Technical Specifications and Requirements
for
DFTC - VERIZON
Fiber Meet Arrangement No. 01
The following technical specifications and requirements will apply to Deerfield Farmers’
Telephone Company (“DFTC”) and Verizon North Inc. and Contel of the South, Inc., d/b/a Verizon
North Systems (“Verizon”) Fiber Meet Arrangement 01 (“FM No. 01”):
1.
FM No. 01 will provide technically feasible interconnection facilities for the exchange of
applicable traffic (as set forth in the Parties’ Interconnection Agreement) between
Verizon’s Adrian Wire Center (ADRNMIXG) and DFTC’s Petersburg Wire Center
(PTBGMIAK) in the State of Michigan. The POI for FM No. 01 is technically feasible and
is deemed to be located on Verizon’s network. A diagram of FM No. 01 is included as
Exhibit A-1.
2.
Fiber Meet Point (“FMP”).
3.
4.
2.1
FM No. 01 will be configured as shown on Exhibit A-1. FM No. 01 will have one
FMP.
2.2
Verizon will provision a Fiber Network Interface Device (“FNID”) at a Verizon pole
at 340 S. Main Street, Adrian, Michigan 49221-2626, lead 21602, pole 340
(within 300 feet of Verizon’s Adrian Wire Center) and terminate eight (8) strands
of its fiber optic cable in Verizon’s FNID. DFTC will terminate eight (8) strands of
its fiber optic cable in Verizon’s FNID. The FNID provisioned by Verizon will be
an Emerson Light Link 470. Verizon will bear the cost of installing and
maintaining its FNID. The fiber patch panel within Verizon’s FNID will serve as
FMP No. 01. Verizon’s FNID will be locked, but Verizon and Deerfield will have
24 hour access to their respective side of the fiber patch panel located in
Verizon’s FNID.
Transmission Characteristics.
3.1
FM No. 01 will be built as a ring configuration.
3.2
The transmission interface for FM No. 01 will be Synchronous Optical Network
(“SONET”).
3.3
Terminating equipment shall comply with SONET transmission requirements as
specified in Telcordia Technologies document GR-253 CORE (Tables 4-3
through 4-11).
3.4
The optical transmitters and receivers shall provide adequate power for the endto-end length of the fiber cable to be traversed.
3.5
The optical transmission rate will be Unidirectional OC-12.
3.6
The path switch protection shall be set as Non-Revertive.
3.7
Verizon and Deerfield shall provide Primary Reference Source traceable timing.
Add Drop Multiplexer.
5.
4.1
Verizon will, at its own cost, obtain and install (at its own premise) its own Add
Drop Multiplexer. Verizon will use a Fujitsu Flashwave 4500 Add Drop
Multiplexer with firmware release of 5.1 at the network level. Before making any
upgrade or change to the firmware of its Add Drop Multiplexer, Verizon must
provide DFTC with fourteen (14) days advance written notice that describes the
upgrade or change to its firmware and states the date on which such firmware
will be activated in Verizon’s Add Drop Multiplexer.
4.2
DFTC will, at its own cost, obtain and install (at its own premise) its own Add
Drop Multiplexer. DFTC will use a Turin, VLX 2020 Add Drop Multiplexer with
firmware release of 4.0 at the network level. Before making any upgrade or
change to the firmware of its Add Drop Multiplexer, DFTC must provide Verizon
with fourteen (14) days advance written notice that describes the upgrade or
change to its firmware and states the date on which such firmware or software
will be activated in DFTC’s Add Drop Multiplexer.
4.3
DFTC and Verizon will monitor all firmware upgrades and changes to observe for
any failures or anomalies adversely affecting service or administration. If any
upgrade or change to firmware adversely affects service or administration of FM
No. 01, the firmware will be removed from the Add Drop Multiplexer and will
revert to the previous version of firmware.
4.4
The Data Communication Channel shall be disabled between the Verizon and
DFTC Add Drop Multiplexers of FM No. 01.
Testing.
Prior to turn-up of FM No. 01, Verizon and DFTC will mutually develop and implement
testing procedures for FM No. 01.
6.
7.
Connecting Facility Assignment (“CFA”) and Slot Assignment Allocation (“SAA”).
6.1
For one-way and two-way trunk arrangements, and special access
arrangements, the SAA information will be turned over to DFTC as a final step of
turn up of the FM No. 01.
6.2
For one-way trunk arrangements, Verizon will control the CFA for the subtending
facilities and trunks connected to Verizon’s slots and DFTC will control the CFA
for the subtending facilities and trunks connected to DFTC’s slots. If either Party
needs additional slot capacity to place orders, such Party will provide 30 days
notice to the other Party. For SAA, Verizon and DFTC shall jointly designate the
slot assignments for Verizon’s Add Drop Multiplexers and DFTC’s Add Drop
Multiplexer in FM No. 01.
6.3
For two-way trunk arrangements, DFTC shall control the CFA for the subtending
facilities and trunks connected to FM No. 01. DFTC shall place facility and trunk
orders against the total available SAA capacity of FM No. 01.
6.4
For special access arrangements, DFTC shall control the CFA for the subtending
facilities and trunks connected to FM No. 01. DFTC shall place facility and trunk
orders against available SAA capacity of FM No. 01.
Inventory, Provisioning and Maintenance, Surveillance, and Restoration.
7.1
Verizon and DFTC will inventory FM No. 01 in their operational support systems
before the order flow begins.
7.2
Verizon and DFTC will notify each other’s respective Maintenance Control Office
of all troubleshooting and scheduled maintenance activity to be performed on FM
No. 01 facilities prior to undertaking such work, and will advise each other of the
trouble reporting and maintenance control point contact numbers and the days
and hours of operation. Each Party shall provide a timely response to the other
Party’s action requests or status inquiries.
8.
9.
7.3
Verizon will be responsible for the provisioning and maintenance of the FM No.
01 transport facilities on Verizon’s side of the FMP, as well as delivering its
applicable traffic to the FMP. DFTC will be responsible for the provisioning and
maintenance of the FM No. 01 transport facilities on the DFTC’s side of the FMP,
as well as delivering its applicable traffic to the FMP
7.4
Verizon and DFTC will provide alarm surveillance for their respective FM No. 01
transport facilities. Verizon and DFTC will notify each other’s respective
Maintenance Control Office of all troubleshooting and scheduled maintenance
activity to be performed on the facility prior to undertaking such work, and will
advise each other of the trouble reporting and maintenance control point contact
numbers and the days and hours of operation.
7.5
Verizon and DFTC will use mutually-agreeable ordering and provisioning
processes for facilities, trunks and services on FM No. 01.
Cancellation or Modification of FM No. 01.
8.1
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8 and Section 9, all expenses and
costs associated with the construction, operation, use and maintenance of FM
No. 01 on each Party’s respective side of the FMP will be borne by such Party.
8.2
If either Party terminates the construction of the FM No. 01 before it is used to
exchange traffic, the Party terminating the construction of FM No. 01 will
compensate the other Party for that Party’s reasonable actual incurred
construction and/or implementation expenses.
8.3
If either Party proposes to move or change FM No. 01 as set forth in this
document, at any time before or after it is used to exchange traffic, the Party
requesting the move or change will compensate the other Party for that Party’s
reasonable actual incurred construction and/or implementation expenses.
Augments, moves and changes to FM No. 01 as set forth in this document must
be mutually agreed upon by the Parties in writing.
8.4
If the Parties agree to increase the capacity of FM No. 01 (e.g., from OC-12 to
OC-48) on the basis of a forecast provided by Deerfield and the utilization of FM
No. 01 with such increased capacity does not equal or exceed such forecast
within 24 months, Deerfield will reimburse Verizon for the difference between
Verizon’s actual costs of the higher capacity facilities and the current facilities on
FM No. 01.
Special Access Service and Reimbursement.
9.1
Each Party shall be obligated to provide jointly-provided Special Access Service
over FM No. 01 only in accordance with and to the extent required by its own
applicable tariffs and applicable law (e.g., Section 251(c)(2) and FCC rules and
orders).
9.2
Neither Party shall order Special Access Service from the other Party that is to
be provisioned over FM No. 01 where the originating location and the terminating
location for such ordered service are both served by the same Party.
9.3
10.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this document or the Agreement, DFTC
shall reimburse Verizon for the cost of establishing FM No. 01, including, but not
limited to, the cost of reestablishing existing facilities, services and traffic over FM
No. 01, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by Verizon.
Timelines
10.1
Verizon and DFTC will work cooperatively to turn up FM No. 01 within two (2)
months of execution of this document.
10.2
Verizon and DFTC will work cooperatively to transfer facilities, services and
traffic from the Parties’ existing fiber meet arrangement to FM No. 01 within one
(1) month after the turn up of FM No. 01 and DFTC’s submission of appropriate
and correct ordering documents to transfer the facilities, services and traffic.
10.3
The Parties will work cooperatively to decommission their existing fiber meet
arrangement after: (i) the transfer of all facilities, services and traffic from the
Parties’ existing fiber meet arrangement to FM No. 01; and if required (ii) the
filing of revised billing percentages in the applicable tariff for all routes currently
listed in that tariff for the Parties’ existing fiber meet arrangement transitioning to
FM No. 01.
10.4
If either Party gives written notice that the other Party is in breach of, or had
failed to comply with, the terms of this Tech-Spec Document, the Parties agree to
negotiate or mediate informally the dispute between the Parties through
escalation of the dispute to the Party’s appointed dispute escalation
representative. Such dispute escalation representative will have full authority to
resolve such dispute. The Parties agree to allow the dispute escalation
representatives thirty (30) days to resolve the dispute before either Party takes
any action to enforce the terms of this Tech-Spec Document. Deerfield appoints
as its dispute escalation representative Dave LaRocca, (734) 279-5510. Verizon
will appoint its dispute escalation representative within two (2) business days of
receiving a written notice as described above in this paragraph 10.4. Each Party
may pursue any right available to it in law or equity with respect to any
controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Tech-Spec Document, or the
breach hereof.
DEERFIELD FARMERS’ TELEPHONE
COMPANY
VERIZON NORTH INC. AND CONTEL OF THE
SOUTH, INC., D/B/A VERIZON NORTH
SYSTEMS
By: _________________________________
By: _________________________________
Mr. David LaRocca
President
Date: _______________________________
Jeffrey A. Masoner
Vice President –
Interconnection Services Policy & Planning
Date:
_______________________________
Exhibit A-1
DFTC - Verizon
Fiber Meet Arrangement No. 1
Adrian, MI
Mid-Span Fiber Meet Architecture
From
Verizon
Network
ADM or
DCS
Verizon
FDF
LL-470 Interconnect Box
FDF
POI
Verizon Wire Center
ADRNMIXG
ADM or
DCS
Verizon Pole
L-21602
P-340
From
Deerfield
Network
Deerfield
Emerson LL-470
Fiber Optic Demarcation
Pole Mounted Cabinet
Deerfield
Fiber Optic
Cable
Verizon
Fiber Optic
Cable
Main St/M-52
POI
Fujitsu Flashwave 4500
Fiber Optic Terminal
DFTC Wire Center
PTBGMIAK
Deerfield Handhole
Turin VLX 2020
Fiber Optic Terminal
N