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Qwest Long Distance
Section 272 Affiliate Transactions
EXHIBIT A
DEFINITIONS
Account Level Treatment
Ability to perform collection activity for the entire account for treatment as a result of technical limitations.
Accounts Receivable
An account evidencing a legally enforceable right to payment for services rendered by USWLD and lawfully billed as charges on the USWC End User bill.
Adjustments - End User
End User Adjustments are issued to debit or credit lawfully billed charges on the End User bill.
Billing Evasion
Actions with the intent to circumvent or evade the proper charges, in whole or in part, resulting from telecommunications services.
Billing Service Charges
USWC's charges to USWLD for each of the Services provided for under this Agreement.
Business Office Write-Off Status
End User accounts for which the USWC Business Office has completed all collection activities and a final bill(s) has been issued and subsequently written off by the business office.
CARE/ISI
USWLD Account Record Exchange/Industry Standard Interface (CARE/ISI) is the industry standard format for providing data in a mechanized mode.
Carrier Memorandum
A form initiated by USWC to inform USWLD of an End User dispute.
Casual Use Call
An End User call originated by dialing 10XXX.
Central Region
Includes the following states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho except the 676 LATA portion, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming.
Dispute
An unresolved claim whereby the End User refuses to pay a specific USWLD charge(s).
Dial Tone Denial
The interruption of the End User's dial tone restricting the End User's ability to make local or long distance calls by using its telephone.
Eastern Region
Includes the following states: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
EMI Credit/Adjustment Records:
Bellcore approved exchange message interface ("EMI") records, that consist of multiple record/message types designed for the purpose of processing and billing pre billing credits or post billing adjustments.
End User
When End User is used throughout this Agreement, it shall be identified by one or more of the following elements:
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Account level.
The End User has selected USWLD as its primary interexchange carrier at the account level for one or more working lines, or has designated USWLD as such by allocation or other process.
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Line level.
The End User has selected USWLD as its primary interexchange carrier at the individual line level, or has designated USWLD as such by allocation balloting process.
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Casual Use.
An End User who occasionally makes a call, via USWLD, by dialing 10XXX or other dialing pattern is considered an End User at the account level for a single line account and at the line level for a multiline account.
End User Bill Date
The date which appears on the End User bill.
End User Directed Payment
End User's ability to determine which entity or entities should receive a payment and how much of the payment each entity should receive.
Entity
Any company that shares the USWC bill.
Entity Specific Treatment or Denial
Ability to perform collection activity or denial for each entity on an individual basis.
Exchange Carrier (EC) Memorandum
A form that is initiated by USWLD to inform USWC of the status of an End User's account activities or to advise USWC to take action on an account.
Exchange Message Interface (EMI)
An industry standard format used for the exchange of message data between USWLD and USWC for the purpose of applying debit or credit amounts to the End User accounts.
Group Entity Treatment or Denial
Ability to perform collection activity or denial by grouping all carrier regulated charges and USWC's intraLATA charges together for treatment.
Individual Case Basis (ICB)
A non-standard Services offering for which no fixed recurring or non-recurring charge has been set.
Lag Study
A study which determines the average time from the End User bill date to when End User remits payment.
Malheur Home Telephone Company
Located in a portion of the state of Oregon and the 652 LATA portion of Idaho.
Purchase of Accounts Receivable Statement
The statement sent to USWLD each month by USWC summarizing the amount due USWLD or USWC for the Purchase of Accounts Receivable settlement.
RTA
Remove from Treatment Amount (RTA) represents the dollar amount which an entity/account may have owing before it is considered to be treatable. When the amount owing is below the RTA amount, the account is removed from collection activity.
Realized Final Account Uncollectibles
Actual uncollectible amounts written off USWLD End User final bills for failure of the End User to pay lawfully billed charges.
Total Billed Revenues
The billed revenues for all messages, plus total billed taxes, plus or minus total applied correct charges and uncollectible post billing adjustments and associated tax.
Treatment and Collection
Activities performed to collect End User amounts due billed by USWC on behalf of USWLD.
Unbillable
Messages that cannot be billed to an End User account and are returned to USWLD.
Uncollectible Bad Debt Allowance
An amount withheld from the settlement as an uncollectible reserve to offset future actual uncollectible amounts written-off USWLD's End User final bills.
Weighted Average Payment Date
A single date during a settlement month which indicates the date that all USWLD message revenues were calculated as having been received and processed by USWC. The calculation is based on actual revenue and process dates of individual tapes or transmissions.
Western Region
Includes the following states: the 676 LATA portion of Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
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