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Long Distance Voice Services

Section IV.5.1

 

Verizon Business Services III Optional Calling Plan

 

The following provisions apply to Customers who subscribe to Verizon Business Services III only.  The plan is available to Feature Option 1 Customers only.

 

1.         LD Voice Package

 

2.         Verizon Business Service III Local and Long Distance Solution

 

For customers that have Local and Long Distance Voice Solution that includes a business line(Offering A): Effective November 30, 2021, pending approval from the FCC, Local Line Service is no longer available to new business customers in all states including Washington D.C., except for California. Also effective November 30, 2021, pending approval from the FCC, for existing customers of local line service, Verizon will no longer accept orders for new sites or moves, adds, or changes to existing locations in all states including Washington D.C., except California.

 

 

3.         LD Voice 800 Minute Package for Verizon Business Lines or Trunks

 

4.         LD Voice 500 Minute Package for Verizon Business Lines or Trunks

 

5.         LD Voice 300 Minute Package for Verizon Business Lines or Trunks

 

 


 

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Long Distance Voice Services

Section IV.5.1

 

Verizon Business Services III Optional Calling Plan

 

The following provisions apply to Customers who subscribe to Verizon Business Services III only.  The plan is available to Feature Option 1 Customers only.

 

1.         LD Voice Package

 

2.         Verizon Business Service III Local and Long Distance Solution

 

For customers that have Local and Long Distance Voice Solution that includes a business line(Offering A): Effective November 30, 2021, pending approval from the FCC, Local Line Service is no longer available to new business customers in all states including Washington D.C., except for California. Also effective November 30, 2021, pending approval from the FCC, for existing customers of local line service, Verizon will no longer accept orders for new sites or moves, adds, or changes to existing locations in all states including Washington D.C., except California.

 

 

3.         LD Voice 800 Minute Package for Verizon Business Lines or Trunks

 

4.         LD Voice 500 Minute Package for Verizon Business Lines or Trunks

 

5.         LD Voice 300 Minute Package for Verizon Business Lines or Trunks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

1.         LD Voice Package 

 

1.1       Monthly Recurring Charges:  Customer will pay the following flat rate monthly recurring charge, fixed for the service term, for all intrastate and interstate outbound Long Distance Voice Services calls from any single Customer site up to 20,000 minutes per month originating from a T1 or PRI purchased from Company. 

 

Service Term (Years)

Monthly Recurring Charge

1

$725

2

  685

3

  650

 

1.2       Overage Charge:  An overage charge of $0.05 applies for each minute of intrastate and interstate outbound Long Distance Voice Services calls that exceeds 20,000 in a month.

 

 

1.3       Terms and Conditions:  Customer understands that the LD Voice Package is restricted in the following manner:

 

(i)         International long distance, Inbound (toll free), and Calling Card minutes are NOT included.

(ii)        Customer may not utilize auto-dialers or any similar type of device in connection with the LD Voice Package.

(iii)       Customer may not utilize the LD Voice Package in any call center environment or in connection with any such similar environment.

 

CUSTOMER EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS WILL RESULT IN THE IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF THE LD VOICE PACKAGE BY VERIZON AND THE RESUMPTION OF STANDARD RATES FOR AFFECTED SERVICES.

 

2.         Verizon Business Services III Local and Long Distance Solution

 

For customers that have Local and Long Distance Voice Solution that includes a business line(Offering A): Effective November 30, 2021, pending approval from the FCC, Local Line Service is no longer available to new business customers in all states including Washington D.C., except for California. Also effective November 30, 2021, pending approval from the FCC, for existing customers of local line service, Verizon will no longer accept orders for new sites or moves, adds, or changes to existing locations in all states including Washington D.C., except California.

 

 

A.         Eligibility:  To be eligible for this plan, Customers:

 

                     must designate a Company affiliate as its exchange service carrier and intrastate calling and as its carrier for intraLATA toll calling;

 

                     must subscribe both to certain intrastate service as described in the appropriate intrastate Company or Company-affiliate tariff or other appropriate governing document ("Companion Intrastate Service") and to certain exchange service as described in the appropriate Company-affiliate exchange service tariff or other appropriate governing document ("Companion Local Service") concurrent with enrollment in this plan;

 

                     may not receive any discounts or the benefits of any promotional offering;

 

                     must subscribe to service under Product Packages Guide Types 22 or 23.

 

The Company may cancel a Customers service and Customer accounts, without incurring any liability, immediately, and without notice, if the Customer fails to satisfy the following conditions.  The Customer may not:

 

                     subscribe to service under this plan for more than 30 lines or 24 trunks per Customer location;

 

                     use auto-dialers or any similar type of device in connection with service under this plan; and,

 

                     use service under this plan in a call center environment or in connection with any similar such application.

 

B.         Definitions:  For the purposes of this plan, the following definitions apply:

 

Eligible Intrastate Service: Verizon Business Services III Long Distance Voice Services Feature Option A Outbound Service (excluding Calling Card) usage that originates and terminates in one state as set forth in the Companion Intrastate Tariffs or other appropriate governing documents.

 

Eligible Interstate Usage: Verizon Business Services III Long Distance Voice Services Feature Option A Outbound Service (excluding Calling Card) usage that originates in the U.S. Mainland and Hawaii and terminates in the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S Virgin Islands, Guam, and CNMI.

 

Existing Customers:  Customers who, at the time of subscription to the plan, are receiving service under this Guide and the tariff or other appropriate governing document containing the Companion Intrastate Service.

 

New Customers:  Customers who, at the time of subscription to the plan, are not receiving service under this Guide and the tariff or other appropriate governing document containing the Companion Intrastate Service.

 

C.        Monthly Recurring Charges:

 

A monthly recurring charge will apply for each Offering under this plan. The monthly recurring charge is in lieu of the rates and charges as set forth in Product Packages Guide Types 22 and 23 for services eligible for this plan. This charge is identical to, and shall not be in addition to, any monthly recurring charge applicable to Companion Intrastate Service and Companion Local Service. Offering A is available on a per-Local Line basis, Offering B is available on a per-Local Trunk basis and Offering C is available on a per-Local T-1 or per-ISDN-PRI basis. 

 

As of July 1, 2007 the existing "Offering A" is being replaced by a new Offering A.  The new offering A monthly recurring charge will apply to new and renewed Local Line service.  Existing Offering A monthly recurring charges for Local Line service will continue to apply until the end of the service agreement in effect as of July 1, 2007. 

 

As of July 1, 2007 the existing Offering B" is being replaced by a new Offering B.  The new Offering B monthly recurring charge will apply to new and renewed Local Trunk service.  Existing Offering B monthly recurring charges for Local Trunk service will continue to apply until the end of the service agreement in effect as of July 1, 2007. 

 

As of April 1, 2007 "Offering C" is being replaced by "Offering C Flat with Cap" and the Offering C Flat with Cap monthly recurring charge will apply to new and renewed T1 or PRI service.  Existing Offering C monthly recurring charges for T1 and PRI service will continue to apply until the end of the service agreement in effect as of April 1, 2007. 

 

The following monthly recurring charges apply:

 

C.1      Monthly Recurring Charges:  The following hyperlink provides the applicable monthly recurring charges on a state-by-state basis for Customers who subscribe to this plan and who currently subscribe to Companion Intrastate Service and Companion Local Service as described in the applicable Company state tariff, if any, or if not in the state tariff, in the intrastate portion of the Guide.

 

Local and Long Distance Solution Monthly Recurring Charges

 

D.        Benefits:  Customers will receive the following benefits on in lieu of the benefits set forth in Product Packages Guide Types 22 and 23 for service provided under this plan.

 

D.1      Offering A Flat with Cap:  Upon installation of Companion Interstate Service and Companion Local Service, Customer will receive an allotment of 800 minutes per monthly period per Local Line that may be used for (i) Eligible Interstate Usage and (ii) Eligible Intrastate Service in that monthly period.  Customers whose usage exceeds this allotment in any monthly period will be charged $0.05 per minute for Eligible Intrastate Service that exceeds the allotment (Overage Usage Charge).  When a call under this offering begins prior to the completion of Customers monthly allotment and ends after completion of the allotment, Customer will be charged $0.05 per minute for Eligible Intrastate Service for the portion of the call occurring after completion of the allotment. For Customers enrolling in this plan after the first day of a billing cycle, whose allotment begins after the first day of a billing cycle or whose enrollment in this plan ends before the last day of the billing cycle, the allotment will be pro-rated for that billing cycle. The portion of a Customers allotment that is not exhausted at the end of a monthly billing period will not carry over to the next month.

 

D.2      Offering B Flat with Cap:  Upon installation of Companion Interstate Service and Companion Local Service, Customer will receive an allotment of 800 minutes per monthly period per Local Trunk that may be used for (i) Eligible Interstate Usage and (ii) Eligible Intrastate Service in that monthly period.  Customers whose usage exceeds this allotment in any monthly period will be charged $0.05 per minute for Eligible Intrastate Service that exceeds the allotment (Overage Usage Charge).  When a call under this offering begins prior to the completion of Customers monthly allotment and ends after completion of the allotment, Customer will be charged $0.05 per minute for Eligible Intrastate Service for the portion of the call occurring after completion of the allotment. For Customers enrolling in this plan after the first day of a billing cycle, whose allotment begins after the first day of a billing cycle or whose enrollment in this plan ends before the last day of the billing cycle, the allotment will be pro-rated for that billing cycle. The portion of a Customers allotment that is not exhausted at the end of a monthly billing period will not carry over to the next month.

 

D.3      Offering C Flat with Cap:  Upon installation of Companion Interstate Service and Companion Local Service, Customer will receive an allotment of 20,000 minutes per monthly period per Local T1 or ISDN-PRI that may be used for (i) Eligible Interstate Usage and (ii) Eligible Intrastate Service in that monthly period.  Customers whose usage exceeds this allotment in any monthly period will be charged $0.05 per minute for Eligible Intrastate Service that exceeds the allotment (Overage Usage Charge).  When a call under this offering begins prior to the completion of Customers monthly allotment and ends after completion of the allotment, Customer will be charged $0.05 per minute for Eligible Intrastate Service for the portion of the call occurring after completion of the allotment. For Customers enrolling in this plan after the first day of a billing cycle, whose allotment begins after the first day of a billing cycle or whose enrollment in this plan ends before the last day of the billing cycle, the allotment will be pro-rated for that billing cycle. The portion of a Customers allotment that is not exhausted at the end of a monthly billing period will not carry over to the next month.


 

E.         Other Benefits and Discounts:  The following discounts are identical to, and shall not be in addition to, any discounts applicable to Companion Intrastate Service and Companion Local Service. 

 

E.1       A Customer who subscribes to this and demonstrates to the Companys reasonable satisfaction that the Customer will accept another carriers offer in absence of any further inducement will receive discounts, not to exceed the following amounts, on monthly recurring plan, optional feature and feature package charges in lieu of all other discounts, based on the Customers term of service under this plan:

 

Term of Service (Years)         Discount

 

1                                                     5%

2 +                                                15

 

E.2       Customers who subscribe to domestic Verizon Business Services I Long Distance Voice Services under Product Packages Guide Types 22 or 23 will receive the discounts set forth in the Product Package for domestic Verizon Business Services I Long Distance Voice Services on Overage Usage charges.

 

F.         Termination of Service:

 

F.1       The following provisions will apply to Customers who terminate service, continue to maintain a Company account, and do not subscribe to other service offerings under this Guide:

 

For existing Customers who disconnect Companion Local Service only, plan service and Companion Intrastate Service will terminate and the Customer will be automatically re-subscribed to the service offerings to which the Customer subscribed at the time of subscription to this plan under this Guide and the Companion Intrastate Service tariff.

 

For existing Customers who disconnect Companion Local Service and Companion Intrastate Service, plan service and Companion Intrastate Service will terminate and the Customer will then be automatically re-subscribed to the service offering under this Guide to which the Customer subscribed at the time of subscription to this plan.

 

For new Customers who disconnect Companion Local Service only, plan service and Companion Intrastate Service will terminate and the Customer will be automatically subscribed to Verizon Business Services I Long Distance Voice Services Feature Option A under this Guide and Verizon Business Services I Long Distance Voice Services under the Companion Intrastate Service tariff.

 

For new Customers who disconnect Companion Local Service and Companion Intrastate Service, plan service and Companion Intrastate Service will terminate and the Customer will be automatically subscribed to Verizon Business Services I Long Distance Voice Services Feature Option A under this Guide and Verizon Business Services I Long Distance Voice Services under the Companion Intrastate Service tariff for intraLATA intrastate service only.

 

G.        Other Conditions:

 

G.1      Billing:  Customers subscribing to service under this plan via a Company-designated Internet site will receive Electronic Billing invoicing only.

 

G2       Customers subscribing to this plan may not receive the benefits of any other discounts, including term plan discounts, or promotions.

 

3.         LD Voice 800 Minute Package for Verizon Business Lines or Trunks

 

3.1       Customer will pay the following flat rate monthly recurring charge, fixed for the Term of the Agreement, for all intrastate and interstate outbound Long Distance calls from any single Customer site up to 800 minutes per month originating from a Business Line or Trunk purchased from Company.

 

Agreement Term (Years)

Monthly Recurring Charge

Uno

$28

Two

26

Three

24

 

3.2       Overage Charge:  An overage charge of $0.05 applies for each minute of intrastate and interstate outbound Long Distance Voice Services calls that exceeds 800 in a month.

 

 

3.3       Terms and Conditions:  Customer understands that the LD Voice 800 Minute Package is restricted in the following manner:

 

(i)         International LD, Inbound (toll free), and Calling Card minutes are NOT included.  

(ii)        Customer must have a valid Verizon Local Voice Service contract and must not have any other Verizon Outbound Domestic LD Voice service on the business line or trunk associated with the LD Voice 800 Minute Package.

(iii)       Discounting of the MRC beyond the Term rates specified is not permitted.

(iv)       The Overage Rate may be discounted only in accordance with the current Verizon Business Services III Long Distance Voice Term and Volume Discount Schedule.

 

CUSTOMER EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS WILL RESULT IN THE IMMEDIATE TERMINATION BY VERIZON OF THE LD VOICE 800 MINUTE PACKAGE AND THE RESUMPTION OF STANDARD RATES FOR AFFECTED SERVICES.

 

4.         LD Voice 500 Minute Package for Verizon Business Lines or Trunks

 

4.1       Customer will pay the following flat rate monthly recurring charge, fixed for the Term of the Agreement, for all intrastate and interstate outbound Long Distance calls from any single Customer site up to 500 minutes per month originating from a Business Line or Trunk purchased from Company.

 

Agreement Term (Years)

Monthly Recurring Charge

Uno

$18

Two

17

Three

16

  

4.2       Overage Charge:  An overage charge of $0.05 applies for each minute of intrastate and interstate outbound Long Distance Voice Services calls that exceeds 500 in a month.

 

4.3       Terms and Conditions:  Customer understands that the LD Voice 500 Minute Package is restricted in the following manner:

 

(i)         International LD, Inbound (toll free), and Calling Card minutes are NOT included.  

(ii)        Customer must have a valid Verizon Local Voice Service contract and must not have any other Verizon Outbound Domestic LD Voice service on the business line or trunk associated with the LD Voice 500 Minute Package.

(iii)       Discounting of the MRC beyond the Term rates specified is not permitted.

(iv)       The Overage Rate may be discounted only in accordance with the current Verizon Business Services III Long Distance Voice Term and Volume Discount Schedule.

 

CUSTOMER EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS WILL RESULT IN THE IMMEDIATE TERMINATION BY VERIZON OF THE LD VOICE 500 MINUTE PACKAGE AND THE RESUMPTION OF STANDARD RATES FOR AFFECTED SERVICES.

 

5.         LD Voice 300 Minute Package for Verizon Business Lines or Trunks

 

5.1       Customer will pay the following flat rate monthly recurring charge, fixed for the Term of the Agreement, for all intrastate and interstate outbound Long Distance calls from any single Customer site up to 300 minutes per month originating from a Business Line or Trunk purchased from Company.

 

Agreement Term (Years)

Monthly Recurring Charge

Uno

$12

Two

11

Three

10

  

5.2       Overage Charge:  An overage charge of $0.05 applies for each minute of intrastate and interstate outbound Long Distance Voice Services calls that exceeds 300 in a month.

 

5.3       Terms and Conditions:  Customer understands that the LD Voice 300 Minute Package is restricted in the following manner:

 

(i)         International LD, Inbound (toll free), and Calling Card minutes are NOT included.  

(ii)        Customer must have a valid Verizon Local Voice Service contract and must not have any other Verizon Outbound Domestic LD Voice service on the business line or trunk associated with the LD Voice 300 Minute Package.

(iii)       Discounting of the MRC beyond the Term rates specified is not permitted.

(iv)       The Overage Rate may be discounted only in accordance with the current Verizon Business Services III Long Distance Voice Term and Volume Discount Schedule.

 

CUSTOMER EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS WILL RESULT IN THE IMMEDIATE TERMINATION BY VERIZON OF THE LD VOICE 300 MINUTE PACKAGE AND THE RESUMPTION OF STANDARD RATES FOR AFFECTED SERVICES.