Regional Checkbook Promotion 2004

 

Offer:  Subject to the Conditions below, a Customer signing a new Verizon Business service agreement (“Agreement”) with a minimum Term commitment of between one and five years will receive a credit, not to exceed $100,000 per Customer, equal to 10% of the Total Volume Commitment (defined as the Annual Volume Commitment multiplied by the number of years in the initial Term) of the Agreement (the “Checkbook Credit”) which Customer will receive as: i) a credit on an invoice or ii) a one-time deposit to the Customer’s Fund account, depending on the version of this promotion that is in the Agreement.  As of November 1, 2009, the Fund option will not be available for Customers who don’t already have the promotion in their Agreement.

 

Invoice Credit:  For Customers who elect to receive the credit as an invoice credit, the credit will be applied:

 

in the sixth monthly period following the Effective Date (as defined in the Agreement) of Customer’s Agreement for a Customer who commits to a 1-year Agreement Term

 

in an amount which equals 50 percent of the credit amount in each of the sixth and eighteenth monthly periods following the Effective Date of the Agreement for a Customer who commits to a 2-year Agreement Term , and

 

in an amount which equals 33.33 percent of the credit amount in each of the sixth, eighteenth and thirtieth monthly periods following the Effective Date of the Agreement for a Customer who commits to an Agreement Term which equals or exceeds three years.

 

Fund Deposit:  For Customers who elect to receive the credit as a Fund deposit, the credit will be applied within the first two billing cycles following the Effective Date of the Agreement.  Fund benefits are not transferable.  Any and all tax liabilities and shipping costs arising from participation in the Fund are solely the responsibility of Customer.  Company is not liable for products, services, and warranties, express or implied, of participating vendors.  The Customer may convert its Fund account balance to invoice credits, which will be applied on a pro-rata basis to Customer’s first invoice following the end of the annual period in which the Customer makes such request and in each subsequent 12 month period of the customer’s Term.  Fund deposits earned by Customer as a result of signing this Agreement are not renewable under this Agreement.

 

Eligibility:  Customer must:

 

sign the Agreement including this promotion and a minimum one-year Term commitment, and submit it to Company, by October 31, 2010;

 

subscribe under the Agreement to MCI Legacy Company-provided:

 

Audio Conferencing

Cross Border Private Line

Enterprise Mobility Dial Access

Enterprise Mobility Dial Access - Solo

EPL – International

EPL – Metro

EPL - National

EPL Access

Ethernet Access

EVPL – International

EVPL – Metro

EVPL – National

Global Data Link

International Private Line Service

Internet Dedicated

Internet DSL and Cable Services

Internet ISDN

IP VPN Dedicated Services

IP VPN Remote Access - IPSEC

IP VPN Remote Access – SSL

Linear Global Data Link Service

Local Service

Long Distance Voice Services (Verizon Business Services II and III)

Managed IP PBX

Managed LAN

Managed WAN

Metro Private Line Access Service (DS1, DS0, DS3

Network Services Local Access Services

Private IP Service

Private IP Layer 2

U.S. Private Line Service

Voice Over IP

 

demonstrate to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that it will accept a competitor's offer in the absence of any further inducement from the Company to subscribe to, or remain subscribed to MCI Legacy Company-provided service.

 

Other Conditions:

 

This promotion is not available under Agreements providing only Maryland intrastate service.

 

Customer may not receive (i) any discounts or (ii) the benefits of: any Special Customer Arrangement (SCA) or Product Package, other than Product Package Guide Types 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23; and (iii) the following promotions: Checkbook Promotion 2004, Regional Checkbook 2006 Monthly Option, Checkbook 2006 Monthly Option, Checkbook Single Credit Option, RVP Checkbook, RVP Checkbook – Monthly Option, and Fund Promotion - CPE, Professional & Security Services -v2.0.

 

The Checkbook credit may not be applied against taxes, charges for unauthorized calls, prior outstanding balances owed to Company, termination or underutilization charges associated with term plans or program commitments, or disputed charges.

 

If Customer terminates all services under the Agreement prior to the month the credit is to be applied, the Customer will not be eligible to receive the credit and any unapplied credit amount at the time of termination of service will be forfeited by Customer.  Standard Fund provisions apply.

 

The credit may only be applied against invoices for services provided, under this Agreement, by MCI Legacy Company.