Ethernet Private Line – National (EPL – National)

(formerly Ethernet Private Line U.S.)

As of October 1, 2010, orders for new circuits as well as orders for moves, adds, changes and upgrades for EPL - National are provided as Private Carriage Services.

I.          SERVICE DESCRIPTION:  Ethernet Private Line – National (EPL – National), formerly Ethernet Private Line U.S., provides a high speed, point-to-point, private line service that transmits simultaneous two-way traffic between a Company designated Point-of-Presence (POP) in one exchange area and a Company designated POP in another exchange area on the Company’s fiber-optic network, using a Gigabit Ethernet interface for termination at the Customer location. EPL – National is available at speeds of 10 Mbps, 50 Mbps, 100 Mbps,150 Mbps, 300 Mbps, 450 Mbps, 600 Mbps and 1 Gbps, with Type 1 dedicated Ethernet Private Line – Access (EPL – Access) which is provided pursuant to a separate service attachment with the Company. The circuit speed selected for EPL - National must be equal to the bandwidth utilized for the EPL – Access portion of the circuit.

II.         DEFINITIONS: The Online Definitions apply.

III.        FEATURES AND OPTIONS: The following feature is available for EPL – National:

Virtual LAN (VLAN) transparency. Company does not tag EPL – National circuits, thereby allowing Customer to stack and manage tags as needed.

IV.        RATES AND CHARGES:

1.         Monthly Recurring Charges.

1.1       Verizon Business Services III. For Verizon Business Services (VBS) III Customers, the following monthly recurring per-circuit and per-mile charges apply to each EPL – National circuit, based on circuit speed and order date:

1.1.1    On or After August 1, 2008.

1.1.2    Prior to August 1, 2008. The following monthly recurring per-circuit and per-mile charges apply for circuits ordered prior to August 1, 2008:

1.2       VBS II. For Verizon Business Services II Customers, the following monthly recurring per-circuit and per-mile charges apply to each EPL – National circuit, based on circuit speed:

1.3       VBS I. For Verizon Business Services I Customers, the following monthly recurring per-circuit and per-mile charges apply to each EPL – National circuit, based on circuit speed:

1.4       Pre-VBS I. For Pre-Verizon Business Services I Customers, the following monthly recurring per-circuit and per-mile charges apply to each EPL – National circuit, based on circuit speed:

2.         Other Charges.

2.1       Customer Support Services charges apply.

2.2       Administrative Non-Recurring Charges

2.3       Installation. A $1,000 per-circuit installation charge applies for 10 Mbps through 600 Mbps circuits. A $2,000 per-circuit installation charge applies for 1 Gbps circuits.

2.4       FUSF y CCRC apply.

            2.5       Paper Invoice Charge applies.

            2.6       Property Tax Recovery Charge applies.

2.7       Convenience Payment Charge applies.

2.8       Administrative Expense Fee applies.

V.         TERMS AND CONDITIONS: In addition to Online Master Terms - Terms and Conditions of Service, the following applies:

1.         Minimum Term Commitment. Customer commits to a 12 month minimum term per circuit (Service Term Commitment) for each order of EPL – National. The term of the Agreement will automatically extend to apply to such orders until the Service Term Commitment has ended, even if the term of the Agreement ends earlier.

2.         Early Termination Charge. If Customer terminates EPL – National, or any portion thereof, before its 12-month commitment has expired, except for termination for Cause, such termination shall not be effective until 30 days after Company receives written notice of termination (“Termination Date”), and in addition to paying all accrued but unpaid charges for the EPL – National incurred through the Termination Date, for each circuit terminated, Customer may be required to pay, within 30 days after such Termination Date: (a) an amount equal 75 percent of the monthly recurring charges for the terminated circuit remaining in the 12-month Service Term Commitment, if any; plus (b) all fees or early termination fees imposed by the access line provider, if any; plus (c) a pro rata portion of any and all credits received by Customer. However, in no event will Customer’s total termination liability exceed the full contract value of the terminated EPL – National.

3.         Interstate Service Only. EPL – National is offered only on a jurisdictionally interstate basis. With respect to its use of EPL – National Customer agrees that more than 10 percent of Customer’s per circuit traffic crosses state line boundaries.

VI.        SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT: The Ethernet Private Line – National Service Level Agreement is available: