling 8 Offered where facilities are available CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 80 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 3 Centrex CustoPAK Service Cont d 8 3 2 Conditions Cont d A Service Options Cont d Optional Services listed in this section are also available for each Centrex CustoPAK line at an additional monthly recurring charge per feature Busy Redial 66 Call Block 60 Call Park Call Park Directed Call Return 69 Caller ID Number Caller ID Name amp Number Call Trace Executive Busy Override Last Number Redial Special Call Forwarding VIP Alert Voice Messaging B Term Options Centrex CustoPAK customers may select either a month to month or a twenty four 24 months term option The term agreement becomes effective upon the installation date of the service Cen
148. LATA Long Distance Verification and Emergency Interrupt Service Cont d B Application of Rates and Charges 1 No charge will apply if the requesting customer identifies that the call is to or from an official public emergency agency An official public emergency agency is defined as a government agency which is operated by the Federal state or local government and has the capability and legal authority to provide prompt and direct aid to the public in emergency situations Such agencies include the local police state police fire department etc 2 Charges may not be billed on a collect basis or on a third number basis to the number being verified or interrupted 3 If the number verified is not in use or as a result of interrupt the line is cleared and at the calling party s request the operator completes the call the charges as specified in 18 3 7 of this Price list apply in addition to the applicable verification and emergency interrupt charges Nonrecurring Charge a Verification Request 1 Each request 2 50 b Emergency Interrupt Request 1 Each request 5 00 Ifan operator both verifies the condition of the line and interrupts conversation on the same request both charges apply CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 13 2014 Section 18 1st Revised Sheet 33 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 8 Reserved fo
149. Link General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 21 Original Sheet 12 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE 21 2 Radio Paging Service Cont d 21 2 1 Conditions Cont d E Provision of Equipment 1 The paging receivers may be provided by the customer If provided by the customer the Telephone Company will determine if such customers provided equipment is suitable for the proper operation of the service Obligation of the Subscriber 1 The subscriber must come to a Telephone Company Business Office in person to make application The subscriber shall provide the Telephone Company with such required information as is from time to time determined necessary for the security of the Telephone Company investment in the subscriber s service Such information to include license numbers insurance policy numbers employer employee number social security number etc 2 The subscriber assumes all responsibility for all applicable service charges Undertaking of the Telephone Company 1 The Telephone Company s obligation to furnish service is dependent upon its ability to secure and retain suitable facilities and rights for the construction and maintenance of the necessary channels circuits and other equipment In case of a shortage of facilities applications for service will be filled in order of precedence as specified preceding 2 Paging receiver numbers are furnished only to the customer and will not be listed in either the
150. MMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 5 Airline Mileage Between Rate Centers Cont d B Determination of Airline Mileages 1 To determine the rate distance between any two rate centers proceed as follows 9 Cont d f Obtain square root of product in e and with any resulting fraction Cont d 1 EXAMPLE Contd i Multiply final sum of squared integers by N 2 factor of 8 1 400 x 8 1 3240 0 j Square root of 3240 0 56 and a fraction which is rounded up to 57 miles fractional miles being considered full miles The 57 miles is larger than the minimum of 41 rate miles when N 2 so the message rate mileage is 57 miles Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 19 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 5 Airline Mileage Between Rate Centers Cont d 18 5 1 List of Rate Centers by LATA A Birmingham LATA Rate Center Alabaster Albertville Alexander City Aliceville Anniston Arab Aroney Ashland Ashville Attalla Berry Bessemer Birmingham Boaz Brilliant Bryant Butler Calera Camp Hill Carbon Hill Carrollton Cedar Bluff Centre Centreville Chelsea Childersburg Chulafinnee Clanton Collinsville Columbiana Cordova Crossville Dadeville Delta Detroit Dora Double Springs Ethelsville Eutaw CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Servi
151. Month to Month 5 00 0 17 2 One Year Term 5 00 0 16 3 Two Year Term 5 00 0 16 4 Three Year Term 5 00 0 15 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 19 Original Contents Sheet 1 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 19 1 Regulations 1 19 1 1 General 1 19 2 Use of the Service 5 19 2 1 General 5 19 3 Limitation of Service 6 19 3 1 Limitations 6 19 4 Reserved for Future Use 6 19 5 Rates and Charges 7 19 5 1 General 7 19 5 2 Reserved for Future Use 7 19 5 3 Reserved for Future Use 7 19 5 4 Monthly Rates and Charges 9 19 5 5 Method of Determining Usage Charges 12 19 5 6 Charges for Fractional Periods 14 19 5 7 Nonrecurring Access Line Charges 14 19 5 8 Reserved for Future Use 15 19 5 9 Access Line Terminations 16 19 5 10 WATS Extentions 16 19 5 11 Reserved for Future Use 18 19 5 12 Reserved for Future Use 18 19 5 13 Minimum Service Period 18 19 5 14 Allowance for Interruptions 19 19 5 15 Reserved for Future Use 20 19 5 16 Directory Listing 20 19 5 17 Connection Arrangements 20 19 5 18 Data Access Arrangements 20 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 19 Original Sheet 1 19 1 Regulations WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 1 1 General A This price list is applicable to Wide Area Telecommunications Ser
152. N Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges A Nonrecurring 1 The following nonrecurring charges for service are in addition to any applicable service connection move change and installation charges provided for in Section 4 of this Price list 2 The Service Order Charge Secondary as specified in Section 4 is applicable when a NAR is added subsequent to the initial installation of the Centrex service No Central Office Line Work charge is applicable 3 Date Base Changes Nonrecurring Charge a Major Software Additions 100 00 1 Add Customized Dialing Plan 2 Add Customer Requested Data Base Profile b Routine Software Change 50 00 1 Change Trunk Group 2 Change Custom Recording 3 Change ARS Translations 4 Change Translations Tables Data Base Additions or Changes not listed in this price list will be charged a rate of 50 00 per hour or fraction thereof plus materials Applies to changes in existing services CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 59 8 1 a a fF WN AM s DO EO re CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges A Nonrecurring Cont d 3 Date Base Changes Cont d Nonrecurring Charge c Minor Software Change 25 00 Change Subgroup Hunt Groups ACD Hunt Group
153. N Single Line Individual Line Loop Extension provides a physical extension of the Digital ISDN Single Line loop from approximately 18 000 feet to approximately 36 000 feet These distances are for planning purposes The actual distances are dependent on decibel dB loss and not just physical loop length This physical extension is accomplished by means of a central office installed power module and an outside plant installed regenerator or U Repeater The deployment method is based on dB loss and not on specific cable footage The vendor installation information indicates that up to a 34dB loss at 40kHz in either direction of the field repeater is acceptable With the CenturyTel engineering practice of maximum loss for the Digital Centrex ISDN loop to be 38dB at 40kHz it is assumed if the customer s distance would exceed the 38dB for standard installation the U Repeater would be mounted within the stated range of 34dB and the customer s length would be extended another 34dB from the U Repeater installation point Only one power module and U Repeater can be used per Digital ISDN Single Line Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 30 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital IDSN Single Line Service 12 3 2 Conditions Cont d U Individual Line Loop Extension Cont d The customer s network access line is pre engineered
154. NSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 6 Assigned CentraNet Telephone Numbers Not In Use B Rates and Charges 1 Assigned CentraNet Type Services Telephone Numbers Not In Use Installation Monthly Charge Rate a Per Telephone Number Assigned 1 00 0 15 Note Custom Recorded Announcement charges apply as indicated in CentraNet Optional Features Section if the customer chooses to route to an announcement versus routing to an attendant CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 75 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 2 Centrex Customer Moves and Changes CMAC 8 2 4 General A Centrex Customer Moves and Changes CMAC provides customers with the ability to prepare schedule and implement feature changes and configurations from a computer terminal located on the customer s premises B The customer controls the following functions 1 Service Option Information Changes Line Restriction Status Facility Restriction Level Assignment Call Pick Up Group Call Forwarding Number Authorization Code Assignment Button Features a b C d e wae re wa f 2 Activation Deactivation of Features 3 Telephone Number Swaps 4 Flexible Reports Queries and Tallies 8 2 2 Definitions A Service Option Information Changes 1 Line Restricti
155. Number This feature is an arrangement that is provided as an enhancement to Caller ID Number and permits a customer to receive the name as well as the telephone number associated with the calling party for calls placed to the customer The calling telephone number and name will be forwarded from the terminating central office to compatible customer provided display equipment associated with the customer s Local Exchange Service If the calling telephone number and name is not available for forwarding to the called party a message indicating that unavailability will be forwarded The calling party can prevent the Caller ID customer from seeing the calling telephone number and name display by activating Selective Blocking per call When the calling party uses this blocking capability the Caller ID customer will receive an indication on the Caller ID equipment that the display of the calling telephone number and name has been suppressed CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 42 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features G Optional System Features Cont d Caller ID Number This feature is an arrangement which permits a customer with Local Exchange Service other than foreign central office service to receive the calling telephone number for calls pla
156. ON TOLL MESSAGE A toll message in which the user stipulates a desire for communication only with a specified telephone or switchboard C COLLECT MESSAGE A toll message in which the user stipulates that the called party accept and pay all charges associated with the message D THIRD NUMBER MESSAGE A toll message in which associated charges are billed neither to the calling station nor to the called station but rather to a station not involved in the message E CREDIT CARD MESSAGE A toll message in which associated charges are billed to a credit card number assigned by a telephone company and issued to either the called or calling party TOLL RATE The initial period charge prescribed for toll messages usually based upon a minimum initial period and distance between exchanges TOLL SERVICE Toll service Long Distance Service is that part of the total telephone service rendered by the Company which is furnished between customers in different exchange areas in accordance with the rates and regulations specified in the Company s Toll Price list TOUCHTONE CALLING SERVICE A classification of exchange service whereby calls are originated through the use of pushbuttons in lieu of rotary dials TRUNK LINE A circuit over which customers messages are sent between two central offices or between a central office and a private branch exchange system UNDERGROUND SERVICE CONNECTION A customer s drop wire which is run underground from
157. Primary Rate Interface only Circular Hunt Per Primary Rate Interface D Channel Backup each channel E911 Call Screening Per Primary Rate Interface up to 100 station numbers Incoming Call Identification Caller ID Name and Number Per Primary Rate Interface Main Number ID Capability National ISDN 2 Protocol Per Primary Rate Interface Network Ring Again Per Primary Rate Interface Available with Two Way Primary Rate Interface only Monthly Rate 75 00 50 00 25 00 50 00 125 00 100 00 0 00 0 00 160 00 Available only to customers subscribing to more than one Primary Rate Interface Certain equipment restrictions apply Nonrecurring Charge 100 00 35 00 0 00 20 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 05 12 Section 12 2ne Revised Sheet 46 3 Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 46 3 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 4 Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Cont d 12 4 5 Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Business Service Cont d Terms and Conditions B Rates Cont d Monthly Nonrecurring Rate Charge 4 Optional Feature Packages a Premium Package Includes National ISDN 2 Protocol E911 Call Screening Incoming Call Identification Caller ID Name and Number Call by Call Integr
158. RGES 4 1 Service Charges 4 1 6 Maintenance of Service Charge a k a Trouble Isolation Charge A The customer shall be responsible for payment of service charges shown below for each visit by the Telephone Company to the premises of the customer or authorized user where the difficulty or trouble report results from the customer s inside wiring or from the use of equipment provided by the customer or authorized user The charge does not include any further isolation work beyond the Telephone Company s specified demarcation point If a customer subscribes to CenturyTel s deregulated Inside Wire Maintenance IWM the Maintenance of Service MOS charges specified below do not apply Payment for this service is provided as follows Nonrecurring Charge 1 Customer pays on a nonrecurring charge basis per visit 85 00 2 Customers may subscribe to other options for further isolation services 4 1 7 Link Up Alabama Effective April 1 2012 Link Up Alabama is eliminated pursuant to the FCC s Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking WC Docket No 11 42 FCC 12 11 rel Feb 6 2012 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Section 5 4th Revised Contents Sheet 1 CHARGES APPLICABLE UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 5 1 Special Construction 1 5 2 Contract Service Arrangem
159. Rate Flat Rate Community Community Premium Premium Exchange Group LATA Calling Scope Residence Business Residence Business Community Plus and Premium Block of Time only Chulafinnee 2 Birmingham Anniston 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Chulafinnee Fruithurst Heflin Lecta Ranburne Anniston Coffeeville 1 Mobile Coffeeville 4 12 9 87 18 62 32 87 Jackson Dauphin Island 2 Mobile Bayou La Batre 1 19 3 00 15 69 20 00 Belle Fountain Dauphin Island Fowl River Grand Bay Irvington Mobile Delta 2 Birmingham Anniston 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Ashland Delta Lineville Detroit 1 Birmingham Detroit 4 12 2 77 18 62 25 77 Sulligent Vernon Double Springs 1 Birmingham Double Springs 4 12 5 62 18 62 28 62 Haleyville Lynn Ethelsville 2 Birmingham Aliceville 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Carrollton Ethelsville Gordo Panola Reform Denote AT amp T of Alabama Independent Exchange 1 Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 26 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan i Contd 3 16 4 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Exchanges Cont d Monthly Rates Rate Flat Rate Community Community Premium Premium Exchange Group LATA Calling Scope Residence Business Residenc
160. Rates for rotary line service do not apply Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 Original Sheet 7 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 6 Direct Inward Outward Dialing DIOD Service Cont d 13 6 2 Regulations A The assignment of telephone numbers and the sequence of numbers assigned to a customer are made at the discretion of the Company Telephone number rules regulations and charges found in the Direct Inward Dialing DID section of this Price list Section 13 3 apply to DIOD service Customer Provided Switching Systems must handle calls to all assigned numbers including those that are not currently used with specific stations Calls to numbers not currently used with specific stations must be routed by the customer to a recorded announcement referring the caller to another number Trunks arranged for DIOD service may not be combined with trunk groups arranged to provide DID service Overflow of calls between the two arrangements is not permitted DIOD service is provided from central offices equipped to provide this service and subject to the availability of facilities If a customer s normal serving central office is not equipped to provide DIOD service or the customer so requests the service may be provided where facilities permit from a Company central office different than that which normally serves the customer but sti
161. S SERVICE 18 3 Two Point Service Cont d A Service Between Land Wire Telephones Cont d 1 Classes of Service Cont d b Operator Station to Station and Person to Person Cont d 2 Customer Dialed Calling Card rates apply to Station to Station telephone communication where the person originating the call dials and completes the call without the assistance of an operator except that an Operator will record the Company Credit Card number or where the Operator reaches the called telephone number where facilities are not available for dial completion 3 Person to Person rates apply where the person originating the call specifies to the operator a particular person to be reached or a particular station department or office to be reached through a PBX attendant 2 Initial and Additional Minutes a Rates are quoted in terms of initial and additional minutes 1 All initial period rates for Peak and Off Peak messages given in the rate table in 7 following are for telephone connections of one minute or any fraction thereof CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 4 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 3 Two Point Service Cont d A J Service Between Land Wire Telephones Cont d 2 Initial and Additional Minutes Cont d a Rates are quoted in terms of initial and additional minutes Cont d 2 All addit
162. S prior to CenturyTel Local Calling Plans implementation will be billed at the local operator surcharge for the type call being made plus 25 Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location AL 15 15 N Effective 11 01 15 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 21 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan 0 Cont d 1 3 16 2 Regulations Cont d CenturyTel Local Calling Plan service will not be offered in connection with Public Telephone Access Service WATS Feature Group A or Foreign Exchange services However Centrex customers may subscribe to the Basic Calling and Community Plus Options Vacation Number Reservation Reference Section 813 4 is available to customers subscribing to the CenturyTel Local Calling Plans For the purpose of determining charges the following applies 1 2 A flat monthly line rate for provision of incoming calls and access to the local network A charge per minute or fraction thereof rounded to the next higher minute for the duration of the call Monthly billing is based on cumulative minutes of usage Home exchange and outside home exchange minute of use rates are specified in 3 16 3 c Chargeable time for all calls begins when connection is established between the calling line and the called line or branch exchange and ends when the calling
163. Service Providers ESPs are also available to others 13 21 2 Enhanced Service Provider ESP Services A ESP Services are offered by the Telephone Company in conjunction with exchange access line service as outlined in Section 13 21 5b 8 of this Price list Customers may order and utilize these services to connect to the Telephone Company s local exchange network to provide enhanced services to the customer s clients These services are as follows 1 Data Link This service which must be established between the customer s location and the Telephone Company s central office provides the capability of delivering to the customer the called number the calling number and the type of forwarding from each central office serving area in which the customer wishes to offer enhanced services 2 Forwarded Call Information Intraoffice This service provides the information on the calling number the customer s client line which was busy or did not answer and is equipped with call forwarding the called number the customer s enhanced service number to which redirected calls are forwarded and the reason calls were forwarded or placed to the customer The reasons for forwarding information may include when a client s line is busy not answered either busy or not answered or used to call the customer directly 3 Message Waiting Indication Audible This service provides the ability for a customer to send and a customer
164. Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 1 Original Sheet 5 DEFINITIONS JACK AND PLUG EQUIPMENT Equipment designed to give access to a line at one or more points by means of a portable telephone equipped with a cord and plug to connect jacks bridged to the line Installation and maintenance of a jack is the responsibility of the customer and is only provided by the Telephone Company on a deregulated basis JOINT USE OF SERVICE An arrangement whereby an individual firm or corporation whose telephone needs are not such as to justify the provision of separate customer service is permitted to use the service of a customer KEY TELEPHONE SERVICE A service that enables access lines to terminate in an expandable multi button telephone set utilizing common equipment which continuously connects a subscriber to a switching center exchange or common carrier operating center LEASE LINE A channel tying together two or more points in the exchange area for the sole use of the subscriber It is terminated at each point on subscriber owned equipment and is not connected to the central office switching equipment LINE FINDER See Switch LOCAL ACCESS AND TRANSPORT AREA LATA The term Local Access and Transport Area LATA denotes a geographic area for the provision and administration of communications service It encompasses designated Access Areas which are grouped to serve common social economic and other purposes
165. Simulated Facility Group NAR Queuing Groups Night Answer UNA PNA Paging Public Address Code Calling Conference Calling 6 8 12 16 18 24 Ports Remote Access Directory Number 10 Authorization Code Validation 11 Music On Hold Access 12 Dictation Link Access 13 Standard Recording 14 Extended Pick Up Code 15 Executive Busy Override 16 Add Line Features 9 o0 goo Rom Additional minor change charge for each recording queuing and station change If an existing customer adds additional NARs this charge will apply Additional minor change charge for each trunk group Additional minor change charge for each PNA number zone area Additional minor change charge for each area Additional minor change charge for each authorization code Additional minor change charge for every two 2 codes Additional minor change charge to add toll control Data Base Additions or Changes not listed in this price list will be charged a rate of 50 00 per hour or fraction thereof plus materials Applies to changes in existing services Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 60 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges B Service Line 1 Rates are determined by the total system size Total system size will be a combi
166. TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 10 1 Reserved for Future Use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 01 01 11 Section 10 Original Sheet 1 10 RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 11 Original Contents Sheet 1 N11 ABBREVIATED DIALING CODES TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 11 1 Description 1 11 2 Terms and Conditions 1 11 3 Rates and Charges 5 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 11 Original Sheet 1 N11 ABBREVIATED DIALING CODES 11 1 Description 11 1 1 Abbreviated dialing codes enable callers to connect to a location in the phone network that otherwise would be accessible only via a seven 7 or ten 10 digit telephone number The network must be pre programmed to translate the three digit code into the appropriate seven or ten digit telephone number and route the call accordingly For N11 codes the first digit can be any digit other than 1 or 0 and the last two digits are both 1 11 1 2 The following N11 abbreviated dialing codes were assigned for specific uses by FCC Decision Nos 97 51 and 00 256 issued in CC Docket 92 105 211 Community Information and Referral Services 311 Non Emergency Governmental Services 511 Traffic and Transportation Info
167. Tel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 21 Original Sheet 8 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE 21 1 Mobile Telephone Service Cont d 21 1 2 Conditions Cont d O P Q Order of Precedence in Adding Mobile Units 1 When facilities in a mobile service area are insufficient Cont d Gas or oil producing or drilling operators producers and distributors of fuel and lumber and other construction materials and equipment food processing distribution and storage organizations producers of substantial quantities of food business concerns engaged in construction of housing and industrial of public works taxicabs and livery service Use of Service for Unlawful Purposes 1 The service is furnished subject to the condition that it will not be used for an unlawful purpose Service will be discontinued if any law enforcement agency acting within its apparent jurisdiction advises in writing that such service is being used in violation of law The Telephone Company will refuse to furnish service when it has reasonable grounds to believe that such service will be used in violation of law Reserved for Future Use Effective02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 21 Original Sheet 9 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE 21 1 Mobile Telephone Service Cont d 21 1 2 Conditions Cont d R 21 1
168. The ringing station is not required to be in the same pick up group Call Pick Up Extended This feature permits a station user to dial a code to apply call pick up to groups other than its own Call Pick Up Group This feature permits a station user to dial a code to answer a call which is ringing at another station within the call pick up group Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 25 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features B Feature Package 1000 Cont d Call Transfer Call Transfer provides for the transfer by a Centrex station of calls within or outside the business group The Three Way Calling feature is needed in addition to Call Transfer for this feature to work Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting Cancel allows the customer with Call Waiting Service to inhibit the operation of Call Waiting for one call Call Waiting Dial This feature provides the ability for originating Main Stations to invoke call waiting service on selected intragroup calls by dialing an access code followed by the extension number of the called station This differs from Call Waiting Originating in that the call wait tone activation is selective rather than automatic on all calls Call Waiting Originating This feature allows the party
169. This feature provides a trunk side connection to a High Capacity Digital Channel within the Centrex system Each T1 Access termination is equivalent to 24 derived voice grade circuits VIP Alert This feature allows a customer to program up to twelve 12 telephone numbers of selected callers enabling the customer to distinguish certain incoming calls from all others by a distinctive ring tone If a customer also subscribes to Call Waiting calls from the selected numbers will be distinguished by a distinctive Call Waiting tone WATS Access This feature provides the customer access to an inter exchange carrier for bulk toll calling 800 877 888 Service Access This feature permits 800 877 888 Service Access to terminate in the Centrex Service System Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 48 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features H Digital ISDN Centrex B Channel Bearer Channel A channel used to carry digitized voice and data information at a speed of 64 Kbps Basic Rate Interface BRI BRI supports two 64 Kilobits per second Kbps B Channels and one 16 Kbps D Channel 2B D Clear Channel Capability The capability to transport 64 Kops over a channel with no constraint on the quantity or on the sequence of bits
170. When recording equipment is in use and is a direct electrical connection with services of the Telephone Company a recorder tone that is repeated at intervals of approximately fifteen seconds is required except that the recorder tone described is not required Effective02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 15 Original Sheet 4 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 1 General Regulations Cont d 15 1 7 Recording Reproducing and Automatic Answering and Recording Equipment Cont d A Recording of Two Way Telephone Conversations Cont d 1 When the equipment will be used by public fire and police departments exclusively for the receipt of intrastate fire and police calls and attended at all times for such purpose For Federal Communications Commission licensed broadcast stations for the purpose of recording two way telephone conversations for broadcast over the air so long as those activities are consistent with the applicable broadcast regulations When such equipment is used by the United States Department of Defense at command centers for emergency communications transmitted over the Defense Department s private line system when connected to the telecommunications network For the United States Secret Service of the Treasury Department to record Telephone conversations which endanger the safety
171. a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 17 Original Sheet 2 PRIVATE LINE SERVICE 17 2 Intraexchange Service Cont d 17 2 3 Conditions a This Company s service responsibility is limited to that furnished by its own facilities 17 2 4 Other Private Line Services For intraexchange private line services and channels not described here see the Alabama IntraLATA Private Line and or the Advanced Data Services Price lists 17 3 Interexchange Service 17 3 1 17 3 2 General Interexchange service enables a customer to communicate between specified locations in different central office districts or exchanges as the switching equipment with which the service is associated Mileage charges apply as set forth below See the Alabama IntraLATA Private Line and or the Advanced Data Services Price lists Channels from each central office to their terminating points will be rated as Intraexchange Local Channels Rates Interexchange Circuits Monthly Rate Per mile or fraction thereof airline measurement 6 15 17 4 Conditions A Connection of a private line service or channel directly or indirectly to exchange lines or other wire facilities not authorized by the Company is not permitted B The customer will not be permitted to create additional channels from the channel facilities provided by the Company C Mileage Route Measurement Local Channels 1 When the
172. a channel A customer may order multiple Single Lines Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 28 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital IDSN Single Line Service 12 3 2 Conditions Cont d R B Channel and D Channel Configurations Each digital local loop is arranged with B Channel or D Channel configuration or both B Channel and D Channel configuration Digital ISDN Single Line Access is a service which terminates a digital local loop at the central office and permits access to the exchange network Only one Digital ISDN Single Line access element is required for each digital local loop The B Voice Circuit Switched Data Channel B V CSD assigns voice and circuit switched data traffic to two 2 B Channels of a digital local line The CSD mode operates at a maximum speed of 64 Kbps Switched 64 Kbps but may be used at a speed of 56 Kbps Switched 56 Kbps Data sent to interexchange carriers over B V CSD Channels in the CSD mode can be transmitted at either 64 Kbps or 56 Kbps Some interexchange carriers do not offer transmission at 64 Kbps The D Packet Switched Data Channel allows transmission of packet switched data over a D Channel Subscription to a D Packet Service without subscription to B Channel Service is permitted Additional Telephone Numbers Up to two 2 primary telephone numbers are provid
173. a d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 50 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features Digital ISDN Centrex Multi Button Key Set MBKS Basic Package Call Forwarding allows a user to forward calls to a specified number Call Pickup allows a user to pick up a call directed to another station in the customer group Conference Calling allows a user to set up a conference call Conference calls can include members of the customer group and parties outside the group Up to six 6 parties can be connected Drop allows a user to disconnect the last party added to a conference call or the other party if only two 2 parties are conferenced Digital Data Intercom Dialing is an intra group data function that allows a station user to call another station user both within the same customer group usually with abbreviated dialing No usage charges are incurred on Data Intercom calls Feature Function Button is a button on the telephone that features and functions may be assigned example three way calling and call forward Flex Calling allows a user to arrange a conference call Conference calls can include parties within and outside the group Up to nine 9 parties can be connected simultaneously Hold allows the MBKS set user to place a call on hold by pressing the function button Any MBKS s
174. a party located in this Company s exchange service area desires this class of service he shall apply for same to this Company which will obtain from the company furnishing the serving exchange service its charges and conditions for providing its parts of the applicants requested service and on submission to applicant and his acceptance by executed contract of the overall charges including those of this Company for installation and monthly flat rate cost and conditions of service This applicant becomes a FX subscriber of this Company which will perform all billing to and collecting from said subscriber for the entire service rendered CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 9 Original Sheet 3 FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICE 9 5 Application Billing and Collecting Procedure Cont d B When a party located in another company s exchange service area desires FX service to an exchange belonging to this Company his application should be made to the other company which should handle necessary arrangements for service and on establishment of same do all subscriber billing and collecting this Company having no responsibility to the subscriber with respect to such matters CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 10 Original Contents Sheet 1 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE 9 1 1
175. abama Effective 02 01 07 Section 1 Original Sheet 3 DEFINITIONS DATA ACCESS ARRANGEMENT A protective connecting arrangement for use with the network control signaling unit or in lieu of the connecting arrangement an arrangement to identify a central office line and protective facilities and procedures to assure proper operation and protection of the telecommunications network DIAL SWITCHING EQUIPMENT A unit of electro mechanical or electronic switching equipment used in a central office or in connection with a private branch exchange system DIRECTORY LISTING A publication in the Company s alphabetical directory of information relative to a customer s name or other identification and telephone number DROP WIRE That portion of a circuit between the pole line or call distributing box and the building in which the station or switchboard is located DUAL NAME LISTING Provided for customers subscribing to residence service who share the same surname and reside at the same address and for a person known by two first names ENTRANCE FACILITIES Facilities extending from the point of entrance on private property to the premises on which service is furnished EXCHANGE A geographical area established for the administration of telephone service in a specified area called the Exchange Area which usually embraces a city town or village and its environs It may contain one or more central offices together with the associate
176. abama Section 8 Original Sheet 6 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 2 Conditions Contd U Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex CCLASS 1 Custom Calling Local Area Signaling Service CCLASS is a group of Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service features offered to customers subscribing to Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex local exchange service The service is subject to available facilities and limited to central offices specifically equipped to provide such service Custom Calling Local Area Signaling Service features are applicable to calls placed to from compatible central offices offering the service Operator assisted calls will override these features for emergency purposes Nonrecurring charges are not applicable when Custom Calling Local Area Signaling Service features are provided at the same time as the Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service is initially established When features are added or rearranged on an existing line the Minor Software Change charge will apply All customer lines in Calling Number Identification Delivery serving areas will automatically be provisioned with Cancel Calling Number Identification Delivery Per Call service unless the customer orders Cancel Calling Number Identification Delivery Per Line service Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Ala
177. aiting call interrupt the current call and flash to answer the waiting call or end the current conversation in order to be connected to the new caller These options are the same as for the existing Call Waiting service except that the customer has the ability to identify the waiting caller The customer must be using Call Waiting ID compatible equipment and not have activated Cancel Call Waiting Customers must subscribe to Call Waiting and Caller ID at the stated rates for each service or in a flexible package Customers who wish to subscribe to Call Waiting ID and currently subscribe to both existing services Caller ID and Call Waiting must subscribe to this service which will be available at no charge CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 25 14 Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 20 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d 13 14 2 Definitions Cont d Caller ID an arrangement that is provided as an enhancement to Caller ID Number Only and permits a customer to receive the name as well as the telephone number associated with the calling party for calls placed to the customer The calling telephone number and name will be forwarded from the terminating central office to compatible customer provided display equipment associated with the customer s local exchange service If the calling telephone number and name is not available fo
178. al Numbers 2 00 N A b Circuit Switched Data Direct Connect per line 1 00 N A c Circuit Switched Data Closed User Group per line 1 00 N A F Main Station Line terminated as a PBX Trunk The Main Station Line Charge as shown in Section 8 1 5b and the NAR charge shown in Section 3 10 will apply in addition to the following monthly rate Monthly Rate Each 31 45 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 73 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 6 Assigned CentraNet Telephone Numbers Not In Use A General Assigned telephone numbers without facilities will be provided to meet growth requirements of a CentraNet Type Services subscriber and any associated ISDN service These telephone numbers will be assigned to the subscribers common block business group without being associated with a working station line and will be converted to active station lines as requested by the subscriber B Regulations 1 The assignment of telephone numbers and the sequence of numbers assigned to a CentraNet Type Services subscribers system will be made at the discretion of the Company 2 The service is furnished subject to the availability of telephone numbers 3 The Company does not guarantee to provide consecutive telephone numbers 4 Calls to these assign
179. al 8 per line Speed Dial 30 per line 3 Way Calling per line per occurrence pay per use blocking VIP Alert per line A maximum of 9 00 per month applies Monthly Rate Business 0 00 4 20 6 30 3 00 4 20 5 25 5 77 1 50 0 00 4 20 Residence 00 3 15 5 25 5 25 4 20 4 20 0 00 Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 29 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d 13 14 4 Rates and Charges Cont d B Packaged Services 1 Monthly Rate Residence Business Big Deal Calling Service Option A Includes Anonymous Call Block Busy Redial 66 Call Return 69 Call Block Call Forwarding Call Waiting Call Waiting ID Caller ID Cancel Call Waiting Distinctive Ring Selective Call Accept 64 Selective Call Forward 63 Speed Dial 8 3 Way Calling and VIP Alert 16 80 Big Deal Calling Service Option B Includes Call Return 69 Call Block Call Forwarding Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting and 3 Way Calling 9 45 C WorkSmart Per business line WorkSmart Basic 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr WorkSmart Complete tyr 2yr 3 yr WorkSmart Deluxe 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 13 14 5 Reserved for Future Use Nonrecurring charges specified in Section 4 1 2 are not applicable when Big Deal calling Services are establish
180. al Channel Service Cont d 12 1 4 Regulations Cont d J Joint provisioning of channelized services introduces joint responsibilities Cont d 1 3 Responsibilities of the Company Cont d e f The Company will notify the customer generally a minimum of six months in advance of any need to change its central office equipment to allow the customer sufficient time to respond make any necessary changes and schedule cooperative testing for cutover if required Digital synchronization timing for Digital Channel Service will be provided by the Company Responsibilities of the Customer a b The customer must be prepared to activate his portion of joint service in a timely manner on the negotiated date providing testing equipment and personnel to support installation requirements as may be necessary The customer will be responsible for selecting his own equipment Customer equipment must be compatible with the Company provided channelization at the Central Office Trouble resolutions a The Company will assist the customer in resolving any installation or day to day channel service problems However the Company does not assure responsibility for the compatibility or suitability of the customer s equipment Dispatches to customer premises caused by customer equipment troubles will result in a Premises Visit Charge as specified in Section 12 1 6a 1 d Effective 02 01 07 Centu
181. al Hunt Priority Queuing Proprietary Set Interface Recorded Announcement Speed Call 30 Stop Hunt Terminal Make Busy Tie Line Facility Access T 1 Access VIP Alert WATS 800 888 Access Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location Analog 7X KK KOK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OX Digital X xxx KK X gt lt x KKK XXX XX Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 23 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features A Centrex Basic Operating Features Automatic Identification of Outward Dial This feature identifies all calls leaving the customer group by the station number from which calls are placed Common Recorded Announcement on Intercept This provides a standard recording for intercept of calls to unassigned numbers Direct Inward Dialing This feature allows incoming calls from the exchange network to reach a specific station without attendant assistance Direct Outward Dialing This feature allows station users to place external calls to the exchange network without attendant assistance Distinctive Ringing This feature permits a station user to determine by the cadence of the ringing whether a Call is internal or external Stat
182. al intergroup alerting as opposed to priority alerting Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 54 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features K Digital ISDN Centrex Multi Button Key Set MBKS 3000 Deluxe Package Multi Button Key Set MBKS Deluxe Package plus Call Forwarding Incoming See Centrex Feature Package 3000 Call Forwarding Within Group See Centrex Feature Package 3000 Executive Busy Override See Centrex Feature Package 3000 Digital ISDN Centrex Data Feature Package 1000 Data Call Forward allows a customer to forward incoming calls to another telephone number Data Multi Line Hunt Group provides sequential hunting among lines in a hunt group for calls to a pilot number Data Speed Call Short List allows speed calling over a Circuit Switched Data Channel A short list allows storing up to eight 8 numbers Data Toll Restriction denies toll calls attempted from Circuit Switched Data Channels Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 55 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features M Digital ISDN Centrex Data Featu
183. all Service Selection provides an option to the dedicated channel configuration by allowing channels to be configured to access multiple services on a per call basis With this feature separate facilities are not required for individual services such as DID DOD WATS 800 877 888 services and local switched access lines D Clear Channel Capability allows the customer to transport 64 Kbps over the PRI channels with no constraint on the quantity or sequence of bits using the Bipolar with Eight Zero Substitution method of providing bit sequence independence Effective February 23 2011 this service is limited to existing facilities in service at existing locations for current customers Current customers may migrate existing services to Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Business Service as found in 12 4 5 of this Section at any time without incurring any Nonrecurring Charges or Service Charges TDP customers may migrate existing services without incurring termination liability charges when they select a commitment period equal to or greater than the length of time remaining under their existing TDP CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 17 11 Section 12 1st Revised Sheet45 Cancels Original Sheet 45 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 4 Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI 12 4 1 General Cont d E
184. alls Barred X 25 Outgoing Calls Barred X 25 Reverse Charge X 25 Reverse Charge Acceptance X 25 Throughput Class Negotiation X 25 Transmit Delay Selection Indication X 25 Closed User Groups X 25 Fast Select X 25 Fast Select Acceptance X 25 Hunt Groups X 25 One Way Outgoing Logical Channel X 25 Permanent Virtual Circuit DATA1000 DATA2000 X 25 BASIC X 25 DELUXE Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 22 8 1 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 3 Features B Feature Matrices Cont d 1 The following feature matrices indicate the availability of each Cont d e Optional Features Feature Name Additional Numbers Attendant Data Link Console Interface Attendant Flexible Night Answer Attendant ID Multiple Directory Nos Attendant Pre determined Night Answer Attendant Universal Night Answer Authorization Codes Automatic Line Automatic Route Selection Call Tracing Service Caller ID Name and Number Caller ID Number Circuit Switched Data Direct Connect Circuit Switched Data Closed User Group Code Call Access Conference Calling Dictation Access and Control Digital Data Intercom Dialing Limited Automatic Call Distribution Music On Hold Paging Public Address Access Pilot Number of Hunt Groups Preferenti
185. ama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 13 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 4 Conference Service 18 4 1 General A Long Distance Message Telephone Conference Service is that of furnishing connections between three or more land telephone numbers on one connection at the same time B Service is furnished where and to the extent that facilities permit C All stations on a conference connection may be so interconnected that each may communicate with all the others or arrangements may be made whereby one station will be the transmitting station and all others receiving stations D One class of service only is offered whether the call is to specified persons or specified telephones E The Company upon request will attempt to arrange for the establishment of a conference call at a specified time 18 4 2 Application of Charges A Charges The total charge for the conference connection is the sum of the following 1 For the two 2 stations on the connection farthest apart the charge is the total charge for a regular two point Person to Person Long Distance MTS message between those two 2 points as specified in 18 3 1 b 2 For each additional station connected the charge is the same charge that applies for the two 2 stations on the connection farthest apart as specified in 18 4 2 a 1 preceding This charge is based on chargeable time duration of the message as specified in 18 4 2 b fo
186. ama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 15 Original Sheet 12 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 7 Customer Premises Inside Wire Cont d 15 7 1 General Regulations Cont d E The network interface for the connection of customer premises Cont d Customers are allowed access to both simple and complex inside wiring at points up to and including the point of demarcation For simple inside wiring the customer is no longer required to interconnect through a plug and jack arrangement provided by the Company However the Company may elect to continue placing a plug and jack arrangement at the point of demarcation F The Company is not obligated to connect telephone instruments and standard module jacks to customer provided inside wire G Maintenance of customer owned premises inside wire may be performed by either the Company or the customer CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 15 Original Sheet 13 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 7 Customer Premises Inside Wire Cont d 15 7 2 Responsibility of the Customer A When the customer provides the inside wire and standard jacks the installation must be in accordance with the technical standards furnished to the Commission by th
187. and the operation and maintenance of such apparatus and wiring shall be such as not to interfere with any services offered by the Company The characteristics of the customer provided apparatus shall be such that its connection to the Company channel does not interfere with service over other Company circuits or channels In cases in which additional protective equipment is required such equipment shall be suitable to avoid hazard or damage to Company plant or of injury to Company employees or to the public because of the character or location of customer provided station apparatus and of sources of power to which it is connected The Company may upon suitable notification to the customer make such tests and inspections as may be required to determine that the above requirements are being compiled within the installation operation and maintenance of customer provided apparatus The Company may disconnect the channel if at any time such action should become necessary in order to protect any of its services because of departure from these requirements CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 17 Original Sheet 4 PRIVATE LINE SERVICE 17 4 Conditions Cont d H Because of the operating characteristics of the customer provided combination station equipment used in connection with the channels as provided for under this schedule special amplifying equipme
188. any any license occupational franchise privilege inspection or other similar tax or fee or otherwise whether in a lump sum or at a flat rate or based on receipts or based on poles wires conduits or other facilities or otherwise so much of the aggregate amount of such tax or fee as exceeds the sums listed below will be billed insofar as practical pro rata to the customers receiving exchange service within such municipality Population of Municipality based Annual amount which will on Federal census next preceding not be billed to customers the year of collection by the Company 1 500 23 500 1 000 38 1 001 2 000 75 2 001 3 000 132 3 001 4 000 188 4 001 5 000 263 5 001 6 000 338 6 001 7 000 413 7 001 8 000 488 8 001 9 000 563 9 001 10 000 638 Note Nothing in this Price list shall authorize the billing to customers of the amount of any tax or fee imposed by any municipality at the time of the filing of this Price list or of future payments to such municipality in the same or smaller amounts In the event a county or other local taxing authority excluding municipalities imposes collects or receives from the Company any license occupational franchise privilege inspection or other similar tax or fee or otherwise whether in a lump sum or at a flat rate or based on receipts or based on poles wires conduits or other facilities or otherwise the amount of such tax or fee will be billed insofar as
189. applicable to regular business or residence land telephone service C Primary Service Monthly Service Rate Charges a Improved Mobile Telephone Service 39 90 b Additional or Roamer Channels Non Local 3 25 35 00 Applicable Service Charges as shown in Section 4 will apply Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 21 Original Sheet 11 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE 21 2 Radio Paging Service 21 2 1 Conditions A Radio Paging Service is offered subject to all regulations of this Price list except as specifically modified in this Section of the Price list Radio Paging Service is furnished through dial switching equipment and a land radio telephone station to a personal paging receiver equipped for such service Radio Paging Service is a one way tone only service to the paging receiver which is accessed by dialing a regular telephone number through central offices equipped for this service Availability of Service 1 Radio Paging Service is available to land based paging receivers equipped for this service when within range of a land radio telephone station through which such service is furnished subject to transmission atmospheric and like limitations and other variable conditions which may from time to time exist which are not controllable by the Company Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a Century
190. are required to provide switching capabilities for intracommunication purposes they will be located on Company provided sites located on the customer s premises Any remote units and all system cabling used in association with Digital ISDN Single Line Service are provided by and remain the property of the Company Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 23 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital IDSN Single Line Service 12 3 2 Conditions Cont d G Rates and charges for Digital ISDN Single Line Service contemplate the use of central office equipment selected by the Company When special central office equipment or features are provided at the request of the customer special service arrangement rates and charges may be applied in addition to those shown herein If ISDN is not available from a customer s normal serving central office CENTURYTEL may choose at the company s discretion to provide service from the nearest ISDN capable office At the Company s discretion Digital ISDN Single Line Service may be provided to a non capable central office In this instance if the customer is served from a central office exchange which has the same local calling scope as his normal serving central office exchange Foreign Central Office Foreign Exchange Facility charge as specified in Section 12 3 5 of this Price list shall no
191. arge Additional listings may be purchased at rates listed under the Directory Service section of this price list Centrex Service is offered on a contractual basis commencing on the date the service is established Digital ISDN Centrex requires a minimum service period of three 3 months for each line which is composed of a Local Loop and a Service Type Access Service Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Line and Feature Packages rates apply each month from the time the system is placed in service until the Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service is discontinued If remote units are required to provide switching capabilities for intracommunication purposes they will be located on Company provided sites located on the customer s premises Any remote units and all system cabling used in association with Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service are provided by and remain the property of the Company Rotary dial stations may not be capable of accessing all Centrex Service features Rates and charges for Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service contemplate the use of central office equipment selected by the Company When special central office equipment or features are provided at the request of the customer special assembly rates and charges may be applied in addition to those shown herein Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 3
192. asic local exchange service is a resale area as defined by layout maps if appropriate See premises as defined in Section 1 of this Price list Private line services may be provided to tenants of resellers under the rules and regulations specified in Sections 2 and 17 of this Price list Private interconnection of resale service areas within an exchange local calling area is prohibited Tie Lines are restricted to the private use of a single resale client and cannot be used to access Local Exchange Service via Sharing and Resale trunks or lines All other rules and regulations specified in other sections of this Price list will apply Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 16 Original Sheet 2 16 1 SHARED TENANT SERVICE OFFERINGS Sharing and Resale of Basic Local Exchange Service Cont d 16 1 2 Regulations and Application of Rates A Resale of local exchange service is provided under the applicable PBX trunk rate as specified in Section 3 or in the Digital Channel Service Price list as specified in Section 12 1 The client of the reseller is defined as a different business firm corporation company subsidiary association associate agent or a residence One 1 directory listing for each reseller will be provided in the alphabetical section of the directory at no extra charge Other listings for its clients may be obtained under the
193. asonable effort to notify the customer in advance to allow the customer an opportunity to maintain uninterrupted service The Telephone Company will not be responsible for any loss or damage nor for any impairment or failure of the service arising from or in connection with the use of facilities of customers and not caused solely by the negligence of the Telephone Company Violation of Regulations Where any customer provided equipment or system or communication system provided to a customer is used with telecommunications service in violation of any of the provisions in this Price list the Telephone Company will take such immediate action as necessary for the protection of its services and will promptly notify the customer of the violation The customer shall discontinue such use of the equipment or system or correct the violation and shall confirm in writing to the Company within five 5 days following the receipt of written notice from the Company that such use has ceased or that the violation has been corrected CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 15 Original Sheet 3 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 1 General Regulations Cont d 15 1 4 Violation of Regulations Cont d Failure of the customer to discontinue such use or to correct the violation and to give the required written confirmat
194. ated Service Access Feature Capability and 2 B Channel Transfer Per Primary Rate Interface 195 00 150 00 Only available for customers whose ISDN PRI Service arrangements include a Two Way Primary Rate Interface under a Term Discount Plan Certain equipment restrictions apply CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 05 12 Section 12 2nd Revised Sheet 46 4 Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 46 4 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 4 Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Cont d 12 4 5 Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Business Service Cont d Terms and Conditions B Rates Cont d 5 Nonrecurring Charges a Service Establishment Charges consist of 1 A Service Order Charge as described in Section 4 1 of this Price List which applies for each order placed for receiving and recording information and processing the necessary data in connection with a customer s request for service establishment and 2 The applicable Nonrecurring Charge for an ISDN PRI Business Service Arrangement This charge covers engineering design common centralized testing and coordination Nonrecurring charges do not apply for additional ISDN PRI Business Service Arrangements installed at the same customer designated premises on the same trip and placed on the same service order b Service Change Charge 1 For
195. ation for verification of eligibility with the appropriate governmental agency Rules and Regulations 1 The specific guidelines for implementation of this waiver are as follows a Certification Procedures All applications for this service are subject to verification with the state agency responsible for administration of the qualifying program prior to the application of the credit to the customer b Processing Forms Upon completion of the certification process the Company will process all application forms and apply the credit on the subscriber s monthly bill An explanation of the credit will appear on each telephone bill CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink Effective 08 01 12 General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 1st Revised Sheet 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 9 Exception to Local Exchange Rates Cont d 3 9 1 Lifeline Assistance Cont d b Rules and Regulations Cont d 1 The specific guidelines for implementation of this waiver are as follows Cont d c Verification Procedures The Company will reconcile and confirm eligibility annually Lifeline Service can only be associated with the primary residential connection Lifeline Toll Restriction Service is available on a voluntary basis where technically feasible to Lifeline Telephone Services customers at no charge Lifeline Toll Restriction Service prevents 0 00 14 04 NPP NXX XXXX 1010XXXX Internationa
196. ations Each 1st Additional 4 Minutes Minute Customer Dialed Direct Station to Station 1 00 0 25 Operator Assisted Station to Station 1 00 0 25 Operator Assisted Person to Person 1 00 0 25 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 12 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 3 Two Point Service Cont d A Service Between Land Wire Telephones Cont d 7 Rate Table Cont d b Additional Charges 1 The following charges are in addition to the Basic Rate Table preceding when the call is placed using the following operator service No Additional Charges apply to Sent Paid pay Stations a Station Charge Per Call i Customer dialed credit card 0 95 ii All other 2 50 b Person to Person i All calls 4 50 c Rate Periods Peak and Off Peak rates apply as follows Time Applicable To But Not Rates From Including Days Applicable Peak 7 00 A M 7 00 P M Monday through Friday Off Peak 7 00 P M 7 00 A M Monday through Friday 12 00 A M 11 59 P M Saturday Sunday and Holidays The Off Peak rates apply all day 12 00 A M to 11 59 P M on the following holidays New Year s Day January 1 Independence Day July 4 Thanksgiving Day the fourth Thursday in November and Christmas Day December 25 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alab
197. aximum duration of the offer or waiver of any applicable charges will be determined by the Company in each instance of natural disaster CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 3 1st Revised Contents Sheet 1 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 3 1 General 1 3 2 Rates 1 3 3 Changes in Exchange Group Classification 1 3 4 Local Service Rate Groups 2 3 5 Classification of Exchanges by Rate Groups 2 3 6 Alphabetical Listing of Exchanges 3 3 7 Local Calling Areas 4 3 8 Group Rate Schedule 7 3 9 Exceptions to Local Exchange Rates 9 3 9 4 Reserved for Future Use 9 3 10 Network Access Register Package 12 3 10 1 General 12 3 10 2 Rates and Charges 12 3 11 Rotary Line Service 14 3 11 1 General 14 3 11 2 Rates 14 3 12 Reserved for Future Use 14 8 13 CenturyTel Dial DataLink Service 15 3 13 1 General 15 3 13 2 Rates 15 3 14 Reserved for Future Used 16 3 15 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans 18 3 15 1 General 18 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan 19 3 16 1 General 19 3 16 2 Regulations 19 3 16 3 Rates 22 3 16 4 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Exchanges 24 AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 09 29 14 Section 3 1st Revised Contents Sheet 2 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 3 17 Reserve Telephone Number
198. ays from the establishment of service For active duty members of the United States military and their dependents with valid military ID cards all service charges typically applicable to central office reconnects will be waived when establishing local exchange access line service or transferring existing local exchange access line service from one location to another Central office reconnects are defined as customer requests for service that do not require any physical work beyond the Company s central office A Service Order Charge The charge that applies for work performed by the Telephone Company in connection with the receiving recording and processing of customer requests for service Service Order Charge is classified as either primary or secondary A primary Service Order Charge is associated with the establishment of service and all subsequent requests will be processed using a secondary Service Order Charge B Central Office Work Charge Applicable for testing and connecting functions required within the central office C Access Line Work Charge Applicable for work required due to a customer s service request on the circuit between the serving central office up to and including the protector on the customer s premises or on an outside circuit between premises or between locations on the same premises CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 4
199. bama Section 8 Original Sheet 7 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 2 Conditions Cont d U Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex CCLASS Cont d 7 8 Cancel Calling Number Identification Delivery Per Line will be provided without nonrecurring charge to law enforcement domestic violence agencies and crisis intervention agencies and volunteers certified by those agencies In order to subscribe to Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex CCLASS the customer must also subscribe to at least Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Feature Package 1000 for analog Centrex Stations and a B Channel configuration with voice on Digital ISDN Centrex General Digital ISDN Centrex 1 Services offered in accordance with this price list are provided exclusively from central offices equipped with digital facilities The availability of services and ability to provide services may vary among serving central offices Digital ISDN Centrex services will be provided where central office capabilities and conditions permit Customer provided equipment used in conjunction with services provided in accordance with this price list must conform with the technical specifications of the Company The Company may change telecommunications services equipment operations or procedures while remaining consistent with the Federal Communications Commission s Rules and Regulations If chan
200. been employed at the site of the qualifying project or by an investing company in the state will be employed at the project site and will be subject to the personal income tax imposed by Section 40 18 2 of the Code of Alabama 1975 upon commencement of employment at the site Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 29 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 6 Economic Development Incentive Waivers and Discounts Contd 2 7 2 6 4 Option Three Cont d E In order to qualify under Option Three of this Price list the Approved Company will be required to certify that it has met the requirements of this Price list offering as well as the requirements of Alabama Law Act No 95 187 2 6 5 Credits waivers and discounts shall be applicable as follows A Slamming Under Option One Option Two and Option Three of this Price list qualifying businesses will be eligible to receive the waiver of charges listed or credit for newly ordered services other than Contract Service Arrangements Special Assembly local usage charges and long distance services i e MTS and WATS which the business can demonstrate to be related directly to the increased employment 1 2 100 percent waiver or credit of normal service deposits for telephone service if the business has established a satisfactory credit rating All service connection installation
201. between the point where it leaves equipment or connector housings and registered as a component of supplied to the user with the registered terminal equipment or protective circuitry with which it is to be used b A cord which complies with 1 preceding and which is extended once by a registered extension cord Extension cords may not be used as a Substitute for wiring which for safety reasons should be affixed to or embedded in a building s structure c Wiring located in an equipment room with restricted access provided that this wiring remains exposed for inspection and is not concealed or embedded in the building s structure and that it conforms to Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission s Rules and Regulations d Electrically behind registered equipment system components or protective circuitry which assures that electrical contact between the wiring and commercial power wiring or earth ground will not result in hazardous voltages or excessive longitudinal imbalance at the telephone network interface 2 Protected Premises Wiring Requiring Acceptance Testing for Imbalance is premise wiring which is electrically behind registered equipment system components or circuitry which assure that electrical contact between the wiring and commercial power wiring will not result in hazardous voltages at the telephone network interface 3 Unprotected Premises Wiring is all other premise wiring Effective
202. block of time Service charges shall be waived for those customers subscribing to a CenturyTel Local Calling Plan LCP changing to or between CenturyTel LCP Options as well as converting back to flat rate service Flat rate and measured rate services will be furnished to the same customer on the same premises where both services are available in the customer s local exchange area Should a customer request flat rate and measured rate services on the same premises a separate line and number will be required for each service type The customer will receive two 2 separate bills one 1 bill combining all flat rate lines and services and one 1 for all measured rate lines and services provided Measured rate service where applicable provides for calling to specified home exchange and outside home exchange areas with each call measured on a per minute of use basis Usage rates for home exchange and outside home exchange calls are specified in 3 16 3 c Calls made to the specified areas should be dialed by the customer on a station to station sent paid basis without the assistance of a Telephone Company operator Any 0 or O call to an exchange that was toll prior to CenturyTel Local Calling Plans implementation will be billed as an intraLATA operator assisted toll call regardless of whether the originating customer subscribes to a CenturyTel Local Calling Plans option or not 0 calls made to exchanges that were local or flat rate EA
203. bution pole line facilities or underground conduit required in connection therewith CONTRACT The arrangement between a customer and the company under which service and facilities are furnished in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Price list CONTRACT OFFERING Any retail contractual agreement whether or not memorialized in writing by which CenturyTel offers any communications service to a subscriber CORD SWITCHBOARD See PBX System CORDLESS SWITCHBOARD See PBX System COST The cost of labor and materials which includes appropriate amounts to cover the Company s general operating and administrative expenses CUSTOMER The individual partnership association or corporation which contracts for telephone service and is responsible for the payment of charges and compliance with the rules and regulations of the Company CUSTOMER OWNED PAY TELEPHONE COPT COIN LINE SERVICE A coin voice grade exchange line that provides switch based dial tone first DTF coin line functionalities for customer owned pay telephones CUSTOMER PROVIDED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT Devices or apparatus and their associated wiring provided by a customer which do not constitute a communications system and which when connected to the communications path of the telecommunications system are so connected either electrically acoustically or inductively CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Al
204. by the Company provided the facilities are of the standard type normally for the particular location or kind of service If additional entrance or distribution facilities are required if the conditions are such as to require special equipment maintenance or methods of construction if the stability of the customer has not been established if the installation is for a temporary or semi permanent purpose or if for any other reason the construction costs are excessive as compared with the revenue to be derived the applicant shall be required to pay the costs over and above those applicable for a normal installation The customer will provide the Company without charge written permission for the placing of the Company s facilities on the property Company Obligation 1 Customers who are receiving or who are requesting service shall be deemed to have consented to the reasonable use of their real property to construct operate maintain replace or enlarge telephone and or communication lines overhead or underground including all conduit cables wires surface testing terminals markers and other appurtenances under through across and upon any real property or interest therein owned or leased or controlled by said customer or any other customer Upon request the customer agrees to execute any easement or tight of way contract on a form to be furnished by the Company Underground 1 When feasible conduit will be furnished by th
205. calls to Public Telephone Access Service for CPE are not allowed Option 9 Outward Only Service A charge to block local directory assistance 411 long distance directory assistance 555 1212 toll free numbers 1 800 or 1 888 700 900 911 950 976 101XXXX 011 IDDD and 0 Provides screening information to the operator to allow out collect calls only 7 1 5 Rates and Charges A Public Telephone Access Service for CPE Public Telephone Access Service for CPE is provided on a message rate basis where facilities are available Where message rate service is not available this access line service will be provided on a fixed usage equivalent rate basis Such service will be converted to message rate service as it becomes available at no cost to the subscriber CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 7 Original Sheet 4 COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE 7 1 Public Telephone Access Service for Customer Provided Equipment CPE Cont d 7 1 5 Rates and Charges Cont d A Public Telephone Access Service for CPE Cont d 1 Monthly Rates Access line service for customer provided public telephone is provided on a usage rate basis where facilities are available otherwise the service will be provided on a fixed usage equivalent rate basis The monthly rate is fifty percent 5096 of the business individual line flat rate a Measured Service Line Charge A
206. cations services The Telephone Company will restore these services before services without restoration priority assignments in the order of priority assignments Acceptable values are 1 2 3 4 bor 0 with the value 1 being the highest priority When the Telephone Company recognizes a TSP as being out of service unusable or receives a trouble report available resources will be dispatched to restore the service as quickly as practicable A priority value of 1 2 or 3 requires dispatch outside normal business hours if necessary to restore the service A priority value of 4 or 5 only requires dispatch outside of normal business hours if the next business day is more than 24 hours away If the value 0 has been assigned then no restoration priority is applicable to this service The minimum period for service is one month Obligations of the Customer In all instances the customer is responsible for obtaining the appropriate TSP authorization code and providing that code to the Telephone Company The TSP System service customer must also be the customer for the facilities with which TSP Service is associated Only the customer is allowed to order TSP System service All points of a multipoint service configuration must have the same restoration priority assignment and must satisfy the requirements of that assignment In obtaining TSP System service the customer consents to the release of certain information by the Telephone Company to the
207. ce Primary directory listing nonpublished nonlisted available Access to Directory Assistance Toll blocking usage sensitive services blocking 0 0 0 PO Customers who are unable to pay the required charges to maintain their present service may activate a PLTS plan but may be required to agree to a repayment plan for their current charges New customers who do not qualify for service due to a poor credit history may subscribe to PLTS The monthly rate for PLTS shall include any surcharges and fees established or authorized by a government entity including but not limited to 911 subscriber line charge sales tax and municipal fees Subscribers to PLTS are required to have mandatory toll blocking and usage sensitive blocking placed on their telephone line It is the customer s responsibility to not make or receive calls for which additional charges are billed to the customer s telephone number The Company may disconnect PLTS service with notice for any of the following reasons 1 Failure to make monthly payments to maintain the PLTS balance 2 Useofthe service in a manner that interferes with the service of others The Company may disconnect PLTS service without notice for any of the following reasons 1 If the customer accrues new billable charges for toll or other service on their telephone bill 2 Where a known dangerous condition exists 3 Where service is connected without authority by a person who has not applied for the
208. ce or business telephone without the assistance of an operator and the call is not billed to a number other than the originating number The services of an operator will not be used in connection with completing a call or in furnishing any information or assistance relating to billing or charges for such call except that an operator will Re establish a call which has been interrupted after the called number has been reached or Reach the called telephone number where facilities are not available for customer dial completion Record the originating telephone number where no automatic recording equipment is available Place a call for a calling party who identifies himself as being handicapped and unable to dial the call because of his handicap b Operator Station to Station and Person to Person 1 Operator Station to Station rates apply to station to station telephone communication where the completion of the call or a request for any information or assistance relating to billing or charges for such call requires the assistance of an operator except for operator services used in connection with dial type telephone communications as noted above Operator Handled Station to Station calls include station to station calls placed from a paystation CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 3 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATION
209. ce will commence one day following the disconnect date of the prior service CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 38 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 10 Optional Calling Plans Cont d 18 10 2 Rates A Reserved for Future Use B County Seat Calling Service 1 County Seat Calling Service will be offered when associated with residence individual line service in the exchanges listed in 2 following 2 Monthly Charges 24 Hours Per Day Terminating Z Days Per Week Exchange 1st Hr or Additional 1 10 Subscriber s County Seat Fraction Hr or Fraction Exchange Exchange Thereof Thereof Mentone Fort Payne 2 45 0 24 Valley Head Fort Payne 2 45 0 24 Tallassee Wetumpka 2 45 0 24 18 11 Reserved for Future Use This service plan will be withdrawn when local exchange service is provided between the subscriber s exchange and the County Seat exchange There is no charge for suspension of service Applies to only that portion of the exchange in Elmore County Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 39 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 12 Calling Plans CenturyTel Discount Calling Plans 18 12 1 18 12 2 18 12 3 18 12 4 18 12 5 18 12 6 18 12 7 Reserved for Fu
210. ced to the customer The calling telephone number will be forwarded from the terminating central office to compatible customer provided display equipment associated with a customer s Local Exchange Service The calling telephone number will be delivered during the first silent interval of ringing For calls originating from a line within a multi line hunt group only the main telephone number will be delivered The calling telephone number is unavailable from calls made via some large PABX systems within the Custom Calling Local Area Signaling Service calling area from most cellular radio calls and currently from inter exchange carrier calls Compatible customer provided display equipment is required for this service Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 43 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features G Optional System Features Cont d Selective Blocking per call This feature provides free per call blocking in exchanges where Caller ID Number is offered by the Company Customers may prevent the delivery of their telephone number to the called party This is accomplished on a per call basis when the customer dials the Selective Blocking per call activation code prior to placing the call Complete Blocking per line This feature allows
211. central offices within the same local calling area offering the service Operator assisted calls are designed to override the CenturyTel Calling Service features for emergency purposes When features are added to re arranged on an existing line the Secondary Service Order charge as shown in Section 4 will apply Note Central Office Line Connection Work charge does not apply when features are added or rearranged When a CenturyTel Calling Service feature or package is ordered subsequent to the installation of its associated exchange line the Network Access Change Charge shall be waived for up to sixty 60 days from the initial request for service Except as stated in 1 below coin phones will not be enabled with CenturyTel Calling Services features 1 Selected coin phones may be enabled with CenturyTel Calling Service features as ordered by the Commission for the satisfaction of privacy concerns of the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence CenturyTel Calling Service features are not enabled on trunks to customers with Automatic Access Line Group Service Satisfaction Guarantee If at any time the customer notifies CenturyTel he is not satisfied with CenturyTel Calling Services and wishes to discontinue the service s the customer will be entitled to a full refund of one 1 month s monthly recurring charge or portion thereof if subscription is less than thirty 30 days This refund will be applied as a credit on the cu
212. ces 13 22 4 Select Pak Business Assist Select A Conditions Select Pak Business Assist Select consists of the following features only Charges for other services offered by CenturyTel such as an access lines are in addition to this package rate Customers who subscribe to Select Pak Business Assist Select may choose any or all of the following services where available Caller ID Call Waiting Call Waiting ID Call Forwarding 3 Way Calling B Rates Select Pak Business Assist Per Line Select Monthly Rate Residence 14 95 Es Monthly Rate Business 14 95 13 22 5 Caller ID Extra The Company will offer a feature plan to residential customers who subscribe to Caller ID Call Waiting Call Waiting ID and Call Forwarding for a package price of 10 95 per month In addition all applicable nonrecurring charges will be waived 13 22 6 Caller ID Plus The Company will offer a feature plan to residential customers who subscribe to Caller ID Call Waiting and Call Waiting ID where available for a package price of 9 39 per month In addition all applicable nonrecurring charges will be waived 13 22 7 Pure Broadband Bundle A Description Pure Broadband Bundle includes flat rate Residence or Business Individual Line Local Exchange Service and features as specified and requires subscription to the Company s High Speed Internet 1 5 Mbps or greater B Features Outbound Call Block Feature Non published Service Bill
213. ces Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 20 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 5 Airline Mileage Between Rate Centers Cont d 18 5 1 List of Rate Centers by LATA A Birmingham LATA Cont d Rate Center M H Fayette 7571 2628 Flat Rock 7185 2399 Flatwood 7580 2555 Fort Payne 7247 2367 Fyffe 7261 2397 Gadsden 7355 2368 Gardendale 7493 2460 Gaylesville 7266 2322 Geraldine 7289 2402 Goodwater 7539 2279 Gordo 7648 2603 Graysville 7510 2484 Guin 7524 2670 Guntersville 7315 2450 Hackleburg 7459 2686 Haleyville 7451 2647 Hamilton 7498 2699 Heflin 7387 2265 Henagar 7214 2393 Henry Neely Dam 7404 2350 Jacksonville 7370 2308 Jasper 7497 2553 Jemison 7620 2379 Lecta 7383 2235 Leeds 7488 2406 Leesburg 7301 2348 Lincoln 7439 2345 Lineville 7463 2254 Lisman 7901 2552 Livingston 7814 2575 Lynn 7479 2619 Mentone 7210 2360 Montevallo 7603 2413 Morgan City 7313 2507 Morrisons Cross Roads 7421 2225 Moundville 7687 2526 Munford 7442 2309 To be used for Private Line Service and WATS access line extensions Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 21 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 5 Airline Mileage Between Rate Centers Cont d 18 5 1 List of Rate Centers by LATA Cont d A Birmingham LATA Cont d Rate Center Nauvoo Needham
214. ch a deposit may be refunded or credited to the customer at any time prior to termination of the contract In case of a cash deposit simple interest at the legal rate is paid for the period during which the deposit is held by the Telephone Company provided the period is over thirty 80 days or more K Initial Contract Period and Termination of Service by Customer 1 2 Contract Periods The initial contract period for the service and facilities using customer owned radio equipment is one 1 month Termination by customer Service or facilities may be terminated by the customer at any time subject to payment of full charges for the period service is rendered except that if termination occurs within the initial contract period charges apply for the full initial contract period Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 21 Original Sheet 5 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE 21 1 Mobile Telephone Service Cont d 21 1 2 Conditions Cont d L Use of Service and Facilities 1 The service is intended only for communications in which the customer has a direct interest and shall not be used for any purpose for which a payment or other compensation shall be received by him from any other person firm or corporation for such use or in the collection transmission or delivery of any communications for others 2 The service is not intended
215. change service to Digital ISDN Single Line service is a discontinuation of service and an establishment of service All applicable installation and service connection charges and all charges applicable to the establishment of Digital ISDN Single Line services are specified in Section 12 3 5 Unless otherwise noted service charges specified in Section 4 of this Price list shall not apply in addition to the charges specified in Section 12 3 5 Digital ISDN Single Line Service Digital ISDN Single Line Service may be comprised of the following elements Digital ISDN Single Line Access Feature Packages Optional Features Usage Options must choose one Local Loop applicable one party residence and one party business access line from Section 3 8 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 27 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital IDSN Single Line Service 12 3 2 Conditions Cont d P Digital ISDN Single Line Service Cont d 1 Business Customer Usage Options All voice switched data calls will be charged as measured or block of time rate the customer must choose one option a Measured Rate voice switched data calls will be charged as follows originating voice switched data calls terminating within the local calling area usage rates as specified in Section 12 3 5 will apply originating
216. chronous timed Bipolar Return to Zero BPRZ bit stream format The required format and interface specifications are stated in Section 7000 of the VERIZON Technical Interface Reference Manual DS3 facilities are provided on fiber optic transmission medium Service Activation A Service Activation is the connection between Digital Channel facility and the network service accessed 12 1 4 Regulations A Digital Channel Service is furnished subject to the availability and type of digital equipment located in a central office building owned or leased by the Company Service inquiries will be necessary to determine availability Special Construction Charges as specified in Section 5 of this Price list may be applicable The 1 544 Interoffice Channel mileage as specified in Section 17 of this Price list will apply when a customer s request for Digital Channel Service is provisioned in a central office other than the customer s local serving wire center Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 5 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service Cont d 12 1 4 Regulations Cont d D The customer may activate any number or combination of digital channels within the limitations as set forth in Section 12 1 49 Digital channels may be activated coincident with or at any time subsequent to the initial installation of Digital
217. cilities Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 19 Original Sheet 4 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 1 Regulations Cont d 19 1 1 General Cont d For subscribers obtaining Outward WATS or Outward WATS like service from interexchange carriers ICs 1 and 0 intraLATA usage carried over WATS Access Lines having both intrastate and interstate capability bi jurisdictional will be completed over LEC facilities at LEC intraLATA Outward WATS rates and subject to rules and regulations applicable to LEC intraLATA Outward WATS Subscribers using a bi jurisdictional access line for 800 Service may choose either the Company or the Interexchange Carrier to complete and bill intraLATA calls according to the appropriate rates rules and regulations The 1 and 0 intraLATA usage will be billed to the subscriber end user or IC where the closed end of the bi jurisdictional WATS Access Line is terminated Subscriber billing information should be provided to the Company at the time the bi jurisdictional WATS Access Line is ordered when the Company is used to complete intraLATA calls Customers who subscribe to 800 Service provided by other than the Company may designate the Company as the intraLATA carrier Such intraLATA usage will be billed in accordance with the rates and regulations for Option 800 Service as specified in this Price list C
218. contract based upon the remaining period of the initial contract If a customer requests an upgrade or downgrade of an existing Feature Package e g from Feature Package 1000 to 2000 from Feature Package 3000 to 2000 etc his existing per line contract rate will be changed to reflect the new Feature Package rate The new contract rate will apply for the duration of the existing contract period Data Base Program charges will apply CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 5 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 2 Conditions Contd S Subsequent Additions Deletions and Changes Cont d 3 The contract period for Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Optional Features is based upon the initial contract period for the Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex System Subsequent additions of Optional Features will be rated under a new contract or an addendum to an existing contract based upon the remaining period of the initial contract T In the event CentraNet Digital ISDN CentraNet service is terminated by the customer prior to completion of the initial contract period the customer shall be liable for early termination charges See General Regulations Section 2 8 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Al
219. cycle in which a customer s credit limit is automatically changed Changes in credit limits will be conveyed by mailed notices to the customers Regulations 1 Credit levels and credit limits as a result of the scoring will be categorized as follows a Low Risk No collection judgments No collection accounts No charge off accounts No delinquency history over thirty 30 days past due b Medium Risk No collection judgments Collection accounts have been paid No or minimal charge off accounts Various degrees of delinquency history from 30 180 days but paid in full or current at time of scoring Customer provides positive identification to Company following a No Match on a credit inquiry Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 17 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 4 Establishment and Maintenance of Credit Cont d 2 4 6 Advanced Credit Management Cont d B Regulations Cont d 1 Credit levels and credit limits as a result of the scoring will be Cont d c High Risk Collection judgments Charge off accounts Outstanding collection accounts Various degrees of delinquency history from 30 180 days and not paid in full or current at time of scoring Behavioral Scoring will establish credit limits on existing customers based on Company payment history Customers will be notified of t
220. d 8 1 3 Features A Analog or Digital ISDN Centrex Service offers Cont d 8 Optional System Features Attendant Data Link Console Interface Attendant Flexible Night Answer Attendant Identification Multiple Directory Numbers Attendant Pre determined Night Answer PNA Attendant Universal Night Answer UNA Authorization Codes per group of 10 Automatic Line Automatic Route Selection ARS Call Tracing Service Caller ID Name and Number Caller ID Number Complete Blocking per line Facilities Restriction Level part of ARS Time of Day Routing part of ARS Expensive Route Warning part of ARS Code Calling Access Conference Calling 6 8 12 16 18 24 port Dictation Access FX Access Limited ACD Music On Hold Paging Public Address Access Pilot Number of Hunt Groups Preferential Hunting Priority Queuing Proprietary Set Interface Recorded Announcement Custom Selective Blocking per call Speed Call Long List Additional System Station Message Detail Recording Stop Hunt Terminal Make Busy Tie Facility Access T1 Access VIP Alert WATS Access 800 877 888 Access 9 Digital ISDN Centrex Multi Button Key Set MBKS Basic Package Analog Shared Directory Number Automatic Call Back on Busy Bridging Call Alternation Call Forwarding Call Pickup Conference Calling Digital Data Intercom Dialing Drop Feature Function Buttons Flex Calling Hold Intercom Function Key System Coverage for Analog Lines
221. d Contents Sheet 3 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 13 21 Services for Enhanced Service Providers ESPs 38 13 21 1 General 38 13 21 2 Enhanced Service Provider ESP Services 38 13 21 38 ESP Client Services 39 13 21 4 Definitions 40 13 21 5 Regulations and Conditions 41 13 21 6 Rate and Charge Regulations 44 13 21 7 Rates and Charges 45 13 22 Packaged Services 47 13 22 1 Simple Choice 47 13 22 2 Voice Mail Complementary Services Package 49 13 22 3 Simple Choice LD 7 Cents 50 13 22 4 Select PAK Business Assist Select 1 51 13 22 5 Caller ID Extra 51 13 22 6 Caller ID Plus 51 13 22 7 Pure Broadband Bundle 51 13 22 8 Prepaid Local Service 52 13 22 9 Business Unlimited 54 13 22 10 Primary Rate Interface PRI Bundle Business 54 1 13 22 11 Core Connect 54 2 13 22 12 Simple Choice Unlimited 54 4 13 22 13 Economy Pak Plus Lite Bundle 54 7 13 22 14 Economy Pack 54 10 13 22 15 Home Phone II 54 11 13 22 16 CenturyLink Business Bundle 54 15 13 22 17 Second Line Bundle 54 15 N 13 23 Residence Customer Referral Program 55 13 28 14 Terms and Conditions 55 13 24 Two Way Voice Mail Interconnection Service 56 13 24 1 General 56 13 24 2 Rates and Charges 56 13 25 Call Line Identifier 57 13 25 1 Description 57 13 25 2 Rates and Charges 57 This service is grandfathered to existing customers at existing locations AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Service
222. d Systems Provided By the Customer Shared Tenant Service Offerings Private Line Service Long Distance Message Telecommunication Services Wide Area Telecommunications Service Intrastate Access Service Mobile Telephone Service Telecommunication Service Priority TSP System Promotions CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 01 09 Section 1 1st Revised Sheet 1 DEFINITIONS ACCESS LINE A circuit directly connecting the central office switching equipment with the subscriber s termination point ACCESS LINE WORK CHARGE The charge for work associated on the circuit between the serving central office up to and including the protector on the customer s premises or on an outside circuit between premises or between locations on the same premises ADDITIONAL LINE A circuit connecting a station with another station or a circuit connecting a private branch exchange station with a private branch exchange switchboard An additional line may terminate on a key in lieu of an instrument ALABAMA RELAY CENTER The Alabama Relay Center permits hearing and speech impaired users of Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf TDD to communicate with users of ordinary telephones Communications take place by relaying conversations voice to TDD and TDD to voice These calls are between one party who must communicate by means of a TDD and another who communicates by means of a
223. d anticipated development plan in terms of new or existing buildings All rates and charges in connection with the resale operation and all repairs and rearrangements behind and including the reseller s communication system will be the responsibility of the reseller customer of record owner The reseller will be the single point of contact for all shared tenant services provided in the resale service area Customers who choose to obtain service directly from the Company may subscribe to any local exchange service available Nothing in this section impairs the Company s franchise or ability to operate in the state This Price list is not intended nor does it enfranchise or certify the recipients of this service as a telecommunications company Resale is permitted where facilities permit and within contiguous property areas under the control of a single ownership or within a common development with a single name identity such as multi tenant office buildings apartment and condominium complexes commercial malls campus complexes and office and industrial parks Areas designated for resale may be intersected or transversed by public thoroughfares provided that the adjacent property segments created by intersecting or transversing thoroughfares would be continuous in the absence of the thoroughfare The designated resale service area may extend into contiguous exchange boundaries of the Company The premises definition as applies to resale of b
224. d elsewhere for the respective services features requested as part of this plan shall apply Services selected as part of this plan can only be provided where technically available and compatible with other services the customer may choose to order Home Phone ll cannot be combined with any other discounts unless otherwise specified CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 12 5 14 Section 13 Original Sheet 54 13 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 15 Home Phone II 3 Rates And Charges a The monthly rate includes the Local Exchange Service flat rate EAS Touch Calling Service and features only All other recurring charges applicable to an access line apply to Home Phone II Among other things these include but are not limited to surcharges subscriber line charges and taxes Also the monthly rate does not include the recurring charges for the qualifying long distance plan b Service Charges as described in Section Il apply for new and additional Home Phone II lines and moves of existing lines C Service Charges do not apply when Home Phone Il replaces existing Local Exchange Service Service Charges do apply when Customers request a change from Home Phone II back to Local Exchange Service Residence Monthly Rate A Exchanges B Exchanges 9 Home Phone II 28 95 38 95 The customer must subscribe to either Ce
225. d for access to the Network Access Line Customer premises inside wire provided by the customer must be installed in accordance with the technical standards and installation guidelines furnished to the Commission by the Company and must comply with the National Electric Safety Code and applicable local codes Customer premises inside wire provided by the customer may be connected to residence and business individual line basic local exchange service furnished by the Company at a specified network interface The network interface for the connection of customer premises inside wire consists of a standard modular jack or appropriate device and is provided as part of the network access line This will be installed inside or outside the customer s premises at a location determined by the Company which is accessible to the customer For single unit premises the Company will terminate its network facilities no further than 12 inches upon entering the customer s premises In locations with multiple customers i e multiple premises the Company will terminate network facilities at the minimum point of entry to the building or property to allow the building owner to determine the location of the point or points of demarcation When the building owner selects multiple points of demarcation the Company must still terminate its network facilities no further than twelve 12 inches upon entering an individual customer premises CenturyTel of Northern Alab
226. d in this price list For the purpose of administering this regulation every month is considered to have thirty 30 days y The liability of the Company for damages arising out of mistakes omissions interruptions delays or errors or defects in transmission occurring in the course of furnishing service and not caused by negligence of the customer shall in no event exceed an amount equivalent to the proportionate charge to the customer for the period of service during which such mistakes omissions interruptions delays or errors or defects in transmission occurs The customer indemnifies and saves the Company harmless against the following 1 Acts or omissions of other companies when their facilities are used in connection with the Company s facilities to provide service 2 Any accident injury or death occasioned by its equipment or facilities when such is not due to negligence of the Company 3 Claims for libel slander or infringement of copyright arising from the material transmitted or recorded over its facilities claims for infringement of patents arising from combining with or using in connection with facilities of the Company apparatus and systems of the customer and against all other claims arising out of any act or omission of the customer in connection with facilities provided by the Company 4 Liability for failure to provide service 5 Liability for telephone directories is covered next in this section und
227. d plant equipment and facilities used in furnishing communication service within that area EXCHANGE AREA The territory served by an exchange EXCHANGE SERVICE The furnishing of facilities for the telephone communication within an exchange area in accordance with the regulation and charges specified in the Price list Exchange facilities are used to establish and maintain connection between an exchange station and the other telephone plant and facilities in connection with long distance calls or extended area service calls EXISTING CUSTOMER Reference to existing customer in the General Exchange Price list means customer as of the date of this Price list EXTENDED AREA SERVICE Interexchange telephone service furnished at a flat rate between one or more exchange areas CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 1 Original Sheet 4 DEFINITIONS EXTENSION STATION See Telephone Station EXTRA LISTING See Additional Listing FLAT RATE SERVICE Service furnished at a fixed monthly charge including extended area service where applicable FOREIGN ATTACHMENT Lines instruments appliances or apparatus not owned or furnished by the Company FOREIGN CENTRAL OFFICE Any central office other than that which serves the area in which the customer is located FOREIGN EQUIPMENT See Foreign Attachment FOREIGN EXCHANGE LINE MILEAGE The
228. day The Peak Period for holidays New Year s Day Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day is charged at Off Peak Period rates 2 Off Peak Period 5 PM to 8 AM Monday through Friday All day Saturday and Sunday All day holidays New Year s Day Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day C Monthly Access Line Rates The following rates apply for each access line per month in addition to the monthly usage charges specified in a preceding 1 Outward WATS Monthly Rate a For combined intraLATA interLATA service each 25 00 b ForintraLATA service only each 25 00 c For combined IntraLATA InterLATA service when provided over an Intra LATA High Capacity Channel Facility with WATS functionality each 3 00 d For IntraLATA service only when provided over an intra LATA High Capacity Channel Facility with WATS functionality each 3 00 See 19 1 1 b preceding Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 19 Original Sheet 12 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges Cont d 19 5 5 Method of Determining Usage Charges The monthly usage charges for a service group are determined as follows A Number of Access Line Determine the total number of access lines in the service group in service during the month Access lines in service for a fraction of a mont
229. ded access to the premises at which the WATS access line is terminated and 5 interruption of service during any period when the customer has released the WATS access line to the Company for maintenance purposes or for implementation of a customer order for a change in service arrangement Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service furnished at a subscriber s request when WATS is interrupted is charged for at the Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service rates specified in Section S18 of this Price list CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 19 Original Sheet 20 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges Contd 19 5 15 Reserved for Future Use 19 5 16 Directory Listing Directory Listing may be provided for Toll Free Dialing Service at rates applicable for additional business listings as covered in Section S6 of this Price list 19 5 17 Connection Arrangements Connecting arrangements may be used with customer provided voice transmitting and or receiving equipment which is used in conjunction with a network control signaling unit 19 5 18 Data Access Arrangements Data access arrangements for connection of customer provided data transmitting and receiving equipment is permitted CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 20 Origi
230. e Company B In the event the customer maintains or attempts to maintain inside wire the customer assumes the risk of loss of service damage to property or death to or injury of the customer or the customer s agent The customer will save the Company harmless from any and all liability claims or other damage suits arising out of the customer s wire maintenance activity CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 15 Original Sheet 14 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 7 Customer Premises Inside Wire Cont d 15 7 3 Responsibility of the Company A The Company will make the technical standards and installation guidelines for customer provision of inside wire available to customers at Business office or other designated locations 15 7 4 Violation of Regulations A Where customer provided inside wire is a violation of Section 2 the Company will properly notify the customer of the violation and will take such immediate acting as is necessary for the protection of the telecommunications network and Company employees B The customer shall discontinue use of the customer provided inside wire or correct the violation and notify the Company in writing that the violation has been corrected within twenty 20 days after receipt of such notice C Failure of the customer to discontinue such use or to c
231. e Business Community Plus and Premium Block of Time only Falkville 2 Huntsville Decatur 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Falkville Hartselle Massey Oden Ridge Pence Denotes AT amp T of Alabama Independent Exchange Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink Effective 11 01 15 General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 27 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Cont d 3 16 4 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Exchanges Cont d Rate Exchange Group LATA Fayette 2 Birmingham Fowl River 2 Mobile Gordo 2 Birmingham Grand Bay 2 Mobile Guin 1 Birmingham Hackleburg 1 Birmingham om a OE aor Monthly Rates 7 Flat Rate Community Community Premium Premium Calling Scope Residence Business Residence Business Community Plus and Premium Block of Time only Berry 6 12 8 27 Fayette Kennedy Millport Tuscaloosa Bayou La Batre 1 19 3 00 Belle Fountain Dauphin Island Fowl River Grand Bay Irvington Mobile Aliceville 6 12 8 27 Carrollton Ethelsville Gordo Panola Reform Bayou La Batre 1 19 3 00 Belle Fountain Dauphin Island Fowl River Grand Bay Irvington Mobile Brilliant 4 12 2 77 Guin Hackleburg Hamilton Kennedy Millport Winfield Brilliant 4 12 2 77 Guin Hackleburg
232. e Company as having a hearing or speech impairment that prevents telephone voice communication The customer uses a Text Telephone TT or other non voice equipment for telecommunications The customer makes written application to the Company for the reduced MTS rates The customer designates to the Company one and only one telephone number associated with that customer s service and telecommunications device Reduced rates apply only to calls originated from this telephone number The reduced rates specified in d following apply for all calls originated from the designated telephone number Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 7 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 3 Two Point Service Cont d A Service Between Land Wire Telephones Contd 6 Rates for Hearing or Speech Impaired Persons or users of the Alabama Relay Center Cont d a Rates for certain MTS calls are reduced for a customer who meets Cont d 6 The customer uses the Alabama Relay Center which permits hearing and or speech impaired customers to use a Text Telephone TT to exchange telephone messages with voice customers and vice versa Rates for certain MTS calls are reduced for an agency or business that assists hearing or speech impaired persons under the following conditions 1 The agency or business provides non
233. e Company at cost or conduit may be provided by the applicant subject to the Company s specifications Conduit used for telephone company facilities may not be used for any other purpose without the consent of the Company The distance between the conduit and any Electric Light or Power Conduit or Conductor shall be in accordance with the Company s specifications The customer shall be required to pay the entire cost of any repair or maintenance of Company property resulting from any intention or negligent act of the customer employees contractors or invitees The cost of relocating underground entrance facilities at the customer s request will be borne by the customer Effective 09 04 15 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 1st Revised Sheet 10 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 3 Establishment and Furnishing of Service Cont d 2 3 8 Special Assemblies of Speculative Projects A Centrex Service for State of Alabama 1 This Price list provides Centrex main station including the following features Call Alternation Call Forward All Busy No Answer Fixed Variable Call Hold Call Pick Up Extended Direct and Group Call Transfer all types Call Waiting Dial Call Waiting Originating Call Waiting Terminating Cancel Consultation Hold Hunting Pilot Number Directory Number and Secretarial Last Number Redial Speed Call Short List Individual Station Rest
234. e Phone II includes the following services and features Residence Flat Rate Access Line Choice of the following features Anonymous Call Rejection Busy Redial Call Forward Busy Call Forward No Answer Call Forwarding Call Forward Remote Access where available Call Return Call Waiting Call Waiting ID Caller ID Cancel Call Waiting Message Waiting Indication Selective Call Accept Selective Call Forward Selective Call Rejection 3 Way Calling VIP Alert Voice Mail Effective 12 5 14 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 Original Sheet 54 12 13 22 Packaged Services MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 15 Home Phone ll 2 Regulations a Home Phone II customers may terminate their enrollment in the plan at any time upon notice to the Company Unless terminated by the Home Phone II customer or the Company a customer will remain enrolled in the plan as amended from time to time with any applicable changes in rate for as long as the plan continues to be offered by the Company Home Phone Il customers are not eligible for promotional offerings associated with the features included in the plan unless specifically provided for in a promotional offering Components of Home Phone II will be converted to ala carte rates for the remaining services if customers remove any of the qualifying services All terms and conditions specifie
235. e Use AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 3 Original Sheet 18 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 15 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans 3 15 1 General Effective 11 01 15 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 19 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan 3 16 1 General A This Price list applies to local exchange telephone service provided under the CenturyTel Local Calling Plans The exchange areas to which the regulations and rates contained herein are as specified in Section 3 16 4 to this price list and are in addition to the applicable regulations and rates specified in other tariffs of the Company 3 16 2 Regulations 1 AL 15 15 N A Existing customers may have the option to keep their current flat rate service or convert to the CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan service Should the existing customer opt to keep the current flat rate service he will continue to dial 1 to the expanded local calling areas and will be charged the applicable intraLATA toll rates for such calls All new customers moving into the CenturyTel Local Calling Plans exchanges may choose one of the CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan options or subscribe to flat rate service Should the new custome
236. e Years 275 00 0 00 Five Years 250 00 0 00 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 13 15 Section 13 Original Sheet 57 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 25 Call Line Identifier 13 25 1 Description See CENTURYLINK LOCAL TERMS OF SERVICE CALL LINE IDENTIFIER for applicable terms and conditions 13 25 2 Rates and Charges Nonrecurring Charge Per Line 30 Day Period 12 Month Period Initial 46 00 108 00 Renewal Each 20 00 41 00 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 14 Original Contents Sheet 1 SUPPLEMENTAL EQUIPMENT Table of Contents Sheet No 14 4 Equipment for Disabled Customers 1 14 1 1 General 1 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 14 Original Sheet 1 SUPPLEMENTAL EQUIPMENT 14 1 Equipment for Disabled Customers 14 1 1 General A The Company will offer for sale to customers a special needs product line The special needs product line will allow customers who are visually hearing mobility speech or cognitively challenged to easily communicate with others B The Company will make every effort to ensure that the special needs product line conforms and adheres to the requirements and specifications of Section 255 of
237. e applied to the new customer s account for such transfers Where existing service is continued for a new customer the telephone number may be retained by the new customer only if the old customer consents and an arrangement acceptable to the Company is made to pay all outstanding charges against the service Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 12 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 3 Establishment and Furnishing of Service Cont d 2 3 10 Prepaid Local Telephone Service PLTS Prepaid Local Telephone Service PLTS is a residential payment plan where the customer agrees to pay for service two 2 months in advance Upon establishment of the PLTS plan the customer will be billed for two 2 months service and any applicable nonrecurring charges The Company may require payment of these charges prior to establishment of service Thereafter the customer will be billed A one 1 month s service on a monthly basis PLTS is configured as follows 1 Voice grade residential flat rate line or local measured service line if available 2 All mandatory services including expanded local calling etc all applicable charges to be applied Tone Dialing tone dialing touch tone charges are applicable Ability to dial 911 emergency number Ability to report service problems seven 7 days a week Ability to dial CenturyTel Customer Servi
238. e as follows Slamming Termination Liability Reserved for Future Use Facility Relocation Cost Recovery Fee Natural Disaster Relief for Customers Sheet No 1 D cO O0 OOo Noo 620 nmIvrno CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 2 Original Sheet 1 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 1 Application of Regulations 2 1 1 The regulations set forth herein apply to intrastate services and facilities furnished within the State of Alabama by CenturyTel of Alabama LLC aka CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink hereinafter referred to as the Company subject to the jurisdiction of the Alabama Public Service Commission When services and facilities are provided in part by the Company and in part by other companies the regulations of the Company apply to that portion of the service or facilities furnished by it Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 2 2 2 Use of Service GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 2 1 Abuse or Fraudulent Use of Service A The service is furnished subject to the condition that there will be no abuse or fraudulent use of the service Abuse or fraudulent use of service includes 1 the use of service or facilities of the Company to transmit a message or to locate a person or otherwise to give or obtain information wi
239. e for establishing the identity of the person or persons with whom connection is made at the called station 3 The customer is required to furnish install and maintain the storage battery charging equipment and noise suppressors on his mobile unit required for the proper operation of the service Limited Conversation The Telephone Company reserves the right to limit the length of conversation when necessary in times of emergency to avoid a shortage of facilities Liability of Telephone Company 1 In view of the fact that the customer has exclusive control of his communications over the facilities furnished him by the Company and of the other uses for which facilities may be furnished him by the Telephone Company and because of the inability to avoid errors incidental to the services and to the use of such facilities of the Telephone Company the Services and facilities furnished by the Company are subject to the terms conditions and limitations herein specified 2 In the event of an interruption to the service which is not due to the negligence or willful act of the customer there will be allowed a prorate adjustment of the monthly guarantee and of a fixed monthly charges involved for the service and facilities rendered useless and inoperative by reason of the interruption during the time said interruption continues in excess of twenty four 24 hours from the time it is reported to the Telephone Company or detected by the Compan
240. e in addition to other rates and charges stated in this and other Company Tariffs Monthly B Nonrecurring Recurring Rate Element Charge Charge 1 Switched Data Individual Line Loop Extension a Switched Data Interoffice Mileage e b Switched Data Access Loop 9 Single Line 50 00 44 00 Centrex 50 00 44 00 c Switched Data Channelization per line Single Line 50 00 18 00 Centrex 50 00 21 00 2 Switched Data Channel Access 24 Channels a Channel Access 4 b Central Office Termination per access arrangement 125 00 110 00 c Central Office Channelization per channel activated 12 00 The applicable Service Charges as specified in Section 4 of this Price list shall also apply The applicable Digital Interoffice Channel rate as specified in CenturyTel s Alabama IntraLATA private line Price list shall apply The End User Charges as specified in CenturyTel s Price list Section 4 are also applicable The applicable Digital Interoffice Channel rate as specified in CenturyTel s Alabama IntraLATA private line Price list shall apply ES g CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 14 15 Section 12 1st Revised Sheet 21 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 2 Switched Data Service Cont d 12 2 6 Rates and Charges Cont d Monthly B Nonrecurring Recurring Rate Element Charge Charge 3 Optional Features a Data Dir
241. e of other services BUSINESS SERVICE Exchange service furnished to a customer at a business address or where the service has a business listing in the directory CAPACITY Reference to capacity in the General Exchange Price list means the number of lines trunks or stations with which a Key Telephone or Private Branch Exchange System is capable of being equipped and which can be made operational with a minimal amount of investment in available stock CENTRAL OFFICE An operating office in the telephone company where connections are made and switching is accomplished between telephone access lines CENTRAL OFFICE WORK CHARGE The charge for work associated with the central office applicable for functions required within the central office CHANNEL A path for communication between two or more stations or central offices furnished in such a manner as the Company may elect whether by wire radio or a combination thereof and whether or not by single physical facility or route CLASS OF SERVICE The various categories of service generally available to the customer such as business residential public or semipublic service CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 1 Original Sheet 2 DEFINITIONS CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION SERVICE Local telephone lines for in classroom use COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Channels and other facilities which are capable w
242. e original Term Payment Plan period 2 Service Activation charges are available on a month to month basis H At the expiration date of the customers selected Term Payment Plan period the customer may continue service under a new Term Payment Plan or on a month to month basis at the expired payment plan rates Rates for service under these options Will be the current rates as specified in this Price list l In the event Digital Channel service is terminated by the customer prior to completion of the initial contract period the customer shall be liable for early termination charges See General Regulations Section 2 8 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 12 Original Sheet 11 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service Cont d 12 1 5 Application of Rates Cont d J Should customers request interconnection between different Digital Channel Services provisioned in two 2 or more different local serving offices 1 544 Interoffice Channel mileage as specified in Section 17 of this Price list will apply This charge will apply in addition to Digital Channel Service charges for each premises for which Digital Channel Service is provisioned 12 1 6 Rates and Charges A Nonrecurring Charges 1 Nonrecurring charges are one time charges that apply for specific work activity i e installation of service or change to an existing serv
243. e permits a called party to be billed for a call X 25 Reverse Charge Acceptance allows a called party to accept charges for incoming calls X 25 Throughput Class Negotiation allows the calling data terminal to request specific throughput classes in a call request package for both directions of data transmission X 25 Transmit Delay Selection and Indication allows the data terminal to specify an acceptance transit delay on a per call basis for virtual call X 25 Deluxe Package Includes Basic package plus the following X 25 Closed User Groups allows ISDN subscribers to establish subnetworks within which the members of a closed user group can communicate A member cannot communicate with parties outside of the closed user group Closed user groups are established by a service order A user can belong to more than one closed user group CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 12 Original Sheet 36 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital ISDN Single Line Service Cont d 12 3 3 Single Line Features Cont d G Definitions Cont d 5 X25 Deluxe Package Cont d X 25 Fast Select allows a data terminal to send as many as 128 bytes of data in addition to call setup and clearing packets X 25 Fast Select Acceptance allows transmitting incoming call packets with the fast select facility to a compatible destination terminal X 25 Hunt Groups allows g
244. e purchase or billed to the customer subsequently Second and Subsequent installments will be billed to the customer on a monthly basis CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 15 Original Contents Sheet 1 15 1 15 2 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER Table of Contents General Regulations 15 1 1 General 15 1 2 Responsibility of the Customer 15 1 3 Responsibility of the Telephone Company 15 1 4 Violation of Regulations 15 1 5 Hazadous or Inaccessible Locations 15 1 6 Provisions of Channels and Equipment 15 1 7 Recording Reproducing and Automatic Answering and Recording Equipment Connections of Registered Terminal Equipment and Systems 15 2 1 General 15 2 2 Premises Wiring Associated with Registered or Grandfathered Communication Systems Connections of Grandfathered Terminal Equipment and Grandfathered Communications Systems 15 3 1 Direct Connections and Connections Through Connecting Arrangements Provided by the Company Acoustic or Inductive Connections 15 4 1 General Connections of Customer Provided Communications Systems Not Subject to Part 68 of FCC Rules and Regulations 15 5 1 General Connections of Customer Provided Terminal Equipment Specifically Excluded from the FCC Registration Program 15 6 1 Customer provided terminal equipment may not be connected Custom
245. e service under a new term commitment based on current rates as specified in this Price list or on a month to month basis at the current rates as specified in this Price list In the event CyberDS1 is terminated by the customer prior to completion of the initial contract period the customer shall be liable for early termination charges See General Regulations Section S2 8 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 12 Original Sheet 50 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 5 CyberDS1 Service Cont d 12 5 6 Rates and Charges Cont d Monthly Nonrecurring Rate Charge CyberDS1 Capacity Each 750 00 500 00 12 Month Term Commitment 725 00 500 00 24 Month Term Commitment 675 00 500 00 36 Month Term Commitment 600 00 500 00 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 51 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 6 Business Assist 12 6 1 General A Business Assist provides an intra exchange digital facility between the customer premises and the local serving wire center and will be used by the customer to aggregate their telecommunication services onto a digital local loop It is an intra exchange service that can be utilized with other intra state services that provide transport between two or more central offices Business Assist includes 1
246. e telecommunications network provided the connection is made externally to the network control signaling unit when the unit is Telephone Company provided The customer provided communications equipment must comply with all the criteria contained in Subpart D of Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission s Rules and Regulations both prior to and after the application of each of the mechanical and electrical stresses specified in that section Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 15 Original Sheet 9 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 5 Connection of Customer Provided Communications Systems Not Subject to Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations 15 5 1 General Customer provided communications systems not subject to Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission s Rules and Regulations may be connected with telecommunications services in accordance with this Price list These communications systems including channels derived from such systems not exceeding voice grade may be connected at the customer s premises provided that A Such telecommunications service or customer provided communications system is utilized for the origination or termination of communications at the customer s premises where the connection is made The connection shall be through a network control signaling
247. e to the CenturyTel Long Distance LLC Basic Business Unlimited Long Distance Bundle plan This plan is for typical domestic voice usage only and cannot be used for any purpose inconsistent with typical domestic voice usage If usage under this plan is not consistent with typical domestic voice usage as determined in the Company s sole discretion the Company reserves the right to move customer to an alternative plan or may suspend restrict or cancel customer s service Monthly Rates The following rates apply in addition to the monthly rates applicable for companion long distance service Primary Access Each Additional Line Charge Access Line Charge 40 00 40 00 Effective 08 31 12 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 54 1 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 10 Primary Rate Interface PRI Bundle A General At http Awww centurylink com Pages AboutUs Legal TermsAndConditions business html the following information will direct you to the applicable Local Terms of Service document which contains the terms and conditions for Primary Rate Interface PRI Bundle State Alabama Entity CenturyTel of Alabama LLC Service CenturyLink ISDN PRI Services Termination Liability Charges as described in the aforementioned Local Terms of Service document will apply if a Customer disconnec
248. e within a customer group Requires data link console Rates and charges apply per console Both the Nonrecurring Charge and Monthly Rate apply per system per customer CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 67 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges E Optional Features Cont d 1 Centrex Cont d Rate 1 i Automatic Route Selection Nonrecurring Charge per system 150 00 Monthly Rate per line 0 35 j Blocking Complete Blocking per line Nonrecurring Charge N A Monthly Rate per line N A Selective Blocking per call Nonrecurring Charge N A Monthly Rate per call N A k Caller ID Name and Number 2 25 lines Nonrecurring Charge N A Monthly Rate per group 35 00 26 50 lines Nonrecurring Charge N A Monthly Rate per group 70 00 51 lines Nonrecurring Charge N A Monthly Rate per group 140 00 1 d Both the Nonrecurring Charge and Monthly Rate apply per system per customer Calling Number Identification CNID is included at no additional charge as part of the basic Digital ISDN Centrex Service CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 68 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Cent
249. ecified in 6 2 above 3 Utilization of Call Trace and Call Line Identifier Parties with non published numbers forfeit the privacy afforded by the service to the extent that the telephone number is identified through activation of a Call Trace or Call Line Identifier procedure whereby the name and address of the subscriber will be provided to the authorized law enforcement agency upon request G The charges for additional alternate unlisted or unpublished listings begin on the day the information records are posted H The length of contract period for directory listings where the listing actually appears in the directory is the directory period The directory period is from the day on which the directory is distributed to the customers to the day the succeeding directory is distributed to the customers Unless the listing no longer serves the customer because of disconnection removal etc of the service the minimum contract period will be for thirty 30 days CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 6 Original Sheet 3 6 3 Conditions DIRECTORY LISTINGS A dual name listing consists of a surname two given names the address and telephone number A dual name listing may be provided for resident subscribers when either the two 2 names lasted are those of persons sharing the same surname and live at the same address or the two 2 names listed
250. ect Connect each line 1 00 b Data Closed User Group each line 1 00 4 Optional Features Package a Feature Package Data 1000 per line i 3 00 1 2 3 Network Usage Switched Data Network Usage will be billed to the originating end of the Switched Data call which terminates within the local calling area only For Switched Data calls terminating outside the local calling area the applicable toll charges will apply Switched Data Network Usage Rates 9 Discount Periods Software Reconfiguration Charge Monthly Rate per occurrence 12 75 a The Software Reconfiguration charge is applicable for any software changes that are required to make changes to Optional Features e g changing Data Direct Connection Destination etc or changes to Feature Packages e g add delete or change features The Service Charges as specified in Section S4 are also applicable The applicable Service Charges as specified in Section 4 of this Price list shall also apply Network Usage does not apply to Centrex intercom calls Toll calls will be billed at current toll rates covered in Section 18 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 22 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital IDSN Single Line Service 12 3 1 General A Digital ISDN Single Line Service is a local exchange telecommunications service available
251. ed Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 53 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features J Digital ISDN Centrex Multi Button Key Set MBKS Deluxe Package Cont d Incoming Priority Calling permits calls outside the business group to be terminated to a priority call appearance Terminations to priority appearances use normal intergroup alerting as opposed to priority alerting Intercom Alerting provides a distinctive ring and or visual indicator to alert the MBKS set user of an intercom call Outgoing Called Line Identification for ISDN Terminals provides a user originating a call with information about the called party and the facility or destination Facility and call destination information are provided via the ISDN Call Identification ICI call types The OCLID information provided is Call Appearance Identification Called DN ICI If an attendant is originating the call the switch also provides the originating permissions of the called party This feature is billed only on a flat rate basis Priority Calling Incoming Only provides an ISDN equivalent of Call Waiting Incoming Only With this feature calls outside the business group can terminate to a priority call appearance Terminations to priority appearances use norm
252. ed Number Screening Optional This service is grandfathered to existing customers at existing locations CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 01 14 Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 51 1 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 7 Pure Broadband Bundle cont d C Terms and Conditions Pure Broadband Bundle is available to residential and business customers in all exchanges within the Company where technically feasible subject to availability of facilities This bundle is only available with One Party Local Exchange Service Lines equipped with Pure Broadband Bundle will not have a directory listing and will not be included in the Company s directory assistance records Extended Area Service EAS charges do not apply The bundle rate will include the Subscriber Line Charge Service Charges or nonrecurring charges do not apply D Rates Residence Business Per Bundle per month 29 68 39 90 Rates applicable for non regulated High Speed Internet also apply Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 2nd Revised Sheet 52 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 8 Prepaid Local Service Prepaid Local Telephone Service PLTS is a residential payment plan where the customer agrees to pay for service one mo
253. ed in Sections 9 3 17 and 9 3 18 a of the Alabama Code 1987 may subscribe to business access line service at rates discounted 25 from those rates listed in Sections 3 8 and 3 10 of this price list 3 3 Changes in Exchange Group Classification A The total access lines in the local calling area of each exchange shall be verified annually using the Company s official report of the telephones in service on June 30 of each year This date shall be considered the annual study period An exchange shall be reclassified to the applicable higher rate group and shall take the rates and services of that group 1 When the total access lines in the local calling area exceed the upper limit of the rate group in any study period 2 When extended area service enlarges the local calling area of any exchange so that the total access lines in the extended area exceed the upper limits of the rate group Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 Original Sheet 2 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 3 Changes in Exchange Group Classification Cont d 3 4 Local Service Rate Groups 3 5 C An exchange shall be reclassified to the applicable lower rate group when the total access lines in the local calling area is less than the lower limit of the rate group in any study period D When exchanges meet conditions in b or c above the Company will make appropriate
254. ed on the premise of another customer and restricted to answering incoming calls only provided the other has his own separate service at the same location 2 Business off premises stations may be provided at a residence location of the same customer where residence main station service is also provided 3 Residence off premises stations may be provided at a business location of the same customer where business main station service is also provided 4 Mileage charges when applicable will be based upon the route measurement mileage between the locations of the main stations CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 01 06 11 Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 14 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 12 Employees Telephone Service 13 12 1 General The same rules and regulations are applicable to employees and retirees of the Company as are applicable to the general public Certain telephone services will be furnished to Company employees and Company retirees at reduced rates as authorized by Company practices and procedures 13 12 2 Reserved 13 12 38 Reserved CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 15 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 13 Reserved for Future Use Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Custo
255. ed or discontinued Grandfathered to existing customers at existing locations Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 30 13 14 1 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d 13 14 6 Choice Pac A Choice Pac offers a monthly discount on specific CenturyTel calling services when the customer orders three 3 or more services The discount percentage is applied to the total of the individual service rates subscribed to by the customer Choice Pac is available to business customers with one 1 or two 20 individual lines that are billed on the same account The discounted services must be billed on the same business account Any service may be substituted for another or additional services may be ordered at a later date The combination of services is not important to the discount only the number of services If the customer removes an eligible service s so that the total subscribed to for this package is less than three 3 the discount percentage will not apply and the individual service rates as specified in Sections 13 14 3 and 13 14 4 c 1 b of this Price list will apply The following services are eligible for the Choice Pac discount offering Busy Redial 66 Call Return 69 Call Block Call Forwarding Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting Caller ID Caller ID N
256. ed telephone numbers not in use will be routed via one of the following options a customized recorded announcement a central office supported attendant console or a trunk group going to the attendant The numbers cannot be routed to an attendant that is not central office supported 5 Telephone numbers furnished herein retain their status until associated with an active station line at which time the service assumes rates and charges applicable to the appropriate CentraNet Type Services station line 6 Directory listings will not be provided with these assigned telephone numbers 7 These telephone numbers will be billed at the following rates until utilized on an active CentraNet Type Services station line 8 A Secondary Service Charge applies per occasion for the assignment of any quantity of telephone numbers at the same time 9 The Company will make every effort to insure the correct assignment and control of Assigned CentraNet Type Services Telephone Numbers Not In Use The Company s liability for any damages or harm that may occur as the result of incorrect assignment for control of the numbers shall not exceed an amount equal to the proportionate part of the monthly recurring charge for the service for the period during which the service was affected CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 74 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRA
257. ed to provide the local loop link for services offered in other sections of this Price list the regulations rates and charges specified in this Price list will apply All Business Assist facilities must be terminated at a single equipment location on a customer s premises Channelization on a customer s premises will be provided by the customer Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 55 12 6 Business Assist Cont d 12 6 4 Regulations DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES l Joint provisioning of channelized services introduces joint responsibilities between the customer and the Company as specified following 1 3 Responsibilities of the Company a b f The Company will endeavor to activate its portion of joint service in a timely manner on the negotiated date to support installation requirements The Company will provide the customer with information regarding the type and manufacturer of Central Office channelization equipment to be used in each application The Company reserves the right to change its equipment vendors should equipment availability price or technological advantages make such a change attractive or necessary The Company will notify the customer generally a minimum of six 6 months in advance of any need to change its central office equipment to allow the customer sufficient t
258. ed with each activated Digital ISDN Single Line one for each of two 2 channels If an additional telephone number is required on either channel an additional number charge applies for each additional number The additional telephone numbers are available at the rate shown in this section Additional telephone numbers may be published in the directory at the additional listing rates as found elsewhere in this Price list Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 29 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital IDSN Single Line Service 12 3 2 Conditions Cont d T Digital ISDN Single Line Access Digital ISDN Single Line Access provides support for connecting from one 1 to eight 8 terminals belonging to the same customer on an individual digital local line A maximum of two 2 users will be allowed simultaneous access to the B Channel the remaining users on the same Digital ISDN Single Line will be unable to access the service or will have access to the D Channel packet network only Up to eight 8 users can simultaneously share the same D Channel of a D Channel packet switching arrangement An additional directory number may be required for each additional terminal A maximum of eight 8 terminals belonging to the same customer are permitted per Digital Single line Individual Line Loop Extension Digital ISD
259. ent Tallassee Trussville Winfield All Other Exchanges 80 00 50 00 45 00 42 50 40 00 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 04 29 14 Section 13 3rd Revised Sheet 54 3 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 11 Core Connect B Rates and Charges Cont d 2 Core Connect 1 LITE Per Location Per Month TE MN Initial Bundle 2 through 10 bundle g All Terms Month to One Year Two Year Three Month Term Term Year Term Alberta Bayou La Batre Coffeeville Dauphin Island Fowl River Fayette Guin 70 00 40 00 35 00 42 50 30 00 Haleyville Hamilton Pell City Sulligent Tallassee Trussville Winfield All Other Exchanges 80 00 50 00 45 00 42 50 40 00 3 Core Connect 2 Per Location Per Month Ene Initial Bundle 2 through 10 bundle g Ail Terms Month to One Year Two Year Three Month Term Term Year Term All Exchanges 55 00 35 00 30 00 27 50 25 00 4 Core Connect 2 LITE Per Location Per Month So Initial Bundle 2 through 10 bundle g All Terms Month to One Year Two Year Three Month Term Term Year Term All Exchanges 60 00 35 00 30 00 27 50 25 00 Only available after expiration of a TDP when customer does not renew or select a new TDP Effective 12 26 14
260. enters Cont d 18 5 1 List of Rate Centers by LATA Cont d B Montgomery LATA Cont d Rate Center Echo Eclectic Elba Enterprise Eufaula Forest Home Fort Davis Fort Deposit Gantt Geneva Georgiana Gordon Gordonsville Goshen Greensboro Greenville Hartford Hayneville Headland Holtville Hurtsboro Kinston Kowaliga Lafayette Lapine Linden Louisville Lowndesboro Luverne Maplesville Marion McKenzie Midland City Midway Montgomery 7813 7664 7732 7886 7824 7679 7692 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 24 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 5 Airline Mileage Between Rate Centers Cont d 18 5 1 List of Rate Centers by LATA Cont d B Montgomery LATA Cont d Rate Center Nanafalia New Brockton Newton Newville Notasulga Opelika Opp Orrville Ozark Perote Pine Hill Pine Level Prattville Ramer Red Level Roanoke Rock Mills Samson Selma Slocomb Sweet Water Tallassee Thomaston Thomasville Troy Tuskegee Union Springs Union Town Vredenburgh Wetumpka Wicksburg Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 25 18 5 Airline Mileage Between Rate Centers Cont d 18 5 1 List of Rate Centers by LATA Cont d
261. ents 10 5 3 Construction Charges Applicable to Competitive Local Exchange Carriers CLECs 11 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Section 5 2nd Revised Sheet 1 CHARGES APPLICABLE UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS 5 1 Special Construction Charges applicable under special conditions are located at SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION AND PROVISION EXTENSION OF FACILITIES CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Section 5 2nd Revised Sheet 2 CHARGES APPLICABLE UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS 5 1 Special Construction Cont d This page is reserved for future use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Section 5 2nd Revised Sheet 3 CHARGES APPLICABLE UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS 5 1 Special Construction Cont d This page is reserved for future use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Section 5 2nd Revised Sheet 4 CHARGES APPLICABLE UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS 5 1 Special Construction Cont d This page is reserved for future use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Section 5 2nd Revised Sheet 5 CHARGES APPLICABLE UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS 5 1 Specia
262. enturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 19 Original Sheet 5 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 2 Use of the Service 19 2 1 General A The service is furnished subject to the condition that all applicable regulations in Section S2 of this Price list will be adhered to with the exceptions of S2 2 1 a and b which restrict the use of service and prohibit payment to the customer by another for use of the service B The service is provided or use by the customer and may be used by others when so authorized by the customer provided that all such usage is subject to the provisions of this Price list C The service is furnished subject to the condition that there will be no abuse or fraudulent use of the service Abuse or fraudulent use of service includes 1 the placing or acceptance of a WATS call in response to an uncompleted long distance call placed to send information and to avoid the Message Telecommunications Service MTS charge and 2 the obtaining or attempting to obtain or assisting another to obtain or to attempt to obtain WATS through any fraudulent means with intent of avoiding the payment of the regular charges for such service CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 19 Original Sheet 6 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 3 Limitatio
263. equipment is required to render satisfactory service such special equipment shall be charged for Intraexchange Service 17 2 4 General Intraexchange Service enables a customer to communicate between specified locations within the same or different buildings and within the same central office district or exchange as the switching equipment with which the service is associated Mileage charges apply as set forth below Channels provided herein are for voice grade transmission may be used either for the transmission of voice or signal For service requiring two or more cable pairs connected to the central office each cable pair will be considered a local channel 17 2 2 Rates and Charges Monthly Rate A Local Channels 1 First 1 4 mile or fraction thereof 7 20 2 Each additional 1 4 mile or fraction thereof 2 40 3 Continuous property 2 40 B Supplemental Charges Installation Charge Ringdown Circuit Power Supply with Ringing Current Located on customer premises 5 60 10 00 Per Station 2 00 10 00 In addition to mileage rate applicable to channel provided Appropriate service charges will apply Effective November 1 2013 new installations of on premises extensions will be provided as a one time charge based on time and materials charges Existing units of record as of November 1 2013 will continue to be provided and maintained by the Company at the rates and charges listed above CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b
264. equipment or system shall be such as not to interfere with any of the services offered by the Telephone Company Such is subject to the further provisions that the customer provided equipment or system does not endanger the safety of Telephone Company employees or the public damage require change in or alteration of the equipment or other facilities of the Telephone Company interfere with the proper functioning of such equipment or facilities impair the operations of the Telephone Company s service Upon notice from the Telephone Company that the customer provided equipment or system is causing or is likely to cause such hazard or interference the customer shall make such change as shall be necessary to remove or prevent such hazard or interference The customer indemnifies and saves the Telephone Company harmless against claims for infringement of patents arising from combining such equipment or system with or using it in connection with facilities of the Telephone Company and against all other claims arising out of any act or omission of the customer in connection with facilities provided by the Telephone Company 15 1 3 Responsibility of the Telephone Company The Company shall not be responsible for the installation operation or maintenance of any customer provided terminal equipment or communications system Telecommunications or private line service is not represented as adapted to the use of customer provided equipment or systems and wh
265. er Directories CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 2 Original Sheet 22 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 5 Obligation and Liability of the Company Cont d 2 5 6 Directories The Company will furnish to its customers without charge a directory for each access line Additional directories will be furnished at the discretion of the Company at a 2 00 per copy charge Foreign directories may be provided at a charge 2 5 7 Service Performance Guarantee A Business 1 If a business customer requests installation or repair of Company owned facilities used to provide exchange message toll private line or enhanced services offered under this Price list and the installation or repair is not completed as agreed the customer will be eligible to receive a credit of 100 00 One credit per order or trouble report may be applied for the affected service to which the customer subscribes to in this Price list 2 Each credit shall be limited to the amount described above for the particular line or lines associated with the service to be installed or repaired 3 Credit will be provided in accordance with the above conditions at the request of the customer At the company s discretion the Service Performance Guarantee will appear as either a 100 credit on the customer s bill or something of equal value to the customer 4 Credit will be extended in accordance wit
266. er Premises Inside Wire 15 7 1 General Regulations 15 7 2 Responsibility of the Customer 15 7 3 Responsibility of the Company 15 7 4 X Violation of Regulations Sheet No W Ua N A l C5 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 15 Original Sheet 1 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 1 General Regulations 15 1 1 General This section addresses the responsibilities and liabilities of the customer and company where customer provided terminal equipment and communication systems interconnect with the regulated services of the Telephone Company Customer provided refers to any equipment purchased by the customer or leased by the customer from the deregulated operations of the Telephone company or from any other provider of such equipment 15 1 2 Responsibility of the Customer Customer provided communications equipment may be used with the facilities furnished by the Telephone Company for telecommunications services as provided in this Price list In all such cases the customer provided communications equipment will be constructed maintained and operated as to work satisfactorily with the facilities of the Telephone Company Where telecommunications service is available under this Price list for use in connection with customer provided communications systems the operating characteristics of such
267. er or trouble report may be applied for the affected service to which the customer subscribes to in this Price list 2 Each credit shall be limited to the amount described above for the particular line or lines associated with the service to be installed or repaired 3 Credit will be provided in accordance with the above conditions at the request of the customer At the company s discretion the Service Performance Guarantee will appear as either a 25 credit on the customer s bill or something of equal value to the customer 4 Credit will be extended in accordance with the above conditions only for installation or repair of Company owned facilities used to provide services offered in accordance with this Price list 5 The credit will not apply to out of service conditions resulting from a Willful neglect misuse or abuse by the customer b Problems in the customer s premises equipment or in the customer s inside wire c Natural disasters labor difficulties governmental orders civil commotion general network failure cable cuts affecting more than five percent 5 of the Company s customers or circumstances beyond the control and or knowledge of the Company d Temporarily or permanently discontinued service due to nonpayment of bills Unauthorized Access and Hacking Except for physical damage to Customer s transmission facilities or Customer premise equipment directly caused by the Company s negligence or willf
268. er person firm or corporation for such use CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business Discount percentages apply to the message toll portion of the call and to the Operator Assisted Services Charges if applicable These Discounts are applicable to the CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business only and do not apply to any other CenturyTel offered intraLATA plan These discounts will include monthly usage including service charges and surcharges for customer dialed direct station to station customer dialed calling card station to station operator assisted station to station operator assisted calling card station to station and person to person calls that are carried and billed by the Company Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 46 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 12 Calling Plans CenturyTel Discount Calling Plans Cont d 18 12 8 CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business Cont d C Application of Discounts Cont d In calculating the usage volume discount the discount will generally be applied against the customer s intrastate intraLATA charges However if the intraLATA offering is part of a joint toll offering which is an agreement between CenturyTel and any certified telecommunications provider to jointly offer toll service the threshold for application of the discount will be determined by
269. er telephone service as distinguished from public and semipublic telephone service is furnished only for use by the customer his family employees or business associates or persons residing in the customer s household except as the use of the service may be extended to joint users or to persons temporarily subleasing a customer s residential premises The Company has the right to refuse to install customer service or to permit such service to remain on premises of a public or semipublic character when the station is so located that the public in general or patrons of the customer may make use of the service At such locations however customer service may be installed provided the instrument is so located that it is not accessible for public use 2 2 4 Minimum Contract Period A X Except as specified elsewhere in this Price list or service order the minimum contract period is one month from the date service or additions to service are established and the minimum charge is the authorized rate for one 1 month For purposes of rate administration each month is considered to have thirty 30 days B The Company may require a contract period longer than one 1 month at the same location in connection with special types or arrangements of equipment or for unusual construction necessary to meet specific demands for service Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama
270. eral Cont d E The WATS access line or exchange line may terminate in one of the following A connection to a network control signaling unit on the customer s premises A connection to terminal equipment or a terminating system on the customer s premises A connection to switching equipment in the Company central office A connection to an Interexchange Carrier IC feature group service in the Company central office The terminating point of a WATS access line or exchange line for 800 Service any of the arrangements listed preceding is a WATS termination The first such termination associated with a WATS access line is the WATS main termination Any additional termination associated with the same WATS access line is a WATS extension termination A WATS extension termination must be located in the same LATA as its associated WATS main termination Any additional termination associated with the same exchange line for 800 Service is an exchange line extension from the appropriate Price list Communications systems provided by Interexchange Carriers may be connected with the facilities furnished by the Company for WATS Customer provided terminal equipment or protective circuitry may be connected to WATS in accordance with effective provisions of the Federal Communications Commission s Registration program Combined WATS is furnished only in offices where the interLATA carrier has purchased appropriate Feature Group C or D access fa
271. eral Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 18 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 2 Switched Data Service Cont d 12 2 4 Regulations A In addition to the following regulations the appropriate regulations established in other sections of this Price list will also apply Switched Data Service is comprised of the following rate elements Switched Data Customer Line Service Connection Charges Optional Features Software Reconfiguration Charge Network Usage Charge The minimum billing period for which service is provided is one 1 month End User charges Subscriber Line Charges as specified in the End User Facilities For Interstate Access FIA Section 4 of CenturyTel s Price list will apply to Switched Data Service For Presubscription of an Interexchange Carrier the rates and regulations as set forth in Section 8 of CenturyTel s Access Price list will apply to Switched Data Service A directory listing for Switched Data service will be provided upon request in accordance with Section 6 of this Price list Switched Data Individual Line Loop Extension can be provided where Acustomer s local serving central office is capable of providing Switched Data A customer s local serving central office is not capable of providing Switched Data The Telephone Company will determine the nearest designated central office capable of providing Switched Data Service Interoffice digital data serv
272. ere such are connected to the Company facilities the responsibility of the Company shall be limited to the furnishing of facilities suitable for telecommunications service and to the maintenance and operation of such facilities in a manner proper for such telecommunications service Subject to this responsibility the Company shall not be responsible for 1 the through transmission of signals generated by the customer provided equipment or systems or for the quality of or defects in such transmission or 2 the reception of signals by customer provided equipment or systems or address signaling where such signaling is performed by customer provided signaling equipment CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 15 Original Sheet 2 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 1 General Regulations Cont d 15 1 3 15 1 4 Responsibility of the Telephone Company The Telephone Company may make changes in its telecommunications or private line services equipment operations or procedures where such action is not inconsistent with Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission s Rules and Regulations If such changes can be reasonably expected to require modification or alteration of customer provided terminal equipment or communications systems or materially affect its performance the Company will make a re
273. erprise zone means a geographic area which is economically depressed in need of expansion of business and industry and creation of jobs Rural enterprise zone means an enterprise zone located in a non MSA county such as defined by the U S Bureau of the Census Urban enterprise zone means an enterprise zone located in a MSA county as such is defined by the U S Bureau of the Census These enterprise zones shall be specifically designated by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs pursuant to the Alabama Enterprise Zone Act No 87 573 For the purpose of Option One of this Price list a new permanent employee is a full time employee who remains employed with the firm for a minimum of nine 9 months working a minimum of thirty 30 hours per week and receiving appropriate company benefits Any private employer which meets the following qualifications may qualify for discounts associated with Option One of this Price list offering Any private employer which 1 obtained an endorsement resolution approved by the appropriate local governing authority and 2 which company s operation falls into Standard Industrial Classifications SIC codes 20 42 44 49 or major warehousing and distribution centers or regional and or corporate headquarters of companies whose standard industrial classification SIC codes are 20 42 44 49 or such activities have a prospect of significant economic impact without threatening the well being of e
274. es AT amp T of Alabama Independent Exchange Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location AL 15 15 N Effective 11 01 15 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 32 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan a Cont d 3 16 4 CenturyTel Local Calling Plan Exchanges Montgomery LATA Exchanges Alberta Notasulga Orrville Tallassee Birmingham LATA Exchanges Aliceville Lincoln Ashland Lineville Berry Mentone Brilliant Morrisons Cross Roads Carrollton Panola Chulafinnee Pell City Surfside Delta Phil Campbell Detroit Reform Double Springs Rockford Ethelsville Sulligent Fayette Trussville Gordo Valley Head Guin Vernon Hackleburg Wadley Haleyville Wedowee Hamilton Winfield Heflin Woodland Jemison Thorsby Lecta Huntsville LATA Exchanges Falkville Massey Oden Ridge Mobile LATA Exchanges Bayou La Batre Coffeesville Dauphin Island 1 AL 15 15 N Fowl River Grand Bay Irvington Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 Original Sheet 33 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 17 Reserve Telephone Number 3 17 1 General A Reserve Telephone Numbers are telephone numbers reserved by a customer for future
275. es are in addition to all other rates and charges that may apply for services offered under this tariff which operate in conjunction with the TSP System Establishment of TSP System Service The establishment of TSP System service charge is a nonrecurring charge NRC which applies when an access line and or circuit is ordered If both provisioning and restoration are ordered at the same time only one NRC is applicable The NRC is also applicable for orders changing priority levels There is no charge to remove a TSP assignment Nonrecurring Charge Per Access Line Circuit 15 00 Effective 10 20 08 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 22 Original Sheet 4 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY TSP SYSTEM 22 1 Telecommunications Service Priority TSP System Cont d 22 1 2 Rates and Charges Cont d Provisioning Priority There are two basic levels of priority provisioning Emergency provisioning priority E and Essential provisioning priority 1 2 3 4 or 5 1 Emergency Provisioning The Telephone Company will take immediate action to provide the requested service at the earliest possible date The Telephone Company will adjust its available resources to meet the customer s requested due date Restoration Priority Restoration Priority is a monthly rate per access line and or circuit for the ongoing administration and maintenance of t
276. es may utilize this digital link to the customer s premise rather than the analog loop that might otherwise be provided This architecture is intended to promote more efficient connectivity of analog and digital networks Business Assist will be available on a digital basis at the network interface on a customer s premises Traditional analog services can be provided on a digital basis to a customer s premises by the Company when a customer desires them encoded in a DS1 bit stream Under those conditions they will be provided as DSO channels by the Company Each digital channel provided will have an identity only as a time slot within a DS1 loop Both the Company and the customer have joint responsibilities to ensure the proper transmission of the provided services Normal analog channel network interface specifications will be superceded by the electrical specifications of the 1 544 Mbps DS1 that is actually terminated Compatible digital to channelized conversion equipment must be provided by the customer to derive the desired analog services Any terminating equipment necessary for digital services is the responsibility of the customer Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 53 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 6 Business Assist Cont d 12 6 3 Definitions A Terminating Equipment The network channel terminating equipmen
277. es the connection Total monthly usage is subject to a Minimum Average Time Requirement MATR of one 1 minute per completed call This means that if the average duration per message for all messages in a service group or messages associated with an Option TFD Service or Open TFD Service terminating on an exchange line during a billing period is less than one 1 minute charges will be based on an average duration of one 1 minute per message 19 5 2 Reserved for Future Use 19 5 3 Reserved for Future Use Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 19 Original Sheet 9 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges Cont d 19 5 4 Monthly Rates and Charges A Hourly Rates 1 The hourly rates apply to the total usage rounded to the nearest tenth of an hour of each access line in a service group These rates are applied according to the method specified in 19 5 5 following Combined Outward WATS and Outward WATS IntraLATA Service Up to and including 15 hours Greater than 15 hours Greater than 40 hours Greater than 80 hours Greater than 120 hours Greater than 170 hours Greater than 320 hours Greater than 500 hours Greater than 1200 hours Greater than 2500 hours Per Hour Peak Off Peak 7 95 7 65 6 90 6 60 6 60 6 30 6 60 6 30 6 60 6 30 6 60 6 30 6 60 6 30 6 60 6 30 6 60 6 30
278. ess to the exchange network Only one Digital ISDN Centrex service line is required for each digital local loop since this service line provides any configuration of the basic elements and includes one access to the network line termination A Digital ISDN Centrex service line arranges a digital local loop ISDN BRI access The B Voice Circuit Switched Data Channel B V CSD assigns voice and circuit switched data traffic to two B Channels of a digital local line The CSD mode operates at a maximum speed of 64 Kbps Switched 64 Kbps but may be used at a speed of 56 Kbps Switched 56 Kbps Data sent to locations within a business system and to interexchange carriers over B V CSD Channels in the CSD mode can be transmitted at either 64 Kbps or 56 Kbps Some interexchange carriers do not offer transmission at 64 Kbps Data sent to locations within other business systems can be transported at a speed of either 64 Kbps or 56 Kbps in accordance with the rates charges and conditions specified by the Company s Price list where 64 Kbps is offered The D Packet Switched Data Channel allows transmission of packet switched data over a D Channel Subscription to a D Packet Service without subscription to B Channel Service is permitted Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 10 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING
279. et 16 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 5 Airline Mileage Between Rate Centers Cont d B Determination of Airline Mileages 1 Todetermine the rate distance between any two rate centers proceed as follows Obtain the V and H coordinates for each rate center Obtain the difference between the V coordinates of the two 2 rate centers Obtain the difference between the H coordinates Divide each of the differences obtained in b by three 3 rounding each quotient to the nearer integer Square these two integers and add the two squares If the sum of the squares is greater than 1777 divide the integers obtained in c by three and repeat step d Repeat this process until the sum of the squares obtained in d is less than 1777 The number of successive divisions by three in steps c and d determines the value of N Multiply the final sum of the two squares obtained in step d by the multiplier specified in the following table for the value of N proceeding Minimum N Multiplier Rate Mileage 1 0 9 2 8 1 41 3 72 9 121 4 656 1 361 5 5 904 9 1 081 6 53 144 1 3 241 The difference is always obtained by subtracting the smaller coordinate from the larger coordinate Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 17 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 5 Ai
280. et with the call appearance for call on hold can pick up the call by pressing the call appearance button Intercom Function allows the station set to emulate a dedicated wire to another station for priority conversations without tying up the station set from active or incoming calls Key System Coverage for Analog Lines allows an analog station set to share calls with the ISDN station set Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 51 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features Digital ISDN Centrex Multi Button Key Set MBKS Basic Package Manual Exclusion allow an MBKS set user to inhibit other stations from picking up a call on hold or bridging onto a call that is active at that station Multiple Directory Number Buttons provides access to more than one Directory Number DN on the MBKS set Indicator lights show the status of the DN idle call on hold call in progress etc Privacy Release allows a user to inhibit other stations from answering a call on hold or from bridging onto calls See Manual Exclusion Ring Again allows a user to arrange for Automatic Callback on Busy when a busy number is encountered When the busy station becomes idle a distinctive ring alerts the caller When the station set is taken off hook the call is
281. ex When Display sets are used this will allow the activation where available of calling number display intra business group only call announce and visual message waiting indication Recorded Announcement This feature routes calls to a recording may be customized at the Telephone Company s Central Office Speed Call Long List System This feature allows members of a customer business group to share a common speed call list of 30 members The first list is included in the Series 2000 package rate This rate is for an additional list not to exceed eight 8 lists Station Message Detail Recording SMDR This feature provides an SMDR formatted type record of chargeable and nonchargeable calls for each customer group Stop Hunt This feature uses a code which allows the hunting process to stop when a particular line is reached in a hunting sequence Terminal Make Busy This feature uses a code to make a specific terminal or groups of terminals in a hunting group look busy Tie Facility Access This feature provides access to and from an InterLATA or IntraLATA tie facility Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 47 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features G Optional System Features Cont d T1 Access
282. f the same Centrex CustoPAK Service system that are located at different premises but situated within the same wire center serving area Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 82 8 3 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex CustoPAK Service Cont d 8 3 2 Conditions Cont d J Optional Centrex CustoPAK Services Optional services may be available where Telephone Company facilities permit at the rates specified in Section 8 3 4 following These services descriptions and regulations are specified in Section 8 3 3 of this price list Only the Centrex services specified in this section will be available under Centrex CustoPAK Service Other Centrex Services are not available under the Centrex CustoPAK Service Other Custom Calling and CLASS services that are not specified in this Price list will not be offered Feature Restriction Call Transfer Three Way Calling Call Forwarding Busy Call Forwarding Don t Answer and Call Forwarding Variable may generate local regional toll or long distance usage charges If generated these charges are the responsibility of the Centrex CustoPAK customer Customer Satisfaction Guarantee When a customer subscribes to the month to month option or the twenty four 24 month term option of Centrex CustoPAK Service he must request that the telephone company disconnect the se
283. federal government in order to maintain and administer the TSP System Such information includes the customer s name telephone number and mailing address the TSP authorization code and the circuit or service ID number associated with the National Security Emergency Preparedness NSEP service When a customer invokes TSP Treatment the Telephone Company will attempt to notify the customer of expected charges However the customer when invoking TSP Treatment must recognize that quoting charges beforehand may not be practicable Therefore the customer grants the Telephone Company the right to quote and bill charges after the provisioning of the service During certain emergencies the customer may request TSP assignments verbally and the Telephone Company will accept such verbal notification The customer must submit a written order to the Telephone Company within two working days following the verbal request If the written order is not received within two working days all applicable rates and charges accumulated to date to provision TSP System service become immediately due and payable and the requested TSP priority is revoked The customer must request and justify revalidation of all priority level assignments at least every two years as required by the TSP Program Office Additionally the NCS Manual 3 1 1 Telecommunications Service Priority TSP System for National Security Emergency Preparedness NSEP Service User Manual dated May 5
284. ffered on a monthly basis per line or on a demand basis per occurrence The customer must contact the Telephone Company to activate Busy Redial 66 on the line for a monthly flat rate To utilize Busy Redial 66 on a demand basis the customer activates this service by dialing a code provided by the Telephone Company and the per occurrence rate will apply each time the service is activated Access to the demand based service will be removed from the customer s line upon request at no charge Call Return 69 allows a customer to automatically return the last incoming call whether it is answered or not Upon activation of the feature the number of the most recent party who called is announced if it is available and the delivery has not been cancelled To return the call the customer dials 1 and the number is dialed automatically If the called line is found to be busy a thirty 80 minute queuing process begins The customer is given an indication that the network will attempt to set up the call when the called line is idle The network periodically tests the busy idle status of both parties until both lines are found idle the customer cancels the request or the queuing process expires If both lines are found to be idle the called party is alerted with a distinctive ring signifying that the call may now be completed This service is offered on a monthly basis per line or on a demand basis per occurrence The customer must contact the Telephone Com
285. fficient permit furnishing mobile telephone service to all who desire such service applications for service to new customer or to additional mobile units or existing customers shall be filled in accordance with categories of precedence in the order listed below All applications in the same category shall be filled in the order in which they are received and all such applications shall have precedence over applications in a lower category a Category 1 Public safety and health Official federal state county and municipal government agencies protecting the public safety and health private organizations and persons engaged primarily in protecting the public safety and health such as physicians hospitals ambulance services volunteer fire departments American Red Cross licensed protective patrols and armored cars and similar agencies Category 2 Carriers and utilities Contract carriers common carriers and public utilities exclusive of taxicabs and delivery service for communications other than correspondence of the general public Category 3 Other public services Emergency repair organizations not included in Category protecting health and property press association newspapers and broadcasting stations Category 4 Physically handicapped Persons who because of physical handicaps operate specifically equipped vehicles and are unable to led such vehicles without assistance Effective 02 01 07 Century
286. for the purpose of performing any service in competition with the service which Telephone Company and or participating companies may now or hereafter furnish Service Agreements 1 An application for service becomes a contract upon the establishment of service Neither the contract nor any rights acquired thereunder may be assigned or in any manner transferred Requests for additional service upon the establishment thereof become a part of the original contract except that each item of additional service is furnished subject to payment of charges for the period specified under paragraph k above Denial or Restoral of Service 1 If the subscriber refuses to pay any sum due uses foul or profane expressions impersonates another with fraudulent intent issues a check for services which is determined by the bank to be a bad check insufficient funds or violated any other of the regulations of the Telephone Company the Communications Act of 1934 as amended or the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission the Telephone Company may either temporarily deny service or terminate the service or contract therefore with normal disconnect notice used by the Telephone Company 2 When the service has been temporarily denied in accordance with the preceding paragraph but the contract has not been terminated or the order to remove service has not been issued and completed such service will only be restored upon the cash or m
287. ges cause a customer s equipment or communications system to become incompatible with services or if changes cause terminal equipment to require modification or become less effective the Company shall not be responsible Customer requested temporary disconnections of Digital ISDN Centrex services are not permitted Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 8 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 2 Conditions Contd V General Digital ISDN Centrex Cont d 5 The Company will provide one 1 alphabetical directory listing per Digital ISDN Centrex customer group system without charge Additional directory listings will be provided in accordance with the rates and conditions in this Price list under Directory Listings A change in service from Analog Centrex from Digital Channel Service or from a basic exchange service to Digital ISDN Centrex service is a discontinuation of service and an establishment of service Termination liabilities will not apply to these changes if the customer subscribes to an equivalent or greater amount of service However all applicable installation and service connection charges and all charges applicable to the establishment of Digital ISDN Centrex services apply Flat Rate and Measured Service for voice grade
288. gination of calls for 800 888 900 976 O IntraLATA and 0 IntraLATA is restricted Availability The provision of Switched Data Service is subject to the availability of certain central office and outside plant facilities Technical Requirements Switched Data requires the use of customer provided data equipment that must be compatible with the Telephone Company s equipment and facilities 12 2 5 Application of Rates A Rates and charges specified in other sections of the Price list for services provided in conjunction with Switched Data Service Custom Calling Services features Centrex features etc are in addition to the monthly rates for Switched Data Service Switched Data lines placed in a voice Centrex business group do not require Central Office located lines for outbound data traffic However the customer may choose to purchase additional Central Office located lines to support all terminating traffic that may be increased by Switched Data The customer has the option of placing the Switched Data lines in a Switched Data only Centrex business group which will not require Central Office located lines for either outbound or terminating data traffic CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 12 Original Sheet 20 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 2 Switched Data Service Cont d 12 2 6 Rates and Charges A The following rates and charges ar
289. gital channels before the service links can be cross connected CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink Effective 02 01 07 General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 6 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service Cont d 12 1 4 Regulations Cont d l Channelization on a customer s premises will be provided by the customer J Joint provisioning of channelized services introduces joint responsibilities between the customer and the Company as specified following 1 Responsibilities of the Company a The Company will endeavor to activate its portion of joint service in a timely manner on the negotiated date to support installation requirements The Company will provide the customer with information regarding the type and the manufacturer of Central Office C O channelization equipment to be used in each application The Company will attempt to limit its selection of Central Office equipment to avoid operational and administrative difficulties associated with a multi vendor central office environment The Company reserves the right to change its equipment vendors should equipment availability price or technological advantages make such a change attractive or necessary Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 7 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digit
290. gle Line Features 30 12 3 4 MBKS Basic Service 37 12 3 5 Rates and Charges 39 12 4 Integrated Service Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI 42 12 4 1 General 42 12 4 2 Regulations 42 12 4 8 PRI Features 44 12 4 4 Rates and Charges 46 12 5 CyberDS 1 Service 47 12 5 4 General 47 12 5 2 Digital Architecture 47 12 5 3 Definitions 48 12 5 4 Regulations 49 12 5 5 A Application of Rates 49 12 5 6 Rates and Charges 50 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Effective 02 01 07 Alabama Section 12 Original Contents Sheet 2 12 6 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES Business Assist 12 6 1 12 6 2 12 6 3 12 6 4 12 6 5 12 6 6 General Digital Architecture Definitions Regulations Application of Rates Rates and Charges CONTENTS Sheet No Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 1 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service 12 1 1 General A Digital Channel Service provides an intraexchange digital common line connection between the end users premises and the local serving wire center The digital transmission rate available is either DS1 1 544 Mbps or DS3 44 736 Mbps Digital Channel Service connections may be made to another central office owned by the Company within the same exchange subject to 12 1 4c following Digital Chan
291. gnment and the second y contains the restoration priority level assignment Provisioning Priority If the customer requires service within a shorter time interval than the Telephone Company can provide and the requested service qualifies for TSP the customer may elect to invoke National Security Emergency Preparedness NSEP Treatment and obtain the appropriate provisioning priority assignment from the TSP Program Office Acceptable assignment code values are E 1 2 3 4 5 and 0 The assignment of the value E denotes Emergency Provisioning and implies the service has the most critical provisioning requirements and the Telephone Company will respond accordingly The Telephone Company will take immediate action to provide the requested service at the earliest possible date The assignment values of 1 2 3 4 and 5 are treated as essential service priorities and the Telephone Company will adjust its available resources to meet the customer s requested due date The value 0 implies no provisioning priority CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 20 08 Section 22 Original Sheet 2 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY TSP SYSTEM 22 1 Telecommunications Service Priority TSP System Cont d 22 1 1 Restoration Priority A TSP authorization code for restoration priority classifies the service as being among the nation s most important NSEP telecommuni
292. h a rotary group of main station lines to the end of that group Hunting Secretarial This feature provides hunting within a department to hunt to the secretary last Last Number Redial This feature allows a station user to redial the last number dialed by utilizing an access code Speed Calling Short List Individual Lets the Main Station user place calls to a list of frequently called telephone numbers by dialing fewer digits than the complete directory number Where technology exists up to twenty four 24 dialed digits can be stored Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 27 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features B Feature Package 1000 Cont d Station Restriction Semi restricted permits the customer to have selected Main Stations restricted from receiving any calls from outside the business customer group or from making any calls outside the business customer group Intercom calling and private facilities are accessible Fully restricted blocks calls to and from the attendant in addition to those from to outside the customer business group Three Way Calling This feature permits a station user using the Consultation Hold feature to put one party on hold reach a third party and bring all three parties together in a
293. h are based on the number of days in service divided by thirty 30 days Total Hours of Use Determine the total chargeable hours of use for the service group This is the greater of the following rounded to the nearest tenth of an hour 1 the total actual hours for all lines in the service group chargeable time for each call is specified in 19 5 1 c preceding or 2 the total equivalent hours for the service group which is what the use would have been if the average duration of all completed calls for the group had been one 1 minute i e the total number of completed calls for all lines in the group multiplied by one 1 minute Usage Charge Per Service Group Use the table of hourly rates in 19 5 4 a preceding and the total use per account from 19 5 5 b preceding to determine the usage charge per hour Multiply the Peak hourly rate from the rate table by the number of Peak hours used and the Off Peak hourly rate by the number of Off Peak hours used and total these charges for example if total usage equals 20 hours for a given month then the appropriate charges would be the Peak and Off Peak rates for Greater Than 15 Hours CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 19 Original Sheet 13 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges Cont d 19 5 5 Method of Determining Usage Charges Cont d D Total Usage Charge
294. h the above conditions only for installation or restoration of exchange private line message toll or enhanced services or for installation or repair of Company owned facilities used to provide those services The Service Performance Guarantee is not applicable for Public Telephone Service and or Semipublic Telephone Service 5 The credit will not apply to out of service conditions resulting from a Willful neglect misuse or abuse by the customer b Problems in the customer s premises equipment or in the customer s inside wire c Natural disasters labor difficulties governmental orders civil commotion general network failure cable cuts affecting more than five percent 5 of the Company s customers or circumstances beyond the control and or knowledge of the Company d Temporarily or permanently discontinued service due to nonpayment of bills CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 04 05 10 Section 2 1st Revised Sheet 23 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 5 Obligation and Liability of the Company Cont d 2 5 7 Service Performance Guarantee Cont d 2 5 8 B Residence 1 If a residence customer requests installation or repair of Company owned facilities used to provide service offered under this Price list and the installation or repair is not completed as agreed the customer will be eligible to receive a credit of 25 00 One 1 credit per ord
295. he TSP System This monthly rate only applies for all restoration circuits or lines Monthly Rate Per Access Line Circuit 5 00 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 06 15 Section 50 13th Revised Sheet 1 Cancels 12th Revised Sheet 1 PROMOTIONS See CENTURYLINK INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER PROMOTIONAL OFFERINGS for currently available promotions CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 01 01 15 Section 50 1st Revised Sheet 2 PROMOTIONS This sheet intentionally left blank CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 01 01 2015 Section 50 3rd Revised Sheet 3 PROMOTIONS This sheet intentionally left blank CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 06 15 Section 50 9th Revised Sheet 4 Cancels 8th Revised Sheet 4 PROMOTIONS This sheet intentionally left blank CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 04 01 11 Section 50 Original Sheet 5 PROMOTIONS Economy Pak Plus Bundle 768 Kbps The Economy Pak Plus bundle is a residential service offering that includes an access line Caller ID Call Waiting Call Waiting ID and 768K high speed internet for the rate of 49
296. he WATS extension is located in a different building on the same premises as the WATS main termination or another extension associated with the same WATS access line the following rates apply 1 Channel between buildings on the same premises Monthly Rate a Per 1 10 mile or fraction thereof 0 00 Route Measurement See Section 17 for the rates and charges 3 Different Exchange a When the WATS extension is located in a different exchange from the WATS main termination the following rates apply in addition to the rates and charges specified in the local channel in 19 5 10 b 1 a preceding 1 Interexchange channel measured between the rate center of the WATS main termination and the rate center of the WATS extension Monthly Rate a Channel Charges 0 00 See Section 17 for the rates and charges CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 19 Original Sheet 18 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges Cont d 19 5 10 WATS Extensions Cont d B Channel rates and charges as specified in 19 5 10 b 1 2 and 3 Cont d 3 Different Exchange Cont d a When the WATS extension is located in a different exchange Cont d 2 Interoffice channel charges may also apply between the central office serving the WATS main termination and its rate center and or between the rate center of the WATS exte
297. he customer to discontinue such use or to correct the violation will result in the suspension or disconnection of the customer s service until such time as the customer complies with the provisions of this Price list 7 1 4 Optional Service Features A Central Office Blocking with Screening Central Office Blocking with Operator Screening is offered to provide a choice of restrictions at the subscriber s option These options are offered where facilities are available 1 2 Option 1 Two Way Service No restriction Option 2 Outward Only Service No other restrictions Option 3 Two Way Service Provides screening information to the operator If the caller intended to place an operator assisted call that requires a coin deposit the call cannot complete Further third number and collect calls to Public Telephone Access Service for CPE are not allowed Option 4 Outward Only Service Provides screening information to the operator If the caller intended to place an operator assisted call that requires a coin deposit the call cannot complete Further third number and collect calls to Public Telephone Access Service for CPE are not allowed Option 5 Two Way Service Provides central office blocking of 7 digit local 976 1 DDD and 1 900 calls Provides screening information to the operator If the caller intended to place an operator assisted call that requires a coin deposit the call cannot complete Further third number and
298. heir initial limit amount and subsequent credit limit changes through credit limit notices mailed to the billing address A behavioral score will be established and maintained on each customer when the program is initiated and or after service has been established The behavioral scoring will be updated monthly based on billing and payment behavior during the preceding twelve 120 months Behavioral Scoring levels and credit limits as a result of the scoring will be categorized as follows a Low Risk All bills during the past twelve 12 months paid in full and by the due date No dishonored checks during the past twelve 12 months No service denials due to non payment during the preceding twelve 12 months No more than two 2 reminder notices on account during the preceding twelve 12 months Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 18 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 4 Establishment and Maintenance of Credit Cont d 2 4 6 Advanced Credit Management Cont d B Regulations Cont d 3 Behavioral Scoring levels and credit limits as a result of the scoring Cont d b Medium Risk Telephone bills not paid on time and in full five 5 or more times during the preceding twelve 12 months No more than two 2 non sufficient funds NSF checks for telephone bill payments during the preceding twelve
299. hen not connected to exchange telecommunications service of two way communications between customer provided terminal equipment or deregulated Company provided stations COMPANY A corporation association partnership or individual engaged in the business of furnishing telephone and other communications services to the public CONNECTING ARRANGEMENT The equipment provided by the Company to accomplish the direct electrical connection of customer provided facilities with the facilities of the Company or of facilities of the Company with other facilities of the Company CONNECTING COMPANY A corporation association partnership or individual owning or operating one or more exchanges and with which communications services are interchanged CONNECTOR See Switch CONSTRUCTION CHARGE A separate non recurring charge made for the construction of facilities in excess of those contemplated under the rates quoted in the Local Exchange Service Section CONTINUOUS PROPERTY The plot of ground together with any buildings thereon occupied by the customer which is not divided by public highways or separated by property occupied by others Where a customer occupies property on both sides of a street alley highway body of water railroad right of way etc and the properties would otherwise be continuous such properties are treated as continuous property provided local wire or cable facilities are used and the customer furnishes all local distri
300. hich will be located on the customer s premises The installation repair and technical capability of that equipment to function in conjunction with the service specified herein will be the responsibility of the customer The Company assumes no liability and will be held harmless for any incompatibility of this equipment to perform satisfactorily with the network services described herein The calling party can prevent the Caller ID Number Only customer from seeing the calling telephone number display by dialing a special code prior to placing each call This is known as Selective Blocking per call When the calling party uses this blocking capability the Caller ID Number Only customer will receive an indication on the Caller ID Number Only equipment that the display of the calling telephone number has been suppressed There is no charge for using Selective Blocking per call CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 21 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d 13 14 2 Definitions Cont d Distinctive Ring This feature allows distinctive ringing to be applied to an individual line where each of two 2 numbers a main number and a Distinctive Ring number will have a uniquely distinctive ring for customer identification Because two telephone numbers are associated with one telephone line only one 1
301. horizes and requests the Company to release the results of any and all traces initiated by the customer directly to the customer s servicing law enforcement agency The trace record will provide only the incoming telephone number and no way identifies the person s actually placing the call s The customer acknowledges their understanding that under no circumstances will trace results be provided directly to the customer The customer must contact the Company within ten 10 days after activating a call trace or the trace record will automatically be deleted from the system Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting This feature signals a subscriber talking on his line that another call has been placed to his line The subscriber may place either call on hold while talking to the other The customer can also cancel the Call Waiting feature on aper call basis using a specific code Call Waiting may exist as a standalone service CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 19 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d 13 14 2 Definitions Cont d Call Waiting ID is a service that will allow a Caller ID Call Waiting customer who is off hook on an existing call to receive caller identification information on a new incoming call Once the customer receives the Caller ID data he or she may decide whether to ignore the w
302. ial and business customers Simple Choice Business Assist Advantage includes the features specified following and a flat rate access line Customers subscribing to Simple Two includes two 2 flat rate access lines Customers subscribing to Simple Choice Business Assist Advantage are entitled to unlimited use of the service features specified B Features Following are the eligible call features All features may be not be available in all areas Anonymous Call Block Busy Redial 66 Call Forward Busy Call Forward No Answer Call Forwarding Call Return 69 Call Waiting Call Waiting ID Caller ID Caller ID Number Only Cancel Call Waiting Distinctive Ring Message Waiting Indication Selective Call Accept 64 Selective Call Forward 63 Speed Call 8 or Speed Call 30 3 Way Calling VIP Alert Voice Mail Box This service is grandfathered to existing customers at existing locations Effective 11 01 15 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 4 Revised Sheet 48 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 1 1 AL 15 15 N MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS Simple Choice Business Assist Advantage Cont C Terms and Conditions 1 D Rates A customer may select an unlimited number of compatible services and features from the features list All terms and conditions as specified elsewhere in this Price list shall apply Nonrecurring cha
303. iber Disputes regarding geographic coverage by two 2 or more N11 subscribers will be referred to the Alabama Public Service Commission Only a single seven 7 or ten 10 digit local number or a single ten 10 digit toll free number may be used as the point to point number The N11 subscriber should work separately with cellular or wireless companies to ascertain whether cellular or wireless customers will be able to reach referral services provided by dialing N11 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 11 Original Sheet 3 N11 ABBREVIATED DIALING CODES 11 2 Terms and Conditions Cont d 11 2 10 N11 will be provided under the following conditions A The N11 subscriber will subscribe to adequate telephone facilities initially and subsequently as may be required to adequately handle calls to N11 without impairing the Company s general telephone service or telephone plant The N11 subscriber is responsible for obtaining all necessary permission licenses written consents waivers and releases and all other rights from all persons whose work statements or performances are used in connection with the service and from all holders of copyrights trademarks and patents used in connection with said service The N11 subscriber will be liable for and will indemnify protect defend and save harmless the Company against all suits actions c
304. ice The types of nonrecurring charges that apply for Digital Channel Service are those listed below a Service Establishment Charge This charge applies to the initial Digital Channel Capacity s ordered by a customer for receiving recording and processing the request for service This charge includes processing orders to establish initial Digital Channel and Service Activations This charge includes common centralized testing coordination and accounting activities CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink Effective 02 01 07 General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 12 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service Cont d 12 1 6 Rates and Charges Cont d A Nonrecurring Charges Cont d 1 Nonrecurring charges are one time charges that apply for specific Cont d b Service Change Charge This charge is applied per Digital Channel service payment plan and is associated with a customer request for modifications to an existing Digital Channel Service This would include activities such as but not limited to Change of associated channel assignment Additions of supplemental features Activate Deactivate Digital Channel Activations Activate Deactivate Service Activations Installation of Digital Channel Service These are nonrecurring charges associated with the work performed by the Company in connection with the physical installation activities i
305. ice DDS mileage will apply from the noncapable central office to the central office capable of providing Switched Data at the rates shown in the Alabama IntraLATA private line price list In this situation the dialing plan associated with the central office that will be providing the Switched Data Service to the customer will be utilized Switched Data Channel Access can be provided where Acustomer s local serving central office is capable of providing Switched Data A customer s local serving central office is not capable of providing Switched Data The Telephone Company will determine the nearest central office capable of providing Switched Data Interoffice digital high capacity mileage 1 544 will apply from the noncapable central office to the central office capable of providing Switched Data at the mileage rate shown in the Alabama IntraLATA private line tariff In this situation the customer will utilize the dialing plan associated with the central office that delivers the digital dial tone Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 19 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 2 Switched Data Service Cont d 12 2 4 Regulations Cont d Dialing Method Access to Switched Data Service is obtained through a dial up connection via the public switched telephone network using the standard seven 7 through ten 10 digit methods Ori
306. ide the group to any established call for a three way conference arrangement This service may generate local regional toll or long distance usage charges If generated these charges are the responsibility of the Centrex CustoPAK customer Intercom Dialing Provides the customer with the ability to communicate between lines within your own Centrex CustoPAK group by dialing a two digit code instead of having to dial the full seven 7 or ten 10 digit telephone number Centrex CustoPAK Selectable Services The following services may be selected at no charge by the customer and may be placed on any Line or Hunt Group of the customers choosing Automatic Call Back within system only When a Centrex CustoPAK user reaches a busy line within the Centrex CustoPAK group a code 52 may be dialed which allows the call to be connected when both lines are idle This feature is for use inside the Centrex CustoPAK group only and only one request at a time from a line is permitted The request will remain active for a period of time not to exceed thirty 30 minutes unless it is deactivated by dialing a code 52 earlier by the originator Call Forwarding Busy A fixed feature provisioned by the telephone company using data provided by the customer to automatically route all incoming calls to another number either inside or outside the group or to Voice Messaging when the called line is busy Calls forwarded outside the Centrex CustoPAK g
307. ies Nonrecurring Charge 7 000 00 Monthly Rate 2 900 00 4 or more DS3 Facilities ICB CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 14 15 Section 12 1st Revised Sheet 14 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service Cont d 12 1 6 Rates and Charges Cont d B Digital Channel Capacity Cont d 1 Per System Contd 84 Months 1st DS1 Facility 24 DSO Channels Nonrecurring Charge 250 00 Monthly Rate 175 00 Each Additional DS1 Facility 24 DSO Channels Nonrecurring Charge 250 00 Monthly Rate 160 00 DS3 Facility 28 DS1 Channels 1 3 DS3 Facilities Nonrecurring Charge 7 000 00 Monthly Rate 2 700 00 4 or more DS3 Facilities ICB C Service Activations Per Network Service 1 Analog Service Monthly Rate a Access Line Flat Rate Service 30 00 Access Line Local Calling Plan 37 00 b PBX Trunk Flat Rate Service 30 00 PBX Trunk Local Calling Plan 37 00 1 DID Service as shown in 13 6 3 will also apply if applicable Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 15 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service Contd 12 1 6 Rates and Charges Cont d C 1 Service Activations Per Network Service Cont d 1 Analog Service Cont d Centrex Station Line Foreign Exchange Off Pre
308. igital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Cont d 12 4 4 Rates and Charges ISDN PRI Facility ISDN PRI Access 12 Month Contract 36 Month Contract 60 Month Contract Channel Activations per channel Voice Channel Activation flat Voice Data Channel Activation measured Channel Usage Voice Channel Usage Data Channel Usage Subsequent Activity Charge per occurrence Monthly Rate Note 2 420 00 380 00 340 00 15 00 Nonrecurring Charge Note 2 500 00 500 00 500 00 200 00 Note 1 Service charges reflected in Section S4 3 of this Price list will not apply in addition to the nonrecurring charges specified below Note 2 The applicable rates and charges for the ISDN PRI Facility are the monthly and nonrecurring charges for 1 544 Access Line and Special Transport per the CenturyTel Alabama Intrastate Private Line Service Price List Subscriber Line Charges will apply as specified in the Company s Access tariff Note 3 The applicable rates and charges for Data Channel Usage are the network usage rates for Switched Data Service as specified in Section 12 2 6 of this Price list WO Effective February 23 2011 this service is limited to existing facilities in service at existing locations for current customers Current customers may migrate existing services to Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Business Service as found in 12 4 5 of this Section at any
309. ilability of Service Mobile Telephone Service is available to mobile units equipped for this service when within range of a land radiotelephone dial exchange station through which such service is furnished and subject to transmission atmospheric and like limitations Provision of Equipment The radio equipment in the mobile unit may be provided by the customer If provided by the customer the equipment shall be suitable for the proper operation of the service See Section 15 of this Price list Undertaking of the Telephone Company 1 The Telephone Company s obligation to furnish service is dependent upon its ability to secure and retain suitable facilities and rights for the construction and maintenance of the necessary circuits and equipment Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 21 Original Sheet 2 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE 21 1 Mobile Telephone Service Cont d 21 1 2 Conditions Cont d D Undertaking of the Telephone Company Cont d 2 In connection with general service the Telephone Company does not undertake to transmit messages but offers the use of its facilities for communications between its customers Obligation of Customer 1 The calling party or customer shall establish his identity in the course of any communication as often as may be necessary 2 The calling party or customer shall be solely responsibl
310. ilities are normally provided on copper transmission medium Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 54 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 6 Business Assist Cont d 12 6 4 Regulations A Business Assist is furnished subject to the availability of facilities and requisite digital equipment located in a central office building owned or leased by the Company Service inquiries will be necessary to determine availability Special Construction Charges as specified in Section 5 of this Price list may be applicable The Private Line Service Digital Data Service as specified in Section 12 of this price list will apply when Business Assist is extended beyond the customer s local serving wire center The customer may activate any number or combination of digital channels within the limitations as set forth in Section 12 6 4e following Digital channels may be activated coincident with or at any time subsequent to the initial installation of Business Assist Once activated a digital channel is subject to a minimum service period month to month A minimum of six voice channels and two data channels must be activated for Business Assist The total number of digital channels activated by the customer may not at any time exceed the total Business Assist Facility capacity When individual digital channels are activat
311. ille 6 12 11 12 20 62 33 62 Carrolton Ethelsville Gordo Panola Reform Pell City 2 Birmingham Birmingham 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Lincoln Pell City Surfside Phil Campbell 1 Birmingham Phil Campbell 4 12 2 77 18 62 25 77 Russelville A Denotes AT amp T of Alabama Independent Exchange Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 3 3 Revised Sheet 30 Cancels 2 Revised Sheet 30 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Cont d 3 16 4 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Exchanges Cont d M uueere nere eee Monthly Rates T Rate Flat Rate Community Community Premium Premium Exchange Group LATA Calling Scope Residence Business Residence Business Community Plus and Premium Block of Time only Pine Hill 1 Montgomery Pine Hill 4 12 9 87 18 62 32 87 Thomasville Reform 2 Birmingham _ Aliceville 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Carrollton Ethelsville Gordo Panola Reform Rockford 1 Birmingham Alexander City 4 12 9 87 18 62 32 87 Rockford Sulligent 1 Birmingham Detroit 4 12 2 77 18 62 25 77 Kennedy Millport Sulligent Vernon Tallassee 2 Montgomery X Eclectic 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Montgomery Tallassee Thorsby 1 Birmingham Clanton 4 12 2 77 18 62 25 77 Jemison Thorsby Trussville 2 Birmingham
312. illport Oakland Chambers County Phenix City Ranburne Shawmut Stevenson Veto West Point Wing 7605 7508 7963 7616 7483 7559 7388 7502 7176 7254 7498 7976 2642 2111 2557 2656 2144 2047 2213 2116 2430 2625 2120 2162 LATA State Nashville TN Chattanooga TN Pensacola FL Pensacola FL Nashville TN Atlanta GA Atlanta GA Atlanta GA Jackson MS Atlanta GA Jackson MS Jackson MS Atlanta GA Atlanta GA Atlanta Ga Atlanta GA Chattanooga TN Nashville TN Atlanta GA Pensacola FL CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 13 14 Section 18 1st Revised Sheet 29 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 6 Reserved for Future Use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 13 14 Section 18 2nd Revised Sheet 30 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 6 Reserved for Future Use Cont d Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 31 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 7 IntraLATA Long Distance Verification and Emergency Interrupt Service A General 1 2 Verification and Emergency Interrupt Service is furnished where and to the extent
313. ime to respond make any necessary changes and schedule cooperative testing for cutover if required Digital synchronization timing for Business Assist will be provided by the Company Responsibilities of the Customer a b The customer must be prepared to activate his portion of joint service in a timely manner on the negotiated date providing testing equipment and personnel to support installation requirements as may be necessary The customer will be responsible for selecting his own equipment Customer equipment must be compatible with the Company provided channelization at the Central Office Trouble resolutions a The Company will assist the customer in resolving any installation or day to day Business Assist problems However the Company does not assure responsibility for the compatibility or suitability of the customer s equipment Dispatches to customer premises caused by customer equipment troubles will result in a Premises Visit Charge as specified in Section 12 1 6a 1 d 3 When a customer s Business Assist is interrupted due to any cause other than the negligence or willful act of the customer or the failure of the facilities provided by the customer a pro rata adjustment of the monthly charges involved will be allowed for the service and facilities rendered useless and inoperative by reason of the interruption during the time said interruption continues in excess of 24 hours from the time it is repor
314. in the COPT line rate at no additional charge when a customer orders COPT service Answer Supervision is the line side functionality that provides an electrical signal to the calling end of a switched telephone connection when the called line goes off hook which determines when billing for a specific call should commence Billed Number Screening provides for the automatic blocking of third number billing collect billing or both to the COPT line Selective Class of Call Screening alerts operator services systems live or mechanical that a call is originating from a COPT line which may require special handling and billing treatment Touch Calling Service provides the capability to receive standard DTMF signaling on a COPT access line 976 1 976 and 14900 Blocking provides screening information to the operator assisted sent paid credit card or third number calls from being billed to the COPT line Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 7 Original Sheet 11 7 2 COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE Customer Owned Pay Telephone COPT Coin Line Service 7 2 2 Features Cont d E Standard recorded announcements used for calls from the Company s Public Telephone Service pay telephones are used for calls that originate from a COPT Coin Line All 0 local calls are handled by the Company s operator services system All 0 0 and 1 intraLATA a
315. incoming calls are to be forwarded During the period that Selective Call Forward 63 is activated only calls from the pre specified numbers will be forwarded The customer must subscribe to Call Forwarding as shown in Section S13 4 4 a for Selective Call Forward 63 to work Selective Call Rejection 60 allows the customer to create a list of up to twelve numbers which when calling will be blocked from ringing the customer s telephone and will be sent to an appropriate recording The feature enables the customer to prevent incoming calls from up to twelve specific telephone numbers by allowing the customer to program twelve telephone numbers into a screening list When a call is received from a number on the screening list and if Selective Call Rejection is activated the call is forwarded to a recording If Selective Call Rejection is not activated the call is completed as usual Numbers may be added or deleted by the customer at any time Speed Dial provides for the calling of a telephone number by dialing an abbreviated code Eight 8 number and thirty 30 number capacity speed dialing is available 3 Way Calling permits an existing call to be held and by dialing a second telephone call can be established and added to the connection Normal transmission performance cannot be assured on all calls This feature is offered on a monthly basis per line or on a demand basis per occurrence The customer must contact the Telephone Compan
316. ing This feature allows a customer to choose up to twelve 12 numbers which can activate Call Waiting Incoming calls placed from numbers not selected by the customer receive busy signals when the customer s line is busy Customers may not subscribe to Call Waiting and Special Call Waiting on the same line Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 33 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features F Attendant Feature Package These features will be provided where facilities are available Access to Paging This feature allows an attendant to gain access to customer provided loudspeaker paging equipment to summon a particular person over speakers located throughout the customer s premises The feature also provides a preempt capability allowing an attendant to force release a calling party from a loudspeaker access Autodial This feature permits an attendant to dial frequently called numbers by pressing a feature key which is programmed with a particular number Automatic Recall This feature allows redirect of extended calls to unanswered stations camped on stations or stations with call waiting back to the Attendant This also provides for redirect of calls parked for a predetermined amount of time Busy Verification This featu
317. ing Charges or Service Charges TDP customers may migrate existing services without incurring termination liability charges when they select a commitment period equal to or greater than the length of time remaining under their existing TDP CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 17 11 Section 12 1st Revised Sheet 43 Cancels Original Sheet 43 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 4 Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI 1 12 4 1 General Cont d C The service is available from central offices that have the necessary facilities to provide ISDN PRI service and the customers serving wire center is ISDN PRI capable In the event the local serving office is not so equipped CenturyTel will provide PRI service from an alternate or foreign serving central office determined by CenturyTel within the same calling scope at no additional charge to the customer D When a customer s serving office is not suitably equipped and the customer chooses to subscribe to ISDN PRI Service from another Telephone Company designated ISDN PRI central office the customer will utilize the dialing plan associated with the designated ISDN PRI central office The PRI Access and PRI Facility charges will apply in addition to the special access line and special transport as specified in Section 7 5 5 of the Facilities for Intrastate Access Tariff and any appropria
318. ing collect only calls This service does not apply to telephones located outside the confines of the facility i e administrative areas guards break rooms lounges etc B Definitions For the purposes of this price list the following definitions are applicable 1 Administrator The executive officer or person designated by the executive officer of the institution CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 7 Original Sheet 7 7 1 COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE Public Telephone Access Service for Customer Provided Equipment CPE Cont d 7 1 6 Public Telephone Access Line for Institutional Service Providers ISPs Cont d B Definitions Cont d 2 Customer The billed party 3 Institution An institution is any type of confinement correctional facility i e prisons jails work farms detention centers etc 4 Institutional Service Provider ISP An entity which provides coinless telephone service for the exclusive use of inmates within the confines of a penal correctional or mental institution C Rules and Regulations 1 Institutional Service Providers ISPs shall be authorized to utilize store and forward technology to complete 0 local intraLATA and interLATA collect only calls from prisons and jails The ISP may provide the operator function and may use the services of the Company or other authorized
319. ing of the establishment New listings provided to a customer because of unusual circumstances such as harassing calls threats or other acts adversely affecting the health welfare security or service of the customer service provided for a period not more than thirty 30 days CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 06 12 15 Section 6 2nd Revised Sheet 4 DIRECTORY LISTINGS 6 4 Directory Assistance Service 6 4 1 6 4 2 General See CENTURYLINK LOCAL TERMS OF SERVICE DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICES for the terms and conditions for local long distance and national directory assistance Rates and Charges Charge Per Call A Directory Assistance Service Charge includes Directory Assistance Call Completion 3 99 B When the customer requests directory assistance by dialing 0 where the customer has the technical capability to direct dial Directory Assistance the following operator surcharge applies in addition to the Directory Assistance Service Charge Per local directory assistance 0 dialed call 0 40 Per long distance and national Directory Assistance 0 dialed call 0 60 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 13 14 Section 6 1st Revised Sheet 5 DIRECTORY LISTINGS 6 4 Directory Assistance Service Cont d This page is reserved for future use D Cen
320. ion 13 1 Revised Sheet 54 15 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 16 CenturyLink Business Bundle 1 DESCRIPTION CENTURYLINK LOCAL TERMS OF SERVICE CENTURYLINK BUSINESS BUNDLE contains the terms and conditions for CENTURYLINK BUSINESS BUNDLE 2 RATES AND CHARGES a Nonrecurring Charge Activation Fee Per Line 50 00 b Monthly Rates Per Line Per Location Monthly Rate Initial Bundle 55 00 2 through 10 Bundle 24 99 13 22 17 Second Line Bundle 1 DESCRIPTION A bundled service offering is available to residential customers with at least one residential one party access line The offering includes an additional residential one party access line with Call Waiting The Company will waive the appropriate nonrecurring charges for residential customers If any required component of the service bundle is discontinued discounts may no longer apply and or all remaining components may convert to the regular monthly rate 2 RATES AND CHARGES Monthly Rate Residential Bundle 14 95 I u Rates for required long distance and or non regulated services apply in addition to the rates for the location portion of this bundled service Second Line Bundle was available as a promotional offer through December 31 2011 and is grandfathered limited to the lines in service as of that date AL 15 15 N Effective 01 08 10 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink
321. ion to Local Exchange Rates Cont d 3 9 1 Lifeline Assistance Cont d C Rates and Charges 1 A total credit amount applies to the Lifeline customer s monthly bill as follows Monthly Credit Effective 08 01 12 Federal credit one credit per Lifeline service per month 9 25 Company credit one credit per Lifeline service per month 3 50 2 All recurring and nonrecurring charges for any service ordered by the customer shall be billed at the price list rates CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Effective 02 01 07 Section 3 Original Sheet 12 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 10 Network Access Register Package 3 10 1 General A The Network Access Register NAR Package provides for exchange and long distance message network calling to and from Main Station and attendant positions of a Centrex System The NAR Package provides for Flat Rate network access 3 10 2 Rates and Charges A The Flat Rate NAR Package includes an unlimited number of dialed sent paid local calls B The rates shown are applicable whether the NAR Package is used for Inward Outward or Combination applications C The conditions and rates specified in other sections of this Price list for services which may be associated with these services are in addition to those specified herein D Flat Rate Network Access Register NAR Package 1 Flat Rate Network Access Register NAR Package
322. ion to Station Calling This feature allows station users to call each other using abbreviated dialing Touch Call This feature equips all station lines for touch call dialing Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 24 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features B Feature Package 1000 Call Alternation This feature allows a station user to hold one call make another call then talk alternately between the two parties Call Forwarding This feature provides the option of fixed and or variable forwarding of a station s incoming calls to a predetermined number Includes all calls or only calls reaching a busy or no answer condition Fixed Forwarding is established and changed by the Telephone Company whereas variable forwarding is established and changed by the station user Call Hold Allows a Main Station user to place any call involving their Main Station on hold by flashing and dialing a special code The Main Station is then free to originate another call The call is then retrieved by dialing the hold code a second time or by hanging up the phone Call Pick Up Direct This feature permits a station user to pick up any ringing station in the business group by dialing a feature code plus the ringing station s intercom number
323. ion to Station Customer Dialed Direct rate No discounts apply to Operator Assisted Service Charges Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 10 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 3 Two Point Service Cont d A Service Between Land Wire Telephones Cont d 7 Rates and Charges a Sent Paid and Non Sent Paid except as noted on b and c following Peak Customer Dialed Direct Station to Station per minute Residential 0 23 Business 0 17 Customer Dialed Calling Card Station to Station per minute 0 17 Operator Assisted Station to Station per minute 0 17 Operator Assisted Person to Person per minute 0 17 Non Sent Paid Paystations Customer Dialed Direct Station to Station per minute 0 21 Customer Dialed Calling Card Station to Station per minute 0 16 Operator Assisted Station to Station per minute 0 16 Operator Assisted Person to Person per minute 0 16 Off Peak 0 09 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 08 0 16 0 16 0 16 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 11 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 3 Two Point Service Cont d A Service Between Land Wire Telephones Cont d 7 Rates and Charges c X Sent Paid Payst
324. ion to the Telephone Company within the time stated above shall result in termination of the customer s service until such time as the customer complies with the provisions of this Price list The right of the Telephone Company to terminate service as provided above includes the right to suspend the service or to disconnect such customer provided equipment or communications system 15 1 5 Hazardous or Inaccessible Locations Customer provided equipment which serve a location which the Telephone Company considers impracticable to service because of hazard or inaccessibility may be connected with telecommunications service by means of connecting equipment furnished by the Telephone Company 15 1 6 Provisions of Channels and Equipment When the customer elects to provide his own communications system it is contemplated that the customer shall provide all station apparatus and associated channels which are a part of the system and which are located on the same customer s premises as the system 15 1 7 Recording Reproducing and Automatic Answering and Recording Equipment a Recording or Two way Telephone Conversations Telecommunications and private line services are not represented as adapted to the recording of two way telephone conversations Customer provided voice recording equipment may be connected with telecommunications and private line services in accordance with the provisions in this Price list subject to the following conditions
325. ional Features 1 Data Direct Connect This feature provides an automatic connection between a Switched Data calling line that goes off hook and a predetermined location 2 Data Closed User Group This feature restricted to Centrex lines provides partitioning of Switched Data lines into groups where calls within such a group are allowed but calls between such groups are denied Optional Feature Packages 1 The following feature packages are available for use with Switched Data service a Feature Package Data 1000 includes Data Toll Restriction This feature will restrict toll calls from being placed over Switched Data lines Data Sequential Hunt Group This feature assigns a pilot telephone number to the hunt group Hunting is sequential i e starting at the first line assigned to the pilot telephone number and ending at the last line 12 2 3 Definitions A The following definitions are in addition to other definitions Bit A binary digit The smallest unit of information in the binary system of notation Bits Per Second The number of bits transmitted per second A measure of the speed of transmission of digital information Digital Information which is expressed in discrete or noncontinuous form Hunting A search through a group of telephone numbers until an idle number is found or the last number of the group is reached Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink Gen
326. ional period rates for Peak and Off Peak messages given in the table in 7 following are for each additional minute or any fraction thereof that the telephone connection continues beyond the initial period 3 The basic rate for all classes of service is the Station to Station rate Additional amounts as shown under 7 b following should be added to the basic rate for all Operator Station and Person classes of service 3 Timing of Messages a The time when connection is established as provided in b through e following determined in accordance with the time standard or daylight saving observed at the location of the rate center of the calling station determines what rate schedule applies This rule applies whether the call is originated as paid or collect Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 5 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 3 Two Point Service Cont d A Service Between Land Wire Telephones Contd 3 Timing of Messages Cont d a e Rates are quoted in terms of initial and additional minutes Cont d 1 n cases where a message begins in one rate period and ends in another the charge for the portion of the message within each rate period shall be the charge for whole minutes in effect for that rate period On station to station calls chargeable time begins when connec
327. ions 1 9 3 General Conditions of Service 1 9 4 Rates and Charges 2 9 5 Application Billing and Collecting Procedure 2 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 9 Original Sheet 1 9 1 9 2 9 3 FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICE Reserved for Future Use Definitions A Foreign Exchange or FX Service is exchange local service furnished to a subscriber from an exchange other than the one from which he would normally be served lt includes calls where a customer of another exchange service provider is assigned a telephone number with a VNXX Code assigned to an exchange different from the exchange associated with the customer s actual physical premise location Such service is not in accord with the general plan of furnishing telephone service and such service is furnished only under special conditions where warranted by the circumstances including availability of facilities involved The exchange in whose service area the customer is located and which furnishes the telephone or PBX termination for a foreign exchange service and which bills and collects for such service is called Local Exchange The exchange which provides the central office facilities and thereby furnished the foreign exchange service is called the Serving Exchange Where foreign exchange service is provided between exchanges or exchange areas of the Company it is called Intra co
328. is a central office based service arrangement which consists of host central office interface equipment and software located on Company premises This service provides local exchange access interexchange access intrasystem communication and features A Centrex system may not be provided for stand alone service only access to the Company s exchange network must be provided 8 1 2 Conditions A Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service is available on Flat Rate Trunks where central office and operating facilities and conditions permit Digital ISDN Centrex Circuit Switched Data CSD calls are provided on a usage basis A minimum of two 2 Centrex Analog or Digital Service lines are required A customer may select only one 1 analog Centrex Feature Package per system and one 1 digital Centrex Voice package per system Digital ISDN Centrex Data Feature packages may be selected on a per line basis One bill will be rendered for each Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service system Separate bills are rendered monthly for Special Service access lines Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 2 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 2 Conditions Contd E The Company will furnish one 1 alphabetical directory listing per Centrex customer group without ch
329. ist Alabama Effective 02 06 15 Section 50 7th Revised Sheet 6 Cancels 6th Revised Sheet 6 PROMOTIONS This sheet intentionally left blank CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 06 15 Section 50 11th Revised Sheet 7 Cancels 10th Revised Sheet 7 PROMOTIONS This sheet intentionally left blank CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 06 15 Section 50 2nd Revised Sheet 8 Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 8 PROMOTIONS This sheet intentionally left blank
330. l 01 Directory Assistance 411 14411 04411 555 1212 14 04 555 1212 1 0 NPA 555 1212 1 900 calls 1 700 976 calls and IntraLATA toll calls while allowing access to local 611 911 0 1 800 888 etc 950 XXX and 14950 XXXX calls Access to Directory Assistance is available to Lifeline customers by dialing O Access to Service Activation Codes e g 66 69 is also allowed Upon customer request some Service Activation Codes may be blocked at no charge where conditions and facilities permit Lifeline customers may receive toll limitation services without charge Toll limitation services include voluntary toll control and toll blocking Toll control allows the customer to specify a certain dollar amount of toll usage which is acceptable to the Company that may be incurred on their telephone service Toll blocking will take effect once the customer s requested toll limitation amount is exceeded Lifeline Service may not be disconnected for non payment of toll charges Deposit requirements do not apply to Lifeline Service customers if toll blocking is employed Lifeline Toll Restriction Service may be required as a condition to continued local service in the event of a failure of the customer to pay toll charges on a timely basis CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 01 12 Section 3 2nd Revised Sheet 11 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 9 Except
331. l Construction Cont d This page is reserved for future use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Section 5 3rd Revised Sheet 6 CHARGES APPLICABLE UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS 5 1 Special Construction Cont d This page is reserved for future use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Section 5 1st Revised Sheet 7 CHARGES APPLICABLE UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS 5 1 Special Construction Cont d This page is reserved for future use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Section 5 1st Revised Sheet 8 CHARGES APPLICABLE UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS 5 1 Special Construction Cont d This page is reserved for future use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Section 5 1st Revised Sheet 9 CHARGES APPLICABLE UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS 5 1 Special Construction Cont d This page is reserved for future use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Section 5 1st Revised Sheet 10 CHARGES APPLICABLE UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS 5 2 Contract Service Arrangements 1 General A When economically practicable custome
332. laims demands and judgments and all costs expenses and counsel fees incurred on account thereof arising out of and resulting directly or indirectly from the service or in connection therewith including but not limited to any loss damage expense or liability resulting from any infringement or claim of infringement or any patent trademark copyright or resulting from any claim of liable and slander Suspension of N11 Service is not allowed The N11 subscriber will respond promptly to any and all complaints lodged with any regulatory authority against any service provided via N11 If requested by the Company the N11 subscriber will assist the Company in responding to complaints made to the Company concerning the subscriber s N11 service Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 11 Original Sheet 4 N11 ABBREVIATED DIALING CODES 11 2 Terms and Conditions Cont d 11 2 10 N11 will be provided under the following conditions Cont d F The Company will provide both oral and written notification when a N11 subscriber s service unreasonably interferes with or impairs other services rendered to the public by the Company or by other subscribers of N11 The Company reserves the right once notification is made to institute protective measures up to and including termination at any time and without further notice The Company may take protective mea
333. lans CenturyTel Discount Calling Plans Cont d 18 12 7 CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Residence Cont d D Rates Residential customers who subscribe to the CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan will receive the following discount percentage on all toll usage billed for the month when their monthly toll usage meets Monthly Toll Usage Volume Discount 0 00 9 99 096 10 00 24 99 1096 25 004 2596 No Service Ordering Charges as specified in Section S4 3 of this Price list will apply when subscribing to this Plan 18 12 8 CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business A General CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business is an optional 1 0 and 0 Intrastate IntraLATA Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service offered only to Business customers in CenturyTel Incorporated exchanges Regulations This Plan provides discounts on CenturyTel Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service Intrastate IntraLATA calls to exchanges within the customer s LATA The Discounts apply when the customer meets the required monthly toll usage dollar amount There is no monthly rate or nonrecurring charge associated with CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business The Plan is applicable to all Rate Periods messages Dial Station to Station Operator Station to Station and Person to Person Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 43
334. le Line is offered on a month to month basis and with Contract Term Options of twelve 12 months or thirty six 36 months Private Line arrangements or Special Access Services connected with Digital ISDN Single Line Service are subject to rates rules and conditions as set forth in the appropriate tariffs Certain optional feature capabilities may not be compatible with other Feature Packages or Optional System features Space Requirements Suitable and sufficient space for any remote units required shall be leased by the Company from the customer Suitable space includes provisions for atmospheric control and encompasses the following environmental requirements Dust free Controlled temperatures ranging from 50 to 86 Fahrenheit with consideration given to heat loss and or gain of the equipment Relative humidity of 20 minimum and 55 maximum Commercial power necessary to operate the remote units if required shall be provided by the customer and located on the customer s premises Subsequent Additions Deletions and Changes Subsequent line additions will be rated under a new contract or an addendum to an existing contract based upon the remaining period of the initial contract CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 12 Original Sheet 25 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital IDSN Single Line Service 12 3 2 Conditions Co
335. lect X 25 Fast Select Acceptance X 25 Hunt Groups X 25 One Way Outgoing Logical Channel and X 25 Permanent Virtual Circuit 15 X 25 Basic Package X 25 Flow Control Parameters Negotiation X 25 Incoming Calls Barred X 25 Outgoing Calls Barred X 25 Reverse Charge X 25 Reverse Charge Acceptance X 25 Throughput Class Negotiation X 25 Transmit Delay Selection and Indication 16 Digital ISDN Centrex Optional Features Data Closed User Group and Data Direct Connect Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 16 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 3 Features B Feature Matrices 1 The following feature matrices indicate the availability of each feature with either Analog or Digital ISDN Centrex Service a Basic Operating Features Feature Name Direct Inward Dialing Direct Outward Dialing Automatic Identification of Outward Dial Distinctive Ringing Touch Call Station to Station Calling Incoming Calling Number Identification Delivery Attendant Package Features Analog Centrex Access to Paging Autodial Automatic Recall Busy Verification Call Hold Call Park Call Selection Camp On Code Calling Line Termination Conference Console Activation of Call Forward Control of Trunk Group Access Control of Virt
336. lines at applicable rates Provided where facilities are available Call Hold This feature allows an attendant to hold a call on the loop Call Hold Recall This feature is used for attendant extended calls to stations It also applies to calls held on the loop and calls that the attendant releases from the console after keying the station number or destination number Camp On With Music This feature will allow the connection of a customer provided music source to the calling party when the caller is camped on the destination Code Call Line Termination This feature allows attendant access to customer provided Code Calling equipment Console Display This console display assists attendants in handling calls efficiently The display unit is built into the attendant console Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 38 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 41 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features G Optional System Features Cont d Attendant Data Link Console Interface Cont d Multiple Listed Directory Numbers A customer may have many listed directory numbers To handle this efficiently each number has a unique Incoming Call Identification ICI lamp so that the attendant can answer appropriately The only limit to the number of listed directory numbers that can be
337. ll constitute the customers agreement with the terms provided therein and this price list Reserved for future use The Company may decline to serve an applicant or disconnect a customer who is indebted to the Company for similar service at a former location or at the present location of the applicant or customer or where such indebtedness was incurred by a member of the applicant s or customer s household either under the name of the applicant or the customer or another name when the application for such service is or was made within one year from the date such indebtedness became due Provided however that in the event such indebtedness for service previously rendered is in dispute the applicant shall be served or customer s service shall be continued upon complying with the deposit as specified in the end user agreement or service order and in addition thereto making a special deposit in amount equal to the net balance in dispute Upon settlement of the disputed amount the balance if any due the applicant or customer or member of applicant s or customer s household shall be promptly repaid together with accrued interest at the rate established periodically by the Company based on the Wall Street Journal prime rate as quoted in the money rates section of the Wall Street Journal The following shall not constitute sufficient cause for denying service to a prospective customer 1 Failure to pay for business service at a different locati
338. ll within the same LATA at the additional prices specified herein and under the regulations applicable for Foreign Exchange FX or Foreign Central Office FCO service in Section S9 When DIOD service becomes available or is subsequently requested from the central office that normally serves the customer the service may be transferred to the normal serving central office If the customer requests such a transfer the customer will be subject to a change in telephone number s and the nonrecurring charges applicable for initial service specified in Section 4 1 2 of this Price list will apply A change in central office equipment could require the customer to discontinue the service or obtain service from another central office CenturyTel makes no guarantees and assumes no liability for loss of service to the customer resulting from the conversion or upgrade of central office equipment The combining of flat rate or message rate service is prohibited The rates and charges for Direct Inward Dialing working reserved numbers are specified in Section 13 3 2 and will apply for DIOD working reserved numbers in addition to the trunk termination charge specified in Section 13 6 3 b In the event DIOD service is terminated by the customer prior to completion of the initial contract period the customer shall be liable for early termination charges See General Regulations Section 2 8 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a Cen
339. llowing Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 14 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 4 Conference Service Cont d 18 4 2 Application of Charges Cont d B Timing of Messages 1 The time at the beginning of each minute of connection determines the applicable rate period The time observed at the rate center of the calling station applies whether the call is originated as sent paid or collect 2 Chargeable time begins when connection is established between all the persons on the conference and ends when the connection is terminated at the originating station except as provided in 18 4 2 b 3 following 3 When the originating customer requests that a station or stations be added to or disconnected from a conference call on which conversation is in progress it is considered as terminating the call and initiating a new call to the revised group of stations 4 Chargeable time does not include time lost because of faults or defects in the Service Reversal of Charges Charges for conference calls may upon request be reversed provided the total charge Will be billed against one called station and the charge is accepted at the designated station CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 15
340. ls and calls to Telephone Company numbers such as repair service and emergency services such as 911 will be permitted 13 20 3 Rates and Charges A The following rates and charges apply to the provisioning of Selective Class of Call Screening SCCS service and are in addition to all other applicable rates and charges as specified elsewhere in the Company s price lists Nonrecurring Monthly Charge Rate 1 Selective Class of Call Screening SCCS per line equipped 21 00 6 00 2 Selective Class of Call Screening SCCS per local trunk equipped 21 00 10 00 Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 38 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 21 Services for Enhanced Service Providers ESPs 13 21 1 General A This section contains regulations rates and charges applicable to the provision of certain functional network capabilities These capabilities expand the ability of Enhanced Service Providers ESPs to provide services to their clients through the use of the public switched telephone network These network capabilities are provided by CenturyTel hereinafter referred to as the Telephone Company Services in this Price list are furnished only in central office areas where facilities and equipment as determined by the Telephone Company permit Services in this Price list designed primarily for Enhanced
341. making the call to activate Call Waiting on a busy line at completion of dialing on a per call basis Call Waiting Terminating Informs a busy Main Station Line when the Main Station Line is so equipped that an incoming call is waiting burst of tone and permits holding the connection while answering the new call and return to the original connection This can be on all calls or inter business group calls only Consultation Hold This feature allows the initiator of a three way call or transfer to speak privately with the third party before completing the connection Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 26 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features B Feature Package 1000 Cont d Directory Number Hunting This feature activates hunting when any of the directory numbers of the individual lines in the hunt group are called If that line is busy hunting will start with that line and continue to the end of the list Hunting Distributed Only a pilot DN is associated with this hunt group Hunting starts after the first idle line found by the previous hunt and continues until the starting point of the hunt is reached Hunting Pilot Number This feature provides for an incoming call to a fictitious pilot number to hunt throug
342. mer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 Original Sheet 16 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services 1 13 14 1 General A J CenturyTel calling services are available to residence and business customers with one party telephone services These services are not available in connection with Centrex or coin telephone service Compatible customer provided equipment is the responsibility of the customer B WorkSmart Business 1i 1 WorkSmart Basic Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting 3 Way Calling Caller ID Selective Call Forward 63 WorkSmart Complete Call Forwarding 3 Way Calling Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting Caller ID WorkSmart Deluxe Caller ID Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting 3 Way Calling Call Forwarding Call Return 69 Distinctive Ring WorkSmart is available on a subscription basis Termination Liability See General Regulations Section 2 of this Price List In the event the customer terminates service within the first sixty 60 days the customer will be liable for the applicable monthly recurring rate however the Termination Liability will be waived In the event WorkSmart service is terminated by the customer prior to completion of the initial contract period the customer shall be liable for early termination charges Grandfathered to existing customers at existing locations CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Se
343. message charge of 06 per call in exchanges where available b Flat Rate Line Charge A fixed equivalent rate of 24 10 per month applies where message rate service is not available C Optional Service feature charges for central office blocking and operator screening are Monthly Rate 1 Two way per line Unrestricted 2 Outward only per line unrestricted 3 Option 3 unrestricted a Per line 2 00 4 Option 4 unrestricted a Berline 2 00 5 Option 5 restricted a Per line 2 00 6 Option 6 restricted a Per line 2 00 7 Option 7 restricted a Per line 2 00 8 Option 8 restricted a Berline 2 00 9 Option 9 restricted a Per line 2 00 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 7 Original Sheet 5 COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE 7 1 Public Telephone Access Service for Customer Provided Equipment CPE Cont d 7 1 5 Rates and Charges Cont d A Public Telephone Access Service for CPE Cont d 1 Monthly Rates Cont d d Answer Supervision Answer Supervision is the line side functionality that provides an electrical signal to the calling end of a switched telephone connection when the called line goes off hook Answer Supervision will be provided for use with PTAS to assist in determining when billing for a specific call should commence Monthly Rate Per Access Line 7 49 Effective 02 13 14
344. mises Extension Private Line Tie Line WATS Digital Data Service a b C d e YS rere re wa f 2 4 kbps 4 8 Kbps 9 6 Kbps 19 2 Kbps 56 Kbps 64 Kbps DS1 Service 1 544 Mbps A NAR charge as shown in Section 3 10 2 will also apply Monthly Rate 9 00 18 00 18 00 18 00 18 00 18 00 28 00 28 00 28 00 28 00 28 00 28 00 55 00 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 16 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 2 Switched Data Service 12 2 4 General A 12 2 2 Description A This section contains the application definitions description regulations and rates applicable to Switched Data Service furnished by the Company where technological capabilities exist Switched Data Service is a network service which provides the capability for switched digital end to end data transport The customer may subscribe to Switched Data Service under one of the following service arrangements except when conditions specified in 12 2 4 j are applicable 1 Switched Data Individual Line Loop Extension An extended loop capability which transports Switched Data usage between the customer premises and the local serving central office Each Switched Data Individual Line Loop Extension provides one channel which supports data transmission only Each channel can transmit up to 56
345. mmonly used abbreviation P B X will be substituted for the words Private Branch Exchange PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE TRUNK A circuit connecting a private branch system with a Central Office PRIVATE LINE A circuit provided to furnish communication between two or more instrumentalities directly connected to it Such instrumentalities do not have access to the general exchange and interexchange networks CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 1 Original Sheet 9 DEFINITIONS PUBLIC TELEPHONE An exchange station either attended or equipped with a coin collecting device designed and placed for use by the public in general at locations chosen or accepted by the Company RESIDENCE SERVICE Exchange service furnished to a customer at a residential address where the service is not listed as a business in the directory RESTORATION CHARGE A charge applying to restore service following a temporary suspension of such service for nonpayment of charges SELECTOR See Switch SEMIPUBLIC TELEPHONE An exchange station equipped with a coin collecting device designed for a combination of customer and public use at locations more or less public in character Semipublic telephone service is considered as a form of customer service SERVICE CHARGE A nonrecurring charge applying to the establishment of telephone service for a subscriber and subsequen
346. monthly rate is applicable for COPT Coin Line service on a per line basis Monthly Rate 1 Two Way per line 41 13 2 One Way per line 41 13 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Contents Sheet 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service 1 8 1 1 General 1 8 1 2 Conditions 1 8 1 3 Features 12 8 1 4 Definitions of Features 23 8 1 5 Rates and Charges 58 8 1 6 Telephone Numbers and Facilities Reserved for Future Use 73 8 2 Centrex Customer Moves and Changes CMAC 75 8 21 General 75 8 2 2 Definitions 75 8 2 3 Regulations 77 8 2 4 Rates and Charges 77 8 3 Centrex CustoPAK Service 78 8 31 General 78 8 3 2 Conditions 80 8 3 3 Features 83 8 3 4 Rates 89 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 1 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 1 General A Centrex Service is a local exchange telecommunications service available only to customers served from suitably equipped central offices where operating conditions permit The service may be analog or digital Digital ISDN Centrex is provided using Integrated Services Digital Network Basic Rate Interface ISDN BRI technology It
347. mpany Cont d 2 5 4 Maintenance and Repair A 2 5 5 Li A abilit All costs associated with the maintenance and repair of regulated services furnished pursuant to this price list will be borne by the Company except as specified elsewhere in this Price list The Company will be reimbursed for any loss or damage to its facilities on the customer s premise resulting from intentional destruction or any other cause except from fire or unavoidable accidents Access to customer s premises at any reasonable hour will be given to representatives of the Company for the purpose of inspecting repairing testing or removing any part of the Company s facilities Interruption of Service 1 Customers experiencing a service outage exceeding twenty four 24 hours will receive a credit allowance as provided in 2 following and a Service Performance Guarantee credit as provided in 2 5 7 following 2 When the use of service or facilities furnished by the Company is interrupted due to any cause other than the negligence or willful act of the customer or the failure of the facilities provided by the customer a pro rata adjustment of the fixed monthly charges involved will be allowed for the service and facilities rendered useless and inoperative by reason of the interruption during the time said interruption continues in excess of twenty four 24 hours from the time it is reported to or detected by the Company except as otherwise specifie
348. mpany FX Service Where such service is furnished between an exchange of the Company and that of another company it is called Inter company FX Service General Conditions of Service A Foreign exchange service is furnished subject to the same restrictions as to the use of the service by others than the subscriber and his Representatives as apply in connection with other classes of the Local Exchange Service Subscribers to inter exchange FX service contract for service with the Company owning the Local Exchange and normally do not contract with other company or companies involved however the Company owning the Local Exchange is responsible to its subscriber only for its own facilities and service A subscriber of FX service will be required to also take regular exchange service from the Local Exchange In no event shall the FX service be allowed to be connected to or otherwise be made available for the local exchange switchboard service Foreign exchange service is offered as local exchange service and the use of this service for originating toll service is not contemplated CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 9 Original Sheet 2 FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICE 9 4 Rates and Charges A The monthly rate for foreign exchange service is the monthly rate for individual access line station or PBX trunk applicable in the serving exchange plus
349. mum of twenty four 24 parties including other stations and or parties reached over trunks The capability for offering the feature is provided in multiples of eight 8 Data Closed User Group permits grouping Circuit Switched Data Channels into groups Calls within a group are allowed but calls between groups are denied Data Direct Connect provides an automatic connection between a calling line that goes off hook and a predetermined telephone number Digital Data Intercom Dialing is an intra group data function that allows a station user to call another station user both within the same customer group usually with abbreviated dialing No usage charges are incurred on Data Intercom calls Dictation Access and Control This feature provides for station access to customer provided dictation equipment For Rates and Charges applicable for control channels when required for supervision purposes with equipment and or apparatus located on customer premises refer to Section S20 of this Price list for Private Line rates FX Access This feature provides access to and from an InterLATA or IntraLATA Foreign Exchange Circuit Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 45 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 41 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features G Optional System Features
350. n Intercept Direct Inward Dialing Direct Outward Dialing DID DOD Distinctive Ringing Station to Station Calling and Touch Call 2 Digital ISDN Centrex Service Basic Operating Features Direct Inward Dialing Direct Outward Dialing DID DOD Automatic Identification of Outward Dial AIOD Distinctive Ringing Touch Call Station to Station Calling and Incoming Calling Number Identification Delivery 3 Centrex Feature Package 1000 Call Alternation Call Forward All Busy No Answer Fixed Variable Call Hold Call Pick Up Extended Direct and Group Call Transfer all types Call Waiting Dial Call Waiting Originating Call Waiting Terminating Cancel Consultation Hold Hunting Pilot Number Directory Number and Secretarial Last Number Redial Speed Call Short List Individual Station Restriction Three Way Calling and Toll Code Restriction Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 13 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 3 Features A Analog or Digital ISDN Centrex Service offers Cont d 4 Centrex Feature Package 2000 Feature Package 1000 plus the following features Automatic Callback Camp On Call Park Multiple Circular Hunting Data Line Security Multiple Classes of Service Saved Number Redial Speed Call Long
351. n of Service 19 3 1 Limitations A WATS does not include person to person collect conference or other calls requiring operator handling except as provided in 19 1 b preceding B WATS is not represented as adapted for connection to other services of the Company or to customer provided systems This service contemplates the provision of satisfactory transmission only between the WATS access line C WATS access lines and extensions will be terminated only at premises located within the State of Alabama A WATS extension must be located in the same LATA as its main termination 19 4 Reserved for Future Use Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 19 Original Sheet 7 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges 19 5 1 General A WATS monthly usage charges are for intraLATA telecommunications between a WATS termination and another termination within the State of Alabama Monthly usage charges are based on the total intraLATA hours of use per WATS access line service group WATS access lines and exchange lines will not be mixed at any one customer location for termination of Combined 800 traffic associated with a given Toll Free Dialing number Usage charges will be based on separate schedules for both intra and interLATA service WATS Service Group A WATS service group is composed of either Combined Outward WATS Outwa
352. n ordinary telephone Messages are rated from the rate center of the calling party to the rate center of the called party AUXILIARY BELL A bell on the same circuit and operated in connection with the signaling device of the primary station or private branch exchange station BASE RATE AREA A specific area within which local telephone exchange service is furnished at rates quoted in the Local Exchange Service Section BASIC TELEPHONE SERVICE A retail telecommunications service that provides to the premises or residential customer or to the premises of business customers the following features and functions only a Dial tone b Access to other lines for the transmission of two way switched or dedicated communication within a local calling area without additional usage sensitive charges c A primary directory listing d Dual tone multi frequency signaling e Access to operator services f Access to directory assistance Services g Access to telecommunications relay services for the deaf or hard of hearing h Access to 911 service where provided by a local governmental authority or multi jurisdictional authority i Access to interexchange long distance services BUNDLED OFFERING A combination of retail services including telecommunications and non telecommunications service offered by CenturyTel or an affiliate offered as a package either at a single price or with the availability of the price for one service contingent on the purchas
353. n within a system to identify a caller calling from another station within the same system Kbps Kilobits Per Second Mbps Megabits Per Second Multi Button Key Set MBKS Service A Basic or Deluxe package of central office functions operated or activated by customer premises equipment Multipoint Any digital local loop supporting more than one user User A member of a business system Digital ISDN Centrex Multi Button Key Set MBKS Basic Package Analog Shared Directory Number This capability allows an analog user to share an MBKS DN with ISDN MBKS users The analog user can originate receive or bridge onto a call on the shared MBKS DN If an MBKS DN is shared by an analog user and if there are multiple appearances of that shared DN on the ISDN MBKS terminals the analog user can be associated with any one call appearance of that shared MBKS DN with the default being the first call appearance Automatic Callback on Busy allows the user to activate Automatic Callback on Busy when a busy number is dialed When the busy station becomes idle a distinctive ring alerts the caller When the caller goes off hook the call is placed Bridging allows a party to establish a conference call within a customer group by bridging into a call Only one party can bridge into a call Bridging can be inhibited by activating Manual Exclusion Call Alternation See Centrex Feature Package 1000 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabam
354. nal Contents Sheet 1 INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 20 1 Intrastate Access Services 1 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 20 Original Sheet 1 INTRASTATE ACCESS SERVICE 20 1 For rates rules and regulations concerning intrastate interLATA access service see the Company s Intrastate Access Service Tariff CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 21 Original Contents Sheet 1 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS 21 1 Mobile T elephone Services 21 1 1 Application of Tariff 21 1 2 Conditions 21 1 3 Rates 21 2 Radio Paging Service 21 2 1 Conditions 21 2 2 Rates Sheet No O Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 21 Original Sheet 1 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE 21 1 Mobile Telephone Service 21 1 1 Application of Price List This Price list applies to dial mobile telephone service furnished by the Company or furnished with other carriers within the Mobile Service Areas 21 1 2 Conditions A Definition Mobile Telephone Service is a communication service between a wire telephone and a mobile unit or between two mobile units transmitted through a land radiotelephone dial exchange station Ava
355. nation of Analog and Digital ISDN Service lines For example if a customer requests twenty eight 28 Analog Digital lines all twenty eight 28 lines will be billed at the 26 50 lines group per Analog Digital line rate Arrangements exceeding two hundred 200 lines will be offered on an individual case basis The following rates apply during the contract period and until the service is discontinued Pricing Example Customer requests fifty 50 stations split evenly between Analog Centrex and Digital ISDN Centrex twelve 12 month contract 25 Analog stations 25 Analog lines 25 Digital ISDN stations 25 2 12 5 13 Digital ISDN lines Each Digital ISDN Centrex supports 2 stations Total system Analog Digital 38 lines 50 stations Price using 26 50 lines line range since total system is 38 lines 12 Month Contract 26 50 lines Analog 13 70 line 25 lines 342 50 12 Month Contract 26 50 lines Digital 34 25 line 13 lines 445 25 Other rate elements will apply as required CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 61 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges B Service Line Cont d 2 Analog Centrex Service Line Monthly Rate Month to Month Contract 2 25 lines per line 14 10 2
356. ncluding attorney s fees arising directly or indirectly from the service or in connection therewith including but not limited to any loss damage expense or liability resulting from any infringement or claim or infringement of any patents trademarks or copyright or resulting from any claim of libel or slander The customer is responsible for all provisioning and monthly recurring charges for billed to ESP services including those situations in which the customer s client and or the Telephone Company has temporarily suspended or disconnected that client s service The customer has exclusive responsibility and control over the content quality and characteristics of services or conversations conducted over the customer s equipment The Telephone Company assumes no liability for the quality defects in or content of those services The customer shall exclude from its services any matter the dissemination of which is prohibited by law or by rules regulations or order of any governmental agency The Customer shall not publish or use any advertising sales promotion material or other publicity relating to the subject matter of ESP and ESP Client Services wherein the Telephone Company s name or language signs markings or symbols are used from which the connection of the Telephone Company s name therewith may be in the Telephone Company s judgment reasonably inferred or implied without the prior written approval of the Telephone Company
357. nd Delta Lineville Chulafinnee Heflin Lecta Delta Ashland Lineville Detroit Sulligent Vernon Ethelsville Reform Carrollton Gordo Reform Carrollton Heflin Chulafinnee Lecta Lecta Chulafinnee Heflin Lineville Ashland Delta Morrisons Cross Roads Wedowee Woodland Reform Carrollton Ethelsville Gordo Sulligent Detroit Vernon Tallassee Wedowee Woodland Morrisons Cross Roads Woodland Wedowee Morrisons Cross Roads Refer to Section 3 15 for those exchanges which fall within the CenturyTel Local Calling Plans service CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink Effective 10 14 15 General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 1st Revised Sheet 5 3 7 Local Calling Areas Cont d Group Number IV VI AT amp T of Alabama Exchange Other ILEC Exchange LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE Exchange Vernon Berry Fayette Haleyville Carrollton Phil Campbell Brilliant Falkville Guin Hackleburg Hamilton Jemison Thorsby Massey Oden Ridge Winfield Exchanges In Local Calling Area Vernon Detroit Kennedy Millport Sulligent Berry Fayette Fayette Berry Haleyville Carrollton Aliceville Ethelsville Reform Gordo Phil Campbell Russellville Brilliant Guin Hackleburg Hamilton Winfield Falkville Hartselle Massey Oden Ridge Pence Guin Brilliant Hackleburg Hamilton Winfield Hackleburg Brilliant Guin Hamilton Winfield Hamilt
358. nd Charges 8 13 7 Customized Number Service 9 13 7 1 General 9 13 7 2 Rates 10 13 7 3 Conditions 10 13 8 Billed Number Security BNS 11 13 8 1 General 11 13 8 2 Rates and Charges 11 13 9 Duplicate Bill Charges 12 13 9 1 X General 12 13 10 Telephone Numbers In Rotary Trunk Hunting 12 13 11 Station Service 13 13 11 1 General 13 13 11 2 Rates 13 13 11 3 Conditions 13 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 01 09 Section 13 1st Revised Contents Sheet 2 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 13 12 Employee s Telephone Service 14 13 12 1 General 14 13 12 2 Rates 14 13 12 3 Conditions 14 13 13 Reserved for Future Use 15 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services 16 13 14 1 General 16 13 14 2 Definitions 16 13 14 3 Regulations 23 13 14 4 Rates and Charges 27 13 14 5 Reserved for Future Use 29 13 14 6 Choice Pac 30 13 15 Toll Restriction Service 31 13 15 1 General 31 13 15 2 Rates 31 13 16 Remote Call Forwarding 32 13 16 1 General 32 13 16 2 Rates 33 13 17 Reserved for Future Use 34 13 18 Digital Centrex Service 35 13 18 41 Gulf Division 35 13 19 Reserved for Future Use 35 13 20 Selective Class of Call Screening SCCS 36 13 20 1 General 36 13 20 2 Regulations 36 13 20 3 Rates and Charges 37 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 13 14th Revise
359. nd interLATA calls are routed to the presubscribed carrier selected by the customer who has the required coin signaling capabilities i e coin recognition coin control etc to complete the call All direct dialed interLATA and international 1 101XXXX 1 011 calls will be forwarded to the presubscribed carrier selected by the customer who has the required coin signaling capabilities i e coin recognition coin control etc to complete the call 7 2 3 Responsibility of the Subscriber A The subscriber shall be responsible for the installation operation and maintenance of any customer provided telephones used in connection with this service In addition the subscriber is responsible for meeting all federal state and local statutes with respect to provision of customer provided telephones in accordance with all hearing impaired and handicapped person requirements Customer provided telephones must be connected to the Company network in compliance with Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations and have the following operational characteristics 1 Must be capable of providing access to all locally available long distance companies where provisions for interexchange calling are provided 2 Must be able to access the Operator where 911 is not available at no charge to the calling party 3 Must be able to access 911 Emergency Service where available at no charge to the calling party and without the use of a coin 4
360. nding for Lifeline Service is obtained from a universal service support mechanism to which all telecommunications carriers that provide interstate telecommunications services contribute on an equitable and nondiscriminatory basis In order to qualify for the Alabama Lifeline Assistance Plan a customer must provide certification or other acceptable documentation of the participation of the customer or a qualified member of the customer s household as defined below in one of the following federal assistance programs Supplemental Social Security SSI Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP Medicaid Federal Public Housing Assistance Section 8 Low income Home Energy Assistance Program LIHEAP Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF National School Lunch Program s free lunch program e cooocm Lifeline Assistance is also available to residential customers when the household income of the named subscriber to the local telecommunications service is at or below 135 of the Federal Poverty Guidelines For purposes of eligibility a person will be considered a member of a customer s household if the person i shares a primary residence with the customer and ii is a dependent of the customer as defined by the rules and regulations of the IRS or for whom the customer is otherwise the financially responsible party The Customer or where applicable the customer s household member shall also be required to provide authoriz
361. ne The customer s network access line is pre engineered to determine when the U Repeater power module are required The power module is designed to be used only with the U Repeater and the repeater can only be used with the power module Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 12 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 3 Features A Analog or Digital ISDN Centrex Service offers Feature Packages 1000 2000 3000 Centrex CCLASS Package or Attendant Feature Package and Optional Line and System Features at the rates and charges set forth in this Price list Feature capabilities may vary depending on the host central office equipment Centrex Feature Packages 1000 2000 and 3000 may apply on a per line basis to analog phones connected to a digital Centrex line In addition Digital ISDN Centrex Service offers ISDN Station MBKS Basic MBKS Deluxe and 3000 Deluxe Packages Attendant Package Circuit Switched Data 1000 and 2000 Packages X 25 Enhancement Package and Optional Line and System Features at the rates and charges set forth in the Price list Feature capabilities may vary depending on the host central office equipment 1 Analog Centrex Service Basic Service Features Automatic Identification of Outward Dial AIOD Common Recorded Announcement o
362. nel Service will be used by the customer to aggregate the customer s telecommunication services onto a digital local loop The services which can be combined include private line and switched services intraexchange intraLATA and interLATA services A representative list of services which can use Digital Channel Service facility includes 1 Exchange Dial Tone service e g exchange lines trunks 2 Analog Transmission Services e g Foreign Exchange Service Private Line Off premise Extensions Tie Lines Intrastate WATS 3 Digital Data Services 2 4 4 8 9 6 56 or 64 Kbps 4 DS1 1 544 Mbps Services 5 DS3 44 736 Mbps Services Digital Channel Service is comprised of the following components Digital Channel Capacity Service Activation 1 The Digital Channel Capacity and Service Activation will be at the rates and charges as specified in Section 12 1 6 of this Price List Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 2 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service Cont d 12 1 1 General Cont d C Digital Channel Service is comprised of the following components Cont d 2 Digital Channel Service customers will order capacity in quantities of DS1 or DS3 facilities increments of twenty four 24 channels for a DS1 facility or increments of twenty eight 28 channels for a DS3 facility Cust
363. nes eo oerte botes deo testo eet Cot divae boo eet 2 3 Definitions sivi ome Loocest eoe nie A dede bostes iod toT iaai 1 1 Directories ut osos Lotes te ee et honenns Ext same onore me Prae dee abo oer se boo adeann incurs 2 21 Directory Listings oiii rone ee rem e eee Pede eee re eee psa 6 1 Joint USE arrsa ovs ost ooo eoo este boom Poner see Poo aboues Lancers 6 1 PBX ML 6 1 PrilTiary dicetis uenti Foo vex esee te the Dea bl eee TET 6 1 Discontinuance of Service By The Company zo ge te te Pat i i e ve a EA 2 4 At the Customer s Request sss 2 4 For Non Payment eessssessssesssssesee eene nennen entente 2 4 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 01 14 Index 1st Revised Sheet 3 INDEX Subject Section Sheet No Emergency Telephone Service 9 1 1 c ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeaaes 10 1 Establishment and Furnishing of Service a e eeen 2 5 Establishment of Credit sse 2 14 Exchangoe HRHat68 eed eet eee ae etu t Races en ex 3 7 8 Extension of Facilities Line Extension eeeeneese 5 1 Equipment Tampering with sseeseem 2 2 Facilities Maintenance and Repair of sesesssssee 2 20 New Construction of c ceeeceeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeaeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaeeeees 5 1 BEEF oM EE 2 2 Facility Relocation Cost Recovery Fee 2 31 Fraudulent
364. nnel termination charges Business Assist Digital Channels are offered on a month to month basis for each digital channel DSO connection Monthly rates and charges as specified in Section 12 6 6 following for the BusinessAssist Facility apply according to the requested channel capacity These rates apply regardless of the number of digital channels that are actually activated by the customer at a point in time Rates and charges specified in other sections for services such as Custom Calling Services etc are in addition to the monthly rates for Business Assist Rates and charges for other services extended beyond Business Assist are in addition to the rates specified in this Price list for the Business Assist portion necessary to provide customer end to end service Effective 10 07 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 1st Revised Sheet 57 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 6 Business Assist Cont d 12 6 5 Application of Rates Cont d G The Business Assist Facility is available under Term Payment Plans only for rate periods of 12 months 24 months or 36 months All elements of a Term Payment Plan will expire at the same time be coterminous 1 The customer may order additional Business Assist Facilities s during a Term Payment Plan period The expiration date of the additional capacity s will be the same expiration date as
365. not Digital ISDN Single Line Multibutton Key Set MBKS feature packages A MBKS feature package may be supplemented with Custom Calling Services feature packages by adding those packages to the Digital ISDN Single Line rate Applicable charges will apply as stated elsewhere in this price list Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 32 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital ISDN Single Line Service Cont d 1 12 3 3 Single Line Features Cont d F Feature Matrices Cont d 2 Voice Packages Features M Feature Name Analog Shared Directory Number Call Alternation Call Forwarding Call Hold Conference Calling Drop Feature Function Buttons Key System Coverage for Analog Lines Multiple Directory Number Buttons Shared Appearance of Directory Number DN Speed Dialing Data Packages Features DATA1000 DATA2000 Feature Name Data Speed Dialing Short List Data Call Forward Data Toll Restriction Data Multi Line Hunt Group Data Circular Hunt Data Speed Dialing Long List X 25 Flow Control Parameters Negotiation X 25 Incoming Calls Barred X 25 Outgoing Calls Barred X 25 Reverse Charge X 25 Reverse Charge Acceptance X 25 Throughput Class Negotiation X X 25 Transmit Delay Selection Indication X 25 Closed User Groups X 25 Fast Select X 25 Fast Select Acceptance X 25 Hunt Groups X 25 One Way O
366. nsion and its central office Monthly Rate a Channel Charges See Section 17 for the rates and charges 19 5 11 Reserved for Future Use 19 5 12 Reserved for Future Use 19 5 13 Minimum Service Period The minimum service period for WATS is one 1 day Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 19 Original Sheet 19 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges Cont d 19 5 14 Allowance for Interruptions A When the WATS access line is interrupted for a period of less than two 2 hours no credit applies When the WATS access line is interrupted for a period of two 2 hours to twenty four 24 hours a credit applies 1 WATS Access Line Interruption Credit Amount a Credit Allowance 15 00 When the WATS access line is interrupted for a period of more than twenty four 24 hours the preceding credit applies for each twenty four 24 hour period or any fraction thereof The credit in 19 5 14 b and c preceding includes all credit to be applied for an interruption None of the above credit allowances will be made for 1 non completion of WATS messages due to busy network conditions 2 interruption of service due to customer provided equipment or systems 3 interruption of service due to the negligence of the customer 4 interruption of service during any period in which the Company is not affor
367. nsole Test Allows attendant to test the functional operations of a console Control of Trunk Group Access This feature allows the attendant to control the access of all stations and incoming trunks to various trunk groups by operating corresponding keys Control of Virtual Facility Groups This feature allows the attendant to control the access of all stations and incoming trunks to VFGs by a single key Delayed Operation This feature allows the attendant to place a call for a calling station while the calling station waits on hook Display of Queued Calls by ICI Key This feature provides console operators with a visual indication of the number of calls queued to be answered Flexible Console Alerting Allows an attendant to be alerted to a call requiring attention Interposition Calls This feature allows an attendant to call speak to and transfer a call to another attendant Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 35 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features F Attendant Feature Package Cont d Locked Loop Operation This feature allows an attendant to hold a call on loop Attendant Locked Loop Operation consists of two hold types manual and automatic Both types are attendant console features in the order the
368. nt will not be furnished by the Company and the quality of reception or operation is the responsibility of the customer The minimum contract period is one 1 month except that when unusual costs are required to provide the channel the Company may require execution of a contract with a greater minimum period A nonrecurring service charge of 30 00 for the first one half hour or fraction thereof and 15 00 for each additional one half hour or fraction thereof will apply for each visit to a customer s premises or service location in connection with a service difficulty or testing when it is determined that the difficulty was due to a condition in customer provided equipment or facilities 17 5 Radio Program Transmission Channels The Company assents to adopts and concurs with the rates regulations and conditions applicable to all radio broadcast facilities furnished as they are filed with the Federal Communications Commission in CTOC Tariff F C C Nos 2 and 3 The concurrence applies to all facilities both interexchange and intraexchange CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 17 Original Sheet 5 PRIVATE LINE SERVICE 17 6 Mileage 17 6 1 General This service involves the furnishing of off premises station service where applicable for PBX trunks or one party services on properties other than that on which the first station for the class and grade
369. ntd N Termination Liability In the event Digital ISDN Single Line Service is terminated by the customer prior to completion of the initial contract period the customer shall be liable for early termination charges See General Regulations Section 2 8 O OCustomer provided equipment used in conjunction with services provided in accordance with this Price list must conform with the technical specifications of the Company Digital ISDN Single Line Service will be provided where local loops do not exceed a maximum of 68 db loss as measured at the customer s premises Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 26 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital IDSN Single Line Service 12 3 2 Conditions Contd O Customer provided equipment used in conjunction with services Cont d The Company may change telecommunications services equipment operations or procedures while remaining consistent with the Federal Communications Commission s Rules and Regulations If changes cause a customer s equipment or communications system to become incompatible with services or if changes cause terminal equipment to require modification or become less effective the Company shall not be responsible Customer requested temporary disconnections of Digital ISDN Single Line services are not permitted A change in service from a basic ex
370. nth in advance Upon establishment of the PLTS plan the customer will be billed for one month service The Company will require payment of these charges prior to establishment of service Thereafter the customer will be required to pay one month s service on a monthly basis Once payment for service is received one month s service will be provisioned and is non refundable if the customer cancels service prior to the end of the month No deposits or non recurring charges apply A PLTS is configured as follows 1 Voice grade residential flat rate line or local measured service line if available 2 All mandatory services including extended area service expanded local calling etc all tariffed charges applicable 3 Tone Dialing Tariffed tone dialing touch tone charges are applicable 4 Ability to dial 911 5 Ability to report service problems seven days a week 6 Ability to dial CenturyTel Customer Service 7 Primary directory listing nonpublished nonlisted available at tariffed charges 8 Access to Directory Assistance 9 Toll blocking usage sensitive services blocking tariff charges applicable 10 Call Waiting Caller ID and Call Forwarding included Customers who are unable to pay the required charges to maintain their present service may activate a PLTS plan but may be required to agree to a repayment plan for their current charges New customers who do not qualify for service due to a poor credit histo
371. ntial customer s deposit beyond December following twenty four 24 months of deposit retention The fact that a deposit has been made in no way relieves the applicant or subscriber from complying with the Company s regulations as to advance payments and the prompt payment of the bills upon presentation by the Company and providing for the discontinuance of service for nonpayment as provided herein CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 01 01 11 Section 2 Original Sheet 14 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 4 Establishment and Maintenance of Credit Cont d 2 4 3 Discontinuance of Service for Failure to Maintain Credit Service may be discontinued for failure to maintain credit as specified above following five 5 days after the Company has provided written including electronic notice requiring the customer to do so 2 4 4 Restoration Charge Where service has been discontinued for failure to maintain credit as specified above appropriate service charges will be made and collected by the Company Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 15 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 4 Establishment and Maintenance of Credit Cont d 2 4 5 Adjustments for Local Taxing Authority and Other Payments and Costs A In the event a municipality imposes collects or receives from the Comp
372. ntraLATA high capacity channel facility with WATS or 800 Service functionality See Section S20 of the Private Line Services Tariff for applicable charges See 19 1 1 1 preceding CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 19 Original Sheet 15 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges Cont d 19 5 7 Nonrecurring Access Line Charges Cont d A The following charges apply for the installation of each WATS access line Cont d 2 800 Service Cont d Nonrecurring Charge b Nonrecurring charges specified In Section S4 of this Price list apply for WATS e c Combined OUTWATS Carrier Change Charge 1 For interLATA portion a Per Line 11 00 19 5 8 Reserved for Future Use For access lines provided over an intraLATA high capacity facility with WATS or 800 Service functionality the only applicable nonrecurring charge specified in Section S4 of this Price list will be the Central Office Line Connection Charge CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 19 Original Sheet 16 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges Cont d 19 5 9 Access Line Terminations The WATS access line may terminate in any of the arrangements listed in 19 1 1 e preceding 19 5 10 WATS Extensions The following charges apply for a WATS e
373. nturyLink Communications LLC Home Phone II Per Minute long distance plan or CenturyLink Communications LLC Home Phone II Unlimited long distance plan to qualify for this bundle If the customer subscribes to the CenturyLink Communications LLC Home Phone II Unlimited long distance plan then the customer will also receive unlimited Area Calling Service ACS at no additional charge See Home Phone II Section 13 22 15 4 for listing of A and B Exchanges Effective 12 5 14 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 Original Sheet 54 14 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 15 Home Phone ll 4 A and B Exchanges A Exchanges Bayou La Batre Brilliant Dauphin Island Double Springs Falkville B Exchanges Alberta Aliceville Ashland Berry Carrollton Chulafinne Coffeeville Delta Fayette Fowl River Grand Bay Hamilton Irvington Detroit Ethelsville Gordo Guin Hackleburg Haleyville Heflin Jemison Lincoln Massey Mentone Notasulga Pell City Lecta Lineville Morrisons Cross Roads Oden Ridge Orrville Panola Phil Campbell Pine Hill Tallassee Trussville Valley Head Winfield Reform Rockford Sulligent Thorsby Vernon Wadley Wedowee Woodland CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Sect
374. nvolving central office and or outside plant facilities These charges apply at initial installation and for additions to existing service In addition to these charges the appropriate Service Ordering Charge will apply Service Ordering Charges Nonrecurring Charge 1 Service Establishment Charge per Digital Channel Service 300 00 2 Service Change Charge per Digital Channel Service each increment of 24 DSO channels 150 00 3 Premises Visit Charge per visit 15 00 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 12 Original Sheet 13 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service Cont d 12 1 6 Rates and Charges Cont d B Digital Channel Capacity The monthly and nonrecurring rates for Digital Channel Capacity without Activated Services are as follows 1 Per System 36 Months 1st DS1 Facility 24 DSO Channels Nonrecurring Charge 250 00 Monthly Rate 260 00 Each Additional DS1 Facility 24 DSO Channels Nonrecurring Charge 250 00 Monthly Rate 240 00 DS3 Facility 28 DS1 Channels 1 3 DS3 Facilities Nonrecurring Charge 7 000 00 Monthly Rate 3 300 00 4 or more DS3 Facilities ICB 60 Months 1st DS1 Facility 24 DSO Channels Nonrecurring Charge 250 00 Monthly Rate 200 00 Each Additional DS1 Facility 24 DSO Channels Nonrecurring Charge 250 00 Monthly Rate 185 00 DS3 Facility 28 DS1 Channels 1 3 DS3 Facilit
375. o a customized telephone number B The Company shall not be liable to any customer for direct indirect or consequential damages caused by a failure of service change of number or assignment of a requested number to another customer whether prior to or after establishment of service In any case the Company shall not be liable to any person firm or corporation for an amount greater than such person firm or corporation has actually paid to the Company for the Customized Number Service CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 11 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 8 Billed Number Screening BNS 13 8 1 General A Billed Number Screening BNS is a service offering providing for the automatic blocking of incoming third number billing collect billing or both The BNS feature is established for a particular billing number via service order B BNS is available for residential and business customers on one or more lines whether or not the lines are billed together or separately C Bulk Billed Number Screening BBNS is a volume discount offered to business customers only who request BNS on fifty 50 lines or more D BNS may not be available for calls placed from certain geographical locations 13 8 2 Rates and Charges A The following monthly rates are applicable for Billed Number Screening BNS on 1 49 lines Monthly Ra
376. o the Company as having a hearing and or speech impairment which requires them to communicate over telephone facilities by means other than voice and who use data transmitting and receiving terminals of speeds of 110 bauds or less provided either by the Company or the customer will be charged as follows for customer dialed direct station to station messages Peak Periods will be charged for at the Off Peak rates Off Peak Periods will be discounted an additional thirty five percent 3596 off the standard Off Peak rates Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 9 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 3 Two Point Service Cont d A Service Between Land Wire Telephones Cont d 6 Rates for Hearing or Speech Impaired Persons or users of the Alabama Relay Center Cont d d Applicable Rates Cont d 1 Customers who have been certified to the Company Cont d All customers who use the Alabama Relay Center will be charged as follows Peak Periods will be charged for at the Off Peak rates Off Peak Periods will be discounted an additional thirty five percent 3596 off the standard Off Peak rates The Operator Assisted Service Charges for Station to Station Operator Assisted and Person to Person calls are as specified in Section 18 3a 7 b following apply in addition to the charges for Stat
377. of all telephone numbers and prohibits the assignment of the use of a telephone number by or from any customer to another except as otherwise provided in this price list 4 To assign telephone numbers in any exchange area as it deems necessary or appropriate in the conduct of its business A Customized Number directory listing in the white pages will be provided only as a numeric listing The customer may promote their CNS number as an alpha listing at their discretion Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 Original Sheet 10 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 7 Customized Number Service Cont d 13 7 2 Rates and Charges A The following charges apply in addition to appropriate Service Charges as found in Section 4 of this price list and to all other applicable rates and charges 1 13 7 3 Conditions Nonrecurring Monthly Charge Rate Each Customized Telephone Number Business 20 00 2 00 Residence 10 00 A The Customized Number Charge applies when a customer 1 2 Requests a telephone number other than the next available number from the assignment control list A customer whose service has been terminated may be reassigned his previous telephone number if available without additional service charges applying if reassignment occurs within 12 months Requests a number change from his present number t
378. of service is located within the exchange areas at the rates listed below 17 6 2 Rates Monthly Rate A On continuous or non continuous property Business Residence PBX or Key Station circuits auxiliary bells or signal circuit exterior to the building in which the first station is located 2 40 per 1 4 mile 17 6 3 Conditions A Mileage applicable to off premises property business residence PBX or key telephone stations located on properties other than those on which the first stations or switchboard are located will be determined in the following manner The off premises property mileage measurement is the rate mileage distance between the terminals CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 13 2014 Section 18 1st Revised Contents Sheet 1 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE Table Of Contents Sheet No 18 1 Application 1 18 2 General 1 18 3 Two Point Service 1 18 4 Conference Service 13 18 4 1 General 13 18 4 2 Application of Charges 13 18 5 A Airline Mileage Between Rate Centers 15 18 5 1 List of Rate Centers by LATA 19 18 6 Reserved for Future Use 29 18 7 IntraLATA Long Distance Verification and Emergency Interrupt Service 31 18 8 Reserved for Future Use 33 18 9 Reserved for Future Use 34 18 10 Optional Calling Plans 36 18 10 1 General 36 18 10 2 Rates 38 18 11 Reserved for Future Use 38 18 12 Calling Plans CenturyTel Discount
379. omers will be offered a Term Payment Plan of 36 60 or 84 months After completion of the selected payment plan the service will be provided on a month to month basis at the same rate schedule as the completed payment plan 12 1 2 Digital Architecture A Digital Channel Service provides only the common line link between the End User and the local serving wire center End to end private line and exchange services will utilize this digital link to the customer s premise rather than the analog loop which might otherwise be provided This architecture is intended to promote more efficient connectivity of analog and digital networks in the future The time required to provision service is known as the service date interval The service date interval for Digital Channel Service and related network services connected to Digital Channel Service will differ from the normal guidelines applicable to end to end services Digital Channel Service will be available on a digital basis at the network interface on a customer s premises Traditional analog services like off premises stations and PBX trunks can be provided on a digital basis to a customer s premises by the Company when a customer desires them encoded in a DS1 bit stream Under those conditions they will be provided as DSO channels by the Company Both the Company and the customer have joint responsibilities to ensure the proper transmission of the provided services Normal analog channel netwo
380. on Brilliant Guin Hackleburg Winfield Jemison Clanton Thorsby Massey Falkville Hartselle Oden Ridge Pence Oden Ridge Falkville Hartselle Massey Pence Winfield Brilliant Guin Hackleburg Hamilton CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 14 15 Section 3 1st Revised Sheet 6 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 7 Local Calling Areas Cont d Exchanges In Group Number Exchange Local Calling Area VII Bayou La Batre Bayou La Batre Dauphin Island Fowl River Grand Bay Irvington Mobile Belle Fontaine Dauphin Island Dauphin Island Bayou La Batre Fowl River Grand Bay Irvington Mobile Belle Fontaine Fowl River Fowl River Bayou La Batre Grand Bay Dauphin Island Irvington Mobile Belle Fontaine Grand Bay Grand Bay Fowl River Dauphin Island Irvington Bayou La Batre Mobile Belle Fontaine Irvington Irvington Dauphin Island Grand Bay Fowl River Bayou La Batre Mobile Belle Fontaine Trussville Trussville Birmingham Special 2 Pell City Surfside Pell City Lincoln Surfside Special 3 Lincoln Lincoln Pell City Surfside Talladega AT amp T of Alabama Exchange CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 3 3 Revised Sheet 7 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 8 Group Rate Schedule Rate Per Month Business Rate Group Busines
381. on 4 1 2 B The message charges applicable to remotely forwarded calls shall be comprised of two separate charges 1 a charge for that portion of the call from the originating station to the call forwarding location and 2 a charge for that portion of the call from the call forwarding location to the terminating station The respective charge for each such portion shall be as follows 1 Between the originating station and call forwarding location The charge for this portion of a remotely forwarded call shall be the charge specified in this Price list for the type of call involved CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 01 09 Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 34 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 16 Remote Call Forwarding Cont d 13 16 2 Rates Cont d B The message charges applicable to remotely Cont d 2 Between the call forwarding location and the terminating station The Remote Call Forwarding customer is responsible for all toll charges as specified in the applicable price list These charges apply to all calls answered at the terminating station including person to person and collect calls even though such calls might not be accepted at the answering location 13 17 Reserved for Future Use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 01 09 Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 35
382. on BRI ISDN D Channel and allows for more than one data device Digital ISDN Single Line Single Line Service provided by ISDN BRI One line includes two 2 B Channels and one 1 D Channel Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN A set of standards which enable end to end digital transmission access integration and established standardization of points of interconnection over a single access line End to end digital transmission eliminates the necessity for voice band modems that use analog processing techniques Access integration refers to utilizing a single ISDN line whereby an end user over one line can access a wide variety of user information services such as voice circuit switched data and packet switched data Effective02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 34 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital ISDN Single Line Service Cont d 12 3 3 Single Line Features Cont d G Definitions Cont d 1 Digital ISDN Single Line Cont d Digital ISDN Single Line Access The central office termination of an ISDN Line arranged for access to the public switched network Kbps Kilobits Per Second Mbps Megabits Per Second User A member of a business system MBKS Multibutton Key Set Data 1000 Feature Package Data Call Forward allows a customer to forward incoming calls to another telephone number Data
383. on Status The customer can restrict telephone numbers from changes as specified in Section 8 2 1b 1 If changes are desired at a later time the customer can remove the restriction 2 Facility Restriction Level Assignment The customer can change the Facility Restriction Level a permission level assigned to define calling privileges associated with both facilities and station users 3 Call Pickup Group The customer can establish a call pickup group and add or delete members from an existing call pickup group Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 76 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 2 Centrex Customer Moves and Changes CMAC 8 2 2 Definitions Cont d A Service Option Information Changes Cont d 4 Call Forwarding Number The customer can change the number that a station user forwards calls to 5 Authorization Code Assignment An authorization code is a number associated with a specific person rather than a specific telephone number The customer can activate change or deactivate authorization codes The customer can also display the features associated with the authorization code for a particular user 6 Button Features The buttons on a multi button station set can either activate features or enable call appearances specific telephone numbers assigned to buttons The customer
384. on and a different telephone number shall not constitute sufficient cause for refusal of residence service or vice versa 2 Failure to pay directory advertising charges in dispute 3 Failure to pay charges in dispute billed for other carriers 4 Failure to pay for non regulated equipment or services 5 Failure to pay for Local Dial It charges in dispute Effective 01 01 11 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 2nd Revised Sheet 6 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 3 Establishment and Furnishing of Service Cont d 2 3 2 Application of Business and Residential Rates 2 3 3 A Business rates apply in all commercial locations including without limitation offices stores factories and all other places of a strictly business nature In boarding houses offices of hotels halls and offices of apartment buildings quarters occupied by clubs or lodges public private or parochial schools or colleges hospitals libraries churches college fraternity houses and the other similar institutions but excluding dormitory rooms at such schools or colleges Where the place of business and residence of a customer are in the same premises and no telephone is installed in the place of business the business rate shall be charged for the telephone installed in the residence Residence rates apply in private residences and in private apartments of hotels or other re
385. on of the customer of record within the coverage area of the Central Office the service must be offered pursuant to contract to account for cost considerations Customer of record does not apply to an entity reselling this service In resale scenarios the lines must terminate at the primary single location of the customer with identical pricing and costing rules as applicable to end user customers of record Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 4 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 2 Conditions Cont d R Space Requirements 1 2 3 Suitable and sufficient space for any remote units required shall be leased by the Company from the customer Suitable space includes provisions for atmospheric control and encompasses the following environmental requirements Dust free Controlled temperatures ranging from 50 to 86 Fahrenheit with consideration given to heat loss and or gain of the equipment Relative humidity of 20 minimum and 55 maximum Commercial power necessary to operate the remote units if required shall be provided by the customer and located on the customer s premises S Subsequent Additions Deletions and Changes 1 2 Subsequent line additions will be rated under a new contract or an addendum to an existing
386. one Company touch tone Calling Service and intercept to the main listed number No Network Access Register NARs required for local access or for Voice Messaging No other Centrex Classes of Service and features can be mixed with Centrex CustoPAK Service The customer has the flexibility of adding any combination of standard individual lines and hunt groups that meets the communications needs of the business as well as choosing services from within the offered Centrex CustoPAK package for each line or hunt group Centrex CustoPAK is available only where technically feasible Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 79 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 3 Centrex CustoPAK Service Cont d 8 3 2 Conditions A 1 Service Options Basic Standard Services Services included with a Centrex CustoPAK service line Assume Dial 9 Call Transfer All Calls Call Hold Consultation Hold Direct Inward Dial DID Direct Outward Dial DOD Distinctive Ringing Inside Outside Ringing Intercom Dialing Three Way Calling Touch Tone Selectable Standard Services Services listed in this section are available for each Centrex CustoPAK line at no additional charge A customer may customize his service by selecting as many of the following services as desired for each individual Centrex CustoPA
387. oney order payment of all charges due plus the restoration charge as specified in Section 4 Sheet 5 of this Price list CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 21 Original Sheet 6 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE 21 1 Mobile Telephone Service Cont d 21 1 2 Conditions Cont d N Denial or Restoral of Service Cont d 3 f the subscriber uses the service for purposes of performing any service in competition with the Telephone Company present and or future services the Company may by written notice to the subscriber discontinue the furnishing of the service and cancel the contract for services 4 f a subscriber owning his own equipment is found to be interfering with any other carrier as a result of his being off frequency he shall have twenty four 24 hours to effect correction after having been so advised by the Telephone Company Failure to make the necessary correction after this time may result in temporary suspension of service for which the restoration charge in Section 4 Sheet 5 applies Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 21 Original Sheet 7 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE 21 1 Mobile Telephone Service Cont d 21 1 2 Conditions Cont d O Order of Precedence in Adding Mobile Units 1 When facilities in a mobile service area are insu
388. option of choosing the type call restriction desired for each individual line The customer request for each line must be identified on the service order so the line can be provisioned with the proper line class code and call blocking services TYPES OF CALL RESTRICTIONS ARE 1 No Call Restrictions This option allows the user to make and receive calls without any restrictions of any kind 2 Call Restriction One This option block all outgoing chargeable toll calls including all operator calls It does allow outgoing local calls outside the group 8XX calls local DA calls repair calls and 911 calls only This option allows all incoming calls with no restrictions 3 Call Restriction Two This option block all outgoing direct dialed chargeable toll calls but allows outgoing operator handled calls for class call screening 99 number collect or credit card only local calls outside the group 8XX calling local DA calls repair calls and 911 calls This option allows all incoming calls with no restrictions 4 Call Restriction Three The user is not permitted to make any outgoing calls to numbers outside the Centrex CustoPAK group toll or local Including 91 1 This option allows all incoming calls with no restrictions 5 Call Restriction Four The user cannot make or receive calls to or from outside the Centrex CustoPAK group including 911 Only inside the group intercom calling is allowed 6 Call Restriction
389. or off premises stations located on other premises occupied solely by the customer Additional listings may be furnished with businesses who occupy the same premises at the rates shown above See Joint Use of Service C An alternate call listing refers to a calling party to certain other telephone numbers after business hours or on Sundays or holidays or if there is no answer on the first listed number Where the alternate call number is to be that of another customer the listing will be furnished only when the other customer is agreeable to the use of their number D A foreign or noncustomer listing may be furnished customers requesting that their listing be included in a directory of an exchange other than that from which service is rendered The rate for a foreign company listing will be the rate applicable in the directory where the listing appears E Unlisted service is the withholding of a customer s listing from the printed telephone directory The number may be obtained from the information operator F Nonpublished service is the withholding of a customer s listing from both the telephone directory and information records 1 When nonpublished service is to be furnished the customer will hold the Company harmless from any damages which might arise and will absolve the Company from any responsibility for the failure of the customer to receive calls because of the nonpublished listing 2 The rate for nonpublished service is sp
390. or service with a one month minimum period is canceled before establishment of the service is completed a charge not to exceed the service charge specified as applied if all or a portion of the facilities have been installed Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 5 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 2 Use of Service Cont d 2 2 5 Termination of Service Cont d B At customer s request Cont d 3 No minimum or termination charge will apply unless otherwise stated specifically in this Price list where a new customer takes over the service of the former customer provided the service is to be furnished at the same location without interruption and that the new customer assumes all unpaid charges on the original contract Minimum and termination charges will apply for any service furnished under the original contract which is not retained by the new customer 4 No minimum or termination charge will apply in the event the service is terminated because of condemnation destruction or damage to property by fire or other cause beyond the control of the customer 2 3 Establishment and Furnishing of Service 2 3 1 X Applications for Service A Applications for service may be made orally or in writing including electronically A customer s submission of an application for service over the internet or other electronic means sha
391. orrect the violation will result in the suspension of the customer s service until such time as the customer complies with the provision of this Price list CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 16 Original Contents Sheet 1 SHARED TENANT SERVICE OFFERINGS Table of Contents Sheet No 16 1 Sharing and Resale of Basic Local Exchange Service 16 1 1 General 16 1 2 Regulations and Application of Rates 16 1 3 Rates on Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 16 Original Sheet 1 16 1 SHARED TENANT SERVICE OFFERINGS Sharing and Resale of Basic Local Exchange Service 16 1 1 General A In general basic local exchange service is furnished for the exclusive use of the customer and the customer s family guest employees agents or representatives Resale of basic local exchange service is permitted only under the specific conditions described in this Price list For the purpose of this section sharing of basic local exchange service is considered synonymous with resale of basic local exchange service The customer must apply in writing to resell exchange services provided by the Company When in the judgment of the Company it is deemed necessary the reseller may be required to submit layout maps defining the intended geographic resale area an
392. orthern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 17 Original Contents Sheet 1 PRIVATE LINE SERVICE Table of Contents Sheet No 17 4 General 1 17 2 Intraexchange Service 1 17 2 1 General 1 17 2 2 Rates and Charges 1 17 2 8 Conditions 2 17 2 4 Other Private Line Services 2 17 3 Interexchange Service 2 17 3 1 General 2 17 3 2 Rates Interexchange Circuits 2 17 4 Conditions 2 17 5 Radio Program Transmission Channels 4 17 6 Mileage 5 17 6 1 General 5 17 6 2 Rates 5 17 6 3 Conditions 5 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 13 Section 17 1st Revised Sheet 1 17 1 17 2 PRIVATE LINE SERVICE General A Private line telephone service is the provision of facilities including communicate between specified locations All facilities required for this service are furnished by the Telephone Company on a full period service basis only B The channels provided under this section are not furnished for the commercial transmission of communications between exchanges nor for the use in competition with any form of service rendered by the Telephone Company or its connecting companies C The rates specified herein are applicable where facilities are available and when standard transmission voice grade circuits can be obtained without the use of special equipment If for operating reasons special
393. ot provide intraLATA service except by means of local exchange company facilities authorized for resale 6 The ISP must validate each call against a billing validation database to ensure that the called number can receive and be billed for collect calls 7 The Company will bill and collect on behalf of PTAS providers for intrastate services that the provider is duly certificated by the Commission to provide through at a minimum clearinghouse arrangements Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 7 Original Sheet 9 COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE 7 2 Customer Owned Pay Telephone COPT Coin Line Service 7 2 1 Definitions and Requirements A Customer Owned Pay Telephone COPT Coin Line Service is a coin voice grade exchange line that provides switch based dial tone first DTF coin line functionalities for customer owned pay telephones COPT Coin Line Service is provided at the request of a COPT provider that provides pay telephone service with switch based coin line functionalities to the public on a resale basis A COPT Coin Line subscriber must use a separate COPT Coin Line for each pay telephone instrument installed and will be billed the Price listed rate for each line Off premise extensions to a COPT Coin Line are not permitted Where COPT Coin Line Service is provided any type or grade of residence or business service offered regularly a
394. pany to activate Call Return 69 on the line for a monthly flat rate To utilize Call Return 69 on a demand basis the customer activates this service by dialing a code provided by the Telephone Company and the per occurrence rate will apply each time the service is activated Access to the demand based service will be removed from the customer s line upon request at no charge CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 17 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d 13 14 2 Definitions Cont d Call Return 69 allows a customer to automatically return the last incoming call whether it is answered or not Upon activation of the service the customer receives an automated voice response message stating the number of the party who called and is given the option of returning the call If the called line is found to be busy a thirty 30 minute queuing process begins The customer is given an indication that the network will attempt to set up the call when the called line is idle The network periodically tests the busy idle status of both parties until both lines are found idle the customer cancels the request or the queuing process expires If both lines are found to be idle the called party is alerted with a distinctive ring signifying that the call may now be completed This service is offered on a monthly ba
395. per NAR Exchanges Rate Group 1 2 50 Lines Over 50 Lines Rate Group 2 2 50 Lines Over 50 Lines Rate Group 3 2 50 Lines Over 50 Lines Rate Group 4 2 50 Lines Over 50 Lines Rate Group 5 2 50 Lines Monthly Rate 18 00 35 50 18 95 37 35 20 00 39 40 20 90 41 25 20 90 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 13 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 10 Network Access Register Package Cont d 3 10 2 Rates and Charges Cont d D Flat Rate Network Access Register NAR Package cont d 1 Flat Rate Network Access Register NAR Package per NAR Cont d Exchanges Monthly Rate Rate Group 6 2 50 Lines 22 60 Over 50 Lines 44 40 Rate Group 7 2 50 Lines 24 30 Over 50 Lines 47 45 Special Group 2 2 50 Lines 20 00 Over 50 Lines 39 40 Special Group 3 2 50 Lines 20 90 Over 50 Lines 41 25 AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 10 14 13 Section 3 2nd Revised Sheet 14 Cancels 1st Revised Page 14 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 11 Rotary Line Service 3 11 1 General a Rotary line service provides means whereby calls made to the first number of a rotary group will be automatically completed over the first idle line in the rotary group If all lines are busy the calling party will receive the busy signal b This service is
396. placed Shared Call Appearances of a Directory Number allows several MBKS station sets to share one or more Directory Numbers Originating and terminating events on one station set affect all stations sharing that Directory Number The shared Directory Numbers can have multiple call appearances multiple calls can exist on one 1 Directory Number and more than one 1 station sharing the Directory Number can have a call active on that shared Directory Number Speed Calling Also known as Abbreviated Dialing permits the customer to dial selected numbers using fewer digits than normally required This is accomplished through the assignment of abbreviated codes to frequently called numbers One and two digit speed calling lists are available The Speed Calling Feature is available to individual lines two party lines and members some or all of a multiline hunt group Speed Calling lists assigned to individual lines can be shared by other lines at the customer s request For the BRCS feature the service providers can define list sizes and up to three digit access codes Station Restriction See Centrex Feature Package 1000 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 52 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features Digital ISDN Centrex Multi Button
397. pment with which this offering is associated CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 5 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 4 Vacation Number Reservation 13 4 1 13 4 2 13 4 3 General Vacation Number Reservation provides for temporary suspension of service at customer request for a period of not less than one 1 month and not to exceed nine 9 months in a twelve 12 month period Vacation Number Reservation applies only to residential and business access line rates It does not apply to Key PBX Centrex lines or Trunks calling features or bundled services The customers account must be current to be placed on Vacation Number Reservation After service has been restored there will be a minimum of one 1 month s charge for full service before the service can again be put on Vacation Number Reservation Rates The charge for Vacation Number Reservation is Fifty 50 percent of the regular flat rated monthly access line rate Conditions A Telephone service will be completely disconnected during the period of Vacation Number Reservation there will be no dial tone B If the customer has not requested that the service be restored after nine 9 months of Vacation Number Reservation the service will revert back to the standard rate however full service dial tone will not be restored until the customer request
398. r communities are assigned adjacent rate centers with which they are closely associated for communication purposes or by community of interest Airline mileages between rate centers are determined as provided in 18 4 following 18 3 Two Point Service A Service Between Land Wire Telephones 1 Classes of Service Service is offered on a Dial Station to Station Customer Dialed Calling Card Operator Station to Station or Person to Person basis Charges for messages within these classes of service are based upon the day of the week and the time of the day when the connection is established The following regulations and applicable rates also apply to two point service from paystations Applicable usage charges from paystations are dependent upon whether the call is sent paid coins deposited for payment or non sent paid paid for by other than coin deposit a Dial Station to Station 1 Dial Station to Station rates apply only to sent paid station to station dial type telephone communication CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 2 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 3 Two Point Service Cont d A Service Between Land Wire Telephones Contd 1 Classes of Service Cont d a Dial Station to Station Cont d 2 Dial type telephone communication denotes a call dialed and completed by the customer from a residen
399. r Future Use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 13 2014 Section 18 1st Revised Sheet 34 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 8 Reserved for Future Use Cont d 18 9 Reserved for Future Use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 13 2014 Section 18 1st Revised Sheet 35 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 9 Reserved for Future Use Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 36 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 10 Optional Calling Plans 18 10 1 General A Description of Service Optional Calling Plans are specially designed toll plans applicable to intrastate subscriber dialed station to station sent paid toll messages placed from the Optional Calling Plan subscriber s telephone during the service period to stations in the prescribed terminating exchange exchange or area All other toll messages will be billed as regular toll messages General Regulations 1 Liability of the Telephone Company Adjustments will not be applicable on measured rate service until the subscriber has used a minimum of one half hour s service in a given month Limitation of Service a Optional Calling Plans will be offered
400. r forwarding to the called party a message indicating that unavailability will be forwarded The calling party can prevent the Caller ID customer from seeing the calling telephone number and name display by activating Selective Blocking per call When the calling party uses this blocking capability the Caller ID customer will receive an indication on the Caller ID equipment that the display of the calling telephone number and name has been suppressed A maximum of fifteen 15 characters is allowed for transmission of the calling party Directory Name Caller ID Number Only an arrangement which permits a customer with local exchange service other than foreign central office service to receive the calling telephone number for calls placed to the customer The calling telephone number will be forwarded from the terminating central office to compatible customer provided display equipment associated with a customer s local exchange service The calling telephone number will be delivered during the first silent interval of ringing For calls originating from a line within a multiline hunt group only the main telephone number will be delivered If the calling telephone number is not available for forwarding to the called party a series of zero s 000 0000 or asterisks will be delivered to the customer s display device Any customer subscribing to Caller ID Number Only will be responsible for the provision of a compatible display device w
401. r specific contract service arrangements may be furnished in lieu of existing tariff offerings provided there is reasonable potential for uneconomic bypass of the Company s services Uneconomic bypass occurs when an alternative service arrangement is utilized in lieu of Company services at prices below the Company s rates but above the Company s incremental costs Rates Charges Terms and additional regulations if applicable for the contract service arrangements will be developed on an individual case basis and will include all relevant costs plus an appropriate level of contribution Unless otherwise specified the regulations for contract service arrangements are in addition to the applicable regulations and rates specified in other sections of this Price list CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Section 5 1st Revised Sheet 11 CHARGES APPLICABLE UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS 5 3 Construction Charges Applicable to Competitive Local Exchange Companies CLECS js Application This section is applicable to the recovery of construction costs incurred by the Company in provisioning service to a customer of a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLEC or the CLEC at the request of the CLEC General a Construction charges are applicable as hereinafter set forth and are in addition to other charges specified in this Price list and or in the CLEC s in
402. r subscribe to flat rate service he will dial 1 to the expanded local calling areas and will be charged the applicable intraLATA toll rates for such calls The Plans are furnished only from central offices which have been arranged to provide these services and are available to individual business and residence and automatic access line customers Services Basic Calling Plan is economy rate exchange service which provides measured rate calling only Community Plus Plan provides flat rate calling within the originating exchange and CenturyTel specified nearby exchanges with measured calling to all other exchanges within the LATA Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location Effective 11 01 15 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 20 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan 0 Cont d 1 3 16 2 Regulations Cont d D Services Cont d Premium Calling Plan Block of Time provides flat rate calling to all exchanges within the LATA over a sixty 60 hour block of time monthly allotment Usage over the sixty 60 hour block of time will be billed at 04 per minute Any exchange routes that are flat rated under the Community Plus Plan will also be flat rated under the Premium Calling Plan Block of Time option and those minutes of use Will not be counted toward the sixty 60 hour
403. ranch exchange service each No charge 4 Radio telephone service No charge Additional or alternate listings per line of information requested by the customer 2 50 Unlisted each see Condition e and k 6 00 1 Non published each see Condition f and k 6 00 Foreign listings each see Condition d and k 2 75 Dual name listing see Condition i No charge Customized Number Listing 3 50 additional line with alpha Only available with Customized Number Service 6 3 Conditions A A Primary listing which may include the name address and telephone number of the individual organization firm or corporation for whom the service has been contracted will be furnished without additional charge 1 Listings will be limited to such information as is necessary for identification to facilitate use of the service 2 The length of a listing may be limited by the use of abbreviations where the clarity of the listing and the identification of the customer will not be impaired 3 The Company may refuse to insert any listing which in its judgment does not facilitate the use of the directory CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 13 15 Section 6 1st Revised Sheet 2 DIRECTORY LISTINGS 6 3 Conditions Cont d B An additional listing may include the same address and telephone number as the primary listing except that a different address may be shown f
404. ransmission and switching of voice data and imaging services via channelized transport C ISDN PRI provides the capability to transport customer information in the form of circuit switched voice or data up to 64 Kbps over any B channel One D channel can control up to twenty 20 PRI trunks In these cases a single D channel in one ISDN PRI trunk handles all signaling and control functions of the other trunks in the arrangement which allows supplemental trunks to consist of 24 B channels 12 4 2 Regulations A ISDN PRI service is available from serving central offices equipped with the necessary clear channel facilities to provide ISDN PRI service Feature availability and service capabilities are dependent on the facilities and the digital technology providing the service B Customer Provided Equipment CPE must be NI 2 compliant Any CPE that requires custom switch features not supported in the NI 2 specification may be supported as an exception and priced on an individual case basis Custom ISDN features based in specific switch types may be provided on individual case basis O Effective February 23 2011 this service is limited to existing facilities in service at existing locations for current customers Current customers may migrate existing services to Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Business Service as found in 12 4 5 of this Section at any time without incurring any Nonrecurr
405. rd WATS intraLATA service only Combined 800 Service access lines or IntraLATA Only 800 Service access lines 1 An Outward WATS service group is composed of all Outward WATS access lines of a single customer terminating in the same terminating system at the same premises 2 An Outward WATS IntraLATA Service group is composed of all Outward WATS IntraLATA Service access lines of a single customer terminating in the same terminating system at the same premises 3 A Combined 800 Service group is composed of all 800 Service access lines of a single customer arranged in Company central office equipment as part of a hunting arrangement 4 An intraLATA Only 800 Service group is composed of all 800 Service access lines of a single customer arranged in Company central office equipment as part of a hunting arrangement Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 19 Original Sheet 8 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges Cont d 19 5 1 General Cont d C Chargeable Time 1 2 Chargeable time begins when the connection is made between the WATS termination and the calling or called termination Chargeable time ends when the calling termination hangs up However if the calling terminating does not hang up after the called termination hangs up then chargeable time ends when timing equipment in the network terminat
406. re Package 2000 Data Call Back notifies a calling party after a busy line becomes idle and then automatically establishes the call Data Circular Hunting searches for a vacant line in a hunt group for calls to a pilot number The hunting starts from the idle line found by the previous hunt Data Group Speed Calling 30 permits sharing a list of speed call numbers among a group of lines The list may be updated by a service order The function permits up to thirty stored numbers Data Speed Call Long List allows speed calling over a Circuit Switched Data Channel A long list allows storing up to thirty 30 numbers Digital ISDN Centrex X 25 Basic Package X 25 Flow Control Parameter Negotiation permits negotiation on a per call basis of the flow control parameters This consists of automatically negotiating the maximum packet size and window size for each direction of data transmission X 25 Incoming Calls Barred prohibits a data terminal from terminating an incoming call X 25 Outgoing Calls Barred prohibits a data terminal from originating outgoing virtual calls X 25 Reverse Charge permits a called party to be billed for a call X 25 Reverse Charge Acceptance allows a called party to accept charges for incoming calls X 25 Throughput Class Negotiation allows the calling data terminal to request specific throughput classes in a call request package for both directions of data transmission Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of No
407. re allows an attendant to determine whether stations or trunks are busy or idle Call Hold This feature allows an Attendant to hold a call manually on the loop by pressing a key Call Park This feature allows the attendant to park calls against any directory number in the customer group Call Selection This feature enables an attendant to answer incoming calls using either of the following methods in the order they are received regardless of the incoming call type by manually selecting a specific incoming call type Camp On This feature allows the attendant to extend an incoming call to a busy station When the busy station becomes idle it automatically rings and is connected to the waiting call Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 34 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features F Attendant Feature Package Cont d Code Calling Line Termination With this feature the Attendant can access customer provided code call equipment using an access code and a called party code Conference This feature allows the attendant to establish a conference with up to thirty 30 conferees Console Activation of Call Forward This feature allows attendants to activate deactivate and program Call Forwarding for stations Co
408. re found to be idle the called party is alerted with a distinctive ring signifying that the call may now be completed Call Block This feature allows a customer to block incoming calls from a maximum of twelve 12 telephone numbers The customer also can block incoming calls placed from the last calling number even if the number is unknown to the customer Blocked calls are routed to a recorded announcement which specifies that the called party is not accepting calls Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 32 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features E Centrex CCLASS Cont d Special Call Acceptance This feature allows a customer to select up to twelve 12 telephone numbers from which calls are to be received All other calls are intercepted and routed to a recorded announcement that informs the caller the customer is not accepting calls Calls from numbers outside the specified exchanges will ring normally Special Call Forwarding This feature is an arrangement which permits a customer to pre specify telephone numbers maximum of twelve 12 from which incoming calls are to be forwarded During the period that Special Call Forwarding is activated only calls from the pre specified number will be forwarded Special Call Wait
409. re provides the user the ability to block up to twelve external telephone numbers of their choosing from terminating a call to the users line The numbers the user chooses to block must be from the users defined calling area Calls from outside the users defined calling area and operator calls cannot be blocked Once activated any calls from these twelve numbers will be routed to an intercept message instead of completing Call Park This feature allows the user to park a call against their own number and then retrieve the call from any other station in the group Only one 1 call can be parked on any one 10 number at a time Call Park Directed This feature is an enhanced call park feature and enables the user to park a call on any number within the Centrex CustoPAK group except their own number and then retrieve the call from the number the call was parked on Only one 1 call can be parked on any one 10 number at a time Call Return 69 Call Return will automatically store and allow you to redial the number of the last person who called you 69 Call Return can be used to return a call whether you answered the call or not 69 Call Return works only on calls made from numbers within your defined calling area If you choose to return the call and the number is busy 69 Call Return will place your call next in line In most cases your phone will ring with a series of short short long rings when the number you called are no
410. receives an incoming call a tone is heard announcing that an incoming call is being received The user then has the option of either placing their present call on hold and answering the incoming call or to disregard the call The calling party will receive ringing tone instead of a busy tone The user may terminate the Call Waiting feature at any time by dialing the Cancel Call Waiting Code 70 Canceling the Call Waiting Feature is good for only one call and must be repeated for each call the user does not wish to be interrupted by the call waiting tone Dial Call Waiting Originating When a user calls another member of the Centrex CustoPAK group and reaches a busy signal the user can dial a code 54 to send a call waiting tone to the called line The called line upon hearing the tones can terminate the call in progress place the call in progress on hold or disregard the call waiting tone This feature can be activated or deactivated by the user Call Pick Up Directed This feature enables a user to answer pick up calls directed to any other line within the Centrex CustoPAK group by dialing a code 18 and the number of the ringing line even if the user and the ringing line are not in the same call pick up group If more than one user tries to pick up the call only the first user will receive the call and the others will receive a busy tone to identify the call was answered Call Pick Up Group This feature allows the user to ans
411. restriction Outward toll is allowed for credit card collect or third number billing through Dial 0 access Option 1 service is offered in exchanges subject to the availability of the appropriate equipment Option 2 service is one party with Dial 1 0 and 0 outward toll restriction This service blocks access to the Long Distance Message Telecommunications Network either by direct or operator assistance Option 2 prevents the customer from dialing an operator for all purposes including emergencies assistance and the placing of toll calls The customer indemnifies and saves harmless the Telephone Company from any and all claims losses or damages caused by restriction of access to operator service 2 Option 2 service is offered in exchanges subject to the availability of the appropriate equipment Option 2 Toll Restriction is provided only in the Company s exchanges that have 911 emergency numbers 3 Option 3 service is provided in conjunction with Billed Number Screening in Section 13 8 Option 3 service provides a combined offering of Originating Toll Restriction Option 1 or Option 2 plus Inward Billed Number Screening Option A B or C from Section 13 8 2 a Option 3 service is offered in exchanges subject to the availability of the appropriate equipment 13 15 2 Rates Monthly Nonrecurring Rate Charge 1 Toll Restriction Option 1 2 00 Option 2 2 00 oe Option 3 4 00 s3 2 NPA 900 Restriction 3 976 Rest
412. rex line number or other line number of the customer at another location on a different premises when such incoming calls encounter either a normal busy line condition or a no answer condition 3 Call Forwarding No Answer Fixed This service permanently activated provides clients the ability to redirect incoming calls to their home or business to the customer s preselected PBX Trunk Line number Centrex line number or other line number of the customer at another location on a different premises when such incoming calls encounter a no answer condition after a specific number of rings such number of rings to be specified when this service is ordered 13 21 4 Definitions A Client The term client denotes any individual partnership association joint stock company trust corporation or governmental entity or any other entity which subscribes to the services offered by the customer utilizing those services provided under this section of the Price list Customer The term Customer s denotes any ESP individual partnership association joint stock company trust corporation or governmental entity or any other entity which subscribes to the services offered under this section of the Price list ESP Bill Option This is an ordering and billing option that allows a customer to order and pay for the provisioning and monthly recurring charges of only those services provided under this section of the Price list An agency agreement be
413. rex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges E Optional Features Cont d 1 Centrex Cont d Rate Caller ID Number Monthly Rate per line 2 25 lines Nonrecurring Charge N A Monthly Rate each line 6 00 26 50 lines Nonrecurring Charge N A Monthly Rate each line 4 50 51 lines Nonrecurring Charge N A Monthly Rate each line 2 00 Monthly Rate per customer group 2 25 lines Nonrecurring Charge N A Monthly Rate each group 15 00 26 50 lines Nonrecurring Charge N A Monthly Rate each group 30 00 51 lines Nonrecurring Charge N A Monthly Rate each group 60 00 m Call Tracing Service Nonrecurring Charge N A Monthly Rate per occurrence 6 00 Calling Number Identification CNID is included at no additional charge as part of the basic Digital ISDN Centrex Service and this is grandfathered to existing customers at their present location CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink Effective 02 01 07 General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 69 8 1 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 5 Rates and Charges E Optional Features Cont d 1 Centrex Cont d n Code Calling Access Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per system Conference Calling Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per port group Dictation Access Nonrecurring Charge Monthly Rate per system Direct Station Selection Busy
414. rges are applicable on private and public property When a CLEC has issued an order to the Company requesting the Company to provision service to a CLEC s customer or to the CLEC and construction is required to provision the requested service the CLEC will be responsible for paying one hundred percent 100 of the construction costs CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 13 14 Section 6 1st Revised Contents Sheet 1 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 6 5 6 6 DIRECTORY LISTINGS TABLE OF CONTENTS General Rates Conditions Directory Assistance 6 4 1 General 6 4 2 Rates and Charges Operator Assisted Local Call 6 5 1 General 6 5 2 Rates and Charges Local Operator Verification Interruption Service 6 6 1 General 6 6 2 Charges Sheet No 1 1 NNN Co CO x a CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 05 15 15 Section 6 4th Revised Sheet 1 DIRECTORY LISTINGS 6 1 General Directory listings encompassed by this Price list are applicable to listings in the alphabetical section in the telephone directory covering the exchange from which such customers receive service 6 2 Rates A 9o nmo Primary Service Listings Monthly Rate 1 Primary Station a individual line service each No charge 2 Joint use of service each No charge 3 Private b
415. rges as specified elsewhere in this Price list do not apply for transactions involving additions deletions or changes to the services features requested as part of Simple Choice Business Assist Advantage However appropriate nonrecurring charges do apply for installation of moves and changes to the access line Customers subscribing to Simple Choice Two may select different features for each line All lines must be billed to the same account and located at the same premise Simple Choice Business Assist Advantage features must be activated by the customer before they can be used without incurring usage charges All recurring charges applicable to an access line apply to Simple Choice Business Assist Advantage Among other things these can include but are not limited to surcharges subscriber line charges and taxes If access line rates for residence and business service as listed elsewhere in this price list increase Simple Choice Business Assist Advantage rates may also increase Irvington Fowl River Wadley Grand Bay Coffeeville Dauphin Island Pine Hill and Bayou La Batre Rockford and Trussville All Others Monthly Monthly Monthly Rates Rates Rates Residence Simple Choice 36 95 41 95 36 95 Simple Choice Two 1 Line 36 95 41 95 36 95 2 Line 30 00 33 00 30 00 Business Business Assist Advantage 69 25 85 75 74 75 Simple Choice Two 1 Line 69 25 85 75 74 75 2 Line 45 70
416. riction No Nonrecurring Charges are associated with a subscriber s initial request for Item 1 above Option 1 2 or 3 Subsequent requests for Toll Restriction service shall incur a central office work charge and a secondary service order charge as listed in Section 4 of this Price list No charges are associated either recurring or nonrecurring with a subscriber s initial request for blocking or unblocking access to NPA 900 or 976 numbers Subsequent requests for the blocking or unblocking of NPA 900 or 976 numbers shall incur a central office work charge and a secondary service order charge as listed in Section 4 of this Price list Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 32 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 16 Remote Call Forwarding 13 16 1 General A Remote Call Forwarding RCF is a service whereby a call placed from a station the originating station to a customer s the RCF customer telephone number the call forwarding location is automatically forwarded by Telephone Company central office equipment to another station designated by the RCF customer the terminating station Remote Call Forwarding service is offered subject to availability of suitable facilities RCF service is not offered where the terminating station coin telephone The Telephone Company will not provide identification origina
417. riction Three Way Calling and Toll Code Restriction and Exchange Access rates and charges provided the State of Alabama All other rates rules and regulations as specified in Sections 4 and 8 of this Price list shall also apply Exchange Access provides for exchange and long distance message network calling to and from main stations and attendant positions of the Centrex system Exchange Access provides for flat rate network access and includes an unlimited number of dialed sent paid local calls The rate shown is applicable whether the Exchange Access is used for Inward Outward or Combination applications Effective 09 04 15 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 1st Revised Sheet 11 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 3 Establishment and Furnishing of Service Cont d 2 3 8 Special Assemblies of Speculative Projects Cont d A Centrex Service for State of Alabama Cont d T 4 The following rates apply during the contract period and until the service is discontinued 60 Month Contract Monthly Rate a Main Station Line each 13 28 b Exchange Access each 31 57 2 3 9 Transfer of Service Between Customers A Service previously furnished one customer may be assumed by a new customer upon due notice of cancellation provided there is no lapse in the rendition of service The Secondary Service Ordering charge specified in Section 4 1 2 will b
418. rk interface specifications will be superceded by the electrical specifications of the 1 544 Mbps DS1 or 44 746 Mbps DS3 channel which is actually terminated Each digital channel provided will have an identity only as a time slot within a DS1 or DS3 loop Compatible digital to channelized conversion equipment must be provided by the customer to derive the desired analog services Any Channel Service Units CSUs necessary for digital services are the responsibility of the customer Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 3 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service Contd 12 1 3 Definitions A Channel Service Unit CSU The term CSU denotes network channel terminating equipment provided by the customer to terminate digital facilities on a customer s premises Digital Channel Capacity A multifunctional DS1 or DS3 signal between the customer premises and the central office This digital link can be used to transport switched and dedicated multijurisdictional services This element acts as the transport medium for the service activations ordered by the customer Digital Channel Capacity is available in quantities of DS1 or DS3 facilities DSO The term DSO denotes a channel service expressed in terms of its digitally encoded data bit rate in accordance with the North American hierarchy of digital signal levels
419. rline Mileage Between Rate Centers Cont d B Determination of Airline Mileages Cont d 1 To determine the rate distance between any two rate centers proceed as follows Cont d f 1 Obtain square root of product in e and with any resulting fraction round up to next higher integer This is the message rate mileage except when the mileage so obtained is less than the minimum rate mileage shown in e preceding the minimum rate mileage corresponding to the N value is applicable 1 EXAMPLE The message rate difference is required between Birmingham Alabama and Anniston Alabama s B Birmingham 7518 2446 Anniston 7406 2304 Difference 112 142 Dividing each difference by three and rounding to nearer integer 37 and 47 Squaring integers and adding 37 x 37 1369 47 x 47 2209 3578 Sum of integers is greater than 1777 so divide integers in c by three and repeat d Dividing integers in c by three and rounding 12 and 16 Squaring integers and adding 12x 12 144 16 x 16 256 400 The sum of the squared integers is less than 1778 and was obtained after two successive divisions by three therefore N 2 The difference is always obtained by subtracting the smaller coordinate from the larger coordinate CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 18 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECO
420. rmation 711 Telecommunications Relay Service 811 One Call Notification Systems 11 2 Terms and Conditions 11 2 1 The offering of these abbreviated dialing codes can be delivered via regular exchange access lines by individual business line residential line PBX trunks etc 11 2 2 Access to these abbreviated dialing codes is not available through the following dialing arrangements 1 0 O credit card third party billing collect calls 101XXXX Operator assisted calls will not be completed CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 11 Original Sheet 2 N11 ABBREVIATED DIALING CODES 11 2 Terms and Conditions Cont d 11 2 3 11 2 4 11 2 5 11 2 6 11 2 7 11 2 8 11 2 9 The Company will provide only the delivery of the calls The entity that has been granted authorization to use the N11 abbreviated dialing code will be responsible for providing any announcements and services to the callers Directory listings may be provided for N11 services under the terms conditions and rates specified in Section 6 of this price list The N11 subscriber is restricted from selling or transferring the N11 code to an unaffiliated entity either directly or indirectly Calls to the N11 code that translate to a disconnected number will be routed to intercept for a maximum of sixty 60 days when the N11 provider is a Company subscr
421. roup are subject to local and or long distance charges billed to the Centrex CustoPAK customer Call Forwarding No Answer A fixed feature provisioned by the telephone company using data provided by the customer To automatically route all incoming calls to another number either inside or outside the group or to Voice Messaging when the called line is not answered in a predetermined number of rings seconds Calls forwarded outside the Centrex CustoPAK group are subject to local and or long distance charges billed to the Centrex CustoPAK customer Call Forwarding Variable All Calls Allows the customer to have all incoming calls routed to another number either inside or outside the group The user chooses and provisions the forwarded to number and may change the forwarded to number as often as they wish The user also has the ability to turn the feature off and on as needed to better serve the users needs Calls forwarded outside the Centrex CustoPAK group are subject to local and or long distance charges billed to the Centrex CustoPAK customer Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 85 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 3 Centrex CustoPAK Service Cont d 8 3 3 Features Cont d B Centrex CustoPAK Selectable Services Cont d Call Waiting Cancel Call Waiting When a busy Centrex CustoPAK line
422. rouping access lines so that a packet switched data call incoming to a hunt group is completed if there is an open channel on an access line within the hunt group A Hunt Group is established by service order Members of a Hunt Group can be distributed among the ISDN switching modules within the central office switch but the Hunt Group cannot span switches A Basic Rate Interface line within a Hunt Group can have its own address individual line addressing and can accept calls independent of the Hunt Group A Hunt Group can have multiple group addresses X 25 One Way Outgoing Logical Channel allows an ISDN subscriber to specify the number of channels to be used for originating calls X 25 Permanent Virtual Circuit allows packet switching to be implemented over a dedicated channel without needing call setup or clearing 6 Individual Services Data Direct Connect provides an automatic connection between a calling line that goes off hook and a predetermined telephone number Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 37 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital ISDN Single Line Service Cont d 12 3 4 MBKS Basic Service A MBKS Basic Service consists of the following Analog Shared Directory Number This capability allows an analog user to share an MBKS DN with ISDN MBKS users The analog user can originate receive or bridge
423. rthern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 56 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features N Digital ISDN Centrex X 25 Basic Package Cont d X 25 Transmit Delay Selection and Indication allows the data terminal to specify an acceptance transit delay on a per call basis for virtual call Digital ISDN Centrex X 25 Enhancement Package Includes X 25 Basic Package plus X 25 Closed User Groups allows ISDN subscribers to establish subnetworks within which the members of a closed user group can communicate A member cannot communicate with parties outside of the closed user group Closed user groups are established by a service order A user can belong to more than one closed user group X 25 Fast Select allows a data terminal to send as many as 128 bytes of data in addition to call setup and clearing packets X 25 Fast Select Acceptance allows transmitting incoming call packets with the fast select facility to a compatible destination terminal X 25 Hunt Groups allows grouping access lines so that a packet switched data call incoming to a hunt group is completed if there is an open channel on an access line within the hunt group A Hunt Group is established by service order Members of a Hunt Group can be distributed among the ISDN switching modules within the central office swi
424. runk Line Line Rate Monthly Nonrecurring Rate Charge 1 31 1 50 25 1 25 250 00 500 00 2 00 1 05 s 50 50 Refer to Section 3 for applicable rate Nonrecurring charges are as found in Section 4 of this Price list Monthly rates and charges for Centrex Services are as found in Section 8 of this Price list Nonrecurring charges for Centrex Services are as found in Sections 4 and 8 of this Price list CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 01 09 Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 46 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 21 Services for Enhanced Service Providers ESPs Cont d 13 21 7 Rates and Charges Cont d Monthly Nonrecurring Rate Charge K Queuing Per Line or Trunk Arranged 1 50 ez L User Transfer Per Line Arranged 1 50 M The Secondary Service Order charge as shown in Section 4 will apply when ESP services are added or rearranged on an existing line Note Central Office Work charge does not apply for ESP services added or rearranged CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 12 26 14 Section 13 2nd Revised Sheet 47 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 1 Simple Choice Business Assist Advantage A Description Simple Choice Business Assist Advantage is a package of features available to both resident
425. rvice may also be used for normal voice communication The parameters of CenturyTel Dial DataLink Service are designed to support transmission of data up to 4800 bits per second on the line from the point of demarcation at the customer s premises to the customer s serving central office The quality of the line is guaranteed only between the customer s demarcation point and the customer s serving central office The Company makes no guarantee for the transmission level over the whole circuit A line enhanced with CenturyTel Dial DataLink Service cannot operate with the Call Waiting feature described in Section 13 13 1a The customer must also subscribe to Cancel Call Waiting 13 13 1e The rate for CenturyTel Dial DataLink Service is the applicable monthly rate for individual line service in addition to the following rates Installation Monthly Charge Rate Residence per line 25 00 5 00 Business per line 25 00 5 00 The applicable service charges as described in Section 4 shall also apply for this service CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 16 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 14 Reserved for Future Use AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 17 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 14 Reserved for Futur
426. rvice within thirty 80 calendar days of installation to be entitled to a full credit of any charges directly associated with the establishment of the service as well as the monthly charges billed for the service In addition customers who are not satisfied with their Centrex CustoPAK service may have their previous CenturyTel service reinstalled at no cost in accordance with the following terms and conditions Customers who had no previous service and subsequently elect to have their Centrex CustoPAK Service disconnected will be converted by the Telephone Company to CenturyTel Business Lines or Trunks at no additional non recurring charge to them However the lines cannot exceed the total number of lines in the Centrex CustoPAK system that the customer is disconnecting without incurring non recurring charges Customers will not be permitted to convert back to a service which has been Grandfathered The refund of any charges directly associated with the establishment of the service or monthly charges will be applied as a credit to the customer s bill Credit refunds will not be available for toll charges incurred or on E911 and other like surcharges Each customer will be entitled to a credit refund one time per service The Customer Satisfaction Guarantee applies to the service as a whole and not the individual Services offered with this service The Customer Satisfaction Guarantee does not extend to any Customer Provided Equipment
427. rvices Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 16 1 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d 13 14 2 Definitions Anonymous Call Block is an arrangement that allows a called party to block calls from parties that have marked their calls private When Anonymous Call Block is activated such calls will be routed to an announcement which tells the calling party that the called party will not accept calls from callers who have chosen to prevent the display of their telephone numbers The calling party will be instructed to hang up and place the call again without activating the blocking service Customers may activate or deactivate this arrangement by dialing a pre assigned activation code Anonymous Call Block is subject to the availability of facilities Busy Redial 66 is an arrangement which permits the customer to redial automatically the last number dialed If the called line is found to be busy a thirty 30 minute queuing process begins The customer is then given an indication that the network will attempt to set up the call when the called line is idle The network periodically tests the busy idle status of the called line until both lines are found idle the customer cancels the request or the queuing process expires If both lines are found to be idle the calling party is alerted with a distinctive ring signifying that the call can now be completed This service is o
428. ry may subscribe to PLTS The monthly rate for PLTS shall be in addition to any surcharges and fees established or authorized by a government entity including but not limited to 911 subscriber line charge sales tax and municipal fees Subscribers to PLTS are required to have mandatory toll blocking and usage sensitive blocking placed on their telephone line It is the customer s responsibility to not make or receive calls except for Directory Assistance for which additional charges are billed to the customer s telephone number After the first three directory assistance calls tariffed rates for directory assistance will apply Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 2nd Revised Sheet 53 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 8 Prepaid Local Service Cont d F The Company may disconnect PLTS service with notice for any of the following reasons 1 Failure to make monthly payments to maintain the PLTS balance 2 Use of the service in a manner that interferes with the service of others 3 If the customer accrues new billable charges for toll or other service on their telephone bill The Company may disconnect PLTS service without notice for any of the following reasons 1 Where a known dangerous condition exists 2 Where service is connected without authority by a person who has not applied for
429. ryTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 8 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service Cont d 12 1 4 Regulations Cont d K The technical specifications and standard network interfaces for DS1 DS3 and associated channelized services are stated in Section 7000 of the VERIZON Technical Interface Reference Manual Channelized DS1 service is available only with D4 channel bank equipment or compatible equivalent equipment Emerging technology such as low bit rate voice multiplexing techniques may permit additional quantities of individual channels to be channelized on a single DS1 signal Equipment providing this capability does not generally assure compatibility between different manufacturers Some equipment may not be suitable for data transmission or tandem network line application Rates charges and availability of this equipment will be negotiated with the customer under a Special Service Arrangement When a customer s Digital Channel Service is interrupted due to any cause other than the negligence or willful act of the customer or the failure of the facilities provided by the customer a pro rata adjustment of the monthly charges involved will be allowed automatically for the service and facilities rendered useless and inoperative by reason of the interruption during the time said interruption continues in excess of twenty four 24 hours
430. s Cont d 19 1 1 General Cont d B Dial type telecommunications as specified in a preceding for Combined Outward WATS Combined 800 Service and intraLATA only Outward WATS must be dialed and completed from or to a WATS access line In all cases communications must be completed without the assistance of a Company operator except that a Company operator will 1 Reestablish a call which has been interrupted by cutoff or poor transmission after the called number has been reached or 2 Reach the called telephone number where facilities are not available for customer dial completion WATS is provided as either Outward WATS or 800 Service Inward WATS Combined and IntraLATA Outward WATS require a WATS access line arranged for outward calling only Combined 800 Service Inward WATS requires a WATS access line which is arranged for inward calling only The termination of 800 Service to an existing Outward WATS or Combined 800 Service telephone number is prohibited A WATS access line may also be provided over an IntraLATA High Capacity Channel Facility equipped with Outward WATS or 800 Service functionality See Section S20 of the Private Line Services Price list for additional applicable charges Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 19 Original Sheet 3 19 1 Regulations Cont d 19 1 1 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE Gen
431. s Residence Business Service 1 Party PBX Trunk 38 63 63 22 Il 41 38 71 72 Il 44 23 77 35 IV 44 23 80 23 V 44 23 83 01 VI 44 23 86 53 VII 55 00 120 12 Carrollton 44 23 80 92 Gordo 44 23 80 12 Special Group 2 Pell City Surfside 44 23 77 35 3 Lincoln 44 23 80 23 1 Party 20 05 20 05 20 05 20 05 20 05 20 05 22 18 20 05 20 05 20 05 20 05 The rates above DO NOT reflect the Alabama Dual Party Relay System Surcharge of 0 15 as approved by the Alabama PSC effective January 1 1995 Docket U 3089 AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 3 Original Sheet 8 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 8 Group Rate Schedule Rate Per Month Reserved for Future Use Effective 08 01 12 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 1st Revised Sheet 9 3 9 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE Exception to Local Exchange Rates 3 9 1 Lifeline Assistance a b General 1 This program is an Alabama Lifeline Assistance Plan and provides for a monthly credit off local residential exchange service for qualified customers This credit is applied to the local service bills for qualified residential customers who are listed as the subscriber of record for residential service Effective August 1 2012 the Federal monthly discount is 9 25 for qualified customers Fu
432. s Features Cont d MBKS Service Analog Digital 1000 BASIC 2000 DELUXE 3000 3000 DELUXE CCLASS Feature Name Drop XXX Key System Coverage for Analog Lines XXX Manual Exclusion XXX Multiple Directory Number Buttons XXX Shared Call Appearances of Directory Number XXX Analog Shared Directory Number XXX Feature Function Buttons XXX Digital Data Intercom Dialing XXX d Data Packages Features DATA1000 DATA2000 X 25 BASIC Feature Name X 25 DELUXE Data Speed Call Short List XX Data Call Forward XX Data Toll Restriction XX Data Multi Line Hunt Group XX Data Call Back Data Circular Hunt Data Group Speed Call 30 Data Speed Call Long List An analog telephone set connected through an appropriate ISDN terminal adapter to a Digital ISDN Centrex line must subscribe to analog Centrex voice feature packages not Digital ISDN Centrex MBKS Service feature packages CCLASS Package can be used with Analog or Digital Centrex Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 21 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 3 Features B Feature Matrices Cont d 1 The following feature matrices indicate the availability of each Cont d d Data Packages Features Cont d Feature Name X 25 Flow Control Parameters Negotiation X 25 Incoming C
433. s Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 1 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 1 Reserved for Future Use CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 2 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 2 Joint Use of Service 13 2 1 General Joint use of service permits a person firm or corporation to share the use of telephone service provided to a business customer 13 2 2 Rates Monthly Rate Joint use of Service each access line 50 of applicable business rate 13 2 3 Conditions A Joint use of service will be furnished with the approval of the Company only with business individual access line or PBX Trunk Service B Joint use of service will be furnished to a customer who is in a business of a secretarial nature or of renting or leasing space to transient or permanent tenants C The joint user must be located on the premises or in the same office or in the same suite of offices as the customer or in an office adjacent to and directly accessible from the customer s office D Ajoint user will be furnished one 1 directory listing without charge E Applications for joint use of service shall be made by the customer F The customer will be responsible for all charges incurred by the joint user G X Additional listings and supplemental services may be furnished to the joint user at the req
434. s a monthly recurring charge for the Flat Rate Plan for Business and calls will be billed in sixty 60 second increments There is no nonrecurring charge associated with this Plan The Flat Rate Plan for Business applies to the following types of calls Customer Dialed Direct Station to Station Customer Dialed Calling Card Station to Station 800 877 888 Toll Free Operator Assisted Station to Station Operator Assisted Calling Card Station to Station Operator Assisted Person to Person Operator assisted service charges as specified in Section 18 3 a 7 b will apply when appropriate No service ordering charges as specified in Section S4 3 will apply when subscribing to this plan The customer must specify the term period at the time the Plan is ordered During a term period the customer may elect to convert to a new term period of the same or different length or to another CenturyTel optional calling plan Conversion to a new term plan or another CenturyTel optional calling plan will be allowed without a penalty if the new term period is greater than the remainder of the original term period In the event the Flat Rate Plan is terminated by the customer prior to completion of the initial term period the customer will be liable for a termination liability charge The customer will be required to pay 25 00 for each month remaining in the term period selected by the customer Rates and Charges Monthly Per Minute Rate Of Use 1
435. s greater will be applied on each business subscriber s bill for regulated charges The Late Payment Charge is applied to the total unpaid amount carried forward and is included in the total amount due on the current bill All charges due by the customer are payable at the Company s Business Office or at any agency duly authorized to receive such payments If objection in writing is not received by the Company within forty five 45 days after the bill is received the account shall be deemed correct and binding upon the customer Telephone Numbers The Company reserves the right to change the customer s telephone number or the central office associated with such number or both as may be required for the proper conduct of its business Alterations The customer agrees to notify the Company promptly whenever alterations or new construction on premises owned or leased by him necessitate changes in the Company s equipment and the customer agrees to pay the Company s current charges for such changes Effective 09 04 15 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 2nd Revised Sheet 9 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 3 Establishment and Furnishing of Service Cont d 2 3 7 Special Construction A Private Property See also Section 5 Charges Applicable Under Special Conditions 1 2 3 An average amount of entrance and distribution facilities may be furnished
436. s in the multiline hunt group regardless of the point of entry Data Line Security This feature prohibits interruption to a busy line by features such as Call Waiting Executive Busy Override etc Multiple Classes of Service This option gives each station a class of service which defines its calling privileges and any features restricted from its use Saved Number Redial This feature permits a station user to store a number in memory and then later redial the number using a code Speed Call Long List System This feature allows members of a customer business group to share a common speed call list of thirty 30 members One list is provided with Package 2000 Additional lists are available see optional system features Uniform Call Distribution UCD Hunting Uniform Call Distribution provides an even distribution of incoming network and intercom calls among the individual Main Stations of a hunt group and includes Circular Hunt Also may include queue Status Lamp which will provide an indication at the customer premises of how long the first call in the incoming call queue has been waiting Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 29 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features D Feature Package 3000 The features belo
437. s programmatically receive additional copies of their bills each month 2 When customers request a copy of the bill because of nonreceipt of an initial bill after new connect transfer or change of address orders 3 When customers have not received a bill due to Company error in the address of the bill 4 When customers request a copy of a toll credit bill or a final bill 5 When customers request a copy of the current month bill C Duplicate Bill Charge 1 Per copy of bill requested Residence Business a Previous month 3 50 4 50 b 3 months or older 4 50 6 00 13 10 Telephone Numbers in Rotary Trunk Hunting When the customer requests that specific sequential numbers be reserved for his future use with additional lines there will be a monthly charge of 6 50 for each line connector so reserved CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 13 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 11 Station Service 13 11 1 13 11 2 13 11 3 General An auxiliary station is an additional station connected on the same circuit as the main station and having the same number as the telephone station Rates Monthly Rate A Off Premises Station Mileage per 1 4 mile or fraction thereof route measurement 2 00 Conditions A Off premises stations may be furnished subject to the following conditions 1 May be locat
438. s such by contacting the Telephone Company The customer will be notified of the date of the discount expiration in advance C There will be no charge to activate Vacation Number Reservation Applicable nonrecurring charges will apply each time Vacation Number Reservation is restored to full service CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 6 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 5 Special Billing Number Service 13 5 1 General Special Billing Number Service contemplates a separate listing of toll telephone messages each month for each special billing number used in placing toll calls 13 5 2 Rates Monthly Rate A First group of 200 or less special billing numbers 37 40 B Each additional group of 50 or less special billing numbers 7 80 13 5 3 Conditions A Special Billing Number Service may be provided in conjunction with P B X Services B The minimum period for which this service may be offered is six 6 months 13 6 Direct Inward Outward Dialing DIOD Service 13 6 1 General Direct Inward Outward Dialing DIOD Service is a central office based service that permits incoming calls to reach customer provided equipment without the assistance of an attendant and allows the trunk to be used to place outgoing calls This service is provisioned with E amp M signaling and a four wire connection at the customer s premises
439. se rates apply regardless of the number of digital channels that are actually activated by the customer at a point in time Rates and charges specified in other Price list sections for services such as Custom Calling Services etc are in addition to the monthly rates for Digital Channel Service The rates and charges for other services connected or extended beyond Digital Channel Service i e off premises stations and private lines etc are in addition to the rates specified in this Price list for the Digital Channel Service portion necessary to provide customer end to end service This will also apply to Nonrecurring Charges and Service Connection Charges as specified in other Tariffs or Price lists for activities involving the non Digital Channel Service portion of the customer end to end service CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 12 Original Sheet 10 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 1 Digital Channel Service Cont d 12 1 5 Application of Rates Cont d G Digital Channel Capacity is available under Term Payment Plans only for rate periods of 36 months 60 months or 84 months All elements of a Term Payment Plan will expire at the same time be coterminous 1 The customer may order additional Digital Channel Capacity s during a Term Payment Plan period The expiration date of the additional capacity s will be the same expiration date as th
440. sed during the term period the customer may terminate the service without incurring an early termination charge Renewal Options A Prior to the end of the term commitment period the customer may 1 Renew their term commitment 2 Commit to a new term period 3 Change service or 4 May arrange for termination of the service at the end of term In the event the customer does not select one of the above renewal options the customer will be converted to the shortest term period available under the price list i e month to month one year etc for the same service If the customer is converted in this way an early termination charge will not apply should the customer subsequently discontinue service Early termination charges will not be assessed under the following circumstances A Customer moves existing service either to a new location within the same address and or same building inside move or to a new location outside move and maintains that service for the remainder of the term Customer moves existing service to a new location where the service is unavailable Customer renegotiates a new term commitment plan for the same service before the initial term commitment expires and the value of the new term commitment is equal to or greater than the value of the initial term commitment Customer changes to another service or upgrades service to a higher speed or capacity under a term commitment provided the follo
441. sidential facilities providing for occupation by a single resident for a period in excess of the minimum contract period where service is confined to the customer s use Where the place of business and residence of a customer are in the same premises and no telephone is installed in the place of business the business rate shall be charged for the telephone installed in the residence Upon the payment of appropriate new service connection charges a customer may change from business service to residence service if the customer s arrangements would entitle the customer to a residence classification of the service as specified in 2 3 3 above Advanced Payments A At the time an application for service is made an applicant may be required to pay in advance of installation an amount not to exceed applicable service connection installation or other nonrecurring charges plus the estimated recurring monthly charges for one 1 month of service billed in advance plus the estimated usage charges for two 2 months of service billed in arrears such a long distance service The amount of the advance payment is credited to the customer s account on the first bill rendered CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 2 Original Sheet 7 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 3 Establishment and Furnishing of Service Cont d 2 3 4 Customer Billing A The customer is responsible
442. sis per line or on a demand basis per occurrence The customer must contact the Telephone Company to activate Call Return 69 on the line for a monthly flat rate To utilize Call Return 69 on a demand basis the customer activates this service by dialing a code provided by the Telephone Company and the per occurrence rate will apply each time the service is activated Access to the demand based service will be removed from the customer s line upon request at no charge Call Block allows a customer to block incoming calls from a maximum of twelve 12 telephone numbers The customer also can block incoming calls placed from the last calling number even if the number is unknown to the customer Blocked calls are routed to a recorded announcement which specifies that the called party is not accepting calls CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 18 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d 13 14 2 Definitions Cont d Call Forwarding Multipath allows a Call Forwarding Variable customer the capability to specify the number of calling paths to be made available to forward calls simultaneously to the destination directory number This allows customers who are forwarding calls intended for a group of lines arranged in a hunt group to control the number of simultaneous calls that can be forwarded to a target number
443. ss to the Company at no charge for provision of these services The Company will provide facilities to the first point demarcation network interface inside the reseller s premises which in the judgment of the Company is suitable for the location of a network interface The most economical route from existing network distribution facilities will generally determine the approach used in establishing the point of demarcation The customer may designate an alternate approach route for entrance facilities at additional charges as specified in Section 5 of this Price list The Company will extend the point of demarcation to any point designated by the reseller inside his premises at the charges specified in Section 4 of this Price list Route selection and location of point of demarcation must be in compliance with regulations set forth in other sections of this Price list and F C C Part 68 All usual and applicable Service Charges and Installation Charges as appropriate indicated in this and other tariffs apply to the activation move or change of lines within the sharing and resale offering CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 16 Original Sheet 3 SHARED TENANT SERVICE OFFERINGS 16 1 Sharing and Resale of Basic Local Exchange Service Cont d 16 1 3 Rates Nonrecurring Charge Service Establishment Charge Per application 30 00 CenturyTel of N
444. stomer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 58 12 6 Business Assist Cont d DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 6 6 Rates and Charges A Nonrecurring Charges 1 Nonrecurring charges are one time charges that apply for specific work activity i e installation of service or change to an existing service The types of nonrecurring charges that apply for Business Assist are those listed below a Installation of Business Assist These are nonrecurring charges associated with the work performed by the Company in connection with the physical installation activities involving central office and or outside plant facilities during initial installation Service Change Charge This charge is applied per Business Assist payment plan and is associated with a customer request for additions or modifications to an existing Business Assist This would include activities such as but not limited to Change of associated channel assignment Addition of supplemental features Activate Deactivate service connections Early service termination Service Ordering Charges Nonrecurring Charge 1 Service Installation 300 00 2 Service Change Charge per request 150 00 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 12 Original Sheet 59 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 6 Business Assist Cont d 12 6 6 Rates and
445. stomer s bill and CenturyTel will remove the service from the customer s account Each customer will be entitled to the credit one time per service The Satisfaction Guarantee will apply to all CenturyTel Calling services features listed in Section 13 14 4 of this Price list CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 05 01 08 Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 24 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 05 01 08 Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 25 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 05 01 08 Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 26 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 07 02 13 Section 13 6th Revised Sheet 27 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d 13 14 4 Rates and Charges A Single Service One CenturyTel calling service per line The following monthly charges are for CenturyTel calling services only and are in addition to other applicable rates and charges offered
446. ston 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Chulafinnee Fruithurst Heflin Lecta Ranburne Lincoln 4 12 2 77 18 62 25 77 Pell City Surfside Talladega Anniston 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Ashland Delta Lineville Denotes AT amp T of Alabama Independent Exchange Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 29 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Cont d 3 16 4 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Exchanges Cont d uenenum ere eene Monthly Rates Rate Flat Rate Community Community Premium Premium Exchange Group LATA Calling Scope Residence Business Residence Business Community Plus and Premium Block of Time only Massey 2 Huntsville Decatur 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Falkville Hartselle Massey Oden Ridge Pence Mentone 1 Birmingham Fort Payne 4 12 5 62 18 62 28 62 Mentone Valley Head Morrisons Cross Road 2 Birmingham Anniston 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Rock Mills Roanoke Morrisons Cross Road Wadley Wedowee Woodland Notasulga 1 Montgomery Auburn 4 12 5 62 18 62 28 62 Notasulga Oden Ridge 2 Huntsville Decatur 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Falkville Hartselle Massey Odin Ridge Pence Orrville 2 Montgomery Alberta 6 12 11 12 20 62 33 62 Orville Selma Panola 2 Birmingham Alicev
447. strated or proposed is of a type that in the Company s discretion generates unacceptable levels of complaints by end users 11 2 13 The Company will not be responsible for calls that cannot be completed as a result of repair or maintenance difficulties in Company facilities and equipment or on equipment owned or leased by the subscriber 11 2 14 The Company its employees or its agents are not liable to any person for civil damages resulting from or caused by any act or omission in development design installation operation maintenance performance or provision of N11 service except for willful or wanton misconduct 11 3 Rates Nonrecurring Charge Initial Setup Per Host Switch and or Stand Alone Switch 300 00 Subsequent Changes Per Host Switch and or Stand Alone Switch 50 00 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 12 Original Contents Sheet 1 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES CONTENTS Sheet No 12 4 Digital Channel Service 1 12 1 1 General 1 12 1 2 Digital Architecture 2 12 1 3 Definitions 3 12 1 4 Regulations 4 12 1 5 Application of Rates 8 1 12 1 6 Rates and Charges 1 12 2 Switched Data Service 16 12 2 1 General 16 12 2 2 Description 16 12 2 3 Definitions 17 12 2 4 Regulations 18 12 2 5 Application of Rates 19 12 2 6 Rates and Charges 20 12 3 Digital ISDN Single Line Service 22 12 8 4 General 22 12 8 2 Conditions 22 12 8 8 Sin
448. sures when the N11 subscriber makes no modification or is unwilling to accept modification in method of operation or continues to cause service impairments 11 2 11 The following conditions apply if the N11 subscriber provides a pre recorded announcement A The N11 subscriber will provide the announcements The Company will provide only delivery of the call The provision of access to the N11 network by the Company for the transmission of announcements or recorded program services is subject to the availability of such facilities and the requirements of the local exchange network The N11 subscriber assumes all financial responsibility for all costs involved in providing announcements or recorded program services including but not limited to the recorder announcement equipment producing the recording advertising and promotional expenses The N11 subscriber assumes all financial responsibility according to other specific rates and charges under price list for all facilities required to connect the recorder announcement equipment located on the subscriber s premises CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 11 Original Sheet 5 N11 ABBREVIATED DIALING CODES 11 2 Terms and Conditions Cont d 11 2 12 The Company may take all legal and practical steps to disassociate itself from N11 subscribers whose business and or public conduct whether demon
449. t alterations to that service SLAMMING Slamming is the unauthorized change of a subscriber s preferred telecommunications carrier SERVICE ORDER CHARGE The charge for receiving and recording information and or taking action in connection with a subscriber or applicant and processing the necessary data SPECIAL RATE AREA A portion of an exchange area in which Special Base Flat Rates apply STATION See Telephone Station SUBSCRIBER See Customer SUBURBAN SERVICE Multi party access line service furnished to customers outside the Base Rate or Special Rate Area s but within the exchange area SWITCH A unit of dial switching equipment which provides interconnection between station lines or trunks CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 1 Original Sheet 10 DEFINITIONS TARIFF The rates charges rules and regulations adopted and filed by the Company and approved by the Alabama Public Service Commission TELEPHONE COMPANY See Company TELEPHONE STATION A telephone instrument consisting of a transmitter receiver and associated apparatus connected so as to permit transmission and receiving of telephone messages TERMINAL EQUIPMENT All equipment provided by common carriers and located on customer premises except over voltage protection equipment coin operated or pay telephones and multiplexing equipment to deliver m
450. t apply At the Company s discretion should the customer be served from a central office exchange with a different local calling scope from the customer s normal serving central office exchange the Foreign Central Office Foreign Exchange Facility charge and the Foreign Central Office Foreign Exchange Transport charge as specified in Section 12 3 5 of this Price list shall apply When ISDN service becomes available from the customer s normal serving central office the customer will accept a number change to a number associated with the ISDN serving central office The customer will be subject to calling areas associated with the normal serving central office as specified in CenturyTel s tariffs and Price list If the customer does not wish to take ISDN service from the normal serving central office after the service is available from his office but continues to utilize service from an alternate serving central office then charges as outlined above will continue to apply Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 24 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital IDSN Single Line Service 12 3 2 Conditions Cont d H If ISDN is not available from a customer s normal serving central office Cont d No charge will apply to transfer the customer back to his normal serving central office as set forth above Digital ISDN Sing
451. t provided by the customer to terminate digital facilities on the customer s premises such as a Channel Service Unit Data Service Unit CSU DSU or Integrated Access Device IAD Business Assist Facility A multifunctional DS1 or signal between the customer premises and the local serving wire center This digital link can be used to transport switched and dedicated services This element acts as the transport medium for the network services ordered by the customer The Business Assist Facility is available in quantities of DS1 facilities Business Assist Digital Channel The connection between the Business Assist Facility and the network service accessed DSO The term DSO denotes a channel service expressed in terms of its digitally encoded data bit rate in accordance with the North American hierarchy of digital signal levels It is generally referred to as having a 64 Kbps transmission bit rate signal however customer transmission rates may be limited to 56 Kbps by existing or available central office equipment DS1 The term DS1 denotes a channel service expressed in terms of its digitally encoded bit rate in accordance with the North American hierarchy of digital signal levels It has a 1 544 Mbps transmission bit rate and provides for the two way simultaneous transmission of isochronous timed Bipolar Return to Zero BPRZ bit stream format Unframed signal formats are not permitted or compatible with Company equipment DS1 fac
452. t that location may also be furnished provided such residence or business service is confined to locations solely for use by the particular establishment The carriage and completion of local messages are provided by the Company The Company shall not be liable for shortages of coins deposited and or collected from the COPT Coin Line subscriber s equipment The Company shall not be liable for end user fraud associated with failure of the subscriber s equipment to perform COPT Coin Line Service will be suspended at a reduced rate COPT Coin Line Service will be provided from central offices where facilities are available COPT Coin Line Service will be provisioned where technically and economically feasible 7 2 2 Features A Service is provided in equal access Stored Program Control SPC central offices where coin line control equipment is available Service is provided on a one way or two way basis at the customer s option Coin signaling including coin collect and coin return is provided by the network Coin collect identifies when a call is completed Coin return occurs when a no answer or busy signal is encountered Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 7 Original Sheet 10 COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE 7 2 Customer Owned Pay Telephone COPT Coin Line Service 7 2 2 Features Cont d D The following features are included
453. tch but the Hunt Group cannot span switches A Basic Rate Interface line within a Hunt Group can have its own address individual line addressing and can accept calls independent of the Hunt Group A Hunt Group can have multiple group addresses X 25 One Way Outgoing Logical Channel allows an ISDN subscriber to specify the number of channels to be used for originating calls Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 57 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features O Digital IBDN Centrex X 25 Enhancement Package Cont d X 25 Permanent Virtual Circuit allows packet switching to be implemented over a dedicated channel without needing call setup or clearing Digital ISDN Centrex Optional Features Data Direct Connect provides an automatic connection between a calling line that goes off hook and a predetermined telephone number using a Circuit Switched Data Channel Data Closed User Group permits grouping Circuit Switched Data Channels into groups Calls within a group are allowed but calls between groups are denied CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 58 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISD
454. te 1 X Option A No Collect or Third Number Billing a Per billing line screened 2 00 2 Option B No Third Number Billing a Perbilling line screened 2 00 3 Option C No Collect Billing a Perbilling line screened 2 00 B The following monthly rates are applicable for Bulk Billed Number Screening BBNS on 50 lines and above Monthly Rate 1 Option A No Collect or Third Number Billing a Per billing line screened 1 00 2 Option B No Third Number Billing a Per billing line screened 1 00 3 Option C No Collect Billing a Per billing line screened 1 00 Upon request Option B No Third Number Billing will be offered without charge for a period of six 6 months for cases in which the customer is receiving nuisance harassment type calls customer does not know the party making the calls No Nonrecurring Charges are associated with Billed Number Screening service CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 12 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 9 Duplicate Bill Charges 13 9 1 General A A Duplicate Bill Charge will be applied upon a customer s request for duplicate copies of the telephone bill s in accordance with the charges specified following Concessions are not applicable for this service B A Duplicate Bill charge will not be applied in the following instances 1 When customer
455. te FX charges that may apply This Price list provides for PRI switching capabilities only and additional services must be subscribed to under separate sections of this Price list Each ISDN PRI trunk group is provided with one telephone number Additional numbers may be purchased at the rates specified in Section 13 3 for DID service E This Price list does not provide for the transmission of packet data on the B or D channels but can be provided on an individual case basis F In the event ISDN PRI service is terminated by the customer prior to completion of the initial contract period the customer shall be liable for early termination charges See General Regulations Section 2 8 Effective February 23 2011 this service is limited to existing facilities in service at existing locations for current customers Current customers may migrate existing services to Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface ISDN PRI Business Service as found in 12 4 5 of this Section at any time without incurring any Nonrecurring Charges or Service Charges TDP customers may migrate existing services without incurring termination liability charges when they select a commitment period equal to or greater than the length of time remaining under their existing TDP CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 17 11 Section 12 1st Revised Sheet 44 Cancels Original Sheet 44
456. ted to or detected by the Company except as otherwise specified in this Price list The adjustment shall not be applicable for the time that the Company stands ready to repair the service and the customer does not provide access to the Company for such restoration work Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 56 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 6 Business Assist Cont d 12 6 5 Application of Rates A Two basic rate elements Business Assist Facility and Business Assist Digital Channels are applicable to each Business Assist The Business Assist Facility element includes the transport between the customer premises and the local serving wire center Business Assist Facility is offered with 12 24 or 36 month Term Payment Plan periods At the expiration date of the customer s selected Term Payment Plan period the customer may continue service under a new Term Payment Plan or on a month to month basis at the twelve 12 month Term Payment Plan Rates for service under these options will be the current rates as specified in this Price list Digital Channel charges are recurring charges applicable for each network service switched or dedicated voice or data required by the customer Voice and data services include connectivity to the local serving wire center and associated charges such as trunk port charges or cha
457. terconnection agreement between the CLEC and the Company Construction charges are payable upon application for service or when billing is rendered at the option of the Company The word cost when used in this section means the in plant cost consisting of labor materials supervision and any other overhead expenses associated with the construction necessary to service a CLEC s customer and or CLEC Estimated cost will be used however where the CLEC requests actual cost will be used where practicable The regulations in this Price list contemplate that the type of construction required to provide the quantity and class of service involved will be determined by the company The CLEC will be required to pay any additional cost involved where a different type of construction other than that of the Company is desired When attachments are made to poles of other companies in lieu of providing new pole line construction for which construction charges would be applicable under the provisions of this section all attachment rental charges to the Company for such attachments will be assessed to the CLEC When a CLEC request to serve a customer or the CLEC is so located that it is necessary to use private right of way to furnish service and the Company is unable to obtain the required right of way without cost the CLEC will be required to pay all costs incurred in securing clearing and retaining such right of way Charges Construction cha
458. terminals of the channel are located in the same central office area and the channel does not pass through the central office the mileage is measured between terminals CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 17 Original Sheet 3 PRIVATE LINE SERVICE 17 4 Conditions Cont d C Mileage Route Measurement Local Channels Cont d 2 When the terminals are located in the same central office area and the channel passes through the central office the mileage is measured separately from each station to the central office priced as one continuous channel 3 When the terminals are located in different central office areas in the same exchange the charges for interexchange channels will apply between the two central offices Channels from each central office to their terminating point will be rated as local channels 4 Fractional quarter miles shall be computed to whole quarter miles for each separate measurement between points referred to above A change of location of a terminal on the customer s premises will be treated as a disconnect and a new installation If unusual conditions are involved in the provision of channel facilities additional charges may be applied based on the cost incurred The magnitude and character of the voltages and currents impressed on the Company channel by the customer provided station apparatus and wiring
459. termination change at the same premises Physical per ISDN PRI Business Service arrangement 165 00 2 For termination change at the same premises Programming per ISDN PRI Business Service arrangement 35 00 C Premises Visit Charge per ISDN PRI Business Service arrangement 125 00 d Move Charge Move Charge is equal to the sum of the Service Change Charge plus the Premises Visit Charge Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 47 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 5 CyberDS1 Service 12 5 1 General A E CyberDS1 Service provides network dial tone service between a customer s premises and the local serving office on a channelized basis DSO over a single high capacity DS1 digital facility that terminates on the trunk side of the switch in the local serving office CyberDS1 is available for data dialed access use CyberDS1 is provided in capacity increments of twenty four 24 digital channels within a single DS1 1 544 Mbps signal CyberDS1 provides a trunkside DS1 connection with twenty four 24 channels CyberDS1 does not provide the function of analog to digital or vice versa conversions and no service types can be specified on the DS1 CyberDS1 is comprised of a CyberDS1 Capacity component 1 The CyberDS1 Capacity will be at the rates and charges as specified in Section 12 5 6 of this Price list
460. that facilities permit The customer shall indemnify and save the Company harmless against all claims that may arise from either party to the interrupted call or any person Verification a The Company furnishes Verification Service for the purpose of aiding subscribers with legitimate call completion problems Upon request the operator will verify and provide the line status condition of a subscriber line within the intraLATA calling area but outside the local calling area A subscriber originated request for verification of an intraLATA long distance number other than an emergency agency number is a chargeable verification request if a Company operator determines that the line is in use No charge applies if the line is out of order Emergency Interrupt Service a The Company furnishes Emergency Interrupt Service when a subscriber who has originated a verification request to a line which has been found in a busy talking state informs the operator that an urgent or emergency situation exists and requests that the operator have the busy line cleared A subscriber originated request for Emergency Interrupt to an intraLATA long distance number other than an emergency agency number is a chargeable Emergency Interrupt request CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 18 Original Sheet 32 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 7 Intra
461. the 10 bill credits will be applied to the referred customer s account during each of the referred customer s first six bill cycles with the Company If the referred customer discontinues the local exchange service prior to the end of the six month period no additional credits will be applied although the referred customer will not be required to refund the Company for previously acquired bill credits CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 01 25 13 Section 13 Original Sheet 56 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 24 Two Way Voice Interconnection Service 13 24 1 13 24 2 General At http Awww centurylink com Pages AboutUs Legal TermsAndConditions business html the following information will direct you to the applicable Local Terms of Service document which contains the terms and conditions for Two Way Voice Mail Interconnection Service State Alabama Entity CenturyTel of Northern Alabama Service Two Way Voice Mail Interconnection Service Termination Liability Charges as described in the aforementioned Local Terms of Service document will apply if a Customer disconnects all or a portion of the service prior to the expiration of the TDP Rates and Charges Service Charges apply in addition to the following rates Per Trunk JS Colter ms leche Monthly Rate Nonrecurring Charge One Year 350 00 0 00 Two Years 325 00 0 00 Thre
462. the Company This bundle is available in limited exchanges as determined by the Company Existing DIRECTV subscribers are not eligible for this bundle DIRECT V is used with permission Effective 11 01 15 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 1 Revised Sheet 54 10 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 14 Economy Pack AL 15 15 N A Description The Company will provide residential customers with an access line the Subscriber Line Charge Caller ID and Call Waiting Customers willing to have term commitments will have a 5 00 reduction a month for a 12 month commitment Rates and Charges Residence Monthly Rate Economy Pack per line Bayou La Batre Dauphin Island Fowl River Grand Bay Irvington and Trussville exchanges 29 95 All other exchanges 28 95 I Effective 12 5 14 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 Original Sheet 54 11 13 22 Packaged Services 1 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 15 Home Phone ll 1 Description a Deregulated service Home Phone ll is an optional enrollment plan that permits residence customers to receive Local Exchange Service and additional features and services for a flat monthly rate Home Phone II customers must subscribe to a qualifying long distance plan Hom
463. the Company Clear Channel Capability B8ZS will be provided where available CyberDS1 is available within an exchange where appropriate digital facilities are available as determined by the Company Service inquiries will be necessary to determine availability Special Construction Charges as specified in Section 5 of this Price list may be applicable All CyberDS1 must be channelized in a single equipment location on a customer s premises CyberDS1 cannot be split between premises or multiple locations within a premise Standard network interfaces without Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN signaling and without any line type features will be provided by the Company for analog and digital services consistent with existing practices 12 5 5 Application of Rates A B The CyberDS1 Capacity rate is applicable to each CyberDS1 The CyberDS1 Capacity element provides for the network facility to the customer premises and the central office channelization CyberDS1 Service is available on a month to month basis or on a 12 24 or 36 month term commitment Transfer of service responsibility between customers is permitted subject to the rules and regulations as specified in Section 2 3 11 of this Price list Unless specified herein rules and regulations contained elsewhere in this Price list are also applicable to CyberDS1 Service At the expiration date of the customer s selected term commitment the customer may continu
464. the regular authorized monthly charges for any exchange service facilities except stations and PBX trunks but including any applicable mileage charge used in furnishing the service by the Local Exchange plus 1 Mileage charges of 5 00 per month per quarter mile or fraction thereof for the distance airline measurement between the central office from which the customer would normally be served and foreign central office plus 2 Any additional charges made by another telephone company or companies in furnishing the circuit 3 The charge set out in 1 above is predicated on the Company having available facilities If it is necessary for this Company to construct new facilities or to rent space on foreign poles to carry FX circuits there will be an additional charge to be negotiated based on the cost of such facilities Installation and service connection charges for furnishing foreign exchange shall be the authorized such charges for individual line main station or PBX trunk applicable in the Serving Exchange plus the regularly authorized installation charges for any exchange service facilities except station used in furnishing the service by the Local Exchange 9 5 Application Billing and Collecting Procedure Interexchange FX service will be furnished under the terms and conditions of the Foreign Exchange Service Agreement executed between this Company and the company involved This agreement contemplates that A When
465. the request is to 1 an official public emergency agency 2 an emergency medical number or 3 a privately endowed and operated suicide drug alcohol or runaway crisis reporting center 3 Requests in which the operator encounters a trouble condition or has reason to believe a trouble condition exists 6 6 2 Charges A Verification A charge of 2 50 applies each time the operator verifies a called line and hears voice communication Interruption A charge of 5 00 applies each time the operator interrupts a conversation that is in progress on the called line The charge is for the interrupt service and does not depend on whether the called party agrees to release the line and accept the call If an operator both verifies the condition of the line and interrupts conversation on the same request both charges apply CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 7 Original Contents Sheet 1 COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS Sheet No 7 1 Public Telephone Access Service for Customer Provided Equipment 1 7 1 1 General 1 7 1 2 Responsibility of the Subscriber 1 7 1 3 Violations of Regulations 2 7 1 4 Optional Service Features 2 7 1 5 Rates and Charges 3 7 1 6 Public Telephone Access Service for Institutional Service Providers ISPs 6 7 2 Customer Owned Pay Telephone COPT Coin Line Service 9 7 2 1 Definitions and Requirements 9 7
466. thly Rate Per Line 1 Residence 2 00 2 Business 3 00 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 12 26 14 Section 13 2nd Revised Sheet 50 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 3 Simple Choice LD A Description Simple Choice LD is a package containing all the features offered with Simple Choice as defined in Section 13 22 1 In addition to the standard features of Simple Choice Simple Choice LD provides long distance calling at a rate of 07 per minute The customer must be subscribed to CenturyTel Long Distance service in order to be eligible for this plan Long Distance calling includes direct dial outbound calling to anywhere in the continental United States Alaska Hawaii US Puerto Rico Guam amp US Virgin Islands International Calling Calling Cards and Toll Free numbers are not offered as part of the plan Simple Choice LD is offered to residence customers only B Rates Irvington Fowl River Grand Bay Dauphin Island Bayou La Batre and Trussville All Others Monthly Monthly Rates Rates 42 95 37 95 This service is grandfathered to existing customers at existing locations CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 12 26 14 Section 13 5th Revised Sheet 51 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Servi
467. thout payment of the charge applicable for service rearrangement of tampering with or connection of equipment to the facilities of the Company to obtain to attempt to obtain or to assist others to obtain service without payment in total or in part of regular charges for the service false representation scheme trick or device whatsoever intended to avoid payment in total or in part or regular charges for the service the use of service or facilities of the Company for a call or calls anonymous or otherwise if in a manner reasonably to be expected to frighten abuse torment or harass another the use of profane or obscene language the use of service in such manner as to interfere unreasonably with the use of the service by one or more other customers the impersonation of another 2 2 2 Use of Service for Unlawful Purposes The service is furnished subject to the condition that it shall not be used for any unlawful purpose CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 2 Original Sheet 3 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 2 Use of Service Cont d 2 2 3 Use of Customer Service While the Company s basic monthly exchange line service as specified in Section 3 8 may be used by the customer for dial up access the advertised speeds of the customer s modem may not be attainable with this service and are not guaranteed by the Company Custom
468. ting Optional DIRECT V is used with permission Effective 04 20 12 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 Original Sheet 54 8 13 22 Packaged Services MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 13 Economy Pak Plus Lite Cont d B Regulations T Economy Pack Plus Lite Bundle customers may terminate their enrollment in the plan at any time upon notice to the Company Unless terminated by the Economy Pack Plus Lite Bundle customer or the Company a customer will remain enrolled in the plan as amended from time to time with any applicable changes in rate for as long as the plan continues to be offered by the Company The plan is not available to customers who are or become toll restricted Economy Pack Plus Lite Bundle customers are not eligible for promotional offerings associated with the features included in the plan unless specifically provided for in a promotional offering Components of Economy Pack Plus Lite Bundle will be converted to ala carte rates for the remaining services if customers remove any of the qualifying services All terms and conditions specified elsewhere for the respective services features requested as part of this plan shall apply Services selected as part of this plan can only be provided where technically available and compatible with other services the customer may choose to order Economy Pack Plus Lite
469. ting telephone number to the Remote Call Forwarding customer Transmission characteristics may vary depending on the distance and routing necessary to complete the remotely forwarded call Remote Call Forwarding is not represented as suitable satisfactory transmission of data Call Forwarding should not be offered as a feature at the RCF terminating station Remote Call Forwarding is provided on the condition that the customer subscribe to sufficient RCF features and facilities to adequately handle calls to the RCF customer without interfering with or impairing any services offered by the Telephone Company If in the opinion of the Telephone Company additional Remote Call Forwarding features at the call forwarding location or facilities at the terminating station line are needed the customer will be required to subscribe to such additional RCF features and facilities In the event the customer refuses to subscribe to such additional RCF features and facilities said customer s RCF service shall be subject to termination When the Call Forwarding number is to be located in a office exchange the Company will determine the serving central office Remote Call Forwarding will be provided for local calling where the RCF telephone number and the terminating station are both located in the same exchange Further Remote Call Forwarding will be provided for local calling on an interexchange basis in those instances where the exchange serving the RCF
470. tion S18 apply for all originating long distance calls 9 Complementary packet services may be ordered from the appropriate Price list CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective02 01 07 Section 12 Original Sheet 40 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital ISDN Single Line Service Cont d 12 3 5 Rates and Charges Cont d C Optional Features Nonrecurring Monthly 12 Month 36 Month Charge Rate Rate Rate 1 B packet per channel 120 00 120 00 120 00 2 D packet per channel 5 00 5 00 5 00 D Feature Packages per line Business or Home Monthly Nonrecurring Rate Charge 1 MBKS Basic Service 6 00 25 00 2 Data 1000 3 00 15 00 3 Data 2000 5 00 15 00 4 X 25 Deluxe 5 00 15 00 Available within the closed user group only unless combined with Local Packet Switching Network Service in Section S10 6 of this Price list CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 12 Original Sheet 41 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital ISDN Single Line Service Cont d 12 3 5 Rates and Charges Cont d Monthly Nonrecurring Rate Charge E X Additional Directory Numbers each 2 00 KE F Data Direct Connect 1 00 He G Data Base Changes Software Changes 25 00 Add Line Features H Foreign Exchange Foreign Central Office Facility p per ISDN Single Line 78
471. tion is established between the calling station and the called station or PBX system On person to person calls chargeable time begins when connection is established between the calling person and the particular person or station specified or an agreed alternate Chargeable time ends when the calling station hangs up thereby releasing the network connection If the called station hangs up but the calling station does not chargeable time ends when the network connection is released either by automatic timing equipment in the telephone network or by the operator Chargeable time does not include time lost because of faults or defects in the service Reversal of Charges Collect Calls a b Collect calls are permissible for all telephone calls except calls to which dial Station to Station or customer dialed calling card rates apply The regularly established rates apply Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 6 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 3 Two Point Service Cont d A Service Between Land Wire Telephones Cont d 5 6 Reserved for Future Use Rates for Hearing or Speech Impaired Persons or users of the Alabama Relay Center a Rates for certain MTS calls are reduced for a customer who meets the following requirements 1 2 The customer is certified to th
472. tional period rate Each Additional Minute Rate prorated for six 6 seconds Rates shown in the following table are applicable to the CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business messages 1 Rate table for CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business messages Peak Initial Each Additional 18 6 Second Rate Mileage Seconds Increment 0 10 051 017 11 16 051 017 17 22 051 017 23 30 051 017 31 40 051 017 41 55 051 017 56 70 051 017 71 85 051 017 86 100 051 017 101 124 051 017 125 148 051 017 149 196 051 017 197 051 017 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 45 LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 18 12 Calling Plans CenturyTel Discount Calling Plans Cont d 18 12 8 CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business Cont d B Regulations Cont d Off Peak Initial Each Additional 18 6 Second Rate Mileage Seconds Increment 0 10 030 010 11 16 030 010 17 22 030 010 23 30 030 010 31 40 030 010 41 55 030 010 56 70 030 010 71 85 030 010 86 100 030 010 101 124 030 010 125 148 030 010 149 196 030 010 197 030 010 Application of Discounts The Discounts are provided to the Company s customer only and shall not be used for any purpos e for which a payment or other compensation shall be received by the customer from any oth
473. to determine when the U Repeater power module are required The power module is designed to be used only with the U Repeater and the repeater can only be used with the power module One interexchange carrier must be selected for all voice and circuit switched data telephone numbers associated with the same digital local loop however 101XXXX access to other Carriers is provided A separate interexchange carrier may be chosen for packet service Customer Referral When an existing Digital ISDN Single Line Service customer refers a new customer who elects CenturyTel s Digital ISDN Single Line Service offering the existing customer may receive up to 50 00 or something of equal value as mutually agreed upon between the customer and the Company The referred customer must be in service a minimum of thirty 30 days before the eligible existing customer may receive his bonus The Company reserves the right to review and amend this program as necessary 12 3 3 Single Line Features A All features may not be available on all types of central office switches Definitions of the Smart Call Feature Packages and CCLASS Features are provided in Section 13 of this Price list Data Feature Package 1000 Data Call Forward Data Multi Line Hunt Group Data Speed Call Short List and Data Toll Restriction Data Feature Package 2000 Data 1000 Package plus Data Circular Hunting and Data Speed Call Long List X 25 Basic Package X 25 Flow Con
474. tomer requested telephone number last four digits other than the next available number from the assignment control list Customized Number Service is provided to Business or Residence customers and is furnished subject to the availability of facilities and requested telephone numbers This service is offered to customers who request a unique or specific line number providing that the exchange prefix number is not changed Existing customers who have a specific number prior to the establishment of this service will not be charged for CNS When a new customer assumes an existing service which includes Customized Number Service the new customer may keep the customized number at the price list rate with the consent of the former subscriber The Company reserves and retains the right 1 To discontinue change or reassign telephone numbers in any exchange area when it is deemed necessary or appropriate in the conduct of its business or in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Company Should this occur the Company will attempt to assign another customized number of the customer s choice without applying service charges 2 To reject any request for customized telephone numbers and to refuse requests for customized numbers for any reasons including but not limited to numbers that may in the Company s judgment be offensive to good taste limited central office capacity or relocation of a central office 3 Of ownership
475. toration of National Security Emergency Preparedness NSEP telecommunications services The TSP System applies only to NSEP services includes local exchange service Foreign Exchange Service and Private Line Service and Channels and provides the Telephone Company with a guide to the sequence in which services are to be provisioned and or restored All facilities that can be identified by a unique circuit identifier can be provisioned for TSP service by the Telephone Company Obtaining TSP System Service The Executive Office of the President through the TSP Program Office is empowered with the authority to receive evaluate and process requests for TSP services The TSP Program Office makes the priority level assignments and issues the TSP authorization code reflecting the priority assignment associated with a request The customer provides the TSP authorization code in addition to all the other details necessary to complete the order to the Telephone Company to obtain TSP System service The TSP authorization code assigned on a per order basis consists of a 12 character field consisting of a nine character control ID followed by a dash and a two character field specifying the priority level assignment Its structure is as follows TSPxxxxxn yy The x s represent a sequence of numbers unique to each TSP authorization code and the n is a one character alphanumeric check digit The first y contains the provisioning priority level assi
476. total gross monthly toll usage associated with the joint offer In that case the discount applied will be as specified by the joint offering and the discount will be apportioned to the proper jurisdiction proportional to the accumulated usage charges Term Periods A customer may select a Term Period for CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business The Term Periods allow a customer to take advantage of higher discount percentages on their toll usage volumes for a one 1 two 2 or three 3 year term period The customer must specify the Term Period at the time the Plan is ordered During a Term Period the customer may elect to convert to a new Term Period of the same or different length Conversion to a new Term Period will be allowed without penalty if the expiration date of the new Term Period is greater than the remainder of the original Term Period At the expiration of a Term Period the Company will continue to provide CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Business at the customer s current Term Period for a sixty 60 day time frame i e grace period After the sixty 60 days the Company will convert the customer to the Month to Month Discount percentages unless the customer chooses to renew for the same Term Period converts to a different Term Period or discontinue service Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 18 Original Sheet 47 LON
477. trex CustoPAK group Calls originating from inside the group will receive one ring and calls originated from outside the group will receive a double ring Call Transfer All Calls The ability for a Centrex CustoPAK line to transfer an established incoming call to another line The transfer to line location may be inside the group or outside the group This service may generate local regional toll or long distance usage charges If generated these charges are the responsibility of the Centrex CustoPAK customer Call Hold The ability to place an established call on hold for an extended period of time by dialing the feature code 01 This frees the line to place or receive another call Only one call can be put on hold at a time per line Consultation Hold A temporary or soft hold activated by a hook switch flash or link button that will place a call in progress on hold and activate dial tone The dial tone enables the user to make another call for private consultation or to activate a three way call Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 84 8 3 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex CustoPAK Service Cont d 8 3 3 Features Cont d A Centrex CustoPAK Basic Standard Services Cont d Three Way Calling Provides the user with the ability to add a third party from within the group or outs
478. trex CustoPAK payment options may be selected by billing account number within a customer s system C X Adding Lines Under Term Option Additional Centrex CustoPAK lines may be added to an existing system up to a maximum of thirty 30 during the term period For customers subscribing to the two 2 year term plan the term obligation with respect to any additional lines will be coterminous with such two 2 year term Offered where facilities are available See Section 13 Miscellaneous Service Arrangements in this price list for description and rates This feature is specific to Centrex CustoPAK Services Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location SERS Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 81 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 8 Centrex CustoPAK Service Cont d 8 3 2 Conditions Cont d D Termination Liability There is no termination liability for customers who have elected the Centrex CustoPAK month to month payment option When a Centrex CustoPAK customer chooses a twenty four 24 month term option and disconnects or terminates it s Centrex CustoPAK service after thirty 30 days following installation the non recurring and installation charges will not be refunded In addition the customer will be liable for any termination charges applicable in the Termination Liabilit
479. trol Parameters Negotiation X 25 Incoming Calls Barred X 25 Outgoing Calls Barred X 25 Reverse Charge X 25 Reverse Charge Acceptance X 25 Throughput Class Negotiation X 25 Transmit Delay Selection and Indication CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 12 Original Sheet 31 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital ISDN Single Line Service Cont d 12 3 3 Single Line Features Cont d E X25Deluxe Package X 25 Basic Service X 25 Flow Control Parameters Negotiation X 25 Incoming Calls Barred X 25 Outgoing Calls Barred X 25 Reverse Charge X 25 Reverse Charge Acceptance X 25 Throughput Class Negotiation X 25 Transmit Delay Selection and Indication plus X 25 Closed User Groups X 25 Fast Select X 25 Fast Select Acceptance X 25 Hunt Groups X 25 One Way Outgoing Logical Channel and X 25 Permanent Virtual Circuit F Feature Matrices The following feature matrices indicate the availability of each feature with Digital ISDN Single Line Service 1 Basic Operating Features e Digital Feature Name Direct Inward Dialing Direct Outward Dialing Automatic Identification of Outward Dial Distinctive Ringing Touch Call Calling Number Identification Delivery XXX KK X 0 An analog telephone set connected through an appropriate ISDN terminal adapter to a Digital ISDN Single Line may subscribe to a Custom Calling Services feature package
480. ts Connections with Certain Facilities an or Equipment of Others Directory Listings 1 Where the service desired necessitates the use of more than one 1 item of service subject to the service charge the total charge is the sum of the Separate service charges for each item of service furnished except as hereinafter provided 2 For the re establishment of service for a customer whose premises has been destroyed by fire windstorm or flood or made untenantable by fire windstorm or flood service charges do not apply when service is re established within a reasonable time If the subscriber desires service at a new location for a temporary period the service charge will apply covering the establishment of service at the temporary location but no service charge will apply when service is re established at the former location 3 Service charges may be required to be paid at the time of application of service 4 Where service is established at a concession rate except employee s concessions no concession is allowed from the regular service charges 5 An administrative charge of 25 00 will be applied to each insufficient funds check received Telephone service will be subject to discontinuance as specified in Section 2 of this price list CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective02 01 07 Section 4 Original Sheet 5 SERVICE CHARGES 4 1 Service Charges Cont d
481. ts all or a portion of the PRI Bundle prior to the expiration of the TDP Rates and Charges Nonrecurring Charge Term Commitment Period Monthly Rate Each Initial Additional Two Year Term 900 00 250 00 0 00 Three Year Term 875 00 250 00 0 00 Five Year Term 850 00 250 00 0 00 Additional PRI Bundles must be installed at the same customer designated premises on the same trip and placed on the same order CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 04 29 14 Section 13 3rd Revised Sheet 54 2 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 22 Packaged Services 13 22 11 Core Connect A Description CENTURYLINK LOCAL TERMS OF SERVICE CORE CONNECT BUNDLES contains the terms and conditions for CORE CONNECT bundles Termination Liability Charges as described therein will apply if a Customer disconnects all or a portion of aCORE CONNECT bundle prior to the expiration of the TDP B Rates and Charges The following rates apply in addition to the monthly rates applicable for companion long distance and HSI services 1 Core Connect 1 Per Location Per Month Initial 2 through 10 bundle Exchanges Bundle All Terms Month to One Year Two Year Three Month Term Term Year Term Alberta Bayou La Batre Coffeeville Dauphin Island Fowl River Fayette Guin 70 00 40 00 35 00 42 50 30 00 Haleyville Hamilton Pell City Sullig
482. ture Use Reserved for Future Use Reserved for Future Use Reserved for Future Use Reserved for Future Use Reserved for Future Use CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan for Residence A General CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan is an optional 1 0 and 0 Intrastate IntraLATA Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service offered only to Residence customers in CenturyTel exchanges Regulations This Plan provides discounts on CenturyTel Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service Intrastate IntraLATA calls to exchanges within the customer s LATA The Discounts apply when the customer meets the required monthly toll usage dollar amount There is no monthly rate or nonrecurring charge associated with CenturyTel Easy Savings Plan The Plan is applicable to all Rate Periods messages Dial Station to Station Operator Station to Station and Person to Person Dial Station to Station is that service where the person originating the call dials the telephone number desired or gives to the Company operator the telephone number of the desired telephone Two classes of Dial Station to Station service are offered as follows 1 Dial Station to Station is that station to station service where the person originating the call from other than a public or semipublic coin or coinless telephone dials the telephone number desired and the call is completed without the assistance of a Company operator or placed with an operator where facilities are
483. turyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 Original Sheet 8 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 6 Direct Inward Outward Dialing DIOD Service Cont d 13 6 2 Regulations Cont d K Service charges specified in Section 4 1 2 are applicable when DIOD service is installed or moved In addition a nonrecurring charge of 100 00 will apply for the initial installation of DIOD service regardless of the quantity of trunks ordered or the contract period requested 13 6 3 Rates and Charges A Monthly Rate Direct Inward Outward Dialing Standard DID Service 1 1st 100 lines equipped for See Section 13 3 2 DID Service for rates 2 2nd 100 lines equipped for See Section 13 3 2 DID Service for rates 3 Each additional 100 lines to a maximum of 1 000 lines equipped for DID See Section 13 3 2 Service for rates Special Low Usage DID Service 1 Per 100 lines equipped for See Section 13 3 2 DID Service for rates Direct Inward Outward Dialing Trunk Termination One required per PBX trunk to customer location Month to month 25 00 12 Month Term 8 00 36 Month Term 6 00 Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 Original Sheet 9 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 7 Customized Number Service 13 7 1 General A Customized Number Service CNS provides for the assignment of a cus
484. turyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 78 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 3 Centrex CustoPAK Service 8 3 1 General A Centrex CustoPAK is a non engineered Centrex base service which once the switch is pre positioned does not require operations to provision at the time of the customer order and does not require the customer to use the dial 9 access code to place calls Centrex CustoPAK is classified as a business service and is offered as a complete service package only The exchange access intercommunication and services are not offered separately Centrex CustoPAK is a customized package for small business with a minimum of two 2 lines and may not exceed a maximum of thirty 30 lines Exception There is a six 6 line limit in the DMS 10 Central Office Centrex CustoPAK provides an enhanced dial tone from the Central office to the customer s premises along with an attractive menu of basic services Centrex CustoPAK is furnished from compatible digital type switching equipment located on the Company premises and includes the facilities necessary for intercommunication between Centrex lines within the customer s system Centrex CustoPAK services provides Local Exchange Service no dial 9 required direct inward dialing to Centrex lines identification and billing of outgoing long distance messages by line number where such billing is done by the Teleph
485. turyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 13 14 Section 6 3rd Revised Sheet 6 DIRECTORY LISTINGS 6 4 Directory Assistance Service Cont d This page is reserved for future use D Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 6 Original Sheet 7 DIRECTORY LISTINGS 6 5 Operator Assisted Local Calls 6 5 1 General A A charge will apply when the caller requests operator assistance and the call is completed within the local service area The call may be billed to the originating telephone credit card third number or collect The appropriate service charge as specified in 6 5 2 following will be applied to each completed call except 1 2 For calls to the Company for official telephone business For emergency calls to agency type telephone numbers such as to those agencies of the federal state or local government which have the capability and legal authority to provide aid in emergency situations and to any emergency medical number When the caller identified himself as being handicapped and unable to place the call due to his handicap When the caller advises he has had service trouble in reaching the terminating number Public Payphone Usage Surcharge In addition to any applicable Operator Handled Service Charge this surcharge applies to all completed
486. tween the customer and the customer s client is necessary before the customer may exercise this option Customers will be held liable for orders involving clients for whom no agency agreement exists Effective 07 01 12 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 2nd Revised Sheet 41 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 21 Services for Enhanced Service Providers ESPs Cont d 13 21 4 Definitions Cont d D Enhanced Service Provider An Enhanced Service Provider ESP is a customer who in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements claims the status of an ESP and who provides an enhanced service under Section 64 702 of the FCC s Rules 13 21 5 Regulations and Conditions A Undertaking of the Telephone Company 1 2 The limitation of the Telephone Company s liability is set forth in Section 2 5 5 of this Price list The Telephone Company may disconnect the customer s service for failure to comply with any provision s of this Price list or service order of the Telephone Company ESP Client Services billed to ESP orders can only be accepted if the client line is specified and available for provisioning If the Telephone Company finds the provision of ESP Services and ESP Client Services as outlined herein is adversely affecting or would adversely affect the Telephone Company s ability to provide complete or maintain the level of or q
487. ual Facility Groups Delayed Operation Display of Queued Calls by ICI Key Flexible Console Alerting Interposition Calls Locked Loop Operation Lockout Analog X KK KK KX KKK KKK KOK KOK KK KK KK KOK X Digital XX K KKK KK KK X x xX KK XX x xK KKK XX Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 17 8 1 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 3 Features B Feature Matrices Cont d 1 The following feature matrices indicate the availability of each Cont d b Attendant Package Features Analog Centrex Cont d Feature Name Multiple Listed Directory Numbers Position Busy Priority Console Alerting Recorded Announcement Secrecy Serial Call Speed Call Transfer Two Way Split Wildcard Key Analog Kx KK X X X x OK OK OX Digital Kx KK X X X X OK OK OX CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Effective 02 01 07 Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 18 8 1 EB D B CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 3 Features B Feature Matrices Cont d 1 The following feature matrices indicate the availability of each c Voice Packages Features Feature Name Call Alternation Flip
488. uality of its other services to its exchange telephone customers the Telephone Company may refuse to provide or may discontinue providing such services Late payment charges as defined in Section 2 3 4 G of this Price list will apply to all services contained in this Price list ESP and ESP Client Services will not be provided in connection with Public Coin Telephone Service Semipublic Coin Telephone Service or Public Telephone Access Service for Customer Provided Equipment Charges for calls between the originating location and the call forwarded equipped line are applicable in accordance with regularly filed tariffs for local message units dial station operator station or person toll Effective 08 01 09 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 42 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 21 Services for Enhanced Service Providers ESPs Cont d 13 21 5 Regulations and Conditions Cont d B Enhanced Service Provider s Obligations 1 Customer services as outlined herein and the promotion and provision thereof must comply with all applicable federal state and local laws rules and regulations The customer shall indemnify defend protect and save harmless the Telephone Company against any and all losses claims demands suits causes of action damages costs or liability in law or in equity of every kind and nature whatsoever i
489. uest of the customer and at regular rates H After the listing for the joint user has been included in the directory joint use of service may not be discontinued during the life of the directory except under the following conditions 1 The customer s service is discontinued 2 The joint user moves from the premises where the customer s service is located 3 Thejoint user establishes his own primary service on the same premises Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 13 Original Sheet 3 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 3 Direct Inward Dialing DID Service 13 3 1 General A Direct Inward Dialing DID Service provides for inward dialing from the telecommunications network directly to stations associated with switching equipment located on the customer s premises DID Service requires special equipment and will be provided only where DID facilities are available in the central office and the switching equipment located on the customer s premises is properly equipped for DID Service The Company s obligation to furnish service is dependent upon its ability to procure and retain without unreasonable expense suitable facilities and rights for the provision of such service Standard DID Service is available where the DID facilities are to be connected to PBX switching equipment In those instances where the DID facilities are
490. ul misconduct the Company is not responsible for unauthorized access to or alteration theft or destruction of Customer s equipment data programs or other information through accident wrongful means or any other cause while such information is stored on or transmitted across Company provided network facilities or Customer premise equipment Customer is responsible for any Company service or usage charges resulting from any such unauthorized access unless a tariff schedule or other written agreement expressly states otherwise Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 24 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 6 Economic Development Incentive Waivers and Discounts 2 6 1 General A The purpose of this Price list offering is to complement and supplement the public policy of this State as set forth in the Alabama Law Act No 87 573 Act No 93 851 and Act No 95 187 by providing incentive waivers and discounts to qualifying businesses Qualification may be under Option One Option Two or Option Three of this Price list but not under more than one option simultaneously When the application for service is made the applicant must advise the Company of their intent to receive the discounts and waivers afforded under either Option One Option Two or Option Three of this Price list Any qualifying business certifying that it is eligible for
491. ultiple channels to the customer Mobile radio equipment transmit earth stations are also not considered to be terminal equipment TERMINATION CHARGE A charge applying when a subscriber discontinues an item of service or equipment prior to the expiration of the initial service period designated for such item TIE LINE A circuit connecting two private branch exchange systems for the purpose of interconnection between the stations connected with such systems TIE LINE MILEAGE The measurement on which the rates for tie lines connecting customer s switchboard is based TOLL CENTER A telephone switching center at which the operations manual or dial function message timing switching and recording takes place in connection with the provision of toll message service TOLL LINE A circuit used exclusively for the transmission of messages between points in different exchange areas where specific charges for each such message are applicable CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 1 Original Sheet 11 DEFINITIONS TOLL MESSAGE A message between stations in different exchange areas and furnished under the provisions of Message Toll Telephone Service Section 18 A PERSON TO PERSON TOLL MESSAGE A toll message in which the user stipulates a desire for communication with a specified person or station at a specified location B STATION TO STATI
492. umber Only 1 Distinctive Ring Selective Call Accept 64 Selective Call Forward 63 Speed Dial 8 Speed Dial 30 3 Way Calling VIP Alert Anonymous Call Block is not included toward the threshold However the rates will be discounted if the threshold quantity is met Cancel Call Waiting which may be retained by customers as a stand alone feature from Section 100 3 is not included toward the threshold The rate however will be discounted if the threshold quantity is met The applicable monthly discount for Choice Pac is 30 Service charges specified in Section 4 3 are not applicable when an order is placed which qualifies the customer for the Choice Pac discount or when a Choice Pac customer repackages his services provided he retains at least three 3 services specified in Section 13 14 6 b If the customer places an order which would normally require the application of any other service charge s on the same order then all normally applicable charges apply including the Network Access Change charge Grandfathered to existing customers at existing locations CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 08 01 09 Section 13 1st Revised Sheet 31 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 15 Toll Restriction Service 13 15 1 General Toll Restriction Service is offered under three options 1 Option 1 service is one party with Dial 1 outward toll
493. unit and connecting arrangement furnished by the Company The connection shall be made through switching equipment provided either by the customer or by the Company The provisions relating to minimum protection criteria set forth in Subpart D of Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission s Rules and Regulations both prior to and after the application of each of the mechanical and electrical stresses specified in that section As related to minimum protection criteria and when applied to the connection of customer provided communications systems the term Customer s premises shall include any premises on which the customer provided communications system is terminated Where a telecommunications service is used in the provision of a composite data service for others and connection of such service is made to a communications system provided by a customer and the connection is made through customer provided data switching equipment the provisions of a and c above do not apply CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 15 Original Sheet 10 INTERCONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER 15 6 Connections of Customer Provided Terminal Equipment Specifically Excluded from the FCC Registration Program 15 6 1 Customer provided terminal equipment may be connected at the customer s premises to party line and semipublic
494. up 2 Pell City Surfside Special Group 3 Lincoln 3 6 Alphabetical Listing of Exchanges Alberta Aliceville Ashland Bayou La Batre Berry Brilliant Carrollton Chulafinnee Coffeeville Dauphin Island Delta Detroit Double Springs Ethelsville Falkville Fayette Fowl River Gordo Grand Bay Guin Hackleburg Haleyville Hamilton Heflin Irvington Jemison Thorsby Lincoln Lecta Lineville Massey Mentone Morrisons Cross Roads Notasulga Oden Ridge Orrville Panola Pell City Surfside Phil Campbell Pine Hill Reform Rockford Sulligent Tallassee Trussville Valley Head Vernon Wadley Wedowee Winfield Woodland Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 3 Original Sheet 4 3 7 Local Calling Areas Group Number LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE Exchange Coffeeville Pine Hill Rockford Wadley Alberta Double Springs Panola Mentone Notasulga 1 Orrville Valley Head Aliceville Ashland Chulafinnee Delta Detroit Ethelsville Gordo Heflin Lecta Lineville Morrisons Cross Roads Reform Sulligent Tallassee Wedowee Woodland Exchanges in Local Calling Area Coffeeville Pine Hill Rockford Wadley Alberta Orrville Double Springs Panola Aliceville Mentone Valley Head Notasulga Orrville Alberta Valley Head Mentone Aliceville Carrollton Panola Ashla
495. uryTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Exchanges Benen nnn nn anne nnn anne Monthly Rates 2i Rate Flat Rate Community Community Premium Premium Exchange Group LATA Calling Scope Residence Business Residence Business Community Plus and Premium Block of Time only Alberta 2 Montgomery Alberta 6 12 11 12 20 62 33 62 Orrville Selma Aliceville 2 Birmingham Aliceville 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Carrollton Ethelsville Gordo Panola Reform Ashland 2 Birmingham Ashland 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Anniston Delta Lineville Bayou LaBatre 2 Mobile Bayou La Batre 1 19 3 00 15 69 20 00 Belle Fountain Dauphin Island Fowl River Grand Bay Irvington Mobile Berry 2 Birmingham Berry 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Fayette Kennedy Millport Tuscaloosa Brilliant 1 Birmingham Brilliant 4 12 2 77 18 62 25 77 Guin Hackleburg Hamilton Winfield Carrollton 2 Birmingham Aliceville 6 12 8 27 20 62 30 77 Carrollton Ethelsville Gordo Panola Reform ib Denote AT amp T of Alabama Independent Exchange Grandfathered to existing customers at their present location AL 15 15 N CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 01 15 Section 3 1 Revised Sheet 25 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 16 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan i Cont d 3 16 4 CenturyTel Local Calling Plans LATA Wide Plan Exchanges Cont d E Monthly Rates ii
496. use Service is offered subject to availability for a period not to exceed one hundred and eighty 180 days and are not guaranteed until activated in the network Appropriate Service Charges in Section 4 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 03 23 15 Section 3 Original Sheet 34 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 3 18 CENTURYLINK LINE VOLUME PLAN CLVP 3 18 1 Terms and Conditions See LOCAL TERMS OF SERVICE CENTURYLINK LINE VOLUME PLAN CLVP for the description terms and conditions for CLVP Termination liability charges and or shortfall charges apply as specified therein if all or a portion of the services under CLVP are terminated prior to the expiration of the initial commitment period or if Customer s account falls below the minimum line requirements 3 18 2 Rates a Flat Rate Business Service per Individual Line Key Line and or Key Trunk per month e Number of Lines Tier Minimum e Two Year e Three Five Year Eine e Term e Terms Requirement e 10 49 33 99 e 32 99 e 50 499 32 99 e 31 99 e 500 999 31 99 30 99 e 1000 3000 e 30 99 e 29 99 b Optional Services LVP Feature Package per line trunk per month e Number of Lines i Tier Minimum Dog 3 S S Mosi Line Requirement e 10 49 e 5 00 e 5 00 e 50 499 5 00 5 00 e 500 999 5 00 5 00 e 1000 3000 5
497. utgoing Logical Channel X 25 Permanent Virtual Circuit gt lt X lt X lt X lt gt lt X lt X lt X lt OK X lt XX X 25 X 25 DELUXE xx gt lt xx gt lt gt lt X lt X lt X XXK XX XX Custom Calling Services Packages can be used with Digital ISDN Single Line Service MBKS BASIC D lt K XX X XX OK OK OK OX Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 33 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 3 Digital ISDN Single Line Service Contd 12 3 3 Single Line Features Cont d G Definitions 1 Digital ISDN Single Line B Channel Bearer Channel A channel used to carry digitized voice and data information at a speed of 64 Kbps Basic Rate Interface BRI BRI supports two 2 64 Kilobits per second Kbps B Channels and one 1 16 Kbps D Channel 2B D Clear Channel Capability The capability to transport 64 Kbps over a channel with no constraint on the quantity or on the sequence of bits Channel The electrical path provided by the Company between two or more terminating points for the transmission of information or intelligence D Channel Delta Channel A communications path that operates at 16 Kbps in support of network control signals and 9 6 Kbps X 25 packet data D Packet A service which permits a customer to use a D Channel for packet switched data Utilizes 9 6 of the 16 Kbps
498. vice furnished by CenturyTel hereinafter referred to as the Company within its operating territory in the State of Alabama Wide Area Telecommunications Service WATS is the furnishing of facilities by the Company and its concurring Local Exchange Carriers for dial type telecommunications between a termination associated with an exchange line or a WATS access line and terminations using the public switched network within the same LATA in the State of Alabama in accordance with the regulations and schedule of charges specified in this Price list The WATS charges set forth herein are in payment for the service furnished between the calling and called terminations within the same LATA within the State of Alabama The Company provides IntraLATA WATS Service and a Statewide WATS Service in conjunction with an interLATA carrier Combined WATS For both Outward WATS and 800 Service intraLATA service may be subscribed to separately or may be subscribed to in combination Combined WATS with an interLATA carrier s interLATA WATS or WATS like service requiring the use of the Company s WATS serving office Combined Outward WATS Combined 800 Service and intraLATA only Outward WATS requires the use of a WATS access line from S19 5 4 of this Price list Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 19 Original Sheet 2 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 1 Regulation
499. w are in addition to the Feature Package 1000 and Feature Package 2000 features Call Forwarding Incoming When activated by a Main Station user automatically routes incoming calls from outside the Centrex System intended for his Main Station to any other Main Station selected within the same system or outside the Centrex system The Main Station selected may also be the attendant The attendant may also activate call forwarding for a Main Station Call Forwarding Within Group This feature restricts a station user so that calls may only be forwarded to other stations in the business group Executive Busy Override This feature allows a station user to access a busy station after a break in tone alerts the busy station Offhook Queuing When used with Automatic Route Selection ARS queuing is available on primary first choice routes in ARS patterns The text and announcement provided with the optional Recorded Announcement feature will be provided by the Company The music or music on queue will be provided by the customer This requires a voice grade channel between the central office and the customer provided music source and the optional Music On Hold feature This feature is only available with off hook queuing The customer must specify the length of time a call is held in the queue before being routed to a reorder tone Incoming tie lines have only Off hook queuing All main station lines must be equipped with the same type
500. wer pick up any call directed to any other line within the users Pick Up Group simply by dialing a Call Pick Up Code 17 Hunting Series and or Multi line only Hunting allows the customer to eliminate busy signals and increase the Company s accessibility by expanding call coverage Hunting begins with a call to a Lead number or Pilot number and searches for an idle line beginning with the first number of a pre assigned hunt group and ending with the last number in the group Hunting for Centrex CustoPAK Customers will be provided in a Series or Multi line arrangement only and must be programmed by CenturyTel from data provided by the customer Note Circular or any other type hunting sequence is not available to Centrex CustoPAK customers Speed Calling 6 or 8 This feature allows the user to make calls to frequently dialed numbers by using an abbreviated code for each number The short list consists of eight 8 numbers in all switch types except the 5ESS which will only provide six 6 This is a customer programmable feature and each user will have their own list CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 8 Original Sheet 86 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 3 Centrex CustoPAK Service Cont d 8 8 3 Features Contd B Centrex CustoPAK Selectable Services Cont d Call Restriction Options 8 options The customer has the
501. wing conditions are met 1 The value of the new term commitment is of equal or greater monetary value than the initial term commitment 2 The Company provides the new service via price list or on an individual case basis ICB 3 The order to discontinue the existing service and the order for the new or upgraded service are received by the Company at the same time CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 11 22 15 Section 2 3rd Revised Sheet 31 2 9 2 10 2 11 GENERAL REGULATIONS Reserved for Future Use Facility Relocation Cost Recovery Fee This surcharge is for the recovery of the costs for the relocation of network facilities or infrastructure changes mandated by City County State or Federal authorities or any other governmental entity of any kind This incremental charge is billed monthly per retail access line and will be identified on the bill as a Facility Relocation Cost Recovery Fee Monthly Rate Facility Relocation Cost Recovery Fee Per Line 0 25 Natural Disaster Relief for Customers A General In situations where customers telecommunications services are interrupted by natural disasters the Company may offer alternative telecommunications services to customers in the immediate affected area and waive otherwise applicable charges for those services The availability and details of the offers including but not limited to the m
502. work channel terminating equipment provided by the customer to terminate digital channel facilities on a customer s or user s premises CyberDS1 Capacity A DS1 signal between the customer premises and the central office This digital link can be used to transport switched data services CyberDS1 is available in increments of twenty four 24 digital channels DSO The term DSO denotes a channel service expressed in terms of its digitally encoded data bit rate in accordance with the North American hierarchy of digital signal levels It is generally referred to as having a 64 Kbps transmission bit rate signal however customer transmitted bit rates are limited to 56 Kbps DS1 The term DS1 denotes a channel service expressed in terms of its digitally encoded bit rate in accordance with the North American hierarchy of digital signal levels It has a 1 544 Mbps transmission data rate and provides for the two way simultaneous transmission of isochronous timed bit stream format Unframed signal formats are not permitted or compatible with Company equipment Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 12 Original Sheet 49 DIGITAL NETWORK SERVICES 12 5 CyberDS1 Service Cont d 12 5 4 Regulations A CyberDS1 is furnished subject to the availability of facilities from digital central office equipment located in a central office building owned or leased by
503. xisting industries located in the Enterprise Zone and 3 which expanded its labor force and which did not close or reduce total employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into the Enterprise Zone and which can certify and document that at least thirty percent 3096 of new permanent full time employees were formerly unemployed for at least ninety 90 days prior to this employment or 4 that a new capital investment was made and that at least five 5 new permanent full time employees were hired Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 2 Original Sheet 26 GENERAL REGULATIONS 2 6 Economic Development Incentive Waivers and Discounts Contd 2 6 2 Option One Cont d E In order to qualify under Option One of this Price list the private employer will be required to certify that it has met the requirements of this Price list offering as well as the requirements of the Alabama Enterprise Zone Act No 87 573 Section 5 Where an Enterprise Zone is designated during one 1 calendar year but is not so designated by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs during the succeeding year the private employer shall continue to receive the discount originally designated in Option One for the full twelve 12 month period provided the private employer otherwise remains eligible for the discount 2 6 3 Option Two A For
504. xtension line A Nonrecurring charges specified in Section S4 of this Price list B Channel rates and charges as specified in 19 5 10 b 1 2 and 3 following if the WATS extension line is located in a different building or different premises from the WATS main line 1 Different Premises a When the WATS extension is located in the same exchange and in the same central office serving area as the WATS main termination rates and charges for a local channel apply 1 Local Channel Installation Monthly Charge Rate a Each See Section 17 Local Channel Type 2157 for the rates and charges b When the WATS extension is located in the same exchange but in a different central office serving area from the WATS main termination the following interoffice mileage charge applies in addition to the rates and charges for the local channel specified preceding 1 Interoffice channel measured between serving central offices Installation Monthly Charge Rate a Local Channel See 19 1 3 for the rates and charges CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 19 Original Sheet 17 WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 19 5 Rates and Charges Cont d 19 5 10 WATS Extensions Cont d B Channel rates and charges as specified in 19 5 10 b 1 2 and 3 Cont d 2 Different Building Same Premises a When t
505. y For the purpose of administering this regulation every month is considered to have thirty 30 days CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 21 Original Sheet 3 MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE 21 1 Mobile Telephone Service Cont d 21 1 2 Conditions Cont d G Liability of Telephone Company Cont d 3 The liability of the Telephone Company for damages arising out of mistakes omissions interruptions delays errors or defects in transmission occurring in the course of furnishing service of facilities and not caused by the negligence of the customer or of the Telephone Company in failing to maintain proper standards of maintenance and operation and to exercise reasonable supervision shall in no event exceed an amount equivalent to the proportionate charge to the customer for the period of service during which such mistake omission interruption delay error or defect in transmission occurs 4 The Telephone Company is not liable for damages for any accident or injury occasioned by the mobile unit when such accident or injury is not due to the negligence of the Telephone Company 5 When the lines of other telephone companies are used in establishing connections to points not reached by the Company lines the latter company is not liable for any act or omission of the other company or companies H Advance Payments 1 Applicants for service who
506. y are received regardless of the incoming call type by manually selecting a specific incoming call type Lockout Prevents the attendant from re entering a call on a held loop unless recalled by a station user or by Automatic Recall Multiple Listed Directory Numbers Each directory number is assigned a unique lamp The maximum number is limited by the number of available lamps and keys on the console Position Busy This feature allows the attendant to make the console unavailable to additional queued calls Priority Console Alerting This feature allows an attendant to be alerted to an enqueued emergency call while the console is idle active on a call position busy or night service Recorded Announcement This feature permits the routing of either originated or extended attendant calls to an optional announcement Secrecy This feature allows the attendant to talk to a called party destination without the calling party source hearing the conversation When the attendant releases from the call the source and the destination are connected Effective 02 01 07 CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Section 8 Original Sheet 36 CENTRAL OFFICE NON TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERING 8 1 Centrex Digital ISDN Centrex Service Cont d 8 1 4 Definition of Features F Attendant Feature Package Cont d Serial Call This feature allows an attendant to extend a
507. y price list Refer to Termination Liability in Section 2 of this price list Transfer of Term Option With the written permission of the Telephone Company the obligation to pay the Centrex CustoPAK charges for the remainder of the term period may be assigned to another customer provided there is no change of location and the new customer assumes all outstanding charges Refer to Termination Liability in Section 2 of this price list Centrex CustoPAK Service System Centrex CustoPAK service lines sharing a common intercom arrangement and a primary Directory listing will be considered a Centrex CustoPAK Service System A system must have a minimum of two 2 lines and may not exceed a maximum of thirty 30 Centrex CustoPAK Service lines Centrex CustoPAK Service is classified as a business service and is offered only as a complete service The exchange access intercommunication and services are not offered separately Subscriber Line Charge An applicable interstate Subscriber Line Charge will be applied to all Centrex CustoPAK lines Incoming Toll Free Service Access Arrangement Incoming calls on Toll Free Service access lines can be terminated on a Centrex CustoPAK Service System Incoming calls terminated in this manner may be transferred to other lines of the same Centrex CustoPAK Service System Off Premises Lines Centrex CustoPAK Service lines can be provided at a separate customer premise No mileage charges apply to lines o
508. y to activate 3 Way Calling on the line for a monthly flat rate The per occurrence rate will apply each time 3 Way Calling is utilized on a demand basis Access to the demand based service will be removed from the customer s line upon request at no charge CenturyTel of Northern Alabama d b a CenturyLink General Customer Services Price List Alabama Effective 02 01 07 Section 13 Original Sheet 23 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS 13 14 CenturyTel Calling Services Cont d 13 14 2 13 14 3 Definitions Cont d VIP Alert allows a customer to program up to twelve 12 telephone numbers of selected callers enabling the customer to distinguish certain incoming calls from all others by a distinctive ring tone If a customer also subscribes to Call Waiting calls from the selected numbers will be distinguished by a special Call Waiting tone WorkSmart Business WorkSmart offers small business customers a choice of three pre defined packages containing four 4 to six 6 calling services with value added features Customers who commit to a term agreement ranging from one 1 to three 3 years will receive a discount off the current individual monthly rates for these packaged features Regulations The services are subject to available facilities and limited to central offices specifically equipped to provide such service CenturyTel Calling Service features are applicable only to local calls placed to from compatible

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